Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! game #22 - Wednesday, December 6, 2023

2023-2024 Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! quarterfinal game 9.

Contestants

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Amanda Seales, a comedian and social justice advocate from Los Angeles, California

Mo Rocca, a journalist and podcast host originally from Bethesda, Maryland

Kyra Sedgwick, an actor and director originally from New York City

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Jeopardy! Round

SHOUT IT OUT!

ROAD TRIP "I SPY"

(Ken: We're gonna give you three tourist attractions; you'll tell me which U.S. state they're located in.)

SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS

THREESOMES

HAIRSTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS

I WANT MY "M" TV

$100

In 1978's "Animal House", this word is an epic call-to-party from John Belushi; it's also the party's dress code

$100

I spy...
Area 51,
Burning Man festival &
the Bellagio Hotel & Casino

$100

The title character utters the famous line, "Et tu, Brute?":
J.C.

$100

Game theorists might call it a "zero-sum game without perfect information"; those playing it to break a tie sometimes call it "Rochambeau"

$100

This actress once said "The Rachel" was "not my best look" & "the ugliest haircut I've ever seen"

$100

Ad executive Draper Daniels was the inspiration for the name of this drama's lead character, Don Draper

$200

Though it costs him his head, Mel Gibson in "Braveheart" refuses to beg for mercy... & yells this word instead

$200

I spy...
Mount Washington,
Lake Winnipesaukee
& Dartmouth College

$200

A mischievous fairy named Puck just can't stop pranking people:
A.M.N.D.

$200

If your clothing catches fire (though hopefully it won't), this 3-pronged fire safety mantra will remind you what to do

$200

After this Canadian pop star cut his signature swoop in 2011, locks of his hair sold on eBay for more than $40,000

$200

This show's 1983 finale "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is still the most watched episode of scripted TV ever

$300

Try yelling out "O-H!" in a crowded place; chances are, any Buckeyes fan within earshot will yell these two letters in return

$300

I spy...
Pikes Peak,
the John Denver Sanctuary &
Red Rocks Amphitheatre

$300

The title ruler is the father of Goneril, Regan & Cordelia:
K.L.

$300

According to the carol, it's what "my true love gave to me" on the third day of Christmas; I just hope he wasn't regifting

$300

"Cinnamon Buns" was Carrie Fisher's nickname for this character's iconic hairstyle

$300

Tipping his hat to Tom Selleck, Jay Hernandez wore a Detroit Tigers cap on the first episode of this reboot set in Hawaii

$400

This online game spawned a battle cry that's now synonymous with idiocy gone rogue: "Leeroy Jenkins!"

$400

I spy...
Powell's City of Books,
Crater Lake National Park &
Timberline Lodge

$400

It opens with the famous line, "If music be the food of love, play on":
T.N.

$400

If "American Pie" is your karaoke go-to, you know they're "the three men I admire most" who "caught the last train for the coast"

$400

Seen here, this former British prime minister once claimed that unruly hair is "impossible to imitate"

$400

Bryan Cranston said if this Fox sitcom had been renewed for one more season, he wouldn't have been available to play Walter White

$500

Of this school's iconic fight cheer, ESPN once wrote, "'Hotty Toddy' has no real meaning, but it means everything in Oxford"

DD: $800

I spy...
the "American Gothic" house,
the future birthplace of James T. Kirk &
the "Field of Dreams" movie site

$500

Valentine & Proteus are the guys that form this titular pair:
T.T.G.O.V.

$500

Unlike women, these three "unalienable rights" are specifically mentioned in the Declaration of Independence

$500

This Olympic gold medalist's name became synonymous with the wedge haircut she sported in Innsbruck

$500

This TV character inspired a verb meaning, roughly, to make or repair something with what is conveniently on hand

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

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$1,000	$2,300	$300

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$1,600	$3,600	$1,500

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE EYES HAVE IT

PIZZA AT THE MOVIES

LITERARY TOURISM

THE MOON

ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG

"OO"! "OO"! I KNOW!

(Ken: Each correct response here will have two sets of double "O"s. At least four "O"s total, in other words.)

$200

An inflammation of the eyelid's lining, conjunctivitis is more commonly known by this colorful name

$200

Doing his iconic "pizza strut", John Travolta scarfs down a double-decker slice in the opening credits of this film

$200

Road trip down the Laura Ingalls Wilder highway with Ma & Pa and see the places that inspired this beloved children's series

$200

Note to Pink Floyd: though one hemisphere of the Moon always faces away from Earth, this nickname for it is inaccurate

$200

Careful! This washing machine cycle using cold water and low spin speed is suggested for lingerie & silk neckties

$200

This animal sound is sung several times in the children's song "Good Morning Mr. Rooster"

DD: $1,000

Get to a doctor pronto if this layer of tissue that processes light detaches from the back of your eye

$400

Burnout surfer Jeff Spicoli orders a pizza to history class but Mr. Hand is having none of it in this 1982 teen comedy

$400

Romantics at heart still come to see the covered bridges made famous by this 1992 book by Robert James Waller

$400

NASA describes these phenomena as "bulges" in the Earth's oceans caused by the Moon's gravitational pull

$400

This color appears in the names of two different MLB teams--one in the northeast, one in the Midwest

$400

It's the type of publication Irma Rombauer, Julia Child & Edna Lewis are famous for writing

$600

Surgically removing these cloudy areas on the lens of the eye is one of the most common medical procedures in the world

$600

Half man, half pizza, this "Spaceballs" villain meets a tragic end when he eats himself

DD: $600

Scotland's remote island of Jura is famous for 2 things: a whisky distillery & the farmhouse where George Orwell wrote this classic

$600

Stargazers once thought the Moon's dark patches were oceans; today we know they're pools of this hardened volcanic substance

$600

Seen here wearing his signature hat, this country singer was inducted into the Headwear Hall of Fame in 2014

$600

Kevin Bacon once said that when he attends a wedding, he bribes the DJ to not play this song from a 1984 movie he starred in

$800

The most common form of color blindness affects a person's ability to see shades of red & this color

$800

Julia Roberts' star was on the rise after she played a waitress in this film set at a New England pizza parlor

$800

Writer Peter Mayle put the French village of Ménerbes on the map with his witty memoir chronicling "A Year in" this wine region

$800

Why all the craters? Blame it on the Moon's thin one of these, a gassy layer offering scant protection against meteorites

$800

It's not yours! It's this word that comes before "craft" & "sweeper" in the names of popular video games

$800

Dolls & amulets are among the items sold at a New Orleans store called "Reverend Zombie's House of" this religion

$1000

Lasik surgery corrects vision problems by using a laser to alter this dome-shaped tissue at the front of the eye

$1000

In "Home Alone", Kevin pays the pizza delivery guy & then plays audio of an old gangster delivering this memorable line

$1000

Have a pint at Pete's Tavern in the Big Apple but don't expect to get the booth where O. Henry wrote this poignant Christmas story

$1000

The Apollo astronauts didn't fire muskets on the Moon, but they did report that moondust smells of this burnt explosive

$1000

While crossing the George Washington Bridge from N.J., drivers are greeted by a sign with these 4 words (it's been waiting for you)

$1000

Typically played on the piano, this musical style with a rhyming name was popularized in Chicago honky-tonks in the 1920s

Scores at the Double Jeopardy! Round commercial break (after clue 15):

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$3,400	$6,600	$1,500

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$2,200	$9,000	$3,900

Triple Jeopardy! Round

THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE

CHORUS LINES

(Ken: We'll give you the lyric; you name the Broadway musical.)

SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE

WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE

CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS

A CHANGE OF "PACE"

(Ken: Each response here will be a word you can make by changing one letter in the word "pace". Just one letter away from "pace".)

$300

Many Harlem Renaissance writers contributed to "The Crisis", the official magazine of this civil rights organization

$300

"When the dog bites, when the bee stings, when I'm feeling sad, I simply remember my favorite things"

$300

This fast food chain claims the "A" in its name represents "the 'Grade-A' quality of our chicken"

$300

Was it the carolers? White House visitor logs show 87,061 entries for this month in 2022, over 2x any other month that year

$300

"Spare":
On a trip to the North Pole, he got frostbite on his royal "todger"

$300

The Daytona 500 is also known as "The Great American" this

$600

F. Scott Fitzgerald popularized this musical term for the lively era that coincided with the Harlem Renaissance

DD: $6,000

"I like to be in America, okay by me in America, everything free in America, for a small fee in America"

$600

When asked about this WWII film's misspelled title, Quentin Tarantino once explained, "It's a movie thing"

$600

Strollers are prohibited on public tours of the White House; these items, such as Pampers or Huggies, are permitted

$600

"Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing":
He revealed that future editions of his memoir will not include Keanu Reeves

$600

The "Rat" one featured Frank, Dean & Sammy; the "Brat" one featured Emilio, Demi & Molly

DD: $1,000

Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as one of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem renaissance

$900

"I dreamed a dream in time gone by, when hope was high and life worth living"

$900

A drizzle of this bright yellow dip from Kraft may get kids to eat their veggies --though it won't improve their spelling

$900

This NBA-championship-winning team was honored at the White House in 2023; Steph Curry called the visit "majestic"

$900

"Life":
This seemingly immortal rock star claims he once went nine days without sleeping

$900

In a hit song, the Weeknd sang, "I can't feel my" this "when I'm with you, but I love it"

$1200

Music of the Harlem Renaissance included the voice of this jazz legend who has been portrayed by Diana Ross & Andra Day

$1200

"It's time to try defying gravity, I think I'll try defying gravity, and you can't pull me down"

DD: $5,000

To create buzz, this tech company used to attach fuzzy pink mustaches to its vehicles; they certainly got Uber's attention

$1200

How do you do a corner kick in an oval office? In 2023, Jason Sudekis & the cast of this TV series visited the White House

$1200

"Greenlights":
His father brought a dead cockatiel back to life by giving it mouth-to-mouth

$1200

Often used in wedding gowns, chantilly is a popular type of this fabric

$1500

Known as the Dean of the Renaissance, Alain Locke was the first African American awarded this scholarship to Oxford University

$1500

"I don't need sunshine now to turn my skies to blue, I don't need anything but you"

$1500

This buzzy cryptocurrency's name was inspired by a meme, which may have been inspired by a mistyping of the word "dog"

$1500

At the White House during AAPI Heritage Month in 2022, this boy band spoke to the press in English & Korean about Asian inclusion

$1500

"The Last Black Unicorn":
She estimates that she worked over 500 bar mitzvahs in her younger years

$1500

This word can refer to a single sheet of postage stamps or a single sheet of glass

Scores at the end of the Triple Jeopardy! Round:

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$1,000	$33,200	$11,800
	(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

APPLIED GEOMETRY

Thomas Hales proved hexagonal structures are the most compact way to fill a plane, a centuries-old theory based on the behavior of these

Final scores:

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$0	$25,200	$12,300
3rd place: $30,000 to the Food Bank for NYC	Winner: semifinalist	2nd place: $30,000 to the Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors supporting Grantmakers for Girls of Color

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Kyra	Mo	Amanda
$400	$23,700	$12,300
17 R (including 1 DD), 13 W	39 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W	21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Primetime Celebrity Jeopardy! game #22 - Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Contestants

Jeopardy! Round

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

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Double Jeopardy! Round

Scores at the Double Jeopardy! Round commercial break (after clue 15):

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Triple Jeopardy! Round

Scores at the end of the Triple Jeopardy! Round:

Final Jeopardy! Round

Final scores:

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Combined Coryat: $36,400

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Game tape date: 2023-10-11