Show #8425 - Friday, June 18, 2021

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to The Bowery Mission.

Contestants

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Elaine Filadelfo, a data researcher from Washington, D.C.

Trenton Woodley, a law student and freelance politico from Memphis, Tennessee

Emily White, a public relations specialist from Wilmington, Delaware (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVEL

STOCK: MARKETS

CINEMAPOURRI

SCAVENGERS ASSEMBLE!

AGE

BEFORE BEAUTY

(Savannah: The correct response comes shortly before the word "beauty" in the dictionary.)

60;60;60;

$200

Catherine &
Isabella Linton

60;60;60;

$200

COST is the stock symbol for this company--don't overthink it

60;60;60;

$200

The 2 turtles Sylvester Stallone had in "Creed 2" are the same turtles he had in this 1976 movie

60;60;60;

$200

Though they may have fluff, many vultures lack these on their heads & faces, perhaps to prevent bacterial infections from carrion

60;60;60;

$200

With a pass to Antonio Brown in 2021, this quarterback became the oldest to throw a postseason touchdown

60;60;60;

$200

An open-mouthed scientific vessel, or a squeaky Muppet

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$400

Percy Jackson, in his first novel

60;60;60;

$400

KR is the stock symbol for this major supermarket chain

60;60;60;

$400

C.B. DeMille made 21 huge Sphinxes for a 1923 version of this Bible epic & now they're being dug from the dunes where they were left

60;60;60;

$400

A 2013 study said these fish are more likely to scavenge than hunt when they are longer than 14 feet

60;60;60;

$400

One of the oldest living organisms, the pando of Utah is a grove of quaking these trees

60;60;60;

$400

Stew on this! It's a hyphenated term for an accountant

60;60;60;

$600

Miss Lucy Westenra, the first victim in Great Britain

60;60;60;

$600

This mega-retailer that joined the Dow Industrials in 1997 is near the bottom of the list alphabetically

60;60;60;

$600

Paige O'Hara & Robby Benson voiced the title pair of this Disney film

60;60;60;

$600

Animals that eat from the sea floor, like lobsters, are known as this hyphenated term, also an amoral opportunist

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$600

This infamous Boston gangster was once the oldest fugitive to make the FBI's 10 Most Wanted list at age 69

60;60;60;

$600

Here's an artist impression of one of these, an unconventional '50s cool cat

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$800

Raskolnikov

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$800

WFM was once the stock symbol for this company, but Amazon bought it

60;60;60;

$800

In this film Bogie's character says that Katharine Hepburn's had "ten absurd ideas for my one"

60;60;60;

$800

Thriving in urban areas, these carnivores also called ringtails are really scavengers & willingly share food

60;60;60;

DD: $2,600

Thanks to a 1386 treaty signed by Richard II & João I England's oldest ally is this country

60;60;60;

$800

In French, this 8-letter word means "a lot"

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$1000

Bigger Thomas, a Black youth in Chicago

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$1000

Tesco Stores is listed on this city's stock market

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$1000

Here's this woman who won no fewer than eight Academy Awards for costume design

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$1000

These dog-sized marsupials named for an Australian island can clean their plates--bones, fur & all

60;60;60;

$1000

Some of the oldest paleolithic hand axes were found in this gorge near Serengeti National Park

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$1000

This name comes before "wind force scale" in a meteorological ranking system

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

Emily	Trenton	Elaine
$5,200	$800	$1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Emily	Trenton	Elaine
$7,400	$3,400	$3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

A SPENDY LITTLE WAR

A TALE OF 2 GEORGIAS

BIBLICAL ART

CLOTH & FABRIC

DRAMA SERIES WRITING EMMYS

GIVING CONSONANT ATTENTION

(Savannah: We're gonna give just the consonants of a word but we'll define it for you.)

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$400

A short 1840s war with this country cost the U.S. an estimated $71 million, or around $3 billion today

60;60;60;

$400

Our Georgia is on the Atlantic; the country of Georgia is sandwiched between Turkey & Russia along this sea

60;60;60;

$400

For the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo painted "The Fall of Man" & "The Expulsion from" this place

60;60;60;

$400

Tweed is a fabric that can be made with this basic weave that also starts with "tw"

60;60;60;

$400

Dr. Lance Gentile started as a medical adviser on this Michael Crichton-created show & by 1995 was writing & winning Emmys for it

60;60;60;

$400

DCDS:
shedding seasonally

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$800

A 2010 congressional report estimated that this war cost the U.S. 1.1% of its 1899 GDP

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$800

Most of Georgia's Kolkhida lowland used to be a stagnant one of these; our Georgia has the Okefenokee one

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$800

Seen here on a 14th century German panel is Jesus, raising him from the dead

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$800

This light, crinkled fabric shares a name with a light, crinkly paper

60;60;60;

$800

In 2019 Jesse Armstrong won for this HBO show about the dysfunctional Roy family, running a media empire

60;60;60;

$800

GLC:
relating to Celtic highlanders

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$1200

In 1975 the New York Times reported that China & the U.S.S.R. had given $7.5 billion in aid to this country, 40% for its military

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$1200

In the U.S., Georgia borders Alabama; on its south, Georgia borders this country that also begins & ends with "A"

60;60;60;

$1200

Tintoretto painted "The Conversion of Saint Paul" on his way to this city

60;60;60;

$1200

Made from hemp or jute, it's the 6-letter type of canvas seen here

60;60;60;

$1200

This man was nominated for "Twin Peaks" in 1990 but lost out to David E. Kelley for an episode of "L.A. Law"

60;60;60;

$1200

VR:
French term describing the overall lifework of a writer

60;60;60;

$1600

$350 billion is one estimate for what these 2 Mideast countries spent fighting each other from 1980 to 1988

60;60;60;

DD: $1,800

Georgia's capital Atlanta is a sister city to this national capital of Georgia

60;60;60;

DD: $5,000

Stolen in Israel in 1996, this Russian-born artist's "Jacob's Ladder" was recovered in 2015 & sold at auction in 2020

60;60;60;

$1600

The fleece of this llama & vicuna relative is prized & comes in almost 2 dozen natural colors

60;60;60;

$1600

"Life on the Street" was the subtitle of this Baltimore-set cop show that won in 1993 for Tom Fontana

60;60;60;

$1600

Z:
a Greek liqueur

60;60;60;

$2000

Britain's victory in this 1754-1763 war nearly doubled the national debt

60;60;60;

$2000

In the U.S., the Blue Ridge Mountains reach into northern Georgia; in Europe this "Great" range is to the north

60;60;60;

$2000

Van Dyck depicted Jesus crowned with thorns in this painting whose name means "behold the man"

60;60;60;

$2000

Threads of metal are woven into this 4-letter fabric with a French name

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$2000

In 1994, all 5 nominees were for episodes of this police series set in the fictional 15th Precinct in Manhattan

60;60;60;

$2000

BSQS:
it's from the Latin for "compliant", perhaps to excess

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Emily	Trenton	Elaine
$10,800	$6,800	$16,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FICTION

In a 1915 story by this European, a woman finds a corpse & says, "It's gone & croaked--just lying there, dead as a doornail!"

Final scores:

Emily	Trenton	Elaine
$21,500	$3,599	$10,799
2-day champion: $50,100	3rd place: $1,000	2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Emily	Trenton	Elaine
$14,000	$6,600	$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)	14 R (including 1 DD), 7 W	17 R, 1 W

Show #8425 - Friday, June 18, 2021

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: 2021-03-23