Responses for Show #9211 - Monday, November 25, 2024

Kevin Laskowski game 1.

Contestants

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Carolyn Gramling, a science writer from Washington, D.C.

Kevin Laskowski, an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia

Adam Hersh, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS
HERE'S MY WRITING SAMPLE
(Ken: You'll name each author.)
I'M ON A U.S. STAMP
TIME FOR A COCKTAIL?
CHARACTER "THE" EPITHET
(Ken: And note that we need the "the"--for example Joxer the Mighty.)
POLYNESIAN CULTURES
(Auliʻi: I'm Auliʻi Cravalho, the voice of Moana; with Moana 2 about to open, I'll have clues about how Polynesian cultures spread across 10 million squan style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; background-color: #99FF99;">are miles of ocean.)
    $200 10
(Ken: That's [*] from Xalapa.)

a jalapeño

Triple Stumper
    $200 23
Hugo

Carolyn
    $200 29
Dante

Adam
    $200 14
Manhattan

Kevin
    $200 16
(Carolyn: Who is Frosty?)
[Ken does not rule.]
...
(Ken: Yeah, we need the "the".)

Frosty the Snowman

Carolyn
    $200 27
Easter Island

Adam
    $400 9
Führer

Adam
    $400 22
(Kevin: Who is Beverly Cleary?)

Judy Blume

KevinCarolyn
    $400 28
Chavez

Adam
    $400 15
a hurricane

Carolyn
    $400 17
Rosie the Riveter

Adam
    $400 26
(Adam: What are constellations?)
(Ken: Can you be more specific?)
(Adam: What is the Southern Cross?)

the Big Dipper

AdamKevin
    $600 6
an attaché

Adam
    $600 4
Coleridge

Adam
    $600 1
(John) Wooden

Adam
    $600 11
Cosmopolitan

Adam
    $600 18
(Carolyn: Who is, uh...)

Oscar the Grouch

AdamCarolyn
    $600 24
Maui

Carolyn
    $800 7
the maître d'

Adam
    $800 5
(Ken: That's Animal Farm by [*].)

George Orwell

Triple Stumper
    $800 2
(Clara) Barton

Adam
    $800 12
Gibson

Kevin
    $800 19
(Ken: Grrreat, you got it.)

Tony the Tiger

Kevin
    $800 25
Tahiti

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(Ken: He was "Le héros [*]"--hero of France.)

français

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
(Adam: Who is Heller?)
(Kevin: Oh... no.)
...
(Ken: That's [*] from The Right Stuff.)

Tom Wolfe

AdamKevin
Triple Stumper
    $1000 3
Medgar Evers

Triple Stumper
    $1,000 13
Bloody Mary

Kevin
    $1000 20
Conan the Barbarian

Kevin
    $1000 30
(Ken: Our thanks to Auliʻi for helping us out with those clues; Moana 2 is in theaters this Wednesday.)

American Samoa

Adam

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

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$4,400 $2,000 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$5,800 $2,800 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

THE MODERN HOBBYIST
RAP, SCHOOLS OLD & NEW
BOD-"E"
ANIMAL QUOTES
FIRST ENCOUNTERS
MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSIONIST
    $400 14
podcast

Adam
    $400 9
Brooklyn

Carolyn
    $400 19
your eyelids

Triple Stumper
    $400 1
a duck

Carolyn
    $400 30
Philadelphia

Kevin
    $400 26
(Ken: What is [*]? The [*] Society.)

Anonymous

Triple Stumper
    $800 15
Rubik

Kevin
    $800 10
Barbie World

Carolyn
    $800 20
estrogen

Kevin
    $800 2
fleas

Carolyn
    $800 24
Catherine of Aragon

Adam
    $800 27
déjeuner

Adam
    $1200 16
Reels

Adam
    $1200 11
(Adam: What is "Can't Touch This"?)

"U Can't Touch This"

AdamKevin
    $3,000 21
endocrine

Kevin
    $1200 3
(Ken: Yes, and you beat Kevin to the Bible clue.)

a camel

Adam
    $1200 5
Woodward

Adam
    $1200 25
Monet

Kevin
    $1600 17
exposure

Kevin
    $1600 12
Public Enemy

Kevin
    $1600 22
Eustachian

Kevin
    $3,000 4
(Ken: You have $7,000 and the lead; it's getting harder for you to enter the eye of a needle...)
...
(Adam: Oh boy, uh... what is a tiger?)

a (black) panther

Adam
    $1600 6
Meyer Lansky

Kevin
    $1600 28
Cassatt

Kevin
    $2000 18
geocaching

Carolyn
    $2000 13
(Ken: Wow, you got it for $2,000--rap fan.)

Jennifer's Body

Kevin
    $2000 23
the endocardium

Triple Stumper
    $2000 8
(Carolyn: What are vultures?)

eagles

Carolyn
Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
(Ken: That Barretts of [*].)

Wimpole Street

Triple Stumper
    $2000 29
La Grande Jatte

Carolyn

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$7,200 $20,200 $5,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

19th CENTURY NOVELS
(Ken: [To Adam] That's the conversation that leads to the bet that takes Phileas Fogg around the world.)
CarolynWhat is A Passage to India?
$5,300
AdamWhat is Around the World in 80 Days?
$7,100
KevinWhat is ...?
$5,000
Around the World in Eighty Days

Final scores:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$14,300 $15,200 $300
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $15,200 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$10,200 $18,400 $5,600
19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,200

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Game tape date: 2024-10-01
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