Show #9004 - Thursday, December 28, 2023

2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 2, semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Xanni Brown, a postdoctoral researcher originally from Cincinnati, Ohio

Mitch Cutter, a salmon conservation associate from Boise, Idaho

Raquel Matta, a copy editor from San Pablo, California

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Jeopardy! Round

NBA NICKNAMES
HEY, WHERE'S THAT?
FOR THE GRAM
SPEED DATING
(Ken: You'll give us the year of each historic event.)
TOUCH TYPE
HUNT & PECK
    $200 29
He knew how to operate on a basketball court, so it makes sense that Julius Erving had this medical nickname
    $200 28
In this Bible book: "And the Lord said unto Cain, why art thou wroth?"
    $200 27
With more than 4 million follopurrs, Nala holds a Guinness world record for the most-followed this kind of animal
    $200 18
D-Day launches as the Allies invade Normandy in the largest sea & airborne invasion in history
    $200 30
Parenting expert Lawrence Cohen, PhD says doing this to little kids, even if they're laughing, can overwhelm the nervous system
    $200 24
The "black" type of this, Africa's biggest venomous snake, hunts birds & rodents & can raise its head over a yard to strike
    $400 8
Early on, superstar Kawhi Leonard</a> earned the nickname "Board Man" with high numbers in this stat
    $400 9
In this state: St. Bernard Parish, which 45,000 call home
    $400 26
@depthsof this free encyclopedia compiles bizarre pages of the website like "Mozart & scatology" & "death by vending machine"
    $400 17
John Jacob Astor IV goes down with the Titanic
    $400 25
A word & the same word backwards: done "on the shoulder", they mean you're being selected or being comforted
    $400 23
Some hold out hope that the ivory-billed species of this hole-making bird is not extinct
    $600 1
Nicknames of Giannis Antetokounmpo include "The Alphabet" & this rhyming one, including a nationality
    $600 2
In this human body part: the metacarpal bones
    $600 19
Jessica Anteby Tebele is behind a meme account with funny photos called "Beige" this sweater familiar to Swifties
    $600 16
The world ended, according to erroneous interpretations of the Mayan calendar
    $600 11
Italian caro, "dear", is related to this tender touch & starts with the same 3 letters
    $600 22
Simba was kind to Pumbaa, but in real life, lions have been known to hunt these creatures, braving their tusks
    $800 4
Before his first NBA game Nike was pushing "The Extraterrestrial" for Victor Wembanyama, this team's 2023 number one draft choice
    $800 3
In Greek myth: this river with Charon as the ferryman, but where could Charon ever spend the coins on the corpses? Bed Bath & Beyond?
    $800 6
The Infatuation was behind the #eeeeeats on Instagram & acquired this end-of-the-alphabet restaurant guide in 2018
    $800 15
Charles Lindbergh flies solo nonstop from New York to Paris
    DD: $1,800 12
This word means a limited search of your person & the cop is supposed to be looking only for weapons
    $800 20
This fish with the significant species name Gladius doesn't impale its prey (how would it then eat them?); it uses its long bill as a club
    $1000 7
James Harden fans have worn T-shirts with this 3-word phrase incorporating James' fairly obvious nickname
    $1000 5
In this Long Island locale: Jay Gatsby's mansion, old sport
    $1000 10
An account documenting the ruin of communities of color by practices like redlining is called this sinister policy "by design"
    $1000 14
William the Conqueror is crowned king of England in Westminster Abbey
    $1000 13
Heart disease & hernia can be detected by this, a doctor's examination of body parts with his hands
    $1000 21
Named for our neighbors to the north, they can weigh 15 pounds & ruin a lawn fast by pecking & other activities

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

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$1,800 $0 $800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$3,200 $3,000 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CAPITALS
WOMEN ON TRIAL
TRIPLE INITIAL WRITERS
MEASUREMENT
AMAZING ARMENIANS
(Ken: Famous people of Armenian descent.)
I'D LIKE TO CHANGE A VOWEL, PAT
(Ken: We will need two words in each of your responses.)
    $400 30
The capital of the Lazio region, this city is on the Tiber River
    $400 29
Aileen Wuornos, the first woman to fit the FBI profile of this type of multiple murderer, called jurors "scumbags"
    $400 23
Writing as Michael Innes, J.I.M. Stewart created John Appleby, a detective at this HQ of London's Metropolitan Police
    $400 27
In France they fondly remember Andre le Geant, all 2.2 meters & 235 of these of him
    $400 28
Sarkisian is the birth name of this singer who, after her partnership with Sonny, had decades of her own hits
    $400 25
Let's change gears & give you a passage through a mine
    $800 20
Only about 20 miles from the border with Iran, Ashgabat is the capital of this "stan"
    $800 21
As well as high this crime, there's petty this, like by a wife against a husband; Catherine Bevan was tried for it in 1731 Delaware
    $800 22
A.E.W. Mason's Gabriel Hanaud, "cleverest of the French detectives", inspired this character who debuted in 1920
    $800 26
Next time you prep deviled eggs in Tibet, remember they'll cook slower because this drops 1 degree F. for every 550' above sea level
    $800 16
This successful businesswoman's ex-husbands include Damon Thomas, Kris Humphries & Kanye West
    $800 24
A sport where you might hit a ball into a partially landlocked sea that can be larger than a bay
    $1200 19
Dodoma was designated the new capital of this country in 1973, replacing Dar es Salaam
    $1200 18
The 1884 trial in Russia of Ekaterina Semenova introduced to law this "psycho"logical type who lacks any remorse
    $1200 3
He was on staff at the Oxford English Dictionary, taught Middle English & got into another Middle area
    $1200 11
I say, old chap, are you really leaving the fish & chips shop? I hope you gave a fortnight's notice, this long
    $1200 15
The first of Armenian descent, George Deukmejian was governor of this U.S. state from 1983 to 1991
    $1200 10
A food often paired with "circuses" & to propagate animals
    $1600 1
Mexico City's main airport is named for this national hero & president of the country from 1861 to 1872
    $1600 4
Leslie Van Houten, a follower of this man, was retried in 1977 after her lawyer's mysterious death; she was released at age 73
    DD: $5,000 5
From 1910 to 1934 this writer & activist edited the NAACP's magazine The Crisis
    $1600 12
In 1979 the average price of gas at U.S. service stations passed this milestone for the first time
    $1600 13
"Open" is the autobiography of this athlete, who won 8 Grand Slam titles in his career
    $1600 9
It precedes "favor" when you ingratiate yourself to one in authority, perhaps when you tote or lug something for them
    DD: $2,800 2
These 2 capitals of Sierra Leone & Gabon have similar meanings, though one's in English & one's in French
    $2000 6
In 1993 Dorothea Puente was convicted of killing tenants at her boarding-house for these, which arrived in the mail monthly
    $2000 7
The "A" that's the 3rd initial of this German writer was originally W--for Wilhelm--but he changed it to honor Mozart's Amadeus
    $2000 17
Legendary cinematographer Gregg Toland called this "an amazingly efficient little instrument" that eliminates guesswork
    $2000 14
Charles Aznavour recorded more than 100 records as a master of this emotional style, French for "song"
    $2000 8
Kermit the Frog's group & cute young children who might enjoy Kermit the Frog's group

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $5,800 $17,400

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THOSE ZANY ANCIENT ROMANS
In the 20s B.C. the emperor's sister Octavia had a sitcom-worthy home including the boy & girl twin children of this man & woman

Final scores:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $11,600 $23,400
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 Finalist

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Raquel Mitch Xanni
$11,600 $7,600 $13,200
13 R,
1 W		 18 R,
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $32,400

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Game tape date: 2023-11-29
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