Responses for Show #8736 - Monday, November 7, 2022

2022 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

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Sam Buttrey, an associate professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California

Jessica Stephens, a statistical research specialist from Nashville, Tennessee

Zach Newkirk, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round responses

VALLEYS
THAT '70s OR '80s SHOW
DANCE
"D" IN SCIENCE
GET A HANDLE ON IT
(Ken: And finally, responses...)
IN THE NATO PHONETIC ALPHABET
    $200 24
coal mines

Sam
    $200 13
Baywatch

Sam
    $200 30
the can-can

Jessica
    $200 6
dormant

Zach
    $200 19
a tiller

Zach
    $200 5
(Ken: Yes, your naval background served you well.)

November

Sam
    $400 25
(Zach: What are [*]?)
(Ken: Right.)
(Zach: Mountains?)

the Himalayan

Zach
    $400 14
WKRP in Cincinnati

Sam
    $400 29
(Ken: Yes, would you care to [*]?)
(Sam: Yes, I would, but later, after the show.)
[Laughter]

vogue

Sam
    $400 9
dry ice

Sam
    $400 20
eyeglasses

Sam
    $400 4
Echo

Sam
    $600 26
(Sam: What is British Columbia?)

Alberta

ZachSam
    $600 15
(Sam: What is 21 Jump Street?)

Miami Vice

JessicaSam
    $600 16
(Ken: Would you care to floss for us, sir?)
(Sam: No, thank you.)
[Laughter]

the floss

Sam
    $3,400 10
(Sam: What is... deoxose?)
(Ken: No, I'm sorry, so close--[*]; on the right track.)

deoxyribose

Sam
    $600 21
pine tar

Sam
    $600 3
kilo

Sam
    $800 8
the Loire Valley

Sam
    $800 17
Ed Asner

Sam
    $800 27
do-si-do

Zach
    $800 11
dark energy

Sam
    $800 22
Lumberjacks

Sam
    $800 2
Victor

Jessica
    $1000 7
(Jessica: What... is Ararat?)

Mount Carmel

Jessica
Triple Stumper
    $1000 18
Shatner

Sam
    $1000 28
the quadrille

Sam
    $1000 12
(Jessica: What... is... specialization?)

differentiation

JessicaSam
    $1000 23
pommel horse

Sam
    $1000 1
(Jessica: What is Lima?)

papa

JessicaSam

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

Zach Jessica Sam
$200 -$1,600 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Zach Jessica Sam
$2,200 -$1,400 $8,000

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

VICE PRESIDENTS
A CRASH OF SYMBOLS
BRIT BITS
13-LETTER WORDS
IN THAT NOVEL
HERBAL & SPICY NAMES
    $400 6
Jamaica

Sam
    $400 15
a beaver

Sam
    $400 7
(Zach: What's a cathedral?)
(Ken: No.)
(Zach: St. Paul--)
(Jessica: What's a castle?)
...
(Ken: That's the Royal [*] at Greenwich.)
(Zach: Oh.)

observatory

ZachJessica
Triple Stumper
    $400 25
(Ken: They're different types of [*]s; I think Jessica just thought of it.)

impressionist

Triple Stumper
    $400 29
(Sam: [One clue remaining] Bring it.)

Animal Farm

Sam
    $400 30
(Ken: Yes, an impressive game for you; you wind up with $19,600.)
[Applause]
(Ken: That was quite a performance.)

Sgt. Pepper

Sam
    $800 5
Spiro Agnew

Zach
    $800 16
exclamation point

Sam
    $800 9
petrol

Zach
    $800 24
confectionary

Sam
    $800 28
(Ken: Pi short of Piscine.)

Life of Pi

Sam
    $800 27
Peppermint Patty

Jessica
    $1200 4
Tyler

Zach
    $1200 17
(Jessica: Who's Luke?)

Mark

JessicaSam
    $1200 1
the Mersey

Zach
    $1200 23
paterfamilias

Sam
    $1200 10
Deliverance

Sam
    $1200 26
Ginger Baker

Sam
    $1600 2
Hubert Humphrey

Zach
    $1600 18
decrescendo

Zach
    $2,000 8
the Domesday Book

Sam
    $1600 22
(Sam: [Holds up a finger and looks at the floor, bobbing his head])
(Ken: No, outta time. [Recognizing Jessica's signal-in] Jessica, it's kinda your thing.)
(Jessica: What is geriaphobia?)
...
(Ken: [*]--you got the prefix right.)

gerontophobia

ZachJessicaSam
    $1600 11
(Sam: What is The English Patient?)
(Ken: No.)
(Sam: Eh.)

A Passage to India

ZachSam
    $1600 21
(Ken: Mace is the spice--this is [*].)

Mace Windu

Triple Stumper
    $2000 3
William Rufus DeVane King

Triple Stumper
    $2000 19
Fatima

Sam
    $2000 14
(Zach: What's the King's Royal Guard?)
(Jessica: Who are the Beefeaters?)

the Trooping of the Colour

ZachJessica
Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
accoutrements

Zach
    $7,000 12
(Zach: What's... The Bridge Over the San Luis Rey?)
(Ken: No, this is Willa Cather's [*]. That's who Father Latour is.)

Death Comes for the Archbishop

Zach
    $2000 13
(Zach: [Selecting the clue] IN THAT NOVEL... no, HERBAL & SPICY NAMES, $2,000.)

Basil Rathbone

Sam

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Zach Jessica Sam
$5,200 -$5,800 $19,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

PHRASES FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD
(Ken: [To Zach] [*] is now a metaphorical source of imminent danger, but at one time it was a real sword.)
...
(Ken: We'll see you back here tomorrow for that special exhibition match. Amy, Matt, Mattea. No wagering! You're gonna love it.)
ZachWhat is the sword of Damocles?
$528
SamWhat is the sword of Damocles?
$0
the sword of Damocles

Final scores:

Zach Jessica Sam
$5,728 -$5,800 $19,600
2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Zach Jessica Sam
$12,200 -$5,800 $22,600
14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 4 R,
7 W		 34 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $29,000

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Game tape date: 2022-09-20
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