J! Archive - Show #8976, aired 2023-11-20

>1>Show #8976 - Monday, November 20, 2023>div>

>2023 Champions Wildcard Clubs quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17132" rel="external">Deanna Bolio>, a community outreach supervisor from Campbell, California

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17133" rel="external">Kevin Hirsh>, an attorney from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17134" rel="external">Verlinda Johnson Henning>, a human resources and leadership consultant from Memphis, Tennessee

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Jeopardy! Round

ble class="round"> <tr>

>1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>ALL GOD'S CREATURES>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>WARS BY BATTLE>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

<tr>

>STUPID ANSWERS>tr> <tr>

>(Ken: That's an old Jeopardy!> favorite.)>tr> able>

<tr>

>OPUS & OPERA>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

>A LITTLE "DEB"LL DO YA>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able>

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507686" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-11-20_J_07.jpg" target="_blank">Walter Payton>:
13 seasons for Da these

(Ken: Da [*], yes.)
>r />the Chicago Bears>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    >$200 25>td>

An owl cannot move these from side to side, so it must move its head eyes>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    >$200 30>td>

Anzio &
>Bataan >m class="correct_response">World War II>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507693" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>In Hollywood, it's the major street 2 blocks north of Sunset Boulevard >(Verlinda: STUPID ANSWERS for $200!)
[Deanna chuckles.]
>r />Hollywood Boulevard>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    >$200 28>td>

"Satyagraha" is a Philip Glass opera about the early years of this world leader Gandhi>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    >$200 1>td>

In 1858 Douglas & Lincoln engaged in 7 of them about slavery debates>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $400 6>td>

>Mariano Rivera:
>19 seasons of near perfection >m class="correct_response">the New York Yankees>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507708" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>

>Grévy's, the biggest species of this striped mammal, is named for former French president Jules Grévy >m class="correct_response">a zebra>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507711" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>Amiens &
Belleau Wood World War I>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $400 21>td>

A 2009 study recommended treating heroin addicts with diacetylmorphine, the active ingredient in this (Deanna: What is morphine?)
>r />heroin>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin >Deanna <tr> <td>

>    DD: $2,600 27>td>

These are repetitions of a theme with changes; Paganini's Opus 9 is these on "God Save The King" variations>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $400 8>td>

They go in the left column on an accounting statement debits>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $600 3>td>

>Troy Aikman:
>How 'bout them for 12 seasons? >m class="correct_response">the Dallas Cowboys>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507692" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>

>Called a "bamboo chicken" by locals in Belize, a male one of these lizards can reach over 6 feet (Deanna: What's a monitor lizard?)
>r />m class="correct_response">an iguana>r />r />>r>>table>
>Deanna
>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507691" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Lake Erie &
New Orleans the War of 1812>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $600 13>td>

This lubricant's name means "Water Displacement, 40th formula" WD-40>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $600 16>td>

His sole opera, "Fidelio", tells a tale of a young woman disguising herself as a boy Beethoven>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $600 9>td>

From the French for "leading off", it's a young woman introduced to fashionable society a debutante>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $800 4>td>

Sharpshooting >Reggie Miller-->18 seasons of making Spike Lee miserable the Indiana Pacers>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $800 19>td>

This 2-humped camel is probably named for the ancient country in Central Asia where it originated (Deanna: What is the dromedary?)
>...
(Ken: The other camel, that's right.)
>r />Bactrian>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 22>td>

Palo Alto &
>Monterrey >m class="correct_response">the Mexican-American War>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507695" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>

>If today is Jan. 14, 1952, this show is premiering on NBC >m class="correct_response">the >Today show>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507705" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>

>It's the title of Elgar's Opus 78 & of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical, Opus No. unknown, featuring actors on roller skates >(Verlinda: What is Starlight?)
>r />m class="correct_response">>Starlight Express>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Verlinda >Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507698" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>

>You'll find her exploits extolled in the Bible's Book of Judges >m class="correct_response">Deborah>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507690" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-11-20_J_05.jpg" target="_blank">Steve Yzerman>:<br />22 seasons in Hockeytown the Red Wings (of Detroit)>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1000 23>td>

Extinction may have befallen the Baiji dolphin, known as "the Goddess" of this longest Chinese river, its only habitat the Yangtze>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $1000 26>td>

Kennesaw Mountain & Poison Spring the U.S. Civil War>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1000 20>td>

China's Song Dynasty was noted for its contributions to the tz'u, a form of this a song>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1000 18>td>

His Opus 68 is "From the Bohemian Forest", composed around 1883 (Verlinda: Who is Wagner?)
>...
(Ken: If Bohemia made you think of the Czechs you'd be right; it's [*].)
>r />Dvořák>r />r />>r>>table>
>Verlinda
>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1000 11>td>

They're his "Fireworks" heard >here Debussy>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> able> >Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

>Verlinda >Kevin >Deanna

>$2,000 >$1,800 >$2,800

>Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

>Verlinda >Kevin >Deanna

>$2,400 >$2,400 >$8,200

>Double Jeopardy! Round ble class="round">
<tr>d class="category_name">ETCHED IN STONE>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">MOVIE SEQUELS>tr> <tr>d class="category_comments">(Ken: You'll need to name the original movie.)>tr> able>

<tr>d class="category_name">A MATTER OF TASTE>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">PEOPLE IN THEIR ELEMENT>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">THERE'S ALWAYS NEXT TERM>tr> <tr>

>td>tr> able> <tr>d class="category_name">LESSER-KNOWN ANCIENT ROMANS>tr> <tr>d class="category_comments">(Ken: These are all words that end in the letters "U-S".)>tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>

<tr> <td>

>    $400 30>td>

The inscription on the London statue of this man seen >here reads, "There is no darkness but ignorance" William Shakespeare>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $400 7>td>

"Meet the Fockers"
>(2004) >m class="correct_response">>Meet the Parents>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507735" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>The item seen here> or the taste it might have if made with lemons (Kevin: Uh, what is a key lime pie?)
>r />m class="correct_response">a tart>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin >Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507736" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>Last name of the husband & wife> with an atomic weight of 247 >m class="correct_response">Curie>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507741" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>In taxonomy:
Kingdom, phylum... (Kevin: What is species?)
(Deanna: What is order?)
>r />m class="correct_response">class>r />r />>r>>table>
>Kevin >Deanna
>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507718" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>

>What a social climber! His name precedes "symbol" to mean something that represents high position >m class="correct_response">Status>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507729" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>

>Outside the building> where this group meets is a statue with a tablet> that reads "Lex", Latin for "law" >m class="correct_response">the Supreme Court>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507722" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>

>"The Dark Knight"
(2008) >m class="correct_response">>Batman Begins>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $800 2>td>

>Cacao beans, the source of chocolate, aren't sweet; they contain this bitter popular stimulant caffeine>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 27>td>

There is just the value of this clue, no prize, for knowing this man for whom element 102 was named Nobel>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $800 13>td>

In the Greek alphabet: rho, sigma... tau>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $800 4>td>

His hand turned red when he touched orange juice, blue when he touched seawater Litmus>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1200 17>td>

Underneath the >sculpture of Ramses II & his falcon god friend is an example of >this type of writing hieroglyphics>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $1200 1>td>

"2010"
>(1984) [Kevin selected the first clue because "last correct response breaks the tie".]
>r />m class="correct_response">>2001: A Space Odyssey>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507717" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>

>1 of the 3 zesty ingredients of the original Tabasco brand sauce >m class="correct_response">(1 of) red pepper, salt or vinegar>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507738" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>

>Johan Gadolin wonders will you still need him, will you still feed him now that he's element number this (Deanna: What is 69?)
>r />m class="correct_response">64>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin >Deanna <tr> <td>

>    DD: $2,600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507728" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>

>In U.S. House GOP leadership: Speaker,
Majority Leader... Majority Whip>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $1200 5>td>

In Rome his name meant simply "good"; to us it implies that he gave a little something extra Bonus>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1600 18>td>

When the Nabateans ruled Jordan from about 400 B.C. to 106 A.D., their capital was >this city, carved from stone Petra>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $1600 9>td>

"Conan the Destroyer"
>(1984) >m class="correct_response">>Conan the Barbarian>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507725" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>

>Don't bring the "May" type of this to your teacher; Webster's says it tastes "insipid" >m class="correct_response">apple>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507739" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>This physicist born in Ulm, Bavaria just made it into the top 100 elements by a hair; he's No. 99 [ERRATUM: Ulm was located in the German Kingdom of Württemberg in 1879 and had not been part of Bavaria since 1810.]
>r />m class="correct_response">Einstein>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Kevin <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507733" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>

>In geologic time:
eon, era... (Deanna: What is epoch?)
>r />periods>r />r />>r>>table>
>Deanna
>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $1600 24>td>

His name came from the Latin for "dispute" & he would drag you into court any chance he got Litigious>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $2000 19>td>

A 4th century statue of >this emperor once held a cross that said, "Through this sign of salvation, I rescued your city" Constantine the Great>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $2000 10>td>

"Honey, I Blew Up the Kid"
>(1992) >m class="correct_response">>Honey, I Shrunk the Kids>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    DD: $3,400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507726" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>Wine-tasting term for the final impression left on the palate-->it's supposed to be "long" >m class="correct_response">the aftertaste (the finish)>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Deanna <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507740" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>The element with atomic number 107 was named for this scientist played by Kenneth Branagh in "Oppenheimer" (Ken: He plays [*], bohrium.)
>r />m class="correct_response">Niels Bohr>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507742" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>

>In the Chinese calendar: dragon, snake... >(Ken: I can never keep track of these either--what is [*]?)
>r />m class="correct_response">a horse>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
<tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=507744" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>

>Nobody was more skillful than him with a tool in his hand-->his right hand, of course >m class="correct_response">Dexterous>r />r />>r>d class="right">Verlinda>table> </tr> able> </tr> able>
Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>Verlinda >Kevin >Deanna

$6,800 $8,000 $19,800

(>lock game)

>[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round
ble class="final_round">

<table> <tr>d class="category_name">U.S. PRESIDENTS>tr>
>td>tr>
iv> <tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">7 U.S. presidents were born in the state of Ohio, beginning with this man who entered West Point in 1839>r>d>$6,800>r>>r>d>$8,000>r>>r>d>$79>table>m class="correct_response">Ulysses Grant </tr> able> >var>able>
Final scores:

>(Ken: [To Verlinda] Yes, between the late 1860s and the early '20s, 7 U.S. presidents from the state of Ohio, which is why it's called "The Mother of Presidents".)
...
(Ken: [To Deanna] About to become Hayes, who I think might be second on the list.)>r>d class="right">Verlinda>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Ulysses Grant? Thanks J! ☺ >Kevin>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Grant >Cleveland ? >Deanna>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is >Tyler Hay?

>Verlinda >Kevin >Deanna

$13,600 $16,000 $19,721

3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

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

>Verlinda >Kevin >Deanna

$6,800 >$8,000 >$14,800

>10 R,
2 W 11 R,
>2 W >25 R
(including 3 DDs),
>6 W

> href="help.php#combinedcoryat">Combined Coryat>: $29,600 > href="showgameresponses.php?game_id=8695&highlight=..." rel="external">[game responses]> <a href="showscores.php?game_id=8695&highlight=..." rel="external">[game scores]> <a href="suggestcorrection.php?game_id=8695" rel="nofollow">[suggest correction]>h4>
>Game tape date: 2023-10-18

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