Show #8868 - Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Hannah Wilson game 6.

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Hope Silberstein, an attorney from Penn Valley, Pennsylvania

Brad Davis, a talent acquisition writer from Kansas City, Missouri

Hannah Wilson, a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 5-day cash winnings total $147,801)

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Jeopardy! Round

WELCOME TO THE U.S. HOUSE!
CLASSIC MOVIES
HERE, THERE & EVERYWHERE
MISSION: IMPASSABLE
WAY BACK IN THE 1900s
AFTER SCHOOL
(Mayim: Each response comes after "school" alphabetically.)
    $200 18
In 1837 the House banned the wearing of these in the chamber; they'd become so tall they obstructed both view & hearing
    $200 27
Having chipped his front tooth as a child, this comic actor removed the cap in "Dumb & Dumber"
    $200 1
Check out a view of downtown this West Coast city of 900,000 from its Twin Peaks
    $200 30
Uganda's Bwindi Impenetrable National Park shelters creatures like the cream-banded swallowtail type of this
    $200 29
In 1971 this Missionaries of Charity woman received the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize
    $200 16
One of the 2 main traditional components of the "Jolly Roger" symbol
    $400 26
Like incoming students, since 1921 new House members have gone through this welcome & get-your-bearings program
    $400 15
The last word in this 1974 Jack Nicholson movie is its title--"Forget it, Jake, it's" this place
    $400 2
When the country's capital was moved there in 1868, Edo was renamed this
    $400 21
In Exodus 15, "The horse of" this man "went in with his chariots... into the sea, and the Lord brought again the waters... upon them"
    $400 28
At the Mob Museum in Vegas, you can see a bullet-ridden wall salvaged from this 1929 event in Chicago
    $400 17
Ingredient in a classic two-part cocktail favored by Princess Margaret
    $600 24
Members vie for coveted assignments on these, like Appropriations or Energy & Commerce
    $600 11
John Singleton was the first African-American directing Oscar nominee with this film, set in South Central L.A. where he grew up
    $600 7
The Château Frontenac Hotel was built in 1893 overlooking the St. Lawrence River in this provincial capital
    $600 14
A twist on the Cold War barrier that divided Europe, it was the Pittsburgh NFL team's defense in the 1970s
    $600 10
On Sept. 4, 1962 JFK warned the world--especially one part of the world--that no offensive weapons should be sent to this nation
    $600 25
Disney canine character who shares on-screen pasta
    $800 22
Representatives introduce bills by placing them in a wooden box called this, after the bin in which grain goes in a mill
    $800 4
1932's "I am a Fugitive from" this shackled-together group stirred outrage against that penal practice
    $800 6
This Siberian lake contains about 20% of all the world's unfrozen fresh water
    $800 13
Sit, this 3-headed doggy of myth! You snacked on anyone who tried to escape Hades! Who's a bad boy? You are! You are!
    $800 9
Problems with debt were expo-sed when this city hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics
    $800 19
Inevitable certainty, according to Ben Franklin
    $1000 23
Score! As a new representative, you'll get this privilege of sending postage-free mail to constituents
    DD: $1,000 3
An Alex Trebek movie trivia favorite: Who are Janning, Hahn, Lampe & Hofstetter? (We'll add they're the German judges in this movie)
    $1000 5
A desert by the sea, Punta Gallinas, in this nation is the northernmost point in continental South America
    $1000 12
The BBB, or this-this barrier, is crucial to regulating the entry of microorganisms into the central nervous system
    $1000 8
Victorious general Giap compared the French position in this decisive 1954 battle in Vietnam to the bottom of a rice bowl
    $1000 20
Item needed for the classic kids' running race that combines speed & balancing

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

Hannah Brad Hope
$6,600 $600 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Hannah Brad Hope
$9,400 $1,800 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

BETTER TOMES & GARDENS
FROM THE FRENCH
THE ELEMENTS
NEW NEW ORLEANS MUSIC
BELIEVE IT OR NOT...
STRAIGHT TO JAIL
    $400 29
He published "A Child's Garden of Verses" in 1885, a year before his novel "Kidnapped"
    $400 24
The pecan pie seen here is served this 3-word way
    $400 28
In 1861 rubidium was discovered by Gustav Kirchhoff & this scientist for whom a burner is named
    $400 30
To respect native people who aided runaway slaves, artists like Flagboy Giz wear beaded suits for this event--Feb. 21 in 2023
    $400 25
Octopuses have 3 of these: 2 send blood to the gills, one sends blood to the rest of the body
    $400 27
Socrates spent his last hours in an Athenian jail awaiting a cup of this poison
    $800 23
The gamekeeper's little garden in this D.H. Lawrence novel features "double daffodils" that "rose in Tufts"
    $800 3
The French for "bunch" gives us this word for a wine's smell
    $800 19
In 1955 a bunch of chemists created an element & named it for this chemist who devised the periodic table
    $800 26
Proudly from New Orleans, PJ Morton released a 2020 gospel album; he is also known for playing in this band with Adam Levine
    $800 17
In 2023 British police foiled a plan by thieves to poach 200,000 Creme Eggs from this chocolatier
    $800 21
For an "affront to religion & common decency", this famous lover was arrested in Venice in 1755 & imprisoned in the doge's palace
    $1200 14
Alice finds a marvelous garden in Wonderland but has trouble managing this bird while playing croquet there
    $1200 10
A recess in a wall, or any perfect job; it comes from a word for "nest"
    $1200 11
An oxide of this element, atomic number 30, is used in sunscreens to provide protection from UV rays
    $1200 22
Trumpeter Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah sometimes plays with a tilted bell just like this musician before him
    $1200 16
Noodling, a sport involving catching these barehanded, officially became legal in Louisiana in 2022
    DD: $4,000 18
In 1919 he came up with a scheme regarding postal reply coupons & would later offer investors 50% interest in 45 days
    $1600 12
After finding a key, Mary in this Frances Hodgson Burnett tale says, "Perhaps it has been buried for ten years"
    $1600 2
The movie "Rocky" had one of these, many shots juxtaposed to form a theme
    DD: $2,600 5
The name of this metal element, also a deep blue pigment, comes from a German word for a goblin said to trouble its miners
    $1600 20
This New Orleans-set HBO series opened with the Rebirth Brass Band playing "Feel Like Funkin' It Up" during a second line
    $1600 15
A house known as "The One" sold for $126 million (down from $295 mil.) in this area of "lovely atmosphere" next to Beverly Hills
    $1600 1
This inventor who struggled to cash in on his vulcanization of rubber did time in debtor's prison in Philadelphia, Boston & Paris
    $2000 13
This woman's story, "Kew Gardens", was illustrated by her sister Vanessa Bell, also a member of the Bloomsbury Group
    $2000 9
You can't change things, it's this 2-word situation, "concluded fact" in French
    $2000 4
Before penicillin, salvarsan, a compound of this poisonous element, was used to treat syphilis
    $2000 6
In 2021 this New Orleans pianist won an Oscar & released a new album while keeping his day job as Stephen Colbert's bandleader
    $2000 7
The Apollo 11 astronauts had to declare Moon rocks to this government service upon returning to Earth
    $2000 8
In 1898 this "Gift of the Magi" author spent time in the pokey for embezzlement of bank funds

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Hannah Brad Hope
$23,000 $6,400 -$800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

INTERNATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC
In 1901 6 colonies joined together to form this nation, today the sixth largest in area

Final scores:

Hannah Brad Hope
$16,000 $1 -$800
6-day champion: $163,801 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Hannah Brad Hope
$20,200 $5,400 -$800
29 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 13 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 8 R,
6 W

Combined Coryat: $24,800

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Game tape date: 2023-02-28
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