Responses for Show #8948 - Wednesday, October 11, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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Karla Fossett, a senior content administrator from Saco, Maine

Robert Won, a math professor from Washington, D.C.

Sam Stapleton, a college consultant from Los Gatos, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE THE ITEM
(Ken: There will be a U.S. state in each correct response.)
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
A VAN DOWN BY THE RIVER
THE CALIFORNIANS
[Ken reads all the clues with a "California" accent.]
SURELY YOU JOUST
TAKE MY "Y", PLEASE!
    $200 12
(Ken: You're on the board.)
(Robert: Thankfully.)

Texas hold 'em

Robert
    $200 5
Weekend Update

Sam
    $200 27
the Nile

Sam
    $200 25
Zuckerberg

Robert
    $200 24
(Sam: Let's finish CALIFORNIANS for $200.)
(Ken: I have to do this voice one more time.)
[Laughter]

Lancelot

Sam
    $200 17
a yo-yo

Sam
    $400 11
Hannah Montana

Sam
    $400 4
(Ken: That was Tom Hanks as [*].)

David S. Pumpkins

Triple Stumper
    $400 28
the Thames

Karla
    $400 19
Warren

Robert
    $400 23
(Sam: Uh, what's the bumper?)

tilt (tilting)

SamRobert
    $400 16
a yoke

Sam
    $600 8
The Oregon Trail

Sam
    $600 3
Stefon

Sam
    $600 29
the Mississippi

Robert
    $600 18
Ansel Adams

Robert
    $600 22
1066

Karla
    $600 15
a yak

Robert
    $800 9
an Alabama Slammer

Sam
    $800 1
Mike Myers

Sam
    $800 30
the Euphrates

Robert
    $2,600 6
(Leland) Stanford

Sam
    $800 21
to the death

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
yodel

Robert
    $1000 10
a Tennessee Walking Horse

Triple Stumper
    $1000 2
Jane Curtin

Sam
    $1000 26
the Snake River

Robert
    $1000 7
Teller

Karla
    $1000 20
Richard I (the Lionhearted)

Sam
    $1000 13
Yenta

Robert

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

Sam Robert Karla
$7,000 $2,600 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Robert Karla
$8,600 $6,600 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

AN IMMODEST PROPOSAL
(Ken: You'll have to name the man who is immodestly proposing to his future wife.)
BASEBALL MOVIE HAIKU
OTHER RED, WHITE & BLUE FLAGS
BOOK CLUB
GRAB A "B"ITE
WORDS WITHIN WORDS
(Ken: Each correct response is hidden somewhere within a word in each clue.)
    $400 27
(Karla: Who is Joe DiMaggio?)

Miller

RobertKarla
    $400 19
Field of Dreams

Karla
    $400 14
Thailand

Sam
    $400 30
Pickwick

Karla
    $400 28
bacon

Karla
    $400 29
a tire (in antireligious)

Karla
    $800 26
Marcos

Robert
    $800 15
A League of Their Own

Robert
    $7,000 13
the Southern Cross

Sam
    $800 23
Mycroft

Sam
    $800 24
Bartlett

Karla
    $800 20
an angel (in evangelical)

Robert
    $1200 25
Mark Antony

Sam
    $1200 9
The Bad News Bears

Sam
    $1200 12
Croatia

Sam
    $8,000 16
(Robert: What is the baseball diamond?)
...
(Ken: Knocks you down, but I love the big swing there.)

the Joy Luck Club

Robert
    $1200 8
Brussels sprouts

Sam
    $1200 18
ether (in Netherlands)

Triple Stumper
    $1600 22
Louis Leakey

Triple Stumper
    $1600 2
Bull Durham

Robert
    $1600 5
Norway

Karla
    $1600 7
the Baby-Sitters Club

Robert
    $1600 3
basil

Sam
    $1600 17
a miser (in commiserated)

Sam
    $2000 21
John Alden

Karla
    $2000 1
Eight Men Out

Sam
    $2000 4
Laos

Sam
    $2000 6
Dorothy L. Sayers

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
butternut

Karla
    $2000 11
(Karla: What is the adrenal?)

renal (in adrenaline)

SamKarla

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Robert Karla
$30,800 $4,600 $7,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FINE ART
(Ken: What is "Love you Mom and Dad"? That is always the correct response, well done.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: They will probably let you double your money, but that can't come from me...)
...
(Ken: [Reading Sam's response] What is even happening right now?!?)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Well, the correct response is van Gogh's [*].)
RobertWhat is Love you Mom and Dad! ♡
$0
KarlaWhat is Water Lilies?
$7,600
SamWhat is even happening right now?!?
$0
Irises

Final scores:

Sam Robert Karla
$30,800 $4,600 $0
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Robert Karla
$22,800 $12,600 $7,600
25 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 17 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2023-08-30
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