Show #8068 - Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Contestants

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Steven Reich, a graduate student from College Park, Maryland

Emily Shaw, a museum educator from Washington, D.C.

Jessica Garsed, a librarian from Augusta, Maine (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

A WEE BIT OF KIWI HISTORY

A NUMBER BETWEEN 1 & 100

NOT THE CAPITAL

SHOUTED MOVIE QUOTES, SAID MATTER-OF-FACTLY

(Alex: Name the movie.)

WEIRD FLEX

BUT "OK"

60;60;60;

$200

This British captain sighted New Zealand in 1769 & accurately charted its coast

60;60;60;

$200

Gamblers know it's another name for blackjack--hit me!

60;60;60;

$200

Of Australia, though it's the country's oldest city

60;60;60;

$200

1951:
"Hey, Stella. Hey, Stella"

60;60;60;

$200

Pelicans may look uncomfortable, but several of these bones are abnormally joined so their necks are far more flexible than ours

60;60;60;

$200

"A horse walks into a bar" is a typical start for one

60;60;60;

$400

In 2011 & 2015 the New Zealand "All Blacks" became the first team to win back-to-back world cups in this sport

60;60;60;

$400

In tennis if you have 2 points, this is your score

60;60;60;

$400

Of Alaska, though it has 9 times the capital's population

60;60;60;

$400

1996:
"Show me the money. Show me the money"

60;60;60;

$400

The name for these circus performers suggests that they twist & flex themselves into all sorts of weird positions

60;60;60;

$400

urbandictionary.com caustically says this is being "pretentious about how much you care about a social issue"

60;60;60;

$600

This 1915 military campaign in Turkey is regarded as New Zealand's coming of age in international affairs

60;60;60;

$600

A quinceañera is a celebration of a girl's this number birthday

60;60;60;

DD: $1,500

Of England, though it's home to the country's most popular & successful pro sports team

60;60;60;

$600

2006:
"This is Sparta"

60;60;60;

$600

A knee bent beyond its normal range has been this, often seen on pro sports injury reports

60;60;60;

$600

Olly olly, this device is made to keep your oxen from being free

60;60;60;

$800

In 1642 this guy with an Australian state named for him was the first European to sight New Zealand

60;60;60;

$800

This gasoline brand introduced its iconic orange ball in 1962

60;60;60;

$800

Of Germany, since 1990

60;60;60;

$800

1995:
"What was in the box?... What's in the box?"

60;60;60;

$800

Flex your arms thusly, and you're doing this three-letter dance move

60;60;60;

$800

A close-fitting necklace, or someone who gives away a big lead in a game

60;60;60;

$1000

Greenpeace's Rainbow Warrior protest ship was sunk in this most populous New Zealand city's harbor in 1985

60;60;60;

$1000

In Judaism the word chai represents "life" & is synonymous with this number used to signify good luck & a long life

60;60;60;

$1000

Of Canada, though it was incorporated in 1862 with a royal name

60;60;60;

$1000

1973:
"The power of Christ compels you. The power of Christ compels you"

60;60;60;

$1000

You've got to flex in a very odd manner to perform this wooden craze of a few years ago

60;60;60;

$1000

It means "added fuel to a fire" or "elated, pumped up"

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

Jessica	Emily	Steven
$800	$1,000	$4,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica	Emily	Steven
$1,000	$6,100	$5,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

LESSER-KNOWN NAMES ON THE ROAD

BUILDINGS

6-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES

LIFE ON MARS

LITERARY CHARACTERS

CLASSIC TELEVISION

60;60;60;

$400

Time to barrel down the Raymond Gary Expressway, named for the head of the Sooner Oil Co. & governor of this state

60;60;60;

$400

With cozy living quarters, this style, named for its dramatic shape, has become a popular choice for vacation homes

60;60;60;

$400

We can train for life on Mars on this continent that best matches its temperature range

60;60;60;

$400

(Sarah of the Clue Crew at Texas Beeworks in Austin.) In the story "His Last Bow", this fictional character says of his retirement, "I live and keep bees upon the South Downs," and shows Dr. Watson the book he wrote on beekeeping

60;60;60;

$400

The Ministry of Silly Walks was a sketch on this British troupe's comedy show

60;60;60;

$800

Julia Tuttle Causeway honors the "Mother of" this city of dolphins & deco

60;60;60;

$800

Named after an ancient ruler & his tomb, it's a large building for above ground entombments

60;60;60;

$800

King Arthur's wizardly adviser

60;60;60;

$800

The Valles Marineris is a canyon system that's almost 5 times as deep as this one carved by the Colorado

60;60;60;

$800

He utters the parting words "My dear, I don't give a damn"

60;60;60;

$800

This daytime host pioneered the audience participation talk show

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$1200

Conland Highway on I-91 was named for a publisher of the Courant newspaper in this New England state capital

60;60;60;

$1200

Cincinnati's Ingalls Building was the first high-rise made of reinforced this; in 1903, a reporter waited all night for it to fall down

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$1200

Mimic mindlessly like a certain bird

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$1200

This period right after sunset is longer on Mars because of high-altitude dust scattering the remaining sunlight

60;60;60;

$1200

The title character of this Thomas Hardy novel has the last name Fawley & works as a stonemason

60;60;60;

$1200

The Ponderosa was the name of the Nevada ranch where Ben Cartwright & his sons lived on this western

60;60;60;

$1600

Taking you from Pennsylvania to New Jersey, the Commodore Barry Bridge celebrates a "Father of the American" this force

60;60;60;

$1600

Also a main building of an airport, it's an installation at a harbor where oil or gas is stored

60;60;60;

$1600

The ancients could count on it

60;60;60;

DD: $5,000

Everyone remember where we parked--next to this NASA lander named for one who goes ahead to seek the way

60;60;60;

$1600

12-year-old Frankie Addams wants to go with her brother & his new wife on their honeymoon in this Carson McCullers novel

60;60;60;

$1600

9114 South Central Avenue in L.A. was the TV home of this title father & son's house & junkyard

60;60;60;

$2000

You can take a swing by Yankee Stadium on the Major this Expressway, named for a guy who helped build army bases in N.Y. during WWI

60;60;60;

DD: $3,000

This word for a certain tall structure comes from the Arabic for "lighthouse"

60;60;60;

$2000

Silver in heraldry

60;60;60;

$2000

Keep your water supply handy--long, straight surface lines thought to be systems of these proved to be a 19th century myth

60;60;60;

$2000

Sydney Carton takes the place of this doomed French nobleman in "A Tale of Two Cities"

60;60;60;

$2000

Telemundo's 1998 show "Reyes y Rey" was loosely based on this '70s cop show starring David Soul & Paul Michael Glaser

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jessica	Emily	Steven
$9,800	$16,300	$7,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HIT 1980s ALBUMS

This American singer-songwriter briefly landed on the U.N.'s apartheid blacklist for his 1986 multi-platinum album

Final scores:

Jessica	Emily	Steven
$19,599	$8,300	$14,653
3-day champion: $52,199	3rd place: $1,000	2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Jessica	Emily	Steven
$9,800	$14,400	$12,600
13 R, 2 W	17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W	19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Show #8068 - Wednesday, October 9, 2019

Contestants

Jeopardy! Round

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

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Double Jeopardy! Round

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Final Jeopardy! Round

Final scores:

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Combined Coryat: $36,800

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Game tape date: 2019-08-13