“JEOPARDY!” 5/9/24

Challengers:
Isabella Dawis (MIN): Writer, actress & musician
Jennifer Trofa: Talent mgr

JR:
LET’S GO TO THE GEOPARK
MUSIC, MUSIC EVERYWHERE
DOWNLOADING SOME APPS
WHAT’S THAT SONG?
FROM RIDICULOUS TO SUBLIME
MORE THAN 2 EYES

$1K From Ridiculous to Sublime:

A Beatitude said “Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after” this quality.

Isabella: “What is righteousness?”

$600 Music:

Falsetto is used by male singers to reach this vocal register of Jessye Norman & Joan Sutherland.

Isabella: “What is soprano?” ($1600)

$800 Music:

1940s originators of this 1st kind of modern jazz incl. Dizzy Gillespie & Thelonious Munk.

Isabella: “What is bebop?” ($2400)

$1K Music:

The music term performed here’s called diminuendo or this, the negative of another term.

Isabella: “What is decrescendo?” ($3400)

$400 Music:

In songs the name of this dance followed “Beer Barrel” (fun!), “Too Fat” (uhh) & “Strip” (hey now!).

TS: “Polka”

$600 What’s That Song?:

EMINEM: “Hit me back, just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan.”

Allison: “What is ‘Stan’?”

$800 From Ridiculous to Sublime:

Charles Dickens coined this word for doctors of the Victorian era who cut & amputated legs fast as there was no anesthesia.

Jennifer: “What is sawmen?”

TS #2: Sawbones

$600 Downloading Some Apps:

Sprinkling cayenne pepper instead of paprika on halved hard-boiled eggs to make these Cajun- that’s spicy!

Isabella: “What are deviled eggs?” ($4K)

$800 What’s That Song?:

Hall & Oates: “She’ll only come out at night, the lean & hungry type.”

Isabella: “What is ‘Maneater’?” ($4800)

$1K What’s That Song?:

Fleetwood Mac: “Rings like a bell through the night.”

Isabella: “What is ‘Rhiannon’?” ($5800)

$400 What’s That Song?:

TLC: “Please stick to the rivers & the lakes that you’re used to.”

Isabella: “What is ‘Waterfalls’?” ($6200)

$200 What’s That Song?:

George Michael: “I know not everybody has got a body like you.”

Isabella: “What is ‘Faith’?” ($6400)

$200 Music:

Trumpet players use this device to alter tonal quality in addition to lowering the volume but do they “hit” it as they do?

Isabella: “What is a mute?” ($6600)

$600 More Than 2 Eyes:

Be careful- eyes on these can sprout & the resulting buds contain a toxin called solanine.

Allison: “What are potatoes?” ($1200)

$800 More Than 2 Eyes:

A beholder was also called the sphere of many eyes in the 1st edition of this alliterative Dungeons & Dragons reference book.

Allison: “What is the Monster Manual?” ($2K)

$1K Downloading Some Apps:

Simple to prepare if you have bread & crackers these hors d’oeuvres w/ a fancy French name can be tiny open-faced sandwiches.

Jennifer: “What is canape?” ($200)

$800 Downloading Some Apps:

If you’re making the Greek appetizer dolmades yalantzi make sure these leaves are tender before stuffing ’em.

Isabella: “What are grape leaves?” ($7400)

$400 More Than 2 Eyes:

Traditional # of eyes seen in artwork of the 3 wise monkeys.

Jennifer: “What is 6?” (-$200)
Allison: “What is 4?” ($2400)

$1K More Than 2 Eyes:

Also called fan shells or comb shells these mollusks can have up to 200 eyes.

TS #3: Scallops

$400 Geopark:

The Black Country Geopark in this country incl. coal mines & other sites at the heart of the Industrial Revolution.

Allison: “What is England?” ($2800)

$800 Geopark:

Learn about the Canadian this, the huge rock formation underlying much of northeast North America at Quebec’s Perce Geopark.

Jennifer: “Uh, what are…geysers?” (-$1K)

TS #4: Shield

$600 Geopark:

In Austria you can visit historic mines in the geopark called Ore of these mountains.

Isabella: “What are the Alps?” ($8K)

$1K Geopark:

Answer: TDD.

A geopark named for these people is located on the north coast of Spain after the French border.

“What…are the…Andorra?”…no- who are the Basques?

ATTEMPTED LT: $1600
UNATTEMPTED LT: $1400
TOTAL LT: $3K

CS:
Allison: $4400/Jennifer: -$1K/Isabella: $600

DJ!:
HISTORY’S MYSTERIES
SHAKESPEARE BEFORE & AFTER
18th CENTURY SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
PRISONS
POP CULTURE LICENSE PLATES
MORE THAN 2 I’s

$1200 Pop Culture License Plate:

In the ’96 live-action version of this animated film the villain drove a car w/ the license plate “DEVIL”.

Isabella: “What is ‘101 Dalmatians’?” ($1800)

$1200 Shakespeare Before & After:

A ’94 royal Disney film w/ serious uncle/nephew issues became a royal tragedy w/ serious daddy/daughter issues.

Jennifer: “What is ‘The Lion King’?” (-$2200)
Allison: “What is ‘The Lion King Lear’?” ($5600)

$1600 Pop Culture License Plate:

The opening credits of this TV series give a glimpse of the New Mexico license plate of “LWYRUP”.

Isabella: “What is ‘Better Call Saul’?” ($3400)

$800 Shakespeare Before & After:

Beatrice & Benedick discovered a Sinead O’Connor #1 hit.

Isabella: “What is ‘Much Ado About Nothing Compares 2 U’?” ($4200)

$1600 Shakespeare Before & After:

A Puck-ish play went top 10 in 1976 singing “I believe you can get me through the night”.

TS: “A Midsummer Night’s Dream Weaver”

$2K Shakespeare Before & After:

A triply alliterative comedy turned into what Gertrude Stein ended up dubbing a group of writers.

Allison: “What is ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost Generation’?” ($7600)

$1600 18th Century Science & Technology:

Answer there: DD– she’ll put up $4K of her lead.

While a professor of astronomy at Uppsala University he came up w/ his famous temperature scale.

“Who is (Anders) Celsius?”…she chose the right 1.

$2K 18th Century Science & Technology:

Following his experiments w/ frogs he published an essay “On the Effect of Electricity on Muscular Motion”.

TS: Luigi Galvani

$2K Pop Culture License Plate:

The ’91 Emmy for Best Drama went to this legal series whose title, a total of 5 letters, was on a license plate in the show’s opening.

TS: “L.A. LAW”

$2K More Than 2 I’s:

A quartet of I’s is present & accounted for in this word for a strict drill sergeant or school principal.

TS: Disciplinarian

$1600 More Than 2 I’s:

The name of this chemical element was derived from Greek for “rainbow”.

Allison: “What is iridium?” ($13,200)

$1600 History’s Mysteries:

In 1959 Igor Dyatlov & 8 others were killed by a “compelling natural force” while camping in these Eurasian mountains in Russia.

Jennifer: “What are the Ural Mountains?” (-$600)

$800 Pop Culture License Plate:

In a TV theme song Will Smith rapped he “whistled for a cab & when it came near, the license plate said” this.

Jennifer: “What is…’SMELL YA LATER’?” (-$1400)
Allison: “What is ‘FRESH’?” ($14K)

$1200 18th Century Science & Technology:

The 1740s brought the 1st electrical capacitor, this “jar” named for a Dutch city.

TS: Leyden

$2K History’s Mysteries:

Under that answer: the other DD.

Menelik, a son of Solomon, was said to have brought this lost artifact to Aksum in Ethiopia; tradition maintains it’s still there.

“What is the Ark of the Covenant?”…Allison’s right for $2K extra. Not enough time for the $1600 & $2K Prisons.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Prisons)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $11,200
TOTAL DJ! LT: $12K

Pre-Final S:
Allison: $19,600 (LOCK)/Jennifer: $200/Isabella: $4200

CORYAT SCORES:
Allison: $17,200/Isabella: $12,200

FJ!: 1980s FADS

A Nov. 29, 1983 NY Times article about these used “near-riot”, “adoptable”, “waiting for 8 hours” & “my life (is) in danger”.

JENNIFER: “What is a tomagotchi?” = $1
ISABELLA: “What are Pet Rocks? ♥ you Cece Papi Unci” = $500
ALLISON: “What are Cabbage Patch Kids?” = $25K