Show #9158 - Wednesday, September 11, 2024

Contestants

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Kristen Robinson, a history instructor from Saint Joseph, Michigan

Ben Gagne-Maynard, an education consultant from Madison, Wisconsin

Will Weiss, a technical program manager from Islip, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
HOLY SOMETHING!
BOOKS FOR KIDS
NAMES IN THE DICTIONARY
THE ENVIRONMENT
TV RERUNS
(Ken: The return of clues here that showed up once in games here but never got played; they're back.)
    $200 5
Saying "mount" & adding "yama" to the name of this highest Japanese peak is redundant--"yama" means mountain
    $200 30
In Exodus 4 he says, "But, behold, they will not believe me, nor hearken unto my voice"; holy...!
    $200 10
In a classic by Natalie Babbitt, this title family is "Everlasting"
    $200 27
Chip a piece of furniture, or cut yourself shaving
    $200 25
Seen on roofs, these panels contain photovoltaic cells to harness electromagnetic radiation
    $200 23
The 35th season of this round-the-world show took contestants to Slovenia for the first time
    $400 4
In 1922 the area of this Welsh capital was expanded to include that of Llandaff
    $400 29
On "Batman", Robin gave us "Holy fate worse than death!", "Holy fog!", "Holy Graf Zeppelin!", & "Holy" this, killing one's brother
    $400 7
A burp takes down the totalitarian king in this story by Dr. Seuss
    $400 26
Specifically, the first light of day
    $400 24
(Bill Nye presents the clue.) To see how atmospheric concentration of this compound has recently risen to levels unprecedented in human history, take a look at the spike at the end of graph called the Keeling Curve
    $400 22
On this sitcom in 2016, Anthony Anderson & family hit Disney World--it was an ABC show, they weren't going to Universal
    $600 1
The Blue Mosque is across the way from the Hagia Sophia in this city
    $600 28
What Yankee Doodle called the feather in his cap
    $600 6
One offering in this series for kids is "Twilight Sparkle & the Crystal Heart Spell"
    $600 16
Toss out, or an inexpensive cut of beef
    $600 20
Put kitchen scraps & yard clippings in a bin to make this fertilizer whose name means "mixture"
    $600 21
This British title heroine said, "I have a horrible feeling that I'm a greedy, perverted, selfish, apathetic, cynical... woman"
    DD: $800 2
In its own language, the official name of this landlocked country of Transcaucasia is Hayastani Hanrapetut'yun
    $800 18
In "Monty Python and the Holy Grail", this "holy" weapon "of Antioch" gets explosive results after a count of "1, 2, 5!"
    $800 8
One review said this provocative 1993 novel by Lois Lowry "is sure to keep older children reading. and thinking"
    $800 14
The head of a college, or the presiding official of a cathedral
    $800 17
(Bill Nye presents the clue.) America's Heartland could soon experience a reboot of this drought & wind-induced environmental catastrophe from nearly a century ago; my docuseries "The End is Nye" looks at what we can learn from the first one
    $800 13
It's not even a car accident but a near-one that puts Ali Wong & Steven Yeun at odds in this Emmy-winning limited series
    $1000 3
This strait lies between the North & South Islands of New Zealand
    $1000 19
Daedalus was asked by Pasiphae, wife of Minos, to create a sexy wooden this animal for her to crawl into
    $1000 9
A modern favorite by Alexandra Day is called "Good Dog," this first name
    $1000 15
By definition, a bricklayer or worker in stone
    $1000 11
You don't want pollutants ending up in a drainage basin, also called this, a term for an important moment
    $1000 12
In 2021 she played a journalist on "NCIS" opposite real-life husband Mark Harmon

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

Will Ben Kristen
$2,200 $600 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Ben Kristen
$4,800 $2,000 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOSERS
FILMANTHROPY
ENDS IN "EAU"
AMAZING ANIMALS
THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS
A FEW COLORFUL WORDS
    $400 14
There were 3 losers the first time Lincoln won: John C. Breckinridge, John Bell & this old debate foe
    $400 17
The film "The Beautiful Game" gives a glimpse of the Homeless World Cup, a real-life tournament in this sport
    $400 6
90 degrees is the highest temperature ever recorded in this state capital
    $400 19
This largest animal also produces one of the loudest sounds, up to 180 decibels that can be heard 100 miles away
    $400 27
The longest scroll at around 27 feet includes a design for this Jerusalem building & its compound
    $400 23
Also the name of a 2000 Vin Diesel flick, this 2-word color describes something dark as tar
    $800 13
His loss in the 1800 election came about by a vote in the House of Representatives, not in the Electoral College
    DD: $800 16
In 2018 Disney pledged $1 million of this Marvel film's proceeds to STEM programs in underserved areas
    $800 5
The Deccan this forms most of the southern peninsula of India
    $800 25
The foveal area in this part of a buzzard's eye has 1 million photoreceptors per square millimeter
    $800 28
One of the books of the Hebrew Bible most represented in the scrolls is this one that has 150 chapters
    $800 24
A brownish excretion of the cuttlefish gave us this word familiar to photographers
    $1200 12
A few years after his loss, Al Gore did get to see this film he wrote win the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature
    $1200 15
After the success of this Best Picture winner, Danny Boyle & Christian Colson donated $745k to a Mumbai children's fund
    $1200 4
Traditionally, a bride kept this collection of items that she was bringing into her marriage in a cedar hope chest
    $1200 20
The cephalopod called the vampire type of this can live 3,000 feet deep & is a gentle scavenger, not an aggressive biter
    $1200 18
In 1954 Athanasius Samuel, a Syrian Orthodox archbishop, sold 4 scrolls after placing an ad in this New York daily financial newspaper
    $1200 26
A Southern university shares its name with this reddish color often used of hair
    DD: $3,000 10
Twice to one William & once to another William, this William ran & lost 3 times
    $1600 9
This film inspired the "Hidden No More" program that highlights the achievements of women in careers like engineering
    $1600 3
Inspired by a palace in France, Ben & Bernice Novack built this iconic Miami hotel
    $1600 7
Some animals are highly resistant to snake venom, like the mongoose & this sweet-sounding creature also called a ratel
    $1600 22
Most of the Dead Sea Scrolls were written in Hebrew; a few are in this Semitic language of Jesus
    $1600 30
This 10-letter adjective describing a kaleidoscope of colors can be traced to a goddess of the rainbow
    $2000 11
He carried Arizona & 5 states in the Deep South in his unsuccessful 1964 presidential bid
    $2000 8
Proceeds from a pair of hot dog hands used in this film went to the Laundry Workers Center
    $2000 1
At the beginning of "The Invisible Man", the stranger, walking from a railway station, was carrying a black one of these
    $2000 2
As well as humans, many animals were mummified in ancient Egypt, like this primate whose hamadryas species was held sacred
    $2000 21
Scholars chosen by Mideast governments had sole access until this L.A.-area library allowed access to all of its scroll photos
    $2000 29
"A" is for this gypsum mineral well-known in Milan & Florence & used metaphorically to describe any smooth white color

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Ben Kristen
$13,600 $5,000 $4,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD BORDERS
After Canada & the U.S., these 2 countries share the longest land border at more than 4,700 miles

Final scores:

Will Ben Kristen
$13,600 $1,199 $0
2-day champion: $27,600 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Will Ben Kristen
$14,400 $8,800 $4,400
19 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
12 R,
4 W
(including 2 DDs)
10 R,
3 W

Combined Coryat: $27,600

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Game tape date: 2024-05-30
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