J! Archive - Show #8485, aired 2021-10-08

>1>Show #8485 - Friday, October 8, 2021>div>

>Matt Amodio game 38.
Last game with Mike Richards as executive producer & writer.

>Contestants >r> >table>

>Jeopardy! Round

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>Max Godnick, a producer originally from New York, New York

>Claire Lyon, an engineer originally from Ashland, Kentucky

>Matt Amodio, a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 37-day cash winnings total $1,467,801)

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<tr> <td class="category"> ble> >d class="category_name">OCTOBER>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">

ble> >d class="category_name">TALES OF HORROR>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able>

ble> >d class="category_name">SURVIVING PROHIBITION>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able>

ble> >d class="category_name">WE LOOK DOWN ON THAT STATE>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able>

ble> >d class="category_name">ACTOR-MOGULS>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able>

ble> >d class="category_name">4,4>tr> >d class="category_comments">(Mayim: The responses are two 4-letter words.)>tr> able>

$200

>22

</tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_1_1" class="clue_text">An important October campaign is this disease awareness month with fundraisers & other pink-themed events >breast cancer>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_2_1" class="clue_text">The kids of Kettle Springs are menaced not by "Scarecrow in a Cornfield" but worse, this smiley creature "In a Cornfield"
>Claire <tr> <td>

    $200 >29

clown>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_3_1" class="clue_text">Many breweries tried making this rhyming product, like Schlitz Famo, with less than .5% alcohol content
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

    $200 >28

(Mayim: Not quite the real thing.)
>r />near beer>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_4_1" class="clue_text">Utah sits directly atop this state
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $200 >27

Arizona>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_5_1" class="clue_text">Co-created by this actress, MTM ruled the tube with shows like "Hill Street Blues" & "Newhart"
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $200 >20

Mary Tyler Moore>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_6_1" class="clue_text">The fur of this wild canine seen >here can be brownish, but it can also be indicative of its name </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_1_2" class="clue_text">Test your "metal" in the world championship of this mega-endurance event held in October in Hawaii
>Max <tr> <td>

    $200 >30

a gray wolf>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Max
<tr> <td>

    $400 >21

Ironman Triathlon>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_2_2" class="clue_text">"Horror" is in the title of this book in which the Lutz family learned that, sometimes, buying a murder home isn't worth it
>Max <tr> <td>

    $400 >23

[NOTE: Matt did not include the leading article in his correct response.]
>r />>>The Amityville Horror>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_3_2" class="clue_text">Unable to brew, Pabst started making Pabst-ett, a Velveeta-like cheese; eventually this competitor sued
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >24

Kraft>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_4_2" class="clue_text">Vermont is north of the western part of this state
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >25

Massachusetts>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_5_2" class="clue_text">Will Ferrell co-created this website where people could vote whether video clips were humorous or not
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >19

Funny or Die>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_6_2" class="clue_text">A great American tradition: throw some clothes in the Chevelle, crank some tunes & go off on this, also a 2000 film </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_1_3" class="clue_text">The second Monday in October is celebrated as this day in Canada; ours comes a few weeks later
>Max <tr> <td>

    $400 >26

road trip>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Matt
<tr> <td>

    $600 >16

Thanksgiving>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_2_3" class="clue_text">It's the title vocation of Herbert West in a 1922 H.P. Lovecraft tale, & he needs fresh corpses to do it to
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $600 >17

reanimator>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_3_3" class="clue_text">In 1925 this Milwaukee family couldn't sell its brewery but was living the "High Life" after Prohibition ended
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $600 >14

Miller>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_4_3" class="clue_text">A big chunk of South Dakota is upstairs from it
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $600 >15

Nebraska>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_5_3" class="clue_text">If you love the TV shows "Mannix" & "Mission: Impossible", thank this comedic actress & her Desilu Studios for producing them
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $600 >9</a>

(Lucille) Ball>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_6_3" class="clue_text">Similar to seltzer, it's carbonated water used as a mixer </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_1_4" class="clue_text">Gandhi's birthday, October 2 is observed as the international day of this philosophy of his, also known as Satyagraha
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $600 >18

club soda>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Max
<tr> <td>

    $800 >13

non-violence>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_2_4" class="clue_text">Luke is the future heir of this Shirley Jackson title place; sadly for Luke, that title includes "The Haunting of..."
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $800 >12

Hill House>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_3_4" class="clue_text">This brewery bought a Colorado ceramics company & sold porcelain under the brand name; the ceramics co. is worth billions today
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $800 >8</a>

Coors>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_4_4" class="clue_text">Most of Virginia's southern border lies along this state
>Max <tr> <td>

    $800 >11

North Carolina>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_5_4" class="clue_text">Happy Madison, Adam Sandler's production company, combines these 2 Sandler movie titles
>Claire <tr> <td>

    $800 >6</a>

>>Happy Gilmore> & Billy Madison>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_6_4" class="clue_text">If you can easily determine someone's feelings, you can read him or her like this </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_1_5" class="clue_text">In Catholic tradition, October is the month to celebrate this set of prayers recited with an accompanying physical aid
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $800 >10

open book>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Matt
<tr> <td>

    DD: $2,000 >3</a>

rosaries>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_2_5" class="clue_text">Malorie takes her kids on a terrifying, blindfolded river trip in this Josh Malerman novel
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $1000 >2</a>

>>Bird Box>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_3_5" class="clue_text">Many breweries struggled but got by selling beer ingredients like syrup made from this, sprouted barley grains
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $1000 >1</a>

(Claire: What are hops?)
>r />malt>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_4_5" class="clue_text">Kansas is directly north of this state
>Matt >Claire <tr> <td>

    $1000 >4</a>

Oklahoma>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_5_5" class="clue_text">Said about this studio founded by Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford & others: "Lunatics have taken charge of the asylum"
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $1000 >5</a>

United Artists>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_J_6_5" class="clue_text">"If winter comes, can spring be far behind?", asks Shelley's "Ode to" this </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_1_1" class="clue_text">In 1892 Buenos Aires & Bogota both hoped to open new opera houses named for this explorer; only Bogota's was inaugurated on time
>Max <tr> <td>

    $1000 >7</a>

West Wind>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able> >Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
>Matt

>Matt >Claire >Max

>$11,000 >-$200 >$1,800

>Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

>Matt >Claire >Max

>$14,200 >$0 >$3,600

>Double Jeopardy! Round <tr> <td class="category"> ble> >d class="category_name">THE GRAND OLE OPERA HOUSE>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">

ble> >d class="category_name">NOT YOUR AVERAGE GEMSTONE!>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> ble> >d class="category_name">PARDON MY FRENCHMAN>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> ble> >d class="category_name">THE FLYING...>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> ble> >d class="category_name">TECHNOLOGY>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr> able> ble> >d class="category_name">I'D LIKE A WORD WITH "U">tr> >d class="category_comments">(Mayim: A word that starts with "U", actually.)>tr> able>
<tr> <td>

    $400 >25

Columbus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_2_1" class="clue_text">Blue topaz is often created by exposing it to this>--the gamma type works especially well
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >30

radiation>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_3_1" class="clue_text">President Émile Loubet pardoned this wrongly accused Jewish military officer in September 1899
>Claire <tr> <td>

    $400 >28

(Alfred) Dreyfus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_4_1" class="clue_text">The flying wedge was first used in this sport by Harvard in 1892 but became illegal due to players being brutalized
>Max <tr> <td>

    $400 >27

(Mayim: Yes, I have no idea what a flying wedge is but I'll look it up later.)
[Laughter]
>r />m class="correct_response">football>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_5_1" class="clue_text">The 2 gases that make up the "plasma" in a plasma TV are usually these 2, Ne & Xe
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >20

>m class="correct_response">neon & xenon>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_6_1" class="clue_text">From Latin for "further", it means deliberately hidden, like some motives </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_1_2" class="clue_text">In addition to many operas, Paris' Palais Garnier hosted a very wicked villain in this 1910 Gaston Leroux novel
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $400 >29

>m class="correct_response">>ulterior>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Matt
<tr> <td>

    $800 >22

>m class="correct_response">>The Phantom of the Opera>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_2_2" class="clue_text">In 1976 a large ruby was carved into a 4-pound replica of this historic American object, crack & all
>Max <tr> <td>

    $800 >13

>m class="correct_response">Liberty Bell>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_3_2" class="clue_text">Pardoned in 1952, Henry Coston, one of these Nazi helpers, embarrassed France by living another 49 years
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $800 >26

>m class="correct_response">part of the Vichy government (a Vichy collaborator)>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_4_2" class="clue_text">We're not sure if this Bullwinkle pal is biologically a flying squirrel (Glaucomys sabrinus) or a regular gray squirrel who can fly
>Matt <tr> <td>

    $800 >24

>m class="correct_response">Rocky>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_5_2" class="clue_text">Jetronic increased power & mileage in 1967 as the first workable electronic system for this auto process, sending the gas to the engine
>Claire <tr> <td>

    $800 >19

(Claire: What is internal combustion?)
>r />m class="correct_response">fuel injection>r />r />>r>>table>
>Claire
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_6_2" class="clue_text">The Declaration of Independence says we all have certain these rights </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_1_3" class="clue_text">This opera house opened in Milan in 1778 with a performance of "Europa Recognized" by Salieri
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

    $800 >23

>m class="correct_response">unalienable right>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Max
<tr> <td>

>    $1200 >1</a>

>m class="correct_response">La Scala>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_2_3" class="clue_text">Dust & ash from a volcano in this state were used to create a new green type of gem called helenite
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    DD: $6,000 >4</a>

(Mayim: Yes, from Mount St. Helens.)
>r />m class="correct_response">Washington>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_3_3" class="clue_text">Bernard Boursicot was pardoned in 1987, shortly before the debut of this play inspired by his affair with an opera singer/spy
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1200 >21

>m class="correct_response">>M. Butterfly>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_4_3" class="clue_text">Known as "The Flying Tomato", this snowboarder won his first Olympic halfpipe gold in 2006
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1200 >10

>m class="correct_response">(Shaun) White>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_5_3" class="clue_text">Pumping is the process of raising electrons to a higher energy state when creating one of these beams
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1200 >18

>m class="correct_response">a laser>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_6_3" class="clue_text">This adjective comes from Latin for "navel" </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_1_4" class="clue_text">After World War I, upon the demise of this dynasty that ruled there, Vienna's Court Opera was renamed the State Opera
>Claire <tr> <td>

>    $1200 >9</a>

>m class="correct_response">>umbilical>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Matt
<tr> <td>

>    $1600 >3</a>

>m class="correct_response">Habsburg>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_2_4" class="clue_text">This fossilized resin has one of the lowest densities among gems & it will often float in salt water
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1600 >2</a>

>m class="correct_response">amber>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_3_4" class="clue_text">In 1964 France amnestied many of those who had committed crimes in opposition to this African country's independence
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1600 >15

>m class="correct_response">Algeria>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_4_4" class="clue_text">In 2005 she won a TV Land Award as "Favorite Airborne Character" for her 1960s work as "The Flying Nun"
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1600 >7</a>

>m class="correct_response">(Sally) Field>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_5_4" class="clue_text">Elisha Otis' invention of the "safety" this led to its regular use for passengers
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1600 >6</a>

>m class="correct_response">elevator>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_6_4" class="clue_text">It's what you call those dots over a German vowel </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_1_5" class="clue_text">In 1973 Prokofiev's "War and Peace" was the first opera performed at this opera house very far south of Russia
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $1600 >8</a>

>m class="correct_response">umlaut>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Matt
<tr> <td>

>    $2000 >5</a>

>m class="correct_response">the Sydney Opera House>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_2_5" class="clue_text">Weighing in at 2.75 tons, the Empress of Uruguay> is an almost 11-foot tall geode of this purple quartz
>Max <tr> <td>

>    $2000 >12

>m class="correct_response">amethyst>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_3_5" class="clue_text">Thanks to his sturdy cell>, Ludger Sylbaris survived the 1902 volcanic ruin of Saint-Pierre on this Caribbean island & was later pardoned
>Claire <tr> <td>

>    $2000 >14

>m class="correct_response">Martinique>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_4_5" class="clue_text">In song, "He floats through the air, with the greatest of ease, the daring young man on" this
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $2000 >16

>m class="correct_response">flying trapeze>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_5_5" class="clue_text">First patented in 1952, center pivot devices used for this agricultural task caused the green circles> seen from planes
>Matt <tr> <td>

>    $2000 >17

>m class="correct_response">irrigation>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> <td id="clue_DJ_6_5" class="clue_text">This Japanese word for a type of flavor entered English in the early 1960s </tr> <tr> <td class="clue">
>Claire <tr> <td>

    DD: $2,000 >11

>m class="correct_response">>umami>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able>
Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>Matt

>Matt >Claire >Max

$43,800 $5,600 >$7,600

(>lock game)

>[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round
<tr> <td class="category">
<table> <tr>d class="category_name">THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE>tr> >d class="category_comments">>tr>

<tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">British zoologist George Shaw looked for stitches when he first saw this mammal in 1799, thinking he was being tricked>r>d>$1,691>r>>r>d>$3,601>r>>r>d>$7,000>table>m class="correct_response">(the) duck-bill(ed) platypus </tr> able> >var>able>
Final scores:

(Mayim: [To Claire] [*] is a mammal with a duck bill and venomous ankle spikes that lays eggs and yes, that seems like a prank, but it's not.)>r> >Claire>d rowspan="2" valign="top">What is platypus? >Max>d rowspan="2" valign="top">What is a Zebra? >Matt>d rowspan="2" valign="top">What is duckbill platypus?

>Matt >Claire >Max

$50,800 $7,291 $3,999

38-day champion: $1,518,601 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:
> href="help.php#coryatscore">Coryat scores>:</h3>

>Matt >Claire >Max

$38,000 $5,600 >$7,600

>40 R
(including 3 DDs),
>0 W >7 R,
2 W 11 R,
>0 W

> href="help.php#combinedcoryat">Combined Coryat>: $51,200 > href="showgameresponses.php?game_id=7161&highlight=..." rel="external">[game responses]> <a href="showscores.php?game_id=7161&highlight=..." rel="external">[game scores]> <a href="suggestcorrection.php?game_id=7161" rel="nofollow">[suggest correction]>h4>
>Game tape date: 2021-08-27

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