Responses for Show #8881 - Monday, May 29, 2023

Contestants

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Niranjan Murali, an education policy professional from Washington, D.C.

Travis Lee, a systems engineer from Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

Diandra D'Alessio, a technical writer from Montreal, Quebec, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $3,299)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

POETIC SUBJECTS
THE ROCKEFELLERS
TREES COMPANY
WHO WAS THAT MASKED MAN?
YES, OUI
(Mayim: Give us the language.)
CANNERY
    $200 22
a knight

Niranjan
    $200 30
oil

Travis
    $200 29
a canopy

Niranjan
    $200 6
(Tobey) Maguire

Niranjan
    $200 1
Turkish

Niranjan
    $200 10
Bumble Bee

Travis
    $400 16
a crow (raven)

Niranjan
    $400 24
Nelson

Travis
    $400 25
insects

Niranjan
    $400 21
Tom Holland

Travis
    $400 2
Japanese

Niranjan
    $400 28
Portugal

Diandra
    $600 23
cherry blossoms

Travis
    $600 19
(Travis: What is the Guggenheim?)

the MoMA (the Museum of Modern Art)

TravisNiranjan
    $600 12
conifers

Triple Stumper
    $600 14
(Andrew) Garfield

Travis
    $600 3
Polish

Diandra
    $600 17
steam

Travis
    $800 27
Colossus

Travis
    $800 15
(Travis: What is Minnesota?)

West Virginia

Travis
Triple Stumper
    $800 8
frankincense

Niranjan
    $800 11
(Mayim: Yes, and that movie comes out later this week.)

Miles Morales

Travis
    $800 4
Greek

Diandra
    $800 13
Kodiak (Island)

Niranjan
    $1000 26
(Mayim: Yes, "Release [*]".)

the kraken

Niranjan
    $1000 20
Van Buren

Travis
    $1000 9
(Mayim: That's from a poem by Amy Levy.)

the town

Triple Stumper
    $1000 7
George Clooney

Travis
    $1000 5
(Travis: Uh... what is Spanish?)
(Niranjan: What is Catalan?)

Basque

DiandraTravisNiranjan
    $1,400 18
(Travis: Who is... uh, Faulkner?)
(Mayim: No, that would be [*], the author of Cannery Row.)

John Steinbeck

Travis

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

Diandra Travis Niranjan
$2,400 $800 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Diandra Travis Niranjan
$2,800 $2,800 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

HISTORY
THE GULF OF MEXICO
CHEMISTRY
POP INSTRUMENTALS
MONTHLY PEOPLE, REAL & IMAGINED
PLAY "FREE" WORDS
    $400 4
(Travis: What is [*]?)
[Mayim does not rule.]
(Travis: Of the United States?)

the Supreme Court (of the United States)

Travis
    $400 27
(Travis: What is the jet stream?)
(Niranjan: What is the Santa Ana?)

the Gulf Stream

TravisNiranjan
Triple Stumper
    $400 12
calcium

Triple Stumper
    $400 20
"Auld Lang Syne"

Travis
    $400 2
March

Travis
    $400 22
a free agent

Niranjan
    $800 17
(Travis: Who are the Shakers?)

the Quakers

DiandraTravis
    $800 28
Cuba

Triple Stumper
    $800 13
chloroform

Travis
    $800 29
banjos

Niranjan
    $800 21
April Ludgate

Diandra
    $800 23
a freeloader

Niranjan
    $1200 3
El Cid

Diandra
    $6,000 26
(Travis: What is [*]?)
[Mayim is a tad slow to rule]
(Travis: Peninsula.)

the Yucatan Peninsula

Travis
    $1200 10
(Niranjan: What is sulfur?)
(Travis: What is mustard gas?)

ammonia

TravisNiranjan
Triple Stumper
    $1200 19
the "Harlem Shake"

Triple Stumper
    $3,800 8
Theresa May

Niranjan
    $1200 5
Freeform

Niranjan
    $1600 14
the Red Guard

Triple Stumper
    $1600 15
whale sharks

Travis
    $1600 11
lignin

Diandra
    $1600 24
(Travis: What is the "Monster Mash"?)

"Frankenstein"

Travis
Triple Stumper
    $1600 1
[Travis selected the first clue.]

June

Diandra
    $1600 6
(Niranjan: What is free thought?)

free will

Niranjan
Triple Stumper
    $2000 18
Justinian

Travis
    $2000 16
(Diandra: What is St. Augustine?)

Pensacola

Diandra
Triple Stumper
    $2000 25
Avogadro

Travis
    $2000 30
"Tequila"

Diandra
    $2000 7
August Strindberg

Triple Stumper
    $2000 9
a freebooter

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Diandra Travis Niranjan
$8,800 $12,400 $8,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

MEMORIALS
(Mayim: [To Niranjan] That is correct; it's at Arlington National Cemetery.)
NiranjanWhat is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington
$800
DiandraWhat is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier?
$3,601
TravisWhat is Tomb of the unk
$5,201
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Final scores:

Diandra Travis Niranjan
$12,401 $7,199 $8,800
2-day champion: $15,700 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Diandra Travis Niranjan
$8,800 $9,000 $5,400
10 R,
1 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
8 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $23,200

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Game tape date: 2023-03-24
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