Show #9190 - Friday, October 25, 2024

Will Wallace game 4.

Contestants

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Olaf Talbert, a retired U.S. Navy officer and research assistant from Pensacola, Florida

Carol Lowe, a photographer from Conway, North Carolina

Will Wallace, a game design director from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $55,598)

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Jeopardy! Round

BOTANY
AFTERNOON "T"
'90s MOVIES BY CHARACTERS
RETRONYMS
SEOUL
SEARCHING
    $200 29
Microscopic pores on leaves & stems called stomata allow the intake of this gas necessary for photosynthesis
    $200 28
Grab a friend & spend the afternoon getting in sync riding this bicycle built for two
    $200 13
Agent J &
Agent K
    $200 30
It's the plain old H2O that you drink from the faucet
    $200 27
After Korea gained independence from this country in 1945, Gyeongseong was out & Seoul was in, name-wise
    $200 20
In 1776, this British captain set out on his last voyage in search of the Northwest Passage
    $400 2
An extinct variety of this palm tree was brought back to life in 2005 from ancient seeds found at Masada
    $400 25
For a summer afternoon cocktail, try this gin brand, perhaps its Rangpur lime
    $400 9
Dan Taylor,
Jenny Curran & "Bubba" Blue
    $400 24
An article jokingly used this rhyming term to describe the delivery method of a 1944 letter arriving 66 years later
    $400 23
Just like at Buckingham Palace, you can witness this centuries-old ritual at Seoul's Gyeongbokgung Palace
    $400 17
Black pathfinder Jim Beckwourth found this mountain range's lowest pass, now named for him in Eastern California
    $600 1
Until the 20th c., a drug derived from the bark of the cinchona tree was the only effective treatment for this tropical disease
    $600 4
How about a cup of afternoon tea? Perhaps from Tetley or this brand established in London in 1706
    $600 8
Competing booksellers Joe Fox & Kathleen Kelly
    $600 11
A San Francisco film festival named for this type of film features live musical scores
    $600 19
A giant statue of bronze hands in Seoul pays homage to this 2012 hit by Psy & actually plays the song when you stand under it
    $600 15
In 1513 he sailed north from Puerto Rico & searched for the island of Bimini, said to have a fabled spring
    $800 3
Apples & cherries are members of this family of plants named for a popular but less-eaten flower
    $800 5
Hit the slopes on a snowy afternoon & do this type of skiing named after a region in Norway
    $800 7
Robin Williams as Peter Banning & Julia Roberts as Tinkerbell
    $800 12
Before the IBM Selectric was a hit commercially, you probably had to hunt & peck on this kind of machine
    $800 21
Meaning "the art of kicking & punching", this activity, Korea's national sport, had its first world championships in Seoul
    $800 16
As director of the U.S. Geological Survey, this Grand Canyon explorer set standards for mapping the nation
    $1000 26
Coffea canephora is the species of coffee plant normally classified by this "vigorous" name
    $1000 6
A good afternoon activity is looking for & listening to this swan, seen & heard here
    $1000 10
Matthew Broderick as Steven Kovacs & Jim Carrey as a technician
    DD: $1,000 14
Dy-Dee & Tidee Didee are companies that offer home delivery of these for your baby
    $1000 22
Seoul is considered a megacity whose environs include this port city, home to South Korea's main airport
    $1000 18
In 2004 a team led by Robert Sarmast combed the ocean floor for this place described in Plato's "Timaeus" & "Critias"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Will Carol Olaf
$4,400 $600 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Carol Olaf
$6,000 $1,000 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROCKTOBER
INTERNATIONAL SPACE HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
ART & ARTISTS
QUICK!
EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS
THE WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE OR WHY OF READING
    $400 11
In 1995, it was a Canadian invasion, as her album "Jagged Little Pill" hit No. 1 on the U.S. album chart on October 7th
    $400 20
In 2012 this entrepreneur's Dragon became the first privately owned spacecraft to dock with the Intl. Space Station
    $400 1
In 2005 a bridge in Pittsburgh was renamed for this artist; the bridge serves as a gateway to his museum
    $400 4
Quick word for a group of vehicles such as taxis or boats owned & operated as a unit
    $400 29
For about 870 years this country's parliament met on the northern shore of Lake Thingvalla
    $400 26
If you're looking for these incredible title creatures, a J.K. Rowling compendium will alert you "Where to Find Them"
    $800 15
Pearl Jam was an opening act when this band kicked off its "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" tour Oct. 16, 1991
    $800 19
Two months before retiring from the U.S. Senate, this Ohioan became the oldest person to orbit the Earth, at age 77
    $800 2
Somerset Maugham's "The Moon and Sixpence", about a stockbroker who heads to Tahiti to be a painter, is loosely based on him
    $800 7
Firmly fixed in place; you & a pal might be that kind of "friends"
    $800 28
Until the 15th century, Pisa was on the Ligurian Sea, but silt from this principal river of Tuscany left it 6 miles from shore
    $800 27
Parents-to-be might want to take a look at Heidi Murkoff's "What to Expect When" this is happening
    DD: $3,000 12
On Oct. 1, 2000 Midnight Oil played their hit "Beds Are Burning" at the Olympic closing ceremonies in this city
    $1200 16
This astrophysicist & Cornell professor won a Pulitzer for "The Dragons of Eden", his book on the evolution of human intelligence
    $1200 3
First exhibited in 1853, Rosa Bonheur's masterpiece is "Le marché aux chevaux", which translates to this
    $1200 8
The chimney type of this bird is often called a "flying cigar" because of its dark silhouette as it flies
    $1200 21
A bit east of Madrid, dams on this river form an artificial lake known as the Sea of Castile
    $1200 24
Bertrand Russell's essay "Why I Am Not" this type of person does grant Jesus "a very high degree of moral goodness", just not divinity
    $1600 13
It's hard to imagine David Letterman in tears, but he was when this man made his last public appearance on Dave's show October 30th, 2002
    $1600 17
This cosmonaut went into space only once--April 12, 1961--but what a historic ride!
    $1600 5
He wrote a poem that said, "My brush, above my face continually, makes it a splendid floor by dripping down"
    DD: $1,000 9
This 2-word South Dakota town is known as the "Gateway to Mount Rushmore"
    $1600 22
In Ireland's County Kerry, Lough Leane, Muckross Lake & Upper Lake are collectively known as the Lakes of here
    $1600 25
A deadly Cold War battle between East & West plays out in Berlin in John le Carré's thriller "The Spy Who" took this action
    $2000 14
In Oct. 1988 he went on trial for plagiarizing his own CCR song "Run Through The Jungle" in "The Old Man Down The Road"
    $2000 18
In 1960, this German-American was named Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center where he developed the Saturn V rocket
    $2000 6
The group of British painters called this brotherhood got together in 1848 but had parted by 1854
    $2000 10
This 2-word cornmeal-based dessert is made with molasses, sugar & spices
    $2000 23
In this Alpine lake the Strait of Promenthoux separates the sections of Grand Lac & Petit Lac
    $2000 30
Dr. Cole Hendron races to save humanity as a rogue planet hurtles towards Earth in the sci-fi epic "When" this happens

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Carol Olaf
$22,200 $3,600 $1,200
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

U.S. HISTORY
The largest land deal in U.S. history was formalized in a building at this spot, now named for a military hero & president

Final scores:

Will Carol Olaf
$24,400 $1,600 $2,400
4-day champion: $79,998 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Will Carol Olaf
$20,400 $4,600 $1,200
26 R
(including 2 DDs),
4 W
7 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)
13 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $26,200

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Game tape date: 2024-09-17
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