Responses for Show #8940 - Friday, September 29, 2023

2023 Second Chance competition week 3, final game 2.

Contestants

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Barb Fecteau, a high school librarian from Beverly, Massachusetts (subtotal of $6,400)

Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida (subtotal of $29,200)

Michalle Gould, a librarian from Laguna Beach, California (subtotal of $21,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE SHIP OF STATE
WEIRD AL PARODIES
THAT'S A VEGAS CASINO
CHEMICAL FORMULAS
BACK TO SCHOOL
WORDS THAT END WITH "E"
    $200 25
a submarine

Barb
    $200 5
Lady Gaga

Jilana
    $200 18
a mirage

Jilana
    $200 28
hydrochloric acid

Jilana
    $200 8
Tolkien

Jilana
    $200 21
love

Barb
    $400 26
the Oregon Pine

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Miley Cyrus

Jilana
    $400 24
flamingos

Michalle
    $400 30
(Barb: What is sugar?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
(Barb: Uh... what is white sugar?)
(Jilana: What is sucrose?)
...
(Ken: That is the simplest sugar of them all.)

glucose

JilanaBarb
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
gross domestic product

Barb
    $400 22
lane

Barb
    $600 27
the Arizona

Michalle
    $600 3
(Ken: Yeah, that's the official Second Chance anthem.)
[Laughter]

"I Lost On Jeopardy"

Jilana
    $600 16
Treasure Island

Jilana
    $600 6
ethanol

Jilana
    $600 9
Jesse Jackson

Barb
    $600 15
Climate Change

Barb
    $2,200 19
Colorado

Jilana
    $800 1
[As high scorer from yesterday, Jilana selected the first clue.]

Oscar Mayer

Barb
    $800 17
"New York, New York"

Michalle
    $800 7
(Jilana: What is C?)

N

MichalleJilana
    $800 10
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon

Jilana
    $800 14
lance corporal

Barb
    $1000 20
the Virginia

Michalle
    $1000 2
"Like A Surgeon"

Barb
    $1000 23
Luxor

Barb
    $1000 29
calcium oxide

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
forget

Michalle
    $1000 13
the male gaze

Jilana

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

Michalle Jilana Barb
$1,800 $3,000 $4,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michalle Jilana Barb
$4,600 $5,800 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COW COUNTRY
FACTS ABOUT THE BEST PICTURE WINNER
THE VIKINGS
POEMS ABOUT POETRY
FURNITURE
COMPLETE THE OXYMORON
    $400 30
(Ken: America's Dairyland, yes.)
(Jilana: It's where I'm from.)

Wisconsin

Jilana
    $400 9
The Sting

Barb
    $400 27
berserker

Triple Stumper
    $400 1
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"

Michalle
    $400 25
a desk

Jilana
    $400 28
a brief

Jilana
    $800 29
India

Jilana
    $800 10
Frances McDormand

Barb
    $800 26
a hammer

Michalle
    $800 2
(Barb: Um, what is "On the night before Christmas"?)

'Twas the night before Christmas

JilanaBarb
    $3,000 24
(Ken: You've got a big lead, Jilana; will you protect it or risk big?)
...
(Barb: Nicely done.)

an ottoman

Jilana
    $800 23
high

Jilana
    $1200 3
Argentina

Michalle
    $1200 11
[Barb did not include the leading article in her response.]

The Silence of the Lambs

Barb
    $1200 8
Labrador

Michalle
    $1200 4
(Amanda) Gorman

Michalle
    $1200 17
nesting tables

Barb
    $1200 21
ice

Barb
    $1600 14
[ERRATUM: The picture displayed was of Scottish Highland cow, not an [*], due to the stock photo provider's mislabeling.]

Angus

Triple Stumper
    $1600 12
It Happened One Night

Barb
    $1600 7
(Barb: What is Gaul?)

Normandy

JilanaBarb
    $1600 5
Leaves of Grass

Michalle
    $1600 18
Eames chair

Barb
    $1600 20
(Jilana: What is candy?)

sweet

JilanaBarb
    $2000 15
Ethiopia

Jilana
    $7,200 13
(Ken: Barb, you are 4/4 in this category; what will you wager on the 5th clue?)
(Barb: Let's prove that I have never learned my lesson and make it a True Daily Double.)
[Cheers & applause]
...
(Barb: [Whispering] Latex rubber suit. Doug Jones.)
(Ken: Barb?)
(Barb: Dear God, what is... The Whale?)
(Ken: I'm afraid not; he played the creature in [*].)
(Barb: Oh.)

The Shape of Water

Barb
    $2000 16
a keel

Triple Stumper
    $2000 6
Shelley

Jilana
    $2000 19
Duncan Phyfe

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
fast

Barb

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michalle Jilana Barb
$11,000 $16,400 $7,600
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. SENATE HISTORY
(Ken: [To Barb] Is that someone you know?)
(Barb: That's my husband.)
(Ken: Aw, husband. Sadly, he was not the president of the Senate in 1805...)
...
(Ken: The president of the Senate back then would have been the vice president.)
(Jilana: Oh.)
(Ken: This was [*] leaving the Senate chamber--not a big law and order guy, which is why he had to give the big speech, I guess.)
BarbWho Richard Todd ❤
$0
MichalleWho Jefferson
$10,700
JilanaWho is James Madison?
$2,201
Aaron Burr

Final scores:

Michalle Jilana Barb
$300 $14,199 $7,600

Cumulative scores:

Michalle Jilana Barb
$21,700 $43,399 $14,000
1st runner-up: $20,000 Tournament champion: $35,000 + advance to the Champions Wildcard tournament. 2nd runner-up: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Michalle Jilana Barb
$11,000 $12,800 $14,800
12 R,
0 W		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $38,600

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Game tape date: 2023-08-18
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