Show #9036 - Monday, February 12, 2024

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 6.

Contestants

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Dan Wohl, a high school history teacher from Brooklyn New York

Donna Matturri, a librarian from Columbus, Ohio

Sriram Krishnan, a consultant from Falls Church, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round

POP CULTURE VS.
AIRLINE LOGOS
INITIALS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE
SOME VERY MOVING WORDS
LIFE IN THE 1920s
GENIUS: MLK/X
(Kelvin: I'm Kelvin Harrison Jr. Did they oppose or reinforce each other? I play Martin Luther King in Genius: MLK/X, a new National Geographic series about the entwined careers of two giants of civil rights.)
    $200 8
In 1966 The Royal Guardsmen set the scene "in the clear blue skies over Germany" for a song titled "Snoopy Vs." this guy
    $200 29
This airline's kangaroo logo was first used in 1947; it has gotten considerably more stylized since then
    $200 14
Booted out of Iceland, set foot in Vinland:
L.E.
    $200 10
Stylishly showy, or in song, what is done "through the snow"
    $200 15
This canine companion first appeared in newspapers in January 1925
    $200 30
(Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) My character, MLK, felt a moral obligation to speak out regarding this conflict in Asia, although it would end up alienating him from Lyndon B. Johnson & his allies
    $400 7
"Red vs. Blue" are 2 armies in an animated series that's an offshoot of this "angelic" video game franchise
    $400 4
Its red triangular logo is called a widget
    $400 13
P.M. of Israel in the 1970s:
G.M.
    $400 9
To go forward, perhaps to the next playoff series; a kid may plead to get one on their allowance
    $400 28
Referring to a new kind of music & popularized by F. Scott Fitzgerald, it was a nickname for the decade
    $400 24
(Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) A 1964 speech delivered by Malcolm X after he left the Nation of Islam, stated his Black nationalist philosophy, & he spoke of the ballot or this deadly word
    $600 1
On this series, Casey Webb travels the country, taking on eating challenges like a 4-pound Reuben or a gallon-sized sundae
    $600 18
Seen here, is this airline's logo; she represents the spirit of welcome you might not find on the mainland
    $600 5
Pseudonym of an intrepid early 20th century newspaperwoman:
N.B.
    $600 27
In South Africa, to travel by ox wagon; in space, to travel by enterprise
    $600 16
This Chinese tile game became a craze in the U.S., especially among women, even in the pool
    $600 3
(Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) A man who was raised Quaker & sang the blues with Lead Belly, Bayard Rustin drew from Gandhi's example to help inspire MLK to follow this 11-letter form of peaceful resistance
    $800 2
In an Edgar Wright film, this title slacker vies with Ramona Flowers' 7 evil exes, as well as "the World"
    $800 19
In 2019 Aer Lingus refreshed this symbol on its logo by giving it a slight backward tilt
    $800 11
Slid into being Russia's P.M. from 2012-2020:
D.M.
    $800 23
Check my this as I lyrically not satirically lay it out empirically; it pairs with ebb to denote regular change
    $800 22
This "sweet" song was introduced in the '20s & so were the Harlem Globetrotters, who would later make it their theme
    $800 17
(Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) The series highlights the tragedies & triumphs of Coretta Scott King & this wife of Malcolm X; together as widows, they would attend the Black National Political Convention in 1972
    $1000 6
In "The People vs." this man, Woody Harrelson says, "I'm your dream client. I'm the most fun, I'm rich, & I'm always in trouble"
    $1000 20
This symbol has been on Air Canada's logo for more than 85 years
    $1000 12
5th wife of Henry VIII & possibly Thomas Culpeper's sneaky link: C.H.
    $1000 25
Let's hurry around the city to find this same-named part of an old-fashioned skirt
    DD: $2,500 21
In a 1925 speech she said, "We have got to free women from enforced, enslaved maternity"
    $1000 26
(Kelvin Harrison Jr. presents the clue.) Since they marched together, went to jail together & even had a pillow fight together right before Martin's death, MLK & this minister are referred to as the civil rights twins on the show

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

Sriram Donna Dan
$2,000 $4,400 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sriram Donna Dan
$4,800 $4,900 $2,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
OCEANOGRAPHY
MUSICIANS OF THE 1960s
HOMES
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RHYMING SYNONYMS
(Ken: You'll need to give us both words.)
    $400 10
In the epilogue to "Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows", she & Ron Weasley are married & have 2 children, Rose & Hugo
    $400 23
Launched in 1978, the Seasat satellite took measurements such as the height of these, but not for the benefit of surfers
    $400 13
"Butch" Snipes in Seattle & "Baby Boo" Young in Tennessee are thought to have inspired this star to play guitar with his teeth
    $400 26
You can visit his home in Vienna, but if you want to see the famous couch, you have to go to his London home
    $400 30
African nations that are members of OPEC include Nigeria & this one that borders the Mediterranean Sea & Egypt
    $400 27
3 & 4 letters long, these 2 words refer to the foremost part of a ship
    $800 7
Roald Dahl wrote of this book-loving girl with telekinetic powers
    $800 24
These ecosystems consisting of polyps provide a habitat & food for about 25% of the world's marine life
    $800 14
Pete Townshend admits that he "made a huge leap into the absurd" when he decided this title album guy "would play pinball"
    $800 21
In 1890 Claude Monet bought a farmhouse in this French town on the Epte River
    $800 15
Dealing less with local programs than the World Bank, this fund with 190 member nations works to stabilize exchange rates
    $800 17
Fastening part of a necklace & to understand
    DD: $5,000 6
Michael Connelly named this LAPD detective after a 15th century Dutch painter
    $1200 25
The current named for these Spanish islands off northwest Africa helps lessen the heating effect of the Sahara
    $1200 1
Dave Davies of this British band claims he cut the speaker cone of his amp with a razor blade to get a distorted sound on "You Really Got Me"
    $1200 8
This director went to England in the early '60s to make "Lolita" & lived out his years at Childwickbury Manor
    $1200 11
We do "declare" that members of the Brussels-based WCO, or World this Organization, deal with 98% of all trade
    $1200 18
Gizmo of "Gremlins" fame frightfully screamed these 2 words after seeing a camera flash
    $1600 4
Mellors' lover, she was known as Connie to friends & family
    $1600 28
There are about 6,000 species of this color algae, division Rhodophyta, including laver & dulse
    $1600 2
The horrific 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in 1963 inspired this singer to write "Mississippi Goddam"
    $1600 9
Monte Cristo Cottage was the boyhood home of Eugene O'Neill, who set this "long" play there
    DD: $4,200 12
Founded in 1831 to support the conquest of Algeria, this organization requires members to use assumed names
    $1600 19
Sounds that are fit for a mouse or old bones
    $2000 5
Roland Deschain is the gunslinging protagonist of this Stephen King series
    $2000 29
At 27,480 feet, Milwaukee Depth, the deepest point in the Atlantic, lies in a trench named for this island
    $2000 3
In 1967, this folk singer released the song "Children Of Darkness", written by Richard Fariña, her late brother-in-law
    $2000 22
In 1879 Jefferson Davis paid $5,500 for this Biloxi home whose name suggests its "beautiful view"
    $2000 16
The U.S. refused to pay reparations to Nicaragua, run by this party, in 1986, as the Intl. Court of Justice has no enforcement powers
    $2000 20
You'll find this pair of 4-letter synonyms between 2 hills or mountains

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sriram Donna Dan
$13,200 $20,700 $6,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. STAMPS
This Roman numeral appeared on stamps in a 2022 series for the 50th anniversary of an anti-discrimination law

Final scores:

Sriram Donna Dan
$26,400 $14,900 $7,000
Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Sriram Donna Dan
$13,200 $19,400 $3,400
15 R,
1 W		 23 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $36,000

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Game tape date: 2024-01-18
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