Responses for Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! game #17 - Wednesday, October 18, 2023

2023-2024 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinal game 4.

Contestants

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Melissa Fumero, an actor and director originally from Lyndhurst, New Jersey

Shane Battier, a two-time NBA champion originally from Birmingham, Michigan

Steven Weber, an actor and writer originally from Queens, New York

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORICAL MARKERS
REPETITIVE SONG TITLES
(Ken: These are songs with repeated words in the title.)
BOARD GAMES
RESPOND LIKE A PIRATE
(Ken: Every response begins with the "R" sound, and we would appreciate you responding in that spirit.)
POPULAR BABY NAMES OF THE 2010s
(Ken: According to the Social Security Administration.)
"POP" QUIZ, HOTSHOT
    $100 1
(Steven: [Before calling the clue] I'd like to buy a vowel, Ken.)
(Ken: Oh, we're fresh out.)

automobile

Steven
    $100 22
"Bye Bye Bye"

Shane
    $100 6
(Steven: What is Monopoly?)

Clue

StevenMelissa
    $100 11
(Ken: Thank you for playing along.)
(Steven: Not humiliating at all.)

Arby's

Steven
    $100 26
Noah

Steven
    $100 16
popcorn

Steven
    $200 2
(Ken: 40th anniversary of Dr. King's speech.)

the Lincoln Memorial

Shane
    $200 23
(Melissa: What is "Bang Bang Bang"?)
...
(Ken: You were so close.)
(Melissa: Because the other. Whatever.)
(Steven: She added a "Bang", so what?)
(Melissa: I added a "Bang".)
(Ken: We're very mean on Celebrity Jeopardy!)
(Steven: Mean, mean, mean.)

"Bang Bang"

ShaneMelissa
    $200 7
Candyland

Shane
    $200 12
(Shane: You're doing great, Steve.)
(Steven: Arrr, leave me alone.)

the Arctic

Steven
    $200 27
Emma

Shane
    $200 17
(Ken: Yeah, he's [*] Francis.)

Pope

Shane
    $300 3
Mississippi

Shane
    $300 21
(Steven: What is "Bill, Bill, Bill"?)
...
(Steven: [To Shane] Arrrgh.)
(Ken: He's also 6'8", and he can dunk.)
(Steven: Yeah, I'm not afraid of him anymore.)

"Bills, Bills, Bills"

StevenShane
    $300 8
Westeros

Shane
    $300 13
(Ken: You're getting better.)
(Steven: Yeah. I didn't know this was my subject.)

archaeology

Steven
    $300 28
Mason

Shane
    $300 18
a lollipop

Steven
    $400 4
vermouth

Shane
    $400 24
(Ken: I think Melissa just thought of it. [*], why you buggin'?")

"Mary, Mary"

Triple Stumper
    $400 9
(Shane: What's a triple point square?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
(Shane: What is a triple letter point square?)

Triple Word Score

Shane
Triple Stumper
    $400 14
(Steven: Fun, right?)
(Ken: You might be at that than Steven, honestly.)
(Steven: Come on, Ken.)

Arsenal

Shane
    $400 29
(Shane: What is Olive?)
...
(Ken: That is the tree, but [*] is the common name that we get from Olive.)

Olivia

Shane
Triple Stumper
    $400 19
population

Steven
    $900 5
(Shane: You know, I'm feeling froggy, Ken. Let's make it a True Daily Double.)
(Ken: That's what we like to hear.)
...
(Shane: Who is Nixon?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry. Nixon didn't like this guy very much. [*], The Washington Post reporter here.)

Bob Woodward

Shane
    $500 25
"Money, Money, Money"

Steven
    $500 10
(Melissa: What is... oh, nope.)

Park Place

ShaneMelissa
    $500 15
(Ken: There we go. That's how it's done. You take back the Pirate Talking Medal.)

Argentina

Steven
    $500 30
Madison

Shane
    $500 20
(Shane: What is a pot-bellied pig?)

a hippopotamus

Shane
Triple Stumper

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

Steven Shane Melissa
$1,100 $1,000 -$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steven Shane Melissa
$2,200 $1,900 -$600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ON ANOTHER PLANET
DENZEL WASHINGTON
HISTORIC QUOTES REPHRASED
PODCASTS
OTHER WORDS FOR DOIN' IT
MIDDLE "MAN"
(Ken: Because "MAN", "M-A-N", will appear exactly in the center of each correct response.)
    $200 4
(Shane: What is Mars?)

Venus

StevenShane
    $200 11
Spike Lee

Steven
    $200 16
(Shane: What is, "I am not a thief"?)

"I am not a crook"

StevenShane
    $200 26
wood

Melissa
    $200 1
(Melissa: Uh, [*]. No.)
(Ken: Put it in the form of a question.)
...
(Melissa: I got that right.)
(Ken: You did!)
(Melissa: Oh, wow!)

Netflix & chill

Melissa
    $200 21
permanent

Melissa
    $400 5
Saturn

Shane
    $400 12
Boseman

Shane
    $400 17
(Steven: What is "speak softly, but carry a big stick"?) [Accepted without remark]

speak softly, and carry a big stick

Steven
    $600 27
(Melissa: [No response])
...
(Ken: "5-4" because it's [*].)
(Melissa: Yeah, "5-4" would have been the clue to hone in on in that clue.)

the Supreme Court

Melissa
    $400 2
(Ken: To [*]. The Spy Who [*]ged Me.)

shag

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Commander

Steven
    $600 8
Mars

Steven
    $600 13
(Ken: He defended Tom Hanks' character in [*].)
[NOTE: Tom Hanks's character was the plaintiff; plaintiffs are not defended.]

Philadelphia

Triple Stumper
    $600 18
if they go low, we go high

Melissa
    $600 28
geology

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
wink, wink

Steven
    $600 23
(Steven: What is a [*] Devil?)

Tasmanian

Steven
    $800 9
Jupiter

Steven
    $800 14
(Melissa: Who is Isaiah Washington?)
(Steven: Who is John Washington? [*]?)

John David Washington

StevenMelissa
    $800 19
(Steven: What is, uh, uh.)

what doesn't kill me makes me stronger

StevenShane
    $800 29
(Ken: Hank Aaron, well done.)

the Atlanta Braves

Shane
    $800 6
boink (or bonk)

Melissa
    $800 24
an almanac

Steven
    $1000 10
(Shane: What is Neptune?)

Uranus

StevenShane
    $1000 15
(Steven: What is "spot"?)
...
(Ken: Steven's not quite off book, but it just occured to him. "Out, out, brief [*].")

candle

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
(Melissa: What is surrender never?)
...
(Ken: What Jones actually said: [*]. But that's because he didn't think of uh, "surrender never!", which was, which was Melissa's pitch.)
(Melissa: You know, surrender, never!")

"I have not yet begun to fight"

Melissa
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Tammy Duckworth

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
(Steven: What is smashing it?)
...
(Ken: On Jersey Shore they said [*].)
(Steven: Nah, it's smash.)

smush

Steven
Triple Stumper
    $3,000 25
Kilimanjaro

Steven

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

Steven Shane Melissa
$4,400 $1,500 -$400

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steven Shane Melissa
$9,000 $2,900 -$1,000

Triple Jeopardy! Round

ARTISTIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS
NONAGENARIANS
MEDICAL MNENOMICS
THE QURAN
CAR MODELS IN OTHER WORDS
"I" CAN GO EITHER WAY
(Ken: And a fun fact about me, [*]. A lot of people don't know that.)
    $300 11
Picasso

Steven
    $300 6
Yoko Ono

Shane
    $300 16
ice

Shane
    $300 21
Ramadan

Shane
    $300 26
(Ken: That would be a Honda [*]. See where we're going?)
(Melissa: Got it.)

Accord

Triple Stumper
    $300 1
(Ken: Yeah, turn a mani into an [*].)

Iman

Shane
    $10,000 12
(Ken: Now, we saw you were crazy a second ago. Are you crazy enough to do it again?)
(Steven: No, Ken. I'll wager $10,000, please.)

van Gogh

Steven
    $600 7
Jimmy Carter

Steven
    $600 17
retina

Shane
    $600 22
Eve (Hawwa)

Steven
    $600 27
Blazer

Triple Stumper
    $600 2
(Ken: Maxi becomes [*].)

IMAX

Melissa
    $900 13
scissors

Triple Stumper
    $900 8
Rita Moreno

Melissa
    $900 18
diabetes

Steven
    $900 23
Friday

Steven
    $900 28
Tundra

Steven
    $900 3
(Steven: What is Hopi?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, we needed the second word, Steven.)

IHOP

StevenShane
    $1200 14
(Ken: She's iconic. One name is fine.)

Frida (Kahlo)

Melissa
    $1200 9
Buzz Aldrin

Steven
    $1200 19
the arm

Shane
    $15,000 24
(Steven: What is Aramaic?)

Arabic

Steven
    $1200 29
(Melissa: What is a Dodge Ram?)

Challenger

ShaneMelissa
    $1200 4
(Shane: What are the [*] of March?)

ides

Shane
    $1500 15
Basquiat

Steven
    $11,400 10
(Steven: Should I do it?)
(Ken: Somebody whispered "yeah!")
(Steven: "Yeah!" All right, let's do a True Daily Double.)
(Ken: Whoever that nutball in the crowd was just changed history.)
...
(Ken: You look so relieved, Steven. That is correct.)

Mel Brooks

Steven
    $1500 20
(Melissa: What is whooping cough?)

croup

ShaneMelissa
    $1500 25
(Shane: What is mana?)

wine

StevenShane
    $1500 30
Santa Fe

Shane
    $1500 5
(Ken: Roni becomes [*], well done.)

iron

Steven

Scores at the end of the Triple Jeopardy! Round:

Steven Shane Melissa
$24,400 $10,700 -$1,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FAMOUS WOMEN
[Melissa was given $500 to play Final Jeopardy!]
MelissaWho is Mother Teresa
$400
ShaneWho is Mother Theresa
$10,700
StevenWho was Mother Theresa?
$600
Mother Teresa

Final scores:

Steven Shane Melissa
$25,000 $21,400 $900
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $30,000 to the Battier Take Charge Foundation 3rd place: $30,000 to the International Community Foundation supporting This is About Humanity

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steven Shane Melissa
$18,100 $11,600 -$400
35 R
(including 3 DDs),
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 29 R,
8 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $29,300

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Game tape date: 2023-08-23
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