Show #8996 - Monday, December 18, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts final game 2.

Contestants

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Gary Hollis, a chemistry professor from Roanoke, Virginia (subtotal of $6,000)

Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany (subtotal of $17,600)

Yungsheng Wang, a deputy public defender originally from Lafayette, Louisiana (subtotal of $8,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

HERE COMES THE SUN
COLORFUL SPORTS
"P" IN FASHION
PLAY SETTINGS
NOT CHESS AGAIN!
POSTAL ABBREVIATION COMBOS
    $200 21
Of next Tuesday, in 10 million years or in 5 billion years, it's when the Sun is scheduled to become a red giant
    $200 30
The area surrounding a golf hole; the average size on the pro tours is about 6,000 square feet
    $200 28
It's the spritely name for a very short hairstyle that's worn close to the head & combed in points around the face
    $200 27
The musical "Evita":
Set in this country
    $200 26
When things are hopeless, rather than waiting for checkmate, it's considered polite to do this, like Richard Nixon
    $200 29
Colorado +
Nebraska =
this geometric figure
    $400 20
Particles energized by the Sun's heat escape from the corona & create this, not literally a breeze
    $400 25
Notorious nickname of the Chicago team that threw the 1919 World Series
    $400 19
This type of leather is traditionally processed on the grain side & coated with paint & linseed oil
    $400 1
"The Crucible":
1692 in this Massachusetts city
    $400 24
If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing
    $400 13
Delaware +
Missouri =
this, something you might give to a record producer
    $600 8
"H" is for this model of our solar system that puts the Sun in the middle
    $600 22
Hard Rock Stadium in Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins & this college bowl game
    $600 18
J. Crew offers this classic skirt in a style appropriately called "No. 2"
    $600 4
Grover's Corners, New Hampshire from 1901 to 1913:
This drama
    $600 12
In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses
    $600 15
Georgia +
Mississippi =
these body parts, slang grandpa might use
    $800 7
From the Greek for "light" comes this visible layer of the Sun, some 300 miles thick
    $800 10
This cup awarded to the Canadian Football League champion was named for a governor general of Canada
    $800 6
This type of folkloric blouse is usually white with puffed sleeves & has a square embroidered neckline
    $800 2
"Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead": Within & around the action of this other play
    $800 17
White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname
    DD: $2,600 14
Hawaii +
North Dakota =
this "backward" word
    $1000 9
The Sun is a G2 V star, meaning it's of the second hottest in the "G" class & the "V" refers to its being in this "sequence"
    $1000 11
This pro hockey team took their name from the 1914 hit heard here
    $1000 5
A Latin word for "sun" ends this word for a stylish item that protects you from the rain as well as the Sun
    $1000 3
The Kellers' home in Tuscumbia, Alabama: This drama
    $1000 23
(Jennifer Shahade presents the clue.) 32 of the 34 games in the 1927 Capablanca-Alekhine world championship match began with this opening that was in the news again 93 years later thanks to the fictional Beth Harmon
    $1000 16
"The Pelican State" + "The Pine Tree State" = this word for someone with an injured leg

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$4,600 $2,600 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$8,400 $3,800 $2,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. FIRSTS
DANCE REVOLUTION
PANCHO VILLAGE
ODDS & "N"s
IN YOUR FACE!
WELL, THEY SOUND THE SAME...
    $400 25
The first successful nationally distributed low-calorie beer was Lite from this brand
    $400 26
Call it the backslide or call it this, Michael Jackson's signature smooth move of the '80s
    $400 27
Before heading U.S. forces in France in WWI, this general led a punitive raid into Mexico in pursuit of Pancho Villa
    $400 28
Fitting one inside the other, they're the type of dolls seen here
    $400 30
It's the 8-letter top part of your face, from your eyebrows to your hairline
    $400 29
To be sick, or a foamy beverage
    $800 17
In 1929 "Wings" took the first Best Picture Oscar & this swashbuckler, Sr., was the first host of the ceremony
    $800 24
"Come on baby, let's do" this dance, performed by Chubby Checker on "American Bandstand" in 1960
    $800 2
To visit the birthplace of Pancho Villa, drive your Dodge SUV to this Mexican state of the same name
    $800 19
Australia also has a region called this, but theirs doesn't include Vermont & Connecticut
    $800 23
The vermilion border defines these
    $800 1
A group of young ladies, or one married one
    DD: $7,000 4
The first woman mayor of a major U.S. city was Bertha Landes in Seattle; soon after came Dorothy Lee in this city 172 miles south
    $1200 6
For years partygoers have been flapping their wings doing this dance (not to be confused with the "Funky" version)
    $1200 3
After 1911, Pancho Villa used this Texas city of 600,000 on the Rio Grande as a supply center
    $1200 8
This dried seaweed that's sold in sheets can go on the inside or the outside of your sushi
    $1200 12
This part of your face can also mean impudence; the "Barefoot Boy" had one "of tan"
    $1200 22
An emotional state, or what the cow did
    $1600 15
The Downing Urn was the first memorial to be placed in this Capitol area that now has many
    $1600 5
In 1975 Van McCoy had everyone lined up at the disco to do this dance
    $1600 9
This agrarian reformer who sided with Pancho Villa is considered a Mexican national hero
    $1600 7
Irish composer John Field is considered the originator of these romantic compositions evocative of night
    $1600 13
Your ciliary processes are in these
    $1600 20
A legal claim, or with little adipose tissue
    $2000 16
The first nuclear explosion was set off at the New Mexico site with this religious name, aka Jornada del Muerto
    $2000 18
In the early '90s, it was billed as Brazil's "forbidden dance"
    $2000 10
This "Devil's Dictionary" author disappeared after going to Mexico, reportedly to write about Pancho Villa
    $2000 11
Note the family resemblance between King George V of England on the right & this first cousin on the left
    $2000 14
It's that indentation in the middle of your upper lip, just below your nose
    DD: $10,000 21
Any channel to walk down, or Guernsey in the English Channel

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$33,800 $11,400 $14,800
(lock tournament)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL MONUMENTS
Designated in 2016, a New York City monument named for this place of business includes nearby Christopher Park

Final scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$33,800 $0 $6,500

Cumulative scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$41,800 $17,600 $12,500
Tournament champion: $100,000 + advance to the 2024 Tournament of Champions 1st runner-up: $50,000 2nd runner-up: $25,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Yungsheng 永勝 Tyler Gary
$20,000 $11,400 $17,400
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 14 R,
0 W		 21 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $48,800

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Game tape date: 2023-11-08
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