Show #9171 - Monday, September 30, 2024

Contestants

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Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio

Alison Prelusky, a copywriter from Lindenhurst, New York

Kate Roesch, a data visualization developer from Indianapolis, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,200)

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Jeopardy! Round

CENTRAL AMERICANA
LET'S PLAY SOME MUSIC
HOT CROSS BUNNIES
VENTURE BROS.
HIT THE TRACK
STARTS WITH SILENT "K"
    $200 19
Leading exports from Honduras include these fruits, historically called "green gold" from their color when shipped
    $200 21
The general drift of the clue is that it's the next-to-lowest voice part in a 4-part harmony
    $200 27
Much to his dismay, a silly rabbit realizes over & over again that this fruit-flavored cereal "is for kids"
    $200 28
One of their fledgling companies that had begun in 1910 in Dayton was teetering in 1911 after several employee deaths
    $200 30
This Kentucky track known for its iconic twin-spired grandstand was designated a national historic landmark in 1986
    $200 29
It's an inexpensive & unauthorized imitation, maybe of designer clothing
    $400 18
Just follow your nose to Belize to discover the keel-bill type of this tropical bird, a national symbol
    $400 20
It's the loud dynamic music instruction seen here
    $400 25
Certainly some bunnies had a hare trigger after this country installed rabbit-proof fences in the early 1900s
    $400 26
In 1886 siblings James, Edward & Robert began this company that hit it big with Band-Aid in 1921
    $400 24
Most of the equestrian events of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at this 320-acre track in Arcadia, California
    $400 23
It's what the Brits call underwear & yes, you can say it on TV
    $600 9
One of the world's best ecotourism destinations, this nation is "rich" in places like the Monteverde Cloud Forest
    $600 17
This woodwind is not only a double reed instrument, but it's also got 2 sets of double letters
    $600 12
At a mad tea party this participant chides Alice with, "It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited"
    $600 8
In the 1940s Rudolph & Adi Dassler ran Adidas, but a schism between the 2 led the former to create this competitor
    $600 22
Anyone worth their "salt" should know the 12th Earl of Derby created the Oaks, a race run on this British track since 1779
    $600 1
This kind of reaction is sudden & not carefully considered
    $800 10
The name of this capital city means "holy savior"
    $800 16
Regarding a piece of music, this is the end, from the Italian for "tail", my friend
    $800 13
This third book of the Bible says rabbits, due to "divideth not the hoof", are "unclean"; first off, how dare you!?
    $800 7
These twins sued Mark Zuckerberg & won $65 million after facing off on a venture gone awry
    $800 5
The track at Saratoga Springs, New York offers this type of race where the horse jumps over obstacles
    $800 3
Conspiracy buffs know it's a small, rounded hill
    $1000 11
About 3,000 square miles in area, the largest lake in Central America is this one that bears the name of a country there
    $1000 15
Similar to a portamento, it's the glide between notes heard here
    DD: $5,000 14
Lepus symbolizes a hare, likely angry as he's seen by some as the prey of these 2 Latin-named constellations, Orion's hounds
    $1000 6
Last name of energy conglomerate brothers Charles & David; their dad was a founder of the John Birch Society
    $1000 4
This Baltimore track was named for a tavern near London favored by early American colonists
    $1000 2
Built close to 4,000 years ago, but renovated since, the royal villa of this ancient capital is a landmark of the Minoan civilization

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

Kate Alison Ryan
$2,800 $1,600 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Kate Alison Ryan
$2,600 $3,200 $3,400

Double Jeopardy! Round

PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY HISTORY
WOMEN ON TV
IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 30
UP, UP & AWAY
PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY NAME
7-SYLLABLE WORDS
    $400 30
If you read Lisa Scottoline's bestsellers, it makes sense she graduated from this school at Penn & has taught there
    $400 28
Funny ladies on Season 49 of this show included Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman & Ego Nwodim
    $400 27
2005:
Provoking an angry reaction, cartoons of this religious figure are published in a Danish newspaper
    $400 25
Vincenzo Lunardi used this gas, not hot air, when he made the first balloon flight over England in 1784
    $400 24
She won Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award & "Woman of the Year" in Sweden in 2019
    $400 23
Adjective describing a first-person account of a life story
    $800 14
A short story by Wyalusing-born Philip Van Doren Stern was the basis for this beloved Jimmy Stewart holiday movie
    $800 29
In the 1970s, Lynda Carter rose to fame playing this superhero & became a role model to millions of girls
    $800 26
1935:
This source of electricity astride the Nevada/Arizona border is officially dedicated
    $800 19
In 2021, Zara Rutherford used her gap year after high school to become the youngest woman to do this solo
    $800 22
In 2010 he became the first chef to receive Spain's Order of Arts & Letters Medallion
    $800 21
A nondisclosure agreement is also known as this kind
    DD: $5,000 13
This playwright's childhood home in the historically Black Hill district of Pittsburgh has become an arts center
    $1200 15
Golda Rosheuvel plays her on "Bridgerton"; India Amarteifio plays a younger version on a "Bridgerton" offshoot
    $1200 20
1968:
This wide-body Boeing airliner is shown to the public for the first time
    $1200 18
Once thought to have crashed back onto the Moon's surface, the ascent stage of this lunar module from Apollo 11 may still be in orbit
    $1200 17
After reading "The Cosmic Connection", Isaac Asimov told him, "You are smarter than I am. I hate that"
    $1200 16
It's the practice of living on fruits, nuts & other plants, maybe some eggs & dairy, but definitely no meat
    $1600 12
His first 4 novels, including "Rabbit, Run", all depict a fictional version of Berks County, where he grew up
    $1600 1
She's currently the only woman to anchor a nightly network news broadcast on one of the big three networks
    $1600 11
1991:
This ex-priest who came after the Duvalier era is forced from office as Haiti's president
    $1600 8
This lethal combat helicopter with a Native American name is loaded with hellfire missiles, 70-millimeter rockets & a 30-millimeter cannon
    $1600 6
Per Time magazine, "on the seventh day" he "cobbled together the World Wide Web's first (but not the last) browser"
    DD: $7,000 4
Marijuana advocates have long pushed for this removal of serious penalties; in 2024, the Biden administration moved to grant their wish
    $2000 2
Before vast novelized histories of Hawaii & the Mideast, he put his Doylestown youth into "The Fires of Spring"
    $2000 10
A 2-time Oscar nominee, she plays Athena Grant on "9-1-1"
    $2000 9
1787:
This ship for which a Pacific Northwest river is named sets off on the first round-the-world voyage by a U.S. vessel
    $2000 7
Almost 4,000 of these bombers nicknamed the Superfortress were produced in the 1940s, but only 2 still fly today
    $2000 5
Before she was appointed U.S. Attorney General, she received the Medal of Honor--from the Florida Bar Association
    $2000 3
It's the branch of medicine concerned with the distribution & control of diseases

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Kate Alison Ryan
$4,200 $4,000 $22,200
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

BIBLICAL PLACES
The name of this, actually a not very tall hill, became a symbol of Jewish national aspiration & was used in spirituals & reggae

Final scores:

Kate Alison Ryan
$8,200 $8,000 $22,178
2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $22,178

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Kate Alison Ryan
$4,200 $4,000 $26,800
11 R,
5 W		 8 R,
0 W		 29 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $35,000

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Game tape date: 2024-06-04
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