Show #8919 - Thursday, July 20, 2023

Contestants

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Toula Ballas, a publishing consultant from New York, New York

Nik Berry, a social studies teacher from Baltimore, Maryland

David Bederman, an attorney from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,802)

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Jeopardy! Round

A BY-THE-BOOK HOW TO
COFFEE, NOW
SPIDERS & SNAKES
CROSSWORD CLUES "W"
YOU'VE GOT SOME BAGGAGE
JOHN LENNON
    $200 20
"They fight without shirts or shoes. The fights go on as long as they have to. Those are the other rules of" this
    $200 30
One story says the inventor of this type of coffee was inspired by a shipment of beans accidentally soaked by seawater
    $200 28
Orb weaver spiders have 5 spinnerets for extruding this substance used to make webs
    $200 8
Japanese horseradish
(6 letters)
    $200 27
The second paragraph of this novel mentions a sea-chest belonging to the old sailor, Billy Bones
    $200 26
John Lennon's family claimed his October 9, 1940 birth in this city took place during a German air raid
    $400 18
When meeting this Dr. with a unique palate, "Do not reach through the bars... do not accept anything he attempts to hold out to you"
    $400 29
On the tree, coffee berries aren't called beans but these, rhyming with berries
    $400 25
Thamnophis is the genus of these snakes that have stripes resembling bands used to secure clothing
    $400 7
"Blemish"ed word for one who's overanxious
(9 letters)
    $400 22
At a time when this type of big travel case often had a round top, Louis Vuitton's 1858 Trianon was the first boxy type
    $400 24
On July 27, 1976 John received one of these "colorful" items symbolizing victory in his long battle for U.S. residency
    $600 17
Michele Alexander & Jeannie Long put it right there in the title--"How to" do this "in 10 Days: The Universal Don'ts of Dating"
    $600 19
Jacques-Victor Delforge & Henri-Otto Mayer filed a patent for this type of plunger-based device in 1852
    $600 9
Latrodectus geometricus, the brown this, has venom twice as powerful as that of its notorious black cousin
    $600 6
Hershey candy bar, or nonspecific object
(15 letters)
    $600 21
Folks in the Bible might have needed a raiment bag; today we use this for suits & dresses that must hang straight, not be folded
    $600 23
In 1972 John & Yoko released the album "Some Time in" this city where he'd spend most of the rest of his life
    $800 15
Wanna play God like him? "Make the being of a gigantic stature... eight feet in height, and proportionably large", or... don't
    $800 11
Before this process, coffee beans are green; after, they're brown & ready to grind
    $800 1
Lycosidae is the family of these hairy hunting spiders named for another hairy hunter
    $800 5
Facing a gale, or a group of islands
(8 letters)
    $800 14
This writer gave the name "Monster" to the backpack she staggered under in her "Wild" walk on the Pacific Crest Trail
    $800 3
For "Double" this, the last album released before his death, John & Yoko alternated songs
    $1000 16
How to re-educate violent people like Alex in this novel? "My top glazz-lids were pulled up & up & up & I could not shut my glazzies"
    DD: $1,800 12
These 2 words on a bag of coffee mean its supply chain has been independently certified as meeting sustainability & labor standards
    $1000 10
The coral snake is deadly; the similar-looking scarlet this is harmless
    $1000 4
German for a travel urge (10 letters)
    $1000 13
This bag was named after a Victorian prime minister, & even Oscar Wilde called it fashionable
    $1000 2
In 1969 a crowd of journalists & celebrities joined John & Yoko in a Montreal hotel room to record this anthem

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

David Nik Toula
$1,600 $0 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Nik Toula
$4,000 $1,400 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

B.C.-ING YOU
BEFORE & AFTER
SENATORS
A VACATION FROM POP CULTURE
A DEEP DIVE INTO...
THE DANUBE
    $400 27
Yerevan, the capital of this country, dates back to a settlement of the 700s B.C.
    $400 18
The nickname of disease spreader Ms. Mallon gets a big break on Broadway in a show about a nanny for the Banks family
    $400 25
It's the name of the official Kenny Chesney fan club & precedes "no shirt, no problems" in a song about a Mexican getaway
    $400 23
The Danube waltzes past this world capital that saw the birth & death of "Blue Danube" creator Johann Strauss Jr.
    $800 26
His last play, "Oedipus at Colonus", was produced posthumously in 401 B.C.
    $800 12
A phrase about the return of bovines that means to wait a long time gets around to founding a house improvement chain in 1978
    $800 28
In 1859 anti-slavery Democrat David Broderick became the only sitting U.S. senator to be killed in one of these fights
    $800 24
"Vacation, had to get away", sang this band in a 1982 Top 10 hit
    $800 22
Movie history:
In 1939 Hollywood released 365 films, including all-time classics & this jungle hero "Finds a Son!"
    $800 21
Rising in the mountains of this "colorful" German forest, the Danube flows nearly 1,800 miles & empties into the same-shaded sea
    DD: $2,000 5
3 times was not the charm for Carthage which lost all 3 of these wars against Rome between 264 & 146 B.C.
    $1200 11
A standard piece of lumber twice as wide as it is thick is also a day or time meaningful to cannabis users
    $1200 6
This senator from Massachusetts has time & time again professed her love for the Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson show "Ballers"
    $1200 3
Sharon Stone & Madonna have stayed at Italy's San Domenico Hotel, seen in the role of this title place in season 2 on HBO
    $1200 13
Medicine:
Angiotensin is the "A" in this acronym whose "inhibitors" are widely prescribed for heart problems
    $1200 16
The Danube provides most of the border between Serbia's Vojvodina province & this country in the Balkan Peninsula's northwest
    $1600 4
This powerful dynasty that began ruling China in 202 B.C. ushered in a golden age of culture & prosperity
    $1600 9
A Vegas casino with a Roman theme changes allegiances & becomes a royal residence & private retreat of Louis XIII
    $1600 7
Southern Democrat Richard Russell was one of the obstacles Lyndon Johnson overcame to sign this bill on July 2, 1964
    $1600 2
The barks in this Lindsey Buckingham song aren't the dog that's in "National Lampoon's Vacation"--it's a co-o-o-o-o-o-o-incidence
    $1600 14
Contract law: An "efficient" this of contract is done on purpose because one party finds damages cheaper than fulfilling the deal
    DD: $2,000 15
The Danube's middle course loves gates, running from the Hungarian Gates Gorge to Romania's Iron Gate in these mountains
    $2000 10
In 480 B.C. the Battle of Salamis saw Greek navies take on the navies of this Persian ruler, son of Darius
    $2000 19
A nation's military planes get frozen & you have to hit a combination of keys on your Mac or PC to exit them
    $2000 8
In 2000 the Anchorage International Airport was renamed to honor this long-serving senator
    $2000 1
The title of this 2013 film about a boy on summer vacation refers to a place to sit in a station wagon (a 1970 Buick Estate)
    $2000 20
World cuisine: These leaves with a European nationality in their name are essential to Iran's national dish, ghormeh sabzi
    $2000 17
In 1991 this Danube nation S. of Ukraine became independent of Russia, modified its own name a bit & joined the U.N. the next year

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Nik Toula
$14,800 $10,200 $4,800

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Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY BRITISH POEMS
The author of this unfinished epic poem was unsure if he wanted the title character to "end in Hell--or in an unhappy marriage"

Final scores:

David Nik Toula
$9,199 $9,601 $9,590
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $9,601 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

David Nik Toula
$13,600 $10,200 $6,600
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 11 R,
2 W		 12 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $30,400

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Game tape date: 2023-05-18
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