Show #9170 - Friday, September 27, 2024

Contestants

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Kate Roesch, a data visualization developer from Indianapolis, Indiana

Marianne McGowan, a writing professor from Framingham, Massachusetts

Maddie Carwile, a healthcare program coordinator from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,700)

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Jeopardy! Round

O CANADA PROVINCE CAPITAL
DYING ON TV
WILD LINES
NICKNAMES
ALL BETS
R OFF
    $200 23
In 1758 Halifax, capital of this province, was the site of Canada's first representative government
    $200 22
Oh, I say, bad luck old chap--Matthew Crawley made Lady Mary a widow on this drama; Dan Stevens wanted to leave the show
    $200 24
"Why do you lead me" on one of these ridiculous quests, an unhappy Sancho Panza asks Don Quixote
    $200 29
The International Rose Test Garden is in this Oregon city, nicknamed "The City of Roses"
    $200 16
Latin for "before" gives us this poker word for the initial wager all players must make
    $200 27
Let the "R" take a break from the energy required to move an object against a force & season this Asian pan
    $400 2
Founded by Samuel de Champlain in 1608, this city has a name that comes from Algonquian for "the river narrows here"
    $400 1
On "Game of Thrones", this awful king played by Jack Gleeson did not survive the "Purple Wedding"--but tell Cersei, it wasn't me
    $400 15
Buffalo Bill met the Queen of England "at the door of the box, with my sombrero in my hand and welcomed her to" this place
    $400 25
Wrigley Field is nicknamed "The Friendly" these
    $400 30
It's the 4-letter bet where you get paid if your horse comes in 1st, 2nd or even 3rd
    $400 17
Remove an "R" from a word for a family member & get this word for annoy, which that person might do to you
    $600 3
This Alberta city is called "The Gateway to the North" & in the 2022-23 season, the gateway to 64 Connor McDavid goals
    $600 5
(Tony Hale presents the clue.) As Buster Bluth, I dressed up as a stripper & danced to "The Final Countdown" at my father's funeral on this sitcom; then the casket fell in the grave, but everyone applauded
    $600 13
In a 1964 Caldecott Medal winner, young Max cries, "Let the wild" this "start!"
    $600 11
The standard American World War I training aircraft, the Curtiss JN-4, had this female nickname
    $600 8
This type of parlay that combines multiple bets in one wager shares its name with an all-play-all tournament
    $600 18
Render the "R" from a type of cooking fat & meet this word for a young fellow
    $800 4
This Manitoba city is called "The Gateway to the West" & in the 2022-23 season, the gateway to 42 Mark Scheifele goals
    $800 6
On "The Wire", this Michael K. Williams character was no longer comin' after he was killed in a convenience store
    $800 12
In the Old Testament an angel tells Hagar that she will bear a son who "will be a wild man" & that she should call him this
    $800 20
"Big Beefhead" was one nickname for this late 19th century president
    $800 9
Guess the color of Gatorade dumped on the coach's head to win this 4-letter kind of side bet
    $800 19
Ship off the "R" on the word for a boat's docking locale & get this first name of female characters Dutton & Harmon
    $1000 28
It has been the capital of British Columbia ever since the province joined Canada in 1871
    $1000 7
Motorcycle madness! After learning his mom Gemma was behind the murder of his wife, Jax committed matricide on this FX show
    $1000 14
"None of nature's landscapes are ugly so long as they are wild", this environmentalist wrote in 1898
    DD: $2,200 26
New Orleans is also called this city because of its placement on a sharp bend of the Mississippi River
    $1000 10
The Martingale betting system suggests: at least do this after every loss to recoup the initial stake
    $1000 21
Kick out the "R" from a pile of stones on a hiking trail & wander aimlessly; the word becomes this name of a man in Genesis

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

Maddie Marianne Kate
$2,800 $1,000 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Maddie Marianne Kate
$5,200 $600 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN AUTHORS
CAMEOS
THE NATURAL WORLD
LANGUAGES
IT'S A CRISIS!
WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME
    $400 23
Best known for his Alaska-based adventures, one involving dogs, he spent lots of time in Hawaii before his death in 1916
    $400 22
After a burrito incident, Jack Black kicks this anchorman's beloved dog Baxter off a bridge
    $400 24
The Goliath birdeater, a South American type of this spider, makes a hissing sound when threatened
    $400 13
It seemed an unlikely goal, but Eliezer Ben-Yehuda made this biblical language spoken once more
    $400 26
In the 1898 Fashoda Crisis, the British squared off with this country's Major Marchand over rights to the Sudanese Nile
    $400 27
A short life story of someone, & a 3-member musical act
    $800 1
During WWII this author of "The Red Pony" served as a war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune
    $800 30
This legendary guitarist appeared as Captain Jack Sparrow's pop in "Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End"
    $800 18
The leaves of a small shrub called the Egyptian privet produce this orange-brown dye used to color hair
    $800 6
Irish is one form of this language also called Erse
    $800 10
A Japanese financial crisis was sparked in 1927 when a govt. minister mistakenly said that the Tokyo Watanabe one of these had gone bust
    $800 11
A trainee in a skilled trade, & to lure by arousing desire or hope
    $1200 2
This author of "The Accidental Tourist" is good friends with a fellow Baltimore resident, director John Waters
    DD: $7,000 28
Ming-Na Wen voiced the title character in this 1998 film & made a cameo in the 2020 live-action remake
    $1200 5
The name of this water bird comes from the latin Corvus marinus, which means "sea raven"
    DD: $3,000 7
The ancient Middle Eastern region of Fars is the birthplace of this country's official language
    $1200 16
One crisis that jump-started the Intl. Crisis Group: famine in this land where clans fought after Mohammed Siad Barre's dictatorship
    $1200 12
A tremulous, pulsating vocal effect, & a Russet Burbank
    $1600 3
In 1992 this "Naked Lunch" author had a shaman perform an exorcism on him to cast out what he called "the ugly spirit"
    $1600 4
In a blink-&-you-missed-it cameo, he appears as Vanisher in "Deadpool 2"
    $1600 17
Hard to find in its natural habitat, the Ituri Rainforest, this smaller giraffe relative was unknown to Western science until 1900
    $1600 8
Tamil is the official language of this Indian state with "Tamil" in its name
    $1600 25
A crisis was sparked by this leader's 1958 demand that the U.S. & its allies pull their troops out of West Berlin
    $1600 14
Disfiguring skin disease once resulting in quarantining, & a little too interested in the affairs of others
    $2000 20
She made appearances in the movies "Rumble Fish" & "The Outsiders", both based on her novels
    $2000 21
Paul Reubens' final film appearance was a cameo in this movie in which Awkwafina plays the game show-obsessed title female
    $2000 19
The Indian pipe plant is mycoheterotrophic, meaning it gets most of its food directly from this type of organism
    $2000 9
In 2011 Morocco made an official language of Tamazight, the native tongue of this large ethnic group
    $2000 29
A 21st century humanitarian crisis was caused by the Islamist insurgency of this group also called the Nigerian Taliban
    $2000 15
To pay no attention to, & an Italian version of "Mr." heard in "That's Amore"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Maddie Marianne Kate
$20,600 $5,400 $20,200

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARKS
At its dedication, Senator John Sherman said, "Simple in form... it rises into the skies higher than any other work of human art"

Final scores:

Maddie Marianne Kate
$600 $10,400 $28,200
3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $28,200

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Maddie Marianne Kate
$18,800 $5,400 $13,200
20 R
(including 1 DD),
0 W		 9 R,
1 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
7 W

Combined Coryat: $37,400

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Game tape date: 2024-06-03
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