Show #9224 - Thursday, December 12, 2024

Ashley Chan game 1.

Contestants

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Alex Cousins, a writer and editor from Buffalo, New York

Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas

Bill McKinney, a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $46,800)

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Jeopardy! Round

AMERICA BEFORE 1800
BRIDGES
DODGEPODGE
PART OF A 7 ANCIENT WONDERS NAME
STOCKS
BLONDES
    $200 5
Of the 104 colonists who founded this first permanent English settlement in 1607, more than half were dead by year's end
    $200 30
A symbol of the city of Porto, the Dom Luís I Bridge was designed by a disciple of this Frenchman
    $200 23
Synonyms for dodge include this one courtesy of Latin vadere, "to walk"
    $200 12
People pay to join &amp; then get profits from later participants in this "scheme", which always works out well for everybody
    $200 10
Wanna buy some HOG, the ticker for this 2-wheeled company? Climb on board, chum
    $200 16
"Blonde" was a recent biopic of this woman who starred in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
    $400 9
Early on, some referred to the United States by this name; in 1786, South Carolina picked it for its new state capital
    $400 29
In March 2024, after it lost power, a cargo ship called the Dali tragically crashed into this bridge, causing it to collapse
    $400 24
It's the alliterative phrase for one who chooses to avoid compulsory military service illegally
    $400 14
It's a tomb for 2 (or more, if they want to join in on the fun)
    $400 11
Microsoft, Alphabet & 5 other stocks are part of what's known as this group that shares its name with a 1960 Western film
    $400 17
He sported a blond bowl cut in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court", a decade before becoming James Blond, er, Bond
    DD: $1,000 8
In 1763 the Penns &amp; Calverts brought in these 2 English astronomers to settle a boundary dispute
    $600 26
On weekend nights, the famous Dragon Bridge in Da Nang in this country spews fire &amp; water
    $600 25
In "Dodgeball", Ben Stiller tells real-life wife Christine Taylor &amp; this actor, "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"
    $600 13
A college in Philly, or a place of worship
    $600 15
In 2022 Twitter had this happen to it in regard to the NYSE, which made Twitter a private company
    $600 18
A mix that included hydrogen peroxide & ammonia gave Jean Harlow this hair color, also the title of a 1931 film that she starred in
    $800 4
Beginning its meetings in Virginia in 1619, this House was the first representative legislative body in Colonial America
    $800 27
Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge connects this province with mainland New Brunswick
    $800 2
After being assistant marshal, he got out of Dodge (City) in 1879 &amp; headed for Tombstone to join up with family
    $800 1
Someone or something much bigger in size than others, like a certain X-Man
    $800 21
In part an homage to its HQ in Dallas, LUV is the stock ticker symbol for this company
    $800 19
In 2021 she sold her media company Hello Sunshine, valued at close to $1 billion, but continues to oversee it
    $1000 6
During the winter of 1778-79, this Prussian nobleman wrote a "Blue Book" of military regulations for American troops
    $1000 28
Spanning the Royal Gorge in Colorado, America's highest bridge is nearly 1,000 feet above this river
    $1000 7
In 1865 Mary Mapes Dodge opened a literary can of Dutch boy &amp; gave Hans Brinker this title footwear
    $1000 3
Virginia Woolf took us to one in a 1927 book title
    $1000 22
In 2023 a stalled IPO &amp; co-founder Jack Ma's selling of shares led to this Chinese tech co. losing $21 billion in market value
    $1000 20
This lead singer bleached her hair blonde, providing inspiration for her band's name, Blondie

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

Bill Ashley Alex
$3,400 $1,800 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Ashley Alex
$4,000 $6,000 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round

NATIONAL BIRDS
POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK
ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES
TOP ROW OF THE KEYBOARD WORDS
GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS
COLUMBIA 100th ANNIVERSARY
(Tom: I'm Tom Rothman, chairman and CEO of Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group, the parent company of Columbia Pictures; from the days of silent comedians and Westerns to blockbusters that draw in millions of viewers, it's been an incredible 100 years for Columbia Pictures' films and I'll have clues about some of them.)
    $400 25
The bill of the keel-billed this, Belize's national bird, may be up to one-third its size
    $400 19
Wordsworth:
"My heart leaps up when I behold a ____ in the sky: so was it when my life began; so is it now I am a man"
    $400 29
For those who enjoy the outdoors:
F&S
    $400 24
A traveling group of ballet dancers
    $400 12
Georgia's Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest contains the southern end of this trail that goes way up to Maine
    $400 8
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) "Ghostbusters", a hit for Columbia in the '80s &amp; still a vital franchise for us, was born when this actor sat down to write a ghost comedy at his family farmhouse where his great grandfather had held séances
    DD: $2,000 26
Naturally, this type of condor is the national bird of Ecuador, Chile &amp; Bolivia
    $800 18
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:
"Ready to ride and spread the ____, through every Middlesex village and farm"
    $800 30
"Where food and culture meet":
BA
    $800 23
It's a regional version of a complimentary word, as in "that's a real ____ dress you've got on"
    $800 3
About 20 miles outside Atlanta & more than 1,600 feet high, it's called the world's largest piece of exposed granite
    $800 7
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) Our legacy of working with brilliant filmmakers continued with this 2019 Quentin Tarantino film, whose title could have been the title of this whole category
    $1200 13
Estonia's national bird is this most widespread species of swallow that normally nests in manmade structures
    $1200 17
Emily Dickinson: "Because I could not stop for death/ He kindly stopped for me/ The carriage held but just ourselves/ And ____"
    $1200 14
A trip to Cuba inspired the creation of this magazine for stogie fans:
CA
    $1200 22
Adjective for a county that allows the sale of alcoholic beverages
    $1200 9
This Georgia church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached bears the name of a memorial erected by Samuel in the Bible
    $1200 4
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) With competition from television, in the '60s, the industry went to big, epic productions &amp; Alex Trebek would have insisted the category include this 1962 example, one of his favorite films ever
    $1600 27
In 1984 Denmark replaced the skylark with this not-so-vocal bird species, Cygnus olor
    $1600 15
W.E. Henley:
"I have not winced nor cried aloud / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody but ____"
    $1600 2
For savvy women with a sense of style &amp; interest in global issues:
MC
    $1600 21
I've heard it said, that Jennings fellow is quick with this, a witty remark
    $1600 10
This woman from Savannah founded the Girl Scouts in 1912 &amp; part of her home is now the Girl Scout National Center
    $1600 5
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) Cannes marked the anniversary with a screening of the 1940s gem "Gilda"; in my speech I honored the film's pioneering female producer, Virginia Van Upp, but the evening belonged to this luminous star
    $2000 28
The streamertail hummingbird, this country's national bird, can be found in the Blue &amp; John Crow Mountains National Park
    $2000 16
Anne Sexton:
"I have gone out, a possessed ____, haunting the black air, braver at night"
    DD: $2,000 1
Has published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners:
SA
    $2000 20
"A fit of" often precedes this, a feeling of irritation or resentment
    $2000 11
Georgia's governor since 2019, he's made national news for defending elections in the state as secure &amp; fair
    $2000 6
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) With 12, Columbia is the studio that has won the most Academy Awards for Best Picture; one went to this 1957 classic that was nominated for 8 Oscars in all &amp; won 7

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Bill Ashley Alex
$6,400 $15,600 $5,800
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

TV PROPS
A prop central to the title character on this '60s sitcom began as a special Christmas edition whiskey decanter

Final scores:

Bill Ashley Alex
$2,400 $15,600 $5,199
3rd place: $2,000 New champion: $15,600 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Bill Ashley Alex
$6,400 $14,400 $6,800
14 R,
3 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $27,600

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Game tape date: 2024-10-28
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