Responses for Show #9230 - Friday, December 20, 2024

Contestants

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Maria Lauro, a contract specialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joe Asaminew, an ER physician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Laura Faddah, a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FOUNTAINS
TV
SMOOTH AS SILK
BUSINESS NAMES
SCIENCE BOOKSHELF
NUMERIC PHRASES
    $200 24
Rockefeller Center

Maria
    $200 20
Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Laura
    $200 18
silkworms

Joe
    $200 1
Trader Joe's

Maria
    $200 12
the Dinosaurs

Joe
    $200 25
three sheets to the wind

Maria
    $400 14
the Bellagio

Maria
    $400 19
Dancing with the Stars

Laura
    $400 21
(Ken: To hit the silk is to jump out of a plane; the silk is [*].)

a parachute

Triple Stumper
    $400 2
Oracle

Joe
    $400 11
to infinity and beyond

Laura
    $400 26
(Ken: They say [*] in the Southern Hemisphere.)

a four by two

Laura
    $600 15
the Trevi Fountain

Maria
    $600 6
The Incredible Hulk

Laura
    $600 22
a kimono

Laura
    $600 3
(Ted) Turner

Joe
    $600 10
Turing

Laura
    $600 27
a five-finger

Joe
    $800 16
Dubai

Laura
    $800 7
Selena Gomez

Joe
    $800 23
a sapphire

Maria
    $800 4
23andMe

Maria
    $800 9
Ebola

Laura
    $800 28
(Ken: It's unclear what [*] actually means.)

the whole nine yards

Triple Stumper
    $1000 17
(Ken: Apparently, [*] has a theme park; I'm learning this myself.)

Swarovski

Triple Stumper
    $1000 13
Emily in Paris

Maria
    $1000 30
Cole Porter

Joe
    $1000 5
(Joe: Who is Walton?)
...
(Ken: Yes, we needed the chains.)

Walmart & Sam's Club

JoeMaria
    $1,000 8
the double helix

Joe
    $1000 29
at sixes & sevens

Triple Stumper

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

Laura Joe Maria
$2,400 $2,000 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Laura Joe Maria
$4,800 $3,800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORIC SONGS OF THE BRITS
COMPUTER TECH
WORLD RELIGION
MR. & MRS. LIT
POP CULTURE PHYSICS
"HOG" CALLING
    $400 30
George (II)

Joe
    $400 29
a Wii

Maria
    $400 17
Hinduism

Laura
    $400 16
Pride and Prejudice

Maria
    $400 18
The Big Bang Theory

Laura
    $400 13
a groundhog

Laura
    $800 5
"Greensleeves"

Maria
    $800 23
(Ken: Portable [*] Format, yes.)

Document

Maria
    $800 8
the Russian Orthodox

Joe
    $800 10
Sherlock Holmes

Maria
    $800 19
Oppenheimer

Joe
    $800 14
hog-wild

Maria
    $1200 6
the Kaiser

Joe
    $1200 2
Linux

Laura
    $1200 1
Saint Magnus

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 7
(Joe: Who is Orlando?)

Mrs. Dalloway

Joe
    $1200 26
David Harbour

Joe
    $1200 15
(Joe: What is a hogsbaugh?)

a hogshead

Joe
Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
(Joe: What is Gibraltar?)

Trafalgar

LauraJoe
    $1600 9
blockchain

Maria
    $2,000 3
(Laura: What is Buddhism?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, Buddhism's not native to China, but [*] is.)

Taoism

Laura
    $1600 11
the talented Mr. Ripley

Laura
    $1600 28
a Rainbow Bridge

Joe
    $1600 20
orthography

Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
"Rule, Britannia!"

Triple Stumper
    $2000 22
CAPTCHA

Laura
    $2000 4
the Druze

Joe
    $2000 12
Dylan Thomas

Triple Stumper
    $2000 27
a Wormhole

Joe
    $2000 21
(Ken: They call it [*] for reasons of their own.)

Hogmanay

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Laura Joe Maria
$10,400 $9,000 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MOVIES & THE LAW
(Ken: [To Maria] The name of the gangster in Little Caesar is Rico--Little Rico and why the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organization Act is [*].)
...
(Maria: Go big or go home.)
JoeWhat is the Taft-Hartley Act
$4,000
LauraWhat is ?
$4,600
MariaWhat is Jackie The Child ar
$10,001
the RICO Act

Final scores:

Laura Joe Maria
$5,800 $5,000 $799
2-day champion: $17,000 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Laura Joe Maria
$12,400 $11,000 $10,800
16 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $34,200

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Game tape date: 2024-10-29
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