Show #8984 - Thursday, November 30, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

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Alisa Hove, a botany professor from Asheville, North Carolina

Ciara Donegan, a post-bachelor research associate from Washington, D.C.

Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany

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Jeopardy! Round

ECON 101
I MARRIED A BEATLE
WHO IS THEON OF SMYRNA?
THAT'S "CORN"Y
WELL, I'M WARM-BLOODED
CHECK IT & SEE
    $200 8
Governments deal with monopolies by using these sorts of laws that sound like they literally don't have faith
    $200 27
Yoko Ono
    $200 1
Like Ptolemy, about whom he wrote, Theon placed this body in the center of the cosmos
    $200 22
Pipe type used by MacArthur & Frosty the Snowman
    $200 23
In 2007 this bird was removed from the U.S. threatened & endangered species list; nice, with it being a natl. symbol & all
    $200 24
This hairstyle used to have serious buzz
    $400 9
The monetary system called this standard allows holders to exchange currency for No. 79 on the periodic table
    $400 28
Linda Eastman
    $400 11
Theon's home of Smyrna is now called Izmir & is one of the chief seaports of this country of Asia Minor
    $400 20
An oak tree wannabee
    $400 5
This porcupine-like mammal doesn't turn into a ball to roll quickly & gain video game points, but it does eat snakes & bird eggs
    $400 16
MADAM, I'M ADAM is one
    DD: $1,600 10
A strongly free-market school of economics is named for the university of this Midwestern city
    $600 21
Barbara Bach
    $600 12
Theon's greatest work, available online, has mathematics useful for understanding this founder of the Academy
    $600 15
In a nursery rhyme, "the lion and" this mythical equine "were fighting for the crown"
    $600 2
This Aafricaan maammaal is the only living member of the order Tubulidentata, or "tube-toothed"
    $600 17
This San Francisco street gets all the press, but technically, Vermont St. is more crooked
    $800 25
"Diminutive" term for selling unowned stock shares on the gamble that the price will fall
    $800 29
Pattie Boyd
    $800 13
Writing on these, Theon covers, among others, the circular, oblong, prime & even ones
    $800 6
John with this last name means booze personified
    $800 3
The ai, a type of this mammal has three toes on each front foot
    $800 18
As a cloth is wrung out in space, check the results of this property that makes water act like a stretched membrane
    $1000 26
Give us an "A" for this word that can mean paying off a debt in installments or by paying into a sinking fund
    $1000 30
Cynthia Powell
    $1000 14
Theon seems to have lived at the same time that this Roman emperor was building his famous wall
    $1000 7
Despite that whole Yorktown debacle, he later fought in Asia & Ireland with great success
    $1000 4
Melospiza melodia is the song type of this small common brown bird
    $1000 19
Music is the most powerful connector says this Biden administration Secretary of State, seen performing "Hoochie Coochie Man"

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

Tyler Ciara Alisa
$3,800 $4,000 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tyler Ciara Alisa
$6,200 $6,800 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS & PENINSULAS
WE SELL FUN
IF IT AIN'T BAROQUE…
HATS
QUOTABLE QUOTES
Y_O_Y
(Ken: Each response will have those 3 letters in that order, though not necessarily together.)
    $400 29
Moses received the law from God on this peninsula now part of Egypt
    $400 1
It's been Wonder Woman's corporate home since the 1940s
    $400 15
Degas often worked with these chalk-like sticks of powdered pigment whose name also means delicate in color
    $400 28
Featured in the "Harry Potter" movies, this hat takes its name from its function at Hogwarts school
    $400 23
The first words he spoke on the telephone were "Mr. Watson, come here; I want to see you"
    $400 30
Young fellow seen here on his special day
    $800 2
Gran Malvina is the name in Argentina for a major island in this group
    $800 3
Farmville & Words with Friends are social games from this end-of-the-alphabet company
    $800 12
1947's "Lucifer" was one of the first "poured" paintings by this artist
    $800 27
Douli, the Chinese word for the hat seen here, indicates that it's made of this material
    $800 18
Following the 1992 L.A. riots, he asked, "Can we all get along?"
    $800 17
A letter with no signature was sent this way
    $1200 9
Not pokeland or protrudeland but this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark
    $1200 4
Dungeons & Dragons comes from the company called these "Wizards"
    DD: $3,000 6
A 1912 work by Marc Chagall is titled after this musician found in the title of a Broadway show
    $1200 26
The name of this often brimless hat, popular in the 1920s, is French for "bell", after the shape of the hat
    $1200 16
In 2005 he urged Stanford's graduating class, "Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life"
    $1200 13
To tell a friend that something is really his bag, say "it's right up" these 2 words
    $1600 10
In the 1760s this island's attempt at independence was quashed when Genoa sold it to France
    $1600 5
Companies like Hasbro have sold this Pokeproduct, a handheld encyclopedia of Pokemon characters
    $1600 7
Georges Seurat painted "A Sunday on" this island, literally "the big platter"
    $1600 21
This Grand Ole Opry comedy star used to wear a straw hat with the $1.98 price tag still attached
    $1600 19
At the Brandenburg Gate in 1987, President Reagan gave "Mr. Gorbachev" this 4-word challenge
    $1600 14
This officious person always has meddling to do
    DD: $3,000 11
Vietnam & China both claim the Paracel islands, which include Rocky Island & Woody Island, in this body of water
    $2000 22
This gaming company merged with Blizzard in 2008; Microsoft bought the combined co., maker of Candy Crush & Call of Duty
    $2000 8
This late graffiti artist's paintings are paired with Maya Angelou's poems in the children's book "Life Doesn't Frighten Me"
    $2000 25
In Wagner's operas, this eldest Valkyrie is stereotypically dressed in a horned helmet & breastplate
    $2000 20
In April 1970, this mission commander informed Houston, "We've had a problem"
    $2000 24
Degenerative muscular disease

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tyler Ciara Alisa
$15,800 $15,200 $7,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY
Established in 1963, this group had its conclusions questioned in books, reports & a special 1970s congressional committee

Final scores:

Tyler Ciara Alisa
$31,600 $0 $2,800
Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Tyler Ciara Alisa
$16,800 $15,200 $7,800
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 23 R,
1 W		 10 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,800

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Game tape date: 2023-11-06
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