Show #9157 - Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York

Mary Catherine French, a writer, editor and research assistant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Adam Reiffen, a naval officer from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,001)

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Jeopardy! Round

1890s AMERICA
4 OF THE SAME CONSONANT
HAVE A DAY!
CELEBRITIES WHO READ ALOUD
THE MAFIA
ISLANDS IN THE SEA
(Ken: I'll name the islands; you'll supply the sea.)
    $200 7
The film seen here of these workers, a profession becoming out of date, is perhaps the first movie exhibited publicly
    $200 15
If you're having a little laugh, you're doing this
    $200 12
January 18 honors, celebrates, appreciates, observes National this reference book Day
    $200 2
Having starred in the film adaptation of Michael Cunningham's "The Hours", she offered to narrate his 2023 book "Day"
    $200 10
The most powerful mob boss of his day, Charles Luciano became famous--make that infamous--under this nickname
    $200 20
St. Barthélemy, & St. George's Cay
    $400 4
America's schoolchildren first recited it for Columbus Day in 1892
    $400 27
Whether the "old man" plays it on your thumb or not, it's a name for a trinket or curio
    $400 11
Since 2002 September 19 has been international this day, ya scurvy scalawag
    $400 1
Going on a long trip to Ithaca? Then spend 9+ hours with Derek Jacobi reading this epic poem, & say hi to Telemachus for us
    $400 8
The "Dapper Don", this Gambino family boss died in prison after getting convicted on 13 counts of extortion, murder & more
    $400 18
Delos, Naxos & Patmos
    $600 5
At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Wrigley's introduced Juicy Fruit gum & the Rueckheim brothers, this ballpark snack
    $600 28
Mountain Dew once had a mascot rhymingly known as Willy the this
    $600 13
National Tater Tot Day & Day of the Crêpe both fall on this date, but we didn't find Live the Day Over & Over Day
    $600 3
Almost 40 years after starring in "Heartburn", she read the Nora Ephron novel on audiobook, down to the recipes
    $600 9
In the 1980s this previously obscure federal statute was used to send the heads of 3 mafia families to prison for life
    $600 19
Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, ravaged by Vikings in the 8th century
    $800 6
In 1895 President Cleveland asked citizens to refrain from giving aid to this island's rebels fighting against Spain
    $800 29
The third Friday in October is the national day for this procedure to help detect breast cancer
    $800 16
People online can yell non-stop on both June 28 & October 22 as they celebrate this keyboard key right under tab
    DD: $2,000 23
Patrick Stewart had a Dickens of a time performing this classic as a one-man show & as an audio book
    $800 25
In the 1980s an FBI agent infiltrated the Bonanno family under this alias, the title of a 1997 Johnny Depp movie
    $800 21
Nunivak Island & the Pribilof Islands
    $1000 14
In 1895 Eugene Debs went to prison for his part in the Pullman Strike, though this man was his attorney
    $1000 30
Indiana Jones might now call an arrogant youngster one of these, which begins with his favorite weapon
    $1000 17
Celebrating April 11 as this old-timey singing foursome day dates back to 1938 when 26 men gathered for a songfest; wait... not 24 or 28?
    $1000 24
This funny guy narrates the afterword of the very serious "I'll Be Gone in the Dark" by his late wife Michelle McNamara
    $1000 26
In 1963 Joe Valachi gave televised testimony to Congress, breaking the mafia code of silence known by this Italian word
    $1000 22
Bulgaria's St. Anastasia Island & Turkey's Giresun Island

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

Adam Mary Catherine Will
$400 $1,800 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Mary Catherine Will
$3,000 $5,400 $5,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY
UNCUT JAMS
PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS
MISHMASH
DR. KEN
WILL "CU" NOW
    $400 28
The sentinels of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment, who keep an eye on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, are known as the "Old" this
    $400 8
To ring in the new year in 1979, this band went into a long jam of "Sugar Magnolia" at San Francisco's Winterland venue
    $400 12
Katori Hall's play "The Mountaintop", takes place on the eve of this man's assassination in Memphis
    $400 21
The name of this Korean district that became known worldwide for its "Style" means "south of the (Han) River"
    $400 19
Let's take a look at the X-ray; we've managed to repair this bone, also called the thigh bone
    $400 26
You get "C-U" times two in this word for the fancy embellishment seen here
    $800 27
Section 46 of the Arlington grounds has memorials to the crews of these 2 space shuttles
    $800 7
On a 2021 episode of "SNL", Taylor Swift "remembered" a 10-minute version of this song with a mention of an old scarf
    $800 13
Her play title "A Raisin in the Sun" was inspired by a line in a Langston Hughes poem
    $800 22
Wolves like to hunt these North American reindeer in deep snow; the canine's paws are more snowshoey than their preys' hooves
    $800 16
Let's examine those wheels; the lateral meniscus is between bones & is a pad of this connective tissue acting as a shock absorber
    $800 6
Realtors suggest maximizing this 2-word feature of your home with plants such as boxwoods
    DD: $3,000 1
Arlington's Memorial Day & Veterans Day observances always begin at this hour (no minutes)
    $1200 9
There is a lot more "colorful" & "flowery" guitar in the longer album version of this No. 1 hit by Tommy James & the Shondells
    $1200 14
In 2024 Steve Carell made his Broadway debut in the avuncular title role in a new translation of this Chekhov play
    $1200 23
Fittingly, the Venetian resort in Las Vegas offers rides in these boats
    DD: $3,000 17
I'll put my imaginary medical degree on there being 56 of these bones in the human body--14 in each hand & foot
    $1200 4
This word for a Coast Guard vessel used to apply to all USCG ships & until 1915 was part of the service's name, following "Revenue"
    $1600 2
Erected in 1906, a memorial to this group lists three battles on one of its faces--Las Guasimas, San Juan & Santiago
    $1600 10
A famous jazz jam at Massey Hall was stacked; Bird, Diz, Roach & Mingus went hard in the paint on "A Night In" this African locale
    $1600 29
In this Noël Coward comedy, a man is haunted by the ghosts of his dead wives
    $1600 24
Around 1720 Allan Ramsay published a poem with this first line familiar from New Year's Eve, but going on, "tho' they return with scars"
    $1600 18
If I remember my MCATs, this 2-word lowest portion of the brainstem has kind of a big job; helping control your heartbeat
    $1600 5
In the '70s praise from food authorities like Craig Claiborne helped make this new brand a kitchen must
    $2000 3
A former Secretary of War, he was buried in Arlington in 1928; his father's memorial is on the National Mall
    $2000 11
There is a flute-filled radio edit of "Thick As A Brick" by this band, but the album version is a full album-long song
    $2000 30
Also a poet, painter & photographer, this Swede was best known for writing plays like "Miss Julie"
    $2000 25
Concerned with the wealth of not just nations, on Dec. 20, 1777, he wrote his publisher, "The new edition... does it sell well?"
    $2000 20
If you just switch medications, the interstitial type of this inflammatory kidney disease should go away
    $2000 15
The clue I'm reading is this of the category, its highest point we've been waiting for

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Mary Catherine Will
$6,600 $4,600 $17,000
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

SIGNS & SYMBOLS
Via a diplomatic conference in 2005, a diamond was added to supplement these 2 symbols, thought by some to have religious meaning

Final scores:

Adam Mary Catherine Will
$3,999 $1,600 $14,000
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $14,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

Adam Mary Catherine Will
$14,600 $4,600 $17,000
22 R,
7 W
(including 3 DDs)		 8 R,
3 W		 20 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $36,200

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Game tape date: 2024-05-30
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