Responses for Show #8942 - Tuesday, October 3, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Greg Marrero, a school administrator from Huntington Beach, California

Katrina Hill, a program officer from Alexandria, Virginia

Lawrence Long, a nursing student and stay-at-home uncle from East Bend, North Carolina

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THIS IS MY COUNTRY
(Ken: We'll give you a world leader; you'll name the country they led.)
NAME: THE CLASSIC SONG
HEY, LAD-"E"
(Ken: All these names will begin with that letter, "E".)
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ATTRACTIONS
FOOD FOR THOUGHT
2 VOWELS, ONE CONSONANT
(Ken: Each response will have three letters.)
    $200 6
France

Lawrence
    $200 20
Jessie

Katrina
    $200 10
Earhart

Katrina
    $200 15
(Lawrence: What is Columbia?)

MGM

LawrenceGreg
    $200 21
eggs

Greg
    $200 30
(Ken: You guys were eating those up.)

a boa

Katrina
    $400 5
Haiti

Greg
    $400 19
Kenneth

Lawrence
    $400 11
(Mary Baker) Eddy

Lawrence
    $400 9
the Hollywood Bowl

Katrina
    $400 22
blueberries

Greg
    $400 29
olé

Lawrence
    $600 4
(Lawrence: What is Eswatini?)

South Africa

Lawrence
Triple Stumper
    $600 18
Eileen

Katrina
    $600 12
Nora Ephron

Katrina
    $600 8
Griffith Park

Greg
    $600 23
zinc

Katrina
    $600 28
an ace

Lawrence
    $1,000 2
the Philippines

Lawrence
    $800 16
Rhonda

Lawrence
    $800 13
Queen Elizabeth I

Greg
    $800 1
the Queen Mary

Lawrence
    $800 24
fatty acids

Katrina
    $800 27
ape

Katrina
    $1000 3
Belgium

Greg
    $1000 17
Sharona

Lawrence
    $1000 14
Eleanor of Aquitaine

Lawrence
    $1000 7
the Staples Center

Greg
    $1000 25
avocados

Lawrence
    $1000 26
vie

Lawrence

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

Lawrence Katrina Greg
$2,600 $1,200 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lawrence Katrina Greg
$7,800 $4,400 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
20th CENTURY FOX HISTORY
WEAVE GOT SEWING CLUES
THE CONGO RIVER
MEN OF MICHIGAN
4, 4
(Ken: Each response is composed of two 4-letter words.)
    $400 6
West Point

Lawrence
    $400 29
Laurel & Hardy

Greg
    $400 1
patchwork

Lawrence
    $400 28
the Atlantic

Greg
    $400 30
Eminem (Slim Shady)

Lawrence
    $400 19
a dead heat

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Thoreau

Lawrence
    $800 17
Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid

Lawrence
    $800 2
tapestries

Katrina
    $800 27
Heart of Darkness

Katrina
    $800 18
Magic Johnson

Katrina
    $800 20
(Ken: I think you're the first one ever to say that on Jeopardy!)

a nepo baby

Lawrence
    $7,800 8
(Ken: Yes, Life Before Ted Hughes.)

Sylvia Plath

Lawrence
    $1200 16
Hugh Jackman

Katrina
    $1200 3
appliqué

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
Stanley

Greg
    $1200 21
Michael Moore

Lawrence
    $1200 24
a life hack

Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
Carson McCullers

Lawrence
    $1600 14
Australia

Lawrence
    $1600 4
(Lawrence: Who is Ophelia?)
...
(Ken: That's Odysseus' long-suffering wife, [*].)

Penelope

Lawrence
Triple Stumper
    $1600 12
(Katrina: What's a marmoset?)

the bonobo

Katrina
Triple Stumper
    $1600 22
Dewey

Lawrence
    $1600 25
(Ken: Tough category--that's [*].)

the Blue Hall

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
(Ken: The guy could do it all--who is [*]?)

John Donne

Triple Stumper
    $2000 15
(Lawrence: Who is Pancho Villa?)

Viva Zapata!

LawrenceGreg
    $2000 5
chevron

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 11
(Lawrence: [Sighs] Should have done it. What is [*]?)
[ERRATUM: R.O.C. was displayed without the third period.]

Kinshasa & Brazzaville

Lawrence
    $2000 23
Roger Chaffee

Triple Stumper
    $2000 26
(Ken: Well, nepo baby saved you from getting swept there; that's [*].)

a doom loop

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lawrence Katrina Greg
$22,600 $6,400 $8,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1500s
(Ken: [To Katrina] What was it going to be?)
(Katrina: Really good boy.)
(Ken: Is this the name of your trivia team? Are you talking to your pet?)
(Katrina: It's my dog.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Do you think your dog will be excited to see you praise him on TV?)
(Katrina: Oh, he loves praise.)
(Ken: And Jeopardy!, I assume.)
...
(Ken: [To Greg] Yeah, interested in flight and lots of other stuff.)
...
(Ken: [To Lawrence] is that what you call [*]? Is that what they called him in the neighborhood?)
(Lawrence: Yeah, he's Vin. He's known as Da Vin.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: I don't think we can take Da Vin.)
KatrinaWho is, Albert you're a re
$116
GregWho Leonardo Da Vinci
$8,599
LawrenceWho is Linnaeus? Da Vin
$0
Leonardo da Vinci

Final scores:

Lawrence Katrina Greg
$22,600 $6,284 $17,199
Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Lawrence Katrina Greg
$16,800 $6,400 $8,600
24 R
(including 3 DDs),
4 W		 13 R,
1 W		 12 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2023-08-29
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