Responses for Show #7971 - Monday, April 15, 2019

James Holzhauer game 8.

Contestants

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Megan McLeod, a cinema manager from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Kevin Bohannon, a cell biologist from Ann Arbor, Michigan

James Holzhauer, a professional sports gambler from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 7-day cash winnings total $415,035)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE FIRST WINNER
WORLD FULL OF IDIOMS
BIBLICAL PAINTINGS
NAME IN COMMON
INSIDE THE COUNTRY
(Alex: Each clue will contain a word that is found within the country that is the correct response.)
APRIL FOOLERY
    $200 28
the World Cup

James
    $200 27
dance

James
    $200 26
Samson

James
    $200 3
Key

James
    $200 30
Bangladesh

James
    $200 29
angels

James
    $400 25
the Rose Bowl

Kevin
    $400 22
angry

James
    $400 23
Judas

James
    $400 21
Brandenburg

Kevin
    $400 13
Liechtenstein

James
    $400 24
errand

James
    $8,400 18
(James: What is Paris to Dakar?)

the Tour de France

James
    $600 17
an elephant

James
    $600 16
(Megan: Who is Solomon?)

David

KevinMegan
    $600 20
Hope

James
    $600 14
Brunei

James
    $600 19
Proverbs

Kevin
    $800 10
the Boston Marathon

James
    $800 11
mustard

Kevin
    $800 15
the Tower of Babel

Kevin
    $800 12
Westminster

Megan
    $800 9
Indonesia

James
    $800 8
tarot card deck

Kevin
    $1000 1
the Kentucky Derby

James
    $1000 2
the grass is always greener

Megan
    $1000 7
Pontius Pilate

James
    $1000 4
Hero

James
    $1000 6
Nicaragua

James
    $1000 5
The Motley Fool

James

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

James Kevin Megan
$7,800 $2,400 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

James Kevin Megan
$2,800 $4,400 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

ITALIAN, STRESSING
POP CULTURE PAIRS
ON PINS & NEEDLES
ONE-ACT PLAYS
LET'S GO TO THE WILDLIFE REFUGE
ONOMATOPOETIC WORDS
(Alex: The correct response will be words made from the letters in "onomatopoetic".)
    $400 23
the Sistine Chapel

James
    $400 1
Key

Kevin
    $400 17
a thimble

James
    $400 30
Salome

James
    $400 16
Canada geese

Megan
    $400 29
(Megan: Oh, no. What is a coo--oh, shoot.)
(Alex: Say it.)
[The lights go out on Megan's podium.]
(Megan: What is [*]?)
(Alex: [As Kevin rings in] Ah, too late.)

a coop

KevinMegan
    $800 28
Pavarotti

Kevin
    $800 4
(Daryl) Hall

James
    $800 27
a safety pin

James
    $800 26
(Samuel) Beckett

James
    $800 15
(James: What are moose?)

elk

JamesKevin
    $800 25
potion

James
    $7,200 7
(Enrico) Fermi

James
    $1200 20
Sam and Dave

James
    $1200 19
the stylus

Triple Stumper
    $1200 8
Miss Julie

James
    $1200 14
(Kevin: What is a fir?)

a pine

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $1200 24
octane

James
    $1600 6
Berlusconi

James
    $1600 12
Frank and Ernest

Kevin
    $1600 18
[ERRATUM: The 1204RL has a diameter of 0.35 millimeters, not 35 millimeters, which would be way too big.]

tattooing

Kevin
    $8,615 9
the absurd

James
    $1600 13
butterfly

Kevin
    $1600 22
nape

Megan
    $2000 5
Caligula

James
    $2000 11
Simon Pegg

James
    $2000 3
a candlepin

Megan
    $2000 10
Zoo Story

James
    $2000 2
osprey

Kevin
    $2000 21
compote

James

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

James Kevin Megan
$35,415 $12,400 $4,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

STAMPS
MeganWhat is flag on Iw
$3,800
KevinWhat is raising the flag at Iwo Jima?
$0
JamesWhat is D Day Iwo Jima flag raising HBD Michael
$10,029
raising the flag on Iwo Jima

Final scores:

James Kevin Megan
$45,444 $12,400 $1,000
8-day champion: $460,479 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

James Kevin Megan
$30,800 $12,400 $4,800
37 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
(including 1 DD)
15 R,
1 W
5 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $48,000

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Game tape date: 2019-02-12
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