Show #8990 - Friday, December 8, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts quarterfinal game 8.

Contestants

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Jon Spurney, a writer and musician from Los Angeles, California

Carmela Chan, a researcher from San Diego, California

Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL
WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL
OLIVE ME
THE IVY LEAGUE
GEOGRAPHIC TITLES
AS EASY AS A-B-C
(Ken: Each response will have those three letters, in that order.)
    $200 22
This organ breaks down ingested nutrients into small particles & mixes them with gastric juices to make chyme
    $200 30
Since Joe DiMaggio's 56-game hitting streak in 1941, only this Reds player has exceeded 40 straight games
    $200 28
"When you're" at this restaurant, "you're family"
    $200 23
It was founded in 1764 as the College of Rhode Island
    $200 12
"Death in ____" &
"The Merchant of ____"
    $200 26
Horse-riding style without a saddle
    $400 21
The trigone is a triangular area of this organ between the opening of the urethra & the 2 ureters
    $400 29
Alphabetically, he's the first player listed in Baseball's Hall of Fame
    $400 27
Cold-pressed olive oil is naturally low in this & is classified by its ascending level of it
    $400 15
Its official street address is 2960 Broadway
    $400 11
"Shogun:
A Novel of ____ "
    $400 25
It describes Shakespeare's pentameter
    $600 1
The diencephalon, part of this organ, includes the thalamus
    $600 16
In 1982, he set a modern record by stealing 130 bases; Hugh Nicol has the all-time record with 138 set in 1887
    $600 19
For an authentic Greek salad, you need feta cheese & these almond-shaped Greek olives
    $600 3
Its sports teams are known as the Bulldogs
    DD: $2,000 10
JFK's thesis, then bestseller:
"Why ____ Slept"
    $600 14
It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late
    $800 5
The epicardium is its outer layer
    $800 20
This pitcher won 7 Cy Young Awards--one with New York, two with Toronto, three with Boston & one with Houston
    $800 17
Olive oil is high in this type of fat whose name tells you it has only one type of a certain bond per molecule
    $800 2
Its school color is crimson & that's the veritas
    $800 8
"Karma's Embrace: A Novel of ____ " & "A Passage to ____ "
    $800 4
The title of a Lewis Carroll poem, it now means meaningless words or gibberish
    $1000 6
Each of these organs has a visceral pleura & a parietal pleura
    $1000 24
He said, "Nice guys finish last", and proved it; he took over the Cubs in 1966 & managed them to last place
    $1000 18
This thick spread made from capers & black olives hails from Provence
    $1000 13
You'll find this school in Hanover, population roughly 10,000
    $1000 9
Michener's one-word 1959 Polynesian title, "____"
    $1000 7
This gem of a word can precede rattlesnake, terrapin & moth

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

Gary Carmela Jon
$4,000 $1,600 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Carmela Jon
$1,600 $3,000 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

ORGAN RECITAL
CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE?
(Ken: You'll name the movie.)
WORKING ON A BUILDING
CAR"EER" OPPORTUNITIES
A MUSE ME
WORDS FROM ARABIC
    $400 13
The wood for the organ in this Salt Lake City edifice came from Utah's Pine Valley Mountains
    $400 14
"No thanks, Mrs. Robinson. I don't know what a 'cougar' is & I don't think I want to find out. Is Elaine home?"
    $400 24
82 A.D.: Domitian adds a level of nosebleed seats to this amphitheater so more Romans can watch gladiatorbleeds
    $400 25
It's the job of the fictional Athos
    $400 30
Look! up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No, it's Urania, muse of this science!
    $400 29
Derived from the Arabic sawahil, meaning "of the coast", it's a language on the African continent
    $800 12
One of the world's largest church organs is in Cadet Chapel at this institution in New York State
    $800 7
"Oh, geez... George, it turns out Bedford Falls would be better off if you'd never been born. Now... this is awkward"
    $800 22
1163: Pope Alexander III lays the foundation stone for this Paris cathedral; bells & bell-ringers come later
    $800 4
You need a good line of patter to do this job, heard in action here
    $800 16
Need help in this subject in school? Call up Clio--as the muse of it, she'll fill you in on facts & dates
    $800 28
The fragrant name of this "Aladdin" princess comes from an Arabic word
    $1200 8
An album of Bach played on the 4 organs of Freiburg was released in 1974 in this type of 4-channel sound
    $1200 3
"Off the plane, Vic. Ilsa & me, we're headin' back to Paris! Here's lookin' at you gettin' outta my seat, kid"
    $1200 15
1941-43: 15,000 American workers labor day & night to turn swampland into this federal office complex
    $1200 1
Profession of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling
    $1200 10
Whether transverse or end-blown, Euterpe is the muse of these instruments
    $1200 19
Originally a set of tables recording astronomical movements, today it can be an annual reference book of articles & events
    $1600 9
An organ built at Wanamaker's department store in Philadelphia has nearly 30,000 of these
    $1600 5
"No. Wilson woulda killed you, Terry. You wouldn't have been a contender, just a bum, which is what you are. Sorry"
    DD: $4,000 23
1902:
Daniel Burnham completes NYC's Fuller Building, now known by this household appliance name
    $1600 2
It's another term for a 17th century pirate of the Caribbean
    $1600 17
The name of this muse of love poetry is an anagram of ORATE
    $1600 20
If you don't know that this popular beverage comes from the Arabic qahwah, you get 2 lumps, not one
    $2000 11
Virgil Fox was the longtime virtuoso on the organ at this NYC church on the West Side drive of the same name
    $2000 6
"No, no, no, I'm Antoninus! I'm not that guy! You want him! He's right there! The one that looks like Kirk Douglas"
    $2000 26
1238: Muhammad Iba Al Amar begins work on this Moorish masterpiece
    $2000 27
In ancient Rome, Crescens raced to glory as one of these; his favorite horse was named Delicatus
    $2000 18
If you've got hap-hap-happy feet you're inspired by this muse of dancing
    DD: $2,000 21
We've hit bottom with this 5-letter word from the Arabic for "opposite the zenith"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Gary Carmela Jon
$21,200 $13,400 $10,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY
Before visiting Achilles' tomb, this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent "spear-won"

Final scores:

Gary Carmela Jon
$26,801 $0 $19,999
Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Gary Carmela Jon
$18,800 $13,400 $12,000
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W		 18 R,
2 W		 18 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $44,200

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Game tape date: 2023-11-07
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