Responses for Show #8961 - Monday, October 30, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

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Jay Foster, an engineer from Ranchos Palos Verdes, California

Sarah Reza, a museum program manager from Hyattsville, Maryland

T.J. Tallie, an associate professor of African history from San Diego, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

LET'S FACE IT
IT'S IN YOUR MIND
NON-NAUGHTY WORDS
THE JOKERS
(Ken: These are all actors who have played The Joker.)
TRIANGLES
5 RHYMES
(Ken: Each correct response will rhyme with the word "five".)
    $200 19
Florence Nightingale

T.J.
    $200 24
amnesia

T.J.
    $200 20
Hill

T.J.
    $200 7
[Laughter soon after the image was displayed, starting after "Tony" and continuing while the clue was read]
...
(Ken: [To T.J.] No, I'm sorry, that's not correct. ...Yes, it's [*]. One out of three ain't bad.)

Heath Ledger

T.J.
    $200 16
a pyramid

T.J.
    $200 25
hive

Sarah
    $400 13
Jesse James

T.J.
    $400 21
drive

Jay
    $400 14
dam

Triple Stumper
    $400 6
(T.J.: Who is Heath Ledger?)

Joaquin Phoenix

T.J.Sarah
    $400 30
the Kremlin

T.J.
    $400 28
a dive

T.J.
    $600 10
Yuri Gagarin

T.J.
    $600 15
manic

Sarah
    $600 1
(Ken: See, it's not naughty at all.)
[Laughter]

to botch

Triple Stumper
    $600 3
Jack Nicholson

T.J.
    $600 29
the Golden Triangle

Triple Stumper
    $600 27
chive

T.J.
    $800 11
Noriega

Jay
    $800 17
(Sarah: Who is Freud?)

Carl Jung

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
fracking

T.J.
    $800 4
The Love Boat

T.J.
    $800 23
(T.J.: What is an isosceles?)
(Jay: What is obtuse?)

a scalene triangle

T.J.Jay
Triple Stumper
    $800 26
thrive

Jay
    $1000 12
Toni Morrison

Sarah
    $1000 18
transference

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
crop

Sarah
    $2,200 5
(T.J.: Who is Heath Ledger?)

Jared Leto

T.J.
    $1000 22
(Sarah: What is the Shirtwaist Factory?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
(Sarah: Oh, I don't know.)

the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory

T.J.Sarah
    $1000 9
to strive

Triple Stumper

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

T.J. Sarah Jay
$800 $3,000 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

T.J. Sarah Jay
$3,200 $1,400 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BRING OUT YOUR FRED
SHAKESPEARE REWRITES THE BEATLES
(Ken: You'll have to name the song that the Bard has reworked in each case.)
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
FOUND IN ROY G. BIV
ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
ACCENTÉ
    $400 22
Freddie Mercury

Sarah
    $400 11
(T.J.: What is [*]? Yeah, yeah, yeah.)

"She Loves You"

T.J.
    $400 27
the Third Reich

T.J.
    $400 28
the Green Party

T.J.
    $400 29
acid

Triple Stumper
    $400 5
née

Sarah
    $800 21
Frederick Douglass

T.J.
    $800 10
"When I'm Sixty-Four"

Sarah
    $800 26
the (Third) Estate

T.J.
    $800 14
(Ken: Yeah, they were the Cincinnati [*] Legs for a bit.)

Red

Jay
    $800 30
a bond

Sarah
    $800 4
divorcée

T.J.
    $1200 20
(Frederick) Loewe

Sarah
    $1200 7
"Help!"

Sarah
    $4,600 25
(Ken: You got lucky and you got some African history.)

Carthage

T.J.
    $1200 13
the Prince of Orange

T.J.
    $1200 16
a polymer

Jay
    $1200 2
(T.J.: What is Féliz?)

André

T.J.
Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
Frederick the Great

T.J.
    $1600 8
"Paperback Writer"

Sarah
    $1600 24
1912

T.J.
    $2,200 6
(Sarah: What is... the... Gobi?)

the Blue Nile

Sarah
    $1600 15
hydrogen

Jay
    $1600 1
(Sarah: Oh, gosh, now I don't even know--um, [laughs] I don't know.)

manqué

Sarah
Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
(Ken: That's your area of expertise, you knew his full name.)
[Laughter]

Frederik Willem de Klerk

T.J.
    $2000 9
(Ken: "I think I'm gonna be sad. I think it's today." That's [*].)

"Ticket To Ride"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
the Communist International (the Comintern)

T.J.
    $2000 12
"Mood Indigo"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
lipids

T.J.
    $2000 3
frisée

Sarah

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

T.J. Sarah Jay
$20,600 $6,000 $4,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

DRIVING THE USA
(Ken: [To Jay] I believe California's in second place, but close.)
...
(Ken: [To Sarah] And I-10 is a good quarter of it.)
JayWhat is California?
$4,000
SarahWhat is Texas?
$0
T.J.What is California?
$600
Texas

Final scores:

T.J. Sarah Jay
$20,000 $6,000 $800
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

T.J. Sarah Jay
$19,400 $8,200 $4,800
27 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 6 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $32,400

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Game tape date: 2023-09-13
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