Show #9026 - Monday, January 29, 2024

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 semifinal game 1.

Contestants

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Martha Bath, a retired CPA from Seattle, Washington

Andy Tirrell, a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California

Lloyd Sy, a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Illinois

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Jeopardy! Round

THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH
WHERE THERE'S A WILL
WOMEN IN SPORTS
19th CENTURY AUTHORS
GOING TO THE DOGS
IT ENDS WITH "U"
    $200 16
Israel &
Sudan
    $200 29
Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day
    $200 30
In May 1970 aboard a longshot named Fathom, Diane Crump became the first female jockey in this horse race
    $200 28
Victor Hugo urged the preservation of medieval architecture & his writing led to the restoration of this building from 1844
    $200 27
Adjective for book pages turned down at one corner
    $200 13
The name of this swampy section of a river is from the Choctaw for "small stream"
    $400 14
Turkey &
Bulgaria
    $400 23
Snack container inventor Fredric Baur requested that some of his ashes be buried in a can from this brand of potato crisps
    $400 26
In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird
    DD: $3,800 25
The riverboat in Frontierland at Disneyland is named for him
    $400 1
A small canvas or nylon wedge-shaped dwelling with room for only one or 2 campers
    $400 10
Kenji Kita is credited with giving this car brand its name meaning "to unite"
    $600 12
Finland &
Russia
    $600 18
Princess Diana left the bulk of her assets to her sons, but also a 50,000-pound bequest to Paul Burrell, this manservant of hers
    $600 22
With a lap of 196.434 mph, she was the fastest qualifier at the 2013 Daytona 500
    $600 17
In Switzerland, you can visit the schoolhouse of little Johanna Spyri, best known as the author of this novel
    $600 4
Idiom used of someone who appears fierce but is actually gentle
    $600 2
In 1999 the Asian edition of Time ranked this pocket monster the second-best person of the year, behind Ricky Martin
    $800 6
Oman &
Jordan
    $800 19
This actress who died young left her estate to friends, family, her psychiatrist & her acting coach, Lee Strasberg
    $800 20
As an impact player for this Phoenix WNBA team, Brittney Griner led the league in blocks per game in 2021 & was second in scoring
    $800 11
"Persuasion", the last book she completed before her death in 1817, was published posthumously
    $800 3
Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack
    $800 8
It's a-pear-antly true that this pear has Belgian roots, despite its French name
    $1000 5
Costa Rica & Honduras
    $1000 24
This diarist & naval official left his model ships to William Hewer & his library to Cambridge U., where it's still more or less intact
    $1000 21
In 2001 it was love all when Andre Agassi married this German tennis star
    $1000 15
Everyone "walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death" is a typical cheery line from him in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles"
    $1000 7
A sidecar the morning after too many sidecars
    $1000 9
In 1932 members of the Australian army fought "The Great" this "War" against a flightless feathered foe

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

Lloyd Andy Martha
$1,000 $2,600 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lloyd Andy Martha
$3,400 $8,400 $4,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT
TV THEME SONGS
LOST IN SPACE
"D.D."
HISTORIC NAMES
BOOZE CLUES
    $400 28
In an Iroquois tale a girl runs off with a handsome Chad only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures
    $400 29
"Where Everybody Knows Your Name" sung by Gary Portnoy
    $400 30
During 1965's Gemini 4 mission, Ed White lost a glove while conducting the first American one of these excursions
    $400 27
Silver Star recipient Lloyd J. Austin III heads this U.S. government entity
    $400 26
This 20th century dictator went by the nickname "Il Duce", meaning "the leader"
    $400 23
About 95% of the world's bourbon is produced in this state
    $800 24
This bull-headed creature of Crete came to be after Pasiphaë fell in love with a bovine
    $800 6
"Love Is All Around" performed by Sonny Curtis
    $800 16
Working on one of these space station power providers, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost a tool bag & it floated away
    $800 25
The people seen here don't need to go inside because they have this paycheck service
    $800 22
Before conquering Mexico, this conquistador participated in the conquest of Cuba
    $800 4
Reminiscent of the hard candies, Fireball whisky, which comes in 42 & 66 proof, tastes of this spice
    $1200 5
One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z's philandering
    $1200 7
"Superman" by Five for Fighting was on its soundtrack, but "Save Me" by Remy Zero got the nod
    $1200 17
In Nov. 2023 this company's Starship, launched by the most powerful rocket ever, reached the edge of space before exploding
    $1200 11
It's the somewhat devilish name for the sports teams at North Carolina's Wake Forest University
    $1200 21
Legend says Laozi was an older contemporary of Confucius & founder of this philosophy & religion
    $1200 2
A Bellini is typically made with this sparkling Italian wine that, like Bellini, has double letters in its name
    $1600 9
The blind Norse god Hodur messed around & killed this beloved god with a projectile of missile-toe
    $1600 8
"With A Little Help From My Friends" sung by Joe Cocker
    DD: $2,000 18
This astronaut who remained in orbit during a 1969 Moon landing, lost a camera during an earlier mission in 1966
    $1600 12
This 18th century guy was a novelist, journalist & pamphleteer
    $1600 14
Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of this man triggered World War I, died in prison before the war's end
    $1600 1
Calling itself "America's original craft vodka", it's been produced in Austin since 1995
    $2000 19
In Egyptian myth Seth went all Edgar Allan Poe on this bro of his & put him in a coffin while he was still alive
    $2000 10
"Where You Lead" performed by Carole King & her daughter Louise Goffin
    $2000 20
A 2007 Chinese missile test to destroy one of these in orbit added more than 3,000 pieces of trackable debris
    $2000 13
Each July 1 until 1982, Canadians celebrated this in honor of their nation becoming self-governing
    $2000 15
This woman of Aquitaine was mom to Richard the Lionheart & John of England
    DD: $3,000 3
Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this German herbal liqueur features a stag on its bottles

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lloyd Andy Martha
$19,800 $16,800 $11,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL FICTION
Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I... read about"

Final scores:

Lloyd Andy Martha
$5,800 $22,801 $7,200
3rd place: $10,000 Finalist 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Lloyd Andy Martha
$19,400 $13,400 $10,200
20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 24 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W

Combined Coryat: $43,000

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Game tape date: 2024-01-05
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