Show #9196 - Monday, November 4, 2024

Greg Jolin game 3.

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Brian Frey, a journeyman originally from Syosset, New York

Lindsey Simmons, an attorney originally from Marshall, Missouri

Greg Jolin, a system specialist and accountant from Raymond, New Hampshire (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,002)

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Jeopardy! Round

DEAD LIKE ME
A VERY VANILLA CATEGORY
HER FIRST NO. 1 POP HIT
ALL SAINTS
THE QUOTABLE OSCAR WILDE
5, 5
(Ken: Each correct response here--two 5-letter words.)
    $200 25
Shortly after her husband fell on his sword in 30 B.C., this royal got snakebit & was buried with her beloved
    $200 26
The difference between regular vanilla ice cream & French vanilla is the addition of these, which also makes it yellower
    $200 27
2006:
"Hips Don't Lie"
    $200 29
Its state's second-most populous city, this capital is built on bluffs along a curve in the Mississippi River
    $200 30
In "Lady Windermere's Fan", Wilde wrote, "I can resist everything except" this
    $200 28
Like slaphappy, this adjective originally referred to a boxer who was dazed from taking too many blows to the head
    $400 11
Like many others on that 79 A.D. day, Pliny got no elder after succumbing to fumes from this volcano above the Bay of Naples
    $400 12
Dolly Parton's mom's recipe for this dessert, a southern specialty, of course includes a box of vanilla wafers
    $400 1
2008:
"I Kissed A Girl" (& she liked it)
    $400 13
Sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens' last major work was his monument honoring this Civil War hero on the march
    $400 20
In this novel Lord Henry says, "I like men who have a future and women who have a past"
    $400 16
About 230 of the Shakespeare collections called this still exist; a good-quality one can fetch over $5 million
    $600 5
On Feb. 24, 1836 William B. Travis wrote the "Victory or Death" memo from this landmark, but Travis & his men did not find victory
    $600 14
Vanilla comes from the beans or pods of certain varieties of this flowering plant
    $600 2
1985:
"Saving All My Love For You"
    $600 22
In the early 1800s Barry, a dog of this breed, reportedly saved over 40 people in the Alps
    $600 8
Wilde called this British activity with a pack of hounds "the unspeakable in full pursuit of the uneatable"
    $600 17
An Egyptian style of this is called raqs sharqi & is now performed by both men & women, often as wedding entertainment
    $800 10
On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel & 8 others were executed in this city
    $800 6
Vanilla is one of the scented essential oils that are the basis of this practice to help you feel calmer & boost your mood
    $800 3
1989:
"Straight Up"
    $800 7
St. Catherine's Greek Orthodox Monastery in Egypt is situated at the foot of this mount found on a peninsula
    DD: $3,000 9
This watery site "must be one of the earliest, if not the keenest, disappointments in American married life"
    $800 18
It's the only U.S. state capital that fits the category
    $1000 15
She & 3 Lincoln conspirators would be hanged in 1865 but 2 years later, only the jury was hung in her son's trial
    $1000 24
This conquistador gets the credit for bringing vanilla back to Europe from Mexico, to be used as a flavoring
    $1000 4
1989:
"Wind Beneath My Wings"
    $1000 23
1919's Treaty of Saint-Germain recognized the independence of several countries & the end of this family's empire
    $1000 21
A character in "A Woman of No Importance" claims, "Moderation is a fatal thing... nothing succeeds like" this
    $1000 19
This 10-limbed invertebrate lives up to its name, with eyes the size of dinner plates

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

Greg Lindsey Brian
$4,000 -$400 $1,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Lindsey Brian
$7,800 $400 $2,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD FLAGS
DON'T DO THE MATH
HEALTH & MEDICINE
EPICS
THE ODYSSEY
THE "NE" ADD
    $400 14
Emblems representing the Islamic Revolution were part of the new flag this country adopted on July 29, 1980
    $400 4
If a car can go from 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds, be careful, that's pretty fast, & also the car is an SF90 Spider from this company
    $400 8
If siblings are monozygous, it means they are these
    $400 27
This FX epic's 18 Emmy awards in 2024 included one for Hiroyuki Sanada as Lord Toranaga
    $400 1
In 2012 he became the first person to reach Challenger Deep solo
    $400 21
Put "NE" before a word for a buddy & climb up to this mountainous Asian country
    $800 15
The royal standard of Willem-Alexander, king of this country, has a blue Nassau cross on an orange background
    $800 9
If horse 1 is 8 inches tall, that's equal to 2 of these units of length, & enjoy your stay in Lilliput
    $800 3
As many as 10% of U.S. pregnancies may be affected by the gestational type of this condition
    $800 2
In a 1985 epic Edward Woodward plays Saul & Richard Gere is this title king
    $800 12
Plutarch describes this conqueror meeting the naked gymnosophists during his attempt to conquer India
    $800 10
Add an "NE" to the end of a genre of music & give us the last name of this Notre Dame football coach
    DD: $3,000 5
The four stars on Tokelau's flag represent this constellation & the role of Christianity in the country's culture
    $1200 18
If Pete eats 7/8 of this state's classic "mud pie" with a pecan, Graham cracker & melted butter crust, Pete better hit the gym
    $1200 20
(Maria Menounos presents the clue.) Research on early detection of pancreatic cancer is vital; most patients are still diagnosed at this numerical stage that's also called advanced or metastatic
    $1200 7
Morfydd Clark is Galadriel & Sauron is the usual Sauron in this epic prequel series set in J.R.R. Tolkien's world
    $1200 6
A blurb on the back of his 1999 memoir says he "jetboated up the Ganges from the ocean to the sky"
    $1200 11
Take an adjective for sinewy & insert "NE" to get this business that might make a pinot noir
    $1600 16
The lines across the sun on the flag Kyrgyzstan represent the top of this traditional nomadic dwelling
    $1600 19
It's 1883; if train A leaves Paris at 9 A.M. & train B exits Bucharest at 20 mph, this line with those stops is in its 1st year of operation
    $1600 23
A disease of great concern earlier in 2022 saw a drop in U.S. cases late in the year & also got this new 4-letter animal-free name
    DD: $5,000 13
No one-trick pony, Finder, who starred in "Seabiscuit", also played Joey in this World War I epic
    $1600 26
Guided by his buddy Kit Carson, this "Pathfinder" explored & mapped the Oregon Trail in the 1840s
    $1600 28
A Russian mountain range gets more cerebral when you put "NE" at the start & make this word
    $2000 17
The 4 small stars on China's flag were originally said to represent workers, peasants, capitalists & petty these
    $2000 22
If Mary earns 85% of what John earns for the same job, the Fair Pay Act named for this woman was the first law Barack Obama signed
    $2000 25
The name of this painful mosquito-borne fever may come from Swahili for "cramp", but there's definitely a vaccine for it
    $2000 24
With Mark Hamill, "Knightfall" on the History Channel focused on these knights whose red crosses didn't mean first aid
    $2000 30
The 1609 shipwreck of the Sea Venture & the adventures of its castaways are said to have inspired this play
    $2000 29
Give "NE" help you can as you insert those 2 letters in a word that precedes "off course" & get this word for a facade

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Greg Lindsey Brian
$19,000 $5,600 $3,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY LIT
All introduced in the same chapter of a novel, Grimaud, Mousqueton & Bazin are the servants of these men

Final scores:

Greg Lindsey Brian
$25,000 $3,399 $7,599
3-day champion: $75,002 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Greg Lindsey Brian
$19,000 $5,600 $10,000
25 R,
0 W		 5 R,
1 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
7 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $34,600

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Game tape date: 2024-09-23
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