Show #9201 - Monday, November 11, 2024

Contestants

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Chris Spencer, a medical writer from Washington, D.C.

Joey DeSena, a development engineer from Raleigh, North Carolina

Rachel Marcus, a writer and consultant from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)

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Jeopardy! Round

TIME MAGAZINE'S PERSON OF THE YEAR
ALL A BOARD!
SKY ROCKETS IN FLIGHT
LAWN & GARDEN
SPORTS NICKNAMES
ALLITERATIVE PHRASES
    $200 28
1977:
This Egyptian president, who traveled to Israel to seek peace negotiations
    $200 27
It's the delicious advertising item in use here
    $200 17
This company proudly states that its Falcon Heavy rocket can lift 64 metric tons into orbit via 5 million pounds of thrust
    $200 30
It sounds like a grassy roof covering, but this rooty lawn layer should be kept relatively thin
    $200 29
As you might guess, hall of fame goalie Martin Brodeur, known as "Satan's Wallpaper", played 21 years with this NHL team
    $200 22
When a job is not a chore but a passion, it's a this of this, like hosting "Jeopardy!"
    $400 2
1981:
This electrician & union leader
    $400 26
Death Star II is one of the 2 dark blue properties in the "Return of the Jedi" version of this board game & will cost, yes, 400
    $400 16
In 2003, using its Long March 2F rocket, it became the third nation to launch a man into Earth's orbit
    $400 24
A fairy ring is a naturally occurring circle of these fungi on a lawn
    $400 15
This late Lakers superstar gave himself the nickname "Black Mamba", the code name of an assassin in the film "Kill Bill"
    $400 21
To achieve the ultimate triumph after failure is to have this
    $600 1
1986:
This Filipina
    $600 9
This Ivy League school dates its founding to 1740 with Ben Franklin being an early member of its board of trustees
    $600 5
Not the V but the IB version of this "planetary" rocket carried crews to Skylab
    $600 7
Miracle-Gro suggests surrounding your plants with 2 to 3 inches of this 5-letter weed-inhibiting substance
    $600 12
This Yankee shortstop hit the game-winning homer in Game 4 of the 2001 World Series on November 1st, earning the nickname "Mr. November"
    $600 18
This person who is not fun at parties was popularized by a Rachel Dratch "SNL" character
    $800 3
1936:
This twice-divorced American woman
    $800 10
In building a sanctuary in Exodus, "the length of a board was ten" of these common biblical units
    $800 6
Titan series rockets like the ones that launched Viking & Voyager were originally conceived as ICBMs, short for these
    $800 23
This alliterative type of vegetation is named for how it protects & fortifies soil when your garden would otherwise be bare
    DD: $3,000 13
A world record-holding sprinter recently trademarked this famous victory pose, also his nickname
    $800 19
This 2-word phrase derives from a Latin way of saying "the position being reversed"
    $1000 4
1968:
The astronauts of this Apollo mission, the first manned one to orbit the Moon
    $1000 11
A 1954 Supreme Court case that banned racial segregation in public schools involved the Board of Education of this city
    $1000 8
Charles Lindbergh & Harry Guggenheim aided this professor's early rocketry experiments at Roswell
    $1000 25
Ladybugs are beneficial garden insects; they can consume dozens per day of these, also known as plant lice
    $1000 14
As a young tennis player, this Spanish phenom was nicknamed "El Niño"
    $1000 20
On a road trip in my big old whip, we had to stop for fuel every couple of hours--the car is definitely one of these

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

Rachel Joey Chris
$1,800 $6,800 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Rachel Joey Chris
$2,600 $9,200 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEXICAN STATE CAPITALS
A NO. 1 BESTSELLER THAT YEAR
(Ken: According to Publishers Weekly.)
3-LETTER RESPONSES
IN THE ARCHIVES
BEASTIE BOYS
ETYMOLOGY
    $400 26
Like the "J" in its capital Guadalajara, this state's first letter "J" is also pronounced like an "H"
    $400 27
1969, fiction:
No one could refuse this Mario Puzo novel
    $400 25
The figure seen in silhouette on its logo was modeled after Jerry West
    $400 28
In 2024-25, D.C.'s National Archives is exhibiting hundreds of its 1940s photos by Russell Lee of communities based on this activity
    $400 29
In "Hotel Transylvania 4", Dennis is part this type of creature; his granddad who runs the place is simply batty
    $400 30
Helpful in cooking, this word derived from the Latin for "take" originally referred to how much medicine one should mix together
    $800 20
The beautiful city of Villahermosa is the capital of this saucy state down south
    $800 23
2019, fiction:
This story of "Marsh Girl" had everyone humming along
    $800 24
The RAV4 or the Rogue
    $800 11
Disappointed because "I failed to die", Kiichi Kawano created an archive of fellow pilots in this type of World War II unit
    $800 6
With uncontrollable cravings in his past, this friend of Elmo & Abby teaches kids about healthy eats with his foodie truck
    $800 2
Hebrew for "lampstand" is the source of this, regularly seen at the end of the year
    DD: $1,000 17
Mérida is the capital of this southeastern peninsular state
    $1200 15
1989, nonfiction: "My Turn: The Memoirs of" this ex-first lady turned heads & pages
    $1200 12
Lou Gehrig's disease is also known by this initialism
    $1200 7
The Vatican Apostolic (formerly "Secret") Archives has the Jan. 3, 1521 document excommunicating this German
    $1200 3
With just 3 eyes between them, these 2 beasties in "Monsters, Inc." were voiced by Billy Crystal & John Goodman
    $1200 1
The name for this sort of place you might visit for fun & knowledge comes to us from a group of sister goddesses
    $1600 18
Capital of the same-named state but sometimes followed by "de Zaragoza", it's the site of the 1862 battle on Cinco de Mayo
    DD: $3,200 16
1974, fiction:
This book about espionage with 4 professions in the title worked its way to No. 1
    $1600 13
Tuition is half off for Latter-Day Saints at this 3-letter school
    $1600 8
Russia's archives hold discoveries like proof Stalin ordered the Katyn massacre of 20,000 officers & men in this country's army
    $1600 4
This post-apocalyptic Netflix series follows Gus, who is part deer, part human & a big fan of candy
    $1600 10
A centuries-old fair held outside a Dublin suburb gave its name to this type of free-for-all melee
    $2000 19
Mexicali is the capital of this northwestern peninsular state
    $2000 22
1973, nonfiction:
This book by Alex Comfort was in the bedrooms of many curious couples
    $2000 14
Allen Dulles & President Eisenhower laid the cornerstone for its original headquarters building in 1959
    $2000 9
France's Archives nationales has documents way back to the 8th century, like one with this ruler's "K-R-L-S" signature
    $2000 5
Plucked from the Amazon, the amphibian man in this Guillermo del Toro flick falls for mute Elisa
    $2000 21
You need 2 U's to spell this, with a Chinese name meaning "gold citrus fruit"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Rachel Joey Chris
$9,400 $18,200 $8,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY AMERICA
It caused rich amusement that the name of this president, whose wife didn't allow dancing, was similar to that of a dance

Final scores:

Rachel Joey Chris
$1 $17,497 $1
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $17,497 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Rachel Joey Chris
$9,400 $14,600 $8,000
10 R,
2 W		 23 R
(including 3 DDs),
4 W		 13 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $32,000

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Game tape date: 2024-09-24
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