Show #7841 - Monday, October 15, 2018

Alan Dunn game 2.

Contestants

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Tosh Sagar, an environmental and public health lawyer from Washington, D.C.

Sarah Sinclair, an author from Anchorage, Alaska

Alan Dunn, a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

ROOST-ERS
SOCIAL MEDIA ABBREV.
WHICH STAR WARS?
I'M GONNA PRAY ON THIS
WHAT HAD HAPPENED WAS
"BLACK" JEOPARDY
    $200 6
This bird found a roosting spot that fits the bill it's famous for
    $200 15
On Twitter "RT" is short for this, which helps you not get accused of plagiarism
    $200 10
Obi-Wan sacrifices himself in a duel
    $200 24
If you're alone for minchah, the Jewish afternoon prayer, make sure you're facing this city as you confer with the Almighty
    $200 18
In 2000 this man won the popular vote for U.S. president by 500,000 but did not get the job
    $200 1
Extortion
    $400 7
Africa's quelea, whose swarms break branches roosting, is AKA this "bird", after a pestilential grasshopper
    $400 16
The one who started it all, the "OP" in a Facebook thread is short for this
    $400 11
Kylo Ren commits patricide
    $400 25
The Church of England's state prayer for the royal family mentions Philip & this man by name
    $400 19
"Guests" of this fortress who checked out the hard way included Sir Thomas More, Edmund Dudley & Anne Boleyn
    $400 2
You'd think they'd make the entire plane out of the material used in a nigh-indestructible flight recorder AKA this
    $600 8
Abandoned mines provide favorite roosts for about half the USA's 45 species of these non-birds
    $600 17
Tedious things warrant "MEGO", meaning "my eyes" do this action
    $600 12
Chewie roasts some porg
    $600 26
Fasting, prayer & faithful intention play crucial roles in this month, the 9th on the Muslim calendar
    DD: $2,000 20
On this mission Pete Conrad said, "Whoopee! Man, that may have been a small one for Neil, but that's a long one for me"
    $600 3
A fruit, or a phone
    $800 9
Seen here, roosting in silhouette, are these birds that share a name with a chess piece
    $800 29
When you want to bump a post up from obscurity, use "TTT" for this directional phrase
    $800 13
Qui-Gon makes the mistake of saving Jar Jar
    $800 27
A popular 20th century prayer begins, "God grant me" this calm word "to accept the things I cannot change"
    $800 21
In 1687 the Ottomans found that storing gunpowder at this Acropolis building was a ridiculously terrible idea
    $800 4
With a vertical drop of 500 feet, the Heathen is a tough ski run with a double this rating
    $1000 23
The chimney type of this swallow-like bird both nests & roosts in chimneys
    $1000 30
"WCW" is short for this, the weekday some groups post images of their favorite actresses
    $1000 14
Young Anakin is assigned to protect Padme
    $1000 28
In the Catholic prayer for the dead, God's "providence guides our lives, & by your command we return to" this
    $1000 22
In 1989 he succeeded his late father as emperor of Japan
    $1000 5
A drink, or one of 7,000 British soldiers sent to Ireland in the early 1920s

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

Alan Sarah Tosh
$2,200 $3,400 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Sarah Tosh
$4,800 $4,000 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 5 Ws IN THE BOOKSTORE
ISLANDS
10-LETTER WORDS
OPERA
DRIVING
A JOB IN TELEVISION
    $400 26
We expect you might know this Heidi Murkoff & Sharon Mazel pregnancy guide is a perennial seller
    $400 11
You can't get much more north than tiny Kaffeklubben Island, 20 miles off Cape Morris Jesup on this world's largest island
    $400 1
An annual celebration when graduates return to an old school for parties & football
    $400 16
Verdi's "Falstaff" takes place in this town, where the title character has his eye on some merry wives
    $400 21
Cruising around Phoenix--that driver must be awfully short--oh, it's Waymo, Google's version of these
    $400 6
Sam Malone on "Cheers" & Luke Cage on "Jessica Jones"
    $800 27
Maya Angelou's 1969 autobiographical work
    DD: $2,000 12
Income tax evader Al Capone spent a lot of time on this island from 1934 to 1939
    $800 2
A type of ice cream, or a native of a southern Italian city
    $800 17
This composer said everyone called his work tedious & obscure but he loaded up "Carmen" with liveliness & melody
    $800 22
To make driving safer, all new cars sold in the U.S. since 1998 require driver & front passenger ones
    $800 7
Tom Kirkman, after he's the "Designated Survivor"
    $1200 28
"When the Game was Ours" is a co-memoir of pro basketball by this Laker & this Celtic who battled in the 1980s
    $1200 13
The 4 main regions of Oceania are Australasia, Polynesia, Melanesia & these "small islands"
    $1200 3
A tightly encircling bandage used to stop arterial flow
    DD: $2,000 18
In 1908 as he sang Canio at the Met in "Pagliacci", he wept real tears thinking of how his lover ran off with his chauffeur
    $1200 23
To save wear & tear on my car's gearbox, lately I've been using the "double clutch" technique to do this
    $1200 8
Mike Brady on "The Brady Bunch"
    $1600 29
J.K. Rowling kept the magic alive with this book written under the name Newt Scamander
    $1600 14
Stewart Island, this country's third largest, is also called Rakiura, "The Land of Glowing Skies"
    $1600 4
Christmas may be over, but this plant is still in bloom
    $1600 19
The score of this "Ring" opera with a "precious" title is so elaborate that it took Wagner from Feb. to Sept. 1854 to copy it out
    $1600 24
You're in charge of the road maps; we're using ones from this 2-name company that made its first ones in 1904
    $1600 9
Bobby Axelrod on "Billions", running this type of financial enterprise
    $2000 30
John le Carre's operative Alec Leamas goes on one last mission in this "chilly" thriller
    $2000 15
The island of Cyprus has been ruled by Greeks, Romans, Crusaders & Venetians & in 1974 was invaded by this country
    $2000 5
This chemical element, symbol Mo, is used to harden steel
    $2000 20
Amahl plays the same tune on his pipe at the beginning & end, before & after he meets this title group
    $2000 25
For long trips, I'm glad our car has OBD, on-board these to let us know when something goes wrong
    $2000 10
Barry Berkman on "Barry"--both his big-money gig & the job he's pursing in class

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Alan Sarah Tosh
$28,400 $13,200 $3,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICA IN THE 1930s
In March 1933 CBS Radio's Robert Trout said, "The president wants to come into your home... for a little" this

Final scores:

Alan Sarah Tosh
$30,399 $16,400 $3,000
2-day champion: $51,600 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Alan Sarah Tosh
$29,600 $12,000 $3,000
31 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 6 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $44,600

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Game tape date: 2018-08-15
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