Show #8657 - Tuesday, June 7, 2022

Eric Ahasic game 2.

Contestants

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Elaine Hesser, a features editor from Salinas, California

Michael Toughill, a senior marketing analyst from Seattle, Washington

Eric Ahasic, a meteorologist from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,401)

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Jeopardy! Round

DEAR-POURRI

SPANNING THE GLOBE

TEXTING ABBREV.

THE CABINET

A WRITER BY ANY OTHER NAME...

FROM FARM TO TABLE

(Mayim: Responses come between those two words in the dictionary.)

60;60;60;

$200

It's Nicholas Sparks' novel about a soldier who receives a painful letter & you can probably guess his first name

60;60;60;

$200

Home to the office of New Zealand's prime minister, the building seen here has this insect-dwelling nickname

60;60;60;

$200

Where have you been?
"LTNS", this

60;60;60;

$200

Winton Blount was the last of these alpha mails appointed by the president--it ceased to be a cabinet position in 1971

60;60;60;

$200

"The Tales of Melpomene", by Antosha Chekhonte; clearly this guy didn't put in a lot of time coming up with a new name

60;60;60;

$200

This ancient grain served in salads is a homophone for an Egyptian king

60;60;60;

$400

His song "Dear Mama" tells Afeni Shakur he appreciates how she raised him

60;60;60;

$400

"Big Daddy" is a 1,000-foot one of these in the Namib Desert & quite a climb

60;60;60;

$400

"TOJ" are these lachrymose signs of happiness

60;60;60;

$400

In 1966 Robert C. Weaver became the first African-American cabinet member, heading this department known by a 3-letter acronym

60;60;60;

$400

Daniel Handler made up this pen name to avoid the unfortunate event of being put on a mailing list

60;60;60;

$400

On a farm, it's a cylindrical tower to store grains; the ones that store missiles are underground

60;60;60;

$600

"Sincerely, Me" is a song in this recent Broadway musical hit that has to do with letter writing

60;60;60;

$600

The state of Michigan borders all the Great Lakes except this one

60;60;60;

$600

I've got to know!
"PTMM",
"please" do this

60;60;60;

$600

Though it doesn't have a secretary, the O.M.B. is a cabinet-level agency that writes this "B" for the president

60;60;60;

$600

Magizoologist Newt Scamander & British wizard Kennilworthy Whisp have stood in for this author

60;60;60;

$600

This Spanish-named knife can be used to cut sugar cane or cornstalks

60;60;60;

$800

Mia Farrow's sister was the subject of this Beatles song that asks her "won't you come out to play"

60;60;60;

$800

The elephant symbolizes this Asian country & the white elephant its monarchy

60;60;60;

$800

Talk to you tomorrow--I'm "OTB", this

60;60;60;

$800

Cabinet Secretary Denis McDonough has sworn to "uphold our promises to" them, "whether they came home decades ago or days ago"

60;60;60;

$800

Ahead of his time in going by one cool name, 17th century actor-playwright Jean-Baptiste Poquelin went by this, professionally

60;60;60;

$800

When this hot pepper is smoked & dried, it acquires a new look, a different flavor & a new name: chipotle

60;60;60;

$1000

On this Netflix show students of color deal with life at Winchester University

60;60;60;

$1000

This gulf between the Sinai Peninsula & Saudi Arabia is a northeastern extension of the Red Sea

60;60;60;

$1000

"FC" is this hopeful condition

60;60;60;

DD: $3,200

In 1849 Congress passed "an act to establish the Home Department" creating this current cabinet department

60;60;60;

$1000

The father of Chilean poet Neftalí Reyes Basoalto didn't like his writing, so Neftalí published under this name

60;60;60;

$1000

It can be a low cupboard with shelves or a coop for animals, usually rabbits

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

Eric	Michael	Elaine
$2,800	$1,600	$400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eric	Michael	Elaine
$3,400	$3,600	$1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

DEER-POURRI

HISTORIC NAMES

6-LETTER ADJECTIVES

ON THE STATE FLAG

WAR GODS

THEY PLAYED THE TITLE CHARACTER

60;60;60;

$400

Disney employees warned each other that Walt was in the office by saying, "Man is in the forest", a riff on a line from this film

60;60;60;

$400

This explorer who found Livingstone later sat in the British Parliament

60;60;60;

$400

Before "response", it describes how your body fends off viruses & bacteria

60;60;60;

$400

See this flag? The "C" stands for this

60;60;60;

$400

The Roman war goddess Bellona was the chariot driver of this Roman war god

60;60;60;

$400

The coal miner's daughter who went on to become "The Queen of Country Music"

60;60;60;

$800

A men-only social gathering, or the way you "go" to a party if unaccompanied by a date

60;60;60;

$800

This liberator's birthday, July 24th, is celebrated by many in South America

60;60;60;

$800

Add a "B" to the end of an outstanding word & you get this excellent follow-up

60;60;60;

$800

Though extinct, this state's grizzly bear still appears on the state flag

60;60;60;

$800

The Hittite war god Jarri helped the king in battle, but uh oh! was also the god of this contagion

60;60;60;

$800

A paratrooper whom an army squad is sent to find after D-Day

60;60;60;

$1200

Let's hop off AB-2 & go horseriding at Heritage Ranch in Red Deer in this province, & there's a Tim Hortons nearby too

60;60;60;

$1200

This future world leader with the maiden name Nehru was born in Allahabad in 1917

60;60;60;

$1200

It sounds like an adverb, but it means expensive, or resulting in terrible harm

60;60;60;

$1200

One of these objects holds fast to the center of Rhode Island's flag above the motto "Hope"

60;60;60;

$1200

M-O-double R-I-G-A-N spells Morrigan, a Celtic war goddess who turned into this ominous black bird

60;60;60;

DD: $3,800

A competitive ice skater who falls into disgrace after an attack on a rival

60;60;60;

$1600

Of the 8 reindeer in "A Visit from St. Nicholas", this one's name means lightning in German

60;60;60;

$1600

In 1829, he began a partnership with fellow French photography pioneer Nicéphore Niépce

60;60;60;

$1600

Lie down, look up & tell us of this opposite of prone

60;60;60;

DD: $3,400

A sun symbol sacred to the Zia people is the only image on this state's flag

60;60;60;

$1600

Tanit was the goddess of love & war of this North African rival city of Rome

60;60;60;

$1600

An enslaved Jewish prince who gets his revenge in a chariot race

60;60;60;

$2000

A popular painting of the 19th century was Sir Edwin Landseer's deer portrait, the "Monarch of" this, a narrow Scottish valley

60;60;60;

$2000

Theodora, wife of this 6th century Byzantine Emperor, was an early champion of women's rights

60;60;60;

$2000

It means expressing a vow or wish, like certain candles

60;60;60;

$2000

A white silhouette of a bison bearing the state seal appears on its flag

60;60;60;

$2000

Apedemak was a Sudanese war god depicted with the head of this powerful predator on a human body

60;60;60;

$2000

A female televangelist known for her impressive eyelashes

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eric	Michael	Elaine
$25,800	$10,000	$7,400
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

WRITING OLD & NEW

This 2013 bestseller shares its title with the first section of a poem from 7 centuries before

Final scores:

Eric	Michael	Elaine
$21,600	$4,546	$1,400
2-day champion: $40,001	2nd place: $2,000	3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Eric	Michael	Elaine
$24,600	$10,000	$7,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)	14 R, 1 W	10 R, 1 W

Show #8657 - Tuesday, June 7, 2022

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: $42,000

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Game tape date: 2022-04-19