Show #8872 - Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Ben Chan game 5.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Lydia-Claire Kerrigan, a web development team lead from Lafayette, Tennessee

Tom Winiarski, a media strategist from Briarcliff Manor, New York

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 4-day cash winnings total $129,001)

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

CHILLIN' IN THE R.I.P. LOUNGE
POE PLACES
AUTOMOTIVE ALLITERATION
COLLEGE: THE DROP/ADD PERIOD
POP METAL BANDS
(Mayim: You'll name each group from the lyric we quote.)
"B" IS THE FIRST LETTER
    $200 2
"Because I could not stop for death--he kindly stopped for me", "Me" being this poet on May 15, 1886 in Amherst
    $200 30
In "To Helen", her "naiad airs have brought me home/ to the glory that was Greece, and the grandeur that was" this
    $200 7
Englishmen named Charles & Henry merged their companies to form it in 1906
    $200 26
Dropping "-Green Bay" or "-Superior" leaves this state school
    $200 11
"Shot through the heart, & you're to blame, you give love a bad name, I play my part, & you play your game, you give love a bad name"
    $200 23
This irregular past tense is also what you "go for" when you risk it all
    $400 5
On Oct. 14, 1793 things did not go her way before the revolutionary tribunal & 2 days later, she was an instant ex-royal
    $400 20
Asked what its name is "on the night's Plutonian shore", the raven quoths this
    $400 29
This feature locks a car's accelerator to maintain a constant speed
    DD: $6,400 28
In Colorado, add this armed service to "Academy"
    $400 9
"I'm on the highway to hell, on the highway to hell, highway to hell, I'm on the highway to hell"
    $400 22
When you hear this sound, think of auto parts supplier Ed Peterson, who pioneered its use to prevent backover incidents
    $600 4
It would have been quite appropriate to have draped a flag over her coffin after she passed in Philadelphia on Jan. 30, 1836
    $600 17
In "Lenore" a saintly soul floats on this river of the underworld
    $600 27
Before replacing these, check whether you need the bayonet, J hook or side post type
    $600 14
Add this name after "Washington and" but before "University"
    $600 10
"Get up! Everybody's gonna move their feet, get down! Everybody's gonna leave their seat... lose your mind in Detroit rock city"
    $600 21
A charming painting of circa 1660 shows a mother lacing up this garment after breastfeeding
    $800 1
It was Jan. 27, 1851 when his soul took wing with the gull & sparrow hawk he drew
    $800 8
This Poe maiden lies "in her sepulchre there by the sea--in her tomb by the sounding sea"
    $800 24
Sí, it was a real party as one of Detroit's big 3 made 7 generations of this little car from 1976 to 2019
    $800 15
Add the name of this group of California colleges before "McKenna"
    $800 12
"Oh! Look what you've done to this rock 'n' roll clown! O-oh! Look what you've done! Photograph... I don't want your..."
    $800 19
From the French, it means uninterested, perhaps due to ennui, French for boredom
    $1000 3
There was no more scrubbing in for this pioneer of antiseptic surgery after Feb. 10, 1912
    $1000 6
Poe rhymed this fabled city of gold with "down the valley of the shadow"
    $1000 25
Automobile magazine named this then new sporty Japanese import its 1990 Automobile of the Year
    $1000 16
Drop "for Social Research" from this NYC institution, like it did in the 1990s
    $1000 13
"Here I go again on my own, goin' down the only road I've ever known, like a drifter I was born to walk alone"
    $1000 18
It means "in a state of confusion", but many misuse it because it sounds so much like "finding something funny"

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

Ben! Tom Lydia-Claire
$2,600 $4,000 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Tom Lydia-Claire
$13,200 $6,600 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HEAVEN ON EARTH
WOMEN WORLD LEADERS
ANIMALS
DON'T GO ANYWHERE
TWISTS
TURNS
    $400 25
This country's flag bears 2 keys, symbols of the ones given to St. Peter that gave him access to heaven
    $400 1
Katrín Jakobsdóttir is prime minister of this island nation
    $400 27
This extremely early in the alphabet African mammal is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata, "tube teeth"
    $400 28
Newton's first law of motion is about "a body at" this
    $400 29
Charlton Heston realizes it's post-apocalypse now at the end of this 1968 movie
    $400 30
This Loony Tooner frequently lamented that he should have taken a left turn at Albuquerque
    $800 24
Given its name in the reign of Emperor Jiajing the Temple of Heaven in this capital once had stables for sacrificial animals
    $800 6
From 2015 to 2023 Bidhya Devi Bhandari was president & head of state of this Himalayan nation
    $800 9
A recent study shows this large horned mammal tolerates parasitic oxpeckers because the birds hiss to warn it of predators
    $800 26
Jane Austen used this twice-hyphenated term not about a mom, but an indolent "man"
    $800 10
The titular "Book of Eli" turns out to be a Bible, but it's basically useless to Gary Oldman because it's in this format
    $800 23
To get from higher elevation to lower in this sport, use turns like the plough-parallel or the stem christie
    DD: $2,000 16
This Parisian avenue is named for a paradise of Greek myth; it's less heavenly these days since it's clogged by traffic
    $1200 3
Sheikh Hasina has been prime minister of this Indian subcontinent nation since 2009
    $1200 4
Ah do declayuh, the Tennessee this goat has a skeletal muscle disorder called myotonia congenita, so fright isn't always a cause
    $1200 21
A 2023 book is titled this 2-word aimless activity: "The Radical Power of Killing Time"
    $1200 22
In this 2006 film about uber-competitive magicians, Christian Bale has a twin & Hugh Jackman's been cloning himself
    $1200 20
A recipe completion card game in which you try to build the perfect hot dog is called "Turn for" this
    $1600 15
"House of the Foundation of Heaven on Earth", Babylon's Etemenanki has been associated with this structure from Genesis
    $1600 2
In 2023, Nicola Sturgeon, best known for advocating this cause, announced she's stepping down
    $1600 7
The name "star-nosed" this mammal sounds lovely; describing that nose as 22 fleshy pink tentacles in a star-like pattern... less
    $1600 11
Loiter is similar to but more frowned-upon than this other 6-letter "L" word
    $1600 14
In "Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood", this actress played by Margot Robbie gets a new ending, thanks in part to a flamethrower
    $1600 19
Clothing word for someone who changes allegiance in the course of battle or politics
    $2000 17
In 312 A.D., heaven came to Earth for this emperor in the form of a crucifix in the sky labeled, "by this symbol you will conquer"
    $2000 5
In 2023 this 42-year-old prime minister of New Zealand made the surprise announcement she's leaving the job
    $2000 8
This carnivore with retractable claws is seen here not being as terrifying to lemurs as it was in animated form in "Madagascar"
    DD: $5,000 12
There's a light fixture in this word meaning settled & not going anywhere
    $2000 13
Anthrax earlier seen to be afflicting cows is later weaponized against Benedict Cumberbatch in this 2021 Western
    $2000 18
Peter Quint is a ghost plaguing the children in Benjamin Britten's opera based on this Henry James work

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Tom Lydia-Claire
$26,400 $5,200 $11,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS
In 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre wrote of this man's "victorious attempt... to snatch every instant of his existence from his future death"

Final scores:

Ben! Tom Lydia-Claire
$27,999 $200 $2,400
5-day champion: $157,000 3rd place: $1,000 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ben! Tom Lydia-Claire
$19,600 $10,200 $11,200
24 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 16 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 14 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $41,000

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2023-03-22
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.