Show #8951 - Monday, October 16, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Spades semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Dane Reighard, a writer and editor from Los Angeles, California

Kendra Blanchette, a registered dietitian from Elk Grove, California

Josh Saak, a traffic engineer from Boise, Idaho

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Jeopardy! Round

THIS GLAND IS YOUR GLAND
A PREQUEL TO WHICH MOVIE?
BRITISH SPELLING BEE
(Ken: You'll need to give us the British spelling of the response we're going for.)
I DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS
KICKIN' AZTEC
& TAKIN' NAMES
    $200 2
Enlargement of this walnut-size gland found only in males is common in men over 50
    $200 13
"Friday Night Sniffles" could have been a prequel--to this 1977 film
    $200 16
Go to the famous Globe one to see a play by Shakespeare
    $200 29
In August 1940 this Russian got the ice pick of the litter from a Spanish assassin
    $200 30
The Templo Mayor was dedicated to the sun god & to Tlaloc, god of this weather condition
    $200 19
World poverty fighter, Time magazine Person of the Year & occasional rock star Paul Hewson
    $400 6
These triangular glands that sit on top of the kidneys produce epinephrine
    $400 14
"The Somewhat Impressive Six"--to this 1960 tale
    $400 1
In England Walt Disney would have had a "Wonderful World of" this
    $400 11
In the 13th c., mock battles of armed horsemen called mêlées began to give way to this related lance-a-lot sport
    $400 28
It was an honor to be sacrificed to the gods by having this organ, yollotl to the Aztecs, torn from your body
    $400 9
Troubled Texas nightclub owner Jacob Rubenstein
    $600 5
This gland in the front of the neck below the larynx makes calcitonin to deal with high levels of calcium in the blood
    $600 18
"Conceived on the Fourth of October"--to this 1989 biopic
    $600 7
Lovely Rita of Liverpool knows this unit of measure is 39.37 inches
    $600 27
Carl Icahn's 2012 bid for CVR Energy was considered this kind of unfriendly "takeover"
    $600 10
In trade, Aztecs used a system known by this term, from the French for "to exchange", using items like cacao beans
    DD: $2,600 20
Matoaka, Amonute & Rebecca Rolfe (hey, things happened fast in the 17th century)
    $800 4
Robert Wadlow's overactive this gland cranked enough growth hormone to make him 8'11" tall
    $800 17
"Add Primer to Your Conestoga"--to this 1969 musical
    $800 8
With no pence on hand, you might ask the curry restaurant, "Will you take" a personal one of these?
    $800 24
Wilde said this "Man and Superman" author didn't have "an enemy in the world and none of his friends like him"
    $800 25
What the object seen here was used as; it certainly wasn't a pocket variety
    $800 21
The pseudonym he used for "The Running Man" in 1982 came to this author as he listened to a song by Bachman-Turner Overdrive
    $1000 3
This tiny organ in the brain secretes melatonin & could be rated "P.G."
    $1000 15
"Adding the Mallard to the Stock"--to this 1933 comedy
    $1000 12
Good Britons recycle this metal in their soft-drink cans
    $1000 23
Exodus 23:4 says if you find one of these large animals of your enemy that's gone astray, you have to return it
    $1000 26
The Aztecs founded 2 cities where Mexico City now stands: Tlatelolco & this one, their capital
    $1000 22
Here's "A Modest Proposal"; Isaac Bickerstaff was once this man's nom de plume

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

Josh Kendra Dane
$1,400 $2,400 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Kendra Dane
$1,000 $4,600 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

O BROTHER, WHERE ART THOU?
IN THE BASEBALL TEAM'S LINEUP
THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID...
YOU DO THE MATH
WANT TO MAKE SOMETHING OUT OF IT?
CHANGE A LETTER
(Ken: Each correct response will move from one vowel to another, like, "What is dilly-dally?")
    $400 12
Thou wishest to party in this South American city & climb its 1,300-foot Sugarloaf Mountain, verily
    $400 6
1969:
Ed Kranepool,
Bud Harrelson &
Tom Seaver... what an amazin' team
    $400 7
"Interesting, though elementary... it gives us the basis for several deductions"
    $400 28
Jim has 6 apples,
Billy has 4,
Michele has 2 &
Debbie has 8 for an average of this many
    $400 30
The objects seen here are made mainly from this super expensive metal
    $400 25
We won't dance around it, this app says it "is the leading destination for short-form mobile video"
    $800 13
What? You drove all the way from Duncansby Head to Land's End in this country? No wonder you're tired!
    $800 5
1975:
Fred Lynn,
Bernie Carbo &
Carlton Fisk, who will always wave it fair
    $800 8
"He hasn't taught me anything, Miss Caroline. Atticus ain't got time to teach me anything"
    $800 4
It's the sum of any integer & its negative
    $800 29
The prototype of his "Cube" was made of 27 wooden blocks; it took him a month to solve it
    $800 16
Merriam-Webster defines it as "a subculture... whose amusements include rap music, graffiti & break dancing"
    $1200 14
Huzzah! Thou hast undertaken a tour of Iqaluit & Yellowknife, territorial capitals in this country
    $1200 1
1994:
David Justice,
Greg Maddux &
Deion Sanders, moonlighting from the gridiron
    $1200 9
"Then came the war, old sport. It was a great relief, & I tried very hard to die, but I seemed to bear an enchanted life"
    $1200 15
It's 44 plus 7,
minus 23,
times 10,
divided by 2
    $1200 20
The soft ones are made from high-water-content polymers like hydroxyethyl-methacrylate
    $1200 19
It's to swindle or trick someone, like George C. Scott does in a 1967 film
    $1600 17
Thy travels have taken thee to Wels, Graz & Innsbruck in this country
    $1600 2
1906:
Charley O'Leary,
Pinky Lindsay & here's one who might help a bit... Ty Cobb
    DD: $3,200 10
"What did it matter where you lay once you were dead?... You were sleeping the big sleep, you were not bothered by things like that"
    $1600 27
If 5 chickens each lay an egg every Monday, Wednesday & Friday only, it'll take this many weeks to make a 30-egg omelet
    $1600 23
"In the Big Rock Candy Mountain, the jails are made of" this; "you can slip right out again as soon as they put you in"
    $1600 22
Nonsense, it's just a butter toffee popcorn treat from Conagra
    DD: $2,000 18
Zoinks! Thou findest thyself at this South American country's border with Panama
    $2000 3
2009:
2B Chase Utley,
SS Jimmy Rollins,
P Cole Hamels
    $2000 11
"Mother, if only you knew how cruelly I've been tricked by a conspiracy of sub-humans. Ironically, the book of Fortuna is itself bad luck"
    $2000 26
The fraction here reduces to this
    $2000 21
Gumboots are traditionally made mainly of this (do not say gum)
    $2000 24
Weak or indecisive; can't decide between desires or doing laundry

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Kendra Dane
$12,200 $10,200 $14,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS
Barry Barish, who shared the 2017 Prize for detecting gravitational waves, called his award "a win for" this predecessor

Final scores:

Josh Kendra Dane
$14,405 $5,200 $7,400
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Josh Kendra Dane
$12,200 $11,400 $14,400
16 R,
4 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $38,000

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Game tape date: 2023-08-31
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