Show #9306 - Monday, April 7, 2025

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Taylor Mattox, an IT specialist from Columbus, Ohio

Erin Li, a psychiatrist from Queens, New York

Mike Dawson, a technology manager from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)

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Jeopardy! Round

NAMELESS IN SHAKESPEARE
GANG "WAY"
EAR, EAR
MOVIE TITLE FILL IN THE BLANK
FINE
DANDY
    $200 30
This irreverent character tells King Lear "Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gav'st thy golden one away"
    $200 6
Dutch painter Willem de Kooning came to America aboard a steamship in 1926 as one of these gratis wayfarers
    $200 29
Tympanoplasty is a surgery to fix this part of your ear if it becomes perforated
    $200 27
1968:
"The ____ Berets"
& 2021:
"The ____ Knight"
    $200 28
Legally coerced to be a good neighbor, in 2024 this company was there to pay $2 million over unfair claims practices in Montana
    $200 15
Sir, saying I look like Mr. Monopoly, the mascot from the game, because I don this headwear--I demand satisfaction!
    $400 23
A companion for Juliet's whole life, she's known by her occupation, but gets to tell us her dead daughter was named Susan
    $400 8
An important element of giving CPR is to "establish" this in the afflicted person
    $400 24
This century-old cotton swab brand should not be used to clear out ear wax--it can damage your ears & push the wax in deeper
    $400 26
"____ Day Care"
&
"Big ____"
    $400 25
In 2022, massive mismanagement of auto loans & mortgages had this bank circling its wagons after a $3.7 billion penalty
    $400 16
A gentleman always enjoys a good accessory; this two-word beauty accents any blazer & demonstrates good breeding
    $600 22
The boatswain appears in the first scene of this play & again, surprised not to be drowned, in the last
    $600 9
Emma is 8--OK, 7 3/4--a bit clingy, so another summer at day camp? But will this opposite type help her confidence? Parenting is hard!
    $600 7
Low frequencies stimulate the top of the spiral in this inner ear organ that's coiled 2 1/2 times around a central pillar
    $600 5
"____ Can Wait"
&
"My Blue ____"
    $600 12
"Credit" where credit is due--this big-on-secrecy European bank took a $2.5 billion hit for helping Americans evade taxes
    $600 17
Though named for a foreign university & not my beloved Mississippi city of the same name, these shoes are simply a must
    $800 1
In "Henry V" the guy with this job of announcing & proclaiming has a name, Montjoy; in "Othello" he's nameless
    $800 10
This herb of the parsley family is widely grown for its seeds used in flavoring & seasoning
    $800 21
The external part of the ear is called the pinna or this, a homophone of a tech company
    $800 3
2017:
"The ____ Artist"
& 1996:
"Flirting with ____"
    $800 13
The company that's now just GSK still had this longer name when it got a $3 billion fine in part for promoting drugs for unapproved uses
    $800 18
A dandy must dress up down to his eyewear, this style of frame reminiscent of a carapace
    DD: $1,000 2
All 5 words of it, it's the most famous line spoken by the soothsayer in "Julius Caesar"
    $1000 11
NASCAR's biggest & baddest racetrack, Talladega, Alabama's venue, surely earns its moniker as this type of 13-letter oval
    $1000 20
Also called the anvil, this middle ear bone transmits vibrations from the malleus to the stapes
    $1000 4
"Antwone ____"
&
"The ____ King "
    $1000 14
In 2013 this energy co. once run by a pre-veep Dick Cheney paid $200,000 for destroying Deepwater Horizon oil spill evidence
    $1000 19
This puckered cloth makes for an inimitable summer suit, as worn by the groom in the classic story "Delta Wedding"

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

Mike Erin Taylor
$4,400 $1,400 $2,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Erin Taylor
$8,000 $3,600 $1,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

MALICE IN WONDERLAND
MEDIEVAL HISTORIES
SCRABBLE SCORES
HABITATS FOR HUMANITY
ON THE "M"AP
HER MOM'S A SINGER
    $400 30
Not a happy Valentine's Day, 1779 for Captain James Cook, killed by locals in what is now this state
    $400 29
Guglielmo Cortusi of Padua is among many European chroniclers who left mournful accounts of this outbreak of 1347-1351
    $400 21
A 2-letter, 11-point Scrabble killer, "za" is accepted as a slangy shortening of this
    $400 28
San Francisco's Steiner Street is home to "Postcard Row", an array of houses built in this style named for a queen
    $400 22
This body of water gets a little saltier as the Suez Canal sends seawater in from the Red Sea
    $400 26
Tracee Ellis Ross, who played Rainbow Johnson on "black-ish", has this singer as a mom
    $800 18
In 2007 the 3rd wife of the Earl of Shaftesbury was put on trial for his murder near this cinephile haven on the French Riviera
    $800 19
The "Heimskringla" traces Norwegian kings from this god to Magnus Erlingsson
    $800 27
No vowels? No problem! You can score 15 points with phpht, & if anyone objects, tell 'em it's this part of speech
    $800 20
A condo means you have a unit in a shared building; this similar common-interest development makes you a shareholder
    $800 1
This Midwestern capital was named for a president who died in 1836
    $800 6
Lourdes Leon, who released music under the name Lolahol, is the daughter & "ray of light" of this singer
    $1200 10
The "Monte Carlo Trunk Murder" got an 1879 Wimbledon finalist sentenced to this "diabolical" place off South America
    DD: $3,000 11
The "Chronicon Regum Legionensium" is the "Chronicle of" them--Spanish rulers, not a 21st century rock band
    $1200 25
You need just 5 letters to score 18 points with this Japanese dumpling
    $1200 15
Saltbox is a variation on this style of house that's common in New England & named for a coastal region there
    $1200 14
This country occupies 0.75 square miles
    $1200 4
She set a Guinness world record for youngest individual credited with a Grammy for her work on Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl"
    $1600 8
On June 20, 1947 this gangster who helped develop Las Vegas crapped out, killed in a hail of bullets in Beverly Hills
    $1600 12
A 12th century history of this country includes Boleslaw III's wars with the Pomeranians
    $1600 23
The single most played word in Scrabble tournaments consists of these 2 letters pronounced with a "ch" sound
    $1600 16
The terms "granny flat" & "in-law suite" have given way to ADU, short for this unit
    $1600 2
This Balkan nation is named for the peak seen here
    $1600 5
In 2023 her daughter Frances Bean Cobain married Riley Hawk, son of Tony
    $2000 9
In 1929 this notorious man from the Midwest skipped a Miami warrant, claiming pneumonia, but agents found he enjoyed a boat trip
    $2000 13
Andrew of Wyntoun's "Orygynale Cronykil" of this land includes the tale of "Thre Werd Systrys"
    $2000 24
It takes 9 letters, but if you can play this end-of-the-alphabet wine, score 22 points & pour yourself a glass
    $2000 17
Alexander Hamilton's home, The Grange, is in this architectural style popular in the U.S. from the 1780s to the 1820s
    DD: $3,000 3
Southwest of Sri Lanka is this archipelago of some 1,200 islands, of which 200 are inhabited
    $2000 7
Lola Lennox is a singer just like mom Annie, who sang "sweet dreams are made of this" as part of this duo

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Mike Erin Taylor
$22,000 $15,000 $3,600

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Final Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE
His 1821 novel was inspired by stories told to him by John Jay of Jay's experiences with spies during the Revolution

Final scores:

Mike Erin Taylor
$13,999 $0 $600
2-day champion: $35,600 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Mike Erin Taylor
$22,000 $14,000 $6,600
26 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W		 10 R,
3 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $42,600

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Game tape date: 2025-02-24
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