Responses for Show #8996 - Monday, December 18, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts final game 2.

Contestants

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Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia (subtotal of $6,000)

Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany (subtotal of $17,600)

Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana (subtotal of $8,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

HERE COMES THE SUN
COLORFUL SPORTS
"P" IN FASHION
PLAY SETTINGS
NOT CHESS AGAIN!
POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS
    $200 21
(Ken: Correct, what a relief.)
[Laughter]

5 billion years

Gary
    $200 30
a green

Gary
    $200 28
a pixie

Gary
    $200 27
Argentina

Yungsheng 永勝
    $200 26
resign

Gary
    $200 29
(Yungsheng 永勝: Bring it!)

a cone

Yungsheng 永勝
    $400 20
a solar wind

Tyler
    $400 25
the Black Sox

Tyler
    $400 19
patent leather

Tyler
    $400 1
[Tyler selected the first clue as the leader at the end of final game 1.]

Salem

Yungsheng 永勝
    $400 24
a pawn

Yungsheng 永勝
    $400 13
a demo

Gary
    $600 8
the heliocentric

Gary
    $600 22
the Orange Bowl

Gary
    $600 18
pencil

Yungsheng 永勝
    $600 4
Our Town

Yungsheng 永勝
    $600 12
kings

Gary
    $600 15
gams

Yungsheng 永勝
    $800 7
the photosphere

Yungsheng 永勝
    $800 10
the Grey Cup

Tyler
    $800 6
a peasant blouse

Yungsheng 永勝
    $800 2
Hamlet

Tyler
    $800 17
equality

Yungsheng 永勝
    $2,600 14
(Gary: What is... hand?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry; Hawaii being HI--it is [*].)

hind

Gary
    $1000 9
the main sequence

Gary
    $1000 11
the St. Louis Blues

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1000 5
a parasol

Tyler
    $1000 3
The Miracle Worker

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1000 23
the Queen's Gambit

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1000 16
(Ken: Louisiana and Maine, right.)

lame

Gary

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$4,600 $2,600 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$8,400 $3,800 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

U.S. FIRSTS
DANCE REVOLUTION
PANCHO VILLAGE
ODDS & "N"s
IN YOUR FACE!
WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME...
    $400 25
Miller

Tyler
    $400 26
the moonwalk

Gary
    $400 27
Pershing

Gary
    $400 28
nesting dolls

Yungsheng 永勝
    $400 30
the forehead

Tyler
    $400 29
ail (ale)

Gary
    $800 17
Douglas Fairbanks

Gary
    $800 24
the Twist

Tyler
    $800 2
Durango

Tyler
    $800 19
New England

Yungsheng 永勝
    $800 23
your lips

Gary
    $800 1
(Yungsheng 永勝: What is a madam and a madame?)

misses & Mrs.

Yungsheng 永勝Tyler
    $7,000 4
(Yungsheng 永勝: A client once told me, "Scared money don't make no money", so $7,000.)
[Ooh! from audience]
(Ken: Let's see if your client was right; here's your clue in U.S. FIRSTS...)
...
(Ken: [*] is exactly right, yes.)
[Loud audience reaction]
(Ken: Your client was correct.)

Portland (Oregon)

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1200 6
the "Chicken Dance"

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1200 3
El Paso

Yungsheng 永勝
    $1200 8
nori

Tyler
    $1200 12
cheek

Gary
    $1200 22
mood (mooed)

Gary
    $1600 15
the National Mall

Tyler
    $1600 5
the Hustle

Gary
    $1600 9
Emiliano Zapata

Tyler
    $1600 7
nocturnes

Gary
    $1600 13
your eye

Triple Stumper
    $1600 20
(Gary: [Without ringing in] What is [*]?)
(Ken: Nobody's rung in.)
...
(Ken: It got a little easier, yes.)
(Yungsheng 永勝: Sorry.)

lien (lean)

Yungsheng 永勝
    $2000 16
the Trinity site

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
the Lambada

Gary
    $2000 10
Ambrose Bierce

Gary
    $2000 11
Nicholas II (of Russia)

Yungsheng 永勝
    $2000 14
a Cupid's bow (or the philtrum)

Yungsheng 永勝
    $10,000 21
aisle (isle)

Yungsheng 永勝

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$33,800 $11,400 $14,800
(lock tournament)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NATIONAL MONUMENTS
(Ken: [To Yungsheng 永勝] [*] is on Christopher Street; it's symbolic with the beginning of the LGBT pride movement. And what did you write under [*]?)
(Yungsheng 永勝: Ahhhhh!!)
[Laughter]
TylerWhat is the World Trade Center Memorial
$11,400
GaryWhat is the NY Stock Exchange?
$8,300
Yungsheng 永勝What is Stonewall?
$0
(the) Stonewall (Inn)

Final scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$33,800 $0 $6,500

Cumulative scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$41,800 $17,600 $12,500
Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2024 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $50,000 2nd runner-up: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$20,000 $11,400 $17,400
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 14 R,
0 W		 21 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $48,800

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Game tape date: 2023-11-08
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