Show #9150 - Friday, July 19, 2024

Neilesh Vinjamuri game 1.

Contestants

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Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania

Dave Gutierrez, a logistics director from Fox River Grove, Illinois

Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $28,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH HISTORY
THE OLYMPICS
(Ken: Now just a week away.)
RODENTS
IT'S SOME KIND OF LAW
RATED "PG"
(Ken: Those two letters are side by side in each response.)
40
    $200 30
The 1746 Battle of Culloden in this country was the last major one fought on British soil
    $200 29
Olympic medley swimming events have these 4 strokes in one race
    $200 28
Faked scenes in the 1958 Disney film "White Wilderness" aided the false narrative that these Arctic rodents commit suicide
    $200 7
A 1925 Geneva protocol forbade the use of bacteriological weapons or this stuff in war
    $200 26
An improvement in a hotel room or airline seat
    $200 24
In this sport, 40 is the third point reached in a game
    $400 11
A big 19th c. issue was laws protecting farmers & increasing food prices; even when about wheat or other grains, they were these "laws"
    $400 5
This 18-year-old from Louisville won the light heavyweight boxing gold medal in 1960
    $400 2
Species of this burrowing rodent in the U.S. include plains pocket & northern pocket
    $400 9
Newton's first law, which says a body at rest will remain at rest unless acted on by an outside force, is also called the law of this
    $400 15
A good place to pitch a tent
    $400 23
In Venice, plague caused ships to be isolated in harbors for 40 days, leading to this modern word
    $600 14
Pope Leo X gave this monarch the title "Defender of the Faith" in 1521 for his written work against Martin Luther
    $600 4
Denmark's Ellen Osiier foiled many of her opponents in 1924 to become the 1st woman to win a gold medal in this sport
    $600 3
These rodents live in towns in extended family groups called coteries
    $600 10
The first 5 books of the Old Testament are called simply "The Law" or, in Hebrew, this
    $600 25
This cork-firing child's toy makes a particular sound
    $600 22
If you make it to 40 years of marriage, know that it's termed this gem anniversary (a variety of corundum)
    DD: $1,000 16
The name of this venue built in 1599 fit its circular shape, a "wooden O", some would say
    $800 1
During the opening ceremony's parade of nations, this country traditionally goes first
    $800 6
Its name may be from the French for "sleep" because it hibernates about half the year, missing out on a lot of tea parties
    $800 12
A 1968 U.N. agreement requires states to rescue & assist these people & "promptly return them to their launching state"
    $800 27
Many a Victorian tale featured one of these young women employed in a retail store
    $800 21
In the "Arabian Nights", this poor woodcutter discovers 40 thieves & their treasure hidden in a cave
    $1000 17
Embalmers messed up the body after his 1658 death; in 1661 folks thought putting his head on a pole was a nice finishing touch
    $1000 8
Reminiscent of witches, it's the bowl-like structure that holds the flame in the host stadium; Torino's was placed 190 feet up
    $1000 18
The giant species of this rodent has been recorded as gliding up to 1,500 feet from tree to tree
    $1000 13
The 2018 Genocide & Atrocities Prevention Act is named for this Holocaust survivor & Nobel Peace Prize winner
    $1000 19
Ahoy, mateys! Scurry aloft & haul in these sails high, high up on the masts
    $1000 20
As told in chapter 16, verse 35 of this book of the Bible, the Israelites wandered for 40 years in the desert after leaving Egypt

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

Jay Dave Neilesh
$2,200 $1,200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Dave Neilesh
$2,600 $3,400 -$800

Double Jeopardy! Round

REAL BOOK TITLE LOCALES
FANNY PACK
CLASSICAL MUSIC
OLD HOLLYWOOD POWER COUPLES
A LITTLE WORD MATH
FORT-Y
    $400 19
Colm Tóibín:
A Big Apple borough
    $400 21
Fannie May has been selling premium chocolates since its first store opened in this "Windy City" in 1920
    $400 28
This quartet of concerti by Vivaldi is contained within his "Il cimento dell'armonia e dell'invenzione"
    $400 22
Her 27-year relationship with Spencer Tracy was one of Hollywood's great love stories
    $400 5
The opposite of out
+
to serve drinks at a bar
= this, to have in mind
    $400 10
Better known for the depository next door, this fort pioneered mechanized cavalry training in the 1930s
    $800 8
James Michener:
A group of volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean
    $800 18
She was the original "Funny Girl" dressed up here as her character, Baby Snooks
    $800 3
Beethoven's Sixth Symphony & his Piano Sonata No. 15 in D, op. 28 both have this bucolic nickname
    $800 23
After sparks flew on the set of "Cleopatra", they married & divorced not once, but twice
    $800 6
An individual edition of a periodical
-
a form to be =
this litigious verb
    $800 11
Lonely & perhaps tippling at Fort Vancouver in 1852, 11 years later, he was the hero of Vicksburg
    $1200 13
Charles Frazier:
A peak in North Carolina near Asheville
    $1200 20
He wrote poems like "Bright Star" about Fanny Brawne, the love of his short life that ended in 1821
    DD: $1,000 4
This suite by Handel for strings & various wind instruments was performed for a royal boat trip on the Thames
    $1200 24
Jamie Lee Curtis called this power couple mom & dad
    $1200 7
A fixture with a shade +
Spanish for "king"
=
this aquatic sucker
    $1200 12
We'd be in euphoria if you knew this fort near El Paso was named for Zachary Taylor's son-in-law, a West Point math teacher
    $1600 16
Michael Crichton:
The second-longest river in Africa
    $1600 2
In the 1980s this Swede wrote & directed the period family drama "Fanny & Alexander"
    $1600 1
Bach's "The Well-Tempered Clavier" is a set of 48 preludes & these, which Bach also taught us "The Art of"
    $1600 25
Mrs. Robinson in the movies, she was Mrs. Mel Brooks for more than 40 years
    $1600 9
A no-fooling state of mind you might be "in"
-
an external organ =
this animal abode
    DD: $2,000 14
Fort Moultrie held off the Royal Navy in 1776; a 2nd fort constructed at this same harbor years later would gain fame in 1861
    $2000 17
Hilary Mantel:
A historic manor in Wiltshire
    $2000 30
This scandalous 18th century novel by John Cleland is subtitled "The Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure"
    $2000 29
He & his musicians wanted to leave Hungary & go home, so he wrote the aptly named "Farewell" symphony for Prince Nicholas
    $2000 26
A film producer extraordinaire & an eventual 6-time Best Actress Oscar nominee, they could have been called "Irvma"
    $2000 27
A religious residence
+
a charged atom =
this big assembly
    $2000 15
Ethan Allen & yes, Benedict Arnold, penciled in May 10, 1775 as the date to take this fort from the Brits

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Dave Neilesh
$5,000 $5,400 $13,000
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY WOMEN
The National Park Service says there are more statues of her, often with her infant son, than any other American woman

Final scores:

Jay Dave Neilesh
$5,401 $400 $12,000
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $12,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jay Dave Neilesh
$7,000 $5,400 $14,200
11 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 11 R,
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $26,600

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Game tape date: 2024-05-23
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