Responses for Show #8876 - Monday, May 22, 2023

Ben Chan game 9.

Contestants

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Nancy Duran, a marketing copywriter from Stowe, Vermont

Joe Lasser, an astronautical engineer originally from Colfax, Illinois

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 8-day cash winnings total $227,800)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ART IMITATING LIFE
AMERICANA
ASSISTING THE DETECTIVE
BOOK-POURRI
IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM
"YO", I'LL SOLVE IT
    $200 30
the sinking of the Titanic

Joe
    $200 29
the National Mall

Ben!
    $200 20
Nancy Drew

Joe
    $200 16
Hannibal Lecter

Ben!
    $200 28
[Ben! gave both responses.]

T. rex (Tyrannosaurus rex)

Ben!
    $200 10
(Ben!: I'm not gonna do it.)

yodel

Ben!
    $400 18
Washington Crossing the Delaware

Nancy
    $400 17
tots

Ben!
    $400 19
Father Brown

Ben!
    $400 15
Frankenstein

Triple Stumper
    $400 24
the Edsel

Joe
    $400 11
[Ben! emphasized the "yo" when giving his response.]

a bayonet

Ben!
    $2,800 9
the Battle of Waterloo

Ben!
    $600 5
Tulsa

Ben!
    $600 27
Hawaii Five-O

Joe
    $600 3
Malcolm X

Ben!
    $600 21
(Joe: What is 6?)
(Ben!: What... is... 2?)

5

Ben!Joe
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
a coyote

Ben!
    $800 4
Moulin Rouge

Joe
    $800 6
Town Hall

Ben!
    $800 26
Encyclopedia Brown

Ben!
    $800 1
(Nancy: What is Margaret?)
(Joe: What is God, It's Me, Margaret?)

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

Ben!JoeNancy
    $800 23
the appendix

Joe
    $800 13
a yokel

Joe
    $1000 8
(Joe: Who is...)

Frederic Remington

Joe
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
a poke bonnet

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Cato/Kato

Nancy
    $1000 2
The Sun Also Rises

Triple Stumper
    $1000 22
(Nancy: What is The Iron Mask?)
(Ben!: What is The Man with the Iron Mask?)

The Man in the Iron Mask

Ben!Nancy
Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
an arroyo

Ben!

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Ben! Joe Nancy
$7,800 -$200 -$800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Joe Nancy
$8,400 $1,400 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC PEOPLE
A LOSS FOR WORDS
WALKING IN A REDWOOD FOREST
POP CULTURE 2003
VACATION SPOTS
RICE PUDDING
    $400 21
Nancy Reagan

Joe
    $400 24
the red

Joe
    $400 23
(Joe: Who is Katie Holmes?)

Michelle Williams

Joe
Triple Stumper
    $400 28
New Orleans

Ben!
    $400 29
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

sushi

Ben!
    $800 20
Walesa

Ben!
    $800 26
(Ben!: What is fritter? [*]?)
(Mayim: [*], yes.)

frittered

Ben!
    $800 27
(Nancy: What is a lizard?)
(Joe: What is a gecko?)

a salamander

JoeNancy
Triple Stumper
    $800 22
Real Time with Bill Maher

Triple Stumper
    $800 1
the Grand Canyon

Joe
    $800 25
(Mayim: Yes, less than a minute.)

short stories

Nancy
    $1200 6
Cornwallis

Ben!
    $1200 5
flotsam

Nancy
    $1200 14
banana slug

Joe
    $2,200 2
The Last Samurai

Joe
    $1200 17
Glass

Nancy
    $1200 12
polio

Ben!
    $1600 7
Red Cloud

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
bereavement

Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
a (bay) laurel

Ben!
    $1600 3
(Joe: What is Black Eyed Peas?)

The White Stripes

Joe
Triple Stumper
    $1600 16
Bali

Nancy
    $1600 11
"Makin' Whoopee"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
Wesley

Ben!
    $2000 10
Perdition

Joe
    $2,000 19
Muir

Ben!
    $2000 4
Jack Aubrey

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
the bluebonnet

Ben!
    $2000 13
Norway

Joe

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Joe Nancy
$20,800 $7,600 $3,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

CHILDREN'S BOOKS
(Mayim: [To Joe] [**], like the Emerald City within its pages.)
NancyWhat is Anne of Green Gables?
$3,500
JoeWhat is the Wizard of Oz?
$399
Ben!What is the Wizard of Oz?
$4,000
The Wizard of Oz (The Wonderful Wizard of Oz)

Final scores:

Ben! Joe Nancy
$24,800 $7,999 $100
9-day champion: $252,600 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ben! Joe Nancy
$18,600 $6,600 $3,600
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W		 6 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $28,800

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Game tape date: 2023-03-23
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