J! Archive - Show #8926, aired 2023-09-11

>1>Show #8926 - Monday, September 11, 2023>div>

>First game of Season 40.
2023 Second Chance competition week 1, semifinal game 1.
Ken Jennings hosts.

Contestants

>[<< previous game]

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=16899" rel="external">Derek Allen>, an accountant originally from Cassopolis, Michigan

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=16900" rel="external">Gabriel Ostler>, a script writer from Orinda, California

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=16901" rel="external">Jill Tucker>, an operations manager from Mulino, Oregon

>[next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

ble class="round"> <tr>

>SCIENCE CLASS>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>WELCOME TO MIAMI>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>A LATIN BESTIARY>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>SOUNDS LIKE FOOD>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>WORLD OF BARBIE>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

>KIN>tr> <tr>

>(Ken: "He's just 'Kin'.")>tr> able>

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500595" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>

>In natural form a mixture of 3 isotopes, this element is the most abundant in the Earth's crust & in the human body

>(Jill: What's carbon?)
...
>(Ken: More than 60% of you is [*].)
(Jill: Exciting.)
>r />oxygen>r />r />>r>>table>
>Jill
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    >$200 30>td>

The Gold Coast Railroad Museum boasts the train from which this pres. held a paper telling of his 1948 election "defeat" (Ken: That's right>--"Dewey Defeats [*]".)
>r />Truman>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    >$200 29>td>

This creature puts the leap in Lepus, its Latin name (Jill: What is a frog?)
>r />the hare (jackrabbit)>r />r />>r>>table>
>Jill
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    >$200 23>td>

Types of these include http-only, session & zombie, but none of them go very well with a glass of cold milk (Ken: [*] in your browser, yeah.)
>r />a cookie>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    >$200 28>td>

In 2023 she & Ryan Gosling were the leads for a big-screen live-action "Barbie" adventure Margot Robbie>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    >$200 27>td>

>This Oscar winner is a descendant of "Mayflower" passenger & Plymouth Colony founder William Bradford Sally Field>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $400 24>td>

Used as a common medical treatment in the 19th century, laudanum is a tincture of this narcotic dissolved in distilled spirits opium>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $400 1>td>

Miami has the USA's largest cruise terminal, serving this cruise line named for a nearby sea Royal Caribbean>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $400 21>td>

That Bubo, this avian, was making noise all night & I couldn't sleep an owl>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $400 22>td>

Related to Old Norse "hvina", it's a complaining cry or sound a whine>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $400 26>td>

Creators >Ruth & Elliot Handler named Barbie & Ken for their children & also co-founded this company that still makes the dolls Mattel>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $400 18>td>

On an episode of "Finding Your Roots", Edward Norton learned that his 12th great-grandparents were John Rolfe & her Pocahontas>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    DD: $1,600 9>td>

Sedimentary deposits near Lake Superior produce the largest U.S. annual yield of hematite, the main ore of this metal (Jill: Wow.)
>(Ken: Jill?)
(Jill: I don't know, Ken.)
(Ken: It's an [*] ore, that's unfortunate.)
>r />m class="correct_response">iron>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500588" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>Don't look to crash with this Miami Heat legend & wife Gabrielle Union-->they sold their mansion for $22 million >m class="correct_response">(Dwyane) Wade>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500578" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Instead of its deadly moniker, you can call the creature seen here> by this 4-letter Latin name >m class="correct_response">an orca>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500581" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>

>Not so great with peanut butter on a sandwich, Vaseline has been a brand of this since the 1870s >(Ken: Yeah, you don't wanna eat that.)
(Jill: Not so much.)
>r />petroleum jelly>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $600 5>td>

In an immersive & interactive experience, you can enter the World of Barbie & visit this iconic home of hers, brought to life her Dreamhouse>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $600 8>td>

In 2004 this distant cousin of "Trees" poet Joyce took to the L.A. stage as Moses in "The Ten Commandments" (Gabriel: Who is Joyce?)
>...
(Ken: It would be Joyce Kilmer's distant relative, [*].)
>r />Val Kilmer>r />r />>r>>table>
>Gabriel
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $800 10>td>

Alfred Nobel invented dynamite by mixing kieselguhr, a type of chalky earth, with this liquid explosive nitroglycerin>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $800 13>td>

The Brickell Section of town has one end of the Tamiami Trail; 264 miles away, the other end is, naturally, in this city (Ken: Yeah, [*] to Miami.)
>r />Tampa>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $800 6>td>

A horse is this, also a Peter Shaffer play title >>Equus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $800 3>td>

While playing, Ginger Baker would hold one of these in each hand, but he'd get little nutrition from them (Ken: He was a drummer>--he held [*].)
>r />drumsticks>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $800 19>td>

In 2016 Barbie got 3 new & diverse body types in addition to her original: tall, petite & this 5-letter adjective curvy>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $800 16>td>

Anderson Cooper descends from this shipping & railroad magnate who left a fortune of more than $100 million when he died in 1877 (Cornelius) Vanderbilt>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $1000 11>td>

Around 1908, geneticist Thomas Morgan began using >this insect to help establish the chromosome theory of heredity a fruit fly>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $1000 14>td>

Calle Ocho, or Southwest 8th Street, is the main thoroughfare of this area, home to many exiles Little Havana>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $1000 7>td>

Pullus, "chicken", gives us this English word for a young & yummy hen a pullet>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $1000 15>td>

It sounds like you're making pasta when engaging in this activity that involves catching catfish with your bare hands noodling>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $1000 20>td>

In 1989 Barbie became an ambassador for this U.N. agency that helps children around the world UNICEF>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $1000 17>td>

(>Jenna Bush Hager presents the clue.) I descend from two >U.S. presidents, my father & grandfather, but I'm also related to >this 19th century president from New Hampshire though my grandmother, Barbara Bush; just think of her maiden name Franklin Pierce>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able> >Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
>Jill

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

>$800 >$1,600 >$4,600

>Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

>$3,400 >$2,200 >$6,200

>Double Jeopardy! Round ble class="round">
<tr>d class="category_name">HONORARY HARLEM GLOBETROTTERS>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">HISTORICAL FILMS>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">GREEK GEOGRAPHY>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">RENAISSANCE LITERATURE>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">MISSISSIPPI LEARNING>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">STARTS WITH "G">tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr> <td>

>    $400 30>td>

Playing center is the Holy C, the Bishop of Rome & the Thunderdome, from Argentina to the arena>--this pope turned Trotter [Ken reads the clue in the voice of a basketball announcer.]
>(Ken: [*] is indeed an honorary Harlem Globetrotter; I couldn't tell you why.)
[Laughter]
(Jill: Wow.)
>r />m class="correct_response">Pope Francis>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500625" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>

>One of the silent masterworks is 1928's "The Passion of" this 15th century woman >m class="correct_response">Joan of Arc>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500634" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>

>At about 9,570 feet, it's Greece's highest & arguably best-known peak >m class="correct_response">Mount Olympus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500635" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>Influenced by Petrarch, Joachim du Bellay brought this poetic form into French with a collection of 50 of them >m class="correct_response">sonnets>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500636" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>Known for his rock & rolling, this Tupelo man also had dozens of country hits >m class="correct_response">Elvis Presley>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500631" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>

>Grab some shade in one of these> turreted garden houses that as the name suggests is good for a nice view >m class="correct_response">a gazebo>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500623" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>

>Before coaching the Knicks in "Eddie", this comic & "Ghost" star became an honorary member >m class="correct_response">Whoopi Goldberg>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    DD: $4,000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500626" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>As her, Natalie Portman says, "There won't be another Camelot" >(Ken: In Jackie, that is correct.)
>r />m class="correct_response">Jacqueline Kennedy>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500627" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>Thessaloniki is the capital city of Central this region, also the name of Philip II's ancient kingdom >m class="correct_response">Macedonia>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500629" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>The play "Antonius", Mary Sidney's translation of a French work, helped revive this form of "lone speaking" monologue >m class="correct_response">the soliloquy>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500630" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>

>Mississippi is called this state, after the state tree >m class="correct_response">the Magnolia State>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500632" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>

>Eugene Field's poem "The Duel" featured the Calico Cat & this dog >m class="correct_response">a Gingham Dog>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500624" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>

>This Laker known for his skyhook is an honorary member & was once on a team that actually defeated the Globetrotters >m class="correct_response">Abdul-Jabbar>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500609" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Seen here>, this actress played an astronomer in 4th century Alexandria in "Agora" >m class="correct_response">Rachel Weisz>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500618" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>

>Greece's 3 main geographic areas are the islands, the mainland & joined by an isthmus, this> peninsula, that lent its name to a war >m class="correct_response">the Peloponnesian (Peninsula)>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500620" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>A romantic epic, him "Innamorato" was followed nearly 30 years later by him "Furioso" in 1516 >m class="correct_response">>Orlando>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500611" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>

>Central location-->huge! In 1821 Miss. put the capital at LeFleur's Bluff but would rename it this, honoring a future president >m class="correct_response">Jackson>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500614" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>

>This type of full-rigged sailing ship popular in the 16th & 17th centuries might have one or 2 tiers for guns >m class="correct_response">a galleon>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500608" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>

>This co-anchor of "Good Morning America" & former guest host of "Jeopardy!" was made an honorary Globetrotter in 2015 >m class="correct_response">Robin Roberts>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500610" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>

>The Charlton Heston film "55 Days at Peking" is set during this 1900 rebellion >m class="correct_response">the Boxer Rebellion>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    DD: $2,600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500619" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>

>The setting of plays like "Oedipus" & "Antigone", this Greek city shares its name with a capital city of Ancient Egypt (Gabriel: What is Alexandria?)
>r />m class="correct_response">Thebes>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500621" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>

>Poet Henry Vaughan wrote a book of religious devotions bearing the name of this "Mount" near Jerusalem (Gabriel: What is Zion?)
>r />m class="correct_response">the Mount of Olives>r />r />>r>>table>
>Gabriel
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500612" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>

>Let's get down & dirty! In chocolate desserts, this word comes between Mississippi & either pie or cake >m class="correct_response">mud>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500615" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>

>The mascot seen here> represents these University of South Carolina sports teams >m class="correct_response">the Gamecocks>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Derek <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=500616" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>

>Nixon's Secretary of State, he worried about how he would "look in short pants" when he was made an honorary Globetrotter >(Ken: Globetrotters legend [*] is correct.)
[Laughter]
>r />(Henry) Kissinger>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $2000 11>td>

This 2023 film is based on the true story of Joseph Bologne, a Black violinist & composer in 18th century France >m class="correct_response">>Chevalier>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Jill <tr> <td>

>    $2000 17>td>

Corfu is in this sea on Greece's west coast the Ionian>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $2000 15>td>

Margaret of Navarre's 16th century book of stories "The Heptameron" was modeled on a longer work by this Italian (Derek: Who is Dante?)
>...
(Ken: It's the author of >The Decameron, [*].)
>r />Boccaccio>r />r />>r>>table>
>Derek
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $2000 4>td>

The former home of >this civil rights legend, slain in 1963, is now a national monument (Medgar) Evers>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Gabriel <tr> <td>

>    $2000 1>td>

Latin for "sword" gives us the name of this flower (Derek: What's a geranium?)
(Gabriel: What's a gladius?)
>r />m class="correct_response">a gladiola (gladiolus)>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able>
Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

$16,200 $4,800 >$8,600

>[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round
ble class="final_round">

<table> <tr>d class="category_name">BRITISH MONARCHS>tr>
>td>tr>
iv> <tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">The most recent British monarch not to succeed a parent or a sibling was this ruler who succeeded an uncle>r>d>$4,800>r>>r>d>$7,601>r>>r>d>$16,200>table>m class="correct_response">Queen Victoria </tr> able> >var>able>
Final scores:

>(Ken: [To Derek] Yes, she was actually [*] I, I'm afraid, Gabriel.)
...
>(Ken: Wow, wagered everything. $32,400--took a big chance and it paid off.)>r> >Gabriel>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Victoria II? >Derek>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who was Queen Victoria? >Jill>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Queen Victoria?

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

$32,400 $0 $16,201

Finalist 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:
> href="help.php#coryatscore">Coryat scores>:</h3>

>Jill >Gabriel >Derek

>$14,600 $7,400 >$8,600

>16 R
(including 1 DD),
>3 W
(including 1 DD) 13 R,
>4 W
(including 1 DD) 16 R,
>2 W

> href="help.php#combinedcoryat">Combined Coryat>: $30,600 > href="showgameresponses.php?game_id=8580&highlight=..." rel="external">[game responses]> <a href="showscores.php?game_id=8580&highlight=..." rel="external">[game scores]> <a href="suggestcorrection.php?game_id=8580" rel="nofollow">[suggest correction]>h4>
>Game tape date: 2023-08-15

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.