Responses for Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! game #16 - Wednesday, October 11, 2023

2023-2024 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinal game 3.
First game with five rounds.

Contestants

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Katie Nolan, a sports comedy host originally from Framingham, Massachusetts

Sherri Shepherd, a daytime television talk show host, actress, and comedian originally from Chicago, Illinois

Christopher Meloni, an actor originally from Washington, D.C.

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Jeopardy! Round responses

AS SEEN ON SHARK TANK
WOULDA, COULDA, SHOULDA
DEMONYMS
(Ken: Now, demonyms are words that refer to a native or a resident of a certain place.)
OH, THAT'S RICH
LESSER-KNOWN SIBLINGS
ALL YOU NEED IS "L-O-V-E"
(Ken: These are words that can be made entirely from the letters in "love". You could use them more than once if you need to, in fact.)
    $100 13
(Christopher: What is an infrared light?)
(Sherri: What is a laser light?)

an ultraviolet light

ChristopherSherriKatie
    $100 16
Hillary Clinton

Sherri
    $100 8
Dalmatian

Katie
    $100 1
shepherd's pie

Katie
    $100 30
(Ken: Yes, Diana Ross's sister, who knew?)

The Supremes

Christopher
    $100 2
(Ken: That would be London [*] tours.
You can make [*] from the letters.)
(Katie: That makes so much sense. You did say you could use them twice.)
(Ken: You can. Two of them.)

loo

Triple Stumper
    $200 14
(Ken: You seem very happy about [*].)
(Katie: I have a personal connection to [*]. It just makes me very happy. I love a sponge, Ken.)

Scrub Daddy

Katie
    $200 26
(Ken: You beat Katie to a sports clue.)
(Katie: How dare you.)

the L.A. Lakers

Christopher
    $200 9
a Kiwi

Katie
    $200 7
egg nog

Christopher
    $200 17
(Christopher: What is a doctor? [*], what is a [*]?)

lawyer

Christopher
    $200 3
a Leo

Katie
    $300 15
(Katie: I'm wearing them.)
(Ken: Katie, you don't get to look at your feet during the clue. [*], what are [*]?)
(Katie: Ken, I don't show my feet on TV.)

Bombas

Triple Stumper
    $300 24
(Sherri: What is I could have had [*]?)

a V8

Sherri
    $300 10
Vatican City

Katie
    $300 19
Wisconsin

Christopher
    $300 18
(Ken: You always wanna have a bonus [*].)

Jonas

Triple Stumper
    $300 4
a levee

Katie
    $400 22
(Katie: I have a personal connection to this as well. What is [*]?)
(Ken: I have no further questions.)
[Laughter]

Squatty Potty

Katie
    $400 25
(Sherri: What is, I don't know.)

Shel Silverstein

SherriKatie
    $400 11
(Christopher: What is Crete?)
...
(Ken: Crete's the largest island in [*], I'm afraid.)

Greece

ChristopherKatie
    $400 20
cherries

Katie
    $400 29
(Christopher: Who is Castro?)
(Ken: More specifically...?)

Fidel Castro

Christopher
    $400 5
Volvo

Katie
    $500 23
the Ring

Sherri
    $500 27
(Katie: Who is The Mandalorian?)
...
(Ken: Christopher surprised too, you're lucky to get beat.)
...
(Christopher: Thanks for taking the bullet on that one.)

Obi-Wan Kenobi

Katie
Triple Stumper
    $500 12
(Christopher: What is Albania? Albany? Albania?)
(Ken: Sorry, no.)
...
(Ken: Yeah, scooping in there to pick up...)
(Sherri: No, she's doing this.)
(Katie: I've done it twice now.)
(Sherri: You know what, I'm not...)
(Katie: If I need this money later, if I'm not doing well later, so I had to take it.)
(Sherri: I like, you a boss lady, but this right here...)
(Katie: But I like you both so much.)
(Ken: You got to watch your mouth around her. She's listening to everything you two say.)
(Katie: This means so much to me.)

an Albanian

ChristopherKatie
    $500 21
(Sherri: Is that what that means?)
(Ken: It looks like a mess.)

poutine

Katie
    $500 28
Cleopatra

Christopher
    $500 6
(Sherri: What is evolution?)
...
(Sherri: That's part of... Ken!)
(Katie: Don't be mad.)
(Ken: You were so close.)
(Sherri: Is this how we starting it off?)
(Ken: I don't want you to be mad.)
(Sherri: Okay, all right, I'm with you.)

evolve

SherriKatie

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

Christopher Sherri Katie
-$800 -$600 $3,300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Christopher Sherri Katie
$900 -$100 $4,500

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FEELING GASSY
FICTIONAL TV TOWNS
BIG DOGS AS LITTLE PUPPIES
(Ken: You'll be seeing some very large breeds when they were very cute pups.)
FOR SWEATER OR WORSE
WINE BIZ
MERRIAM-WEBSTER'S WORDS OF THE YEAR
    $200 29
propane

Christopher
    $200 27
Friday Night Lights

Christopher
    $200 14
a Rottweiler

Sherri
    $200 19
hockey

Sherri
    $200 4
Italy & France

Christopher
    $200 8
vaccine

Katie
    $400 1
cows

Katie
    $400 24
(Sherri: Oh, what is, what is, not, oh, what is...)
(Ken: Out of time.)
(Katie: What is Stranger Things?)

Buffy the Vampire Slayer

SherriKatie
Triple Stumper
    $400 13
(Katie: Look at him!)

Turner & Hooch

Katie
    $400 20
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?"

Christopher
    $400 5
Cabernet Sauvignon

Christopher
    $400 9
(Sherri: What is orga... no, that's wrong.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: I want to hear your Betty Friedan stories, but no.)
...
(Ken: But some words are perennial. They work in any year.)

feminism

Sherri
Triple Stumper
    $600 2
steam

Triple Stumper
    $600 25
Gilmore Girls

Katie
    $600 18
Pyrenees

Katie
    $600 21
Freddy Krueger

Katie
    $600 6
egg whites

Triple Stumper
    $600 10
justice

Katie
    $800 3
(Christopher: What is hydrogen?)

nitrogen

Christopher
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
(Ken: None of you were [*] fans.)
(Katie: Oh, my gosh.)

Dawson's Creek

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
Switzerland

Christopher
    $1,000 22
(Ken: It's that thing that stresses you out, Katie.)
(Katie: I mean, sweaters? How much do I know about sweaters? Uh, let's do, um...)
(Sherri: Do it all! Do it all!)
(Katie: Get out of here.)
(Christopher: And then some!)
(Katie: Let's do $1,000.)
(Sherri: Live a little. Katie!)
...
(Sherri: Katie!)
(Katie: A guess, Sherri.)
(Sherri: Can you stop it? You couldn't... you couldn't... Girl!)
(Ken: Sherri tried to get you to bet more, Katie.)
(Katie: I know, I know. I'm glad I didn't because I... that was a pure guess.)

Cardigan

Katie
    $800 7
(Christopher: Uh, what is a...)
(Ken: I think you're out of time.)

Cooper

ChristopherKatie
    $2,000 11
(Katie: That's what I feared because now it's numbers.)
(Ken: No, it's a good thing. Finding the Daily Double is good.)

gaslighting

Katie
    $1000 28
the Sun

Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Sons of Anarchy

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
a Great Dane

Christopher
    $1000 23
The Devil Wears Prada

Sherri
    $1000 16
(Katie: What is fermentation?)

evaporation

Katie
Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
[Sherri squeals after being ruled correct.]
(Katie: Good job, Sherri.)
(Ken: Out-of-body experience.)

democracy

Sherri

Scores at the Double Jeopardy! Round commercial break (after clue 15):

Christopher Sherri Katie
$700 $700 $8,900

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Christopher Sherri Katie
$2,500 $1,500 $10,300

Triple Jeopardy! Round

"EZ" GEOGRAPHY
(Ken: The consecutive letters "E-Z" will appear in each correct response.)
YOU'RE A HOMOPHONE, DIANE
HI, I'M J.LO
SHAPES IN NATURE
FASHION FOR ALL
PEW! PEW! PEW!
(Ken: That sound will begin each correct response.)
    $300 10
Venezuela

Katie
    $300 14
(Sherri: Who is Dianne... ahhh!)
(Christopher: Who is Dianne Krall?)

Dianne Reeves

ChristopherSherri
Triple Stumper
    $300 30
Jon Lovitz

Christopher
    $300 17
a goat

Christopher
    $300 26
Rihanna

Sherri
    $300 2
puke

Katie
    $600 11
fez

Christopher
    $600 15
California

Katie
    $600 1
(Sherri: Okay, that's not Jenny from the Block.)
(Katie: I was misled.)
(Sherri: That was the bait & switch.)

Joe Louis

Christopher
    $600 18
a rainbow

Katie
    $600 7
physical therapy

Katie
    $600 3
puberty

Christopher
    $900 12
the Suez Canal

Katie
    $1,000 16
(Ken: Do you feel more confident, Katie?)
(Katie: Okay, um, no. So, let's do...)
(Ken: If you were yelling at the screen at home, what would you want them to do?)
(Katie: Risk it all! And I'm not gonna do that.)
(Ken: Okay.)
(Katie: I'm just gonna get right ahead of that.)
(Sherri: But what's in the middle of risk it all and, like, playing it safe?)
(Katie: $1,000.)
...
(Katie: What are chimpanzees?)
...
(Ken: It turns out the small wager was right.)
(Katie: I'm not doing well at these doubles.)

mountain gorillas

Katie
    $2,100 21
(Christopher: Bet it all! Bet it all! [Pointing towards Katie] Now I'm you. Now I'm you.)
(Sherri: Is the pressure on?)
(Christopher: I'm biting my nails.)
(Ken: You've got enough to take the lead if you so choose, Christopher, and you're correct.)
(Sherri: And it took you a long time to get here, so you think about this.)
[Laughter]
(Sherri: I mean, that's not bad, I'm just saying. Like, Katie's a little different. You had to earn this.)
(Christopher: Can someone mop me up? I'm getting a little... okay, let's uh, $2,100.)

Jack London

Christopher
    $900 19
(Sherri: What is a four-leaf clover? No.)
(Ken: That's wrong, I'm sorry.)
(Sherri: I know, that's why I said no.)
(Ken: You were way ahead of me.)

a heart shape

ChristopherSherri
    $900 8
(Sherri: [No response])
...
(Sherri: That's what I was gonna say.)
(Katie: I know it was.)
(Sherri: That's exactly... I was gonna say, what's a [**]?)
(Ken: You gotta guess.)
(Sherri: Go back.)
(Ken: There's no downside to guessing.)
(Sherri: That's exactly what I was going to say.)
(Ken: Easy to say now, Sherri, I'll tell you that.)
(Sherri: Oh, my gosh!)

a bra (brassiere)

SherriKatie
    $900 4
putrid

Katie
    $1200 13
the Zambezi River

Triple Stumper
    $1200 29
(Katie: Yes!)
[Applause]
(Ken: You're at positive 900. Well done, you needed that. Why don't you do this, Katie?)
(Katie: Can you bring it, Ken?)
(Ken: I will bring it.)

Edward Scissorhands

Sherri
    $1200 22
John Locke

Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
a cube

Katie
    $1200 9
Braille

Christopher
    $3,000 5
(Ken: Share the wealth, Katie.)
(Sherri: Can you live a little?)
(Katie: Here's the thing, when I'm at home, I'm like, "Bet it all!" And now I'm like, "$2, please, Ken." I'm gonna take up a little bit more of a risk. We'll do $3,000.)
(Sherri: There you go.)
(Ken: Little baby steps, right?)
...
(Katie: What is...)
(Ken: Say something.)
(Katie: A pew... I don't know.)
[The time expiry signal sounds.]
(Ken: [*].)
(Katie: [*]? You just made that up.)
(Ken: I did, in fact, yeah. That's kind of my prerogative as host. But look how it made the game a little closer. It drops you down to $8,500.)
(Katie: Oh my God, no, I liked when there was the two numbers at the beginning, okay.)
(Sherri: But you'll get it back.)

puce

Katie
    $1500 20
Valdez

Christopher
    $1500 28
(Christopher: Who is... Joan Collins?)
(Sherri: Who is Joan Collins's sister?)

Diahann Carroll

ChristopherSherri
Triple Stumper
    $1500 23
June Lockhart

Triple Stumper
    $1500 25
okra

Katie
    $1500 27
(Ken: Those are longtime "friends", [*].)

Frog & Toad

Triple Stumper
    $1500 6
pewter

Sherri

Scores at the end of the Triple Jeopardy! Round:

Christopher Sherri Katie
$8,800 $900 $14,100

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

RALLYING CRIES
(Ken: Do you want to say your rallying cry? What is...)
(Sherri: Life or Liberty!)
(Ken: That's good! It's not right, but that was very good.)
...
(Ken: Now, math, not your favorite part of the game.)
(Katie: I made a mistake.)
(Ken: You just had to wager more than $3,500.)
(Katie: Right.)
(Ken: And you're a champion.)
(Katie: And I wagered $3,500.)
(Ken: You wagered exactly $3,500.)
(Katie: I'm a moron!)
(Sherri: Oh, my God!)
SherriWhat is life or liberty?
$825
ChristopherWhat is Remember the Alamo?
$8,800
KatieWhat is remember the Alamo?
$3,500
Remember the Alamo!

Tiebreaker Round responses

FRENCH HISTORY
(Ken: What a great game. Katie Nolan, you are going to the semifinals.)
(Katie: Oh my God.)
(Ken: Christopher, you pushed her to the limit. Well done.)

Bourbon

Katie

Final scores:

Christopher Sherri Katie
$17,600 $75 $17,600
2nd place: $30,000 to the Global Lyme Alliance 3rd place: $30,000 to the Move-In Day Mafia Initiative at Project Dreamlight Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Christopher Sherri Katie
$7,600 $900 $16,700
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
7 W		 10 R,
9 W		 36 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $25,200

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Game tape date: 2023-08-23
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