Responses for Show #8468 - Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Matt Amodio game 21.

Contestants

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Nick Auricchio, a social studies teacher from Mission Viejo, California

Maureen Skehan, a research associate from Baltimore, Maryland

Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 20-day cash winnings total $678,801)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

ACTION & SUSPENSE NOVELS
IT'S A GAS
ORGANIZATIONS
CAN I SELL YOU SOME INSURANCE (ON TV)?
NUMERICAL ENTERTAINMENT
REDUPLICATIVES
(Mike: Humpty Dumpty is an example of that.)
    $200 20
(Jason) Bourne

Matt
    $200 26
coal

Matt
    $200 29
NAACP

Matt
    $200 28
Jake (from State Farm)

Maureen
    $200 25
Connect 4

Maureen
    $200 30
fender bender

Matt
    $400 19
The Da Vinci Code

Nick
    $400 21
(Matt: What's, uh... fumigants?)

tear gas

MattMaureen
    $400 23
the Girl Scouts

Maureen
    $400 24
turning into your parents

Maureen
    $400 17
Zero Dark Thirty

Maureen
    $400 27
easy-peasy

Maureen
    $5,400 13
[NOTE: Matt did not include the leading article in his response.]

The Hunt for Red October

Matt
    $600 11
a greenhouse gas

Maureen
    $600 22
(Matt: What's IMF?)

the World Bank

MattMaureen
    $600 15
(the) Cavemen

Nick
    $600 16
(Nick: What is [*] Day Fiance?)

90

Nick
    $600 18
razzle-dazzle

Matt
    $800 4
Gone Girl

Matt
    $800 7
oxygen

Matt
    $800 12
AHA (the American Heart Association)

Matt
    $800 14
the General

Nick
    $800 9
3000

Maureen
    $800 8
Hocus Pocus

Maureen
    $1000 3
Harry Hole

Triple Stumper
    $1000 1
ammonia

Maureen
    $1000 6
World Wildlife Fund

Matt
    $1000 10
(J.K.) Simmons

Matt
    $1000 2
Five

Matt
    $1000 5
nitty-gritty

Maureen

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

Matt Maureen Nick
$10,800 $4,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Maureen Nick
$11,200 $7,200 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

PRIZED POSSESSIONS
ACROSS THE USA
ARTISTS
FAMOUS FAMILIES
THE 2020 OLYMPICS IN 2021
"IN" THE DICTIONARY
(Mike: Each correct response will begin with "I-N".)
    $400 29
Churchill

Matt
    $400 30
Florida

Matt
    $400 9
Kahlo & Rivera

Matt
    $400 27
Adams

Matt
    $400 28
skateboarding

Maureen
    $400 26
intoxicated

Matt
    $800 21
Helen Keller

Nick
    $800 22
the Appalachian Trail

Nick
    $800 8
(Pablo) Picasso

Nick
    $800 23
(Maureen: What is Bailey?)

Ringling

MattMaureen
    $800 24
3 versus 3 (3 on 3)

Matt
    $800 25
inoculation

Maureen
    $1200 19
Sacagawea

Matt
    $1200 20
(Lake) Michigan

Matt
    $1200 4
(Salvador) Dalí

Matt
    $1200 12
Marsalis

Matt
    $1200 15
Russian Olympic Committee

Matt
    $1200 7
indolent

Matt
    $1600 18
Hirohito

Nick
    $6,000 3
(the) James (River)

Matt
    $1600 2
Grandma Moses

Matt
    $1600 11
the Rockefellers

Triple Stumper
    $1600 14
karate

Nick
    $1600 6
incendiary

Matt
    $2000 17
Elba

Matt
    $2000 16
Hells Canyon

Matt
    $2000 5
Lichtenstein

Matt
    $4,000 13
Mayo

Matt
    $2000 1
(Suni) Lee

Matt
    $2000 10
(Matt: What's insousant?)

insouciant

Matt
Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Maureen Nick
$41,200 $7,600 $8,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

AUTHORS
(Mike: [To Maureen] We won't take away for spelling, yes. [*], of course, created Elvish languages for his fantasy books.)
MaureenWho is Tolkein?
$7,600
NickWho is ?????
$0
MattWho is Tolkein?
$20,000
J.R.R. Tolkien

Final scores:

Matt Maureen Nick
$61,200 $15,200 $8,000
21-day champion: $740,001 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Matt Maureen Nick
$30,000 $7,600 $8,000
33 R
(including 3 DDs),
3 W		 15 R,
1 W		 9 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $45,600

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Game tape date: 2021-08-19
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