Show #8995 - Friday, December 15, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts final game 1.

Contestants

[<< previous game]

Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia

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

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

 [next game >>]

Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRY ADD A LETTER
NOT REALLY MARRIED
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
DOUBLE Y-ed
TRAILER PARK
    $200 24
Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this painful wrenching of the ligaments around a joint
    $200 28
This country diva serenades this "Huck Finn" author with her hit "You're Still The One"
    $200 29
On Jan. 1, 1863 Lincoln issued this edict, & would later call it "the central act of my administration"
    $200 30
In the song "Winter Wonderland", these "ring, are you listening"
    $200 26
This international radio distress signal used by ships & aircraft comes from the French for "help me"
    $200 27
A hatching dinosaur is a highlight in a trailer for this 1993 blockbuster movie
    $400 19
Add a letter to the country highlighted here & you'll get this acronym for a device usable offshore
    $400 20
This "Fame" co-star & choreographer shows this leader of the Green Mountain Boys how to dance
    $400 10
A draft document called the Articles of the Barons preceded this one to which the king set his seal in 1215
    $400 25
This long-necked lute of India is played with a plectrum
    $400 15
From Greek words for "true" & "study", it's the study of the origin & development of words
    $400 14
A "Mansfield Park" trailer noted that this author valued the story above "Emma" & "Sense and Sensibility"
    $600 6
Add a letter to the country featured here & you get this word for a female
    $600 18
This film legend asks this TV Batman to come up & see her sometime
    $600 3
Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, James Monroe & a French treasury minister signed the treaty for this 1803 deal
    $600 23
This is a term for a stringed musical instrument with a keyboard, including "The Well-Tempered" one
    $600 21
Mozart's "Haffner", for example
    $600 13
In a trailer for this animated feature from 1999, Satan is in bed with Saddam Hussein
    $800 5
Add a letter to the country shown here & you get this word describing a fully-equipped business opportunity
    $800 4
It's a whirlwind courtship for this actress who plays Captain Marvel & this cartoonist behind The Far Side
    $800 2
A 1945 charter says, "We the peoples of" these "determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war"
    DD: $2,600 8
Ricola ads have featured this Swiss horn
    $800 17
Ingrained prejudice against women
    $800 12
A trailer for the adaptation of this Neil Simon play opens with Robert Redford & Jane Fonda smooching in NYC
    $1000 7
Add a letter to the country that's highlighted & you get this word meaning "harmless"
    $1000 11
This NASA mathematician of "Hidden Figures" fame is swept off her feet by this blond-mopped recent British leader
    $1000 9
Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression
    $1000 22
Head to the end of the alphabet for this stringed instrument
    $1000 16
A peculiar habit or mannerism
    $1000 1
Julian Fellowes penned this 2001 Robert Altman murder mystery with a trailer showing Clive Owen as a valet

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

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$4,400 $1,600 $6,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$6,800 $2,000 $9,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

SAN FRANCISCO, NOW & FOREVER
AN "L" OF A TEAM
WATER WORLD
FLOWERS
FICTIONAL LANGUAGES
WISH I'D SAID THAT!
    $400 30
The Mission Bay neighborhood is home to champions, with MLB's Giants in Oracle Park & this NBA squad playing in nearby Chase Center
    $400 28
They "bolt"ed into the NHL in 1992
    $400 27
It's the controlled application of water for agricultural purposes through manmade systems
    $400 26
It's noted for the size & color of its autumnal flowers
    $400 25
Linguist Marc Okrand created this language spoken by Worf (among others) on television
    $400 29
Sage advice from Fran Lebowitz: "Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's" doing this
    $800 12
It's a 1.7-mile walk across this; it's windy, so wear layers--& remember, there are restrooms at both ends, but none in the middle
    $800 24
They were still based in the Midwest when they won the first NBA title in 1950
    $800 23
This adjective for water safe to consume is from the Latin for "drink"
    $800 22
The name of this flower comes from the Greek geranos, or "crane"
    $800 3
You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo
    $800 21
When asked what his favorite one of these was, Jack Palance joked, "Poppy seed"
    $1200 11
An elaborate 1915 San Francisco expo celebrated the completion of this, which made it much easier to sail to the city
    $1200 18
They chop down opponents for Cal Poly Humboldt, & they're okay
    $1200 8
Any smaller river or branch that's a feeder of a larger river or stream
    DD: $3,000 14
Oh, the vanity! These flowers represent egotism, as their mythological name indicates
    $1200 4
Harry Potter acquired the ability to speak this language of snakes from Voldemort
    DD: $3,000 20
H.L. Mencken defined Puritanism as "the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be" this word
    $1600 2
28 S.F. restaurants have received a total of 39 of these coveted awards, including 3 for chef Corey Lee's Benu on Hawthorne Street
    $1600 7
It's the gender-specific name of the University of Tennessee's women's basketball team
    $1600 9
Using pressure & a membrane to remove particulates from seawater is called reverse osmosis, one method of this process
    $1600 13
The moccasin flower is also known by this other shoe name
    $1600 5
Tolkien created this language whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around
    $1600 15
Attributed to Jeremy Bentham: these are "the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished"
    $2000 1
Known for hotels & great shopping, this iconic square got its name from the pro-North rallies held there during the Civil War
    $2000 19
They howl for the University of New Mexico, entiende?
    $2000 10
Channels called these ways take water around a dam when the reservoir is full
    $2000 17
Rise & shine & sing out the name of this flower that often blooms early in the day
    $2000 6
This language in "Avatar" was created by linguist Paul Frommer & consists of several thousand words
    $2000 16
Eubie Blake, 1887-1983, is among those credited with "If I'd known I was gonna live this long", he'd have done this

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$16,800 $8,800 $14,600

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE WILD WEST
In 1888's "Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail" Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were "able to travel" like this animal

Final scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$8,000 $17,600 $6,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$16,800 $8,800 $14,000
20 R,
2 W		 11 R,
2 W		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $39,600

[game responses] [game scores] [suggest correction]

Game tape date: 2023-11-08
The J! Archive is created by fans, for fans. Scraping, republication, monetization, and malicious use prohibited; this site may use cookies and collect identifying information. See terms. The Jeopardy! game show and all elements thereof, including but not limited to copyright and trademark thereto, are the property of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. and are protected under law. This website is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or operated by Jeopardy Productions, Inc. Join the discussion at JBoard.tv.