Show #9300 - Friday, March 28, 2025

Josh Weikert game 6.

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Revell Carr, a professor from Lexington, Kentucky

Mike Budzinski, a portfolio manager from Chicago, Illinois

Josh Weikert, a politics professor from Collegeville, Pennsylvania (whose 5-day cash winnings total $80,202)

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Jeopardy! Round

U.S. GEOGRAPHY
BOOK TITLE ADJECTIVES
SOMETHING TO WEAR
YOUR NAME IS A SENTENCE
(Ken: Each response will be a celebrity's full name, like Tyra Banks.)
ON THE SIDE OF THE ANGELS
MODERN LINGO
    $200 23
In July 2024 this park near the Mojave Desert reached at least 125 degrees on 9 consecutive days
    $200 19
Kids got a whiff of "The ____ Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales"
    $200 16
6 on 1, meaning 6 buttons only one of which functions, is a type of this overlapped style of suit jacket
    $200 27
"Womanizer" hitmaker impales a barracuda
    $200 11
The main U.S. immigration facility on the West Coast from 1910 to 1940, Angel Island lies in this bay near Alcatraz
    $200 3
This 6-letter adjective is a combination of words meaning famished & mad
    $400 15
While there's no actual Lake Wobegon in this state, there is a Wabegon Lake
    $400 20
3 women, 2 title adjectives, one accident (or perhaps... one murder?!): "____ ____ Lies"
    $400 17
An evening wrap is often in the form of a scarf, a shawl or this other "S" coverup for the shoulders, perhaps of faux fur
    $400 28
"Dead Ringers" dual role leading man smoothes out a dress shirt
    $400 10
In Islamic tradition, the 4,000-winged Azrael is this entity who separates souls from their bodies
    $400 4
Some websites like to curate to your tastes, creating what's called an FYP, this for short
    $600 13
Look out for Cape Lookout & Cape Fear on the coast of this state
    $600 24
We're detecting some "____ Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch"
    DD: $1,200 18
The 1960s Courrèges boot, named for designer André, was often worn with this item, leaving lots of leg between it & the boot
    $600 29
"Polyester" director soaks the lawn
    $600 9
In the 1960s Hunter S. Thompson detailed "A Strange and Terrible Saga" in his adventures with this group
    $600 5
Did someone just walk up & overshare, unsolicited, every awful thing that's happened to them? That's textbook this dumping
    $800 1
This large lake on the Utah-Arizona border was created when the Glen Canyon Dam was built in the 1960s
    $800 25
Readers took a bioethical journey into "The ____ Life of Henrietta Lacks"
    $800 21
Some men swear by this menswear item with a fractional name
    $800 12
Howard Stern sidekick gets startled by a spider
    $800 8
An excursion to see this natural feature includes a flight from Ciudad Bolívar & a 4-hour trip along the Carrao & Churún Rivers
    $800 6
Stop with the doomscrolling! Embrace this 2-word phrase that suggests coming into contact with a fescue or Bermuda type
    $1000 14
Grab a chair & enjoy the view from these mountains that include New York's highest point, Mount Marcy
    $1000 26
Self-helping, James Clear developed "____ Habits", a bestseller for 250+ weeks
    $1000 22
A surf shirt is also known by this protective name
    $1000 30
"Batwoman" thespian made the effort to meet a new challenge
    $1000 2
"Where Angels Fear to Tread" was his first published novel; he visited some of the same themes in "A Room with a View"
    $1000 7
Also called the "Brotherly Shove" by Philadelphia Eagles fans, this rhyming phrase refers to a furious short-yardage gainer

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

Josh Mike Revell
$2,400 $1,400 $2,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Mike Revell
$3,600 $4,400 $2,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

IN THE 19th CENTURY
POP CULTURE TITLES IN ROMAN NUMERALS
(Ken: And that's how we're gonna need your response--in Roman numerals.)
OPERA
BUSINESS TERMS
WELL, THAT'S JUST SCIENCE
FROM "M" TO "M"
    $400 1
In 1854 this microbiologist began a series of studies on alcoholic fermentation at the University of Lille
    $400 10
"...Jump Street", on the beat on TV in 1987
    $400 15
Mozart's last opera, its "Die Zauberflöte" in German
    $400 20
Look up! It's this term for the ongoing costs of a business' operation that aren't related to creating a product or service
    $400 25
Let's put it on the table--it's the result of Na & Cl getting together
    $400 30
A suspension of activity or a legal delay
    $800 5
This Dutch art dealer died in 1891, 6 months after his painter brother; the 2 were eventually laid to rest side by side in Auvers
    $800 9
Drew Barrymore's "First Dates", remember?
    $800 14
The title of this 1896 opera refers to the lifestyle of a poet, a philosopher, an artist & a musician
    $800 19
Let's check the glossary: AGI is adjusted this
    $800 24
(Melissa Peterman presents the clue.) After being on "Young Sheldon" for 30-plus episodes, I can finally say it--a subatomic particle's position & momentum can't be accurately determined at the same time, says his Uncertainty Principle. Oh, that felt good. Ungh!
    $800 29
A small universe, or a group used as a metaphor for something larger
    $1200 3
Eadweard Muybridge, whose photos explained a horse's gait, put out a whole book of animal this, partly from Latin for "place"
    $1200 6
Ariana Grande's "...Rings" were No. I on the Hot C in MMXIX
    $1200 13
A memoir by this Secretary of State was an inspiration for composer John Adams' first opera: "Nixon in China"
    $1200 18
This type of physical-sounding buyout takes place when one company borrows lots of money in order to acquire another
    $1200 23
Boasting a silent "G" & a bunch of feldspar & quartz, this metamorphic rock sounds perfectly pleasant
    $1200 28
Intended as a "symbol of a new, brighter Britain", this dome is now known as the O2
    $1600 2
August 2, 1832 saw the Battle of Bad Axe, part of this short-lived war named for a Sauk leader
    $1600 7
A Rudd awakening:
"This Is..."
    DD: $2,000 12
Henry Purcell's opera "The Fairy Queen" isn't based on Edmund Spenser's poem but on this Shakespeare play
    DD: $2,000 16
Financial advisors tell clients to do this, spread investments in order to reduce risk
    $1600 22
"Sexual Behavior in the Human Male" was examined in a 1948 bestseller by this human male
    $1600 27
It's sounds like it means the same as minimum, but it's really just any small amount
    $2000 4
24-year-old Julia Gardiner married this widower, aged 54, on June 26, 1844
    $2000 8
Snipes on a plane: "Passenger..."
    $2000 11
The big aria "Vesti la giubba" ("put on the costume") in this opera may make you cry the tears of a clown
    $2000 17
An asset that gets its value from that of an underlying asset is one of these, also a term used in calculus
    $2000 21
A 2018 study shows the Bajau people have an enlarged this organ that releases extra red blood cells to make diving easier
    $2000 26
Parmigianino's "Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror" is an early example of this art style

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Josh Mike Revell
$21,600 $7,600 $1,200
(lock game)

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHIC NEIGHBORS
The "Hermit Nation" & the "Land of the Morning Calm" are nicknames for these 2 neighbors

Final scores:

Josh Mike Revell
$20,000 $6,600 $100
6-day champion: $100,202 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Josh Mike Revell
$20,800 $7,600 $2,400
23 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 14 R,
2 W		 8 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $30,800

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Game tape date: 2025-02-11
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