Responses for Show #8976 - Monday, November 20, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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Deanna Bolio, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California

Kevin Hirsh, an attorney from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Verlinda Johnson Henning, a human resources and leadership consultant from Memphis, Tennessee

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Jeopardy! Round responses

1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM
ALL GOD'S CREATURES
WARS BY BATTLE
STUPID ANSWERS
(Ken: That's an old Jeopardy! favorite.)
OPUS & OPERA
A LITTLE "DEB"LL DO YA
    $200 7
(Ken: Da [*], yes.)

the Chicago Bears

Deanna
    $200 25
eyes

Deanna
    $200 30
World War II

Deanna
    $200 12
(Verlinda: STUPID ANSWERS for $200!)
[Deanna chuckles.]

Hollywood Boulevard

Kevin
    $200 28
Gandhi

Kevin
    $200 1
debates

Kevin
    $400 6
the New York Yankees

Deanna
    $400 24
a zebra

Verlinda
    $400 29
World War I

Deanna
    $400 21
(Deanna: What is morphine?)

heroin

KevinDeanna
    $2,600 27
variations

Deanna
    $400 8
debits

Verlinda
    $600 3
the Dallas Cowboys

Deanna
    $600 15
(Deanna: What's a monitor lizard?)

an iguana

Deanna
Triple Stumper
    $600 2
the War of 1812

Deanna
    $600 13
WD-40

Verlinda
    $600 16
Beethoven

Deanna
    $600 9
a debutante

Kevin
    $800 4
the Indiana Pacers

Kevin
    $800 19
(Deanna: What is the dromedary?)
...
(Ken: The other camel, that's right.)

Bactrian

VerlindaDeanna
    $800 22
the Mexican-American War

Deanna
    $800 14
the Today show

Deanna
    $800 17
(Verlinda: What is Starlight?)

Starlight Express

VerlindaDeanna
    $800 10
Deborah

Deanna
    $1000 5
the Red Wings (of Detroit)

Triple Stumper
    $1000 23
the Yangtze

Deanna
    $1000 26
the U.S. Civil War

Triple Stumper
    $1000 20
a song

Verlinda
    $1000 18
(Verlinda: Who is Wagner?)
...
(Ken: If Bohemia made you think of the Czechs you'd be right; it's [*].)

Dvořák

Verlinda
Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
Debussy

Verlinda

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

Verlinda Kevin Deanna
$2,000 $1,800 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Verlinda Kevin Deanna
$2,400 $2,400 $8,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ETCHED IN STONE
MOVIE SEQUELS
(Ken: You'll need to name the original movie.)
A MATTER OF TASTE
PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT
THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TERM
LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS
(Ken: These are all words that end in the letters "U-S".)
    $400 30
William Shakespeare

Triple Stumper
    $400 7
Meet the Parents

Deanna
    $400 29
(Kevin: Uh, what is a key lime pie?)

a tart

KevinDeanna
    $400 28
Curie

Verlinda
    $400 26
(Kevin: What is species?)
(Deanna: What is order?)

class

KevinDeanna
Triple Stumper
    $400 3
Status

Deanna
    $800 16
the Supreme Court

Deanna
    $800 8
Batman Begins

Kevin
    $800 2
caffeine

Deanna
    $800 27
Nobel

Verlinda
    $800 13
tau

Deanna
    $800 4
Litmus

Triple Stumper
    $1200 17
hieroglyphics

Kevin
    $1200 1
[Kevin selected the first clue because "last correct response breaks the tie".]

2001: A Space Odyssey

Triple Stumper
    $1200 6
(1 of) red pepper, salt or vinegar

Triple Stumper
    $1200 21
(Deanna: What is 69?)

64

KevinDeanna
    $2,600 14
Majority Whip

Deanna
    $1200 5
Bonus

Verlinda
    $1600 18
Petra

Kevin
    $1600 9
Conan the Barbarian

Deanna
    $1600 11
apple

Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
[ERRATUM: Ulm was located in the German Kingdom of Württemberg in 1879 and had not been part of Bavaria since 1810.]

Einstein

Kevin
    $1600 15
(Deanna: What is epoch?)

periods

Deanna
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
Litigious

Deanna
    $2000 19
Constantine the Great

Triple Stumper
    $2000 10
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids

Deanna
    $3,400 12
the aftertaste (the finish)

Deanna
    $2000 22
(Ken: He plays [*], bohrium.)

Niels Bohr

Triple Stumper
    $2000 23
(Ken: I can never keep track of these either--what is [*]?)

a horse

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Dexterous

Verlinda

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Verlinda Kevin Deanna
$6,800 $8,000 $19,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. PRESIDENTS
(Ken: [To Verlinda] Yes, between the late 1860s and the early '20s, 7 U.S. presidents from the state of Ohio, which is why it's called "The Mother of Presidents".)
...
(Ken: [To Deanna] About to become Hayes, who I think might be second on the list.)
VerlindaWho is Ulysses Grant? Thanks J! ☺
$6,800
KevinWho is Grant Cleveland ?
$8,000
DeannaWho is Tyler Hay?
$79
Ulysses Grant

Final scores:

Verlinda Kevin Deanna
$13,600 $16,000 $19,721
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Verlinda Kevin Deanna
$6,800 $8,000 $14,800
10 R,
2 W		 11 R,
2 W		 25 R
(including 3 DDs),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $29,600

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Game tape date: 2023-10-18
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