Responses for Show #8944 - Thursday, October 5, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Joe Feldmann, a technology professional from Bethesda, Maryland

Amanda Ganske, a product marketing manager from Austin, Texas

Brendan Sargent, a small business owner originally from Worcester, Massachusetts

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE
MOVIES AS TV NEWS STORIES
(Ken: You'll name the movie.)
I HAVE A PREPOSITION FOR YOU
FRANKLY
MADEIRA
I DON'T GIVE A...
(Ken: All these responses will end with the letters "A-M".)
    $200 27
an orangutan

Amanda
    $200 1
(Amanda: What is Rocky II?)

Creed

AmandaJoe
    $200 28
across & down

Amanda
    $200 25
(Amanda: Who is Gehry?)

Frank Lloyd Wright

BrendanAmanda
    $200 29
banana

Triple Stumper
    $200 30
a yam

Brendan
    $400 26
a giant squid

Amanda
    $400 12
(Joe: What is... the...)

Knives Out

BrendanJoe
    $400 14
behind

Brendan
    $400 24
(Frank) Herbert

Joe
    $1,000 22
(Amanda: What is Spain?)

Portugal

Amanda
    $400 23
the Hoover Dam

Brendan
    $600 15
(Brendan: What is a Bengal tiger?)

the Siberian tiger

BrendanJoe
    $600 9
[Brendan did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Blues Brothers

Brendan
    $600 13
versus

Brendan
    $600 11
Orange

Brendan
    $600 17
Columbus

Joe
    $600 19
ham

Brendan
    $800 5
Taiwan

Triple Stumper
    $800 4
Slumdog Millionaire

Joe
    $800 10
beyond

Amanda
    $800 7
(Frank) Capra

Brendan
    $800 16
brandy

Triple Stumper
    $800 18
(Brendan: What is a slam?)
(Ken: More specific, please.)
(Brendan: What is [**]?)
(Ken: No.)
(Brendan: [*]?)
[Brendan was correct after time was up for being more specific, but his first attempt was deemed acceptable after the break after Ken initially said no.]

a body slam (a powerslam)

BrendanAmanda
    $1000 2
a Cape buffalo

Brendan
    $1000 3
Cool Hand Luke

Brendan
    $1000 6
(Amanda: What is far?)

along

Amanda
Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(Ken: This is the Guys and Dolls composer, [*].)

Frank Loesser

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Napoleon

Amanda
    $1000 20
(Amanda: Oh, no, I thought it was gonna be grams.)

a dram

Amanda
Triple Stumper

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

Brendan Amanda Joe
$4,800 -$400 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Brendan Amanda Joe
$7,000 $0 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EX-SOVIET REPUBLICS
ALPHABET POP
LOOK IN THE CABINET
NUN BUT THE BRAVE
ARCHITECTURE TERMS
NUMBERS 4 LETTERS
(Ken: Each response here is a 4-letter word based on a very simple code.)
    $400 15
Chernobyl

Joe
    $400 1
BTS

Brendan
    $400 6
Attorney General

Brendan
    $400 23
a bullfighter

Amanda
    $400 30
the nave

Joe
    $400 18
dawn

Amanda
    $800 14
the Caucasus

Joe
    $800 2
Run-DMC

Amanda
    $800 7
Department of Transportation

Joe
    $800 24
(Brendan: What is New Delhi?)

Dublin, Ireland

Brendan
Triple Stumper
    $800 29
neoclassicism

Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Baal

Triple Stumper
    $1200 13
Estonia

Joe
    $1200 3
UB40

Amanda
    $1200 9
the Secretary of State

Joe
    $3,000 25
Dead Man Walking

Amanda
    $1200 16
(Amanda: What's a turret?)

a parapet

AmandaJoe
    $1200 20
(Joe: What is Ares?)

an army

AmandaJoe
    $1600 12
Kazakhstan

Amanda
    $1600 4
ZZ Top

Brendan
    $1600 8
Homeland Security

Brendan
    $1600 26
the Jesuits

Joe
    $1600 17
Doric

Brendan
    $1600 21
a yarn

Amanda
    $2000 11
the Commonwealth of Independent States

Triple Stumper
    $2000 5
LMFAO

Brendan
    $4,200 10
the Department of the Interior

Joe
    $2000 27
The Canterbury Tales

Brendan
    $2000 28
beam

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
(Ken: You found your category there.)

cyan

Amanda

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Brendan Amanda Joe
$15,800 $11,000 $12,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

GLOBAL GEOLOGY
(Ken: Joe, you were writing so quickly the music hadn't even started yet.)
AmandaWhat is Norway?
$11,000
JoeWhat is Iceland?
$10,000
BrendanWhat is Mongolia
$9,801
Iceland

Final scores:

Brendan Amanda Joe
$5,999 $0 $22,800
2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Brendan Amanda Joe
$15,800 $10,200 $10,600
20 R,
2 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $36,600

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Game tape date: 2023-08-29
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