Responses for Show #9159 - Thursday, September 12, 2024

Contestants

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Bethany Korp, a Spanish interpreter from Laurence Harbor, New Jersey

Mark Palmere, an energy analyst from Sacramento, California

Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,600)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A SELF-HELPING OF BOOKS
BEAR WITH US
SPORTY IDIOMS
ANIMATED FILMS IN OTHER WORDS
THE CLASH
LONDON CALLING
    $200 15
(Ken: I am, in fact, [*]. And nobody has to hear my terrible [*] impression anymore, 'cause we're going to take a quick break.)

Dr. Phil

Mark
    $200 11
Yogi Bear

Bethany
    $200 10
a Monday morning quarterback

Will
    $200 4
Finding Nemo

Mark
    $200 20
World War I

Will
    $200 16
(Mark: Uh, what is [**]?)
[Ruled incorrect; reversed after the break]

the London Eye (the Eye of London)

MarkBethany
    $400 25
burnout

Bethany
    $400 12
hibernation

Bethany
    $400 3
the back nine

Mark
    $400 5
Wreck-It Ralph

Mark
    $400 21
1066

Bethany
    $400 28
Eros

Triple Stumper
    $600 26
making your bed

Triple Stumper
    $600 13
a polar bear

Will
    $600 2
a full-court press

Will
    $600 6
Happy Feet

Bethany
    $600 22
(Ken: They love their cats.)

Egypt

Triple Stumper
    $600 29
Gringotts

Mark
    $800 27
ego

Mark
    $800 14
Callisto

Triple Stumper
    $800 1
(Bethany: What are like ducks in water?)

ducks on the pond

Bethany
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
[Will omitted the leading article from his response.]

The Iron Giant

Will
    $800 23
Antietam

Will
    $800 18
(Mark: Uh, what is Fleet Street?)

Pall Mall

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $1000 30
Jordan Peterson

Will
    $1000 19
a sun bear

Mark
    $1000 9
saved by the bell

Will
    $1000 7
All Dogs Go to Heaven

Bethany
    $1000 24
the Battle of Zama

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Ken: He was the [*] killer.)

Whitechapel

Triple Stumper

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

Will Mark Bethany
$3,200 $1,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Mark Bethany
$5,200 $3,000 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

BIBLICAL FATHERS & SONS
STARTS WITH "K"
A SHORT COURSE IN CHEMISTRY
TV CHARACTERS
MOUNTAINS
JOB-POURRI
    $400 19
Joseph

Bethany
    $400 21
kindred

Mark
    $400 16
a base

Mark
    $400 15
Zendaya

Will
    $400 26
Yosemite

Mark
    $400 27
chimney sweep

Mark
    $800 28
(Ken: Yeah, those were the days.)

Seth

Bethany
    $800 20
(Bethany: What is karma?)

kismet

WillBethany
    $800 25
(Mark: Uh, what is valence?)

a (triple) bond

Mark
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
Pam (Beesly)

Mark
    $800 6
the Atlas Mountains

Mark
    $800 10
corn

Bethany
    $1200 29
(Ken: A son named [*], [*] the Baptist.)

John

Triple Stumper
    $1200 3
Kevlar

Mark
    $1,200 24
(Will: What is--I don't have it, I'm sorry.)
...
(Ken: ... hence the name, [*] table.)

periodic

Will
    $1200 7
the Crypt Keeper

Will
    $1200 5
Mount Etna

Will
    $1200 9
(Will: Uh, what's a... [**]? Bowling pin [**]?)
(Ken: [Hesitating] Yeah, we'll take that; I think it's called [*].)

a pinsetter (a pin re-racker)

Will
    $1600 18
Solomon

Will
    $1600 1
kanji

Triple Stumper
    $1600 22
the solvent

Triple Stumper
    $1600 13
Baby Reindeer

Mark
    $2,000 4
[The accent mark in "Orșova" was not shown in the clue.]
...
(Mark: Um... what is... uh... the...)
[The time expiry signal
sounds.]
(Mark: Caucasus?)
(Ken: Ran out of time, I'm afraid. [*]; maybe that's what you were stretching for.)

the Carpathians

Mark
    $1600 11
a cutler

Triple Stumper
    $2000 30
Japheth

Bethany
    $2000 2
(Ken: Your Scottish knowledge pays off, yes.)

a kelpie

Bethany
    $2000 23
Lavoisier

Will
    $2000 14
George Lopez

Will
    $2000 17
(Ken: Canada's highest point is [*].)

Mount Logan

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
The Quarrymen

Mark

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Mark Bethany
$14,400 $8,200 $7,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC NAMES
(Ken: [To Bethany] We are now at the 200th anniversary this year of his farewell tour in 1824.)
...
(Ken: Did he [Will] think of [*]?)
(Will: Thought of it, didn't write it.)
(Ken: Oh, Alexander Hamilton--probably not in good shape for a tour in 1824.)
(Will: Yeah, that was a bad call.)
BethanyWho is the Marquis de Lafayette?
$6,801
MarkWho was Lafayette?
$7,999
WillWho is Alexander Hamilton? (Dizzo!)
$2,001
the Marquis de Lafayette

Final scores:

Will Mark Bethany
$12,399 $16,199 $14,401
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $16,199 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Will Mark Bethany
$15,600 $10,200 $7,600
16 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $33,400

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Game tape date: 2024-05-30
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