Show #9161 - Monday, September 16, 2024

Contestants

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Aiden Orzech, a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Sam Watson, a pharmacy software salesman from Westwood, Kansas

Evan Suttell, a nonprofit program assistant originally from Lakewood, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

1964 FIRSTS
FUN WITH U.S. STATE CAPITAL NAMES
3-LETTER VERBS
ALL LIES ON ME
BOXING
FAMILIAR FURNITURE
    $200 3
Citizens of this area could vote for their presidential electors for the first time, getting to choose their neighbor
    $200 18
These 2 capitals are named for a man who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
    $200 19
To pass another racecar on the track by one complete circuit of the course
    $200 25
The general maximum penalty for federal this, a willingly false statement in court by one under oath, is 5 years in prison
    $200 1
Undisputed middleweight champ Claressa Shields appropriately calls herself the GWOAT, short for this
    $200 30
A chesser is a portmanteau of these 2 storage units
    $400 4
1964 cars from Studebaker-Packard were the first in the U.S. to have these safety devices installed as standard equipment
    $400 17
With the name of the state in the name of the capital, this city's 1910 founding makes it the newbie of U.S. capitals
    $400 20
To increase gradually in size like Earth's natural satellite
    $400 22
In 2009, this comedian seen here was there for "The Invention of Lying"
    $400 2
Boxing writer Budd Schulberg wrote how this boxer's "gift for public relations matched his boxing skills" before a Zaire match
    $400 29
This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
    $600 5
After saving others despite four wounds of his own, Green Beret Captain Roger Donlon received the first of these, awarded for actions in Vietnam
    DD: $1,000 7
The only capital with 3 sets of double letters in its name, it was visited by de Soto in the 16th century
    $600 21
To make a goofy face & ham it up for a photograph
    $600 26
In a commandment performance, Exodus 20:16 says, "Thou shalt not bear" this 2-word phrase "against thy neighbour"
    $600 9
In April 2022, Katie Taylor & Amanda Serrano squared off in the first women's boxing match to headline this New York venue
    $600 14
Quite comfy, these overstuffed chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards
    $800 16
The first courtroom verdict on live network TV was when this assassin's assassin was found guilty & sentenced in Dallas
    $800 6
A red post that marked the border between the Houma & Bayougoula tribes gave us the name of this state capital
    $800 23
To eviscerate, perhaps a dead sturgeon
    $800 27
Truth to tell, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" was a No. 1 bestseller by this ex-Minnesota senator
    $800 10
This first name of former WBC titleholder Mr. Fury is appropriate for a heavyweight champ
    $800 13
It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your china
    $1000 15
At Asia's first Olympic games, Isao Okano won gold in this sport in the country where it was created
    $1000 8
The name of Germany's fifth-largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital
    $1000 24
To direct & motivate the rest of the crew in a rowing shell
    $1000 28
Players make up false answers along with the correct one, then vote on which one is real in this "B"luffing game by Mattel
    $1000 11
This heavyweight "Brown Bomber" was undefeated before a shocking loss to the German Max Schmeling in 1936
    $1000 12
A diminutive word, this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants

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

Evan Sam Aiden
-$200 $2,000 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Evan Sam Aiden
$1,200 $2,400 $2,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORKING FROM "HOME"
TRANSLATE THE DOC TALK
GONE COUNTRY
CHASING RAINBOWS
STAGE DIRECTIONS IN SHAKESPEARE
(Ken: From the Riverside edition, for the record.)
EXITS & ENTRANCES
    $400 13
A state of Missouri video for these dwellers says if a tornado or even a bad thunderstorm is coming, get out!
    $400 24
Myocardial infarction; it's life-threatening
    $400 26
With her "Cowboy Carter" album, she roped in the top spot on both the Billboard 200 & Country Album charts
    $400 8
This beloved character introduced the song "Rainbow Connection" in a 1979 film
    $400 3
"Giving her Desdemona's" this piece of cloth, which, as it turns out, is nothing to sneeze at
    $400 30
Leonard Warren made quite an exit in 1960 at this NYC venue when he sang "Urna Fatale Del Mio Destino" & died
    $800 2
Hockey version of the 3-word phrase for the edge the team has that's playing for friendly fans in the city where it's based
    $800 22
Pyrexia; rest, drink plenty of fluids & take some aspirin, Advil or Tylenol
    $800 27
His "Tuskegee" country album consists of duets of his hits, including "Endless Love" with Shania Twain & "Sail On" with Tim McGraw
    $800 9
Done in his characteristic drip style, "Greyed Rainbow" was among his last great purely abstract paintings
    $800 4
Spoiler! "Goneril and" this woman's "bodies brought out"
    $800 18
Mark Twain predicted he would die when this was in the sky, just as it had been when he was born--he was right
    $1200 1
"Where my love lies waiting silently for me" is a lyric from this Simon & Garfunkel hit about a musician on the road
    $1200 15
Apoplexy; a dated term for this
    $1200 16
In 1969 he released his "Nashville Skyline" album that featured the hit "Lay Lady Lay" & a duet with Johnny Cash
    $1200 10
There's no actual rainbow variety of this vegetable; it's just a mix of colored varieties
    $1200 5
"Enter Puck, and" this character "with an ass's head"
    DD: $2,000 17
This endower of a NYC school for performing arts was born at sea in 1836 as his parents emigrated from France to America
    $1600 14
This 1929 novel is an autobiographical portrait of Thomas Wolfe's early life growing up in Asheville, North Carolina
    DD: $2,000 23
Cervicalgia; literally, this
    $1600 29
She was part of a country supergroup with Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris & they recorded two trio albums together
    $1600 11
Great Odin's raven! This name of the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard gives me the chills
    $1600 6
"Enter Polonius" & this doomed duo, who definitely get exeunted
    $1600 19
4th of July babies included this 19th century Italian patriot who was inspired by the American fight for liberty
    $2000 21
In a bygone tradition, Elizabeth II was born in the presence of this British cabinet official for domestic affairs
    $2000 25
Bruxism; it can happen while awake or asleep
    $2000 28
This Aussie megastar went country in a pop sort of way for her 2018 album "Golden"
    $2000 12
His "Gravity's Rainbow" was considered for a Pulitzer Prize but then deemed "unreadable", "turgid" & "obscene"
    $2000 7
"Enter the ghost of young Prince Edward" to this title king, & not a friendly ghost
    $2000 20
Reported last words of this Pulitzer-winning playwright in 1953, "I knew it"; born in a hotel room & died in a hotel room

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Evan Sam Aiden
$9,600 $5,600 $15,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY
A 1976 report initiated by Admiral Rickover found it was an internal, not external, explosion that caused the destruction of this

Final scores:

Evan Sam Aiden
$19,200 $5,600 $27,599
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $27,599

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Evan Sam Aiden
$9,600 $6,400 $15,600
16 R,
6 W		 12 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $31,600

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Game tape date: 2024-05-31
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