Responses for Show #8578 - Wednesday, February 16, 2022

Contestants

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Emily Budd, a customer service rep from Rochester, New York

Charles Fogelman, a geographer from Champaign, Illinois

Dave Rapp, a writer from Valley Village, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $69,200)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

FLICK PICS
NAVAL CONFLICT
GREEK LETTERS, ROMAN NUMERALS
KID LIT
6-LETTER ADVERBS
THE LYIN' IN WINTER
    $200 16
[Emily did not include "The" as part of her response.]

The Bucket List

Emily
    $200 26
Sparta

Charles
    $200 1
alpha

Dave
    $200 4
the Pigeon

Charles
    $200 11
dearly

Emily
    $200 20
St. Paul

Charles
    $400 17
(Ken: Yes, by Michael Bay.)

The Rock

Dave
    $400 27
Admiral Nelson

Emily
    $400 2
(Ken: 72 divided by 9.)

8

Dave
    $400 5
Matilda

Dave
    $400 12
orally

Emily
    $400 24
(Charles: Who is the Yeti?)
...
(Ken: Yeah, that's the anglicized name.)

the Abominable Snowman

DaveCharles
    $600 18
Planes, Trains and Automobiles

Dave
    $600 28
John Paul Jones

Charles
    $600 3
Phi Beta Kappa

Charles
    $600 6
The Swiss Family Robinson

Dave
    $600 13
always

Emily
    $600 23
(Charles: What is ice skating?)
(Ken: More specifically.)
(Charles: What is figure skating?)

speed skating

DaveCharles
    $800 19
Moneyball

Charles
    $1,200 29
the Gulf of Tonkin

Charles
    $800 7
chi

Emily
    $800 8
(Ken: [*]'s Penguins.)

Mr. Popper

Dave
    $800 14
hither

Charles
    $800 22
K2

Charles
    $1000 25
Moulin Rouge

Emily
    $1000 30
Mark Antony

Triple Stumper
    $1000 9
(Emily: What is 15?)
...
(Ken: That's right; LV, for Louis Vuitton.)

55

CharlesEmily
    $1000 10
(Sandra) Boynton

Charles
    $1000 15
(Ken: His name is [*]-[*].)

nicely

Triple Stumper
    $1000 21
Boxing Day

Emily

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

Dave Charles Emily
$2,400 $3,600 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Charles Emily
$4,400 $6,400 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

COUNTRIES ON THE EQUATOR
PLANETARY TALK
(Ken: Each correct response will contain the name of a planet.)
OUR AVIAN FRIENDS
TV MOMS
LOST
4 WORDS
    $400 8
the Amazon

Dave
    $400 14
(Emily: What is Earth?)
(Ken: No.)
(Emily: [Same time as Ken ruling against the response] [*].)

dearth

Emily
    $400 2
a talon

Dave
    $400 17
Gilmore Girls

Dave
    $400 9
sheep

Charles
    $400 3
the buck stops here

Charles
    $800 10
Quito

Charles
    $800 27
a Venus flytrap

Charles
    $800 1
(Dave: What are wings?)
(Charles: What is a beak?)
...
(Ken: "Pinnate"--it means [*].)
(Emily: Oh! Duh! Pin [*]!)

a feather

DaveCharles
Triple Stumper
    $800 19
Big Little Lies

Emily
    $800 23
Japanese(-Americans)

Emily
    $2,500 4
I have a dream

Charles
    $1200 11
the Congo

Charles
    $1200 28
plutocracy

Charles
    $1200 15
the throat

Emily
    $1200 20
This is Us

Emily
    $1200 24
(Emily: Who is Drake?)

Sir Walter Raleigh

Emily
Triple Stumper
    $1200 5
Let there be light

Dave
    $1600 12
Borneo

Charles
    $1600 29
marsala

Dave
    $1600 16
(Dave: What are... turkeys?)
(Emily: Peacocks? What are peacocks?)

swans

DaveEmily
Triple Stumper
    $1600 21
Bewitched

Dave
    $2,000 25
(Ken: [Prior to the wager] You could move into the lead here if so inspired.)
(Emily: Well, part of me says YOLO and part of me says, uhhhhhhhhhh...)
(Ken: We need a wager, Emily.)
...
(Ken: Is the YOLO part of you regretting that?)
(Emily: Um, a little, as is the inner English nerd.)
[Laughter]

the Lost Generation

Emily
    $1600 6
the caged bird sings

Dave
    $2000 13
[NOTE: Ken corrects Charles's pronunciation of the country.]
(Ken: The geographer did very well in that category.)

Kiribati

Charles
    $2000 30
saturnalia

Emily
    $2000 18
keratin

Emily
    $2000 22
(Emily: All right, did not lose my Black Card on that one.)
[Laughter]

Tracee Ellis Ross

Emily
    $2000 26
George Mallory

Triple Stumper
    $2000 7
a more perfect Union

Charles

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Charles Emily
$9,200 $18,500 $13,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

18th CENTURY HISTORY
(Ken: [Emily's response revealed] She wrote down, "What is the French...") (Emily: I was going for Revolution.)
...
(Ken: It was a part of the French Revolution that lasted less than a year--[*]. If you live by the guillotine, you die by the guillotine as Robespierre found out.)
DaveWhat is anarchism?
$800
EmilyWhat is the French
$9,999
CharlesWhat is the French Revolution?
$8,000
the Reign of Terror

Final scores:

Dave Charles Emily
$8,400 $10,500 $3,201
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $10,500 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Dave Charles Emily
$9,200 $16,400 $12,800
16 R,
2 W
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
17 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $38,400

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Game tape date: 2021-12-13
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