Show #9254 - Thursday, January 23, 2025

2025 Champions Wildcard final game 1.

Contestants

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Mehal Shah, a software engineer from Seattle, Washington

Drew Goins, a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii

Will Yancey, a lecturer of history from Banquete, Texas

Jeopardy! Round

OUR COLORFUL WORLD
FOR THE "GRAM"
FROM PAGE TO SCREEN
THE NIGHT SKY
CURLS
JUST WANNA HAVE FUN
    $200 5
A North Carolina river is named this, something brave kayakers encounter on it
    $200 6
A 180-pound person weighs 81.6 of these, which somehow seems lighter, but y'know, isn't
    $200 28
David Lynch wrote & directed the 1984 adaptation of this Frank Herbert novel; Denis Villeneuve directed & co-wrote the 2020s version
    $200 22
A new moon is immediately followed by this waxing lunar phase; a waning one precedes the next new moon
    $200 26
This fast food chain gets good marks for its seasoned curly fries; order 'em with the Double Jack Burger
    $200 21
Trivia is just 1/4 the fun of playing this Hasbro game named for part of the skull
    $400 4
This range extends about 250 miles north to south in Vermont
    $400 10
Two overlapping equilateral triangles form this figure
    $400 29
Tom Hanks first played Robert Langdon in this film based on a 2003 pager turner
    $400 23
Tsuchinshan-Atlas, one of these, passed about 44 million miles from Earth to delight night sky watchers in 2024
    $400 25
The name of this paper-thin French pancake comes from the Latin for "curled"
    $400 18
Fun is definitely had with this, which tends to have slower speeds than its more adventurous sibling, hang gliding
    $600 1
It rises in the Tibetan plateau on its way to the similarly named sea
    $600 7
Prince called this technology "demonic", so if you ever see one of him, know the man would not approve
    $600 14
One of the 5 Oscars that went to this 1975 film was for its screenplay, adapted from Ken Kesey's novel
    $600 19
The Orionids & the Ursids are 2 of these annual spectacles
    $600 11
This lass with golden curls starred as an orphan with golden curls in the 1935 film "Curly Top"
    $600 15
If your jam is EDM, short for this, check out the legends at the Lost Lands Festival in Legend Valley, Ohio
    $800 2
This city is directly across the Rio Grande from Matamoros, Mexico
    $800 8
This device was patented by Emile Berliner in 1887, & I can't resist:

"Beautiful dreamer, wake unto me"
    $800 13
This beloved middle school novel became a 2024 film with Lupita Nyong'o as the voice of Roz, the title automaton
    $800 20
The ancient Greeks thought this constellation looked like a venomous arachnid
    $800 12
Part of a neuro exam is stroking the sole of a foot; if your toes curl, great! If your big toe extends it's a Babinski this & a sign of an issue
    $800 16
Chargers & Rams fans can both have fun at this new stadium in L.A. that has all the bells & whistles
    DD: $1,000 3
This Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C. got its name from a stream lined with sparkling flecks of mica
    $1000 9
Abbreviated EKG, it's a graphic record of heart muscle activity
    $1000 30
(Jason Reitman presents the clue.) We didn't get much resistance from tobacco, alcohol or firearms companies, but can you believe the Park Service said no to a Reflecting Pool scene adapted from a Christopher Buckley novel for this film; "Forrest Gump" had no such problems
    $1000 24
This very bright planet has no moons, but it does have a recently discovered asteroid companion named Zoozve
    $1000 27
The name of the American Curl cat breed does not refer to the fur but to the shape of these
    $1000 17
Try out this sport, very popular of late, that uses a paddle rather than a racquet & has a zone known as "the kitchen"

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

Will Drew Mehal
$2,000 $2,000 $1,600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$4,800 $2,800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY OF BRITAIN
ALLITERATIVE LIT
9-LETTER WORDS
JANUARY BABIES
NEWS PERSONALITIES
THIS ONE TIME, AT ORCHESTRA CAMP
    $400 10
Signed by Alexander II & Henry III, 1237's Treaty of York set the border between these 2 kingdoms
    $400 20
In a Washington Irving tale, this figure tethered his steed "nightly among the graves in the churchyard"
    $400 27
If you jump on this transport, you might be a musician or maybe just a supporter of a trendy cause
    $400 29
Born January 17, 1942 to a Baptist & a Methodist, this athlete announced he converted to Islam in 1964
    $400 30
Marking an 80th anniversary in 2024, David Muir traveled with veterans to this French region
    $400 5
...The conducting instructor said to sound like a pro, you refer to an orchestra as "the band" & to this as "the stick"
    $800 8
Britain finally began using this on September 14, 1752, resulting in a time jump of almost 2 weeks to catch up with other nations
    $800 14
"Stop!" he tells violet, "The gum isn't ready yet! It's not right!"
    $800 17
It can be a finishing touch on an outfit, like a scarf or necklace, or a secondary contributor to a crime
    $800 23
In January 2014 Dennis Rodman sang "Happy Birthday" to this world leader before an exhibition basketball game in Pyongyang
    $800 25
A Rhodes Scholar, this MSNBC commentator did her dissertation on HIV-AIDS & healthcare reform in U.S. & British prisons
    $800 4
...I performed a Beethoven sonata on this "national" instrument; an early work, as one reviewer asked, "Who is this Beethover"?
    $1200 7
In 1743 against the French, the second king of this name was the last British monarch to lead troops on a battlefield
    $1200 11
In a Melville tale he's the title foretopman
    $1200 16
A synonym for untrue begins this synonym for a lie or an untruth
    DD: $3,000 21
In 1929 at age 21 she finished second behind Jean-Paul Sartre in an advanced philosophy exam
    $1200 24
This long-running NBC news show has been moderated over the years by Martha Rountree, Marvin Kalb & Tim Russert
    $1200 3
...We played Haydn's Symphony No. 94, called this for the shockingly loud chord in the 2nd movement, & the camp dog howled
    $1600 6
Triggered by an unpopular tax & led by Wat Tyler, the "Great Uprising" of 1381 is better known by this "low class" name
    $1600 12
Psychic investigator Dr. Montague delves into this Shirley Jackson structure
    $1600 15
Your car's alternator is one type of this energy-creating device
    $1600 19
Born January 1936, this historian was a founder of the institution that would become the National WWII Museum
    $1600 18
A graduate of Harvard, she's worked as a White House correspondent & presidential debate moderator
    $1600 1
...I played opera music from "Tarare" by this Italian, but I kept feeling I was only 2nd-best to a kid performing some Mozart nearby
    $2000 9
In the Colonial era Brits picked up a few Hindi words, like this short one for their 1858-1947 rule over India
    DD: $3,800 13
Feeling familiar, Henry V says, "We few, we happy few, we" this group
    $2000 28
To gallant, meaning to court a woman, got 2 letters inserted & became this verb meaning to wander around pointlessly
    $2000 22
This author of "The Woman in White" & "The Moonstone" was born in London on January 8, 1824
    $2000 26
The awards named for this legendary broadcaster honor digital & broadcast journalists
    $2000 2
...Anyone who wanted joined in on "4'33"" by this man, for any instrument or combo, & we really rocked not playing for 4 minutes & 33 seconds

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Will Drew Mehal
$11,600 $10,800 $15,200

Final Jeopardy! Round

WORLD GEOGRAPHY
In the Orenburg Oblast, a bridge over this 1,500-mile river has monuments labeled "Asia" & "Europe"

Final scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$5,600 $17,600 $27,200

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Will Drew Mehal
$13,800 $10,800 $15,200
19 R
(including 1 DD),
6 W
(including 2 DDs)		 13 R,
2 W		 21 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,800

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Game tape date: 2024-11-13
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