J! Archive - Show #8336, aired 2021-02-15

>1>Show #8336 - Monday, February 15, 2021>div>

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Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13816" rel="external">Phil Hoffman>, a graduate student originally from Mountain Lakes, New Jersey

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13817" rel="external">Karen Ellestad>, a chaplain originally from Frankfort, Kentucky

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13809" rel="external">Lance St. Laurent>, a Ph.D. student from Madison, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

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>21st CENTURY NEWS

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>ANYONE FOR TENNIS?

>td>

>4-LETTER VERBS

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>FOOD & DRINK RETRONYMS

>td>

>MICHAEL WROTE

>td>

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

>THE BOAT, ASHORE

>td>

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404407" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>

>In 2006 Julian Assange founded this secret-busting group, much in the news in later years

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404432" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>In 2020 Dominic Thiem completed a comeback to win this event & became the first new male Grand Slam winner in 6 years

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404412" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>

>To defeat, or to hit repeatedly like a drum

>$200

12>td>

The first vegetables called potatoes were actually what we now call these "potatoes"

>$200

16>td>

Michael Chabon's novel "The Yiddish Policemen's Union" has this country collapsing in 1948 & refugees moving to Sitka, Alaska

>$200

21>td>

Used by U.S. Marines in World War II, the "Alligator" was an AAV, this type of assault vehicle capable of moving on land & water

$400

2>td>

Uprisings in 2011 in Egypt & Libya were hallmarks of this pro-democracy "season"

$400

27>td>

In 2014, 2015 & 2019 Novak Djokovic defeated this Swiss player in the Wimbledon final

$400

7>td>

To smooth metal with a tool, or to put a document in its proper place

$400

11>td>

When the kernels are not removed, corn is described with this 3-word prepositional phrase

$400

17>td>

Michael Morpurgo takes readers on a trip down the yellow brick road as seen through the eyes of this title canine

$400

22>td>

In a Persian legend 18,000-foot Mount Damavand, not Mount Ararat, is given as the resting place of this

$600

3>td>

In 2003 billionaire Mikhail Khodorkovsky made the mistake of criticizing this leader, who then locked him up

$600

28>td>

This 5-letter word means an extended exchange of strokes before a point

$600

8>td>

To inspect a place as a preliminary to robbery

$600

13>td>

Before "polishing" began, most of the rice people ate was this color variety; now the term is used for a "whole grain" type

$600

18>td>

In 2020 this actor released the memoir "No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality"

$600

23>td>

The Shetland Islands' Up Helly Aa Festival celebrates the heritage of >these seafarers with the burning of a dragon ship

$800

4>td>

After being trapped in a cave for more than 2 weeks in 2018, 12 boys & their soccer coach were rescued in this country

$800

29>td>

At the 2012 French Open, this Russian completed her career slam

$800

9>td>

To portion out food, or to gossip

>Karen>d class="wrong">Phil>tr>>td> </tr> able>

$800

14>td>

Due to the emergence of the vodka type, the original martini now has this liquor in front

DD: $2,500

19>td>

"Dragon Teeth", published after his 2008 death, returned to the world of paleontology

$800

24>td>

Able to launch on land or sea, the first hovercrafts were made to travel this narrow arm of the Atlantic

$1000

5>td>

In 2008 scientists ran the first experiments using this device, considered the biggest machine ever built

$1000

30>td>

Teams representing different nations vie for >this trophy named for its donor

$1000

10>td>

To stride up & down, or to set the speed of a race

$1000

15>td>

The black type of this is the original type made from a plant; the "black" part was added when candy like Twizzlers came along

$1000

20>td>

"The Black Echo" & "The Black Ice" are books by Michael Connelly featuring this maverick LAPD detective

$1000

25>td>

In this German director's classic 1982 film "Fitzcarraldo", a boat is dragged through the Amazon jungle

Lance	Karen	Phil
$5,000	$1,400	$1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lance	Karen	Phil
$10,500	$2,400	$400

Double Jeopardy! Round

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>SPECIFIC HOSPITAL

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>MEAN TWEETERS

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>ALTERNATE ANTHEMS

>(Ken: These are songs that have been proposed to replace "The Star-Spangled Banner".)

>1821

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>A PLACE LIKE RIVER HILL

>(Ken: Each clue here is about a place with two different geographic features in its name, like the made-up "River Hill".)

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>"AU" CONTRAIRE

>td>

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404439" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>

>Red, Chuck, Bomb & Matilda are these surly characters in a Rovio game app

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404460" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>"This Land Is Your Land" does cover the country, "from" here "to the New York island"

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404462" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>

>"Show Me" you know it became the 24th U.S. state

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404463" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>

>With hiking & golf, Cave Creek in the Sonoran Desert is a tourist draw just north of this state capital

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404445" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>

>One rope was very loose, while the others had the proper tension described this 4-letter way

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404440" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>

>For a 1963 film he directed a seagull attack on Tippi Hedren

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404461" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>When this song written by an alumna is sung at Wellesley, it goes "and crown thy good with sisterhood"

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404437" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>

>Long known as simply "The Post", this publication printed its first issue

$800

23>td>

Lake Forest, Calif. was once known as "El" this, for the bulls of a nearby ranch; a Marine air base in the area had the same name

$800

10>td>

As far as shades of purple go, I prefer lavender while my wife prefers this color with a name derived from the French

$1200

25>td>

Since 1894 this city has had a Parkland Hospital; a brand-new facility opened in 2015

$1200

6>td>

Screech, the eagle mascot of this MLB team, won the President's Race once with the help of his cheating mascot friends

DD: $4,500

17>td>

Music critic Jody Rosen has suggested this Bill Withers hit about taking care of each other

$1200

2>td>

A Frenchman in Cairo discovered some neglected plants, leading to the Egyptian type of this fabric

$1200

20>td>

The Gulf Prairie Cemetery was his 1st resting place when he died in 1836; fittingly, he was moved to the capital of Texas in 1910

$1200

11>td>

One paper said the mime was clawed by the tiger; the other used this 6-letter word

$1600

18>td>

Founded as N.Y. Cancer Hospital in 1884, today it's known as Memorial these 2 last names of ex-GM executives

$1600

7>td>

Marco Polo told of this 3-letter bird of myth, so large it could carry off gigantic beasts to have its supper

$1600

13>td>

If it's got to be about the stars & stripes, how about "The Stars & Stripes Forever" or George M. Cohan's "You're A" these 3 words

$1600

3>td>

This country formally ceded Florida to the U.S. July 17, 1821

$1600

21>td>

Mount Desert Island, Maine is where you'll find this national park

$1600

14>td>

Oliver Hardy could be described as plump, while Stan Laurel was this

$2000

19>td>

Beginning in 1995 U.S. News ranked the heart program at this alliterative place in Ohio as No. 1 for 24 straight years

$2000

8>td>

Several crows are decidedly uncivil to Dumbo, singing this song with a 6-word title dismissive of his ability

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404453" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>

>This hymn adopted as the official song of the NAACP was played before the opening games of the 2020 NFL season

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404446" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>The 4th British king> of this name had a lavish coronation with dress> inspired by the Tudor & Stuart eras

DD: $800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404456" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>Valley Stream, New York is on Long Island, in this county whose name brings the West Indies to mind

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=404458" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>

>One painter artistically applied fine strokes to the canvas; another used these unskilled strokes

Lance	Karen	Phil
$10,900	$4,800	$7,100

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Final Jeopardy! Round

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<table> <tr>d class="category_name">PLAYWRIGHTS>tr>

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<tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">This late writer has had 10 plays on Broadway, most of them set in Pittsburgh like "Jitney", which premiered in 2017

>Karen>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is August Wilson?>tr>r>d>$3,000>tr>>d class="right">Phil>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is August Wilson?>tr>r>d>$7,095>tr>>d class="wrong">Lance>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Sondheim?>tr>r>d>$4,100>tr>table>m class="correct_response">August Wilson>td> </tr> able> >var>

Final scores:

Lance	Karen	Phil
$6,800	$7,800	$14,195
3rd place: $1,000	2nd place: $2,000	New champion: $14,195

Game dynamics:

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Lance	Karen	Phil
>$9,200	>$6,000	$11,600
>19 R (including 1 DD), >6 W	>14 R (including 1 DD), >3 W	>14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

> href="help.php#combinedcoryat">Combined Coryat>: $26,800 > href="showgameresponses.php?game_id=6942&highlight=..." rel="external">[game responses]> <a href="showscores.php?game_id=6942&highlight=..." rel="external">[game scores]> <a href="suggestcorrection.php?game_id=6942" rel="nofollow">[suggest correction]>h4>

>Game tape date: 2020-12-16

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