Show #9151 - Monday, July 22, 2024

Neilesh Vinjamuri game 2.

Contestants

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Monica Anderson, a master control operator from Sterling, Virginia

Sean Duffie, a Spanish and civics teacher from Kentwood, Michigan

Neilesh Vinjamuri, a software engineer from Lionville, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERIES
STARS WE LOST LAST YEAR
ALL APOLOGIES
STATE HOLIDAYS
MOUTH TO MOUTH
CLASSIC POEMS' ENDINGS
(Ken: You need to name the poem.)
    $200 10
Calculations by Urbain Le Verrier were integral to the discovery of this ice giant that was observed in 1846
    $200 11
Yo! Burt Young played Adrian's brother Paulie for the first time in this 1976 film; it would not be the last
    $200 18
Beg this? Eisenhower generously gave 1,110 of 'em
    $200 22
This state, the home of Betsy Ross, is the only one that celebrates Flag Day as an official legal holiday
    $200 23
Idiomatically, something said to come straight from this beastly location is from the most reliable source
    $200 1
"Mighty Casey has struck out"
    $400 9
This German discoverer of the 3 laws of planetary motion also invented a valveless gear pump
    $400 12
He was the C in CSNY, whose 1970 album "Déjà Vu" was called "a virtual loyalty oath to the counterculture" by the N.Y. Times
    $400 17
These, "I've had a few, but then again, too few to mention"; you "send" them when turning down an invitation
    $400 4
In 2021 Arizona made August 14 a legal state holiday to honor this tribe's indigenous code talkers from World War II
    $400 24
The white interior of a water moccasin's mouth gives it this alternate name
    $400 2
"I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference"
    $600 6
British physicist Sir J.J. Thomson discovered this subatomic particle in 1897
    $600 13
Melinda Dillon graced such films as "Close Encounters", "Slap Shot" &, as Mother Parker, this 1983 holiday classic
    $600 16
It's "the classic game of sweet revenge"
    $600 5
In 2023 Governor Hochul signed legislation making this Hindu festival of lights a school holiday in New York City
    $600 25
This character in "2001: A Space Odyssey" reads the lips of the astronauts, who think they are talking privately
    $600 3
"Rage, rage against the dying of the light"
    $800 7
This Frenchman was practicing medicine without a license when he tried out his rabies vaccine on a boy in 1885
    $800 14
As 2 very different cops, Andre Braugher brought the drama to "Homicide" &, playing Captain Raymond Holt, the funny to this NYC-set sitcom
    $800 19
Oh, I "C", this adjective means chastened or penitent
    $800 26
Iowa honors this president with a special day, the Sunday that falls closest to August 10, his birthday
    $800 28
In Jewish folklore, when a sacred word written on paper was placed in the mouth of one of these, the creature would come to life
    $800 20
"All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe"
    $1000 8
Astronomer Vera Rubin said, "In a spiral galaxy, the ratio of dark-to-light" this "is about a factor of 10"
    $1000 15
2 decades after her early fame, from 1984 to 1986 she had 10 Top 40 hits, including "It's Only Love", a duet with Bryan Adams
    $1000 21
This 2-word Latin phrase is a formal way to acknowledge fault
    $1000 27
April 2 is Pascua Florida Day, celebrating his arrival in what's now Florida
    $1000 29
The Shatt al-Arab River in southeastern Iraq is formed where the mouths of these 2 rivers meet at the town of Al-Qurnah
    DD: $1,000 30
"Noble six hundred!"

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

Neilesh Sean Monica
$5,000 $1,200 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Neilesh Sean Monica
$9,000 $3,600 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S AN EXECUTIVE ORDER
THE II
SONGS FROM THE MOVIE SOUNDTRACK
FOOD HISTORY
WORLD CITIES
3 "O"s
    $400 26
President Biden's Oct. 30, 2023 order on the development & use of this noted its "extraordinary potential for both promise and peril"
    $400 21
John Adams II served as an aide to this man, his father, & got to get married at the White House in 1828
    $400 15
Just 2 of its 4 No. 1s were "If I Can't Have You" & "How Deep Is Your Love"
    $400 3
It's not anything space-y but a malted dairy product that gave its name to this candy bar first sold in 1924
    $400 13
FDR became the first president to fly while in office when he attended a conference in this African city, sweetheart
    $400 8
Here's an actual one of these at a space center in Houston
    $800 27
Lincoln's order of Sept. 3, 1864 gave thanks to General Sherman & his "gallant" troops for their capture of this city
    $800 22
This guy II knew something about cars, like when he brought the Thunderbird to market
    $800 16
"I Believe I Can Fly" got things animated in this 1996 film
    $800 4
Sam Panopoulos gave this name to the pizza he created; it's been called a "Canadian treasure" & "a Polynesian perversion"
    $800 12
Istanbul's European & Asian sides are separated by this strait
    $800 9
These performers can bend over backwards, literally, & twist their bodies in all kinds of unusual ways
    $1200 28
During the Korean War, Harry Truman ordered a takeover of the industry making this vital alloy; the Supreme Court said no
    $1200 23
Shakespeare's play about this king deposed in 1399 was staged in 1601 as part of a feeble rebellion against Queen Elizabeth I
    $1200 2
"Sunflower" by Post Malone & Swae Lee brightened up this 2018 installment in the "Spider-Man" franchise
    $1200 5
This British dessert was first used to liven up some leftover cake with booze; its name also means "something of little significance"
    DD: $3,000 10
It's France's oldest city & its main seaport
    $1200 14
Seen here in full bloom, it's the state tree of Virginia as well as its state flower
    DD: $2,500 29
Martin Van Buren's first order, March 7, 1837, commanded the surgeon general to accompany this ailing man headed home to Tennessee
    $1600 24
A 16th century Antwerp artist was a re-Pieter, sometimes known by this name II
    $1600 1
Curtis Mayfield's "Pusherman" & "Freddie's Dead" are cuts from the uber-cool soundtrack of this 1972 movie
    $1600 6
Andrew Zimmern's website notes that this portmanteau of a dish goes by the moniker "three-bird roast" in the United Kingdom
    $1600 11
The operetta "The Student Prince" is set in this city in southern Germany, site of the country's oldest university
    $1600 19
The name of a biblical king gives us this adjective meaning "wise"
    $2000 30
In 1964 LBJ made this soon-to-be 70-year-old exempt from impending compulsory retirement under federal law
    $2000 25
James W. Alexander II was one of the founders of this -ology in which forms like a mug & a donut are equivalent
    $2000 17
It featured "Kiss" by Prince & The Revolution, & it wasn't "Purple Rain"
    $2000 7
A 1940 ad in the Australian Women's Weekly recommended one teaspoon of this spread "for good health & digestion"
    $2000 18
Addis Ababa was founded by this emperor II in the late 1880s
    $2000 20
Mohammed VI became king of it in 1999

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Neilesh Sean Monica
$26,100 $5,200 $7,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS
"Love" is within the titles of 3 of his most famous books; a fourth, "The Rainbow", calls love "the flower of life"

Final scores:

Neilesh Sean Monica
$29,100 $2,799 $2,600
2-day champion: $41,100 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Neilesh Sean Monica
$23,400 $5,200 $7,600
28 R
(including 3 DDs),
1 W		 10 R,
1 W		 12 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $36,200

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Game tape date: 2024-05-29
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