Show #9154 - Thursday, July 25, 2024

Contestants

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Phil Gatton, an IT portfolio director and musician from Louisville, Kentucky

Krista Boyd, a legislative fiscal analyst from Saint Paul, Minnesota

Davey Morrison, an actor and screenwriter from Provo, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,500)

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Jeopardy! Round

FACTS ABOUT WORLD WAR I
THEY COME IN PAIRS
WORDS IN A DICKENS TITLE
PUTTING THE "T" IN TV
SCIENCE: MISSED IT BY THAT MUCH
ROCK, PAPER, SCISSORS
    $200 29
To confuse & thwart infiltrators, blind alleys with dead ends & zigzag patterns were used as part of constructing these
    $200 21
Before these were tiny headphones, the term referred to little shoots of young corn
    $200 5
To wrench an ankle; ouch!
    $200 6
Emeril Lagasse & Wolfgang Puck have served as judges on this competition that's been cooking since 2006
    $200 26
"How Deep Is" this, asks a song standard--a 2010 estimate says 12,080' mean depth so John Murray in 1888 was pretty close at 12,480'
    $200 11
You'll want to use paper called kami that's thinner & often 6 inches square for this craft with a Japanese name
    $400 28
In 1915, British troops landed at Cape Helles near Gallipoli to try to seize this strait whose old name may be an easier get
    $400 22
A 90-pack--that's 45 pairs!--of these from Bausch & Lomb should keep things clear for awhile
    $400 4
It's said to have finished off the nosy feline
    $400 7
From 1993 to 2001, Chuck Norris was Walker, this
    $400 25
In the 1860s John Newlands arranged the 56 known these according to a soon-discredited "Law of Octaves"
    $400 14
This word for heavy scissors used to cut metal or hair tells you what they do
    $600 12
British soldiers during the war were called Tommies & U.S. soldiers were called by this "flour"-y name
    $600 13
Before cellphones, every kid wanted a pair of these rhyming handheld communication devices
    DD: $1,000 3
Type of fund that invests in diversified securities
    $600 8
Tinky Winky, Dipsy, Laa-Laa & Po were the big 4 on this BBC kids' show that opened with a creepy baby face in the rising sun
    $600 18
At this 7/16/1945 "Site", Fermi's guess on bomb yield was off by half--not bad for tossing paper in the air as the blast wave came
    $600 15
Slate & marble are types of this rock, formed in most cases when its mineral composition changes
    $800 16
Allied troops from this Western Hemisphere country stormed Vimy Ridge in 1917; they took it at a cost of nearly 4,000 men
    $800 17
Galileo made a table of probabilities based on a set of 3 of these, but today we more often see them in pairs
    $800 1
As a verb it can mean to sing joyously, perhaps at holiday time
    $800 9
It preceded "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" in the title of a sci-fi series
    $800 19
Hipparchus of Bithynia calculated this distance at a bit under 2 million miles; 93 million is more like it
    $800 20
If you're baking, this alliterative paper will prevent your batter from sticking to the pan
    $1000 30
To halt a German advance during 1914's First Battle of the Marne, 600 of these transports brought 3,000 French troops to the front
    $1000 23
Up to 7 feet long, the traditional Alaskan type of these are great for walking on deep, dry powder in open country
    $1000 2
This type of secret cult religion in the ancient Greco-Roman world offered unique experiences unlike those in the standard faiths
    $1000 10
Its 8th & last season finale ended with its characters ringing in January 1, 1980
    $1000 27
The "Top 10 Erroneous Results" from Science News include a 2011 finding that these chargeless particles can outrace light
    $1000 24
With roots going back to 1649, this Finnish company began making its distinctive orange-handled scissors in 1967

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

Davey! Krista Phil
$2,400 $200 -$800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Davey! Krista Phil
$2,200 $1,600 -$800

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN RIVERS
LITERARY HATERADE
ANAGRAMMED ADJECTIVES
RECENTLY ON BILLBOARD'S HOT 100
I'M GIVING A PARTY
BY INVITATION ONLY
    $400 20
Washington State has the White River & the river named "White" this type of fish that's known to run
    $400 12
Nabokov went off on this writer: "I read him... in the early '40s, something about bells... & bulls & I loathed it"
    $400 15
Belligerent:
ACTIVE MOB
    $400 16
A Rishi Sunakolyte, tycoon Mohamed Mansour gave this U.K. party millions of pounds in 2023
    $400 25
Invitations to his 1761 coronation depicted him seated beside his queen in Westminster Abbey & angels flying above them
    $800 19
The "Philadelphia Inquirer" once dubbed this stately waterway "the river that made Philadelphia"
    $800 11
Charles Baudelaire gave this "Candide" author flowers--of evil!--when he called him "the king of nincompoops"
    $800 14
Perplexed:
LEWD BEER ID
    $800 23
Britney Spears praised his recent hit "Selfish", but I wouldn't count on seeing the 2 tour together anytime soon
    $800 24
In 2023 James Cameron & Lucy Lawless each gave the New Zealand version of this nature-protecting party NZ$50,000
    $800 26
Known for cryptic invitations, Apple teased reporters on the event launch of this music device with "hint: it's not a Mac"
    DD: $2,000 1
The Gila River makes its way from New Mexico to Arizona, meeting this other river at Yuma
    $1200 2
Norman Mailer bashed this man's fit, saying, "there is something silly about a man who wears a white suit all the time"
    $1200 3
No need to recycle:
BOB DRIED ALGAE
    DD: $2,000 6
Luke Combs was "kissin' on a blonde in a backyard pool" & let the wild rumpus start with this song, also a kids' book title
    $1200 7
This ex-NYC mayor gave the Dems big bucks after ending his 2020 campaign & in 2024 got the Presidential Medal of Freedom
    $1200 8
These parties date from 1809 & invitations to dance with & meet the new president are often collectible
    $1600 9
Virginia's largest river is this one that's been dubbed the "Founding River" due to its role in American history
    $1600 10
Oscar Wilde said there were 2 ways to dislike poetry, 1: just to dislike it. 2: to like this "Rape of the Lock" poet
    $1600 4
Faultless:
CAMEL BICEP
    $1600 21
Dua Lipa sang, "I come & I go, tell me all the ways you need me, I'm not here for long, catch me or I go" this man
    $1600 17
Mining company Vedanta has given this current Indian prime minister's BJP Party billions of rupees
    $2000 18
A source of hydroelectric power for South Carolina, the Catawba River rises in these mountains to the north
    $2000 13
W.H. Auden went in on this 19th century Brit, saying that "his wife"--also a poet--"probably didn't care for him very much"
    $2000 5
Full of wisdom:
GLOBAL WEEKEND
    $2000 22
In what must have been a nice week in 2024 for this rapper, "Redrum" & "Née-Nah" were 2 of his 14 tunes on the chart

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Davey! Krista Phil
$13,000 $1,200 $2,000
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS WOMEN
Adding to her nickname, one legend claimed that earlier in life, she was saved from drowning by family friend Mark Twain

Final scores:

Davey! Krista Phil
$13,512 $2,400 $1,500
2-day champion: $29,012 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Davey! Krista Phil
$14,000 $400 $1,200
19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
5 W		 8 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W

Combined Coryat: $15,600

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Game tape date: 2024-05-29
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