Show #8833 - Wednesday, March 22, 2023

Melissa Klapper game 3.

Contestants

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Zach Wissner-Gross, a vice president of math curriculum from Roslyn Heights, New York

Karen Morris, a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia

Melissa Klapper, a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

POSSESSIVE LIT
LONG-LIVED CRITTERS
AROUND THE HOUSE
4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS
APPLY THE RAINBOW COLOR
AT "LAST"
    $200 27
By Ira Levin, her "Baby"
    $200 28
Polly wanna be immortal! Or for Tarbu, an African grey this, get to 55 & say its last word to its owner--"Cheerio!"
    $200 29
Someone knows a lot about reds & whites, judging from this well-stocked room of the house
    $200 23
In football, it can refer to a chosen play, a referee's decision on a play, or an announcer's portrayal of the action
    $200 30
In song, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, & everything you do, yeah, they were all" this
    $200 26
To live on; on TV, it's part of the "Survivor" motto
    $400 7
A 2022 adaptation steamed up the screen: her "Lover"
    $400 20
Experts put Harriet, a Galápagos giant this, at 175 when she passed away peacefully in 2006
    $400 21
From the Latin word for "bread" comes this area near a kitchen for storing all kinds of things, like canned goods & condiments
    $400 22
Tim Duncan knows there are "high" & "low" parts of this, with "low" closer to the basket
    $400 24
This frothy mall beverage with egg whites as an ingredient bears the first name of a Mr. Fried
    $400 25
"Last" is last but not least in this heavy material carried by ships to keep them stabilized
    $600 1
Stephen Vincent Benet's Civil War poem this historical man's "Body"
    $600 4
A trapdoor this named Number 16 made it to age 43 & a wasp, not old age, likely did Ms. 16 in
    $600 17
Found in the title of an 1870s novel, it's the old-fashioned name for the mirror seen here
    $600 6
The second half of a golf course is called this, 2 4-letter words
    $600 16
The amazingly named Remember Baker was part of this 1770s militia that was also called the Bennington Bob
    $600 13
Risks associated with this operation include persistent swelling & a hole in the septum
    $800 2
About a Newark neurotic, his "Complaint"
    $800 5
Having a leg up on life, one of these pink birds named Greater got to 83 living at Adelaide Zoo
    $800 9
Instead of a fancy fixture, kitchens commonly have this type of lighting named for the way it fits into the ceiling
    $800 8
Forwards in hockey come in 3 types:
The center & a left & right this
    DD: $1,500 12
The highest point in South Carolina, the 3,560-foot Sassafras Mountain is part of this Appalachian range
    $800 14
This "explosive" 2-word structure is used for the reduction of iron ore
    $1000 3
This Italian army captain's "Mandolin"
    $1000 19
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" fans, rejoice! In 2020, Wisdom, this type of bird, actually laid an egg at age 69
    $1000 10
Instead of hardwood floors, many go for this cheaper 8-letter option of layered fiberboard that can mimic marble as well
    $1000 15
An MLB relief pitcher who doesn't get the save may be eligible for this, provided he gets an out & maintains the lead
    $1000 11
Gandhi's first campaign of non-violent resistance in British India focused on the Planters of this, a vat dye
    $1000 18
A province of Russia such as Omsk or Tomsk

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

Melissa Karen Zach
$1,500 $4,200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Melissa Karen Zach
$3,500 $6,200 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

1963
MAKING MUSIC
MOVE THAT T FROM FRONT TO BACK
(Ken: You'll have to give us both words.)
RESILIENCE
PLATEAUS
HANS, SOLO
    $400 23
At 1:00 P.M. on November 22, he was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital, leaving the nation in mourning
    $400 22
Backing band the Funk Brothers were the subject of the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of" this Detroit record label
    $400 30
A shade of brown & a picnic pest
    $400 28
For this material brought from South Amer. in the 1700s, resilience is the quality of returning to its former shape after deformation
    $400 29
Mineral wealth in this country's Deccan Plateau has led several dynasties, including the Gupta, to clash there
    $400 27
International Children's Book Day is celebrated on or around April 2, the birthday of this author
    $800 19
"She" made a rare visit to the U.S. from the Louvre & was displayed in Washington, D.C. & New York before her return trip
    $800 26
(Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym
    $800 24
A threesome & a violent uprising by a mob
    $800 20
This country's national flower is the golden wattle, resilient to challenges like bushfires
    DD: $6,000 21
The vast Altiplano Plateau occupies parts of Peru & this landlocked neighbor to the southeast
    DD: $10,000 25
This artist the Younger was working on yet another portrait of Henry VIII when he died in 1543
    $1200 16
The LA. Dodgers won the World Series & this lefty pitcher was voted MVP of the National League & winner of the Cy Young Award
    $1200 7
Songs from "Psycho Killer" to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" have used the Roland TR-808, one of these that replaces a human
    $1200 18
Skinny & an indirect suggestion
    $1200 13
Psychologists say resilience needs effective these 6-letter strategies, actions or thought processes to meet a stressful event
    $1200 1
The Bolaven Plateau of Laos lies east of this big river that runs the length of the country
    $1200 4
As of 2022, this composer has been nominated for 12 Oscars, winning for "The Lion King" & for "Dune"
    $1600 8
In September a Baptist church in this city was bombed, tragically taking the lives of 4 young girls
    $1600 6
"Temple of Low Men" by Crowded House is one of hundreds of albums on which Bob Clearmountain did this, tastily combining tracks
    $1600 17
The apex & to choose
    $1600 14
Resilience is in the subtitle of this Laura Hillenbrand book about Olympian, airman & P.O.W. Louis Zamperini
    $1600 2
This long plateau region along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard takes its name from the Italian for "foot of the mountain"
    $1600 3
Even after his wife Cosima left him for Richard Wagner, he continued to champion Wagner's works
    $2000 9
This parachutist-turned-cosmonaut became the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth 48 times
    $2000 10
This jack-of-all-trades was part of the band fun. as well as being a super-producer known for work with Taylor Swift
    $2000 5
A device that ensnares & spellbound or enthralled
    $2000 15
President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, then out of office & even in prison, he rebounded to win the office back in 2022
    $2000 11
The Croix Scaille is a plateau in this, the French-speaking section of Belgium
    $2000 12
Famous for the citric acid cycle that bears his name, this German-born biochemist received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1961

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Melissa Karen Zach
$8,700 $11,400 $7,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN NOVELISTS
He served with an airman named Yohannan in World War II & despite what readers might think, he said he enjoyed his service

Final scores:

Melissa Karen Zach
$16,700 $5,399 $7,200
3-day champion: $59,100 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Melissa Karen Zach
$10,200 $16,200 $7,200
14 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $33,600

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Game tape date: 2023-01-10
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