Show #9215 - Friday, November 29, 2024

Contestants

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Nick Pietrowicz, a diplomatic security service special agent from Arlington, Virginia

Susan Beachy, a news researcher from Queens, New York

Laurel Day, a project manager originally from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,801)

Jeopardy! Round

"LAND" HO!
(Ken: Countries with "land" in their names.)
BOOKS FOR YOUNGER READERS
ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
CAUGHT SNACKING
THE BILLBOARD HOT 100: APRIL 9, 1983
8-LETTER WORDS
    $200 11
The Red Cross was founded there in 1863 & its international headquarters is there today
    $200 10
As Carolyn Keene, Mildred Benson wrote "The Hidden Staircase" & "The Bungalow Mystery" featuring this teen detective
    $200 19
If a purported rare 1943 copper one of these sticks to a magnet, it's likely a fake made from the common zinc-steel version
    $200 23
You stole my last vintage bag of "Finz!" from the U.K.! Here in the States it's this cracker brand from Pepperidge Farm
    $200 22
The No. 1 song was this Michael Jackson ode to denying biological parentage
    $200 27
If you've cemented your plans & they are set in stone, they may also be described as this, a hard building material
    $400 6
One-third of its territory lies within the Arctic Circle
    $400 24
Harry Potter's snowy white owl has this name
    $400 18
The records played at this rpm, the standard format from the early 1900s into the 1950s, were mostly made of shellac, not vinyl
    $400 20
I caught you eating a Vidalia one of these vegetables like it was an apple--or was it a Bermuda one?
    $400 4
"We've Got Tonight", & we've got this country "Gambler" teaming with Sheena Easton
    $400 26
Hard container of albumen & yolk
    $600 3
In its Waikato region, you can tour the Hobbiton movie set
    $600 25
In a kids' book title, this Mrs. is paired with "the Rats of NIMH"
    $600 15
Gwen Stacy dies in issue 121 of this superhero's comic, & if you want to read an original, prepare to pay
    $600 8
NGL, I was impressed when I saw you finish all of my party-sized Cool Ranch & Nacho Cheese bags of this brand of chip
    $600 5
They they were "Hungry Like The Wolf" to be No. 1, but fell fell 2 spots short
    $600 14
It pairs with "hunter" to describe a person who forages for food
    $800 2
It's named for a Slavic tribe whose name means "people of the fields" & who began living there more than 1,000 years ago
    $800 29
A kid encounters a bear in the classic picture book called these fruits "for Sal"
    $800 13
Some U.S. airmail stamps of the 1930s depicted these transatlantic craft & were for use only on the mail they carried
    $800 7
I understand putting this spread of mashed chickpeas on celery, but I saw you dip your whole fist in it a la Winnie-the-Pooh
    $800 16
Welcome Dexys Midnight Runners to the stage! They're charting with this song, & may we add, "too rah loo rah too rah loo rye ay"
    DD: $500 17
Latinate noun for the world of teachers & educators
    $1000 1
On its national flag, red represents the people, white is for religion & blue stands for the monarchy
    $1000 28
In a Dr. Seuss book, this faithful elephant "Hatches the Egg"
    $1000 12
We're not asking you to dance & strip, just to name the furniture style of this 1700s English cabinetmaker--OK, now dance & strip!
    $1000 9
You swallowed my 5-pack of this Japanese probiotic drink that's said to improve gut health
    $1000 21
"My heart is human, my blood is boiling, my brain IBM" in this song that included some lyrics in Japanese, No. 5 for Styx
    $1000 30
On a big sailing ship, it's the principal spar located between the fore & mizzen ones

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

Laurel Susan Nick
$600 -$600 $6,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Laurel Susan Nick
$1,800 $1,400 $6,900

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY
A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT THEM
SUCH A "FOX"!
SHEIK
RATTLE
ROLE
    $400 25
On April 9, 1865 this general told his men, "The war is over--the Rebels are our countrymen again"
    $400 28
Chicago Bull, from 1993 to 1998; USA Men's National Team head coach in Paris
    $400 27
Done in 4/4 time, it may have begun as part of a Ziegfeld Follies performer's act around 1914
    $400 29
An amateur wrestler in Iran, Hossein Ali Vaziri entertained WWE fans under this alias
    $400 14
Reinforced concrete & a device called a tuned mass damper protect the tower called this capital of Taiwan 101 from serious rattles
    $400 5
Kenneth Branagh came aboard sporting an impressive 'stache as this detective in "Murder on the Orient Express"
    $800 15
On March 20, 2003 U.S. troops invaded this country, eventually toppling the Ba'athist regime
    $800 7
Bald billionaire; built a business at 10704 NE 28th Street in Bellevue, Washington
    $800 6
This type of bat gets its name from its muzzle & pointed ears
    $800 18
This collection of stories featuring Sinbad & Aladdin also has one in which sheiks are rudely strapped to camels
    $800 23
Bath's law says the largest of these tremors after the main rattle will typically be 1.2 magnitude units smaller
    $800 1
Many said yes, chef, to this 3-named actor as tortured culinary genius Carmy Berzatto in "The Bear"
    DD: $1,200 10
The first third party movement in the U.S.,it was formed in 1826 to oppose a certain secret order
    $1200 11
Elected mayor of South Bend in 2011; married Chasten Glezman in 2018
    $1200 16
Version 1.0 was released in 2004 & in less than a year, downloaded more than 100 million times
    $1200 21
In 2009 pirates became a major issue for Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, president of this East African country
    DD: $1,100 13
Also called the Circum-Pacific Belt, it's home to about 90% of the world's earthquakes
    $1200 2
Director Antoine Fuqua introduced Denzel Washington & Ethan Hawke to cops & drug dealers to prep them for their roles in this film
    $1600 9
In 1625 it became the first royal colony, with Sir Francis Wyatt the first crown-appointed governor
    $1600 12
Joined the Economic Studies Program at the Brookings Institution in 2018; joined Biden's Cabinet in 2021
    $1600 17
Nickname & album title of country music legend Charlie Rich
    $1600 20
"Midnight's Children" by this author finds Sheikh Mujib leading a Bangladeshi independence movement
    $1600 22
The shifting plates that cause earthquakes make up this "sphere" that "rocks" over the weak & ductile asthenosphere
    $1600 4
This Scot played the dual roles of brothers Emmit & Ray Stussy on the third season of "Fargo"
    $2000 8
On April 19, 1775 patriots turned back the advancing British at this bridge spanning the Concord River
    $2000 30
spelled her name in lower case; wrote the 1981 book "Ain't I a Woman: Black Women and Feminism"
    $2000 24
As part of a speech for a 1954 American Legion program, President Eisenhower remarked "There's no atheists" here
    $2000 19
A Sports Illustrated article from 2021 titled "The Derby, the Sheikh & the Missing Princess" focused on this emirate's ruler
    $2000 26
In the U.S. earthquakes are now measured using a scale of seismic intensity named for this Italian
    $2000 3
"Hack" comedian Deborah Vance turns out to be the role she was born to play

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Laurel Susan Nick
$3,800 $11,800 $10,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD AIRPORTS
This city's international airport opened in 1942, just in time to be the destination of a flight at the end of a movie

Final scores:

Laurel Susan Nick
$0 $9,300 $7,799
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $9,300 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Laurel Susan Nick
$5,000 $11,800 $11,200
13 R,
7 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R,
4 W		 19 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W

Combined Coryat: $28,000

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Game tape date: 2024-10-01
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