Show #9223 - Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Contestants

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Sam Nguyen, a tax accountant from Hyattsville, Maryland

Molly LeBlanc, an administrative assistant from New Orleans, Louisiana

Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,000)

Jeopardy! Round

POLITICAL OOPSIES
ON THE ROPES
RHYMING LAST NAMES
TV SHOW TAGLINES
TRIPLE "T"s ME
(Ken: These are all words containing three of the letter "T".)
TRUE TALES OF TRANSPORTATION
    $200 19
Hunting in Texas, this vice president shot his pal in the face with birdshot, but somehow the pal ended up apologizing
    $200 12
From 1900 to 1920 this contest using a rope was an event in the Olympics, with a British team taking the final gold
    $200 17
Legendary actress Liz &
NBA great Elgin
    $200 23
To win on this show, you must "Outwit, Outplay, Outlast"
    $200 6
It can mean a new colony, or a business agreement negotiated to resolve a dispute
    $200 18
"The Boys in the Boat" is the saga of a U.S. rowing team winning gold at the 1936 Olympics in this city
    $400 20
A tough way to bat .400 for governors of this state; 4 of its 10 past leaders went to prison, so better keep yer nose clean, J.B. Pritzker
    $400 13
Before the 1850s, these mostly hoisted freight as the ropes used could break; an Elisha Otis invention made them safe for passengers
    $400 16
Quarterback Eli &
actress Stockard
    $400 22
This police sitcom warned us, "Same shift. Different day"
    $400 7
For decades consumers have complained about this persistence in the diet soda drinking experience
    $400 24
A riveting minute-by-minute account, Walter Lord's "A Night to Remember" reignited interest in this disaster
    $600 4
Ex-rep. William Jefferson got this 2-word alliterative nickname that summed up the $90,000 found in the man's freezer by the FBI
    $600 28
From the French for "recall", it's the controlled descent of a steep slope by moving down an anchored rope
    $600 3
Author Erik &
frontiersman Kit
    $600 21
For brothers Lincoln & Michael on this Fox drama that debuted in 2005, "Escape is just the beginning"
    $600 9
Oscar Wilde quipped that he could resist anything but this
    $600 25
Thor Heyerdahl wrote of sailing the Kon-Tiki across the Pacific & a small craft named for this Egyptian sun god across the Atlantic
    $800 5
In 2024 this N.J. sen. was looking at a lot longer than a 6-year term after being found guilty on 16 counts, including bribery
    $800 29
Varieties of this plant include the sisal type, whose fiber is used to make rope, & the blue, whose sugar is used to make tequila
    $800 1
1980s CIA director William &
pianist Count
    $800 15
"Science makes sense, family doesn't" is a truth shared by this animated comedy
    $800 10
A woman's undergarment often trimmed with ruffles or lace
    $800 26
Piers Paul Read's "Alive" is the true story of a plane crash & its survivors' fight for life in these mountains
    $1000 8
In the 1920s a petroleum exec gave the Sec. of the Interior 100K in a "loan" (wink wink) & it was a tempest in this scandal
    $1000 30
This ovine knot used to shorten or strengthen a rope, uses a double knot in the middle & a half hitch at each end
    DD: $1,000 2
American playwright Arthur &
German playwright Friedrich
    $1000 14
For psychic Melinda Gordon on this series the dead are talking & she is listening
    $1000 11
The author of the text of an opera
    $1000 27
Jessica Bruder traveled the U.S. in a van named "Halen", writing the book called this "land" that inspired an Oscar-winning film

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

Bill Molly Sam
$2,600 -$200 $1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Molly Sam
$5,400 $3,600 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC OBJECTS
U.S. PLACE NAMES
THE OLD TESTAMENT
ASIAN AMERICANS
"X"-RATED MUSIC
TOUGH 4-LETTER WORDS
    $400 28
His death mask was made from two sheets of gold inlaid with semi-precious stones
    $400 1
With a father of Filipino heritage, this "Drivers License" singer says she's "proud to be a part of the Filipino community"
    $400 27
This British star had a big U.S. hit with "Boom Clap" & inspired the Brat Summer of 2024
    $400 26
Meaning to sharpen with a whetstone, it also refers to perfecting any craft
    $800 7
A military museum in Vienna has the car in which this archduke & his wife were assassinated in 1914
    $800 22
A Penn. town sounds like it's named for a country singer, but "Glen" is the Glenwood Coal Co. & this last name was a superintendent there
    $800 21
In an 18th century artwork, he's not conducting a band but bringing water from a rock by striking it, disobeying God
    $800 13
Margaret Chung, the 1st known Chinese-American woman to become a physician, opened a clinic in the 1920s in this city's Chinatown
    $800 23
Elle King hit the Top 10 with this tune that's about former lovers
    $800 25
Found in front of many a restaurant's name, it means "at the house of" in French
    $1200 3
The ancient board game seen here was discovered during excavations of this 2-letter Sumerian city in the 1920s
    $1200 8
The town of Volcano lies on the slopes of this active volcano on the island of Hawaii
    $1200 2
PTL for short, this 3-word phrase in the last verse of the last Psalm gave an evangelical club its name
    $1200 12
She is the first Hmong-American to compete in the Olympics; & in 2024, this gymnast added three more medals to her collection
    $1200 18
This Aussie band known for hits like "New Sensation" has a 4-letter name that sounds like a phrase meaning "too much"
    $1200 10
From Latin, it's a beginner or novice in learning something
    $1600 4
In 1932 a road crew near Clovis in this western state uncovered artifacts from ice age hunters dubbed the Clovis culture
    $1600 15
Electric City, Washington began as a community to house personnel working on the construction of this huge project
    $1600 6
Mosaics found in the Galilee in 2022 have the earliest known depictions of Jael & Deborah, heroines from this book of the Old Testament
    $1600 14
Born in Thailand, this Iraq War veteran has represented Illinois in both the House & the Senate
    $1600 19
This British band known for hits like "Senses Working Overtime" had a 3-letter name that sounds like a word for "great delight"
    $1600 11
Alphabetically between pier & slip is this synonym, perhaps at a port
    $2000 5
Dating from the 13th century, here's one of these instruments used by early astronomers & navigators
    $2000 16
This barrier island off Texas was once named Wild Horse for the wild horses that roamed there
    DD: $4,000 9
It's twins for Rebekah: "the first came out red, all over like an hairy garment; and they called his name" this
    DD: $3,000 24
The cake for his 100th birthday celebration was in the shape of one of his last buildings, the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha
    $2000 20
After getting shot, Bob Marley left Jamaica for London, where he recorded this song about "movement of jah people"
    $2000 17
This synonym of joke begins & ends with the same letters as joke

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Molly Sam
$14,800 $2,000 $3,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD OF SCIENCE
nobelprize.org says some papers of this scientist "are stored in lead boxes", a "legacy that is literally untouchable"

Final scores:

Bill Molly Sam
$18,800 $4,000 $4,001
3-day champion: $46,800 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Bill Molly Sam
$15,800 $2,000 $3,200
21 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 15 R,
8 W		 5 R,
0 W

Combined Coryat: $21,000

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Game tape date: 2024-10-28
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