Show #9211 - Monday, November 25, 2024

Kevin Laskowski game 1.

Contestants

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Carolyn Gramling, a science writer from Washington, D.C.

Kevin Laskowski, an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia

Adam Hersh, an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)

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Jeopardy! Round

WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS
HERE'S MY WRITING SAMPLE
(Ken: You'll name each author.)
I'M ON A U.S. STAMP
TIME FOR A COCKTAIL?
CHARACTER "THE" EPITHET
(Ken: And note that we need the "the"--for example Joxer the Mighty.)
POLYNESIAN CULTURES
(Auliʻi: I'm Auliʻi Cravalho, the voice of Moana; with Moana 2 about to open, I'll have clues about how Polynesian cultures spread across 10 million squan style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; background-color: #99FF99;">are miles of ocean.)
    $200 10
The name of this chili pepper literally means "from the capital of Veracruz"
    $200 23
"'Don't be afraid. He hasn't come for you.' And to Javert he said: 'I know what you're here for"'
    $200 29
In 1965, a five-cent stamp honored the 700th birthday of this poet--how divine
    $200 14
Coextensive with New York County, it was acquired for trade goods worth about 60 guilders
    $200 16
Corncob pipe &amp; all, this very cool animated guy came to TV in a Dec. 7, 1969 special
    $200 27
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) Polynesia encompasses the many islands &amp; cultures inside a triangle, stretching from New Zealand in the southwest to Hawaii in the north, to this island also known as Rapa Nui
    $400 9
Herr Hitler of the Third Reich used this title meaning "leader", Herr Bismarck of the Second did not
    $400 22
"My biggest problem is my brother, Farley Drexel Hatcher. He's two-and-a-half years old. Everybody calls him Fudge"
    $400 28
A labor organizer & co-founder of the National Farm Workers association, he got the honor in 2003
    $400 15
The one dubbed Andrew ravaged the Bahamas & South Florida in 1992
    $400 17
Iconic poster personality seen here
    $400 26
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) My character, Moana, is a wayfinder, one of the master navigators who steered ancient Polynesians across the Pacific by observing natural signs such as ocean swells &amp; celestial objects like this group of stars
    $600 6
It can refer to an embassy staff member with special duties, perhaps a cultural or naval one
    $600 4
"The self-same moment I could pray; and from my neck so free / The albatross fell off, and sank like lead into the sea"
    $600 1
This "Wizard of Westwood" was honored with the Medal of Freedom in 2003 &amp; a U.S. stamp in 2024
    $600 11
Helen Gurley Brown became this publication's first female editor in the 1960s
    $600 18
Waste bin curmudgeon with a pet worm, slimey
    $600 24
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) A Polynesian trickster figure whose many feats include stealing fire, lifting the sky & fishing up islands like the Hawaiian one named for him is the basis of this hero voiced by Dwayne Johnson
    $800 7
We should get a good table, I know this person, the head waiter at the restaurant we're going to
    $800 5
"There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word--man"
    $800 2
If you want my 3 cents, a 1948 stamp had her picture as well as stating "founder of the American Red Cross"
    $800 12
Celebrated Cardinals pitcher Bob or Dodgers outfielder Kirk
    $800 19
Eugene Kolkey first sketched this cereal mascot, based on fellow adman Raymond Anthony Wells
    $800 25
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) Pearls are French Polynesia's number one export; the prize black variety is cultivated on many islands but named for this famously beautiful one
    $1000 8
At the 2024 Olympics, swimmer Léon Marchand was acclaimed as "Le héros" this national word
    $1000 21
"Yeager was standing erect with his parachute rolled up... and staring at them quite levelly out of what was left of his face"
    $1000 3
Fannie Lou Hamer &amp; this fellow civil rights icon, assassinated at his home in 1963, were honored together in 2009
    DD: $1,000 13
Byname of the 1550s British queen who imposed Catholicism on her subjects with a lethal fervor
    $1000 20
"The Cimmerian" is another epithet for this sword-wielding Robert E. Howard character
    $1000 30
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) The letter "G" represents an "ungh" sound in the languan style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; background-color: #99FF99;">age of this U.S. territory whose capital is pronounced "PAHNG-oh PAHNG-oh"

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

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$4,400 $2,000 $400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$5,800 $2,800 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE MODERN HOBBYIST
RAP, SCHOOLS OLD & NEW
BOD-"E"
ANIMAL QUOTES
FIRST ENCOUNTERS
MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSIONIST
    $400 14
Start yappin' on your own this; Esquire's Best of 2021 included "You're Wrong About" & "My Favorite Murder"
    $400 9
The Beastie Boys promised, "No! sleep! 'til" this borough! Even if you don't know the song, you have a 1-in-5 shot
    $400 19
Meibomian glands secrete lubricating fluids for these coverings, which are closed via a cranial nerve
    $400 1
Joe Biden quoted his mom with an old favorite: "Joey, if it looks like" this "&amp; walks like" this... "it's" this
    $400 30
Thomas Jefferson &amp; John Adams became off-&amp;-on friends after meeting at the Continental Congress in this city in 1775
    $400 26
2024 marks 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition, by a group calling itself by this word for nameless or unknown
    $800 15
A product from this Hungarian man led to the creation of blindfolded speedcubing, which is quite the feat
    $800 10
In this title place, "I'm a doll but I still wanna party, pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend, I'm a ten so I pull in a Ken"
    $800 20
This sex hormone is created primarily in the ovaries
    $800 2
"Poor Richard's Almanack" included prudent gems like "He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with" these
    $800 24
Henry VIII met this first wife when he was only 10 as she prepared to marry his brother Prince Arthur
    $800 27
An Impressionist masterpiece is Renoir's "Luncheon of the Boating Party", in French, this meal "des canotiers"
    $1200 16
They sound like part of a fishing rod, but making these short videos on Instagram can be a lot of fun
    $1200 11
MC Hammer used Rick James' "Super Freak" in this 1990 Top 10 hit with a "tactile" title
    DD: $3,000 21
The major glands of this type include the pituitary &amp; thyroid
    $1200 3
The Bible says it's "easier for" this "to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
    $1200 5
Before he was a journalist, he was a naval courier &amp; on a delivery to the White House, met Mark Felt, later "Deep Throat"
    $1200 25
This Impressionist's wife, Camille, was a frequent subject of his paintings, including "Woman with a Parasol"
    $1600 17
Freeze light is a type of photography using long this
    $1600 12
"911 Is A Joke" is a track on their 1990 album "Fear of a Black Planet"
    $1600 22
One main function of this tube that connects the middle ear with the back of the throat is to equan style="font-weight: bold; color: #000000; background-color: #99FF99;">alize air pressure
    DD: $3,000 4
Huey Newton wrote this "is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner; then he will strike out"
    $1600 6
He'd reminisce about his first meeting with fellow mobster Lucky Luciano when they were just kids &amp; Lucky was shaking down Jews
    $1600 28
Degas &amp; this American had an artistic bond; there are even a few of his brushstrokes in her "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair"
    $2000 18
This hobby is dubbed the world's largest treasure hunt; download an app &amp; find stuff hidden near you
    $2000 13
2023 rap songs with movie title titles included "The Gods Must Be Crazy" &amp; Ken Carson's recalling this Megan Fox-Amanda Seyfried film
    $2000 23
It's the innermost layer of the heart
    $2000 8
In "Richard III" Richard claims, "The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where" these "dare not perch"
    $2000 7
First meeting by letter, poet Robert Browning would later meet Elizabeth Barrett in person, at her home on this London street
    $2000 29
Alfred Sisley liked to give his impression of places around Paris, like this island that Georges Seurat more famously painted

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$7,200 $20,200 $5,600
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY NOVELS
The mention of a new railway section between Rothal &amp; Allahabad in India leads to an argument &amp; then a bet in this novel

Final scores:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$14,300 $15,200 $300
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $15,200 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Adam Kevin Carolyn
$10,200 $18,400 $5,600
19 R,
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 18 R
(including 2 DDs),
2 W		 11 R,
2 W

Combined Coryat: $34,200

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Game tape date: 2024-10-01
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