Responses for Show #7770 - Friday, May 25, 2018

Josh Hill game 8.

Contestants

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Ross Belsome, a valuation analyst from Houston, Texas

Virginia Cummings, a geriatrician from Randolph, Massachusetts

Josh Hill, a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (whose 7-day cash winnings total $163,721)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

INDY 500
(Alex: As they celebrate their 102nd running this Sunday.)
BALKAN NATIONS
"ZZ" MIDDLE
(Alex: Two "Z"s coming up in the middle of each correct response.)
SIGNS & GESTURES
GENIUSES ARE BORN
NOT MADE
    $200 3
Al Unser Jr.

Ross
    $200 1
Serbia

Josh
    $200 4
jazzed

Ross
    $200 2
Peter

Ross
    $200 11
Pasteur

Josh
    $200 12
ivory

Josh
    $400 23
(Alex: With a minute to go.)

(Danica) Patrick

Josh
    $400 14
NATO

Josh
    $400 5
a puzzle

Ross
    $400 9
namaste

Ross
    $400 13
Mozart

Josh
    $400 15
iPod

Ross
    $600 24
head and neck

Virginia
    $600 17
Macedonia

Ross
    $600 6
a blizzard

Virginia
    $600 10
[After Josh responds, an uncropped version of the image in the clue is shown.]

(Angela) Merkel

Josh
    $600 18
Ben Franklin

Virginia
    $600 21
E.T.

Ross
    $800 25
the Brickyard

Virginia
    $800 7
(Virginia: What is [**]?)
[Originally ruled incorrect; reversed during contestant interviews because Alex did not specify that "ZZ" had to be in the exact middle of the word]

grizzled (or grizzly)

VirginiaRoss
    $800 16
Hook 'em Horns

Josh
    $2,000 19
Leonardo da Vinci

Virginia
    $800 27
Rolls-Royce

Ross
    $1000 26
Gentlemen, start your engines

Ross
    $1000 8
huzzah

Ross
    $1000 22
a salute

Josh
    $1000 20
Heisenberg

Ross
    $1000 28
[The end-of-round signal sounds.]

Jell-O

Virginia

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

Josh Virginia Ross
$2,000 $1,400 $3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Virginia Ross
$4,200 $6,400 $7,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EPIC FAIL
NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
4-SYLLABLE WORDS
SLEEP
EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE
A "LITTLE" ENTERTAINMENT
    $400 1
the Trojan Horse

Ross
    $400 5
Syracuse

Josh
    $400 16
an application

Ross
    $400 4
the fetal position

Josh
    $400 26
(Alex: With less than a minute.)

a patent

Josh
    $400 2
Little Richard

Virginia
    $800 10
(Josh: Who is Beowulf?)

Siegfried

Josh
Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Colgate

Virginia
    $800 17
pedestrian

Virginia
    $800 21
the diaphragm

Ross
    $800 29
the Holy Roman Empire

Josh
    $800 3
Little Big Town

Josh
    $1200 14
speech

Triple Stumper
    $2,000 7
Columbia

Virginia
    $3,000 18
jurisdiction

Virginia
    $1200 22
(Virginia: What is an orca?)

a seal

Virginia
Triple Stumper
    $1200 30
Ireland

Josh
    $1200 11
Big Trouble in Little China

Ross
    $1600 15
The Faerie Queene

Josh
    $1600 8
(Josh: What is Juilliard?)

Lincoln Center

JoshVirginia
    $1600 19
oversharing

Triple Stumper
    $1600 24
appetite

Triple Stumper
    $1600 28
the Rosetta Stone

Ross
    $1600 12
Little Shop of Horrors

Ross
    $2000 23
Gilgamesh

Josh
    $2000 9
Rochester Institute of Technology

Ross
    $2000 20
the Affenpinscher

Ross
    $2000 25
Morpheus

Ross
    $2000 27
the Amistad

Virginia
    $2000 13
(Ross: What is "Jesus Loves the Little Children"?)

"Put A Little Love In Your Heart"

VirginiaRoss

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Virginia Ross
$9,400 $17,800 $17,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

OSCAR-NOMINATED ACTORS
(Alex: [To Ross] The two films were Chaplin, the story of Charlie Chaplin, and the other one was Tropic Thunder.)
JoshWho is Hopkins?
$8,401
RossWho is Robert Downey Jr.
$1,201
VirginiaWho is Robert Downey Jr.
$17,401
Robert Downey Jr.

Final scores:

Josh Virginia Ross
$999 $35,201 $18,801
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $35,201 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Josh Virginia Ross
$9,400 $14,000 $17,600
17 R,
2 W
15 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W
22 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $41,000

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Game tape date: 2018-02-06
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