Show #9206 - Monday, November 18, 2024

Contestants

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Jonelle Lonergan, a product manager from Boston, Massachusetts

Amy Fleenor, an attorney from Columbus, Ohio

Paul Clauson, a tax analyst from Madison Heights, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

JAMES ABRAM GARFIELD
A TURN OF LATIN PHRASE
BLACK
SIMOLEONS, MOOLAH, SCRATCH, MONEY
AT THE BRITISH MUSEUM
WICKED
(Cynthia: I'm Cynthia Erivo. Ariana: And I'm Ariana Grande. Give thanks to Wicked. Cynthia: One of the most beloved stage productions of our time is coming to movie theaters. Ariana: And we'll have some clues about the new film.)
    $200 30
At 25 James headed Hiram College; in Congress he led the creation of the 1st federal dept. of this, way before the one created in 1979
    $200 28
Third rank of honors for a college degree, this phrase means "with praise"
    $200 27
If you've got one of these in karate, it's kuro obi in Japanesee
    $200 29
Often following "pounds", this general term for British currency comes from the name of an old silver coin
    $200 6
Created in the 15th or 16th century, the turquoise mosaic of a 2-headed serpent likely had ritual significance to this people of Mexico
    $200 24
(Cynthina Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Cynthia: When Glinda first sees Elphaba, naturally she's startled.)
(Ariana: Stating the obvious, she says these two words)
    $400 26
James was from this Midwest state; years after his death, his widow said to heck with winter & lived out her life in South Pasadena
    $400 25
The motto of the University of North Dakota is the snappy Lux et this, "Light & Law"
    $400 22
According to legend it was across the Black Sea that this guy & his Argonauts set out in search of the Golden Fleece
    $400 3
The International Monetary Fund calculates value from a "basket" of 4 national currencies & this multinational one
    $400 7
Go head to head with a bronze head of this emperor, dating from about the time he began building his famous wall
    $400 23
(Jeff Goldblum presents the clue.) I play Oz, the Great & Terrible; learning of Elphaba's magical potential, I summon her to this colorful place where's she's accompanied by that, uh, tag-along Glinda
    $600 12
When Democrats larded vital bills with riders curbing voting rights, JAG got Pres. Hayes to stand firm & stop the first govt. this
    DD: $3,400 21
Carpe diem, yeah, yeah, we've heard it before... now, carpe vinum, meaning this, we can get behind that!
    $600 17
Hit songs by these heavy metal pioneers include "Iron Man" & "Paranoid", both from 1970
    $600 2
The name of this currency used in India comes from Sanskrit for "silver"
    $600 9
The Lewis these are a fascinating window into N. European medieval leisure; the Pepperidge Farm cookies of the same name are good too
    $600 14
(Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Ariana: As roommates at Shiz University, who better than Galinda to teach Elphaba how to be this?) (Cynthia: She says, "Grin and bear it. You'll be" this, just not quite as much as her)
    $800 10
Jim traveled west to the Bitterroot Valley in this not-yet-state & used a forged signature to move the Salish to a reservation
    $800 18
I'm not saying I'm guilty--let's go with this legal phrase meaning "I'm not arguing with the charges"
    $800 15
Males of this spider marked by an hourglass sign can be one-fourth the size of females & often get eaten post mating
    $800 1
People mistook Lady Liberty on an old ten-cent piece for a Roman god, leading to this name for the coin
    $800 8
Inscribed with a decree about King Ptolemy V, this slab is one of the museum's most famous objects
    $800 5
(Director Jon Chu presents the clue.) When I first saw "Wicked" before it even hit Broadway I could envision it up on the big screen & now we invite the audience to step inside the magical world of Oz & enjoy this type of 9-letter experience
    $1000 11
In 1881 James had a dream that this VP of his drowned & James couldn't save him; months later it was James dead & this man president
    $1000 19
Heard in Ford's Theatre, it's "thus always to tyrants", Latinized
    $1000 16
A Muslim object of veneration, the Black Stone of Mecca is built into a wall of this small shrine within the great mosque
    $1000 4
The name of this former currency of Portugal came from scutum, Latin for "shield"
    $1000 13
One of the oldest objects is a chopping tool from an ancient campsite found by Louis Leakey's team at this Tanzanian gorge
    $1000 20
(Cynthia Erivo & Ariana Grande present the clue.) (Ariana: In "The Wizard of Oz" book & film, the character of Glinda is mentioned by name.)
(Cynthia: Elphaba, however, was invented by "Wicked" author Gregory Maguire from the initials of this Oz creator)

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

Paul Amy Jonelle
$800 -$1,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Amy Jonelle
$8,000 $0 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD
TOUGH 9-LETTER WORDS
HISTORICAL "T"
R&B & SOUL
LITERARY SETTINGS
HEALTHY BODY, HEALTHY MIND
    $400 22
Telephone directories in this Nordic nation of 400,000 list everyone alphabetically by first name
    $400 24
This adjective meaning loathsome is etymologically related to the word horror
    $400 25
Anthony Bourdain wrote "An Urban Historical" about Ms. Mallon, known by this nickname, who spread disease in N.Y. in the 1900s
    $400 26
His performance at the 2024 Super Bowl warned: may cause "singing, dancing, sweating, gyrating & possible relationship issues"
    $800 21
This Eastern European country's 2-letter Internet code is .by
    $800 5
It means to sear with a hot iron or such in order to close a wound
    $800 23
In 1917 he edited a left-wing tabloid in the East Village months before leading a Russian revolution
    $800 20
In 1988, this queen of hip-hop soul got her start after recording an Anita Baker cover at a mall in White Plains, New York
    $800 14
A town near Hogwarts in the "Harry Potter" franchise; it should be familiar to theme park fans
    $800 19
Many found peace when the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced them to this, TM for short
    $1200 3
At around 3,850 feet from base to peak, Cerro Blanca near the city of Nazca in this country is one of the world's tallest sand dunes
    $1200 4
If you're friendly & agreeable, especially to eating & drinking, you're this, from the Latin for "live together"
    $1200 10
In 11 B.C. this future emperor was forced to divorce his wife & marry the daughter of Augustus
    $1200 9
2 Detroit Lions helped make the party-like noises at the start of this artist's "What's Going On"
    DD: $3,000 7
In a fantasy series:
Dorne is in the south of it & the Haunted Forest, north of the wall
    $1200 17
Big at the bottom, small at the top, this strength type of "training" has you lifting lighter weights with more reps early
    $1600 1
3 African nations have Guinea in their names: Guinea, Equatorial Guinea & this one that contains the name of its capital
    $1600 27
This term for a volley from multiple rifles begins with "F"
    DD: $3,000 6
This fort nestled between the Adirondacks & the Green Mountains was the site of a July 1777 siege
    $1600 11
In 2016, he released the album "Blonde" alongside a zine called "Boys Don't Cry"
    $1600 13
Yoknapatawpha County by this novelist, based on Lafayette County in Mississippi
    $1600 16
Something to avoid, a cycle of dwelling on negative feelings is dubbed this, also something a chewing cow is doing
    $2000 2
In 1974 under King Hussein, this country granted women the right to vote
    $2000 28
This Russian word refers to sometimes fabricated material used to discredit an opponent
    $2000 8
When he was born around 1162, Genghis Khan was given this name
    $2000 12
A '90s collective including Questlove & D'Angelo was called this, a portmanteau of soul & a word pertaining to a zodiac sign
    $2000 15
In a 1938 Graham Greene novel, it's followed by "Rock", referring to a type of candy served there
    $2000 18
"H" is for this type of psychology that looks at individuals as a whole

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Paul Amy Jonelle
$21,200 $6,800 $8,000
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN WOMEN
In 1900 she told a Mr. Dobson, "Get out of the way. I don't want to strike you, but I am going to break up this den of vice"

Final scores:

Paul Amy Jonelle
$21,099 $5,599 $15,999
2-day champion: $36,300 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Paul Amy Jonelle
$15,200 $6,800 $8,000
23 R
(including 3 DDs),
4 W		 9 R,
2 W		 12 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $30,000

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Game tape date: 2024-09-30
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