>1>Show #8407 - Tuesday, May 25, 2021>div>
>2021 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13993" rel="external">Kevin Walsh>, a story analyst originally from Williamstown, New Jersey

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13995" rel="external">Veronica Vichit-Vadakan>, a librarian from Portland, Oregon

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=13984" rel="external">Ryan Bilger>, a graduate student from Macungie, Pennsylvania

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Jeopardy! Round

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>BESTSELLERS
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>CAPITAL HILLS
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>HOLIDAYS & FESTIVALS
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>THE FAMILY BUSINESS
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>TOURNAMENTS
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

>DOUBLE THE DOUBLE VOWELS
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<tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409596" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>
>This bestselling novel by Laura Esquivel was published in Spanish as "Como agua para chocolate" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409597" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>
>This capital complex sits atop Borovitsky Hill <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409600" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>
>In March 1912 200,000 in Cleveland came to this parade, also a welcome home for boxing champ Johnny Kilbane <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409602" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>
>The first half of this greeting card company's name is the family that founded it in 1910 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409594" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>
>The ACPT is the American tournament for these cruciverbalist challenges <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409604" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>
>This 6-letter internally rhyming word means tiny <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409585" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>
>In a novel by Matt Haig, infinite books line the shelves of "The Midnight" this title place; most offer another story of reality <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409598" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>
>A statue> of Bohemian hero Jan Žižka sits atop of Vitkov Hill in this capital <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409601" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>
>Bristol, Rhode Island claims America's oldest celebration honoring this date, begun in 1785 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409603" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>
>In 2006 the new CEO of this beverage company was August IV, great-great-grandson of co-founder Adolphus <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409595" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>
>This org.'s first "King of the Ring" tournament saw the Magnificent Muraco defeat the Iron Sheik in the final <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409605" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>
>We're makin' this interjection, an expression of massive delight, like wahoo! <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409577" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>
>Sergio D'Angelo sneaked this story of Yuri & Lara out of the USSR & it became a bestseller <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409599" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>
>Clinton Avenue & Ten Broeck Street run through the Arbor Hill neighborhood of this state capital <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409593" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>
>In some Decembers, 2,000,000 have found themselves, like in the song, walking in this> destination in London's Hyde Park <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409586" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>
>The Haas family enjoyed a combined net worth of $4.7 billion after a 2019 I.P.O. of this California-based jeans company <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409589" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>
>In 1985 the NCAA men's "March Madness" basketball tournament expanded to this many teams <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409582" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>
>Drifting independently heedless of rules, like Bob Dylan in a '63 album title <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409578" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>
>Madeline Miller had bestsellers with "Circe" & "The Song of" him <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409591" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>
>The word "palace" comes from the name of this one of Rome's seven hills Veronica>tr>>td> </tr> able> <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 6>td>
Served at the Eid Festival, >sheer khurma features seviyan, another word for >this pasta named for its "wormlike" look <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 13>td>
Turns out people like candy! In 2019, 6 members of this family whose co. makes Snickers & M&M's were on the Forbes 400 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 1>td>
Just like soccer, in July 2019 this video game had a World Cup, in NYC's Arthur Ashe Stadium with a $3 million grand prize <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 8>td>
Job title of an Old West owner of an establishment such as the Bucket of Blood in Nevada <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1000 5>td>
This 1956 book about a politician in his final campaign became a phrase meaning any fine or brave farewell performance <tr> <td>
>&#160;   DD: $2,000 17>td>
Local legend says this state capital's name was inspired by a view of the James River from atop Libby Hill <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1000 2>td>
Riverfest is a big annual celebration in Wichita, Kansas & this is the river <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1000 15>td>
The Piëch-Porsche family has the largest stake in this automaker that owns Audi, & yes, Porsche <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1000 11>td>
In 1851 the first international tournament of this game was held in London, with Adolf Anderssen crowned champion <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409584" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>
>This transparent feature first debuted for Ford on the 1973 Lincoln Continental Mark IV
Ryan Veronica Kevin
$1,200 $3,000 -$1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ryan Veronica Kevin
$7,400 $2,600 -$1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

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>MEDICAL MILESTONES
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>ROCK BANDS
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>THE FINEST OF FINE ARTS
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>VEGETABLES
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>THE "TOC"
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>A PALACE IN HISTORY
>(Jimmy: Clues from Vienna's spectacular Schönbrunn Palace, which is born witness to world changing events over the centuries.)
<tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409633" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>
>Losing her nose, lips & chin in a dog attack, a woman in France underwent the first partial one of these in 2005 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409634" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>
>In 2019 this band headlined the Super Bowl halftime show, playing on a stage shaped like the letter "M" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409635" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>
>Choreographer Eliot Feld turned the music of Johann Strauss Jr. into these "dotty" dances <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409627" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>
>The term Florentine refers to dishes made with this leafy vegetable <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409631" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>
>The gentlefolk of a society <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409632" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2021-05-25_DJ_27.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.>) During his forces' occupation of Vienna in 1805 & 1809, this> emperor chose Schönbrunn as his headquarters & one of the rooms is now named for him <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409629" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>
>In 1945 this treatment utilizing a rotating drum kidney was successfully used to treat a patient with acute kidney failure <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409630" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>
>There "Ain't No Rest For The Wicked" for this band with a name that includes a pachyderm <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409626" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>
>The Queen's this> small house of worship is a masterpiece of British Palladian architecture <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409628" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>
>Pattypan & crookneck are types of these alliterative seasonal vegetables <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409619" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>
>It partners with "Fugue" in the title of a Bach composition <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409625" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2021-05-25_DJ_20.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.>) Attending a concert at Schönbrunn Palace in June 1961 was part of JFK's first meeting as president with this> Soviet premier; he sat next to Jackie Kennedy <tr> <td>
>&#160;   DD: $5,000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409615" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>
>File under "S": in the 1950s these 2 microbiologists each developed a polio vaccine <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409613" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>
>Seen here> is the core of this band that's been rocking for decades <tr> <td>
>&#160;   DD: $4,200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409608" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>
>In this Tchaikovsky ballet, each suitor hands Aurora a flower during the "Rose Adagio" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409609" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>
>Necessary for healthy eyesight, this vitamin can be obtained from the carotenes in vegetables like carrots & kale <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409616" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>
>Fans of vintage stuff covet old unsold items classed as this inventory with a "mortal" name <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409622" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2021-05-25_DJ_16.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.>) The iron bed at Schönbrunn Palace was where this> 86-year-old emperor died in 1916; he barely left the palace the previous two years, but mainly did so to visit wounded soldiers <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409612" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>
>In 1949, Linus Pauling & colleagues showed that this disease> as illustrated here> is caused by abnormal hemoglobin <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409606" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>
>This Neil Young backup band shares its name with a Sioux leader <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409618" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>
>In physics it's a type of energy; in art it's a type of sculpture involving movement, like the works of Takis, which use magnetism <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409610" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>
>This vegetable was described by Mark Twain as a "cabbage with a college education" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409620" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>
>Labs & hospitals sterilize equipment in these pressure cookers <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409624" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2021-05-25_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.>) Bergl's wall art in the ground floor suite furnished for this> Hapsburg queen in the 1770s was meant to merge with the real landscape outside <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409617" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>
>Implanted in 1982, the first successful artificial heart was designed by & named for this American doctor <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409607" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>
>Scott Weiland fronted this '90s band that sang us an "Interstate Love Song" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409614" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>
>This Italian word means an often winged cherubic moppet> seen especially in Renaissance paintings <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409611" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>
>The bird hero of "The Trumpet of the Swan" orders 12 sandwiches of this> veggie from room service <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409621" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>
>The name of this cloud layer means "high heap" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=409623" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2021-05-25_DJ_18.jpg" target="_blank">Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from outside Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, Austria.>) The gathering called this, which reshaped the map of Europe in 1814 through 1815 was noted for partying as much as negotiating; one highlight was a 33-sleigh convoy of princes & potentates to a ball at Schönbrunn Palace
Ryan Veronica Kevin
$13,600 $16,000 $3,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

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<table> <tr>d class="category_name">NOBEL-WINNING NOVELISTS>tr>
>td>tr>
iv> 		<tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">Falsely accused of murder, a character in his 1948 novel becomes "tyrant over the whole county's white conscience"