Responses for Show #8925 - Friday, July 28, 2023

Last game of Season 39.

Contestants

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Monika Chavez, a career education librarian from Alhambra, California

Sharon Bishop, a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island

Lucas Partridge, a school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

TALKING ABOUT WOMEN
WORKING WORDS
BREEDS OF SHEEP
MESSIN' WITH TEXAS
IT GETS OLD
REAL FAST
    $200 16
Florence Nightingale

Lucas
    $200 9
a headhunter

Monika
    $200 21
Agriculture

Lucas
    $200 1
(Sharon: What is, uh, football?)

Halloween

LucasSharon
    $200 3
Paul Revere

Sharon
    $200 14
the Rocket

Triple Stumper
    $400 17
Frida Kahlo

Sharon
    $400 10
delegate

Lucas
    $400 27
mutton

Monika
    $400 2
square dance

Monika
    $400 4
the old gray mare

Sharon
    $400 15
(Sharon: What is the 50-yard dash?)
...
(Ken: I think a lot of us can do the 50-yard a little faster than that.)
[NOTE: This record was broken between taping and airing; the world record at the time of airing was 4 minutes, 7.64 seconds by Faith Kipyegon.]

a mile

Sharon
Triple Stumper
    $600 7
(Angela) Merkel

Lucas
    $2,400 11
(Lucas: What is...)
(Ken: Quickly.)
(Lucas: For hire?)

freelance

Lucas
    $600 28
(Monika: What is Wales?)

Scotland

LucasMonika
    $600 6
(Ken: Yeah, he was Walker, [*].)

the Texas Rangers

Lucas
    $600 5
Virginia

Lucas
    $600 13
in-the-park home run

Sharon
    $800 8
Patty Hearst

Monika
    $800 19
outsourcing

Lucas
    $800 29
hair

Lucas
    $800 22
the Alamo

Lucas
    $800 26
cognac

Lucas
    $800 24
the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Maria Callas

Sharon
    $1000 20
modus operandi

Sharon
    $1000 30
the Merino

Sharon
    $1000 12
Austin

Lucas
    $1000 23
the Old Pretender

Triple Stumper
    $1000 25
Bonneville (Salt) Flats

Sharon

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

Lucas Sharon Monika
$1,000 $600 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lucas Sharon Monika
$5,200 $5,000 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ON THE MONEY
(Ken: You'll have to name the person pictured on current U.S. bills.)
BRITISH LITERATURE
NATIONAL ANTHEMS
IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU
ACTORS
"CC" ME
    $400 6
Thomas Jefferson

Sharon
    $400 23
Jude the Obscure

Lucas
    $400 19
New Zealand

Sharon
    $400 11
laughter

Lucas
    $400 3
Rickman

Lucas
    $400 14
tobacco

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Monika: Who is Jackson?)
...
(Ken: That was [*], father of his country and its mules.)

George Washington

Monika
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
Wordsworth

Triple Stumper
    $800 20
(Lucas: What is splendorious?)
...
(Ken: I'm sure Charles is both.)
(Sharon: [Pointing at Lucas] That's a good word; I like that.)

glorious

LucasSharon
    $800 12
yoga

Lucas
    $800 1
Chastain

Lucas
    $800 15
acceptance

Sharon
    $1200 8
Hamilton

Lucas
    $1200 25
Manchester

Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
(Monika: What is Pakistan and Bangladesh?)

India & Bangladesh

Monika
Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
(Lucas: What is gingivitis?)

periodontal disease

LucasSharon
    $1200 5
Ke Huy Quan

Lucas
    $1200 16
a sirocco

Sharon
    $1600 9
Franklin

Lucas
    $2,000 29
(Sharon: $2,000 again.)
(Ken: That's probably a smart wager.)
...
(Ken: Sharon?)
(Sharon: Who is Shelley?)

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Sharon
    $2,000 22
(Ken: In France, that's right.)

"The Marseillaise"

Sharon
    $1600 27
high intensity interval training

Sharon
    $1600 2
Cary Grant

Sharon
    $1600 17
Ecce Homo

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Ken: Died on Good Friday--[*].)
[ERRATUM: April 15 was a Saturday, the day after Good Friday.]

Abraham Lincoln

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
(Daphne) du Maurier

Lucas
    $2000 28
Haydn

Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
endorphins

Sharon
    $2000 4
Sarah Polley

Monika
    $2000 18
occlusion

Sharon

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lucas Sharon Monika
$12,000 $17,000 $1,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
(Ken: [To Lucas] Hunter S. Thompson's [*] journalism.)
MonikaWhat is gotcha?
$1,200
LucasWhat is Gonzo?
$12,000
SharonWhat is mudslinging?
$7,001
gonzo

Final scores:

Lucas Sharon Monika
$24,000 $9,999 $0
3-day champion: $66,200 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lucas Sharon Monika
$14,400 $18,600 $1,200
22 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 5 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $34,200

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Game tape date: 2023-05-19
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