Responses for Show #8407 - Tuesday, May 25, 2021

2021 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Kevin Walsh, a story analyst originally from Williamstown, New Jersey

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan, a librarian from Portland, Oregon

Ryan Bilger, a graduate student from Macungie, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round responses

BESTSELLERS
CAPITAL HILLS
HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS
THE FAMILY BUSINESS
TOURNAMENTS
DOUBLE THE DOUBLE VOWELS
    $200 28
Like Water for Chocolate

Kevin
    $200 23
the Kremlin

Ryan
    $200 27
a St. Patrick's Day parade

Ryan
    $200 30
Hallmark

Ryan
    $200 19
crossword puzzles

Ryan
    $200 25
peewee

Ryan
    $400 12
a library

Veronica
    $400 22
Prague

Ryan
    $400 26
July 4th

Ryan
    $400 29
(Kevin: What is Coca-Cola?)

Anheuser-Busch

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $400 18
WWE

Ryan
    $400 24
whoopee

Veronica
    $600 3
Doctor Zhivago

Veronica
    $600 21
Albany

Ryan
    $600 20
a Winter Wonderland

Ryan
    $600 14
Levi

Veronica
    $600 10
64

Ryan
    $600 7
freewheelin'

Veronica
    $800 4
Achilles

Veronica
    $800 16
(Veronica: What is "Pal-en-teen"?)
[NOTE: Buzzy did not say it, but Veronica was ruled incorrect because of the extra "N" sound in the middle and not the way she said the end of the hill's name.]

Palatine

RyanVeronica
    $800 6
vermicelli

Kevin
    $800 13
Mars

Ryan
    $800 1
(Kevin: What is FIFA?)

Fortnite

RyanKevin
    $800 8
saloonkeeper

Kevin
    $1000 5
(Kevin: What is Swan Song?)

The Last Hurrah

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $2,000 17
(Ryan: Okay, well, James is in Virginia. What is [*]?)

Richmond

Ryan
    $1000 2
the Arkansas River

Triple Stumper
    $1000 15
Volkswagen

Triple Stumper
    $1000 11
(Kevin: What is tennis?)
(Ryan: What is golf?)

chess

RyanKevin
Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
a moonroof

Triple Stumper

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

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$1,200 $3,000 -$1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$7,400 $2,600 -$1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

MEDICAL MILESTONES
ROCK BANDS
THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS
VEGETABLES
THE "TOC"
A PALACE IN HISTORY
(Jimmy: Clues from Vienna's spectacular Schönbrunn Palace, which is born witness to world changing events over the centuries.)
    $400 30
face transplant

Veronica
    $400 29
Maroon 5

Ryan
    $400 28
polkas

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
spinach

Veronica
    $400 26
the aristocracy

Ryan
    $400 27
Napoleon Bonaparte

Ryan
    $800 25
dialysis

Kevin
    $800 24
(Kevin: What is... oh, um... Tame the Elephant?)

Cage the Elephant

Kevin
Triple Stumper
    $800 23
a chapel

Ryan
    $800 21
summer squash

Veronica
    $800 17
Toccata

Ryan
    $800 20
Khrushchev

Veronica
    $5,000 11
(Ryan: Oh, this is a big moment. $5,000.)
...
(Ryan: Oh, my God. All right, who are [*] and I don't know who the the other one is. [Sighs])
...
(Ryan: I'm never getting that.)

Salk & Sabin

Ryan
    $1200 7
Heart

Veronica
    $4,200 2
Sleeping Beauty

Veronica
    $1200 5
vitamin A

Kevin
    $1200 10
dead stock

Triple Stumper
    $1200 16
Franz Joseph

Ryan
    $1600 8
sickle cell anemia

Ryan
    $1600 1
Crazy Horse

Veronica
    $1600 13
kinetic

Kevin
    $1600 3
cauliflower

Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
an autoclave

Kevin
    $1600 19
Maria Theresa

Ryan
    $2000 15
(Robert) Jarvik

Veronica
    $2000 6
the Stone Temple Pilots

Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
putti (putto)

Ryan
    $2000 4
watercress

Veronica
    $2000 12
altocumulus

Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
the Congress of Vienna

Ryan

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$13,600 $16,000 $3,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NOBEL-WINNING NOVELISTS
(Buzzy: [To Ryan] The county is his famous Yoknapatawpha and the character is Lucas in Intruder in the Dust.)
KevinWho is Baldwin?
$3,000
RyanWho is Faulkner?
$2,402
VeronicaWho is Faulkner?
$15,400
(William) Faulkner

Final scores:

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$16,002 $31,400 $0
2nd place: $10,000 Finalist 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$17,600 $13,000 $3,000
25 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 7 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $33,600

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Game tape date: 2021-04-14
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