Responses for Show #9004 - Thursday, December 28, 2023

2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio

Mitch Cutter, a salmon conservation associate from Boise, Idaho

Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California

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Jeopardy! Round responses

NBA NICKNAMES
HEY, WHERE'S THAT?
FOR THE GRAM
SPEED DATING
(Ken: You'll give us the year of each historic event.)
TOUCH TYPE
HUNT & PECK
    $200 29
(Xanni: What's Doc?)
(Ken: N...)

Dr. J

Xanni
    $200 28
Genesis

Mitch
    $200 27
a cat

Xanni
    $200 18
1944

Mitch
    $200 30
tickling

Xanni
    $200 24
mamba

Mitch
    $400 8
rebounds

Raquel
    $400 9
Louisiana

Xanni
    $400 26
Wikipedia

Mitch
    $400 17
1912

Raquel
    $400 25
tap or pat

Mitch
    $400 23
a woodpecker

Mitch
    $600 1
the "Greek Freak"

Xanni
    $600 2
(Mitch: What is the foot?)

the hand

MitchXanni
    $600 19
a Cardigan

Xanni
    $600 16
2012

Mitch
    $600 11
caress

Mitch
    $600 22
a warthog

Mitch
    $800 4
(Xanni: Who are the Lakers?)

the Spurs

MitchXanni
    $800 3
the Styx

Raquel
    $800 6
Zagat

Raquel
    $800 15
1927

Raquel
    $1,800 12
(Mitch: What is... touch and grab?)

a frisk

Mitch
    $800 20
a swordfish

Xanni
    $1000 7
fear the beard

Triple Stumper
    $1000 5
(Xanni: What is East Egg?)
(Raquel: What is New Egg?)

West Egg

RaquelMitchXanni
    $1000 10
segregation

Xanni
    $1000 14
1066

Xanni
    $1000 13
(Xanni: What's a physical exam?)

palpation

Xanni
Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Canada geese

Raquel

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

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$1,800 $0 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$3,200 $3,000 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

WORLD CAPITALS
WOMEN ON TRIAL
TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS
MEASUREMENT
AMAZING ARMENIANS
(Ken: Famous people of Armenian descent.)
I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT
(Ken: We will need two words in each of your responses.)
    $400 30
Rome

Mitch
    $400 29
a serial killer

Xanni
    $400 23
Scotland Yard

Xanni
    $400 27
kilograms

Mitch
    $400 28
Cher

Raquel
    $400 25
shift & shaft

Xanni
    $800 20
Turkmenistan

Xanni
    $800 21
(Mitch: What is... adultery?)
...
(Ken: I don't know what high adultery is, Mitch [Laughter], but maybe we'll find out someday.)

treason

MitchXanni
    $800 22
Poirot

Raquel
    $800 26
(Mitch: What is... boiling point?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

water's boiling point

Mitch
    $800 16
(Xanni: Uh, who is Jenner? Uh, Kris Jenner.)
(Mitch: Who is Kardashian?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)

Kim Kardashian

MitchXanni
    $800 24
golf & gulf

Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
Tanzania

Raquel
    $1200 18
a psychopath

Mitch
    $1200 3
J.R.R. Tolkien

Raquel
    $1200 11
two weeks

Mitch
    $1200 15
California

Raquel
    $1200 10
breed & bread

Xanni
    $1600 1
(Mitch: Who is Santa Anna?)

Benito Juárez

Mitch
Triple Stumper
    $1600 4
Manson

Xanni
    $5,000 5
W.E.B. Du Bois

Xanni
    $1600 12
(Xanni: What's a dollar?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Xanni: What's a U.S. dollar?)

a dollar a gallon

RaquelXanni
    $1600 13
(Mitch: Who is... John McEnroe?)
...
(Ken: That's [*]. Remember the hair?)

Andre Agassi

Mitch
Triple Stumper
    $1600 9
curry & carry

Xanni
    $2,800 2
Freetown & Libreville

Xanni
    $2000 6
Social Security checks

Xanni
    $2000 7
E.T.A. Hoffmann

Triple Stumper
    $2000 17
the light meter (exposure meter)

Triple Stumper
    $2000 14
chanson

Raquel
    $2000 8
Muppets & moppets

Mitch

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $5,800 $17,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS
(Ken: [To Mitch] After their deaths, his ex kindly raised their kids.)
...
(Ken: [To Xanni] Spelled it with an "H", but we're gonna accept it.)
MitchWho are Antony & Cleopatra?
$5,800
RaquelWho are Antony & Cleopatra
$0
XanniWho are Anthony & Cleopatra?
$6,000
Antony & Cleopatra

Final scores:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $11,600 $23,400
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $7,600 $13,200
13 R,
1 W		 18 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $32,400

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Game tape date: 2023-11-29
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