Responses for Show #9074 - Thursday, April 4, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Victoria Groce, a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Sam Buttrey, a bon vivant and man about town from Pacific Grove, California

Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science and public policy originally from Washington, D.C.

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Jeopardy! Round responses

EUROPEAN CAPITALS
ANATOMICAL ETYMOLOGY
QUASI-RELATED PAIRS
A CATEGORY MADE OF STEEL
CHARACTERS IN MUSICALS
YOU CAN'T SPELL...
    $200 24
Bern

Matt
    $200 30
molars

Victoria
    $200 28
(Victoria: What is hue and tie?)

coat & tie

MattVictoria
    $200 27
a trout

Sam
    $200 29
(Matt: I won't steal his line, give me the last one.)
[Laughter]
(Ken: I will deliver it.)

Jersey Boys

Matt
    $200 21
community

Sam
    $400 22
Athens

Victoria
    $400 23
cochlea

Sam
    $400 4
Woody & buzz

Matt
    $400 26
Carnival

Sam
    $400 25
Hairspray

Victoria
    $400 20
fluted column

Sam
    $600 9
Slovenia

Matt
    $600 7
jugular

Sam
    $600 3
(Matt: QUASI for $400.)
(Ken: Boy, you're really a glutton for punishment.)
[Laughter]

nuts & bolts

Triple Stumper
    $600 12
André the Giant

Matt
    $600 17
Elphaba

Victoria
    $600 15
(Ken: That's pretty good, yeah, you did an impression.)

inconceivable

Matt
    $800 8
(Victoria: What is Oslo?)

Reykjavik

SamVictoria
    $800 6
nephrons

Victoria
    $800 1
(Victoria: What are a guru and a boo-boo?)

a yogi & boo-boo

Victoria
Triple Stumper
    $800 5
(John) Deere

Victoria
    $800 13
Grizabella

Sam
    $2,600 18
(Victoria: I can't say I like the category, but I think I have to, True Daily Double, please.)

disparage

Victoria
    $1000 11
Bratislava

Victoria
    $1000 10
the sartorius

Victoria
    $1000 2
(Sam: What is safe and gulf?)

safe & sound

MattSam
    $1000 14
(Matt: What is U.S. Steel?)

Bethlehem Steel

MattSam
    $1000 16
Dulcinea

Matt
    $1000 19
alimentary

Matt

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

Matt Sam Victoria
$2,200 $2,200 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Sam Victoria
$4,800 $3,800 $6,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORICAL QUOTES
TRAIN TALES
A BEACON IN THE NIGHT
PHOTOGRAPHERS
'90s MOVIE FUN
"C-U" LATER
(Ken: That letter pair will appear in each correct response but not at the beginning.)
    $400 27
Nelson

Victoria
    $400 25
Around the World in Eighty Days

Victoria
    $400 28
Hercules

Matt
    $400 26
Adams

Matt
    $400 29
Primary Colors

Victoria
    $400 30
a biscuit

Sam
    $800 9
Sadat

Victoria
    $800 24
Yuma

Sam
    $9,000 19
(Ken: That's Columbus' uncle.)
[Applause]
(Victoria: I figured that's the name of the soccer derby, so that had to be the clue.)

Genoa

Victoria
    $800 18
the Spanish Civil War

Victoria
    $800 15
My Cousin Vinny

Matt
    $800 23
tuberculosis

Matt
    $1200 5
vigilance

Sam
    $5,400 2
The Polar Express

Sam
    $1200 3
the North Sea

Victoria
    $1200 11
Grable

Matt
    $1200 14
The Addams Family

Victoria
    $1200 22
[Laughter]
(Sam: I heard that from somebody else.)

spectacular

Sam
    $1600 4
Faneuil Hall

Victoria
    $1600 1
The Girl on the Train

Sam
    $1600 6
New Jersey

Sam
    $1600 10
Geddes

Victoria
    $1600 8
12 Monkeys

Victoria
    $1600 21
Evacuation Day

Triple Stumper
    $2000 13
Khartoum

Victoria
    $2000 17
Crichton

Victoria
    $2000 7
(Victoria: What is the Roanoke River?)

the Cape Fear River

Victoria
Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
Avedon

Victoria
    $2000 16
(Victoria: What is Enemy of the State?)

True Romance

Victoria
Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
aperçu

Matt

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Sam Victoria
$10,400 $16,000 $27,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STATE CAPITALS
(Matt: One of my professors says, "Don't focus on the final score you got in the class, but focus on all the learning you did along the way".)
(Ken: That's a great way to look at Jeopardy!)
[Applause]
(Ken: I love that.)
[Applause]
...
(Ken: [To Sam] Yes, the Seven Sacraments, named after the Holy Eucharist, in fact.)
...
(Ken: Now, Sam's a California native, it all comes down to whether Victoria Groce of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania was also thinking of [*].)
MattWhat is St. Paul (#SkillsNotScores)
$10,399
SamWhat is Sacramento?
$11,001
VictoriaWhat is Sacramento? Hi, Nora! ♡
$5,001
Sacramento

Final scores:

Matt Sam Victoria
$1 $27,001 $32,001
3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Sam Victoria
$10,400 $11,800 $17,000
16 R,
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 23 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $39,200

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Game tape date: 2024-02-27
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