Show #9226 - Monday, December 16, 2024

Ashley Chan game 3.

Contestants

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Matt Grossman, a law student from New York, New York

Henry Barbaro, a college student from Evanston, Illinois

Ashley Chan, a publicist from Lewisville, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

ALL OVER THE WORLD
MAN-AGRAMS
3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS
COMMUNICATION
STATE HOLIDAYS
SONGWRITING WITH LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA
(Lin-Manuel: I'm Lin-Manuel Miranda; as I found again on my latest project, Disney's Mufasa: The Lion King, sometimes it just comes to you, sometimes it's endless work and I'll have clues about the mystery of songwriting.)
    $200 13
The Miraflores & Gatun Locks are found on this 50-mile-long body of water
    $200 28
"Great" king of the Franks:
REALM CHANGE
    $200 29
A symptom of psychotic disorders, it includes delusions of persecution
    $200 30
ARPANET developer Ray Tomlinson, who sent the first of these in 1971, doesn't remember what it said but did use the @ symbol
    $200 25
Seward's Day, the last Monday in March, is a legal holiday in this state
    $200 27
(Lin-Manuel Miranda presents the clue.) Inspiration can come from anywhere; for the song "My Shot", I based a section of the music on the old America Online dial-up tones to reflect how this character's words would soon connect with the wider world
    $400 5
In summer the residents of Tirana in this country often decamp for the Adriatic seaport of Durrës
    $400 22
An 18th century poet:
REBORN BURST
    $400 17
You may see your name in lights on the historic one of these at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon
    $400 26
Since its creation in 1996, this notice across a community has helped in the rescue of more than 1,000 missing kids
    $400 24
In Arizona & New Hampshire, Civil Rights Day coincides with this other January holiday
    $400 2
(Lin-Manuel Miranda presents the clue.) For the film "Mufasa: The Lion King", I was thrilled to collaborate with the brilliant Lebo M who added the dramatic Zulu cry that began this opening song from the original "Lion King" movie 30 years before
    $600 1
The boundary between the Democratic Republic of the Congo & Tanzania is formed by this lake more than 400 miles long
    $600 21
He melted watches: VALID AS A LORD
    $600 16
It was writer Anne Herbert who coined the phrase "practice random kindness & senseless acts of" this
    $600 15
Author Arthur C. Clarke's 1945 paper "Extra-Terrestrial Relays" proposed the idea of these orbital devices to aid communications
    $600 3
This president's birthday, May 8, is an official holiday in Missouri
    $600 12
(Lin-Manuel Miranda presents the clue.) Computer software makes it possible for any songwriter to have a home recording studio; I wrote most of my first show, "In the Heights", on this Apple program that sounds like a group of kids practicing out by the car
    $800 4
This landlocked country is the last independent survivor of the Hispanic March states created in the Middle Ages
    $800 19
Chinese chairman:
GAZED MOON
    $800 14
Shh! I thought I heard this sound... are there mourning doves around?
    $800 9
John Reith became the first general manager of this system in 1922 & was knighted 4 years in
    $800 6
Although this state celebrates Bennington Battle Day each August, the actual battle took place in New York
    $800 10
(Lin-Manuel Miranda presents the clue.) The Songwriters Hall of Fame has inducted some 400 members since 1969; the class of 2024 includes Prince, Steely Dan & Timothy Mosley, better known as this one-name producer, famed for his work with Justin Timberlake, Jay-Z & many more
    DD: $2,000 7
The "Greater" & "Lesser" peaks of this stratovolcano overlook the frontiers of Turkey, Iran & Armenia
    $1000 20
Future predictor:
ROTUNDA MASS
    $1000 18
One of 2 adjectives describing the "volume of forgotten lore" in Poe's "The Raven"
    $1000 8
Around 1800 France's Chappe brothers unveiled one of the first of these systems using pivoting arms; flags were added later
    $1000 23
On Pioneer Day, July 24, Mormons celebrate the arrival in Salt Lake City of this leader & his followers
    $1000 11
(Lin-Manuel Miranda presents the clue.) I first met this songwriting legend while doing Spanish translations for a production of "West Side Story"; his invaluable advice to me was to surprise listeners with continual variety

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

Ashley Henry Matt
$800 $0 $2,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ashley Henry Matt
$4,600 $800 $4,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY
(Ken: As selected by a New York Times survey of experts.)
OUTDOOR CATS
STARTS WITH "H"
WORLD WAR I
TV FOURSOMES
KABOOM!
    $400 10
"Hurricane Season" follows a group of children who discover a corpse in the Veracruz state of this country
    $400 30
A lot of the ocelots remaining in this U.S. state prowl around in the shrublands of the Lower Rio Grande Valley
    $400 23
The curved steering rod of a bike, or a type of mustache
    $400 12
In 1915 Louis Adrian created a new metal one of these for combat based on those worn by Parisian firefighters
    $400 21
Creator Lena Dunham starred as Hannah, one of a Brooklyn foursome of friends in this series
    $400 29
It can mean to have a plan boomerang badly on you, or an explosion in a car's exhaust pipe
    $800 9
At the top spot was this first volume of a 4-book series by Elena Ferrante
    $800 28
The long & flexible spine of this big cat acts like a coiled spring, allowing it to reach speeds up to 70 miles per hour
    $800 22
A body organ begins this word for a hottie, like the ones on the cover of Tiger Beat magazine
    $800 2
This future WWII & Korean War general had the idea for a "Rainbow Division" of units from all over the U.S., not of diverse hues
    $800 19
Sophia & Dorothy, mother & daughter, were half of the quartet of a certain age in this 1985 to 1992 sitcom
    $800 27
A brocade is a fine-lace effect in the sky & a Saturn shell produces a ring around an inside ball of stars in this display
    $1200 3
Percival Everett's novel "Erasure" made the list & was also adapted into this 2023 movie with Jeffrey Wright
    $1200 18
They're cats of the southeastern U.S. in the genus Puma; they're also the 2024 Stanley Cup champions
    $1200 14
Beastly word for a fabric with a checkerboard pattern, traditionally black & white
    $1200 1
This British aircraft that entered service in 1917 was named for the hump-shaped over its two machine guns
    $1200 7
They became a foursome when Bliss joined Bubbles, Blossom & Buttercup
    $1200 24
In 1970 it cost $35 mil. to build this Pittsburgh stadium & in 2001, $5.1 mil. to implode the structure in 19 seconds
    $1600 4
Her "Wolf Hall" is credited with making Thomas Cromwell "grandly alive"
    DD: $2,000 5
The documentary "The Velvet Queen" follows adventurers on the lookout for this rare cat in the Tibetan highlands
    $1600 6
A large statue of this god loomed over the ancient port of Rhodes
    DD: $4,400 13
A German defensive position begun in 1916 was known to the Allies by the name of this man, a name later used for a Zeppelin
    $1600 11
On this show, 20 years after being a one-hit wonder, the four surviving members of an all-female group take a second shot at fame
    $1600 25
Named for a loud sound, it's the "sheet" doing its thing in the percussion section
    $2000 8
Graphic novels on the list include the memoir-ish "Fun Home" by this woman
    $2000 17
The tufts on the tip of the ears of this small African cat are thought to help make it easier for it to hear its prey
    $2000 15
Drinks made from this plant include sorrel in Jamaica & agua de Jamaica in Latin America
    $2000 16
An August 5, 1914 assault on this Belgian city was the first battle of the war; the Germans took it & marched into "Lüttich"
    $2000 20
A quartet of female journalists cover the fictional Walker vs. Garrett presidential campaign in this 2024 Max series
    $2000 26
On July 1, 1946 a 23-kiloton atomic bomb exploded over unmanned aircraft carriers & battleships at this atoll

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Ashley Henry Matt
$17,400 $2,000 $7,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY
Jebel Musa in Morocco & Mount Hacho near Ceuta are candidates for the southern half of this pair

Final scores:

Ashley Henry Matt
$17,400 $0 $5,200
3-day champion: $46,500 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Ashley Henry Matt
$19,400 $2,000 $6,400
24 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 9 R,
2 W		 11 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $27,800

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Game tape date: 2024-10-29
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