Show #9166 - Monday, September 23, 2024

David Erb game 1.

Contestants

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Dana Schwartz, a writer from Los Angeles, California

David Erb, a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington

Jen Feldman, a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,850)

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Jeopardy! Round

STRINGING YOU ALONG
4 TIMES THE FUN
KEY OR PEELE
"ETTE" TU
WHODUNIT?
(Ken: You'll name the mystery's author.)
MAGAZINES' FIRST COVERS
    $200 27
It's the official state modern musical instrument of Hawaii breezing into your life here
    $200 26
The states that meet at the "Four Corners" are Arizona, Colorado, Utah & this one
    $200 18
On his "History of Sketch Comedy" podcast, Key said his dad's laughter at this SNL comic as Stevie Wonder was career-inspiring
    $200 29
Think back--it's the "VC" in VCR
    $200 28
"Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case"
    $200 30
In 1977 he starred in "Slap Shot" & graced the cover of the first issue of US magazine in a story about his auto racing career
    $400 23
The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones took up this instrument but you're just hearing the instrument & not Brian, Mick & co.
    $400 25
In Norse mythology, Austri, Vestri, Nordri & Sudri are 4 of these diminutive beings who hold up the celestial skull of Ymir
    $400 13
Keegan-Michael Key narrated this series based on a Seuss story that included episodes titled "Here", "There" & Anywhere"
    $400 5
Your basic salad dressing, it's made with just 2 main ingredients plus seasonings
    $400 4
"Detective Cross", on the job
    $400 9
Spin magazine debuted in 1985 with a cover pic of this "Material Girl" by Herb Ritts, who shot many of her covers
    $600 20
"Let me hear" this Russian folk instrument "ringing out"
    $600 16
It's the oldest of tennis' 4 grand slam tournaments & the only one played on grass
    $600 14
Jordan Peele was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for producing this Spike Lee film about an undercover cop
    $600 7
When introduced by Chevy in 1953, it came in white only with a red interior
    $600 3
"Devil in a Blue Dress", an Easy Rawlins mystery
    $600 10
The first issue of this magazine in 1953 had Marilyn Monroe in black & white on the cover & a much more famous color photo inside
    $800 21
Greece is the word for this long-necked, plucked instrument with a round, wooden body
    DD: $2,000 19
Feudal Japanese society was divided into 4 distinct classes: merchants, artisans, farmers & these warriors
    $800 15
In 2017 Keegan made his Broadway debut opposite Amy Schumer in "Meteor Shower", a comedy by this man, a "wild & crazy guy" himself once
    $800 6
Fantoccini are these controlled by wires, or a show using them
    $800 1
It all came down to this. "The lady in the lake", I said. I lit a cigarette, & waited for the question I knew was coming
    $800 11
This magazine debuted in 1997 with Christa Miller as its first alluring cover woman
    $1000 22
The petticoat-melting instrument of the Renaissance, it went into a decline but was revived by later string players
    $1000 24
It's the smallest in area & in population of the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom
    $1000 17
Jordan Peele's characters on this "magazine" sketch show included Killbrain the Fury & the Game (in an ad for Post-It Notes)
    $1000 8
Amy Vanderbilt, author of a "Complete Book of" this, has been called "the successor to Emily Post"
    $1000 2
"The Brass Verdict": Mickey Haller & Harry Bosch continue to find Hollywood is just murder
    $1000 12
Time's first cover in 1923 featured Joe Cannon, who was retiring from the House of Reps after 46 years, 8 in this role

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

Jen David Dana
$3,400 $1,800 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jen David Dana
$4,400 $5,000 $4,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

I SERVED IN 2 PRESIDENTS' CABINETS
8-LETTER WORDS
PHYSICAL SCIENCE
TIME TO BUY SOME STUFF
FORMER CAPITALS
OSCAR, MEET TONY
    $400 18
A known known, he was definitely Sec Def under Republican presidents in the 20th & 21st centuries
    $400 17
Scientifically, a prism separates white light into the colors of this
    $400 12
Despite repulsive electrical forces, atomic nuclei keep it together thanks to the force described with this adjective
    $400 28
In 1803 we liked the neighborhood & the square footage (530 million acres), so the U.S. paid $15 million to make this real estate deal
    $400 24
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, in 1987 Congress met in this former national capital
    $400 8
A 1952 Tony & 1956 Oscar went to Yul Brynner for playing the monarch in this beloved musical
    $800 19
Before William Rogers was Nixon's secretary of state, he was attorney general in this administration Nixon was also part of
    $800 16
Toxic bacterial poisoning, often from improperly canned foods
    DD: $8,000 11
Pascal's law says in fluid in a closed container, a change in this goes without loss to every part; Pascal tested it with a full barrel
    $800 10
Don't get those knickers in a twist! In 2015 the royal undies of Elizabeth II's great-great grandma, this woman, fetched $16,000
    $800 23
In 1284 a parliament began meeting at Moot Hill in Scone; in 1452, it moved to this city
    $800 1
Joel Grey welcomed both Tony & Oscar for playing the "Cabaret" character who went by this job description
    $1200 20
Seen here, she did hard labor in 2001 & motored over to Transportation in 2017
    $1200 14
A storymaker like Aesop, or just a liar
    $1200 7
Term for a process with no assistance like gas expanding into a vacuum, or for one who does crazy things on the spur of the moment
    $1200 21
The Martin D18E guitar that this late frontman used on "MTV Unplugged" was bought in 2020 for $6 million
    DD: $5,000 4
Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953
    $1200 2
Anne Bancroft scored a Tony & an Oscar for playing her in "The Miracle Worker"
    $1600 29
By George, he was Nixon's man at Treasury as well as Labor & Reagan's at State
    $1600 13
A rêverie du jour
    $1600 6
Rusting & photosynthesis are basic examples of these reactions, a word combining oxidation & reduction
    $1600 25
In 2016 the Antimagnetique ref 4113 watch from this Geneva-based company timed out & went for $2.5 million
    $1600 22
In 1991 newly built Abuja took the capital status from this much larger city to its northeast
    $1600 3
2 decades after winning an Oscar, Lila Kedrova got a 1984 Tony for the same role in this play, without "the Greek" in the title
    $2000 30
Or 3: James Schlesinger was Defense Secy. for Nixon & Ford & Carter named him the first secy. of this new department
    $2000 15
With the same first 4 letters as a word for a lack of knowledge, it means personal humiliation
    $2000 5
Used in optics at least since Newton, this word with "err" within it refers to the failure of rays to come to a focus
    $2000 26
Let's have a side of this British painter; his "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" fetched $142 million
    $2000 27
This European city has only been a national capital since the 1250s; before that, you visited the King in Coimbra or Guimarães
    $2000 9
Jose Ferrer got the inaugural Best Actor Tony in 1947 & an Oscar in 1951 for playing this swashbuckling character

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jen David Dana
$8,800 $30,000 $6,400
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICANS
Among those who attended his 1864 funeral were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott & Franklin Pierce

Final scores:

Jen David Dana
$4,799 $17,655 $1,400
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $17,655 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jen David Dana
$8,800 $17,800 $6,400
12 R,
0 W		 22 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $33,000

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Game tape date: 2024-06-03
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