Show #9221 - Monday, December 9, 2024

Contestants

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Lisa O'Donnell, an ESL teacher from Vienna, Virginia

Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts

Dave Bond, a retired grant writer from West Henrietta, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
MORTAL MATTERS
BIG WORDS
MISCELLANY
A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN
(Ken: You'll name the league that each teams plays in.)
THOSE ETRUSCAN DARNERS
    $200 27
In this strait, American & Russian islands are separated by about 2 1/2 miles
    $200 26
Onlookers claimed that after this royal was beheaded in 1536, her lips continued to move as if trying to say something
    $200 19
This 4-letter word said with a New York accent is a standard element of a Donald Trump impression
    $200 30
Rich in this stimulant, the kola nut is mainly used in soft drinks & medicine
    $200 28
The Vegas Golden Knights
    $200 29
Most Etruscan clothes were made from a thick, heavy form of this animal fiber
    $400 6
Lake Bonneville was a gigantic prehistoric lake & this body of water is the largest remnant of it
    DD: $3,000 25
His body preserved, this leader still looks pretty much like he did at his death on January 21, 1924
    $400 18
P.T. Barnum's pachyderm
    $400 22
"Where the West Begins" is a slogan of this city just a bit west of Dallas
    $400 24
The New York Liberty
    $400 13
Etruscan weavers were using this checkered pattern in the 7th century B.C., long before those darn Scots & their tartans
    $600 3
This country on the Horn of Africa is the most populous landlocked country in the world
    $600 8
You can pay your respects to such notables as Molière, Jim Morrison & Edith Piaf at this cemetery
    $600 1
From the Latin for "not measurable", it says the same in 7 letters
    $600 21
Similar to an aubade, a mattinata is a piece of music meant to be played during this time period
    $600 10
The New England Revolution
    $600 2
This cloth made from flax fiber was used for Etruscan finery
    $800 4
This series of cataracts on the border of Argentina & Brazil has a name meaning "great water" in Guarani
    $800 7
According to tradition, Harold II was killed in this battle when an arrow struck him in the eye
    $800 17
The main canal of Venice stretching in an "S" shape about 2 miles with one end at St. Mark's Basilica
    $800 14
In the non-jungle world, by right of inheriting his father's title, Tarzan of literature was also this lord
    $800 20
The Saskatchewan Roughriders
    $800 12
A 7th century B.C. bronze pendant show Etruscan women warping & weaving cloth on a double-storied one of these
    $1000 9
Located in both Italy & Slovenia, this section of the Alps is named for a Roman leader
    $1000 5
According to Plato, his last words were "Crito, we owe a cock to Asclepius; will you remember to pay the debt?"
    $1000 11
Rabelais gave us this synonym for "very big"
    $1000 15
Abbreviated FSM, this airborne creature began as a deity of the parody religion the Pastafarians
    $1000 23
The Wolverhampton Wanderers
    $1000 16
The Etruscan tebenna was this type of loose garment that sounds like a fireplace shelf

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

Dave Bill Lisa
$2,400 $3,000 $3,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Bill Lisa
$2,600 $7,000 $4,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S ALL HISTORY
A FLOCK OF DOVES
ALLITERATIVE MOVIE TITLES
WHAT THE "LL"?
MAIN CHARACTER
ENERGY
    $400 26
The auto-da-fé, or act of faith, was the ceremony in which the sentences of this were pronounced & carried out
    $400 25
This Bob Dylan classic asks, "How many seas must a white dove sail before she sleeps in the sand"
    $400 17
"Ride or Die" was the subtitle of the 2024 entry in this film series, featuring Martin Lawrence & Will Smith
    $400 30
Beware this woman who's extremely controlling & demanding in the planning of her wedding
    $400 29
In "The Master and Margarita", the main character is Woland, actually this evil entity in disguise
    $400 28
The actinides, which possess this energy-emitting quality, are at the bottom of the periodic table
    $800 20
In business around 1070, Hereward the Wake was an Anglo-Saxon hero who rebelled against this other "the" guy
    $800 24
This former "Liv & Maddie" actress was named New Artist of the Year at the 2022 New American Music Awards
    $800 11
Jessica Lange got cozy with the title big guy in this 1976 film; in 2005 it was Naomi Watts' turn
    $800 19
Found in some hotter regions of the U.S., this shrubby vine grows in many different colors
    $800 18
In "Killing Floor" this Lee Child character says he has "no middle name, no address"
    $800 27
Most houses in Iceland are heated with this type of energy whose name comes partly from the Greek for "earth"
    $1200 8
French army officer Hippolyte Charles, this woman's lover after her 1796 marriage, somehow lived until 1837
    $1200 22
This jazz singer renamed herself Billie around 1930 for silent screen actress Billie Dove
    $1200 7
In this 2012 comedy auditioners like Stacie & Fat Amy showed off their pipes to the tune of "Since U Been Gone"
    $1200 14
In music, it is a quick, lively tempo
    $1200 10
Same name as his pops, this analyst survives a helicopter crash in the Tom Clancy series entry "Shadow State"
    $1200 1
The law of conservation of energy is considered the first of the 3 laws of this 14-letter science
    $1600 2
The ruins of the Iron Age city called "Great" this lie south of Harare in the country of the same name
    $1600 21
A dove takes its place at the head of the boat & leads the title character to the castle of the Holy Grail as this Wagner opera ends
    DD: $5,000 5
David Fincher directed this 2014 thriller that finds Ben Affleck framed for murder
    $1600 15
This type of care is designed to relieve suffering & to provide comfort to those going through a serious illness
    $1600 12
Junot Díaz wrote "The Brief Wondrous Life of" this bookish young Dominican kid, a lover of sci-fi & fantasy
    $1600 3
Pylons bring energy from the power grid to you, but the voltage is too high, so these devices make voltage usable
    $2000 4
Pushed out of Dacia by the Huns in 376, they moved in to Roman land, did some attacking of their own & went on west
    $2000 23
In this 1902 Henry James novel, Kate Croy asks her fiancé" to marry a rich dying woman so they can eventually inherit her money
    $2000 6
This Kurosawa film centers on a desperate town that's assaulted by marauders
    DD: $3,000 16
How sweet the sound of this word meaning "sweet sounding"; it comes from Latin for "flowing with honey"
    $2000 13
This man with a mythical name is central to both "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" & "Ulysses"
    $2000 9
TJ for short, this unit of measurement for energy consumption is based on a million million

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Dave Bill Lisa
$10,600 $22,000 $6,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS OF EUROPE
In February 1793 the French were repulsed in an attack on this island from one just north that they controlled

Final scores:

Dave Bill Lisa
$5,600 $22,000 $1
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $22,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Dave Bill Lisa
$10,600 $16,000 $9,800
18 R,
5 W		 21 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 13 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $36,400

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Game tape date: 2024-10-28
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