Responses for Show #8999 - Thursday, December 21, 2023

2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Michael Vaz, a tutor from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Karen Morris, a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia

Iris Masucci, a pharmacist from Rockville, Maryland

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Jeopardy! Round responses

A VERY HALLMARK CHRISTMAS MOVIE
BOOK TOCK
TRIPLY ALLITERATIVE
UNION ACTIONS
SAY, "BUSTER"
LEGEND DAIRY
    $200 30
(Ken: They always find love when they leave the city.)

Dollywood

Karen
    $200 28
a pumpkin

Michael
    $200 25
La La Land

Karen
    $200 29
Gettysburg

Karen
    $200 26
a ghostbuster

Iris
    $200 13
chives

Michael
    $400 24
Nantucket

Karen
    $400 22
Captain Hook

Karen
    $400 18
Bed Bath & Beyond

Karen
    $400 27
Custer

Michael
    $400 23
a blockbuster

Karen
    $400 11
the Indy 500

Iris
    $600 4
CEO

Michael
    $600 17
L. Frank Baum

Karen
    $600 1
pu pu platter

Iris
    $600 20
the Emancipation Proclamation

Michael
    $600 16
gangbusters

Karen
    $600 10
(Ken: "I drink your [*]"--it's a [*].)

milkshake

Triple Stumper
    $800 6
Judd Nelson

Iris
    $800 21
Nancy Drew

Iris
    $800 2
a fast food franchise

Triple Stumper
    $800 14
Fort Sumter

Iris
    $800 5
a Filibuster

Michael
    $800 9
(Karen: What is Wisconsin?)
(Iris: What is Minnesota?)
(Michael: What's the Wisconsin State Fair?)
...
(Ken: You often see political candidates there because it's [*].)

the Iowa State Fair

IrisKarenMichael
Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
(Michael: What's Three Men and a Baby?)

Three Wise Men and a Baby

Michael
Triple Stumper
    $1000 19
Miss Havisham

Michael
    $1,000 3
(Iris: What is... I have no idea.)

Love's Labour's Lost

Iris
    $1000 15
Mobile Bay

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
trust buster

Iris
    $1000 12
(Karen: I'm gonna mooove up to LEGEND DAIRY for $200.)
(Ken: Nice.)
[Laughter]

Activia

Karen

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

Iris Karen Michael
$1,800 $200 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Iris Karen Michael
$2,800 $3,600 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

FOLKLORE & LEGEND
SAMPLING
FIRST LADIES' MAIDEN NAMES
PHILOSOPHY
WORDS & THEIR CHANGING MEANINGS
EUR"O"s
    $400 28
Sasquatch

Karen
    $400 26
James Brown

Iris
    $400 30
(Pat) Nixon

Michael
    $400 29
I think, therefore I am

Karen
    $400 25
heartburn

Triple Stumper
    $400 18
Orange

Michael
    $800 6
Paul Bunyan

Iris
    $800 10
Bing Crosby

Iris
    $800 27
Bush

Karen
    $800 23
(Karen: Uh, who is Thomas More?)

Thomas Aquinas

Karen
Triple Stumper
    $800 20
ambidextrous

Michael
    $800 17
Orleans

Michael
    $1200 5
(Ken: That would be [*] with his famous hammer. Karen?)
(Karen: Seems to be a category about West Virginia, but uh, FOLKLORE & LEGEND for $800.)
(Ken: Looks like the streak is over here.)

John Henry

Triple Stumper
    $1200 7
Cardi B

Iris
    $1200 11
(Julia) Grant

Michael
    $1200 19
Stoicism

Triple Stumper
    $1200 2
bimbo

Iris
    $1200 16
the Oder

Michael
    $1600 1
the Mothman

Karen
    $1600 8
(Iris: Just came to me.)

G-funk

Triple Stumper
    $1600 12
Roosevelt

Michael
    $1600 24
Jeremy Bentham

Triple Stumper
    $2,500 3
(Ken: Just in the nick of time.)

the Aegean Sea

Iris
    $1600 14
(Michael: What are the Shetland Islands?)
(Karen: What are the Faroes?)
...
(Ken: Keep the category in mind, EUR"O"s, these have to start with "O".)

the Orkneys

KarenMichael
Triple Stumper
    $4,800 13
(Ken: Michael?)
(Michael: I don't know.)

Molly Pitcher

Michael
    $2000 9
Avicii

Karen
    $2000 22
Wilson

Karen
    $2000 21
(Michael: Who is Euclid?)
(Iris: Who is Archimedes?)

Pythagoras

IrisMichael
Triple Stumper
    $2000 4
volatile

Karen
    $2000 15
Oslo

Michael

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Iris Karen Michael
$7,700 $10,400 $2,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round responses

FROM PAGE TO STAGE
(Ken: [Reading Iris' response] Well, we don't know if you need one, yet.)
...
(Ken: This was [*], the Helen Prejean memoir that's now a successful opera.)
MichaelWhat is?
$0
IrisWhat are the chances of a 3rd chance tourney?
$2,300
KarenWhat on earth???
$5,001
Dead Man Walking

Final scores:

Iris Karen Michael
$5,400 $5,399 $2,000
Finalist 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Iris Karen Michael
$7,800 $10,400 $6,800
13 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R,
3 W		 15 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $25,000

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Game tape date: 2023-11-28
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