Show #9028 - Wednesday, January 31, 2024

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Ron Cheung, an economics professor from Lakewood, Ohio

Erin Portman, a high school English teacher from Naperville, Illinois

Michael Menkhus, a data analyst from Kansas City, Missouri

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Jeopardy! Round

THE ENGLISH PAST
PLATFORMING
SILENT H
A SQUARE MEAL
THE STATE'S MOST POPULOUS COUNTY
QUESTIONABLE MOVIES
    $200 28
Founded in 1753, this national antiquities collection was first housed in a London mansion called Montagu House
    $200 30
Of 11, 22 or 33, the height in feet of the board in Olympic platform diving
    $200 24
The host of a nightly news telecast, or the last runner in a relay race
    $200 23
The "original" flavor of this century-old woven cracker brand has 3 ingredients: whole grain wheat, canola oil & sea salt
    $200 27
Cook County
    $200 16
In "Why Him?" this "Breaking Bad" star does not understand the appeal of James Franco (but his daughter does)
    $400 26
This nickname for the Conservative Party has been used for centuries & comes from an Irish word for "outlaw"
    $400 29
2 types of elevating work platforms are a scissor lift & this type of crane with a fruit in its name
    $400 18
This exclamation of frustration by Homer Simpson was inspired by utterances of actor James Finlayson in Laurel & Hardy films
    $400 15
This brand's ubiquitous singles now come in Swiss & pepper jack
    $400 10
Laramie County
    $400 17
Ashton Kutcher & Seann William Scott search for a jalopy while aliens look for the continuum transfunctioner in this film
    $600 25
This man became Lord Protector after leading a Roundhead army in the 17th century English Civil War
    $600 6
To help him do this job, Leopold Stokowski designed his own podium: round, with steps & covered in non-slip rubber
    $600 13
It can be submission to one of superior rank or a song written in imitation of an admired artist
    $600 12
This alliterative Japanese food container suggests your fare is going to be delivered within 4 sides
    $600 4
Maricopa County
    $600 20
In this 1962 film former child star Bette Davis lives in a crumbling Hollywood mansion with her invalid sister
    $800 19
From 1830, what's now Winchester Science Museum is the oldest surviving this type of building, part of a transport revolution
    $800 9
In carmaking a platform is the basic chassis & architecture; the Nissan 370Z & this luxe brand's QX70 used the same one
    DD: $3,200 7
From the Dutch for "permission", it's a leave of absence granted to a member of the military
    $800 1
These little French teacakes whose name means "little oven" are often square
    $800 2
Fairfax County
    $800 21
Ice Cube tries to get out of the friend zone with Nia Long by offering to drive her kids to Vancouver in this 2005 film
    $1000 14
This "List" loosened up in 1965 as the 4 Beatles each got an MBE, being made members of the Order of the British Empire
    $1000 11
Upvote or downvote posts on this social media platform that has communities like AMA (Ask Me Anything) & WallStreetBets
    $1000 8
From the name of a town in County Wicklow, it's an Irish walking stick or cudgel
    $1000 5
This revered San Francisco chocolatier sells squares of the sweet with peppermint bark or raspberry filling
    $1000 3
Multnomah County
    $1000 22
The title of this Coen Bros. film comes from a movie Joel McCrea wanted to make in Preston Sturges' "Sullivan's Travels"

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

Michael! Erin Ron
$4,400 $0 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Michael! Erin Ron
$7,400 $600 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ENGLISH PAST TENSE
OPERA
BUSINESS & FINANCE HISTORY
TECH TALK
MOUNTAINS OF LITERATURE
ARTFUL ROGERS
    $400 16
This irregular past tense verb is what I did to start our game of whist
    $400 28
In act IV of "La bohème", Musetta finds this woman half-dead; spoiler alert--by the end of the act, she's all dead
    $400 25
Peter the Great introduced regular minting of this currency in silver & here he is, on one of his coins
    $400 27
In soccer, goal or no can be decided using VAR, or video assistant this, meaning either the system or a person who uses it
    $400 22
Peter Matthiessen climbed mountains in Nepal to see the snow type of this creature, the title of his National Book Award winner
    $400 26
Roger Waters & Roger "Syd" Barrett were founding members of this "colorful" band formed in 1965
    $800 15
This irregular past tense verb can mean completely tired out & exhausted
    $800 17
Here is Placido Domingo being a little nosy as this character
    $800 24
In 2021 El Salvador's govt. made all businesses accept this as payment & introduced the digital "Chivo Wallet"
    $800 20
The accepted levels of this technology go from 0 (a 1978 Buick Regal) to 5 (no pedals; doesn't exist yet)
    $800 21
After accepting a drink of liquor in a Washington Irving tale, Rip Van Winkle falls asleep for 20 years in these mountains
    $800 29
This movie critic tried his thumb at screenwriting with the 1970 film "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"
    $1200 3
A brother"ood" of irregular past tenses is stood, understood & this, meaning "resisted"
    $1200 5
Heard here is the famous "Toreador Song" from this opera
    $1200 10
Unemployment is supposed to fall as inflation rises & vice versa; under Pres. Ford, both rose & economists coined this word
    $1200 13
Seen here, is a more than 2,000-year-old one of these, also what you use to take notes in Kobo eReaders & ebooks
    $1200 9
In the novel "Lost Horizon", the Kunlun Range is thought to be home to this lamasery whose name has become a synonym for utopia
    $1200 30
Roles of this actor include a cousin of James Garner in "Maverick",
Simon Templar &
007
    $1600 2
This word meaning "said not to do that thing" rhymes with "had" to traditionalists but with "maid" to many others
    DD: $2,000 6
Benjamin Britten composed the music for an opera based on this sailor who shared Ben's initials
    $1600 11
Casa Loma, in this city, a financial center, was the passion of Henry Pellatt, who had to sell it when the Home Bank of Canada collapsed
    $1600 18
A Rand Corp. blog post says this, the "bedrock of most cybersecurity measures", is at risk when quantum computing scales up
    $1600 8
"Der Zauberberg" in German, this Thomas Mann novel tells the story of a man who stays in a TB clinic for 7 years
    $1600 23
This artful Cowboys quarterback didn't break into the NFL until he was 27 due to a 4-year commitment with the U.S. Navy
    $2000 1
You don't say "I brod the fish before frying it", nor "I throd the needle", so why this word meaning "stepped"?
    $2000 7
The first in a trilogy of operas by Philip Glass about great men who changed the world was him "On the Beach"
    $2000 12
In 1720 the value of this trading company's stock rose from 128 1/2 to 1,000, creating a disastrous "bubble"
    DD: $3,000 19
This word, from the Greek for "life" & "measure", enabled Apple to introduce Face ID on the iPhone X
    $2000 4
A Miskatonic Univ. team uncovers horrific artifacts in Antarctica in this author's "At the Mountains of Madness"
    $2000 14
This B-movie maven of "Attack of the Crab Monsters" fame filmed "The Little Shop of Horrors" in 3 days

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Michael! Erin Ron
$17,800 $2,600 $8,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN MUSICIANS
Also an author, this singer who had 5 Top 40 hits in the 1970s was called the "Pirate Laureate"

Final scores:

Michael! Erin Ron
$17,800 $5,200 $8,200
Finalist 3rd place: $10,000 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Michael! Erin Ron
$19,800 $2,600 $14,400
26 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 7 R,
1 W		 20 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $36,800

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Game tape date: 2024-01-05
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