Responses for Show #8759 - Thursday, December 8, 2022

Contestants

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A.Z. Madonna, a music journalist from Malden, Massachusetts

Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia

Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,599)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

THE WORLD OF PATENT MODELS
(Ken: Once upon a time you needed a model, not just a design, to get a patent, and the Hagley Museum in Delaware has a great collection.)
RHYME TIME
"U" IN HISTORY
A NIGHT AT THE OPERA
MONKEY BUSINESS
MARK'S BROTHERS & SISTERS
    $200 4
Beam

Ron
    $200 1
(Ron: I don't know.)

nearly yearly

RonSriram
    $200 16
Un-American

Sriram
    $200 30
(Ken: As expected, you did well in that category.)

a nymph

A.Z.
    $200 21
a tuxedo

Ron
    $200 9
Donnie Wahlberg

Sriram
    $400 5
(patent) infringement

Sriram
    $400 2
(Ron: I don't know, sorry.)

a mellow fellow

RonA.Z.
    $400 17
the Underground Railroad

A.Z.
    $400 29
Caruso

A.Z.
    $400 22
socks

Ron
    $400 10
Dire Straits

Sriram
    $600 6
(A.Z.: What is medicine?)
...
(Ken: Medicine for your hot dogs, I guess.)
[Chuckles]

mustard

A.Z.
Triple Stumper
    $600 25
a wick Bic

Ron
    $600 19
Urban

Ron
    $600 15
a contralto

A.Z.
    $600 23
(A.Z.: What is the flying squirrel?)

a squirrel monkey

A.Z.
Triple Stumper
    $600 11
(Ron: Who is Tennant?)

Jay Duplass

RonSriram
    $800 7
particulate

Ron
    $800 26
scout doubt

Ron
    $800 20
(Ken: Powers was in the shot-down [*]--[*].)

the U-2 Incident

Triple Stumper
    $800 3
The Magic Flute

Ron
    $800 24
tai chi

Sriram
    $800 12
Samantha Ronson

Triple Stumper
    $1000 8
(A.Z.: Who is Pullman?)

George Westinghouse

A.Z.
Triple Stumper
    $1000 27
a bettor debtor

A.Z.
    $1000 18
Ulster

Ron
    $1,000 14
(Ken: You're almost out of the hole, but luckily you can wager up to $1,000.)
(A.Z.: I'll make it a True Daily Double, $1,000.)

The Barber of Seville

A.Z.
    $1000 28
Hinduism

Sriram
    $1000 13
Mark Kelly

A.Z.

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

Ron Sriram A.Z.
$600 $1,800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Sriram A.Z.
$4,200 $3,800 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

LET'S GET DOWN TO CASES
WHAT A NOVEL CHARACTER!
IN THE ROOM
COUNTRIES FROM WORDPLAY CATEGORIES
(Ken: Each response will be two countries.)
PREPARING FOR THE ROLE
1990s VOCAB TEST
    $400 30
(Ken: Correct, freedom of religion; and for the third day in a row the final clue of Double Jeopardy!, so important, Sriram now has more than twice Ron's score.)

the First Amendment

Sriram
    $400 28
Emma

Sriram
    $400 10
a gooseneck

A.Z.
    $400 3
Slovenia & Slovakia

Ron
    $400 18
La La Land

A.Z.
    $400 15
a bag of chips

A.Z.
    $800 21
contempt of Congress

Sriram
    $800 29
Starbuck

A.Z.
    $800 13
shag

Sriram
    $800 4
Ireland & Iceland

A.Z.
    $800 6
De Niro

Sriram
    $2,000 20
dotcom

Sriram
    $1200 22
(John) Hinckley (Jr.)

Sriram
    $1200 16
(Ken: Yes, from The Hunchback of Notre Dame.)

Esmeralda

A.Z.
    $1200 12
a shadow box

Ron
    $1200 8
The Gambia & Zambia

Triple Stumper
    $1200 7
[Ron does not include the leading article.]
...
(Ken: Yes, overachiever.)

The Last of the Mohicans

Ron
    $1200 1
grunge

A.Z.
    $1600 23
(Clarence) Darrow

Ron
    $1600 17
(Roy) Hobbs

Sriram
    $1600 11
a davenport

Triple Stumper
    $3,000 9
(Ken: Ron?)
(Ron: [No response])

Niger & Nigeria

Ron
    $1600 14
Pollock

Ron
    $1600 2
(Ken: Yeah, whatever happened to [*]?)

talk to the hand

Ron
    $2000 25
Japanese internment

Sriram
    $2000 26
[Sriram does not give the character's first name in his response.]
(Ken: [Repeating the response with the first name] Yeah, you said the sentence close enough.)

(John) Galt

Sriram
    $2000 27
rattan

Ron
    $2000 5
Iran & Iraq

Sriram
    $2000 19
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

Sriram
    $2000 24
globalization

Sriram

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ron Sriram A.Z.
$10,800 $21,800 $8,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

NAME'S THE SAME
(Ken: In this case, the cocktail and island are [*] and it was the [*] Project that had the code name.)
A.Z.What is a mai tai?
$6,270
RonWhat is martini?
$5,201
SriramWhat is Mai tai?
$0
Manhattan

Final scores:

Ron Sriram A.Z.
$5,599 $21,800 $1,730
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $21,800 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Ron Sriram A.Z.
$13,800 $20,600 $8,000
16 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W

Combined Coryat: $42,400

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Game tape date: 2022-10-12
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