Responses for Show #9053 - Wednesday, March 6, 2024

2024 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

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Sean McShane, a tour guide from South Boston, Massachusetts

Deb Bilodeau, a restaurant server from San Francisco, California

Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida

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Jeopardy! Round responses

SHAKESPEARE FOR EVERYONE!
OLYMPIC HISTORY
ISLANDS
MIDDLE X
(Ken: "X" will be the exact middle letter in each response.)
WAITS
MEASURES
    $200 30
Othello

Troy
    $200 29
stronger

Troy
    $200 26
Cast Away

Troy
    $200 25
(Ken: Yes, from Boston.)

a pixie

Sean
    $200 24
(Ken: Yes, Henry VIII has a type.)
[Laughter]

a lady in waiting

Troy
    $200 23
a barometer

Troy
    $400 28
Lady Macbeth

Sean
    $400 27
water polo

Troy
    $400 19
(Sean: What is Borneo?)

Java

TroySean
    $400 20
asexual

Sean
    $400 21
exhale

Deb
    $400 22
the speed of light

Sean
    $600 15
(Ken: Nick [*] from A Midsummer Night's Dream is correct, Deb.)

Bottom

Deb
    $600 17
Greco-Roman wrestling

Sean
    $600 18
Ibiza

Sean
    $600 7
claxons

Troy
    $600 3
Tom Petty

Sean
    $600 8
a jigger

Sean
    $1,000 2
(Deb: Who is... um... Desdemona?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, it's from Taming of the Shrew; the not exactly feminist ending of Taming of the Shrew, so it's, "Who is [*]?")

Katherina

Deb
    $800 11
Nancy Kerrigan

Troy
    $800 1
Samothrace

Deb
    $800 14
coaxial

Troy
    $800 4
a dumbwaiter

Deb
    $800 13
triglycerides

Sean
    $1000 16
[Troy did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Two Gentlemen of Verona

Troy
    $1000 12
(Troy: What's javelin?)
...
(Ken: Yes, a spin.)

discus

TroySean
    $1000 6
Hokkaido

Troy
    $1000 10
bauxite

Troy
    $1000 5
Lefty

Troy
    $1000 9
a scruple

Triple Stumper

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

Troy Deb Sean
$4,200 $1,200 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Troy Deb Sean
$7,000 $1,600 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

1924
UNUSUAL WORDS
THE ARTS
OCCUPATIONS
MOVIE TAGLINES
THE HEAVENS & EARTH
    $400 30
id

Deb
    $400 28
(Ken: Yes, aa.)

A

Troy
    $400 25
Hallelujah

Sean
    $400 29
curator

Troy
    $400 24
(Ken: You guys didn't see this?)

Thanksgiving

Triple Stumper
    $400 27
granite

Deb
    $800 7
(Troy: Who is... JFK?)

the first President Bush

Troy
Triple Stumper
    $800 21
a bacchanal

Sean
    $800 18
Arbus

Deb
    $800 22
(Sean: What is an au pair?)

a governess

DebSean
    $800 23
[Laughter while Ken reads the clue]

Zoolander

Deb
    $800 26
Saturn

Deb
    $1200 5
Rhapsody in Blue

Troy
    $1200 17
a kerfuffle

Troy
    $1200 1
Degas

Deb
    $4,000 11
an actuary

Troy
    $1200 20
George Clooney

Troy
    $1200 14
a fumarole

Troy
    $1600 4
Edna Ferber

Troy
    $1600 15
kaiju

Troy
    $1600 2
German Expressionism

Deb
    $1600 9
a stevedore

Sean
    $1600 10
Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay

Troy
    $11,800 6
variable stars

Troy
    $2000 8
Nurmi

Troy
    $2000 16
widdershins

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
Giselle

Troy
    $2000 13
(Ken: Troy knew it, but didn't quite have the guts.)

a cordwainer

Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
(Ken: Good movie.)

Promising Young Woman

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
subduction zones

Troy

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Troy Deb Sean
$38,400 $8,400 $7,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AMERICAN LITERARY HISTORY
(Ken: [To Troy] James Baldwin referring to the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation.)
SeanWhat is 1876? Hi South Boston!
$1,201
DebWhat is 1976? Thanks Y'all
$0
TroyWhat is 1963
$0
1963

Final scores:

Troy Deb Sean
$38,400 $8,400 $5,999
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Troy Deb Sean
$25,400 $9,400 $7,200
28 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 12 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $42,000

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Game tape date: 2024-02-07
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