Responses for Show #8968 - Wednesday, November 8, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Diamonds final game 2.

Contestants

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Aaron Craig, an attorney originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (subtotal of $10,000)

Jilana Cotter, a senior data analyst from Dade City, Florida (subtotal of $3,000)

Emily Sands, a project manager from Chanhassen, Minnesota (subtotal of $30,400)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES
THE "A" TEAM
I PITY DA FOOD!
ON THE OLD MAP
METALLICA
L____O
    $200 27
Newton

Emily
    $200 1
the Angels

Jilana
    $200 28
cloves

Jilana
    $200 30
(Ken: [*], Massachusetts, that is correct.)

Cambridge

Aaron
    $200 29
(Aaron: What's platinum?)

gold

EmilyAaron
    $200 26
a lasso

Aaron
    $400 25
Fabergé

Aaron
    $400 2
the Avalanche

Jilana
    $400 23
pork

Emily
    $400 22
East Germany

Emily
    $400 21
stainless steel

Emily
    $400 19
limbo

Emily
    $600 24
William Henry Harrison

Jilana
    $600 3
the Oakland A's

Jilana
    $600 18
a hen (chicken)

Aaron
    $600 9
Tanzania

Jilana
    $600 20
uranium

Emily
    $600 15
legato

Jilana
    $3,200 16
(Ken: The answer there is the Daily Double.)
[Applause]
(Jilana: I thought it might be there.)

William the Conqueror

Jilana
    $800 4
the Aggies

Aaron
    $800 6
relish

Emily
    $800 7
Czechoslovakia

Aaron
    $800 13
zirconium

Jilana
    $800 12
libretto

Emily
    $1000 17
(Aaron: Who is Constantine?)

Attila the Hun

Aaron
Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
[Emily said it like the song name and not the team name.]

the Alouettes

Emily
    $1000 10
a partridge

Aaron
    $1000 8
Zambia

Aaron
    $1000 14
copper

Aaron
    $1000 11
langostino

Emily

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

Emily Jilana Aaron
$3,600 $3,200 $4,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Emily Jilana Aaron
$6,200 $7,200 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

A "C" IN ANATOMY
"THE" MOVIE
ENCYCLOPEDIA BROWN
DEAR ABBEY
AT A LOSS FOR WORLDS
MORE THAN ONE MEANING
    $400 28
the clavicle

Emily
    $400 29
The Exorcist

Jilana
    $400 14
rice

Jilana
    $400 30
Westminster Abbey

Jilana
    $400 26
Planet of the Apes

Emily
    $400 23
gross

Emily
    $800 20
the cornea

Jilana
    $800 27
The Bodyguard

Emily
    $800 15
Kodak

Aaron
    $800 7
Downton Abbey

Aaron
    $800 25
(Ken: Bad news for all three of you; it's [*].)
[Laughter]

the Earth

Triple Stumper
    $800 22
fawn

Emily
    $1200 17
carotid arteries

Aaron
    $1200 10
The Hustler

Aaron
    $1200 16
Harpers Ferry

Emily
    $10,000 6
(Ken: That's correct, the Abbey Theatre.)

Dublin

Jilana
    $1200 24
Pern

Jilana
    $1200 21
a pike

Emily
    $1600 18
the cervix

Emily
    $1600 2
The Graduate

Emily
    $1600 3
the Brown Derby

Emily
    $1600 4
Benedictine

Jilana
    $5,600 9
(Aaron: Uh...)
(Ken: Aaron?)
(Aaron: What is Dune?)
(Ken: Dune is the name of the novel; unfortunately, the real name of the planet is [*].)

Arrakis

Aaron
    $1600 12
(Emily: Oh.)
(Ken: It just occurred to Emily, I think.)

cordial

Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
(Aaron: What is the cerebral cortex?)
(Emily: What is the corpus coluskum?)
[Emily ruled correct; reversed before Final Jeopardy!]

corpus callosum

EmilyAaron
Triple Stumper
    $2000 1
The Departed

Aaron
    $2000 13
(Aaron: What are potatoes?)

apples

EmilyAaron
    $2000 5
(Jilana: One of my favorite books.)

Northanger Abbey

Jilana
    $2000 8
(Aaron: What is When Tomorrow Comes?)
...
(Ken: Classic pulp novel called When [*].)

Worlds Collide

Aaron
Triple Stumper
    $2000 11
(Aaron: Uh, what is right?)

exact

Aaron
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Emily Jilana Aaron
$16,200 $24,000 -$2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

EXPLORERS
(Ken: That quote, "farther than any other man has been before me" is often said to have inspired, "where no man has gone before" from Star Trek--Captain James Kirk named for [*], who was the explorer in question here.)
EmilyWho is Magellan?
$4,401
JilanaWho is Lewis?
$24,000
Captain James Cook

Final scores:

Emily Jilana Aaron
$11,799 $0 -$2,800

Cumulative scores:

Emily Jilana Aaron
$42,199 $3,000 $10,000
Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2024 Tournament of Champions 2nd runner-up: $25,000 1st runner-up: $50,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Emily Jilana Aaron
$16,200 $12,800 $2,800
22 R,
1 W		 17 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 14 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2023-09-14
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