Responses for Show #8891 - Monday, June 12, 2023

Suresh Krishnan game 5.

Contestants

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Marilyn Singer, a children's book author from Brooklyn, New York

Michael Vallely, a data analyst from Somerville, Massachusetts

Suresh Krishnan, a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $53,999)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

POP SONGS
TROPIC OF CAPRICORN NATIONS
NARRATOR OF THE NOVEL
CORE VALUES
5-LETTER WORDS
BEN & JERRY'S FLAVOR GRAVEYARD
    $200 1
Beyoncé

Triple Stumper
    $200 17
Chile

Suresh
    $200 10
[Suresh did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Fault in Our Stars

Suresh
    $200 22
the Yankees

Marilyn
    $200 7
baton

Michael
    $200 15
peach

Michael
    $400 2
daughters

Michael
    $400 18
(Michael: What is Angola?)

Mozambique

SureshMichael
    $5 11
(Suresh: What is Gravity?)

The Martian

Suresh
    $400 23
rotten

Suresh
    $400 8
elbow

Michael
    $400 27
Cannoli

Suresh
    $600 3
Shaq (Shaquille O'Neal)

Michael
    $600 19
(Michael: What is Paraguay?)
(Suresh: What is Brazil?)

Argentina

SureshMichael
Triple Stumper
    $600 12
The Color Purple

Marilyn
    $600 24
crust

Michael
    $600 9
gnash

Marilyn
    $600 28
(Marilyn: Oh, I was going to say, "Who is Benedict?", but that's not right.)

Ethan

MichaelMarilyn
    $800 4
"Papa Don't Preach"

Suresh
    $800 20
Botswana

Michael
    $800 13
(Sylvia) Plath

Michael
    $800 25
(Marilyn: Uh, who the Buddha?)

Gandhi

SureshMarilyn
    $800 16
(Marilyn: What's an I-beam?)

a joist

SureshMarilyn
    $800 29
macadamia

Marilyn
    $1000 5
a brand new bag

Michael
    $1000 21
(Marilyn: What is Bolivia?)

Paraguay

Marilyn
Triple Stumper
    $1000 14
The Lovely Bones

Marilyn
    $1000 26
the pelvis

Suresh
    $1000 6
a scion

Suresh
    $1000 30
Wavy Gravy

Michael

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

Suresh Michael Marilyn
$1,995 $3,600 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Suresh Michael Marilyn
$5,395 $5,600 $0

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE WAR OF 1812
LIKE A STATUE
HEALTH & MEDICINE
COLOR MY WORLD
HANG UP YOUR TV REBOOTS
"AX" MARKS THE SPOT
(Mayim: Responses begin with "A-X".)
    $400 9
Madison

Michael
    $400 1
the Sphinx

Suresh
    $400 6
autoimmune

Michael
    $400 16
the Green Party

Suresh
    $400 21
24

Marilyn
    $400 26
(Suresh: [*]. What is [*]?)

axle

Suresh
    $800 10
the Thames

Suresh
    $800 2
the Lakota

Suresh
    $800 12
glucose

Suresh
    $800 17
a yellowjacket

Michael
    $800 22
Lost in Space

Michael
    $800 27
axiom

Michael
    $1200 7
the Constitution

Michael
    $1200 3
David

Michael
    $1200 13
a neti pot

Marilyn
    $1200 18
Auburn Hills

Triple Stumper
    $1200 23
Battlestar Galactica

Michael
    $1200 28
(Marilyn: What's an axion?)

axon

Marilyn
Triple Stumper
    $8,400 8
(Michael: You know, I had three failed cancer treatments; I didn't think I'd be here, so I'm just going to bet it all.)
[Audience cheers and applauds]

the Niagara

Michael
    $1600 4
Vulcan

Suresh
    $1600 14
an aneurysm

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
South Africa

Suresh
    $1600 24
Dexter

Michael
    $1600 29
axeman

Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
Ghent

Michael
    $2,000 5
Parliament Hill

Suresh
    $2000 15
electroconvulsive therapy

Marilyn
    $2000 20
the Dominicans

Michael
    $2000 25
Will & Grace

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
an axolotl

Marilyn

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Suresh Michael Marilyn
$14,195 $26,400 $4,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WOMEN IN MYTHOLOGY
(Mayim: [To Suresh] Daughter of Oedipus, who unwittingly married his mother.)
MarilynWho is Niobe?
$1,000
SureshWho Antigone?
$14,000
MichaelWho is Uncle Steve?
$2,000
Antigone

Final scores:

Suresh Michael Marilyn
$28,195 $24,400 $3,400
5-day champion: $82,194 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Suresh Michael Marilyn
$14,200 $19,600 $4,400
19 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 9 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $38,200

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Game tape date: 2023-04-04
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