Show #8832 - Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Melissa Klapper game 2.

Contestants

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Charlotte Diffendale, a letter carrier from Albany, New York

Brandon Anderson, a communications director from Columbus, Ohio

Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA
TO THE MOUNTAINTOP!
THE 1980s
A.K.A.
IT'S A JOKE
4-LETTER "V"ERBS
    $200 15
Seen here, this iconic confection is made by the family-owned Just Born candy company in Bethlehem
    $200 11
Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this
    $200 10
This woman who joined the British royal family could have been called redheaded Di No. 2
    $200 2
In the original story Pinocchio begins his existence as one of these, also called a string puppet
    $200 21
Mitch Hedberg:
I had this type of "route when I was younger... I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses, or 2 dumpsters"
    $200 26
Sometimes you have to do this, get relief by letting off a little steam
    $400 16
Formerly named for founders Binney & Smith, this brand's colorful products continue to roll out in Easton, Pennsylvania
    $400 20
It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station
    $400 5
The ICTV, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, officially named the cause of AIDS HIV, short for this virus
    $400 6
Even before hacker Thomas Anderson took a certain pill in a 1999 movie, he was being referred to by this 3-letter name
    $400 30
Norm MacDonald:
"Why do" these "always race to the door... when the doorbell rings? It's almost never for them"
    $400 25
It means to swerve off course
    $600 17
Fans of these from Pennsylvania's C.F. Martin & Co. have included Muddy Waters, Hank Williams & Willie Nelson
    $600 12
The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits
    $600 1
Erich Honecker, leader of this country, is seen giving a speech in 1986; things weren't going well for him by decade's end
    $600 7
When your British office mate asks if you can spare a drawing pin, he means one of these with a body part in its name
    $600 29
Hosting those very awards, this cheeky Brit said the Golden Globes are "like the Oscars, but without all that esteem"
    $600 22
Meaning nullify, it's often done to checks
    $800 18
In 2022 this company celebrated its 90th anniversary, issuing 2 new special edition lighters for the occasion
    DD: $1,000 13
The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe"
    $800 3
In 1986 the U.S. military's biggest air strike since the Vietnam War was on this North African country
    $800 8
Also called baleen, this material has been used for corsets & for northern Native peoples' sled runners
    $800 28
Jon Stewart noted that while Lent is 40 days, Jews have this one day of atonement: "Even in sin you're paying retail"
    $800 23
It just means "to sell"
    $1000 19
X marks the spot for this brand of glass bakeware & bowls made in Charleroi, Pennsylvania for over half a century
    $1000 14
The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak
    $1000 4
We're sure Judge Harold Greene loved his own mother, but his orders put an end to this symbol of the telecom industry
    $1000 9
Deadly nightshade sounds sorta scary, but it's also known as this, meaning beautiful woman, which sounds rather charming
    $1000 27
Ben Stiller, guessing Zach Galifianakis' breakfast diet, suggested it's "egg" these
    $1000 24
As a verb this fashion accessory means to conceal

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

Melissa Brandon Charlotte
$2,200 -$800 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Melissa Brandon Charlotte
$3,600 $4,200 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

TV & MOVIE CITIES
BOOKS: THE FUTURE IS NOW
2-WORD TERMS
THE LIFE SCIENCES
ETYMOLOGY
I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM
    $400 6
"I, Claudius",
"The Bicycle Thief"
    $400 5
In Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy about colonizing this planet, humans first visit there in 2020
    $400 21
Set in 2009, the federal this is a very meager $7.25 an hour
    $400 15
Prior to the 17th century work of William Harvey, it was thought that 2 separate systems distributed this around the body
    $400 29
This word for a type of combatant is the diminutive form of the Spanish for "war"
    $400 30
This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C.
    $800 7
"Frasier",
"Singles"
    $800 4
This 1925 novel about a futuristic city in 2026 became an art deco sci-fi silent movie by Fritz Lang
    DD: $5,800 14
Until the end of the 19th century, this name for a horse racing achievement was only used to describe the papal tiara
    $800 22
Mycology is the study of this kingdom of organisms, like mushrooms & molds
    $800 20
This word meaning "catastrophe" once also referred to a calamity due to a misalignment of the stars
    $800 28
A cuneiform tablet recounts the legend of Sargon, who became a king of this ancient region whose name means "between rivers"
    $1200 8
"Upstairs, Downstairs", "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
    $1200 3
In 2025, game shows are to the death in "The Running Man", written by Stephen King under this pseudonym
    $1200 13
Weightlessness in space is sometimes referred to by this numeric term
    $1200 23
With his descriptions of insect anatomy, Aristotle laid the groundwork for this life science
    $1200 16
This enthusiastic phrase popularized by the Marines during World War II comes from a Chinese motto interpreted as "work together"
    $1200 19
The cuneiform inscription on this type of pillar seen here refers to the doings of King Manishtushu
    $1600 9
"How to Get Away with Murder",
"Silver Linings Playbook"
    $1600 2
Later editions of this author's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" moved the story from 1992 to 2021
    $1600 12
Gas & bloating are among the symptoms of this condition, an inability to digest the sugar in dairy products
    $1600 26
Louis Pasteur disproved the idea that life arises from nonliving matter, this 2-word theory
    DD: $4,000 17
The word delectable is related to this word that refers to one who dabbles in the fine arts or other areas
    $1600 27
Sir Henry Rawlinson deciphered a lofty inscription on a cliff regarding this "Great" king who lost at Marathon
    $2000 10
The sanguine start of "The Flight Attendant", most of "The Hangover Part II"
    $2000 1
He saw 2024 as a hellish wasteland in his 1969 short story "A Boy & His Dog"
    $2000 11
Appropriately, it's the 2-word Latin name for a type of poem whose theme is living for today
    $2000 25
There's a motion of the ocean in this word for the building blocks of the acids that control heredity
    $2000 18
Latin for flock is the origin of "Greg-", so this adjective once meant towering above the flock; now it's used of a flagrant error
    $2000 24
The cuneiform tablet seen here from the British Museum tells a story from the epic named for this hero who hung out with Enkidu

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Melissa Brandon Charlotte
$22,800 $9,000 $14,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

MEDIEVAL PLACES
One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more"

Final scores:

Melissa Brandon Charlotte
$17,599 $0 $5,199
2-day champion: $42,400 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Melissa Brandon Charlotte
$20,400 $9,000 $8,800
20 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 14 R,
3 W		 16 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $38,200

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Game tape date: 2023-01-10
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