Show #9145 - Friday, July 12, 2024

Isaac Hirsch game 8.

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Ashley Weaver, an attorney from Lakewood, Ohio

Mike Ferguson, a chemistry professor from Edmond, Oklahoma

Isaac Hirsch, a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (whose 7-day cash winnings total $161,388)

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Jeopardy! Round

WHO'S SPEAKING IN THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS
SET THE TABLE
U.S. COINS
TRANSPORTED TO CHICAGO THROUGH THE MAGIC OF ENTERTAINMENT
THE ONLY VOWEL IS "Y"
LAKES & RIVERS
    $200 26
"I hope you're pleased with yourselves. We could all have been killed--or worse, expelled"
    $200 22
On your next cruise, you may be lucky enough to get an invitation to dine at the table of this officer, who will be in uniform
    $200 28
From 1909 to 1958 the Lincoln penny depicted 2 sheaves of this on the reverse
    $200 20
As this noted citizen of Chicago in "The Untouchables", De Niro says: "Somebody messes with me, I'm gonna mess with him"
    $200 24
To be "in" this condition with someone means to be in exact harmony or accord
    $200 30
Minneapolis lies on this river near its confluence with the Minnesota River
    $400 25
"You have permitted your friends to die for you rather than face me yourself. I shall wait for one hour in the Forbidden Forest"
    $400 21
Lord Byron wrote about this emperor after he died, "whose stakes were thrones, whose table earth--whose dice were human bones"
    $400 27
Due to a minting error, this beast appears to have just 3 legs on some 1937 nickels
    $400 19
Who needs a cooking show when we have Ayo Edebiri as Sydney making a Boursin omelet on this series
    $400 23
It means to practice or perform diligently; a trade, perhaps
    $400 29
Uganda is bordered by lakes named for Victoria & this consort of Victoria
    $600 15
"Tiny little bloke, my dad was. By the time I was six I could lift him up an' put him on top o' the dresser"
    $600 10
The 23rd Psalm says, "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of" these people
    $600 9
This Latin phrase has appeared on U.S. coinage since 1795 & must do so by law since 1873
    $600 1
It's the occupation of Billy Flynn (Richard Gere on film) in the musical "Chicago"
    $600 4
Tough day of classes--first econ, then chem, then this, & I haven't even done the assigned reading from Freud
    $600 16
This lake that forms a boundary between New York & Vermont bears the name of the French explorer who saw it in 1609
    $800 12
"You are here to learn the subtle science & exact art of potion-making"
    $800 13
Playwright George S. Kaufman was a core member of this witty literary group whose name includes the hotel it met at
    $800 6
In 1979 she replaced Eisenhower on the $1 coin, but just as women earn less on the dollar than men, her coin was slightly smaller
    $800 2
David Eigenberg played Miranda's salt-of-the-earth husband on "Sex & the City" & now lugs a hose on this show
    $800 7
An undine is a water-dwelling variety of one of these mythic creatures
    $800 17
Vienna is just one of the national capitals that is on this river
    $1000 11
"I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for"
    DD: $2,600 14
If you head to this country, take a peek at its Table Mountain, which overlooks Table Bay
    $1000 5
A quarter released in 2023 features this Native American prima ballerina along with her Osage name, which means "two standards"
    $1000 3
The 2020 HBO series called this "Country" took place mostly in a racist & creepy 1950s Chicago
    $1000 8
Eva Perón is buried in one of these subterranean chambers in Buenos Aires
    $1000 18
China's second-longest river, it's been called the cradle of Chinese civilization

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

Isaac Mike Ashley
$3,000 $3,800 -$1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac Mike Ashley
$6,600 $5,800 -$1,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

DOOM SCROLLING
GARDENING GLOSSARY
ART AROUND EUROPE
FIRST LADIES
PASSIONATE ABOUT NEUTRAL WORDS
LAKES & RIVERS
    $400 21
It's the New Testament book where "heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together"
    $400 26
The prominent veining seen here is due to chlorosis caused by a deficiency of this important metallic element
    $400 27
In the 19th century, Eugene Boudin did thousands of scenes of the newly touristy beaches of Normandy, like Trouville on this body of water
    $400 28
In a 2019 memoir Carly Simon wrote about her friendship with this first lady, whom she first met on Martha's Vineyard
    $400 29
A 2012 headline asked if this kind of voter would "tip the election against Obama", but we haven't made up our minds on that yet
    $400 1
This Oscar-winning actor honored his late brother by naming his first son River in 2020
    $800 20
Hesiod wrote that this deity succeeded Cronus & killed all humans for their impiety before re-creating them from ash trees
    $800 25
It sounds like a Jerry Garcia fan, but it means to prune faded flowers from stems to promote blooming
    $800 18
Barely leaving Bologna, Giorgio Morandi did paintings of bottles & jugs, many simply called natura morta, Italian for this
    $800 30
Her first husband John Todd & their youngest son died during a 1793 yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia
    $800 17
Separated or isolated, like the garage next to a house
    $800 10
Pixar's first non-binary movie character was the aqueous Lake Ripple from this 2023 flick
    $1200 2
In Egyptian myth the snake god Apophis attacks Ra's boat & tries to prevent this daily event
    $1200 24
When talking about fertilizer, know the N-P-K ratio & that N-P-K refers to these 3 nutrients
    $1200 9
Looking at "The Syndics" or cloth quality control board of this city, the guy with no big hat is a servant, not a syndic
    DD: $2,500 5
This future first lady made her society debut in 1902 at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City
    $1200 16
Fair-minded, like this word, is a 10-letter adjective, includes a body part & means not favoring one or another
    $1200 11
In 2007 this Weezer frontman released "Alone", a collection of 18 home demos
    $1600 3
In a Hindu text it's this god who says, "Now I am become death, the destroyer of worlds"
    $1600 23
From Latin for "sprouting forth", it's the process by which seeds begin to grow
    $1600 6
"The Liffey Swim" in the National Gallery of Ireland is by Jack, the painter brother of this poet
    $1600 8
From a prominent & wealthy Ohio family, she was known as the "Belle of Canton"
    $1600 14
"Black's Law Dictionary" said it's a "term used for... fair and unprejudiced"; a good juror should be that way
    $1600 12
This veteran actress wrote, directed & starred in "In a World", a 2013 movie about the cutthroat voiceover world
    $2000 4
The "Prose Edda" has some grim previews of this event, Norse myth's Götterdämmerung or twilight of the gods
    $2000 22
The Denver Water Dept. gets credit for coining this late-in-the-alphabet word for gardening that uses little water
    $2000 7
Tired of the French ones? Head to this city to see the work seen here & others by the top Romanian impressionist Nicolae Grigorescu
    $2000 19
Reputed to have had quasi presidential powers for a while, she lived into the 1960s
    DD: $6,000 15
As an adjective, it means to be clear on facts, with no personal feelings; as a noun, it refers to the goal of a task
    $2000 13
Played by Summer Glau, River Tam saved the day in "Serenity", the movie sequel to this sci-fi series with a Western feel

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Isaac Mike Ashley
$21,500 $17,000 -$2,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

NAMES IN MEDICINE
He got a special presidential citation in 1955, passed away in 1995 & was dubbed "the man who saved the children"

Final scores:

Isaac Mike Ashley
$34,001 $21,501 -$2,600
8-day champion: $195,389 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Isaac Mike Ashley
$22,800 $13,000 -$2,600
28 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 2 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $33,200

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Game tape date: 2024-05-22
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