Show #9168 - Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Contestants

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Diane Lochner, a librarian from Nicolett, Minnesota

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawai'I

David Erb, a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $57,143)

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Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL GROUPS
LIT-POURRI
BEFORE THEY WERE STARS
CLASSIC COCKTAILS
OLD-FASHIONED
7 & 7
(Ken: Each response is two paired 7-letter words.)
    $200 16
Since they tower over all animals in the grasslands of Africa, it's not surprising that a group of them is called a tower
    $200 10
In 1938 he moved to a Maine farm where he kept animals, some of which got into his book "Charlotte's Web"
    $200 15
Her career was in the opposite of its "Twilight" when she played a ring toss girl in "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"
    $200 25
To garnish your martini, try the Castelvetrano type of these
    $200 27
Per ziprecruiter.com most people fail to send this after a job interview; a handwritten letter may be too old-timey in the WFH era
    $200 13
In 2020 Juan Soto led the National League in this with .351
    $400 17
A gaggle of these is called a skein when in flight
    $400 9
He reflects on his 2022 stabbing in his aptly titled memoir, "Knife"
    $400 21
Before "X-Men"... before the Oscar win... she had to eat! & an early break was playing a school mascot on "Monk"
    $400 26
The owner of Bertha's ar in Taxco, Mexico in 1930 is one claimant as the creator of this tequila-based cocktail
    $400 14
Flip phones are making a comeback after 2 decades of being outmoded & this brand has even revived its Razr model
    $400 11
The Sony PlayStation headset & the Meta Quest 2 promise a seamless immersion into this simulated environment
    $600 18
Your nanny could tell you a trip is a group of these
    $600 8
Actresses who are blind were cast to play the blind Marie-Laure in the 2023 miniseries based on this Anthony Doerr novel
    $600 22
In 1989 the "Love Shack" video was a place where the B-52's got together with this drag queen & future TV host
    $600 28
Maybe at Havana's El Floridita, Ernest Hemingway in an afternoon could drink 12 of these--he liked them with grapefruit juice
    $600 12
This cold dessert salad with oranges, coconut & marshmallows doesn't seem so divine to palates today
    $600 1
An animal observed in the wild is said to be here, as in "We'll see the rhinos in their..."
    $800 19
A stench or, less obviously, a surfeit is a group of these mammals
    $800 7
"Plain Tales from the Hills" is a collection of short stories by this English author born in India
    $800 23
Seen here, she's made quite a few good career moves since an uncredited appearance on "Vampire Academy"
    $800 29
An old fashioned is whiskey, a sugar cube (or simple syrup), an orange slice, a maraschino cherry & a couple of dashes of these
    DD: $2,400 5
Basically plaid in only 2 colors, this fabric pattern was rocked by early 20th c. women but Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm gets sick of it
    $800 2
Psychological term for a child's unconscious attraction to a parent of the opposite sex
    $1000 20
Used in trips across the desert, a group of them can be called a caravan or a train
    $1000 6
This author of the Jeeves stories also wrote book & lyrics for Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert & George Gershwin
    $1000 24
Before making swearing a pure cinematic art form, he played a dad in Public Enemy's video for "911 Is A Joke"
    $1000 30
The 7&7 calls for 7UP & this brand's 7 whiskey
    $1000 3
Both a bit old-fashioned, they are polite behavior & a bended-knee gesture, the second word derived from the first
    $1000 4
This Georgia newspaper that debuted in 1883 merged with the Constitution in 2001

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

David Drew Diane
-$800 $8,000 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

David Drew Diane
$2,600 $9,600 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY
GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR
CAVES
HOW 'BOUT A GAME OF CARDS?
ART TERMS
AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ
    $400 22
Established in the 1930s, this government agency has the "authority" to control floods & provide electricity down South
    $400 25
Whitney Houston starred as Rachel Marron in this film whose soundtrack won the award in 1994
    $400 28
The world's largest ice cave lies in Hochkogel Mountain in a section of this range in Austria
    $400 24
In bridge, hitting one of these scores 13 tricks, not 4 runs
    $400 17
This type of artwork tells you the spot in a church it's meant to be above & behind; the Isenheim one is quite famous
    $400 9
We'd say it's a stereotypical expression or hackneyed theme in drama, but that would be such
    $800 21
The first census, for this year, revealed that the population totaled 3.9 million
    $800 26
The first of Taylor Swift's record 4 AOTY Grammys was for this album in 2010
    $800 1
Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in these "Inner" islands inspired a famous overture by Felix Mendelssohn
    $800 23
Some say to always split aces or 8s when playing this game, but 5s, not so much
    $800 16
The colors mix in the viewer's eye in this style that uses little blobs of color & is also called divisionism
    $800 8
This pink, pink wine, you make me feel so fine, you keep me rockin', all of the time
    $1200 20
In 1951 Pastor, welder & dad Oliver Brown filed a suit against a Board of Education in this state that soon made history
    $1200 27
The first woman to win in the category, Ms. Garland took the prize for "Judy at" this NYC venue
    $1200 2
To legally receive its name, this blue-veined cheese must age in the limestone caves near Toulouse, France
    $1200 12
The goal of this game with a not exactly PC name is to not be holding a queen at the end
    DD: $1,000 11
In a painting, it's the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge
    $1200 7
It means to cover food with booze & set the dish alight for a few moments before serving
    $1600 19
George Dangerfield won a Pulitzer for a history of early 19th century America titled "The Era of" these
    $1600 29
"Dreamland" by Glass Animals might be the response to this album that made Billie Eilish the category's youngest winner ever
    $1600 3
Most of the 4.6 mil. shells of Kent, England's Shell Grotto are local but there are shells from this Caribbean Sea snail as well
    $1600 14
Paired cards in this game: "What made my first kiss so awkward?" & "A live studio audience"
    $1600 10
Here's Verrocchio's take on the little nude cherub known by this Italian term in art
    $1600 6
This 5-letter word means outmoded or no longer fashionable
    DD: $10,000 18
Punning on a general's name & a Hugo title ,glum Civil War soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia called themselves these
    $2000 30
Billy Joel was the "Big Shot" in 1980, winning for this album that bears the name of a thoroughfare
    $2000 4
In 1900 a library cave of around 50,000 documents was discovered in the caves of the thousand Buddhas on this ancient route
    $2000 15
If you "declare out" in this 48-card game, play stops & tricks are counted; if you have 1,000 points or more, you win
    $2000 13
Artist Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of this eye-bending style that emerged in the 1960s
    $2000 5
It's the easing of political tensions between countries, like the period from the late 1960s until 1979 for the U.S. & Russia

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

David Drew Diane
$22,000 $16,800 $3,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

SHAKESPEARE
"Blood will have blood", says this title character, who is later told, "Be bloody, bold, & resolute"

Final scores:

David Drew Diane
$33,611 $11,601 $4,400
3-day champion: $90,754 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

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Coryat scores:

David Drew Diane
$15,000 $15,200 $3,400
18 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)
22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
9 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $33,600

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Game tape date: 2024-06-03
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