Show #9137 - Tuesday, July 2, 2024

Contestants

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Kelly Proulx, a non-profit communications director from Billerica, Massachusetts

Chris Nichols, a mechanical engineer from Lawrenceville, Georgia

Matt Brooks, a healthcare IT analyst from Fredericksburg, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

DESCRIBING THE LANDMARK
SPORTS
MISCELLANY
SCRAMBLED FLAGS
LEISURE TIMING
THE LITERARY CHARACTER WHO SAID...
    $200 16
Grass on the field, ivy on the walls; visitor Babe Ruth called his shot in its friendly confines; worth its weight in diamond
    $200 11
Called simply the Boat Race, a rowing contest between these two British schools has been contested since 1829
    $200 23
The Cuisinart WMR-CAP2 is one of these devices composed of 2 hinged metal griddles that close together to cook batter
    $200 28
Yo ho ho:
JELL OR GORY
    $200 30
These 3 colors are represented with slots on a standard roulette wheel
    $200 27
"As for the scarlet letter, I wear it for the sake of its gold-thread"
    $400 8
8 total eyes, each about 11 feet wide; 4 noses, with one in particular about 21 feet; Midwest history
    $400 7
The heaviest of the 3 weapons used in fencing is this one that means "sword" in French
    $400 22
This row of very bright illumination along the front edge of a stage is also a term for the theater as a profession
    $400 25
It rules the waves:
I CON A JUNK
    $400 29
The name of this outdoor activity is an acronym that stands in part for "breathing apparatus"
    $400 26
"You shall have your justice. Some day, and that day may never come, I will call upon you to do me a service in return"
    $600 3
Falsely named, as it's 3,000 x 1,650 feet; the eyes of the world looked on in 1989; Mao's still nearby
    $600 5
(Phil Simms presents the clue.) In 1987 with the Giants, I led the second New York team to win the Super Bowl, though I admit I didn't quite have the flair of this QB for the first one who took the Jets all the way
    $600 19
For 60 years, a red figure & a blue figure have been duking it out in a miniature boxing ring in this action game
    $600 17
It now includes a total of 63 of them:
TRAPS SNIDE TSARS
    $600 18
In April 1982 this movie star premiered her home video "Workout", the first of many bestselling tapes
    $600 15
"God bless us every one!" said while holding Bob Cratchit's hand
    DD: $1,000 1
Some people just lying around? Clement Attlee, Lord Kelvin & the very real Sir Peter Parker
    $800 4
Louisville, Kentucky is the site of this horse racing track that's home to a prestigious annual event the first Saturday in May
    $800 20
Chiromancy is another name for this hands-on form of fortune-telling
    $800 9
Botanical national emblem since 1965:
FEMALE PAL
    $800 12
Early in the history of this game, the object hit back & forth was a small cork hemisphere with goose feathers attached
    $800 14
"O master! O master! ... O yonder there, one, two, three canoes; one, two, three!"
    $1000 2
The non-golden arch; sounds like... victory; let's stop by Charles de Gaulle's place
    $1000 6
Between the 1966 to '67 & 1974 to '75 seasons, this head coach lost a grand total of 12 games
    $1000 21
With songs like "I'm Not Wearing Underwear Today", this spoof of Sesame Street won the 2004 Tony Award for Best Musical
    $1000 10
It was established as a national flag in 1794 by the law of 27 Pluviôse:
ROILE ROTC
    $1000 13
Special patterns called methods are used by campanologists, practitioners of this musical skill
    $1000 24
(To himself) "Farewell, Lara, until we meet in the next world, farewell, my love"

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

Matt Chris Kelly
$0 $2,400 $2,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Chris Kelly
$800 $5,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS
WHAT DO YOU STAND FOR?
ELEMENTARY
5-LETTER "X" WORDS
(Ken: They all have an "X" in them somewhere.)
THAT'S OLD NEWS
THE SUPREME COURT CONNECTION
    $400 14
Noah is told in no uncertain terms that "the length of the ark shall be three hundred" these
    $400 8
In the workplace, P.T.O. can stand for this, like a vacation day
    $400 22
Fe, the symbol for this element that does not begin with F-E, is taken from its Latin name
    $400 27
A political operative who handles P.R. crises, like Olivia Pope on "Scandal"
    $400 26
By the early 1200s Genghis Khan & his Mongol horde were attacking northern China, taking this current capital city in 1215
    $400 25
"Hours of Idleness" poet & Billy Idol song that begins, "Hey little sister, what have you done?": ____ Byron White ____
    $800 15
In a whale of a tale, he "arose, and went unto Nineveh... an exceeding great city of three days' journey"
    $800 4
An eft is a newt, but E.F.T. is short for this type of monetary transfer
    $800 21
In 1985 Sir Harold Kroto & 2 U.S. chemists discovered a new molecular form of this element, the fullerene
    $800 23
It's the smallest element of an image on your computer monitor
    $800 19
Several of the Ancient Wonders of the World, like the Colossus of Rhodes, were destroyed by this type of natural calamity
    $800 24
"Royal" No. 1 hit in 1962 for Gene Chandler & star of "Shampoo":
____ ____ Earl Warren ____
    $1200 29
"Now the weight of gold that came to" this wise king "in one year was six hundred threescore and six talents of gold"
    $1200 3
IP can refer to intellectual property or this baseball stat
    $1200 16
In the human body this violet-colored halogen is found in thyroxine, a compound produced by the thyroid
    $1200 6
Hoovering is a manipulative tactic that sucks people back into this type of "poisonous" relationship
    $1200 10
From about 400 to 800 A.D., 16 kings ruled from this empire's city of Copán in Central America
    $1200 13
"Shark Tank" vet / creator of FUBU & "Tonight Show" host starting in 1992:
____ John Jay ____
    DD: $3,000 18
In Acts, "the shipmen deemed that they drew near to some country; and sounded, and found it twenty" of this measurement
    $1600 5
Here's a peek at Swede Christer Fuglesang doing a little spacewalk for the ESA, short for this organization
    DD: $2,000 17
Hennig Brand became the first known discoverer of an element when, in 1669, he found this, meaning "light bearer"
    $1600 2
A spiral form; Watson & Crick said make ours a double
    $1600 11
In 218 B.C. Hannibal crossed the Alps with tens of thousands of infantry & cavalry during the second of these wars
    $1600 1
Founder of the "Conservateur Litéraire" in 1819 & a 19th century novel narrated by the title horse: ____ Hugo Black ____
    $2000 30
It's both an ancient unit of weight & a Hebrew coin; in 2 Kings, it's "two measures of barley for" one of these
    $2000 7
To a nutritionist, M.D. can mean this condition signaled by tremors & apathy, so eat seeds to keep your levels up
    $2000 20
This element, symbol V, used to strengthen titanium alloys, isn't found in pure form but exists in about 5 dozen minerals
    $2000 9
It transports water & minerals from the roots of a plant up to the leaves
    $2000 12
Shown here with a ram's head, this deity combined the names of a creator god & the sun god
    $2000 28
Singer/guitarist for KISS & leader of Marvel's Fantastic Four:
____ Stanley Reed ____

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Chris Kelly
-$400 $8,400 $13,200

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Final Jeopardy! Round

STAGE & MOVIE CHARACTERS
Acquitted of shooting her lover in 1924, Beulah Annan was the inspiration for this character in a play, film & musical

Final scores:

Matt Chris Kelly
-$400 $0 $16,801
3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $16,801

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Matt Chris Kelly
$600 $13,400 $13,200
11 R,
6 W
(including 1 DD)		 22 R,
7 W
(including 2 DDs)		 14 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $27,200

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Game tape date: 2024-05-15
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