Responses for Show #8957 - Tuesday, October 24, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

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John Vigna, a writer from Los Angeles, California

Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida

Steve Crupi, a retired police information supervisor from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WAR & PEAS
THE USTA
(Ken: The United States Tennis Association.)
WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLINER?
NOVEL IDEAS
INVENTED FIRST
"POUND" KEY
    $200 29
Australia

Jilana
    $200 27
the color of the balls they play with

Triple Stumper
    $200 30
the crown

Jilana
    $200 14
the Orient Express

Steve
    $200 25
bifocal lens

Steve
    $200 26
compound

Steve
    $400 28
the English Navy (the Royal Navy)

Steve
    $400 9
an optometrist

Jilana
    $400 5
a tassel

Steve
    $400 13
Dumas

Jilana
    $400 24
canned food

Steve
    $400 19
a pound cake

John
    $600 16
the Continental Army

Jilana
    $600 8
Florida

Steve
    $600 3
(Jilana: What is a Panama hat?)

a fedora hat

Jilana
Triple Stumper
    $600 10
Treasure Island

Jilana
    $600 23
cotton gin

Steve
    $600 15
the impound lot

Jilana
    $800 17
(Jilana: What are MREs?)

the K-rations

Jilana
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
(Ken: Correct, Billie Jean King's rival from the Battle of the Sexes.)

Bobby Riggs

Steve
    $800 4
wool

Steve
    $1,200 11
(Ken: Yes, set in a society based on Henry Ford.)

Brave New World

Jilana
    $800 22
(John: What is Bakelite?)

linoleum

SteveJohn
    $800 2
pound sterling

Jilana
    $1000 18
(Ken: No shame here for not knowing what the Swedish army eats on Thursday in [*].)
[Laughter]

Sweden

Triple Stumper
    $1000 6
Queens

Steve
    $1000 21
a block

Triple Stumper
    $1000 12
(Steve: Who is Fielding?)

Donna Tartt

SteveJilana
    $1000 20
(Ken: It's [*], an early battery.)

the Leyden jar

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
a pound of flesh

Steve

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

Steve Jilana John
$3,800 $4,400 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Jilana John
$6,400 $4,600 -$400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

GARDENS
GO SEE A MOVIE ABOUT A HORSE
THE METROPOLITAN OPERA
COUNTRIES THAT BORDER INDIA
A CATEGORY FULL OF COR(E)YS
CONTRONYMS
(Ken: Those are words that can serve as their own antonyms.)
    $400 17
San Francisco

John
    $400 1
Seabiscuit

Jilana
    $400 6
Lincoln Center

Steve
    $400 30
(Ken: Now, you three were very good at that category; you just had the order all wrong.)
[Laughter]

Pakistan

Steve
    $400 26
Corazon Aquino

Steve
    $400 8
first degree

John
    $800 14
the Capitol

Triple Stumper
    $800 21
(John: What is Black Velvet?)

National Velvet

JilanaJohn
    $4,000 5
(Ken: And I heard kind of a hushed, "yes" when I introduced the OPERA category, Jilana; are you going to bet big here?)
...
(Jilana: I should have bet more.)

Carmen

Jilana
    $800 29
(Steve: What is Pakistan?)

Bangladesh

SteveJohn
    $800 22
Cory Booker

Steve
    $800 9
clip

Jilana
    $1200 13
the Bellagio

Steve
    $1200 20
Secretariat

Jilana
    $1200 4
Samson

Jilana
    $700 28
(John: What is Bangladesh?)

China

John
    $1200 23
Brother

Triple Stumper
    $1200 10
garnish

Steve
    $1600 15
the Huntington Library

Jilana
    $1600 19
The Horse Whisperer

John
    $1600 3
Puccini

Steve
    $1600 27
(Jilana: What is... what is China?)

Nepal

JilanaJohn
    $1600 24
(Ken: Ooh, good movie, [*].)

Straight Outta Compton

Triple Stumper
    $1600 11
fast

Triple Stumper
    $2000 16
(Steve: What is Busch Gardens?)

the Butchart Gardens

Steve
Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
Spirit

Jilana
    $2000 2
(Ken: It's a tough one, [*].)

Terence Blanchard

Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
(John: Uh, what is Nepal?)

Myanmar (Burma)

John
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Richard Cory

Jilana
    $2000 12
weather

Jilana

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Steve Jilana John
$9,600 $19,000 $900

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AWARDS & HONORS
(Ken: For many decades, Shaw was the only one going for this Nobel EGOT thing. But now there is a second one.)
JohnWho is Bob D
$898
SteveWho is Margaret Mitchell
$9,600
JilanaWho is Bob Dylan?
$801
Bob Dylan

Final scores:

Steve Jilana John
$0 $19,801 $2
3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Steve Jilana John
$9,600 $15,400 $1,600
20 R,
3 W		 20 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 6 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $26,600

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Game tape date: 2023-09-12
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