Show #9037 - Tuesday, February 13, 2024

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 2 quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

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Nicole Rudolph, an associate dean from Williston Park, New York

Kat Jepson, an artist from Roanoke, Virginia

Long Nguyen, a retired engineer from Las Vegas, Nevada

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Jeopardy! Round

LENDING YOU A POKER HAND
RHYMING PHRASES
OH, THE PLACES YOU "CAN" GO!
DUCK SOUP
IT HAPPENED IN CONGRESS
50 GREATEST RAPPERS OF ALL TIME
(Ken: Chosen not by me but by Billboard and Vibe.)
    $200 6
The Bicycle cards website points out 5 of a kind is only possible with these as part of the game, something "most poker purists" shun
    $200 19
In song, it was used to describe an arachnid making its way up a drainage pipe
    $200 23
It's a 100-mile-long peninsula on the east coast of Florida, or a cape that's a small part of it
    $200 21
In 2015 Kim Kardashian told NPR she was "too cool" for this puckering selfie expression
    $200 30
In 1870 Congress censured Tennessee's Roderick Butler for selling an appointment to this academy
    $200 25
She invited us to "Come Into My House" & also deal with the "Wrath Of My Madness"; we bow down before this Queen
    $400 5
Paul Newman uses more than luck & skill to get the 4 jacks that beat Robert Shaw in this 1973 movie about a big con
    $400 18
It's a planned function where someone famous is introduced to & socializes with audience members
    $400 22
A causeway links the Zona Hotelera to the Mexican city of this name
    $400 20
Thanks to a duck saying its name, this company said its brand recognition jumped from 11% to 94% in 14 years
    $400 24
In 1789 Congress hotly debated "a day of public" this for the new Constitution; a November day was eventually chosen
    $400 26
In 1986 it was "6 'N The Mornin"' for him in the studio but in 2000 it was "SVU" for him on TV
    $600 4
Edward G. Robinson wins a poker duel with this hand in "The Cincinnati Kid"; poker & movie fans debate the realism of the game
    $600 17
Definitions of this include a country at war, a new night club, a good place for Wi-Fi
    $600 8
Named for a German travel guide, the "Baedeker raids" were bombing attacks on historic British sites like this cathedral city
    $600 16
Not the Muscovy duck, but this other "M" duck is thought to be the ancestor of most domestic duck breeds
    $600 13
A 1958 congressional act established this agency, making a giant leap possible 11 years later
    $600 27
Billboard said he is "often cited as hip-hop's GOAT behind the boards... a lead rapper on... 1988's 'Straight Outta Compton"'
    $800 3
The "dead man's hand" of 2 pair, black aces & 8s, was reportedly held by him when he was shot dead in 1876
    $800 10
This bit of advice could be translated as "pretend to be successful until you become so"
    DD: $1,000 1
"The accent is on the 'Can"', said the woman announcing the name of this newly chosen, yet-to-be-built capital in 1913
    $800 11
This presidential daughter had pet ducks that often waddled their way into the fountain on the White House South Lawn
    $800 12
Congress first did this March 3, 1845 in the waning hours of John Tyler's presidency, by votes of 41-1 & 127-30
    $800 28
Some numbers: 3 years after taking 9 bullets, he had a Billboard 200 No. 1 debut with "Get Rich Or Die Tryin"' in 2003
    $1000 2
This late legendary player won the World Series of Poker two years in a row by having his 10-2 become a full house
    $1000 9
A police helicopter providing surveillance is idiomatically one of these & doesn't need to blink either
    $1000 7
This national monument in Arizona preserves hundreds of pre-Columbian cliff dwellings
    $1000 15
In 2018, a hot duck of this species with the name of a form of Chinese appeared in New York City; folks fell in love with it
    $1000 14
After the close Nixon-Humphrey race, the House passed a resolution to abolish this system, 338-70, but the Senate didn't
    $1000 29
"Backed by rap's archetypal hype man in Flavor Flav", this Public Enemy leader was a "Rebel Without A Pause" in 1987

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

Long Kat Nicole
$4,000 $2,400 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Long Kat Nicole
$6,600 $5,000 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

WISTFUL THINKING
SIBLINGS OF NOTE
THERE'S A VACCINE FOR THAT
VWLLSS CMPNS
(Ken: Vowel-less companies.)
DOCUMENTARIES
"RH" FACTOR
(Ken: Those two letters will appear as a pair in every correct response.)
    $400 1
John Greenleaf Whittier noted, "For of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these" 4 words
    $400 30
Last name of Joseph, publisher of the New York World, & of brother Albert, who ran the less well-known New York Morning Journal
    $400 28
Biothrax protects against this disease that's transmitted to humans from farm animals
    $400 26
A shoe brand:
RBK
    $400 29
The documentary series "Five Came Back" chronicles the stories of directors like William Wyler & John Huston during this war
    $400 12
Unlike the large bird, as the first name of "Better Call Saul" actress Seehorn, it rhymes with Shea
    $800 2
In "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage", this nobleman sadly wrote of Cadiz, "Here all were noble, save nobility"
    $800 24
A dynamic trio in this game, the Polgar sisters are Susan, Sofia & Judit, who beat Boris Spassky
    DD: $7,000 20
The CDC wants you to know that the 4 vaccine shots for this are fairly painless & now given in the arm, not the stomach
    $800 21
"The original craft coffee":
PTS
    $800 27
The doc subtitled "The Greatest Party That Never Happened" follows this failed festival that left folks stranded in the Bahamas in 2017
    $800 25
This part of a missile or torpedo contains the explosive or chemical agent
    $1200 8
In "Dandelion Wine" he was not a "Ray" of sunshine, saying, "some people turn sad awfully young... no special reason"
    $1200 23
In the 1930s John of this last name was a senator, his brother William was House speaker & William's daughter Tallulah was a stage star
    $1200 4
Breathe easy! We'll only make you identify the "R" in RSV, this syncytial virus, & let you know there's a vaccine available
    $1200 5
Outdoorsy co-op from the Seattle area:
R
    $1200 15
"The Quiet Epidemic" makes the case for the existence of the chronic kind of this disease named for a New England town
    $1200 18
Where were you in '62? Maybe working as one of these on roller skates at a drive-in restaurant
    $1600 9
This Angeleno poet & barfly wrote, "I felt like crying, but nothing came out"
    DD: $11,000 14
Marcel's kid sister Suzanne Duchamp caught the bug for this movement with artworks like "Accordion Masterpiece"
    $1600 3
There are vaccines to protect against this inflammation of the lining of the brain & spinal cord
    $1600 6
Casual clothes from Japan:
NQL
    $1600 13
The 1956 underwater documentary "The Silent World" was co-directed by Louis Malle & this French oceanographer
    $1600 17
This type of doctor specializes in arthritis & autoimmune diseases
    $2000 10
One benefit of reading this Stephen Chbosky book: "Things change. And friends leave. And life doesn't stop for anybody"
    $2000 22
A new method of prostate surgery was pioneered by & punningly nicknamed for Robert, brother of this 20th century French novelist
    $2000 7
A vaccine by any other name: both DTaP & Tdap offer sweet protection against tetanus, pertussis & this
    $2000 11
High-end camera company:
LC
    $2000 16
In "The Fog of War" Errol Morris interviewed this man who was Secretary of Defense from 1961 to 1968
    $2000 19
These muscles of the upper back, major & minor, help stabilize the shoulder girdle & scapula

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Long Kat Nicole
$26,400 $28,000 $3,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

SOUTHERN POLITICIANS
An article written after his 1935 death asked, "Will some crown prince arise to take his place?"

Final scores:

Long Kat Nicole
$28,001 $52,801 $3,000
2nd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist 3rd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Long Kat Nicole
$16,800 $21,800 $3,000
26 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 22 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 4 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $41,600

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Game tape date: 2024-01-18
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