Show #8875 - Friday, May 19, 2023

Ben Chan game 8.

Contestants

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Chris Hammer, a teacher from McKinney, Texas

Erica Johnson, a stay-at-home mom from Greenbelt, Maryland

Ben Chan, a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 7-day cash winnings total $213,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

SOME OF THE 10 COMMANDMENTS
(Mayim: From the book of Exodus in the King James Bible.)
ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS WITH BOOZE
HURRAY FOR HOLLYWOOD!
THOSE BALLS HAVE "I"s
MULTIPLE MEANINGS
GATES
    $200 26
"Remember" this "day, to keep it holy"
    $200 27
A bourbon:
Mr. Beam
    $200 7
The longest-tenured cast member of "SNL", in 2022, he got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
    $200 24
This type of ball used in pool & in snooker is from a French word for the stick with which it's struck
    $200 20
A small building for tools, or to get rid of something or someone
    $200 23
Elvis paid $1,339 to have the iconic musical note emblazoned gates made for this Memphis mansion
    $400 25
"Thou shalt not commit" this, so thou shalt better stay true
    $400 18
A scotch:
Mr. Walker
    $400 8
In 1927 Norma Talmadge began a tradition here when she accidentally stepped in wet cement while it was under construction
    $400 22
These perforated plastic balls are made for playing the same-named game in spaces that are too small for baseball
    $400 14
One month's National Geographic, or one subject of public debate
    $400 4
Pilgrims who came to the Mediterranean port of Jaffa naturally entered this holy city through the Jaffa Gate
    $600 9
These 4 words come 2 verses before "Thou shalt not steal"
    $600 28
A tequila:
Señor Cuervo
    $600 13
Created as a real estate ad 100 years ago in 1923, the Hollywood Sign originally had this 4-letter word tacked on to the end
    DD: $4,000 21
In addition to its volleyballs, this company has been making the official NFL football since 1941
    $600 17
Of bell, book, or candle, the one that in slang means "move fast"
    $600 1
This palace's Gate of Honor is a 21st century re-creation of one that was destroyed during the French Revolution
    $800 6
"Thou shalt not" do this shenanigan with "the name of the Lord thy God"
    $800 29
A fine cognac:
Monsieur Martin
    $800 11
Serving fine food & legendary martinis, this iconic restaurant that opened its doors in 1919 is named for 2 of its founders
    $800 5
After a century with its original supplier, in 1976 MLB said "Goodbye, Mr." this & made Rawlings its new official ball
    $800 15
If something has this type of smell, it's rotten; if music has this type of sound, it's got a danceable rhythm
    $800 2
Prussian king Frederick William II commissioned this Berlin gate
    $1000 10
Putting idols in idle; "Thou shalt not make unto thee any" this kind of "image"
    $1000 30
Essentially a screwdriver with a little Galliano:
Mr. Wallbanger
    $1000 12
The "Father of Modern Makeup", he created the first makeup for film & today his historic building houses the Hollywood Museum
    $1000 19
The name of this golf ball brand used by champions like Jordan Spieth sounds like a champion
    $1000 16
Each of the items seen here is this, with a different preceding word
    $1000 3
Built to commemorate a visit by the British king & queen, the Gateway of India stands in this city

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

Ben! Erica Chris
$3,400 $2,000 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Erica Chris
$10,400 $3,600 $1,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

SWEET 1616
LITERARY MISMATCHES
THE HUMAN BODY
HIP-HOP NAMES
ANAGRAMS
GAITS
    $400 16
On March 25 this playwright made his will, which would be needed in less than a month
    $400 11
In this classic novel, Cathy's marriage to Edgar doesn't stand a chance against Cathy's love for Heathcliff
    $400 18
The tibia is also called this bone, a part of the lower leg
    $400 17
The "Right Round" rapper's Miami-Dade county roots made this stage name an obvious choice
    $400 27
Photographers to the stars:
A PIZZA RAP
    $400 20
The name of this gait between a trot & a gallop likely derives from an English pilgrimage site
    $800 15
This woman & her husband John sailed from America to England, where she was presented at court
    $800 1
In a Daphne du Maurier novel, Maxim de Winter tells his nameless second wife he was not happy with this first one
    $800 6
Connective tissues include ligaments & these, which usually attach muscles to bones
    $800 19
As a Beastie Boy, Adam Horovitz became him
    $800 25
Going head over heels:
SOUL MASTER
    $800 21
This supermodel's strut has been deemed one of the fiercest runway walks of all time
    $1200 7
The Turks agreed to a treaty giving Austria the right to navigate the middle & lower parts of this river
    DD: $6,000 12
Nora Ephron's novel about the end of a marriage bemoans "mysteries like... neuritis, neuralgia, acid indigestion &" this title condition
    $1200 3
Newer research suggests that ovarian cancer may actually start in these tubes
    $1200 23
Cameron Thomaz was known by a short form of "Wizard"; a relative added an Arabic word & now Cameron is him
    $1200 26
Don't forget the Hollandaise sauce:
BE DECENT GIGS
    $1200 22
Some theorize that the uneven gait of this first Stuart king of England was the result of rickets or cerebral palsy
    DD: $4,000 2
This navigator explored the Canadian bay that alliteratively bears his name
    $1600 10
This divorcing doctor is "in trouble" in a novel by Taffy Brodesser-Akner & the FX adaptation
    $1600 5
Actually produced by the pituitary gland, the hormone TSH is short for this stimulating hormone
    $1600 24
This rapper who has collaborated with Drake & Post Malone says his name comes from Atlanta's 2100 street gang
    $1600 28
A colonizer like Cortés:
CARTOON SQUID
    $1600 14
In a Monty Python sketch, John Cleese, working in this govt. office, grants Michael Palin a research fellowship on La Marche Futile
    $2000 13
Called England's first great architect, he began work on the Queen's House, England's first classical building
    $2000 9
Of this novel about the floundering Wheelers, Richard Yates said his title meant that the this of 1776 hit a dead end in the 1950s
    $2000 4
The lowest part of the brain stem has this 2-word name
    $2000 30
Hip-hop's 50th bday in 2023 is based on the Aug. 11, 1973 party DJed by Clive Campbell, who used this name from a mythical strongman
    $2000 29
Spittingly, a perfect receptacle:
CRISP DUO
    $2000 8
The amble is the name of the walk used by okapis & this relative; both legs on the same side move at the same time

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ben! Erica Chris
$12,400 $4,800 $3,400
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

THE USA
People going north on this route say they're traveling "GAME", an acronym regarding their beginning & ending points

Final scores:

Ben! Erica Chris
$14,800 $9,600 $6,699
8-day champion: $227,800 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ben! Erica Chris
$19,000 $4,800 $3,400
29 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 2 DDs)		 9 R,
2 W		 9 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $27,200

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Game tape date: 2023-03-22
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