Responses for Show #8933 - Wednesday, September 20, 2023

2023 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Pam Sung, a physician-scientist from Amherst, New York

Alex Lamb, a data scientist from Lake Forest, California

Brian Ross, an attorney from Los Angeles, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BACK IN THE DAY
THE SPORTING NEWS
THE NEW YORK KNOCKS
NAME THAT PLAY
EUROPEAN VACATION
B MINUS
    $200 21
the Pony Express

Brian
    $200 13
the Sugar Bowl

Alex
    $200 29
(Brian: What is clam [*]?)(Ken: [With Boston accent] [*] is correct, yes.)
(Brian: And bring it.)
(Ken: Final clue.)

chowder

Brian
    $200 30
The Importance of Being Earnest

Pam
    $200 24
Germany

Alex
    $200 26
urn (from burn)

Brian
    $400 20
(Alex: What is... Tudors?)

the House of York

Alex
Triple Stumper
    $400 9
the Devils

Pam
    $400 28
Damn Yankees

Pam
    $400 19
Death of a Salesman

Brian
    $400 23
the Louvre

Alex
    $400 25
Abel (from Babel)

Pam
    $600 17
(Alex: What is the Inquisition?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
...
(Ken: That's right, you did expect it.)

the Spanish Inquisition

Alex
    $600 5
United

Alex
    $600 27
Madison Square Garden

Alex
    $600 18
Pygmalion

Pam
    $600 22
Tuscany

Alex
    $600 14
a rook (from brook)

Pam
    $800 6
Teapot Dome

Alex
    $800 1
the Australian Open

Brian
    $800 4
The Rolling Stones

Alex
    $800 11
The Glass Menagerie

Triple Stumper
    $800 12
ouzo

Brian
    $800 15
(Alex: What is oat?)
...
(Ken: Sorry, Alex, we said "a group of ocean vessels"; we needed the plural, [*] from boats.)

oats (from boats)

Alex
Triple Stumper
    $2,200 7
(Alex: What is... the Foreign Legion?)

the Peace Corps

Alex
    $1000 2
rugby

Pam
    $1000 3
(Ken: Harsh review of [*], yes.)

the Holland Tunnel

Pam
    $1000 10
(Brian: What is Faust?)
(Alex: What is... Macbeth?)
...
(Ken: Brian was closest; this is Marlowe's [*]. Same story, different play.)

Doctor Faustus

BrianAlex
Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
Riga

Brian
    $1000 16
a lubber (from blubber)

Alex

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

Brian Alex Pam
$1,600 -$1,600 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brian Alex Pam
$2,600 $1,400 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE HAND THAT FEEDS YOU
MICKEY'S MANTEL
ALSO A STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION
THE REAL (WHITE HOUSE) WIVES OF D.C.
OPERA
"HIGH" NOTES
    $400 26
(Pam: What is beef [*]?)

tartare

Pam
    $400 15
Dumbo

Alex
    $400 28
an MA

Alex
    $400 25
Michelle Obama

Pam
    $400 30
Il trovatore

Triple Stumper
    $400 29
the high wire

Brian
    $800 10
paella

Alex
    $800 14
(Ken: No, no, no, that's correct.)
[Laughter]

"We Don't Talk About Bruno"

Alex
    $800 16
(REAL) ID

Alex
    $800 24
Barbara Bush

Brian
    $800 27
Cavalleria rusticana

Triple Stumper
    $800 23
the high five

Brian
    $1200 9
a latke

Brian
    $1200 13
Annie

Pam
    $1200 4
(Ken: The Vatican, right.)

va

Pam
    $1200 17
(Alex: Who is Nixon?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
(Alex: Richard Nixon.)
(Ken: No.)
(Alex: Oh, uh, sorry--oh.)

Pat Nixon

BrianAlex
    $1200 22
(Alex: What is Marriage of Figaro?)
(Pam: What is Tutte fan tutte?)

Così fan tutte

AlexPam
Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
the high jump

Brian
    $1600 7
an immersion blender

Brian
    $1600 11
(Julie) Taymor

Pam
    $1600 5
CO

Pam
    $1600 18
Mary Todd Lincoln

Pam
    $3,000 20
(Ken: How confident are you in OPERA?)
(Pam: Not very.)
...
(Pam: I don't know.)
(Ken: You were correct about your opera knowledge.)

Norma

Pam
    $1600 1
high on life

Pam
    $2000 8
Lobster Newberg

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Alex
    $2000 6
(Ken: Yes, you're a physician.)

M.E.

Pam
    $3,000 19
Eleanor Roosevelt

Pam
    $2000 21
Tosca

Triple Stumper
    $2000 2
(Alex: What are... what is High School Musical?)
...
(Ken: They all went to [*] as teens.)

Hollywood High

Alex
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brian Alex Pam
$9,800 $2,200 $15,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

20th CENTURY PEOPLE
(Ken: [Before going to player responses] Here's a Final Jeopardy! clue that might have gotten a little easier this summer.)
...
(Ken: [To Brian] Did he think of [*]? "Who is Barbie?" Oh, no, [*].)
[Laughter]
AlexWho is Oppenheimer?
$117
BrianWho is Oppenheimer?
$9,800
PamWho is Oppenheimer?
$5,000
(J. Robert) Oppenheimer

Final scores:

Brian Alex Pam
$19,600 $2,317 $20,000
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brian Alex Pam
$9,800 $4,400 $17,000
14 R,
1 W		 16 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $31,200

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Game tape date: 2023-08-17
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