Responses for Show #8992 - Tuesday, December 12, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Henry Baer, a software engineer from San Francisco, California

Julia Markham Cameron, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York

Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HAVE YOU 8?
AUTO RACING
BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION
ANIMALS
SOUNDS KINDA "IFF"-Y
I'M ABSOLUTELY SURE
    $200 23
Hawaii

Henry
    $200 29
the checkered flag

Gary
    $200 28
(Julia: Who's Marley?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

Bob Marley

Julia
    $200 25
stork

Julia
    $200 26
the sheriff

Gary
    $200 27
Art Fleming

Julia
    $400 22
octopi

Gary
    $400 30
fishtailing

Gary
    $400 11
a getaway driver

Julia
    $400 9
elephants

Gary
    $400 10
a tiff

Julia
    $400 18
(Ken: That's some quick math, yes.)

10,560

Gary
    $600 5
(Gary: What is the binomial system?)

taxonomy

Gary
    $600 24
the pole position

Gary
    $600 12
Zora Neale Hurston

Julia
    $600 7
(Gary: What is a... ptarmigan?)

a pheasant

GaryJulia
    $600 1
a skiff

Gary
    $600 16
Fuji

Henry
    $800 6
a figure 8

Julia
    $800 4
Le Mans

Gary
    $800 13
Los Angeles

Gary
    $800 8
(Gary: What are dog and rat?)

rat & pig

Gary
Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Gary: What is Tariff?)
...
(Ken: [When first Daily Double is uncovered] You replied "Tariff" instead of, "What is [*]?" and we needed the plural for the acronym GATT.)

Tariffs

Gary
Triple Stumper
    $800 17
Jupiter

Gary
    $1000 20
electrons

Henry
    $1000 15
drafting

Gary
    $1000 21
(Julia: [Whispers] Oh, um... [Gasps] Who is [*]?)
(Ken: It came to you, that's correct.)
(Julia: Oh, my God, [*]; I just said [*] on TV.)
[Laughter]

Iceberg Slim

Julia
    $1000 14
bears

Henry
    $1000 3
a whiff

Henry
    $1000 19
the Freemasons (the Masons)

Henry

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

Gary Julia Henry
$800 $2,800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Julia Henry
$3,800 $4,400 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

YES, I'VE ETON
SEINFELD BEFORE & AFTER
ANATOM"E"
STICKY STUFF
McPEOPLE
WORDS OF PEACE
    $400 18
Fleming

Julia
    $400 4
Jason Alexander Hamilton

Gary
    $400 26
the elbow

Gary
    $400 29
a Band-Aid

Julia
    $400 30
John McCain

Henry
    $400 27
(Julia: Thank God.)

calm

Julia
    $800 5
(Gary: Who is... Prince... Harry?)
(Henry: Who is... Prince... Charles?)
(Julia: Who is the current King Charles?)

Prince William

GaryJuliaHenry
Triple Stumper
    $800 7
Talk Soup Nazi

Gary
    $800 25
the epidermis

Henry
    $800 20
Velcro

Gary
    $800 22
(David) McCullough

Henry
    $800 24
placid

Gary
    $1200 8
(Henry: What is London?)

Chicago

GaryHenry
    $1200 14
George Michael Richards

Julia
    $1200 2
the enamel

Gary
    $1200 9
the La Brea Tar Pits

Henry
    $1200 6
the McDonald brothers

Julia
    $1200 12
harmony

Julia
    $1600 17
Georgia

Gary
    $1600 15
(Ken: That's what I call him, yes.)

Uncle Leo Tolstoy

Gary
    $1600 1
the epiglottis

Gary
    $1600 10
(Gary: What is superglue?)
(Julia: What is rubber cement?)

Krazy Glue

GaryJulia
Triple Stumper
    $4,000 13
(Julia: Who is... McGill?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry--[*], who lost her life in the Challenger disaster.)
(Julia: Oh.)

Christa McAuliffe

Julia
    $1600 11
Serenity

Henry
    $2000 19
Walpole

Gary
    $2000 28
the Julia Louis-Dreyfus Affair

Henry
    $2000 3
the eustachian tube

Gary
    $2000 21
caulk

Gary
    $2000 23
(Julia: Who is McCullers?)

Ida McKinley

Julia
Triple Stumper
    $3,000 16
tranquility

Gary

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Julia Henry
$20,800 $800 $9,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN LITERATURE
(Ken: [To Julia] Captain Boomer, just like Captain Ahab, lost a limb to the white whale.)
JuliaWhat is Moby Dick? :)
$800
HenryWhat is Moby Dick!
$1,234
GaryWhat is Moby Dick? Thanks, Mom
$12
Moby-Dick

Final scores:

Gary Julia Henry
$20,812 $1,600 $10,834
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Gary Julia Henry
$20,400 $4,800 $9,600
26 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,800

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Game tape date: 2023-11-08
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