J! Archive - Show #8760, aired 2022-12-09

>1>Show #8760 - Friday, December 9, 2022>div>

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Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15014" rel="external">Matthew Ott>, an accountant originally from Boston, Massachusetts

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15015" rel="external">Ellen LaBerge>, a lawyer from Syracuse, New York

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15012" rel="external">Sriram Krishnan>, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

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>PLACES NAMED FOR PEOPLE

>td>

>PUT IN A GOOD WORD

>td>

>TABLE TALK

>td>

>SONG TITLE TITLES

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>SHE BLINDED ME

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

>SCIENCE!

>td>

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440864" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>This North Carolina capital was named in honor of a noted explorer in 1792

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440866" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>This word suitably introduces us to the fictional Mrs. Maisel & the very real boxing legend Marvin Hagler

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440868" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>

>Figuratively or literally, negotiations to reach an agreement (& often thwart a strike) are held here

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440850" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>

>Tom Petty:
"It's Good To Be ____"

>$200

25>td>

Playing Malorie in "Bird Box", this actress puts blindfolds on 2 kids, warning them not to take them off

>$200

23>td>

A measurement of distance, not time, it's equal to about 6 trillion miles, you know, give or take

$400

27>td>

Named for Mahatma, Gandhinagar is home to 300,000 & the capital of Gujarat State in this country

$400

15>td>

A spreadsheet program that launched in 1985, or a verb meaning "to surpass"

$400

26>td>

In a spin-off of "Red Table Talk", >this singer, >daughter Emily & niece Lili tackle tough issues within the Latino community

$400

1>td>

A 1996 Jay-Z single: "Dead ____"

$400

24>td>

One myth says the seer Tiresias was blinded by this Greek goddess of wisdom after seeing her nude

$400

22>td>

The troposphere is sandwiched between the earth & this next layer of the atmosphere

$600

6>td>

It didn't work out for this king with the American Revolution, but they named a town & nearby peak for him in South Africa

$600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440857" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>

>The Latin for "price" gives us this word that is perfectly fine in front of "gems" & "metals"

$600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440860" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>

>One legend says this piece of furniture was a wedding gift to King Arthur when he married Guinevere

$600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440851" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Stevie Wonder:
"Sir ____"

$600

11>td>

Michonne dealt with The Governor in a stabby way on this show; he'd later sport an eyepatch

$600

16>td>

Let's change the subject & talk about this class of rocks including gneiss & soapstone that gets changed atom by atom over time

$800

7>td>

In 1954 a New Jersey township voted to reject "Nixon" & renamed itself after this inventor

DD: $2,600

19>td>

It's a good name for a 350-mile-long lake or the head of a convent

$800

17>td>

Those with high I.Q.s may know this 5-letter name of the organization whose name is the Latin for "table"

$800

3>td>

Spin Doctors:
>"Two ____"

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440862" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>One of this conniving group, Delilah alerts them that Samson is finally at their mercy; next comes some gouging

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440877" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>

>The size of a fist, this organ behind your left ribs fights invading germs in your blood by producing lymphocytes

$1000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440856" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>

>Shahr means "city" & after 1979's Iranian revolution, a place was redubbed this last name "Shahr" to honor the new leader

$1000

14>td>

Whether describing silver or the British pound, this 8-letter word really is great

$1000

18>td>

Livermorium is one of the more recent additions to it

$1000

4>td>

The Who:
>"The Acid ____"

$1000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440863" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>

>In "King Lear" a bloodthirsty Regan demands that this man be hanged while Goneril screams, "Pluck out his eyes"

$1000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440878" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>This Greek gave his name to the law that says a body in fluid is acted on by force proportional to how much fluid it displaces

Sriram	Ellen	Matthew
$1,600	$2,000	$3,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sriram	Ellen	Matthew
$1,000	$4,600	$5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

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>HISTORY

>td>

>RUSSIAN WRITERS

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>"P"OTPOURRI

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>COMPANY NAME ORIGINS

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>TV FINAL EPISODES

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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>STATE POSTAL ABBREVIATION WORDS

>(Ken: Our clue will lead you to a 4-letter word but you'll have to give us the two states whose postal codes combine to form that 4-letter word.)

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440891" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>Henry VIII's first wife, Catherine of Aragon, was the daughter of this royal couple

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440903" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>Vladimir Nabokov's books never earned more than a few hundred dollars until this 1955 novel about a young girl became a hit

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440908" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>

>There is actually a vegetarian species of this razor-toothed fish also called the Caribe

$400

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440895" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>

>This company that offers tax preparation services is named for its founders, brothers Henry & Richard

$400

10>td>

Coach Taylor moves from the East Dillon Lions to Philadelphia's Pemberton Pioneers in the finale of this series

$400

5>td>

A wizard's magic rod

$800

21>td>

The unanimous election of Martin V in 1417 led to the end of the reign of these alternate religious rulers

>Sriram>d class="wrong">Matthew>tr>>able width="100%">r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>tr>>td> </tr> able>

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440904" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>

>Anton Chekhov refashioned his bomb of a play "The Wood Demon" & its character Uncle George into this huge success

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440892" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>

>In 2022 the founder of this outdoor brand transferred ownership to a trust & a nonprofit that will combat climate change

>Ellen>d class="right">Matthew>tr>>td> </tr> able>

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440896" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>

>Its name goes back to its founding in 1920 as the Queensland & Northern Territory Aerial Services

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440890" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>

>"It really seemed like Pied Piper was going to work", said Bill Gates in a cameo as this series wrapped

$800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440881" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>

>Firstborn of Genesis 4:1

$1200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440900" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>After Robert E. Lee told him to reorganize his men after an attack at Gettysburg, he replied, "General, I have no division"

$1200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440905" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>In Turgenev's "Fathers & Sons", Bazarov has this world view whose name comes from Latin for "nothing"

$1200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440887" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-09_DJ_11.jpg" target="_blank">Here's> a depiction of this French-named commedia dell'arte character

DD: $2,000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440888" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>Truth be told, the first part of this telecommunications company's name comes from the Latin word for truth or certainty

$1200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440884" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>

>The last episode of "This is Us" included the funeral of Rebecca, played by her

$1200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440879" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>

>A mark left on the skin after a wound has healed

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440901" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>

>To decide important matters of faith, in 325 A.D. this emperor called the Council of Nicaea

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440906" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-09_DJ_29.jpg" target="_blank">This> author saw conflict & harmony firsthand serving in the Russian army at the Siege of Sevastopol in the 1850s

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440893" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>

>This word means wild craziness, like the capital city of hell in "Paradise Lost"

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440897" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>

>The name of this tech company is a shortening of the metropolis where it was founded by 2 Stanford computer scientists in 1984

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440885" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>

>Drug cocktails & the other kind of cocktails were both featured in the finale of this show starring Billy Porter

$1600

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440882" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Molten rock that reaches the surface

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440902" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-09_DJ_24.jpg" target="_blank">This> activist with a parental nickname led a 1903 march to protest the evils of child labor

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440907" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>

>His 1995 autobiography "Invisible Allies" described his last years in the Soviet Union before he got deported

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440894" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>

>He's the British playwright seen here>td>

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440898" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>

>GEICO's name goes back to its original customer base, military personnel & these people, the G-E

DD: $3,800

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440886" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>

>When this show ended on April 10, 2022, one of the 2 female leads was dead. Which? Well, the show didn't live up to its title

$2000

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=440883" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>

>A sheet of glass set into a window or door

Sriram	Ellen	Matthew
$14,200	$7,800	$11,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

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<table> <tr>d class="category_name">1970s MOVIES>tr>

>td>tr>

iv>

<tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">A 1975 premiere of this comedy advertised free coconuts for the first thousand in the audience

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:

>Game tape date: 2022-10-12