Show #9173 - Wednesday, October 2, 2024

Contestants

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Erin Ward, a software developer originally from London, Ontario, Canada

Scott Tcheng, an ER doctor from San Francisco, California

Ryan Manton, a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,778)

Jeopardy! Round

ON AUSTRALIAN CURRENCY
HEALTH & MEDICINE
TV, CURRENTLY
HAVING "FUN"
PLEASE DON'T GO...
WE'RE JUST GETTING STARTED
    $200 26
The $1 coin is all hopped up with 5 of these animals
    $200 18
An AOM practitioner is trained in this "& Oriental medicine"
    $200 9
This actress & singer, do you love me? Are you riding? I mean, we're both TV hosts, as you've been on "Password" since 2022
    $200 15
The name of this Christian movement goes back to pamphlets published by Lyman & Milton Stewart in the 1910s
    $200 29
I know I've been singing this song about a young fish a lot lately, but... doo-doo doo-doo doo-doo... it's so much fun
    $200 30
In the late 1950s the U.S. & the USSR began this rhyming competition involving satellite launches & rockets
    $400 25
Adorning the $50 bill is Edith Cowan, who sat in the Western Australia legislative assembly as Oz' first female MP, short for this
    $400 17
In the first part of 2024, almost 150 U.S. cases of this disease aka rubeola were reported, with nearly half in Chicago
    $400 10
Devan Chandler Long tried out for the Carolina Panthers but ended up dying to be a Viking, playing Thorfinn on this CBS sitcom
    $400 19
A startup may turn to this, a general term for financing by smaller dollar amounts from many people
    $400 28
I know you kind of hate my guts right now, but I made your favorite for dinner, this Russian dish with mushrooms & meat over noodles
    $400 23
This word for supporters of Thomas Jefferson returned in the 1850s as the name of a new political party
    $600 24
An egg-laying monotreme, this insectivore graces the 5-cent coin
    $600 16
Like yellow fever, the Zika virus is transmitted by these insects
    $600 6
This sitcom character was introduced in 1984, got his own series in 1993, & got his own series again 30 years later
    $600 20
It's the first & last name of an animated guy with a crush on Patti Mayonnaise
    $600 27
Sure I got you a vacuum cleaner for Mother's Day, but it was one from this brand that shares a name with our 31st president
    $600 22
The "10 Percent Plan" of 1863 was the first program of this 14-letter period that started after the Civil War
    $800 13
On the $10 bill, Banjo Paterson penned some of the country's most beloved songs, including the words to this dancing ditty
    $800 12
During pregnancy this procedure where a sample of fluid is taken from around the fetus is used to test for genetic disorders
    $800 14
I'll lay it out in black & white, Andrew Scott plays the title grifter on this Netflix show
    $800 21
On this kind of railway, 2 train cars use each other as counterweights
    $800 3
Maybe I erred in saying your friend reeks like this rarely blooming flower, also known as titan arum, but I nearly passed out
    $800 4
The Great Fear was just a precursor to this similarly named time of which the fall of the Girondins was a bellwether
    $1000 8
A toast to this acclaimed Australian soprano & dame who appears on the $100 bill
    $1000 7
Occurring more often in women, this syndrome, CFS, is characterized by extreme exhaustion lasting 6 months or longer
    $1000 11
Ramón Rodríguez plays this ABC title guy who works for the Georgia Bureau of Investigations & has a cute li'l pup named Betty
    $1000 5
In economics, it describes goods that can be exchanged for one another since they are equal in value; some tokens are the "non" kind
    $1000 2
Yes, I spent our last dollar to build a Lego version of this mausoleum in Agra, but it was a labor of love!
    DD: $1,000 1
A 1914 gathering of lawyers & police officials from 24 countries led to the creation of this organization based in Lyon

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

Ryan Scott Erin
$3,000 $2,800 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ryan Scott Erin
$5,800 $5,800 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

20th CENTURY PLAYWRIGHTS
ON THE BUCKET LIST
TRIPLE RHYME TIME
RELIGIOUS MATTERS
FOREIGN FILM TITLES
IT'S A THEORY
    $400 23
This comic playwright's trio of autobiographical "B.B."s hit their targets, finishing with "Broadway Bound"
    $400 22
Exchanging aircraft for Kraftwerk, Tegel Airport in this city is now a techno bumpin' nightclub must-see
    $400 28
Now in twofold form, it's a floating gaseous sphere full of broken concrete & stone
    $400 27
The 2 major sects of Tibetan Buddhism, Nyingma & Gelug, are also called red these & yellow these, for items worn by monks
    $400 24
One of Marlene Dietrich's greatest films: "Der blaue Engel"
    $400 19
A widely accepted cosmological theory is named for this primordial event 13.8 billion years ago
    $800 30
William Inge once had a terrier named Lula Belle, an inspiration for this little dog that isn't coming back in his classic play
    $800 15
Faneuil Hall & the Pahk Street Church are on this pathway for Patriots
    $800 4
It's the item that removes lint from the guy trying to knock the pins down at the top extremity of the world
    DD: $5,000 26
During the Meiji restoration of the 19th century, Japan's emperor was validated as the high priest of this religion
    $800 25
The U.S. version runs over 6 1/2 hours:
"Voyna i mir"
    $800 18
The theory of general relativity is concerned with this one of the universe's 4 fundamental forces
    $1200 29
In 1985, this playwright-actor wrote & starred in the film "Fool for Love", which was based on his earlier one-act play
    $1200 14
Charter a bus from El Calafate to Torres del Paine National Park & see this region shared by Argentina & Chile
    $1200 1
The more compact of the 2 people going after a piece of legal tender on their hands & knees
    $1200 21
This Irish saint is known as "The Mary of the Gael"
    $1200 20
Ingmar Bergman film whose title is from the Book of Revelation:
"Det Sjunde Inseglet"
    $1200 13
Melanie Klein's object relations theory emerged from this Freudian method, which she tried on patients as young as 3
    $1600 17
Zoë Akins had a hit & a memorable title with the 1930 play these people "Had a Word for It"
    $1600 8
Mexico City has bars dedicated to this beverage made from the sap of the agave plant; it has the color of milk & tastes sour
    $1600 3
Now shattered though it was made of such a sturdy wood, it's a little item that let you onto the subway
    $1600 10
The monks in this Indian religion carry peacock-feather dusters to remove insects from their paths as they walk
    $1600 6
Fellini's numerical autobiographical film:
"Otto e mezzo"
    DD: $5,600 12
Relating an object's worth to the hours needed to make it, the labor theory of value was a pillar of this 3-volume work by Karl Marx
    $2000 16
(Henry Winkler presents the clue.) Drama was a means for political change for this playwright who created a technique called gestus to mean a character's gesture that's also a social comment, like Courage's silent scream over her dead son
    $2000 7
Take a Ding Ding tram on Hong Kong Island, then stroll the Mong Kok District on this densely populated peninsula
    $2000 2
Neatly & elegantly dressed, he applauds the style of a young & liberated 1920s woman
    $2000 9
This Christian sect in Egypt chooses its pope by having a blindfolded young boy pick a name out of a glass chalice
    $2000 5
Pedro Almodóvar's Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film: "Todo Sobre Mi Madre"
    $2000 11
The usual example of this, the classic game theory problem, is you & a pal are both accused of a crime; do you confess?

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ryan Scott Erin
$12,400 $11,800 $4,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE
Physicist John Wheeler said he coined this term as a faster way to say "completely collapsed objects"

Final scores:

Ryan Scott Erin
$23,601 $23,600 $800
3-day champion: $67,379 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ryan Scott Erin
$13,800 $11,800 $4,800
17 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R,
2 W		 7 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $30,400

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Game tape date: 2024-06-04
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