Show #9179 - Thursday, October 10, 2024

Mark Fitzpatrick game 5.

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Cynthia Bullock, a nonprofit executive from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Mike Obstgarten, a test-prep coach and tutor from Henderson, Nevada

Mark Fitzpatrick, a content manager from Riverside, Connecticut (whose 4-day cash winnings total $81,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

BBL, BUSY
ANIMAL ANAGRAMS
RECEIPTS
PROOF
TIMELINE
SCREEN SHOTS
    $200 26
I'm busy updating my iPhone with iOS 18, the OS short for this
    $200 20
Barnyard bovid:
TOGA
    $200 25
Whether your cart is full of its Kirkland Signature goods or not, you'll have to show your receipt when exiting this store
    $200 30
In 2023 2 teenagers presented "an impossible proof" of this theorem named for an ancient Greek to the Amer. Mathematical Society
    $200 5
Queen Mary docked with the throne in 1553 but set sail for the hereafter in 1558, & a new age dawned with this royal
    $200 10
Schwarzenegger made his film debut as this strongman of myth "in New York" but his voice didn't--Arnold got dubbed over by an American
    $400 29
Not now, I'm watching all 13 seasons of this Texas-set animated show with Hank & Dale
    $400 12
Plated for protection:
RADIO MALL
    $400 18
Keep your receipts! In this 2-word arrangement in which an employer pays for lunches & such; Pete Campbell on "Mad Men" had one
    $400 22
Need proof the Earth is round? Watch the device called Foucault's this change direction as the planet spins
    $400 4
In 1940 he became chief of the NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund; 27 years later, he became a supreme authority
    $400 7
Pre-"Sherlock", he had an early role on British TV as Rory Slippery on "Fortysomething"
    $600 28
I can't talk, I can only boogie; I'm trying to get an AA while playing this double-talk arcade game
    $600 15
Popular pet:
AMHERST
    $600 19
Ancient receipts for sacrifices are preserved on this material from a water plant--could your Wendy's receipt be museum bound?
    $600 27
In the 1920s, Robert Millikan proved that certain high-energy "rays" came from outer space & coined this term to describe them
    $600 3
The sequence of U.S. vice presidents goes Breckinridge, Hannibal Hamlin, this man but tragedy saw him serve only a few weeks
    $600 9
Her 1st IMDb credit is for "Married... with Children"; she then checked in to "General Hospital" but eventually, she made a royal exit
    $800 14
I didn't answer your phone because I was knee-deep in some low-tide muck searching for razor & butter types of this bivalve
    $800 16
Horny herbivore:
CHOIR SNORE
    $800 21
You can get a donation receipt for gifts to worthy causes like this Memphis hospital fighting pediatric cancer since 1962
    $800 17
A famous 1880s experiment showed there was no evidence for this "luminiferous" medium thought to carry light waves
    DD: $1,000 2
A major war began in 1618 & ended with the Peace of Westphalia in this year; know the event, do the math & you're home
    $800 8
Set in the Aussie Outback, 1983's "Bush Christmas" was the feature film debut of this Oscar-winning actress
    $1000 13
I'm putting you on read 'cause I'm a guest on "The Really Good Podcast" with this host, & she is so serious that it's scaring me
    $1000 11
Aquatic & endangered:
EMANATE
    $1000 24
Receipts can be uploaded, speedily of course, to this Intuit service to let business owners track finances
    $1000 23
Andrew Wiles electrified the 1990s math world with a proof of the 350-year-old mystery known as this man's last theorem
    $1000 1
This began in 1934 & would cross 18 mountain ranges & 24 rivers before reaching Shaanxi province the following year
    $1000 6
Showbiz is easy! Anna Paquin won an Oscar for her first screen role in this 1993 film & was instrumental to its success

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

Mark Mike Cynthia
$2,600 $0 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Mike Cynthia
$5,000 $3,600 $800

Double Jeopardy! Round

AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS HISTORY
WORLD LEADERS
THE VERY OLD SONG & DANCE
CAPITALS OF THE WEST INDIES
STORIES WITHIN STORIES
YOU GET AN "FF"
    $400 10
On May 26, 1991 Willy T. Ribbs became the first African American to drive in this auto race
    $400 26
On the TV show "Servant of the People", he played a high school teacher who becomes president after a viral video
    $400 1
In 1949 "Le Combat" was first performed as an extended one of these French-named ballet dances for 2 performers
    $400 27
Tourists in this Jamaican capital may want to visit the Bob Marley Museum & Liberty Hall, a museum devoted to Marcus Garvey
    $400 29
A man cuckolds himself in "The Man Who Was Recklessly Curious", which is read by a priest in this Cervantes work
    $400 25
"Ness" added to "great" is an example of this
    $800 9
In 2021 this gymnast became the 1st woman to land a Yurchenko double pike in a competition; in 2023 it was renamed to honor her
    $800 19
In March 2024, Vaughan Gething, a Zambian-born lawyer, was elected First Minister of this UK constituent unit by the Senedd
    $800 5
This Scottish folk song about "my Bonnie" may actually be about royal pretender Prince Charlie
    $800 24
The Almendares River traverses this Caribbean capital & empties into the Straits of Florida
    $800 30
In this collection, "The Porter & the 3 Ladies of Baghdad" leads to "The First Kalandar's Tale", which leads to even more stories
    $800 20
It's a crude representation of a person such as Guy Fawkes, sometimes destroyed as a form of protest or ridicule
    $1200 4
In 1957 she became the first African American to win Wimbledon singles; later she was the first Black woman to join the LPGA
    $1200 14
In 2014 "acche din aane wale hain", or "good times are coming", was the slogan used by the BJP to elect this leader
    $1200 6
"The sun shines bright" on this Stephen Foster tune written in the 1850s & designated a state song in 1928
    $1200 17
Gustavia, capital of Saint Barts, was named for this country's King Gustav III
    $1200 21
Taking 5 from a whale tale, in "The Town-Ho's Story" this narrator tells of a mutiny while smoking with some buds in Lima, Peru
    $1200 11
Often by being between 2 objects, it's something that lessens or absorbs the shock of an impact
    $1600 3
When MLB included Negro League stats, this hitter came out on top with a career batting average 5 points over Ty Cobb's
    $1600 8
His majesty King Jigme Khesar rules over this small Asian nation that promotes the gross national happiness index
    $1600 7
Moving to music in 2/4 time with 3 quick steps & a hop, this lively Bohemian folk dance can be seen in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride"
    $1600 18
This capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands was founded in 1666 as Taphus, Danish for "beer hall"
    DD: $3,000 22
In a story within this 1880 Russian novel, Ivan tells his sibling Alyosha a tale about Jesus & the Grand Inquisitor in Spain
    $1600 12
Term for the transmission of light through a translucent material
    $2000 2
In 1989, he became the NFL's first Black head coach of the modern era when he took over the Raiders, a team he had once played for
    DD: $6,600 15
Before taking a higher position, he was mayor of Istanbul from 1994 to 1998
    $2000 28
On Nov. 26, 1945 this saxophone great recorded "Ko Ko" with Dizzy Gillespie & a teenaged Miles Davis
    $2000 16
In 1749 the French laid out this capital in a grid pattern around a port called L'Hopital
    $2000 23
The postmodern "The Crying of Lot 49" includes a summary of a fake revenge play from this literary era that began in 1603
    $2000 13
When making this German dish, note farm-raised rabbit is milder than wild & may not need marinating as long as in oma's recipe

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mark Mike Cynthia
$18,600 $12,800 $4,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

MOVIES
More than 25 cast members from this 1990 film drama would later appear on an HBO series with a similar theme

Final scores:

Mark Mike Cynthia
$25,601 $12,800 $1,400
5-day champion: $107,201 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Mark Mike Cynthia
$12,400 $12,800 $4,400
18 R
(including 3 DDs),
2 W		 20 R,
4 W		 7 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $29,600

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Game tape date: 2024-06-05
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