Responses for Show #8977 - Tuesday, November 21, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

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Sandy Olive, a high school English teacher from Saint Louis, Missouri

Ed Hashima, a community college history professor from Sacramento, California

Nick Heise, a technical solutions engineer from Madison, Wisconsin

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A DROP IN WHICH OCEAN?
CAR TUNES
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL
CHICKEN SOUP
2B OR NOT 2B
(Ken: Each correct response here will be two words identical except that one has an extra letter "B".)
ALL ABOUT ACTING
    $200 3
the Pacific Ocean

Nick
    $200 8
"Little Red Corvette"

Sandy
    $200 17
Sherlock Holmes

Ed
    $200 5
dominoes

Sandy
    $200 6
rubble & ruble

Sandy
    $200 20
dress rehearsal

Nick
    $400 13
(ed: What is the... Pacific Ocean?)

the Atlantic

EdSandy
    $400 9
Rihanna

Nick
    $400 18
exist

Sandy
    $400 16
Jamaica

Sandy
    $400 7
fibber & fiber

Ed
    $400 21
scenery

Sandy
    $600 25
(ed: What is the Indian Ocean?)
...
(Ken: We fooled you; it's [*] again.)

the Pacific

Ed
Triple Stumper
    $600 10
R.E.M.

Ed
    $2,600 19
(Ken: Ed's got the lead, Sandy, but you can do something about that.)
(Sandy: Um... make it a True Daily Double.)
(Ken: Okay.)
[Cheers and applause]
(Ken: You don't sound thrilled, but here's your clue in SPEAK OF THE DEVIL...)

Paradise Lost

Sandy
    $600 1
(Ken: From Roots, yes.)

Chicken George

Ed
    $600 14
gable & gabble

Nick
    $600 22
a prop

Ed
    $800 4
the Arctic Ocean

Sandy
    $800 11
Billy Ocean

Ed
    $800 24
(ed: What is sin?)

the flesh

Ed
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Ken: That's a [*] Red.)

Rhode Island

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
tubbing & tubing

Ed
    $800 23
blocking

Sandy
    $1000 26
(Ken: Now it's time, yes; you add $1,000.)

the Indian Ocean

Ed
    $1000 12
88

Ed
    $1000 30
(Sandy: Who is Adam?)
...
(Ken: It rhymes, yes. What is [*]?)

man

NickSandy
    $1000 27
Poland

Nick
    $1000 28
(ed: What is... knob and nobb?)
...
(Ken: [**]'s the easy one, so I guess that implies the existence of [*].)

nobble & noble

Ed
Triple Stumper
    $1000 29
(ed: [Selecting the last clue] Can you bring it for me?)
(Ken: Taking Sam's line...)
[Laughter]

a callback

Ed

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

Nick Ed Sandy
$1,200 $3,800 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Nick Ed Sandy
$3,400 $4,200 $5,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

19th CENTURY SCRAPBOOK
INTERNATIONAL CINEMA SHOWCASE
TEACHING
COMMUNICATION
A PAIN IN THE "R"s
MAKE THE PHRASE
    $400 19
(Ken: The beginning of it, yeah.)

the Washington Monument

Sandy
    $400 12
a U-boat

Sandy
    $400 11
a curve

Ed
    $400 14
the BlackBerry

Nick
    $400 4
rabies

Sandy
    $400 9
weight

Nick
    $800 23
Alcott

Sandy
    $800 20
Che Guevara

Sandy
    $800 13
(Nick: Who is Washington?)

Lincoln

NickSandy
    $800 15
Bluetooth

Nick
    $800 5
rickets

Ed
    $800 10
out

Sandy
    $1200 24
Napoleon

Ed
    $1200 17
(ed: I have to ring in?)
(Ken: Somebody could.)
...
(ed: Oh, my goodness...)

The Artist

Ed
    $1200 21
Head Start

Ed
    $1200 16
(Sandy: Who is Morse?)
(Nick: Who is Bell?)

Marconi

NickEdSandy
    $1200 6
(Ken: Yeah, new dad knows that one.)

rubella

Nick
    $1200 1
haste

Ed
    $1600 25
(Ken: The periodic table, in fact, that's [*].)

Mendeleev

Triple Stumper
    $1600 18
Brazil

Sandy
    $4,000 22
(Ken: ed, how much do you know about TEACHING? What do you want to do here?)
(ed: Oh boy, this is--this is tricky. Um... I believe I would like to wager $4,000; I hear that's a good wager.)
(Ken: Okay, we'll see; it depends on the bet. Here's your clue in TEACHING...)
...
(Ken: Yeah, not a hard one for a professor.)

a syllabus

Ed
    $1600 30
(Sandy: What is closed-caption television?)

closed-circuit television

EdSandy
    $1600 7
Reye syndrome

Ed
    $1600 2
break

Nick
    $7,000 26
Bismarck

Ed
    $2000 27
(Sandy: What is Afghanistan?)

Iran

Sandy
Triple Stumper
    $2000 28
Teach for America

Ed
    $2000 29
(ed: Bring it!)
(Ken: I will bring it.)
[Laughter]

Telstar

Ed
    $2000 8
rhinoviruses

Sandy
    $2000 3
do

Sandy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Nick Ed Sandy
$5,800 $29,600 $10,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

TELEVISION
(Ken: [To Nick] What is Daredevil? I'm sorry, although he is named Murdock; I like the guess.)
...
(Ken: [To Sandy] What is Matlock? It sounds like Murdoch.)
...
(Ken: It's Murdoch as in Rupert Murdoch; the Roy family in [*] is based on the Murdochs and News Corp.)
[Ed's $0 wager had a smiley face inside.]
NickWhat is Daredevil
$5,799
SandyWhat is Matlock?
$10,600
EdWhat is Matlock???
$0
Succession

Final scores:

Nick Ed Sandy
$1 $29,600 $0
2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Nick Ed Sandy
$5,800 $22,200 $8,600
11 R,
2 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $36,600

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Game tape date: 2023-10-18
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