Responses for Show #8954 - Thursday, October 19, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades final game 2.

Contestants

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Lucy Ricketts, a book designer and freelance illustrator from Atlanta, Georgia (subtotal of $14,200)

Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho (subtotal of $25,200)

Sam Stapleton, a college consultant from Los Gatos, California (subtotal of $15,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

IT'S OUR TURN TO SACK ROME!!!
ROCKET MAN
ISMs
CULINARY QUOTES
AUNTIE UP
LET'S PLAY CARDS
    $200 19
the Gauls

Josh
    $200 23
the Canadiens

Josh
    $200 30
(Ken: Hate to break this to you, but that's just [*].)
[Laughter]

feminism

Triple Stumper
    $200 12
a steak

Sam
    $200 27
Spider-Man

Sam
    $200 28
jokers

Sam
    $400 18
(Lucy: Who are the Goths?)
(Ken: And more specifically?)

Visigoths

Lucy
    $400 14
Roger Clemens

Josh
    $400 24
Impressionism

Lucy
    $400 11
a bagel

Sam
    $400 1
Uncle Tom

Lucy
    $400 4
a royal flush

Sam
    $600 15
(Sam: [Dithering with first pick after the break] Maybe, I don't wanna be back.)
[Laughter]

the Vandals

Sam
    $600 20
Toledo

Sam
    $600 25
Hinduism

Lucy
    $600 9
(Sam: What's broccoli?)

cabbage

Sam
Triple Stumper
    $600 2
Elizabeth Bennet

Lucy
    $600 13
tarot

Josh
    $800 16
the Normans

Sam
    $800 21
Hakeem Olajuwon

Josh
    $800 26
botulism

Josh
    $800 8
Reagan

Sam
    $800 3
The Handmaid's Tale

Josh
    $800 6
Pokémon

Lucy
    $1000 17
the Holy Roman Empire

Lucy
    $1000 22
Australia

Sam
    $1000 29
(Josh: [Selecting last clue of the round] Bring it.)

schism

Josh
    $1000 10
(Sam: Don't know why, but CULINARY QUOTES for $400.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: Get it over with.)

bouillabaisse

Triple Stumper
    $1,800 7
David Copperfield

Lucy
    $1000 5
48

Triple Stumper

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

Sam Josh Lucy
$1,800 $1,800 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Josh Lucy
$4,600 $4,800 $6,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PHILOSOPHIES IN A NUTSHELL
PRESIDENTIAL ACTORS?
MUSIC TERMS
HOUSE HUNTERS INTERGALACTIC
AIR APPARENT
"UNK" IN THE TRUNK
    $400 29
(Josh: Who is Helios?)
(Lucy: [Upspeaking] [*]?
[Ken does not say anything until after time is up.]
...
(Ken: [To Lucy] Gotta phrase it.)
[Lucy turns away embarrassed.]

Apollo

SamJoshLucy
    $400 10
Kerry Washington

Lucy
    $400 22
baritone

Sam
    $400 28
Pluto

Sam
    $400 30
London

Josh
    $400 19
(Josh: What is a skunk?)

the chipmunk

Josh
Triple Stumper
    $800 24
time

Sam
    $800 5
(Ken: [*], in Star Wars.)

(Harrison) Ford

Sam
    $800 9
(Josh: What is open?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, it's a lot harder.)

closed

JoshLucy
    $800 15
Centauri

Josh
    $800 18
ozone

Sam
    $800 8
a clunker

Josh
    $1200 23
John Locke

Lucy
    $1200 3
Don Adams

Josh
    $1200 4
vibrato

Lucy
    $1200 11
(Lucy: What is Mercury?)
(Josh: What is... Venus?)
...
(Ken: We knew it wasn't Earth.)

Mars

SamJoshLucy
    $1200 7
fossil fuels

Josh
    $1200 14
a flunky

Josh
    $10,000 25
(Sam: [Exhales])
(Ken: Sam?)
(Sam: Who is Aristotle?)

Plato

Sam
    $1600 1
Elizabeth Taylor

Lucy
    $1600 16
a lied

Josh
    $1600 20
Io

Josh
    $1600 6
uranium

Triple Stumper
    $1600 12
debunk

Sam
    $2000 26
(Sam: That could've been the Daily Double.)
[Laughter]

materialism

Sam
    $2000 2
Sophia Bush

Lucy
    $2000 17
diminuendo

Josh
    $7,200 21
Titan

Josh
    $2000 27
particulate matter

Josh
    $2000 13
spelunking

Sam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Josh Lucy
$5,000 $22,000 $11,600
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAMES
(Ken: "What happens if Josh pulls a Cliff Clavin??")
[Cheers, applause and laughter]
(Ken: You know, if Josh really does pull off the worst wager in Final Jeopady! history, I think you should try to respond correctly, Sam; that's what I think.)
...
(Ken: [To Lucy] That is correct, from Arthurian legend.)
...
(Josh: My daughter's name.)
(Ken: But it is a shout out; I like it, uh, not the origin of Jennifer, but you recognized your daughter, I love that.)
SamWhat happens if Josh pulls a Cliff Clavin? :)
$0
LucyWhat is Guineviere>
$5,500
JoshWhat is Regan
$0
Guinevere

Final scores:

Sam Josh Lucy
$5,000 $22,000 $17,100

Cumulative scores:

Sam Josh Lucy
$20,200 $47,200 $31,300
2nd runner-up: $25,000 Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2024 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Sam Josh Lucy
$15,000 $16,800 $10,800
20 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $42,600

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Game tape date: 2023-08-31
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