Show #8989 - Thursday, December 7, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

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Robin Lozano, a technology chief of staff from Shavertown, Pennsylvania

Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana

Scott Shewfelt, a writer originally from Tavistock, Ontario, Canada

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Jeopardy! Round

OKLAHOMA!
SUPER BOWL STARS
FIRE PLACE
ON THE "T"ABLE
4 YOUR CONSIDERATION
A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY
(Ken: All responses will be words that also describe items you might see in a donut shop.)
    $200 26
This nickname for Oklahomans stems from those who jumped the homesteading starting gun in 1889
    $200 28
After throwing for 286 yards & 2 TDs, he was named the chief reason for Kansas City's victory in Super Bowl 54
    $200 14
1871:
The Hôtel de Ville in this city is burned during the Commune
    $200 13
You can serve stew or soup out of one of these deep-lidded dishes
    $200 29
The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one
    $200 30
Having a fixed or lifeless expression
    $400 25
It's Oklahoma's leading crop & is especially big in the north, near the Kansas border
    $400 27
Only 10 Super Bowl MVPs have been defensive players; 4, like Super Bowl 50 star Von Miller, played this position
    $400 22
1871:
The "Great Fire" of this city starts in a barn on De Koven Street
    $400 4
A fancy fungus & a chocolate confection are both called this
    $400 16
Of the 4 seasons, the one when you'll most likely find an animal in its hibernaculum
    $400 9
A light drizzle
    $600 21
Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the tribal capital of this Native American nation
    $600 1
The career leader in Super Bowl points is this 49er & Raider who was on the receiving end of 8 TD passes
    $600 15
1925:
A fire melts a whole lot of wax at this landmark London place
    $600 11
"T"-errific hot sauces include Tapatío & this brand from the McIlhenny company
    $600 17
For Christmas cards & bills alike, these got their new +4 format in 1983
    $600 10
Someone intimidating is said to "reduce you to" this
    $800 20
This humorist & native son lends his name to Oklahoma City's main airport
    $800 5
Franco Harris holds the career Super Bowl record for these yards, 354 in 4 games, all Steelers' victories
    DD: $1,000 3
Circa 50 B.C.:
This city's library is torched (by Julius Caesar, some say)
    $800 12
Pewter is a traditional material for this vessel with a lid
    $800 18
For UFO fans, a close encounter of the 3rd kind is meeting aliens; this is one of the 4th kind
    $800 23
No longer in vogue
    $1000 2
The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center is in this city, also home to the University of Oklahoma
    $1000 8
Tom Brady threw 2 interceptions in Super Bowl 49 but ended up MVP after this Seahawk tossed his one interception in the last minute
    $1000 7
A 1776 fire destroyed this city's Teatro Regio Ducale; La Scala was built to replace it
    $1000 6
A Moroccan stew is named for this implement in which it's cooked
    $1000 19
Four patterns of Greek letter-named brain waves are beta, alpha, delta & this one from 4 to 8 hertz that allows access to the unconscious
    $1000 24
Surname of a late 1830s Dickens title character

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

Scott Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$2,400 $2,200 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$2,000 $4,800 $5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS
AMPHIBIANS
DURING LOU GEHRIG'S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK
LABOR UNIONS
IT'S RAINING MENSA
STAR WARS BEFORE & AFTER
    $400 24
It's a symbol of the all-American way of life
    $400 17
The wood frog of the Arctic can live with 65% of its body frozen due to using this sugar in its blood as an antifreeze
    $400 30
This man came & went in the highest office in the land
    $400 18
Also a journal they may keep, the Log is the monthly newspaper of a union of these
    $400 19
Nolan Gould played less than Mensa-esque Luke Dunphy on this sitcom but Nolan's 150 IQ made the grade
    $400 23
14th century European pandemic that destroyed Alderaan
    $800 25
What baby needs, according to craps players
    $800 5
Sirens are aquatic salamanders that can breathe through lungs as well as through these
    $800 29
The long, strange trip of this drug began with its synthesis on Nov. 16, 1938
    $800 8
The UP of the AAUP, they teach your older children well
    $800 20
Before he passed away in 2012, this general who led the Persian Gulf War went "stormin'" to a Mensa membership
    $800 1
Han Solo's son paired with an edgy cartoon Chihuahua & cat
    $1200 26
Around 1960, it was a state-of-the-art music system
    DD: $3,000 7
Although this "biblical" frog is the world's largest at around 12 inches long, its tadpoles are the same size as other frogs'
    $1200 11
A photographic plate taken at the Lowell Observatory on January 23, 1930, helped identify this object
    $1200 9
In 2012 SAG merged with this union & together they went on strike in 2023
    $1200 13
Part of the "Foundation" of the life of this prolific sci-fi author was being honorary vice president of Mensa
    $1200 2
"Wake up" to this 1971 Rod Stewart song that's a perfect greeting for any Jedi
    $1600 27
In song, she's asked, "What's that flower you have on?"
    $1600 6
Snakes have these on the outside of their skin, but caecilians, which resemble snakes, have them embedded in folds in the skin
    $1600 10
In 1928 he won the general election for Louisiana governor using the slogan "Every man a king, but no one wears a crown"
    $1600 12
California's CCPOA, representing this type of peace officer, has been known to put the screws to politicians
    $1600 14
Come up with the geodesic dome like this engineer & you can be president of Mensa like he was
    $1600 3
TV's "Love Boat" who's now reached the rank of general
    $2000 28
A type of violent windstorm
    $2000 21
This 3-letter term is the terrestrial juvenile stage of development of the eastern newt when the body turns bright orange
    DD: $6,400 16
He became the Cook County Jail's most famous inmate on Oct. 24, 1931
    $2000 22
When several unions of these workers struck in 1970, troops had to replace federal employees for the first time
    $2000 15
Leslie Charteris had the smarts for Mensa & also to come up with the character of Simon Templar, star of this book series
    $2000 4
Sylvia Plath novel about an annoying floppy-eared outcast from Naboo

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Scott Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$14,400 $12,000 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

LANGUAGES
Since it can make someone "Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane", Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language

Final scores:

Scott Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$4,400 $23,000 $0
2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Scott Yungsheng 永勝 Robin
$10,000 $12,000 $7,600
13 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 15 R,
4 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $29,600

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Game tape date: 2023-11-07
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