Show #9056 - Monday, March 11, 2024

2024 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Brian Henegar, a guest services agent from LaFollette, Tennessee

Troy Meyer, a music executive from Tampa, Florida

Luigi de Guzman, an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

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Jeopardy! Round

RENAISSANCE WOMEN
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
ON WHEELS
RESISTANCE IS FUTILE
DEALING WITH TV REALITY
ENIGMATIC ANAGRAMS
    $200 12
In her 30s & already queen, Isabella of Castile decided to learn this language of Renaissance scholarship
    $200 20
The flooding of this country's Nubian Valley in the 1960s led to an international effort to move the temples of Abu Simbel
    $200 22
The Ford Maverick & GMC Sierra are this popular type of vehicle
    $200 30
When it's time for right hand red but your left foot's on green & a player is in your way, you're about to hit vinyl & lose this game
    $200 29
This Netflix show: "The Challenge" used bits based on the drama series, but with one important difference: players did not really die
    $200 23
A mind puzzle:
DR. DELI
    $400 18
A contemporary described Isabella d'Este as the this "of the World", though she was the wife of a marquess, not a president
    $400 19
The "Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes" in this U.S. state was created by a gigantic volcanic eruption in 1912
    $400 21
The wheels on this hippie-mobile go round & round, like on the one George Carlin voiced in "Cars"
    $400 16
This canvas over-garment will make you keep your hands to yourself, but one used by Houdini sold for nearly $50,000 in 2011
    $400 28
Oh, the Scandoval! Let's say Ariana did not wish Tom well after he cheated on her with Raquel on this show that debuted in 2013
    $400 24
It's deceptive:
BUST REFUGE
    $600 15
Sofonisba Anguissola depicted herself as a working artist in "Self-portrait at" this supporting frame
    DD: $2,600 7
You'll find this Scots word for a valley before "Eagles", "Mor" & "Coe", among many others
    $600 10
The Cozy Coupe is a classic from this company whose 2-word name refers to its young customers
    $600 11
Just try to resist the cuteness of the Pomsky, a hybrid of these 2 dog breeds
    $600 2
Jennifer Lawrence said she'd give her Oscar to Heather Gay, Monica Garcia & "The Real Housewives of" here for that season finale in '24
    $600 25
Like that "object of desire":
ECO RUBS
    $800 14
Victor Hugo's play about this woman popularized her image as a poisoner, though there's no real evidence she was one
    $800 6
Shared by 2 countries, the Valley of Cerdanya lies just east of Andorra high in these mountains
    $800 4
The 1911 Curtiss Triad was the first plane to have retractable this, like modern planes
    $800 9
1938's Munich Agreement basically had France's premier & this world leader leaving the Czechs defenseless against Hitler
    $800 3
From 2012 to 2020 Dave Navarro hosted this series that had episodes like "Drill Baby, Drill"
    $800 26
Not clear:
I AM BOGUS--U?
    $1000 13
Isotta Nogarola is often said to have been the first major female figure of this people-centric intellectual "-ism"
    $1000 5
During the Civil War North & South battled for control of this fertile valley that extends southwest from Harpers Ferry
    $1000 1
Made without brakes, track bicycles are designed for this type of building & here they are going around inside one
    $1000 8
Readers again could not resist Stephenie Meyer, working hours after twilight with this 2020 best-seller told from the vampire's POV
    $1000 17
Pod save us! Lydia saw through the premise of this dating show by recognizing the voice of Uche, an ex
    $1000 27
Adjective for specialized knowledge:
SO RECITE

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

Luigi Troy Brian
$8,800 $1,000 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Luigi Troy Brian
$10,600 $2,400 $1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR
BEHIND THE MUSIC
NATURE
IT'S CURTAINS
WORLD OF LIT
"AI"
    $400 29
3-letter last name of Johnny, a symbol of the typical southern soldier; in a 1905 book by a war veteran, he's paired with Billy Yank
    $400 23
Jackson Browne's "The Load-Out" is a thank you to these folks who move & set up equipment--"Let" them "Take the Stage"
    $400 30
Seen here is a lovely one of these hollow earth-like rocks lined with crystals of pink amethyst
    $400 28
While Europe had its Iron Curtain, this curtain was a political barrier between China & the noncommunist countries of Asia
    $400 27
This commander of the Nautilus in "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea" also appears in "The Mysterious Island"
    $400 26
In England & other parts of Europe, corn is commonly referred to by this name, borrowed from Spanish
    DD: $6,800 7
When the war started, this future general was helping drill a volunteer company in Galena, Illinois
    $800 22
Before he was infamous, Phil Spector was famous for this elaborate production style of many '60s hits
    $800 14
Talk about going the distance! The Arctic type of this bird has the longest annual migration of any, a round trip of up to 60,000 miles
    $800 21
Tiffany made a curtain of glass featuring the peaks of Iztaccíhuatl & Popocatépetl for this capital's national theatre
    $800 18
He served several years of hard labor in Siberia before writing about someone else's "Crime and Punishment"
    $800 25
In Connecticut, this program is called Husky Health; in Oklahoma, it's Soonercare
    $1200 6
In 1863 John Esten Cooke rushed into print with a biography of this Confederate general killed in May of that year
    $1200 5
The many Grammys of this legendary musician & producer include Best R&B Song for "Cuff It" in 2023
    $1200 11
Ecdysis is another name for this process by which certain animals, such as snakes, shed their skin
    $1200 15
Thinking it was Claudius, Hamlet takes his sword & pierces through a curtain, killing this father of Ophelia
    $1200 10
Following the publication of this controversial 1988 novel, the Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa against Salman Rushdie
    $1200 19
A wagon or cart, like the one for carrying "Hay" in a painting by John Constable
    $1600 2
Patented in 1862, this new weapon of war featured multiple barrels rotated by a crank
    $1600 4
A 2008 documentary tells the story of the legendary group of L.A. studio musicians known by this destructive nickname
    $1600 12
Found in bodies of water & other moist environments, these single-celled algae have cell walls made of silica
    $1600 16
In 1972 at the Met this Italian opera singer, later one of The Three Tenors, received 17 curtain calls
    $1600 8
In Hermann Hesse's futuristic final novel, Josef Knecht has long been consumed with mastering this title competition
    $1600 20
Heads up! It's this South American cousin of the crocodile
    $2000 3
The last battlefield death of the war was Union Pvt. John Williams, who was killed at Palmito Ranch in this state in May 1865
    $2000 1
The Beatles were just one of many artists with whom this legendary English producer crafted hit after hit
    $2000 13
Also called a scaly anteater, this exotic animal of Africa & Asia is sadly among the most trafficked mammals in the world
    $2000 17
Her first short story collection, "A Curtain of Green", contains her most famous story, "Why I Live at the P.O."
    $2000 9
The short story collection "Face to Face" was the first book by this South African woman who won a 1991 Nobel Prize
    DD: $2,000 24
A contemporary of Buddha, Mahavira is revered as a leader & organizer of this religion

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Luigi Troy Brian
$18,600 $28,400 $6,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORD ORIGINS
A radical in an 1833 failed uprising in Germany, Ludwig von Rochau coined this term for acts taken for practical reasons not ethics

Final scores:

Luigi Troy Brian
$1 $19,599 $5
3rd place: $10,000 Finalist 2nd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Luigi Troy Brian
$16,600 $22,400 $6,200
22 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 14 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $45,200

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Game tape date: 2024-02-08
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