Show #9065 - Friday, March 22, 2024

2024 Jeopardy! Invitational Tournament quarterfinal game 3.
9,000th episode.

Contestants

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Alan Lin, a software engineer from Los Angeles, California

Matt Jackson, a grad student in computer science and public policy originally from Washington, D.C.

Terry O'Shea, a software engineer from Brooklyn, New York

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Jeopardy! Round

THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE, BY THE NUMBERS
NONFICTION
TURNING 60 IN 2024
WORDS IN INVITATIONAL
(Ken: Each response made up entirely of letters in the word "invitational".)
THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT
(Ken: We didn't want to observe our 9,000th episode without celebrating the only person who's been part of all 9,000 of them, so we have THE LYRICAL STYLINGS OF JOHNNY GILBERT; you name the original artist or band.)
TIME FOR DESSERT
    $200 28
He received a total of 1,876 Electoral College votes for president, a likely unbreakable record
    $200 29
His dedication for his memoir "Spare" reads: "For Meg and Archie and Lili... and, of course, my Mother"
    $200 30
Back in 1964 apple-currant was in the original flavor lineup of these toaster pastries
    $200 19
It can mean of utmost importance or essential to life
    $200 25
"I'm that bad type make your mama sad type, make your girlfriend mad tight might seduce your dad type... I'm the bad guy"
    $200 20
Erupting with flavor, it's the yummy dessert seen here, named for its center
    $400 27
Vying for re-election, he did not treat his Minnesota opponent nicely, winning 525-13
    $400 21
The 2023 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction went to a book about this man, whose 2020 death in Minneapolis sparked protests worldwide
    $400 26
This computer language whose full name tells you it's for beginners was introduced at 4 a.m. on May 1, 1964
    $400 18
It's an adjective meaning of or related to one's birth
    $400 24
"When I'm out walking, I strut my stuff, and I'm so strung out, I'm high as a kite, I just might stop to check you out"
    $400 17
Bad when it's caused by heavy rain, good when it's a dessert cocktail made with vodka, coffee liqueur & Irish cream
    DD: $3,200 11
Though he won the popular vote, he flunked out of the Electoral College by 5 votes
    $600 5
Members of the Osage Nation, Mollie Burkhart & her family are at the center of this bestseller
    $600 22
A perfect line from this satiric film: "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here. This is the War Room"
    $600 1
Anne-Sophie Mutter is an acclaimed player of this
    $600 23
"If you want my body, & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar, let me know, if you really need me, just reach out & touch me"
    $600 16
These cakes were immortalized by Proust in his "Remembrance of Things Past"
    $800 10
He won 304-227; he lost 306-232
    $800 6
Stephen Hawking gave us "A Brief History of Time" & this American-born writer gave us "A Short History of Nearly Everything"
    $800 4
This 1964 novel by Louise Fitzhugh introduced readers to the title girl sleuth who made observations in her notebook
    $800 2
French inventor & engineer Louis Bleriot was a pioneer in this field
    $800 13
"Say it ain't so, I will not go, turn the lights off, carry me home, na-na, na-na, na-na, na-na, na na"
    $800 15
Made with egg whites & coconut but needing no flour, these cookies are traditional during the Jewish Passover
    $1000 9
Andrew Jackson "won" the E.C. 99-84-41-37 but having no majority there, lost the election in the House to this man
    $1000 7
Published in 1962, it's Barbara Tuchman's acclaimed book detailing the first month of World War I
    $1000 8
The First Ladies' Hall was one of its original galleries when it opened to the public on January 23, 1964
    $1000 3
The seeds of this tropical tree yield a yellowish-red dye that's used as a food coloring, especially for cheese & margarine
    $1000 12
"I got a woman, way over town, that's good to me, oh yeah. Say, I got a woman way over town that's good to me, oh yeah"
    $1000 14
Italian for "cooked cream", this eggless custard can be garnished with raspberries

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

Terry Matt Alan
$2,600 $8,200 $1,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Terry Matt Alan
$4,200 $9,600 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE OLD TESTAMENT
"HOUSE" OF ENTERTAINMENT
IN THE NATIONAL WOMEN'S HALL OF FAME
ITALIAN WORDS & PHRASES
COMPOSERS
TIME FOR DESERT
    $400 30
According to the psalmist & Bob Marley, "by the rivers of" here we sat down & "wept, when we remembered Zion"
    $400 26
Candace Cameron Bure & Jodie Sweetin got some yuks on the Netflix reboot with this title
    $400 25
This first woman appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court
    $400 29
L'ultima parola is the last word; l'ultima spiaggia is the last resort; l'ultima cena is this, found in Matthew 26
    $400 27
Born in Bergen, Norway, Nina Hagerup married this cousin in 1867 & went on to interpret his songs
    $400 28
In the Sahara, avoid the deathstalker, an extremely dangerous & venomous variety of this arachnid
    $800 23
This book says "They cast pur, that is, the lot"--hence the holiday of Purim
    $800 22
After dozens of movies, this TV series took Robin Wright to a new level of stardom
    $800 24
This lawyer, feminist, activist & TV commentator
    $800 21
This masculine plural form of the word for "all" means all the instruments playing together
    $800 20
Rimsky-Korsakov was a private tutor & mentor to this "Firebird", er, firebrand, of a composer
    $800 19
In 1873 a team using camels became the first Europeans to cross this continent's Great Sandy Desert
    DD: $12,000 10
This name of the first minor prophet in book order often comes before "can you see" in punny sermon titles
    $1200 15
The Talking Heads were "fighting fire with fire" in this song that may result in a call to your insurance guy
    $1200 7
This Swiss-born psychiatrist known for identifying 5 stages of grief
    $1200 14
The mafia was sometimes called this, Italian for "our thing"; for the Jewish mob, replace the first word with "kosher"
    $1200 3
Felix Mendelssohn composed music to accompany this Shakespeare comedy, including the familiar "Wedding March"
    $1200 18
In 2016, NASA began testing a new prototype rover & its life-detecting instruments in this South American desert
    $1600 9
He's the mighty man of wealth depicted with Ruth, whom he marries
    $1600 16
Called America's defining Celtic hip-hop group, they hit the Top 5 with a 1990s party anthem
    $1600 6
This photographer with a hyphenated name, one of the first photojournalists hired by Life magazine
    $1600 13
For hair color, it can describe Italian tennis star Jannik Sinner, or it can be an iconic series of Ferrari models
    $1600 1
MGM's "Song of Love" dramatized this composer falling in love with Clara Schumann, whose husband Robert goes mad
    DD: $4,000 4
Parts of Texas are covered by this vast desert named for Mexico's largest state
    $2000 8
This man really wanted Jacob to marry his older daughter, Leah, before his younger, Rachel
    $2000 17
Ben Kingsley got an Oscar nomination for playing an Iranian immigrant with dreams of home ownership in this drama
    $2000 5
Among the class of 2024, this civil rights icon, who at age 6 made history when she integrated one of New Orleans' all white schools
    $2000 12
It comes before voce to mean "quietly" & before "il sole della Toscana" to mean the book "Under the Tuscan Sun"
    $2000 2
An analogy:
Claude Debussy is to Impressionism as this "Gymnopédies" composer is to Surrealism
    $2000 11
The brown hyena & the bat-eared fox both make their home in this largest desert of southern Africa

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Terry Matt Alan
$5,800 $41,200 $14,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FROM THE ANCIENT WORLD
"Captured in Egypt by the British Army 1801" is painted on the side of this artifact named for the city where it was found

Final scores:

Terry Matt Alan
$0 $41,321 $14,001
3rd place: $5,000 Winner: semifinalist 2nd place: $5,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Terry Matt Alan
$5,800 $27,800 $11,600
14 R,
1 W		 26 R
(including 2 DDs),
1 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $45,200

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Game tape date: 2024-02-26
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