Show #9181 - Monday, October 14, 2024

Modified set with single-screen game board and new Final Jeopardy! monitor.
The category is highlighted upon clue selection.
Ken approaches the individual lecterns for the contestant interviews.

Contestants

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Caryn Radick, an archivist from Kendall Park, New Jersey

Jack Swansey, a writer originally from Durham, North Carolina

Eamonn Campbell, a lawyer originally from Manchester, Vermont (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,700)

Jeopardy! Round

BEGINS & ENDS WITH "E"
OCTOBER IN HISTORY
MULTIPLES IN 3
LET'S GO FOR A SPIN
U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SAYS...
FAMILY FEUD
    $200 28
To get hitched without parental consent; in modern, less dramatic usage, it means to have a small wedding
    $200 23
Before a revolutionary tribunal in October 1793, this queen was convicted of treason
    $200 29
The eastern terminus of this route is near Lake Shore Dr. in Chicago; the western, officially at Lincoln & Olympic in Santa Monica
    $200 14
It's the type of spin being done here, or a bakery treat--mmm, bakery treat
    $200 27
This danger, the subject of some thoughts by Stevie Nicks, can move downhill at double digit mph, faster than you
    $200 30
The Roy family battled royally for control of a media empire on this drama
    $400 22
This.com offers "on-trend digital invitations" & also "RSVP tracking"
    $400 13
Joining the House, a bipartisan Senate vote in October 2002 authorized the use of military force against this nation
    $400 26
There are this many letters in the classical Greek alphabet; guess the Greeks are more economical than we are
    $400 3
Switzerland's Denise Biellmann put her name on a move in this sport where the athlete extends their leg above the head as they spin
    $400 10
Symbol Ti, it's one of the critical minerals to the U.S. economy & most of it is used in white pigments
    $400 15
"Boyfights", a series of videos created by George Bluth Sr. on this sitcom, featured his sons Michael & G.O.B. brawling
    $600 1
To guarantee, or a nutritional protein shake
    $600 17
In Boston Harbor on October 21, 1797, this 44-gun U.S. Navy frigate was launched into service
    $600 7
DiMaggio said there was no ad deal with Heinz if Joe hit in this many straight games in 1941, but Joe fell one game short anyway
    $600 4
Dead or Alive sang, "You spin me right 'round, baby, right 'round, like a" this, "baby, right 'round, 'round 'round"
    $600 9
The survey keeps an eye on this fish &, with a webcam near Hyder, Alaska, on the river named for it
    $600 5
As the title characters of this film, Will Ferrell & John C. Reilly bicker incessantly until bonding over a hatred of Adam Scott
    $800 2
Your posse, from French for "to surround"
    $800 18
In October 331 B.C. at the Battle of Gaugamela, Darius panicked & fled when this man's personal cavalry wheeled toward him
    DD: $1,000 8
It's the number of the amendment that gave Black men the right to vote
    $800 6
In 1967 scientists at Cambridge Univ. discovered the first known one of these, a rapidly spinning neutron star
    $800 20
Earthquake data is crowdsourced via a program called DYFI, short for this question we often ask each other here in California
    $800 11
Christopher Plummer's death in this 2019 film casts suspicion on every member of his squabbling family
    $1000 24
Different parts of the pancreas act like these 2 main types of glands
    $1000 21
This empire declared war on Russia in October of 1853, igniting the Crimean War
    $1000 25
A duodecennial refers to a period of this many years
    $1000 16
Here's a spinning this, patented in 1770; it uses many spindles to do its textile business
    $1000 19
The 'Vey is working to protect water flow changes that may affect the plant called wild this grain, sacred to Great Lakes tribes
    $1000 12
This 1980s primetime soap about the feuding Carrington & Colby families was set in Denver, Colorado, of all places

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

Eamonn Jack Caryn
$4,000 $1,200 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Eamonn Jack Caryn
$3,800 $4,000 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

ASIAN GEOGRAPHY
THE CHARACTERS THEY BIRTHED
(Ken: You'll name the author.)
CHOOSE A NAME
SIGNS & SIGNALS
WEDDING SONGS
ALLITERATION
    $400 29
This country's Ishikari River, sacred to the Ainu people, has been heavily polluted due to industrial growth
    $400 13
Narcissa Malfoy, Fleur Celacour
    $400 19
He switched from his Hebrew name Saul to a Roman one to make it easier to convert Gentiles
    $400 24
The origin of this item is with 17th c. Croatian soldiers; of one on the doorknob meaning "getting busy inside", unknown
    $400 27
"Tenerife Sea" & "Thinking Out Loud" by this redheaded Brit have fast become top choices for first dances
    $400 25
Vertically oriented phrase meaning exaggerated, hard-to-believe stories
    $800 5
The glaciers in this world's highest plateau located in western China have the largest volume of ice outside of the poles
    $800 1
Ellen O'Hara, Melanie Wilkes
    $800 2
Dunno what he had in mind--Buffy? Fern? But in 1952, Martin Charteris asked her what regnal name she'd use; she said, "Mine"
    $800 14
In scuba diving, you can use the "OK" circle, but this other sign meaning "it's OK" on land gets you brought to the surface
    $800 15
A popular choice for "Twilight" fans is this one by Christina Perri with a perfectly "millennial" title
    DD: $1,400 17
"The Gallopin' Gaucho" is an early film featuring him, before his name came to mean small-time & unimportant
    $1200 4
The Johor Strait separates this city-state from the Malay Peninsula
    $1200 10
Newland Archer, Zenobia Frome
    $1200 7
This first name was chosen carefully, including the "C" spelling--unlike, say, Khloe or Kendall
    DD: $3,000 8
This colorful animal sits at the top of the royal arms of Scotland & that may be why it's one of Britain's most popular pub names
    $1200 16
"Everybody clap your" buzzer & name this song by DJ Casper that has grandmas criss-crossing & foot stomping at weddings
    $1200 18
Before "favorite", it's another way to say the one expected to win
    $1600 3
The capital city Ashgabat sits in this type of place--a contrast to much of Turkmenistan, & the Ashgabatis love their fountains
    $1600 9
O-Lan, a mother; Lotus, a concubine
    $1600 11
Being as objectivist as possible, we'll say Alisa Rosenbaum chose this as her professional name
    $1600 12
Hang loose-it's the name of the Hawaiian sign with thumb & pinky out
    $1600 22
This song by The Isley Brothers began as an improvised call-&-response riff on their cover of "Lonely Teardrops"
    $1600 23
In a much-imitated spiel, old travel films end, "as the sun sinks slowly into XX body of water, we bid" this alliterative goodbye
    $2000 6
In this capital city's downtown you'll find the Royal Hashemite Court, aka Al-Maqar or "The Headquarters"
    $2000 20
Mr. Brocklehurst, Shirley Keeldar
    $2000 28
Charlie Gasko, a Santa Monica, California resident from 1996 to 2011, was the chosen alias of this notorious Boston thug
    $2000 21
The sign whose official designation is warning of this 8-letter possibility should get a truck driver's attention
    $2000 30
For couples with wanderlust, how about a few swirls to this Sinatra song that mentions a natural satellite & 2 planets?
    $2000 26
An adjustment to the path of a ship to get it headed to its destination, or any similar change in a non-nautical process

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Eamonn Jack Caryn
$14,800 $14,600 $4,600

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

CORPORATE MASCOTS
A 2014 tweet said that this mascot was the "embodiment of a milkshake or taste bud"

Final scores:

Eamonn Jack Caryn
$29,500 $1 $7,600
2-day champion: $43,200 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Eamonn Jack Caryn
$16,000 $12,800 $4,600
20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 17 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 8 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $33,400

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Game tape date: 2024-09-16
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