Responses for Show #8941 - Monday, October 2, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 1.

Contestants

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Dane Reighard, a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California

Emily Seaman Hoy, an attorney from Houston, Texas

Burt Thakur, a project engineer from Palm Springs, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

GEOGRAPHY "B"
FIGHTERS
ARE YOU SHAKESPEARIENCED?
(Ken: We'll give you a line, you name the play.)
A BUG'S LIFE
NATIVE AMERICANS
A CATEGORY ABOUT NOTHING
    $200 12
Baghdad

Emily
    $200 27
Ronda Rousey

Dane
    $200 28
Julius Caesar

Burt :)
    $200 23
army ants

Burt :)
    $200 30
Herbert Hoover

Burt :)
    $200 24
love

Emily
    $400 10
British Columbia

Dane
    $400 25
pound for pound

Emily
    $400 26
Macbeth

Emily
    $400 22
a flea

Triple Stumper
    $400 29
(Emily: What are dreamcatchers?)

baskets

Burt :)Emily
    $400 14
(Ken: Qué es [*].)

nada

Dane
    $600 5
the Bahamas

Dane
    $600 18
(Emily: What is swimming?)
(Burt: Uh, what is judo?)

freestyle wrestling

Burt :)Emily
Triple Stumper
    $600 15
(Burt: Uh, what is The Merchant of Venice?)
...
(Ken: Burt, you should have stuck with [*]; that is Polonius in [*].)

Hamlet

Burt :)
Triple Stumper
    $600 7
crickets

Emily
    $600 4
the Seminoles

Emily
    $600 13
zero hour

Dane
    $800 6
Bhutan

Emily
    $800 19
(Emily: Who is Sugar Ray?)
(Ken: More specifically?)

Sugar Ray Leonard

Emily
    $1,200 11
(Ken: Now it's time for [*], yes.)
[Applause]
(Ken: You were just a little early, Dane.)

The Tempest

Dane
    $800 17
a ladybug

Emily
    $800 16
Navajo

Burt :)
    $800 8
void

Dane
    $1000 3
Bolivia & Brazil

Emily
    $1000 21
Marvelous

Burt :)
    $1000 2
(Dane: What is The Tempest?)
(Burt: What is Hamlet?)

As You Like It

Burt :)Dane
Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
beetles

Burt :)
    $1000 20
(Dane: What's a spirit quest?)

the Ghost Dance Movement

Dane
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
nonentity

Dane

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

Burt :) Emily Dane
-$600 $3,200 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Burt :) Emily Dane
$1,600 $4,800 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

SOUTH AFRICA
THEY PLAYED WYATT EARP
SIGNS & SYMBOLS
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY
HODGE PODGE
PROVERB VS. PROVERB
    $400 28
Johannesburg

Burt :)
    $400 25
the O.K. Corral

Dane
    $400 27
the raven

Dane
    $400 29
the Nile

Dane
    $400 30
(Emily: What is the nose?)
...
(Ken: I think my nose is perfect; this is [*].)

the eye

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $400 23
a horse

Dane
    $800 16
(Burt: What is Boer?)

Zulu

Burt :)
Triple Stumper
    $800 15
Kurt Russell

Burt :)
    $800 26
(Emily: What is a window?)

a stove

EmilyDane
    $800 22
papyrus

Emily
    $800 24
Tony Blair

Dane
    $800 17
look

Emily
    $1200 6
(Burt: What is... Johannesburg?)

Cape Town

Burt :)Dane
    $1200 5
(Dane: Who is Val Kilmer?)

Kevin Costner

Dane
Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
(Burt: What is a hashtag?)

a space

Burt :)
Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
the Book of the Dead

Burt :)
    $1200 11
the X-Men

Burt :)
    $1200 12
the pen

Dane
    $2,000 2
(Ken: You can wager up to $2,000.)
(Burt: Will I go negative if I do $2,000?)
(Ken: Not if you're right.)
[Laughter]
(Burt: All right, you know what? I've always wanted to say this, let's do a True Daily Double.)
(Ken: So you want the $1,600 or do you want all $2,000?)
...
(Burt: Uh... what is... the...)

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Burt :)
    $1600 7
James Garner

Dane
    $1600 9
(Emily: What is Westminster Abbey?)

the Anglican

Burt :)Emily
    $1600 21
an ankh

Burt :)
    $2,000 14
(Ken: Dane?)
(Dane: Who is... I don't have it.)
(Ken: Boswell wrote The Life of Johnson about [*].)

Dr. Samuel Johnson

Dane
    $1600 18
birds of a feather

Dane
    $2000 3
a (blue) crane

Burt :)
    $2000 8
(Ken: That's a great blacklisted actor, [*].)

Will Geer

Triple Stumper
    $2000 4
a bend sinister

Triple Stumper
    $2000 1
Heliopolis

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Thomas Hardy

Burt :)
    $2000 19
the stew (the broth)

Dane

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Burt :) Emily Dane
$7,200 $3,600 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATIONS
(Ken: [To Dane] It is after the deaths of Lincoln and FDR, but it was their successors; it was [*] and [**] that declared those national days of mourning. Lincoln, obviously, didn't know in advance.)
EmilyWho is Abraham Lincoln
$0
Burt :)Who are Lincoln and Truman
$7,200
DaneWho are Lincoln & FD|
$5,000
Andrew Johnson & Harry Truman

Final scores:

Burt :) Emily Dane
$0 $3,600 $5,800
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Burt :) Emily Dane
$9,200 $3,600 $12,400
15 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
5 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $25,200

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Game tape date: 2023-08-29
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