J! Archive - Show #9002, aired 2023-12-26

>1>Show #9002 - Tuesday, December 26, 2023>div>

>2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17204" rel="external">Myles Karp>, a journalist and consultant from Weston, Florida

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17205" rel="external">Emily Kawaler>, a bioinformatician from New York, New York

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=17206" rel="external">Christopher Pennant>, a sports journalist and announcer from Chicago, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round

ble class="round"> <tr> <tr>able>

>TIMES: NEW ROMAN

>td>

>CHILDREN'S LITERATURE

>td>

>BEST ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS

>td>

>HOMOPHONIC PAIRS

>td>

>FORKS, KNIVES, SPOONS

>td>

>JUST "E"AT IT

>td>

>$200

> href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510164" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>In 2015 this man with some degree of pull in the Rome area inaugurated a year of jubilee which drew 20 million pilgrims

>(Myles: Who is the Pope?)
(Ken: More specifically?)
>r />Pope Francis>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    >$200 28>td>

Besides her cat, a witch ends up giving a ride to a dog, a bird & a frog in the rhymingly titled "Room on the..." Broom>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    >$200 2>td>

Reese Witherspoon won for her work in "Walk the Line" playing this country music singer & songwriter June Carter Cash>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    >$200 25>td>

A beloved moose (Emily: Oh, no. [Laughs] Uh, I forget.)
>r />a dear deer>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily >Myles <tr> <td>

>    >$200 30>td>

Forks, Washington is the setting for this saga that you can really sink your teeth into >>Twilight>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    >$200 24>td>

In the U.S., this French word signifies the main course, but in France it means the first course >the entrée>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $400 19>td>

In 2004 in Rome, the 25 member states of this organization signed a treaty that established a Constitution for the continent the EU>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $400 27>td>

A Newbery Medal winner, "The One and Only" him tells the story from the perspective of a captive gorilla Ivan>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $400 1>td>

17 Best Actress nominations & 2 wins puts >Meryl Streep in a class by herself, with her last win so far for playing >this political leader Margaret Thatcher>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $400 9>td>

To select doggie treats choose chews>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $400 26>td>

In 2020 this umlauted ice cream brand got rid of those cute little non-recyclable plastic spoons from some mini cups Häagen-Dazs>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $400 16>td>

>This member of the nightshade family is technically a fruit the eggplant>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $600 4>td>

1998's Rome statute establishing the ICC, or this, came into play in 2023 when Armenia signed on, angering Putin, who has a warrant (Christopher: What is the International Criminal Code?)
>r />the International Criminal Court>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher >Myles <tr> <td>

>    $600 13>td>

A beloved 1964 book by him begins, "Once there was a tree... and she loved a little boy" (Ken: >The Giving Tree, right.)
>r />Shel Silverstein>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $600 10>td>

The ayes had it for Jessica Chastain in 2022 for her Best Actress-winning role in this movie about TV evangelists >>The Eyes of Tammy Faye>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $600 8>td>

Failed to arrive in time for the light fog missed the mist>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $600 14>td>

This iconic product from the Victorinox Company was created by Cutler Karl Elsener in 1897 the Swiss army knife>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $600 5>td>

This type of milk has had its water content reduced by 60%, giving a creamy taste when used in desserts evaporated milk>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 3>td>

Talk about a circus! In 2023 historians were not happy after fans caused a 1.3 shake at a Travis Scott show at this Rome landmark the Circus Maximus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 6>td>

"The Bad Beginning", written under this pen name, is dedicated to the "unfortunate" Beatrice, "darling, dearest, dead" Lemony Snicket>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    DD: $4,800 17>td>

In 1997, picking up her first of 3 Oscars for Best Actress, she thanked her son Pedro & her husband Joel (Ken: What do you want to do here; are you an Oscar buff?)
>(Emily: Un, no, but, uh, I am very brave and I would like to make it a True Daily Double.)
...
>(Emily: Who is... Cate Blanchett?)
(Ken: Sorry, no, the Joel is Joel Coen, this is [*], I'm afraid.)
>r />Frances McDormand>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 7>td>

A more heavily fleshed falling star a meatier meteor>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $800 15>td>

A classic TV commercial showed that this brand of knife could cut through a tin can & still slice a tomato with precision (Ken: Oh, no, you forgot the [*] infomercial.)
[Laughter]
>r />m class="correct_response">Ginsu>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510155" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>

>This round yellow Dutch cheese is partly made from skimmed milk & coated in red paraffin >m class="correct_response">Edam>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510160" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>In 2023, "P" was for the 2,000-year-old palazzo> reopened to the public after 50 years of restoration, as well as this Roman hill it's on >m class="correct_response">the Palatine>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510161" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>

>In "Ghost Boys" the ghost of 12-year-old Jerome meets that of this real teen whose 1955 murder helped launch the civil rights movement >m class="correct_response">(Emmett) Till>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510167" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>

>In 2002, Halle Berry> made history taking the Best Actress award for her role as a grieving mother in this film >m class="correct_response">>Monster's Ball>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510162" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>

>To employ ornamental evergreen trees of the Taxus genus >m class="correct_response">to use yews>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510163" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>This Edgar Lee Masters "Anthology" is a collection of epitaphs of residents of a fictional small town >m class="correct_response">>The Spoon River Anthology>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510156" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-12-26_J_12.jpg" target="_blank">These> can be purple to black in color, sour right off the tree, but good in a jam or pie >m class="correct_response">elderberries>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able>
Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

>Emily

Christopher Emily Myles

$1,800 $4,400 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Christopher Emily Myles

$3,600 $2,200 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round
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<tr> <tr>able>

>MUSIC TERMS

>td>

<tr> <tr>able>

>TV COMEDIES BY WORKPLACE

>td>

<tr> <tr>able>

>YELLOW STONE

>td>

<tr> <tr>able>

>COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

>td>

<tr> <tr>able>

>LITERAL NATIONAL NAMES

>td>

<tr> <tr>able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>

>ADDEND"UM"

>(Ken: The "U-M" combo will appear at the end of each response.)

<tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510197" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>

>A countertenor is an adult male voice that mostly lies within this female register (Christopher: What is soprano?)
>r />m class="correct_response">alto>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher >Emily <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510180" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>

>The Dunder Mifflin Paper Company >m class="correct_response">>The Office>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510198" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>

>The insects seen here> are forever encased in this fossilized resin >m class="correct_response">amber>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510183" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>

>Following this disaster in 2005, Tulane> was forced to close for several months, the first time since the Civil War >m class="correct_response">Hurricane Katrina>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510199" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>

>Almost as big as the continental U.S., it's the "southern" land >m class="correct_response">Australia>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510201" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>

>A government will sometimes grant this protection from extradition to a political refugee from another country >m class="correct_response">asylum>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510174" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>

>As a symbol, it means the next note should be lowered by a semitone; as a disparaging word, it's applied to out-of-tune singers >m class="correct_response">flat>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510181" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>

>The Sunshine Cab Company >m class="correct_response">>Taxi>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510192" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>

>In the Bible brimstone refers to this yellow stone whose compounds can be quite stinky >m class="correct_response">sulfur>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510184" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>

>Confusingly, the University of Miami is in Florida, while Miami University is in this state >m class="correct_response">Ohio>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510200" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>

>Not Italy's but this other country's name means "people from Rome" >m class="correct_response">Romania>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510188" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>

>This word for a final demand is in the title of the third Jason Bourne film >m class="correct_response">an ultimatum>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510175" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>

>Haydn's "The Creation" is a famed one of these large-scale compositions for solo singers, chorus & orchestra >m class="correct_response">an oratorio>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510182" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>

>CONTROL, a D.C.-based counter-intelligence agency (Ken: Gotta be a spy comedy, it's [*].)
>r />m class="correct_response">>Get Smart>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510193" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>

>The most common type of gallstones is made up of bile & this waxy fatty substance (though we're not sure if it's HDL or LDL) >m class="correct_response">cholesterol>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510179" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>

>This school's Brigade of Midshipmen regularly present formal dress parades accompanied by its band >m class="correct_response">Navy (the Naval Academy)>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    DD: $4,400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510173" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>

>Throughout its history, it's been the "island of copper" >(Ken: Emily?)
(Emily: What is Cuba?)
>r />Cyprus>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1200 16>td>

It can be something especially desirable, or a dark reddish purple color plum>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    DD: $2,200 1>td>

You can use the black notes on a keyboard to play this common 5-note scale (Emily: Yeah, I don't learn from my mistakes... True Daily Double, please.)
>r />the pentatonic scale>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1600 7>td>

Cleveland's Winfred-Louder Department Store (Emily: What is >Superstore?)
>r />m class="correct_response">>The Drew Carey Show>r />r />>r>>table>
>Emily
>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Triple Stumper <tr> <td>

>    $1600 23>td>

Named for its lemony yellow color, it's one of two >birthstones for November (Christopher: What is amethyst?)
(Myles: What is citrite?)
>r />m class="correct_response">citrine>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher >Emily >Myles <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510185" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>

>This college located in Emily Dickinson's hometown runs a museum that celebrates her life & work >m class="correct_response">Amherst>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510196" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>

>This Middle East nation is the "land of the Aryans" >m class="correct_response">Iran>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510190" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>

>In Germany this secondary school prepares one for higher education, not athletics >m class="correct_response">a gymnasium>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510176" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>

>Italian for "going", it means to play at a walking pace-->not too fast, not too slow >m class="correct_response">>andante>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510178" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>

>Sacred Heart Hospital >m class="correct_response">>Scrubs>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Christopher <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510195" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>

>Like emerald, heliodor> is a variety of this hard, 5-letter mineral (Emily: What is quartz?)
>r />m class="correct_response">beryl>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Emily >Myles <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510186" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>

>Site of the Scopes Monkey Trial, Dayton, Tennessee has a college named for this> statesman who assisted the prosecution >m class="correct_response">(William Jennings) Bryan>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510187" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>

>According to legend, you've made it "there" when you get to this southeast Asian sultanate >m class="correct_response">Brunei>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> <tr>
>Myles <tr> <td>

>    $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=510191" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>

> href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2023-12-26_DJ_13.jpg" target="_blank">Peat moss> is dead moss at the bottom of a bog, while this> moss is found still growing on the surface >m class="correct_response">sphagnum moss>r />r />>r>>table> </tr> able> </tr> able>
Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>Triple Stumper

Christopher Emily Myles

$10,800 $7,600 $10,000

>[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round
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<table> <tr>d class="category_name">BOOK CHARACTERS>tr>
>td>tr>
iv> <tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">Early on in a 1966 novel, this title character beats the protagonist in maze races; later on he bites him>r>d>$3,300>r>>r>d>$5,201>r>>r>d>$10,000>table>m class="correct_response">Algernon </tr> able> >var>

>(Ken: [To Emily] That's correct, from Flowers for [*]>, the briefly smart mouse.)
...
>(Ken: [To Myles] Who is Stuart Little?)
(Myles: Yeah.)
(Ken: It was gonna be a mouse; you're close.)>r> >Emily>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Algernon? Hi Lauren ♡ >Myles>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Stuart >Christopher>d rowspan="2" valign="top">Who is Algernon?

Final scores:

Christopher Emily Myles

$20,800 $10,900 $4,799

Finalist 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:
> href="help.php#coryatscore">Coryat scores:

Christopher Emily Myles

>$10,800 $16,200 $10,000

>17 R,
3 W 23 R
>(including 1 DD),
5 W
>(including 2 DDs) >12 R,
1 W

>Combined Coryat: $37,000

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

Game tape date: 2023-11-29

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