Responses for Show #8979 - Thursday, November 23, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Amy Bekkerman, a copy editor from Durham, New Hampshire

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

Jen Jazwinski, a youth services librarian from Algonquin, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE "A" LIST
BIBLICAL ZOO
WHATCHAMACALLIT
THEY COME IN SEVENS
PUT ME IN
COACH
    $200 30
ambassador

Jen
    $200 18
a unicorn

Amy
    $200 23
an Allen wrench

Jen
    $200 28
Giza

Amy
    $200 12
an almond

Ed
    $200 7
Duke University

Ed
    $400 29
(Ed: Bring it.)
[Laughter]

anarchy

Ed
    $400 17
a lion

Amy
    $400 22
an elephant

Amy
    $400 27
deadly sins

Amy
    $400 13
vinegar

Jen
    $400 8
Vince Lombardi

Ed
    $600 4
aphids

Jen
    $600 1
(Jen: What are snakes?)

foxes

JenAmy
    $600 19
a Labradoodle

Jen
    $600 24
Seven Samurai

Ed
    $600 14
grenadine

Jen
    $600 9
the San Antonio Spurs

Ed
    $800 5
astigmatism

Ed
    $800 2
a sacrifice

Jen
    $800 20
a spine

Amy
    $800 25
Dwarves

Amy
    $800 15
ricotta

Amy
    $800 10
Knute Rockne

Ed
    $1000 6
aperture

Ed
    $1,000 3
the Red Sea

Jen
    $1000 21
aglet

Amy
    $1000 26
the Chicago Seven

Ed
    $1000 16
(Jen: What is an avocado?)

a tomatillo

JenAmy
    $1000 11
(Ken: Correct, you just ran that category.)
[Applause]

the University of Connecticut

Ed

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

Jen Ed Amy
$2,800 $5,000 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jen Ed Amy
$2,800 $7,000 $6,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

NORDIC LITERATURE
CARTOON THEME SONGS
NAME THAT REBELLION
MODERN ARCHITECTURAL STYLES
____ OF ____
OXYMORONS
    $400 13
The Little Mermaid

Ed
    $400 4
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Amy
    $400 9
the Boxer Rebellion

Ed
    $400 30
Los Angeles

Ed
    $400 29
(Ed: Please, Ken, will you bring it?)
(Ken: I hope you get a free beer for that, Ed; that was good.)

the line of scrimmage

Ed
    $400 16
good grief

Ed
    $800 6
Pippi Longstocking

Jen
    $800 3
(Ken: Go [*], yes.)

Speed Racer

Ed
    $4,000 10
the Whiskey Rebellion

Ed
    $800 27
the New Hague School

Triple Stumper
    $800 28
the Ides of March

Ed
    $800 20
Urban Cowboy

Ed
    $1200 7
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Jen
    $1200 1
Pokémon

Ed
    $1200 11
the Irish Rebellion

Jen
    $1200 21
the Hoover Building

Ed
    $9,000 23
figures of speech

Jen
    $1200 17
(Ken: Here's a phrase we haven't heard on this set for a while, [*].)

guest host

Triple Stumper
    $1600 8
Wallander

Ed
    $1600 2
Josie and the Pussycats

Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
Bacon's Rebellion

Ed
    $1600 22
Brasilia

Jen
    $1600 24
plaster of Paris

Jen
    $1600 18
a baby grand

Amy
    $2000 12
Ibsen

Jen
    $2000 5
Animaniacs

Amy
    $2000 15
(Ken: Yes, history professor did very well there.)
[Applause]

Nat Turner's Rebellion

Ed
    $2000 26
the Centre Pompidou

Ed
    $2000 25
(Ed: What is the Isle of Wight?)

the Isle of Man

EdAmy
    $2000 19
"The Sound Of Silence"

Amy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jen Ed Amy
$20,200 $23,000 $14,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

SCIENCE ETYMOLOGY
[Ed attempts to make a change as the music ends.]
(Ken: ...looks like Ed had a late-breaking change he wanted to make but ran out of time.)
...
(Ken: [To Amy] Yes, Helios, the Sun, discovered there before on Earth.)
...
(Ken: Ed Hashima had the lead with $23,000, but maybe some last-minute regrets about his response; he wrote down hydrogen--the element right next door. He did not have time to change it back.)
(Ed: I thought about water later.)
AmyWhat is the helium?
$14,500
JenWhat is Helium?
$20,200
EdWhat is hydrogen? h thanks for having me back!
$18,000
helium

Final scores:

Jen Ed Amy
$40,400 $5,000 $29,100
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jen Ed Amy
$12,400 $19,800 $14,600
15 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 26 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 16 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $46,800

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Game tape date: 2023-10-19
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