Show #9321 - Monday, April 28, 2025

Liam Starnes game 7.

Contestants

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Steve Icsman, a retired teacher originally from Sandusky, Ohio

Erin Morin, a digital pre-press specialist from Aldie, Virginia

Liam Starnes, an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (whose 6-day cash winnings total $123,584)

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Jeopardy! Round

QUOTABLE FICTIONAL CHARACTERS
HOLDING SPACE
THE "CO" CO.
TELEVISION
WONDERS
NEVER CEASE
    $200 5
"I meant what I said and I said what I meant... an elephant's faithful one hundred per cent!" declares this Seussian creation
    $200 26
It's the traditional enclosure (cage seems a bit harsh, but also applicable) to pen your pet rabbit
    $200 28
This car care chain is known for the "beep beep" heard in its brand signature
    $200 16
Revisiting material cut from the script of "The American President" inspired Aaron Sorkin to create this series
    $200 17
The Colossus of this city was a huge statue that stood near its harbor until an earthquake knocked it down
    $200 23
Dried beans & canned goods are deemed "non-" this, as they stick around on the shelf for a while & don't spoil
    DD: $2,000 21
"Just think lovely wonderful thoughts... and they lift you up in the air", explains this eternal youth
    $400 27
This accessory has many names--waist bag, hip sack & OK, chaos pouch is pretty cool--but we prefer this other "body part" one
    $400 29
Science was unaware that salty & buttery could coexist until the geniuses here introduced Ritz crackers in 1934
    $400 15
In 2024 this "Queen of Country" music opened up a new bar--"Happy's Place"
    $400 8
This one of the 7 Wonders of the Ancient World was probably built around 600 B.C. near today's city of Al Hillah
    $400 25
From the Latin meaning can't be destroyed, this 4-syllable word found before "ink" refers to permanence
    $600 11
"Your native language is the language of Shakespeare & Milton & the Bible", scolds this professor of phonetics
    $600 6
Very specific contracting details from the client are given in Genesis for this: make it 300 by 50 by 30 (in cubits)
    $600 19
Many of its 1,500 locations offer services like a dog wash along with crates, treats, etc.
    $600 12
After toiling for a decade in the ER on "ER", Noah Wyle returned to a different ER on this series that debuted in 2025
    $600 3
The Lighthouse of Alexandria is sometimes called the this "of Alexandria" for an island in the city's harbor
    $600 9
Adjective for a Wonka Gobstopper or the magical Tuck family of literature
    $800 10
This Kafka guy asks himself, "Should I now show them I learned nothing from facing trial for a year?"
    $800 4
A common type of wine barrel, a barrique holds about 60 gallons & originated in this wine region of southwest France
    $800 18
The As-Seen-on-TV catchphrase has helped sell products like the Pocket Fisherman from this five-letter company of Mr. Popeil
    $800 13
Alan Ball created the shows "True Blood" & this one set at a family funeral home
    $800 2
The Temple of Artemis stood near this now-Turkish city; the New Testament contains a letter to its residents
    $800 7
This long-lived word precedes jellyfish in the name of a hydrozoan that evades death by cycling between polyp & medusa forms
    $1000 22
"We might have made the tour of the world in only 78 days", says this valet to his employer
    $1000 20
If you & 14 friends need to get somewhere, this Mercedes passenger van with a "racy" name may be the choice
    $1000 30
A food distributor on the NYSE & a tech company on the NASDAQ, they have homophonic names; know which one you're investing in
    $1000 14
In 2024, Aldis Hodge got into criminal minds--but not on "Criminal Minds"--as this detective forensic psychologist
    $1000 1
The statue of Zeus at Olympia was a masterpiece from this Greek sculptor whom Pericles chose to improve Athens
    $1000 24
Also meaning "unvarying", it's math talk for a variable that can assume only one value

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

Liam Erin Steve
$5,000 $2,200 -$200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Liam Erin Steve
$6,400 $5,600 $600

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 1970s
AMERICAN LAKES & RIVERS
SCIENCE & NATURE
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN
DRINKING SONGS
"MB", EH?
    $400 16
Embracing a new energy trend, Jimmy Carter added these to the roof of the White House; Reagan took them down
    $400 8
On its 2,300-mile course from its source in Minnesota, this river flows through or borders 10 states
    $400 29
The isolation of this hormone in the 1920s led to the first effective treatment for diabetes
    $400 23
In Virginia in November 1921, the first burial took place at what was then called this
    $400 25
Jimmy Buffett's signature song, it had him forever searching for his lost shaker of salt
    $400 12
The stump from this cord usually falls off a newborn in 5 to 15 days
    $800 17
In 1978 this process, IVF for short, produced the baby Louise Brown
    $800 26
Named for the color of its sediment, it forms much of the border between Oklahoma & Texas
    $800 28
Kalium is the old name for this element
    $800 9
You don't want a diagnosis of CUP, this of unknown primary; fortunately, it's rare
    $800 24
Little Big Town sings, "Don't wanna wait 'til the sun's sinking... why don't we do a little" this
    $800 13
It's a buzzy dating app founded in 2014 where "women make the first move"
    $1200 21
Founded in 1971 in British Columbia, this organization aimed to stop nuclear testing on nearby Amchitka Island
    DD: $9,600 4
This river that flows through a valley of the same name is the main tributary of the Potomac
    DD: $3,000 6
This hard, dark-colored volcanic rock is the most common type found in the Earth's crust
    $1200 10
To conceal their identities, members of this hacktivist collective wore Guy Fawkes masks like the ones in the film "V for Vendetta"
    $1200 22
Oasis sang, "I'm feeling supersonic, give me" this cocktail
    $1200 14
The Franciscan Monastery of the Holy Land in America includes a replica of these underground places in Rome
    $1600 2
Students protesting compulsory Afrikaans in this township now part of Johannesburg led to a broader uprising in 1976
    $1600 3
Restored as a museum, historic Fort Ticonderoga is on the shores of this lake that's named for an explorer
    $1600 5
As well as a unit of work, this 3-letter word is also a large area of desert covered by wind-blown sand
    $1600 11
Errol Morris' 2013 documentary "The Unknown Known" focused on this man
    $1600 20
In 2004, he & Alison Krauss won CMA Awards for their heartbreaking "Whiskey Lullaby"
    $1600 15
In the "Iliad", Athena gives "distilled nectar &" this food to a hero before battle
    $2000 1
After leading a bloody coup, he took power as Chile's president in 1974
    $2000 7
It flows nearly 2,000 miles from British Columbia & through Alaska before emptying into the Bering Sea
    $2000 27
Bats use this method of detecting objects by bouncing high-frequency sound waves off them
    $2000 30
Truly one of his lesser-known novels is 1933's "To a God Unknown", set in California & informed by the Bible
    $2000 19
This '90s hit mentions drinking whiskey, vodka, lager & a cider drink; no wonder "I get knocked down, but I get up again"
    $2000 18
Georgia's state historical song, its first known recording featured H. Wylie singing "Come By Here" in a Gullah accent

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Liam Erin Steve
$25,400 $14,800 $5,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

CONTEMPORARY AUTHORS
At the start of his writing career, his wife told him, if it didn't work out, at 6'4", he could be a reacher in a supermarket

Final scores:

Liam Erin Steve
$21,199 $29,600 $5,400
2nd place: $3,000 New champion: $29,600 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Liam Erin Steve
$20,000 $13,200 $5,400
22 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 20 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W		 9 R,
5 W

Combined Coryat: $38,600

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Game tape date: 2025-03-05
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