Show #9033 - Wednesday, February 7, 2024

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

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Taylor Clagett, a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

Lisa Sriken, a lawyer from New York, New York

Justin White, a director of orchestra personnel from Overland Park, Kansas

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Jeopardy! Round

U.S. NATIONAL FORESTS
LITERATURE BINGO
AHHH, THE FRENCH
WHAT DO YOU COLLECT?
SPORTS PROFESSORS
THE "ICK"
    $200 25
Montana's Flathead National Forest is home to this carnivore & many creatures below it on the food chain
    $200 27
"N", 2005: Llewelyn Moss decides to take off with millions in drug money in this Cormac McCarthy tale; Llewelyn comes to regret that
    $200 29
This national heroine of France was canonized on May 16, 1920, nearly 500 years after her death
    $200 30
Obviously someone fully prepared for squalls, a brolliologist collects these
    $200 28
"The Ol' Perfessor" Casey Stengel, won 2 World Series titles as a player with the Giants, then seven more as a manager of these crosstown rivals
    $200 26
Someone with this criminal profession can also be called a dipper, a fingersmith or a cutpurse
    $400 24
The Allegheny National Forest in this state is a prized source of black cherry wood used in furniture making
    $400 21
"G", 1992: "G" is for this mystery writer who wrote "I Is for Innocent"
    $400 22
After Pierre's death, Marie Curie was appointed to his professorship in 1906 & became the first woman to teach at this U. in Paris
    $400 23
In "Diner", Daniel Stern plays an avid collector of these; when wife Ellen Barkin says, "Who cares" what's on the flip side?, uh-oh
    $400 14
Brainy Italian soccer star Gianluca "Il Professorino" Pessotto got his nickname for wearing these, though not on the pitch
    $400 19
A 16-year-old wrote this 19th century waltz that shares its name with paired eating utensils
    $600 18
This carnivorous plant can be found in North Carolina's Croatan National Forest, the only true coastal natl. forest in the East
    $600 15
"O" (No!), 1898: William S. Porter was convicted of embezzlement; after prison, he put out short stories under this name
    $600 20
We fell for Audrey Tautou after seeing her in the title role of this 2001 film about a lonely waitress who falls in love
    $600 3
Marie Osmond is a noted collector of these, including several of herself & Donny
    $600 13
For years a star on the Red Army team, in 1989 Igor "The Professor" Larionov became one of the first Soviets to play in this league
    $600 8
Naples, Florida has been called the "capital of the world" for this paddle sport rising in popularity
    $800 9
The 1.6 million acres of Arizona's Kaibab National Forest are divided by a natural wonder that is divided by this river
    $800 4
"B", 1956: Appropriately, "Giovanni's Room" by this man from Harlem is about an American living in Paris
    $800 2
After her mom died in the 1890s, her dad put her in an orphanage where nuns taught her to sew, leading to an iconic career in fashion
    $800 16
Labeorphilists collect beer bottles; tegestologists collect these, to protect furniture from labeorphilists?
    $800 1
Nicknamed "The Professor" for her intelligent shotmaking, Agnieszka Radwanska won 20 titles on the WTA, this tour
    $800 6
This noun is used for pranksters of myth like Anansi & Loki
    $1000 10
With over 600 miles of fishable streams, Eldorado National Forest is an angler's delight in these eastern California mountains
    $1000 7
"I", 1819: Rebecca is a Jewish heroine in this Sir Walter Scott novel & was played on film by future Judaism convert Liz Taylor
    $1000 12
Barely over 5 feet tall but a giant in his field, this artist gave us "Au Salon de la rue des Moulins" in the 1890s
    DD: $2,200 17
Vladimir Nabokov was an avid collector of these, called babochkas or "bow ties" in his native Russian
    $1000 11
You don't see a lot of players nicknamed both "The Professor" & "Mad Dog", but this Hall of Fame Braves pitcher of the '90s pulled it off
    $1000 5
In "Oil!", Upton Sinclair writes, "Water and oil would spout up over the top of" this framework, "staining it... black"

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

Justin Lisa Taylor
$1,400 $4,600 $4,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Lisa Taylor
$400 $6,600 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

IT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY
ANTHROPOLOGISTS
QUOTING THE OLD TESTAMENT
DO ME A FLAVOR
TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER
NUMERICALLY PREFIXED
    $400 23
In February 1991 Iraqi forces began a retreat from this nation, ending the Persian Gulf War
    $400 28
Ruth Benedict's interest in the culture of this country led to the 1946 book "The Chrysanthemum and the Sword"
    $400 26
He proclaimed, "Joseph my son is yet alive: I will go and see him before I die"
    $400 20
Jelly Belly makes a jelly bean that tastes like this candy--the black kind, not the red
    $400 25
Ralph Wiggum,
Lenny Leonard,
Waylon Smithers
    $400 21
Longer word for the temperature scale with 100 as the boiling point of water
    $800 22
Following a referendum, the strongly Catholic nation of Ireland made this action legal February 27, 1997
    $800 29
In 1902 Franz Boas established the USA's first department of anthropology at this NYC school
    $800 27
The lines "A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace" come from this book
    $800 19
Thomas Jefferson was an early fan of this ice cream flavor, making his own with bean pods from France
    $800 24
Maggie,
Michonne,
Negan
    $800 18
This term refers to walking & standing on 2 feet, like a T-rex or a human
    $1200 1
Following a conference, these 3 leaders signed the Yalta agreement in February 1945
    $1200 11
Forensic anthropologist Kathy Reichs' life & novels inspired TV's Temperance Brennan, nicknamed this
    $1200 30
"Take us the" these "the little" these "that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes"
    $1200 8
It's the 2-word registered name for Cheetos' super spicy, tongue-scorching snacks
    $1200 6
Susan Ross,
Uncle Leo,
David Puddy
    $1200 17
This type of multipart painting, like Giotto's 14th century work, can deliver a unity of subject
    $1600 7
Calling for the abolition of private property & for workers of the world to unite, it was published in February 1848
    DD: $4,000 2
In 1927 Davidson Black identified this "man" as a member of the human lineage on the basis of a single tooth found in North China
    DD: $1,200 16
The second verse of this book begins, "Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel..."
    $1600 3
In 2018 Coca-Cola launched 2 fruity local flavors, California Raspberry & this, from the company's home state
    $1600 5
Will Graham,
Jack Crawford,
Dr. Chilton
    $1600 14
Based on the 8 endpoints of the lines, a hashtag or pound sign is also known as this
    $2000 12
This amendment to the Constitution was ratified in February 1951, limiting a president to 2 terms or a maximum of 10 years total
    $2000 9
Bruno Latour studied groups like this La Jolla biological institute's scientists who he saw motivated by competition, not just truth
    $2000 15
From Judges 6, "The spirit of the Lord came upon" this man, "and he blew a trumpet"
    $2000 4
For baking, you can buy a purple extract that tastes like this purple yam from the Philippines
    $2000 10
Deputy Clementine Johnson,
Deputy Travis Junior, Deputy Trudy Wiegel
    $2000 13
On their fourth day of confinement, the tale tellers recount stories of tragic love in this 14th century work

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Justin Lisa Taylor
$3,600 $11,000 $15,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WONDERS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
Achilles Tatius wrote that it "was like a mountain... at the top of this mountain rose a second sun"

Final scores:

Justin Lisa Taylor
$600 $2,000 $8,200
3rd place: $5,000 2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Justin Lisa Taylor
$5,800 $15,000 $16,000
8 R,
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $36,800

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Game tape date: 2024-01-17
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