Responses for Show #8953 - Wednesday, October 18, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades final game 1.

Contestants

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Lucy Ricketts, a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia

Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho

Sam Stapleton, a college consultant from Los Gatos, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE 1600s
A DAY AT THE RACES
DINING OUT IN NEW YORK
OOH, LOOK, SHINY THINGS!
"SMOKE"
MIRRORS
    $200 19
(Edmund) Halley

Sam
    $200 30
across the board

Triple Stumper
    $200 21
Central Park

Lucy
    $200 27
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

Sam
    $200 15
a smokehouse

Lucy
    $200 28
2

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
Massachusetts

Lucy
    $400 3
a claiming race

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
the Russian Tea Room

Sam
    $400 25
mercury

Josh
    $400 14
On top of Old Smokey

Sam
    $400 26
(Ken: The first reflecting [*].)

a telescope

Lucy
    $600 4
Eurydice

Josh
    $600 18
3

Josh
    $600 10
Grand Central Station

Lucy
    $600 17
sequins

Josh
    $600 13
a smokestack

Sam
    $600 16
rearview mirror

Josh
    $1,000 6
Henry Hudson

Lucy
    $800 24
(Sam: What's the turn?)

the finish line

SamLucy
    $800 8
(Ken: Don't wanna dox him, but it's in [*] the [*] Grill.)

Tribeca

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
rhinestones

Lucy
    $800 1
a smoke-filled room

Sam
    $800 11
(Josh: What is pumice?)

obsidian

SamJosh
    $1000 7
James I

Sam
    $1000 29
(Josh: [Selecting the last clue] A DAY AT THE RACES--bring it!)

handicap

Josh
    $1000 9
(Thomas) Keller

Sam
    $1000 23
lapis lazuli

Josh
    $1000 2
a smoke jumper

Josh
    $1000 12
a cheval glass

Triple Stumper

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

Sam Josh Lucy
$4,600 $800 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Josh Lucy
$4,600 $5,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

IN CRISIS MODE
YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE LEFT THE COUCH
ROCK & ROLL BOOKSTORE
ABRAHAM, ISAAC, JACOB
(Ken: In this category we will need the entire name of each response.)
A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY
3 LITTLE WORDS
    $400 21
Thomas Paine

Sam
    $400 26
the knee

Lucy
    $400 20
John Lennon

Josh
    $400 27
Isaac Hayes

Sam
    $400 28
camel hair

Josh
    $400 18
full of grace

Sam
    $800 13
(Josh: What is Bay of Pigs?)

the Cuban Missile Crisis

SamJosh
    $800 5
a concussion

Lucy
    $800 8
Stevie Nicks

Lucy
    $800 17
Isaac Stern

Josh
    $800 11
bamboo

Triple Stumper
    $800 7
go to bat

Josh
    $1200 16
the Iran Hostage Crisis

Lucy
    $1200 12
a twisted (sprained) ankle

Josh
    $1200 9
Tapestry

Sam
    $4,000 3
(Lucy: Who is Abe Vigo--no.)
...
(Ken: It's [*] in Amadeus.)
(Lucy: [Whispers] I knew it.)

F. Murray Abraham

Lucy
    $1200 23
Chantilly lace

Sam
    $1200 19
read my lips

Josh
    $1600 14
Asia

Sam
    $1600 10
whiplash

Josh
    $1600 4
Guns N' Roses

Josh
    $1600 1
John Jacob Astor

Lucy
    $1600 30
(Josh: What's tweed?)

twill

Josh
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
half a loaf

Triple Stumper
    $4,000 15
the Suez Crisis

Sam
    $2000 22
(Sam: What's an embolism?)

edema

SamJosh
    $2000 6
Neil Young

Josh
    $2000 2
(Lucy: Who is [*]? [**].)

Abe Fortas (Abraham Fortas)

Lucy
    $2000 29
canvas

Lucy
    $2000 25
on the fritz

Josh

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Josh Lucy
$12,600 $16,600 $9,200

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NATURAL LANDMARKS
(Ken: [To Lucy] The geyser in Yellowstone that goes off, eh, about once every 90 minutes.)
LucyWhat is Old Faithful?
$5,000
SamWhat is Old Faithful?
$2,600
JoshWhat is "Old Faithful"?
$8,600
Old Faithful

Final scores:

Sam Josh Lucy
$15,200 $25,200 $14,200

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Josh Lucy
$10,600 $16,600 $13,000
17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R,
3 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $40,200

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Game tape date: 2023-08-31
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