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

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

In 1938 he moved to a Maine farm where he kept animals, some of which got into his book "Charlotte's Web"

$200

Her career was in the opposite of its "Twilight" when she played a ring toss girl in "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"

$200

To garnish your martini, try the Castelvetrano type of these

$200

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

In 2020 Juan Soto led the National League in this with .351

$400

A gaggle of these is called a skein when in flight

$400

He reflects on his 2022 stabbing in his aptly titled memoir, "Knife"

$400

Before "X-Men"... before the Oscar win... she had to eat! & an early break was playing a school mascot on "Monk"

$400

The owner of Bertha's ar in Taxco, Mexico in 1930 is one claimant as the creator of this tequila-based cocktail

$400

Flip phones are making a comeback after 2 decades of being outmoded & this brand has even revived its Razr model

$400

The Sony PlayStation headset & the Meta Quest 2 promise a seamless immersion into this simulated environment

$600

Your nanny could tell you a trip is a group of these

$600

Actresses who are blind were cast to play the blind Marie-Laure in the 2023 miniseries based on this Anthony Doerr novel

$600

In 1989 the "Love Shack" video was a place where the B-52's got together with this drag queen & future TV host

$600

Maybe at Havana's El Floridita, Ernest Hemingway in an afternoon could drink 12 of these--he liked them with grapefruit juice

$600

This cold dessert salad with oranges, coconut & marshmallows doesn't seem so divine to palates today

$600

An animal observed in the wild is said to be here, as in "We'll see the rhinos in their..."

$800

A stench or, less obviously, a surfeit is a group of these mammals

$800

"Plain Tales from the Hills" is a collection of short stories by this English author born in India

$800

Seen here, she's made quite a few good career moves since an uncredited appearance on "Vampire Academy"

$800

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

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

Psychological term for a child's unconscious attraction to a parent of the opposite sex

$1000

Used in trips across the desert, a group of them can be called a caravan or a train

$1000

This author of the Jeeves stories also wrote book & lyrics for Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert & George Gershwin

$1000

Before making swearing a pure cinematic art form, he played a dad in Public Enemy's video for "911 Is A Joke"

$1000

The 7&7 calls for 7UP & this brand's 7 whiskey

$1000

Both a bit old-fashioned, they are polite behavior & a bended-knee gesture, the second word derived from the first

$1000

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 ACCOUNT AIGU CAFÉ

$400

Established in the 1930s, this government agency has the "authority" to control floods & provide electricity down South

$400

Whitney Houston starred as Rachel Marron in this film whose soundtrack won the award in 1994

$400

The world's largest ice cave lies in Hochkogel Mountain in a section of this range in Austria

$400

In bridge, hitting one of these scores 13 tricks, not 4 runs

$400

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

We'd say it's a stereotypical expression or hackneyed theme in drama, but that would be such

$800

The first census, for this year, revealed that the population totaled 3.9 million

$800

The first of Taylor Swift's record 4 AOTY Grammys was for this album in 2010

$800

Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in these "Inner" islands inspired a famous overture by Felix Mendelssohn

$800

Some say to always split aces or 8s when playing this game, but 5s, not so much

$800

The colors mix in the viewer's eye in this style that uses little blobs of color & is also called divisionism

$800

This pink, pink wine, you make me feel so fine, you keep me rockin', all of the time

$1200

In 1951 Pastor, welder & dad Oliver Brown filed a suit against a Board of Education in this state that soon made history

$1200

The first woman to win in the category, Ms. Garland took the prize for "Judy at" this NYC venue

$1200

To legally receive its name, this blue-veined cheese must age in the limestone caves near Toulouse, France

$1200

The goal of this game with a not exactly PC name is to not be holding a queen at the end

DD: $1,000

In a painting, it's the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge

$1200

It means to cover food with booze & set the dish alight for a few moments before serving

$1600

George Dangerfield won a Pulitzer for a history of early 19th century America titled "The Era of" these

$1600

"Dreamland" by Glass Animals might be the response to this album that made Billie Eilish the category's youngest winner ever

$1600

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

Paired cards in this game: "What made my first kiss so awkward?" & "A live studio audience"

$1600

Here's Verrocchio's take on the little nude cherub known by this Italian term in art

$1600

This 5-letter word means outmoded or no longer fashionable

DD: $10,000

Punning on a general's name & a Hugo title ,glum Civil War soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia called themselves these

$2000

Billy Joel was the "Big Shot" in 1980, winning for this album that bears the name of a thoroughfare

$2000

In 1900 a library cave of around 50,000 documents was discovered in the caves of the thousand Buddhas on this ancient route

$2000

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

Artist Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of this eye-bending style that emerged in the 1960s

$2000

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:

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

Show #9168 - Wednesday, September 25, 2024

Contestants

Jeopardy! Round

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

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Double Jeopardy! Round

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Final Jeopardy! Round

Final scores:

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Combined Coryat: $33,600

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Game tape date: 2024-06-03