“JEOPARDY!” 12/15/23

JR:
COUNTRY ADD A LETTER
NOT REALLY MARRIED
HISTORIC DOCUMENTS
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
DOUBLE Y-ed
TRAILER PARK

1K Trailer Park:

Julian Fellowes penned this 2001 Robert Altman murder mystery w/ a trailer showing Clive Owen as a valet.

Yungsheng: “What is ‘Gosford Park’?”

800 Historic Document:

A 1945 charter said “We the peoples of” these “determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war”.

Gary: “What is the United Nations?”

600 Historic Document:

Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, James Monroe & a French treasury minister signed the treaty for this 1803 deal.

Yungsheng: “What is the Louisiana Purchase?” (1600)

800 Not Really Married:

It was a whirlwind courtship for this actress who played Captain Marvel & this cartoonist behind The Far Side.

Yungsheng: “Uh, who is Brie Larson? Brie & Gary Larson?” (2400)

800 Country Add a Letter:

Add a letter to this country & you get this word describing a fully-equipped business opportunity.

Gary: “What is turnkey?” (1600)

600 Country Add a Letter:

Add a letter to this country & you get this word for a female.

Tyler: “What is woman?”

1K Country Add a Letter:

Add a letter to this country & you get this word meaning “harmless”.

Gary: “What is benign?” (2600)

800 Musical Instrument:

TDD time for Gary behind that answer.

Ricola ads have feat. this Swiss horn.

“What is an alpenhorn?”…that or alphorn will do.

1K Historic Document:

Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression.

Tyler: “What is the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution?” (1600)

400 Historic Document:

A draft document called the Articles of the Barons preceded this 1 to which the king set his seal in 1215.

Yungsheng: “Uh, what is the Magna Carta?” (2800)

1K Not Really Married:

This NASA mathematician of “Hidden Figures” fame was swept off her feet by this blond-mopped recent British leader.

Yungsheng: “Who are Katherine Johnson & Boris Johnson?” (3800)

800 Trailer Park:

A trailer for the adaptation of this Neil Simon play opened w/ Robert Redford & Jane Fonda smooching in NYC.

Gary: “What is ‘Barefoot in the Park’?” (6K)

600 Trailer Park:

In a trailer for this animated feature from ’99 Satan was in bed w/ Saddam Hussein.

Yungsheng: “What is ‘South Park: The Movie’?” (4400)

400 Trailer Park:

A “Mansfield Park” trailer noted this author valued the story above “Emma” & “Sense and Sensibility”.

Gary: “Who is Jane Austen?” (6400)

400 Double Y-ed:

From Greek words for “true” & “study” it’s the study of the origin & development of words.

Gary: “What is etymology?” (6800)

HS:
Yungsheng: 4400/Tyler: 1600/Gary: 6800

SOLE TS: 1K (Double Y-ed; 1st clue after the interviews)

CS:
Yungsheng: 6800/Tyler: 2K/Gary: 9400

DJ!:
SAN FRANCISCO: NOW & FOREVER
AN “L” OF A TEAM
WATER WORLD
FLOWERS
FICTIONAL LANGUAGES
WISH I’D SAID THAT!

A clue before the halfway mark, Gary (13,400) picks the 1200 Flowers for his 2nd DD of this game; Yungsheng’s in 1st w/ 14,400 & Tyler’s 3rd at 7200. Gary bets 3K.

Oh the vanity! These flowers represent egotism as their mythological name indicates.

“What is narcissus?”…good for the lead. 6 clues after that Gary (16,400) completes his DD trifecta once he picks the 1200 Wish I’d Said That! answer; he & Yungsheng are tied for 1st, 8K more than Tyler. Gary wants 3K more.

H.L. Mencken defined puritanism as “the haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be” this word.

“What is bad?”…that response is literally bad- the right word was happy. And that category’s a shutout.

ATTEMPTED LT: 3200 (400, 800 & 2K Wish I’d Said That! clues)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 4K
TOTAL DJ! LT: 7200

Pre-Final S in G1:
Yungsheng: 16,800/Tyler: 8800/Gary: 14,600
GARY’S CORYAT TONIGHT: 14K

FJ!: THE WILD WEST

In 1888’s Ranch Life & the Hunting-Trail Teddy Roosevelt wrote his 2 ranch hands were “able to travel” like this animal.

TYLER: “WHAT IS A BULL Moose” (DOUBLE) = 17,600
GARY: “What is a buffalo?” (8,600) = 6K
YUNGSHENG: “What is a mule?” (8,800) = 8K

“JEOPARDY!” 12/15/06

Challengers:
Rob Donnelly (San Diego): University researcher
Paula Frome (Glen Cove, NY): Lawyer

JR:
STRUCTURES
3-LETTER MEN
UNUSUAL ANIMALS
FASHION SENSE
“T” COUNTRIES
NUMBER, PLEASE

$200 3-Letter Men:

Rather or Marino

R.J.: “What is Dan?”

$400 3-Letter Men:

Costas or Hope

R.J.: “What is Rob?” ($600)

$600 3-Letter Men:

Rawls or Gehrig

Rob: “What is Lou?”

$800 3-Letter Men:

Shepard or Donaldson

Rob: “Uh, what are Sams?” (-$200)
Paula: “What is Sam?”

$200 Unusual Animal:

In 2006 the Riverbanks Zoo in SC exhibited a rare white (but not albino) 1 of these crocodilians.

R.J.: “What is an alligator?” ($800)

$1K 3-Letter Men:

Danson or Turner

R.J.: “What is Ted?” ($1800)

$400 Unusual Animal:

The Kitti’s hog-nosed species of this flying mammal is about the size of a bumblebee.

Paula: “What is a bat?” ($1200)

$200 Fashion Sense:

The “driving” types of these feat. some leather for a good grip; the “opera” ones don’t.

R.J.: “What are gloves?” ($2K)

$200 “T” Country:

Oral epics were sung by poets & composers known as bakhashi in this central Asian “stan” nation.

Rob: “What is Kazakhstan?” (-$400)
Paula: “What is Turkmenistan?” ($1400)

$400 Fashion Sense:

Keep the sun off your face w/ this accessory whose name’s from Old Italian for “to shelter from the sun”.

R.J.: “What is a parasol?” ($2400)

$400 “T” Country:

Slightly larger than Texas it borders the Black Sea & the Mediterranean Sea.

Paula: “What is Turkey?” ($1800)

$600 Fashion Sense:

I don’t know why R.J. got away from that category- the answer there was the DD; Paula made the $1K wager.

Appropriate name of the outfit worn by parachutists or of the 1-piece garment inspired by it.

“What is jumpsuit?” was correct.

$800 Fashion Sense:

These baggy knickers worn by some golfers got their name from the 4 inches added for a looser fit.

Paula: “What are plus-fours?” ($3600)

$1K Fashion Sense:

Hot again in 2006 this fabric named for a city in India may “bleed” which softens the look of the stripes & plaids.

R.J.: “What are madras?” ($3400)

$600 “T” Country:

It thrusts out towards Sicily as the northernmost bulge of Africa.

Rob: “What is Tunisia?” ($200)

$800 “T” Country:

It shares dominion over Lake Victoria w/ Kenya & Uganda.

Rob: “What is Tanzania?” ($1K)

$1K “T” Country:

This South Pacific island nation’s ruled by a king & a 30-member legislative assembly.

Rob: “What is Togo?”
R.J.: “What is Tuvalu?” ($2400)

TS: Tonga

$200 Number:

# of steps in the Alcoholics Anonymous program.

R.J.: “What is 12?” ($2600)

$400 Number:

At a sea level water boils at this # of degrees Fahrenheit.

Paula: “What is 212?” ($4K)

$600 Unusual Animal:

Aaargh! Pirata piraticus, 1 of these arachnids, has the starting ability to walk & even run on water.

Rob: “What is a tarantula?”
R.J.: “What is a (wolf) spider?” ($3200)

$800 Unusual Animal:

In 2001 scientists found a new type of this 10-armed cephalopod; it has 2 fins that flap like elephant ears.

Paula: “What is an octopus?” ($3200)
R.J.: “What is a crab?” ($2400)

TS #2: Squid

$200 Structure:

Once essential in hot dry forest weather this type of structure’s less necessary in an age of aircraft & cellphones.

Rob: “What is a guard tower?” (-$800)
Paula: “What is a lookout tower?” ($3K)

TS #3: Fire tower

$400 Structure:

In names of fancy homes there’s Wayne Manor & Gracie this.

Paula: “What is Mansion?” ($3400)

$600 Number:

In the army, # of silver bars a captain has or silver stars a major general has.

R.J.: “What is 2?” ($3K)

$800 Number:

In Mexico a quinceanera is a celebration of a girl’s turning this age.

Rob: “What is 15?”

$1K Number (Jimmy read the clue from Dublin):

“The beauty of Ireland has been summed up in the popular phrase, this many ‘shades of green’.”

TS #4: 40

$600 Structure:

The booth from Checkpoint Charlie is usually called by this 10-letter homey name.

TS #5: Guardhouse

$800 Structure:

Type of building that was the title of a 1981 book by New York Times architecture critic Paul Goldberger.

TS #6: Skyscraper (shared its title w/ a Demi Lovato song)

$1K Structure:

The model of this type of ancient structure partly from the Greek word for “horse” is seen here.

Rob: “What is a hippodrome?”

$1K Unusual Animal (Sarah had the clue inside the Primate Center at Duke Univ.):

“Among the few primates with blue eyes are humans & this type of animal.”

Paula: “What is a lemur?” ($4400)

ATTEMPTED LT: $2K
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2400
TOTAL LT: $4400

CS:
R.J.: $3K/Paula: $4400/Rob: $1K

DJ!:
BEFORE & AFTER
THE FALL
OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE
OF THE SUN
KING JAMES BIBLE
BELT

$400 Fall:

In Feb. ’90 Buster Douglas knocked the mouthpiece (& the stuffing) out of this suddenly ex-heavyweight champ.

Rob: “Who is Mike Tyson?” ($1400)

$800 Fall:

In ’78 though he outweighed Leon Spinks by 27lbs he lost a 15rd decision & the heavyweight title.

NO ONE GOT MUHAMMAD ALI

$1200 Fall:

In ’81 John McEnroe found resistance wasn’t futile & snapped this Swede’s 5yr Wimbledon win streak.

R.J.: “Who is Bjorn Borg?” ($4200)

$1600 Fall:

In 1919 Man O’ War lost his only race to a 100-to-1 shot w/ this apt 5-letter name meaning “to disturb”.

Rob: “What is…Agitate?” (-$200)

TS: Upset

$2K Fall:

In the 10yrs before a loss to Rulon Gardner at the Olympics no one had scored a point vs this sport.’s Alexander Karelin.

R.J.: “What is Greco-Roman wrestling?” ($6200)

$400 Before & After:

Tony Bennett’s tune about a California city ran Spain w/ an iron fist as dictator.

Paula: “What is ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco Franco’?” ($4800)

$400 Roman Empire:

The great-great grandson of Augustus he started fiddling around as Roman emperor at age 16 in 54 A.D.

R.J.: “Who is Nero?” ($6600)

$800 Roman Empire:

Along w/ high shoes called calcei Romans wore this 4-letter outer garment.

Paula: “What is a toga?” ($5600)

$1200 Roman Empire:

Agrippina’s kid this wacky (OK, unbalanced) emperor was killed in 41 A.D. & Uncle Claudius took over.

R.J.: “Who is Caligula?” ($7800)

$1600 Roman Empire:

The 31 B.C. naval Battle of Actium pitted Octavius vs this man whose suicide w/ his lover a yr later became legendary.

Paula: “Who is Antony?” ($7200)

$2K Roman Empire:

From the Greek for “Phoenician” this word described the 3 Roman vs Carthage wars; Rome went 3-0.

Paula: “What is Punic?” ($9200)

$400 Sun:

Though it’s a medium-sized star the Sun’s classified as a yellow 1 of these peewees.

Paula: “What is dwarf?” ($9600)

$800 Sun:

In 1843 Heinrich Schwabe noted the # of these dark areas varies in a periodic cycle.

Paula: “What are sunspots?” ($10,400)

$1200 Sun:

In 1939 Hans Bethe calculated how much energy the Sun puts out as hydrogen atoms join together by this process.

R.J.: “What is nuclear fusion?” ($9K)

$1600 Sun:

Answer: 1st of this rd.’s DDs– R.J. bet a third.

It’s not a beer for sunbathers but the region whose gases become the solar wind.

“What is corona?”- ding.

$2K Sun:

Also a type of oven it’s the zone where the Sun’s energy is circulated to its surface.

R.J.: “What is microwave?” ($10K)
Paula: “What is convection?” ($12,400)

$800 Before & After:

’72 Marlon Brando film set in France in which he decided to live “the simple life” as an heiress.

Rob: “Uh- what is ‘Last Tango in Paris…” (-$1K)
Paula: “What is ‘Last Tango in Paris Hilton’?” ($13,200)

$1200 Before & After:

The confederacy’s top general traded in Traveller to head up Chrysler in the ’80s.

Rob: “What is Robert E. Lee Iacocca?” ($200)

$1600 Before & After:

That was the wk’s final DD– he went for a thou.

A Supreme Court justice found You Can’t Go Home Again as this author.

“What is Clarence Thomas Wolfe?”…he was right.

$2K Before & After:

U.S. advocate for women’s rights & the abolition of slavery who sang “All the Young Dudes”.

TS: Lucretia Mott the Hoopie

Time ran out on:
King James Bible: $1200
Belt: $800 & $1200

TECH. TS: $2K (King James Bible)
ATTEMPTED TS: $1600 (The Fall)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2800
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6400

Pre-Final S:
R.J.: $12,800/Paula: $15,200/Rob: $1200 (OUT)

CORYAT SCORES:
R.J.: $11,400/Paula: $14,800/Rob: $1800

FJ!: POEM TITLES

This poem said “For all averred I had killed the bird that made the breeze to blow”.

ROB: “What is ‘Rime of Ancient Mariner’?” (FINISHED AT $0)
R.J.: “What is ‘Rime of the Ancient Mariner’?” (DOUBLE) = $25,600
PAULA: “What is ‘the Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner’?” (the exact title was “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” by Samuel Taylor Coleridge; leaving out the “the” just before “Ancient Mariner” was unacceptable) = $25,601

“JEOPARDY!” 12/14/23

JR:
IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF HISTORY
TENNIS-Y WILLIAMS
LITERATURE
STATE OF THE COLLEGE
IT’S ALL RELATIVE
A PROVERBIAL MESS

Garrett (1800) while climbing up In the Footsteps to History stops on the TDD up the middle in 3 choices; Yungsheng’s off to a -1K beginning & Andrew hasn’t scored as of yet.

Starting at the Boston Common & ending at the Bunker Hill Monument is this 2-word path.

“What is the Minuteman Trail?”…not the 1- it would be the Freedom Trail.

HS:
Garrett: 1400/Yungsheng: 4200

Yungsheng runs A Proverbial Mess.

ATTEMPTED LT: 1200 (200 & 1K State of the College Clues)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 1K
TOTAL LT: 2200

CS:
Garrett: 2400/Yungsheng: 5400/Andrew: 2K

DJ!:
BROWNIAN NOTIONS
SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT
THE SEA’S BOUNTY
A MATTER OF “LIFE” OR “DEATH”
HELL
HIGH WATER

1600 Brownian Notion:

Before he became U.K. PM he said economic & “environmental objectives now…reinforce each other”.

Andrew: “Who is Gordon Brown?” (3600)

1200 Brownian Notion:

He said he knew “slave-holders” wouldn’t give up their slaves “till they felt a big stick about their heads”.

Yungsheng: “Who is John Brown?” (6600)

1600 Scene From An Italian Restaurant:

Mookie threw a trash can through the window of Sal’s Famous Pizzeria in Brooklyn in this 1989 film.

Yungsheng: “What is ‘Do the Right Thing’?” (8200)

1200 Sea’s Bounty:

Boquerones, which are these, are a favorite on tapas in Spain; they’ve fallen out of favor on American pizzas.

Andrew: “What are anchovies?” (4800)

1200 Science From An Italian Restaurant:

Danny Aiello awkwardly proposed to Cher in an Italian restaurant in this ’87 film.

Yungsheng: “What is ‘Moonlight’?” (7K)
Andrew: “What is ‘Moonstruck’?” (6K)

1600 “Life” or “Death”:

Though they sound like they sit on the beach they’re the senior British army regiment & 1st saw action in the 1600s.

TS: Life Guards

1600 Hell:

This French existentialist’s play “No Exit” posited hell is other people.

Andrew: “Who is (Jean-Paul) Sartre?” (7600)

1200 Hell:

Oh crap- it’s TDD time again.

Milton used this word for the capital of Hell; now it means wild confusion.

“What is pandemonium?”…good 1.

1600 High Water:

A dam collapse in this state led to the deadly 1889 Johnstown Flood.

NOBODY GOT PENNSYLVANIA

2K Brownian Notion:

That answer’s DD #2– Andrew’s betting 5K.

She ran Vanity Fair & the Daily Beast but said “I didn’t see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright”.

“Who is Tina Brown?”…right.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 400 (A Matter of “Life” or “Death”)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 3200
TOTAL DJ! LT: 3600

Pre-Final S:
Garrett: 4800 (CAN’T WIN)/Yungsheng: 18,600/Andrew: 26,600

CORYAT SCORES:
Garrett: 6600/Andrew: 17,200

FJ!: BUSINESS

Of the big 4 U.S. airlines, the 4 that each have over 15% of the domestic market, it’s the youngest.

GARRETT: “What is Delta?” (FINISHES AT 0)
YUNGSHENG: “What is Southwest?” (DOUBLE) = 37,200
ANDREW: AGREED W/…GARRETT = 15,999

“JEOPARDY!” 12/14/06

Challengers:
R.J. Lesch (Adel, IA): Programmer
Ann Fletcher (Bristol, TN): Tech. writer

JR:
ANIMALS
INAPPROPRIATE TEAM NAMES
ENERGY
20th CENTURY PEOPLE
THE BEST LITTLE “WARE”HOUSE
IN TEXAS

$200 Inappropriate Team Name:

This NBA team name made sense when they were in Minnesota; they should now change their name to “The Smog”.

R.J.: “What is L.A. Lakers?”

$400 Inappropriate Team Name:

This NBA team name worked for New Orleans; they should now consider calling themselves the “Salt Lakers”.

Cory: “What is Utah Jazz?”

$600 Inappropriate Team Name:

This MLB team was given its name because teams had to elude trolleys; since moving they should be called “The Gridlocks”.

Cory: “What is Los Angeles Dodgers?” ($1K)

$800 Inappropriate Team Name:

In Atlanta this NHL team’s fiery name harked back to Gen. Sherman; all Canadians should now call ’em “The Ice”.

R.J.: “What is Calgary Flames?” ($1K)

$1K Inappropriate Team Name:

This NBA team had that type of bear in Canada; now that they moved they should be called “The Elvises”.

R.J.: “Who are the Memphis Grizzlies?” ($2K)

$200 Animal:

This bird’s whooping call is said to carry 2 miles & its courtship displays incl. a leaping dance.

R.J.: “What is whooping crane?” ($2200)

$400 Animal (Jimmy read the clue at Old World in Wisconsin):

“This is the name of a cow that is less than 3 years old that hasn’t given birth; Zeus turned Io into a white one.”

Cory: “What is a heifer?” ($1400)

$600 Animal:

We’d like to see David Blaine vs. this flightless bird in a breath-holding contest (some can go 22min underwater).

R.J.: “What is penguin?” ($2800)

$800 Animal:

This “demonic” marsupial’s extinct from the Aussie mainland but still lives close by.

Ann: “What is Tasmanian devil?”

$1K Animal:

It’s the amused African mammal heard here.

R.J.: “What is hyena?” ($3800)

$200 Energy:

Of northeast, northwest, southeast or southwest, the area that has ¾ of the USA’s oil-heated homes.

Ann: “What is northeast?” ($1K)

$400 Energy:

Kazakhstan & Australia combine to mine half of the world’s production of this element needed for nuclear power.

Cory: “What is uranium?” ($1800)

$600 Energy:

The EPA’s cleaning up truck & bus exhaust by cutting the sulfur content in this fuel by 97%.

R.J.: “What is diesel?” ($4400)

$800 Energy:

This type of proposed “farm” off Nantucket has opponents concerned it’ll ruin the view.

Cory: “What is a wind farm?” ($2600)

$1K Energy:

The 1st half ended w/ the DD– all he wagered was $600.

2/3 of the world’s steel is produced using this as fuel.

“What is natural gas?”…nope- coal.

$200 20th c. People:

This humorist & vaudevillian was found of saying “All I know is just what I read in the papers”.

R.J.: “Who is Joe E. Lewis?” ($4200)
Ann: “Who is Will Rogers?” ($1200)

$400 20th c. People:

He followed up Sexual Behavior in the Human Male w/ Sexual Behavior in the Human Female in 1953.

Cory: “Who is Alfred Kinsey?” ($2400)

$600 20th c. People:

On her death in 2006 she became the 1st woman to lie in state at the Capitol in Atlanta.

Cory: “Who is Rosa Parks?” ($1800)
Ann: “Who is Coretta Scott King?” ($1800)

$800 20th c. People:

This sister who inspired Eunice Shriver to found the Special Olympics died in 2005 at the age of 86.

TS: Rosemary Kennedy

$1K 20th c. People:

9yrs before Mandela & de Klerk this South African clergyman won the Nobel Peace Prize.

Ann: “Who is Desmond Tutu?” ($2800)

$200 Texas:

The USA’s 1st domed sports stadium opened in this city in ’65.

R.J.: “What is Houston?” ($4400)

$400 Texas:

A group of about 155 rebels in TX confronted by Mexican forces retreated into this stronghold Feb. 23, 1836.

Cory: “What is the Alamo?” ($2200)

$600 Texas:

At 825K acres Texas’ King Ranch is bigger than this U.S. state!

R.J.: “What is Rhode Island?” ($5K)

$800 Texas:

Texas’ state insect is this “royal” flyer.

Ann: “What is a kingfisher?” ($2K)
R.J.: “What is the monarch butterfly?” ($5800)

$1K Texas:

The expedition of this Spanish conquistador crossed the Rio Grande & explored Texas in 1541.

R.J.: “What is Coronado?” ($6800)

$200 “Ware”:

Plastic containers for leftover food that are fit for a “party”.

Ann: “What is Tupperware?” ($2200)

$400 “Ware”:

1-word term for computer programs distributed w/o charge.

Cory: “What is freeware?” ($2600)

$600 “Ware”:

1 of the original 13 colonies.

R.J.: “What is Delaware?” ($7400)

$800 “Ware”:

Warning! It preceded “the Jabberwock” in a Lewis Carroll poem.

Cory: “What is ‘Beware’?” ($3400)

$1K “Ware”:

Not conscious of

Cory: “What is unaware?” ($4400)

SOLE TS: $800 (20th c. People)

CS:
Cory: $4400/Ann: $2200/R.J.: $7400

DJ!:
OCEANOGRAPHY
CELL BLOCK CINEMA
CLASSICAL COMPOSERS
MOVERS & QUAKERS
EPIC POEMS AS COUNTRY SONGS
YOU SAID A MOUTHFUL!

Cory ($11,200) got his 2nd DD of the game inside the $1600 Cell Block Cinema window, a thou more than R.J.; Ann was 3rd w/ $5K. Cory risked $1K.

The scenes of Perry Smith being interviewed in jail in this ’05 film were shot in Manitoba, not in Kansas.

No response- what was “Capote”? Cory ($14,600) opened DD #2 courtesy of the $1600 Oceanography, followed by R.J.’s $11,400 & Ann’s $8600. Cory bet $1.5K.

William & Mary’s marine science school has an Estuarine Research Reserve on this biggest U.S. estuary.

“What is Chesapeake Bay?”…that’s got it.

SOLE DJ! TS: $1200 (Classical Composers)

Pre-Final S:
Cory: $16.5K/Ann: $12,200/R.J.: $13,800
CORY’S CORYAT: $18,200

FJ!: WORD ODDITIES

This Britishism, a homophone of a letter in the alphabet, has 1 consonant followed by a line of 4 vowels.

ANN: “What is queue?” ($7800) = $20K
R.J.: EXACTLY THE SAME QUESTION ($12K) = $25,800
CORY: “What is Hualo” ($11,100) = $5400

“JEOPARDY!” 12/13/23

JR:
SCIENCE
WESTERN TV SHOWS
HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES
NAME THAT CARMAKER
SLANG FOR LIQUOR
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT’S…

200 Name That Carmaker:

You can truck in its Tacoma all the way to Yakima.

Tyler: “What is Toyota?”

400 Name That Carmaker:

There’s 1 U in Outback & 2 in its name.

Ed: “What is Subaru?”

600 Sherlock Holmes:

In The Adventure of the Speckled Band Holmes figured out the title killer was 1 of these deadly creatures.

Emma: “What is a snake?”

600 Name That Carmaker:

Its C40 Recharge is less boxy than some of its Swedish predecessors.

Tyler: “What is VOLVO?” (800)

800 Name That Carmaker:

Its Cayenne puts some pepper in your step.

Tyler: “What is Porsche?” (1600)

1K Name That Carmaker:

Its name implies you’ll drive the QX55 forever.

Tyler: “What is INFINTI?” (2600)

200 Slang for Liquor:

Bearnaise or A.1. for example.

Ed: “What is sauce?” (600)

400 Sherlock Holmes:

Gregson, Lestrade, Hopkins & Jones wasn’t a law firm; they were guys who sought Holmes’ hopes for this “national” agency.

Ed: “What is Scotland Yard?” (1K)

800 Sherlock Holmes:

In The Musgrave Ritual Holmes recovered the last crown of this king deposed in 1649.

Ed: “Who is Charles I?” (1800)

1K Sherlock Holmes:

This kindly landlady was 1st mentioned by name in the 2nd Holmes story The Sign of the Four.

Ed: “Who is Mrs. Hudson?” (2800)

200 Sherlock Holmes:

Holmes figured out the killer in Black Peter must’ve been strong- the victim was “pinned like a beetle” by this whaling weapon.

Ed: “What is a harpoon?” (3K)

600 Western TV Show:

This actor had been on the right side of the law as Seth Bullock in “Deadwood” & Raylan Givens in “Justified”.

Tyler: “Who is Timothy Olyphant?” (3200)

800 Western TV Show:

Acc. to good ol’ Hoss Cartwright on this show “Anything will taste good when you’re hungry enough”.

Ed: “What is ‘Bonanza’?” (3800)

1K Western TV Show:

A Paramount+ series follows this black lawman of the Wild West who in real life apprehended more than 3K outlaws incl. his son.

TS: Bass Reeves

400 Western TV Show:

In 1966 this man stepped down from hosting the Western “Death Valley Days” to focus on his campaign for governor.

Emma: “Who is Reagan?” (1K)

400 Slang for Liquor:

Lewis Carroll coined chortle by combining chuckle & this word.

TS: Snort

600 Slang for Liquor:

On film “Turner’s” canine partner.

Tyler: “Who is ‘Hooch’?” (3800)

800 Slang for Liquor:

It can come before “sander” & after “bible”.

Emma: “What is belt?” (1800)

1K Slang for Liquor:

Most Hawaiian Punch labels say “contains 3%” this.

Emma: “What is juice?” (2800)

200 Western TV Show:

Beth Dutton kidnapped a catholic priest to marry Rip Wheeler on this TV series set in Montana.

Emma: “What is ‘Yellowstone’?” (3K)

200 Science:

The Lumieres’ auto-chrome color photo plate used a layer of dyed starch particles from these vegetables.

Ed: “What are potatoes?” (4K)

400 Science:

Ocean sediment may be made up of coccolithophores, these tiny organisms, 6 billion to the square foot.

Emma: “What are plankton?” (2600)
Tyler: “What are phytoplankton?” (3400)

TS: Algae

600 Science:

Answer: DD– 1K bet by Ed.

During an epidemic of this disease in 1796 Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives.

“What is cholera?”- uh-uh; smallpox.

ATTEMPTED LT: 1400 (400 & 1K Science clues)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 2200
TOTAL LT: 3600

CS:
Tyler: 4800/Emma: 2600/Ed: 3600

JR:
FRENCH CONNECTIONS
WHO’S THE MRS.?
YOUR DAY IN “C”OURT
IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR!
OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER
AD-JECTIVES

Emma (5800) on the 1200 row in It Was An Olympic Year gets DD #1; Tyler’s 1st w/ 6800 & Ed’s 3rd for 4400. She opts for face value.

McKinley won term 1; the Supreme Court ruled on Plessy v. Ferguson.

“What is 1896?”…exactly. Ed (8400) is the finder of DD #2 attached to the 1200 “C”; Tyler’s trying to pull away w/ 15,200 & Emma’s last at 7K. Ed gambles 6K.

This effort to boot a juror can be peremptory or for cause.

He’s blanking- what’s a challenge?

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 800 (Who’s the Mrs.?)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 2800 (800 & 2K Ad-Jectives)
TOTAL DJ! LT: 3600

Pre-Final S:
Tyler: 18,400/Emma: 10,600/Ed: 2800 (OUT)
ED’S CORYAT: 9800

FJ!: MOVIE MUSICALS

Of the musicals to win an OSCAR for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 w/ 1-word titles based on & named for literary characters.

ED: “What is ‘Gigi’?” (DOUBLE) = 5600
EMMA: “What is ‘Oliver!’?” (DOUBLE) = 21,200
TYLER: WENT W/ EMMA (DOUBLE) = 36,800

“JEOPARDY!” 12/13/06

Challengers:
Cory Hartman (Passaic, NJ): Pastor
Tara Kolden (SEA): Editor

JR:
SOUTH AMERICA
STARTS & ENDS WITH W
SHADES OF GREEN
MORE TANGENTIAL ETRUSCAN POTPOURRI
PRESIDENTIAL MONOGRAMS
MOVIES WITHIN MOVIES

HS:
Lorraine & Tara: $1K EACH/Cory: $2800

Lorraine ($3200) picked that DD under the penultimate clue of the rd, the $800 Starts & Ends With W box; Cory was in 1st w/ $5K & Tara was 3rd w/ $2200. This was Lorraine’s $2K answer for the early lead.

To lie in the mud for refreshment; “no time to” do this “in the mire”.

“What is to wallow?”…not nasty in this case.

ATTEMPTED LT: $1200
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $1K (More Tangential Etruscan Potpourri)
TOTAL LT: $2200

CS:
Lorraine: $5200/Tara: $2200/Cory: $6K

DJ!:
AMERICAN ARTISTS
CONAN O’BRIEN
I THINK I’VE HEARD OF “M”
FROM THE LATIN
100,000 REASONS
PLAYS WITHIN PLAYS

$400 Plays Within Plays:

The end of this play found Bialystock & Bloom in Sing Sing rehearsing for “Prisoners of Love”.

Lorraine: “What is ‘The Producers’?” ($5600)

$800 Plays Within Plays:

A Spanish prison was the setting for the play within this musical w/ the songs “Dulcinea” & “The Impossible Dream”.

Cory: “What is ‘Man of La Mancha’?” ($6800)

$400 From the Latin:

Need a little R&R? It’s time for 1 of these from the Latin for “to be free”.

Tara: “What is a vacation?” ($2600)

$800 From the Latin:

Meaning to slip away from confinement or pursuit it’s from the Latin meaning “to get out of one’s cloak”.

Cory: “What is escape?” ($7600)

$1200 From the Latin (Cheryl had the clue while an Omaha zookeeper played w/ a monkey):

“This little fellow weighs about 10 pounds but could grow up to weigh over 250 pounds, making orangutans the largest animals described as this, from the Latin for ‘tree’.”

Cory: “What are arboreals?” ($8800)

$1600 From the Latin:

This 6-syllable synonym for “off the cuff” comes from the Latin for “out of the time”.

Lorraine: “What is extemporaneous?” ($7200)

$2K From the Latin:

The last answer there was a DD– she wagered ½ the face value.

From the Latin for “wedge” it means wedge-shaped writing & we’re not just Babylon.

“Is it cuneiform? What is cuneiform?”…regardless of how she phrased it, she was correct.

$1200 Plays Within Plays:

After a bad performance of the play within a play in this 1896 Chekhov work Trepilov killed a bird.

Lorraine: “What is ‘The Seagull’?” ($9400)

$1600 Plays Within Plays:

Actors at Peter Quince’s house went over “Pyramus & Thisbe” for Hippolyta & Theseus’ wedding in this play.

Cory: “What is ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?” ($10,400)

$2K Plays Within Plays:

Rupert Holmes adapted this unfinished Dickens work into a 1985 play-within-a-play musical.

Lorraine: “What is ‘Edwin Drood’? What is ‘The Mystery of Edwin Drood’?” ($11,400)

$400 American Artist:

This artist’s museum sells a full-size reproduction of his bronze “Coming Through the Rye” for a mere $5K.

Lorraine: “Who is (Frederic) Remington?” ($11,800)

$800 American Artist:

In 2006 the New Mexico museum devoted to her acquired 4 of her nude self-portraits.

Lorraine: “Who is Georgia O’Keeffe?” ($12,600)

$1200 American Artist:

This American expatriate was known for painting children such as the ones seen here.

Cory: “Who is John Singer Sargent?” ($9200)
Tara: “Who is Mary Cassatt?” ($3800)

$1600 American Artist:

Answer there: other DD– she bet $1.5K.

Born 1yr before the Civil War began she died 101yrs later during JFK’s administration.

“Who is Kahlo?”…nope- who was Grandma Moses?

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $1600 (100,000 Reasons)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3600
TOTAL LT: $5200

Pre-Final S:
Lorraine: $15,800/Tara: $4300/Cory: $15,200

CORYAT SCORES:
Lorraine: $15,600/Tara: $5800

FJ!: UNIVERSITY GEOGRAPHY

Around 1830 the 1st catholic priest ordained in the U.S. obtained land in this state where a university now stands.

TARA: “What is Illinois?” ($1K) = $3300
CORY: “What is Indiana?” (Notre Dame)($14K) = $29,200
LORRAINE: “What is Virginia?” ($15,199) = $601

“JEOPARDY!” 12/12/23

JR:
HAVE YOU 8?
AUTO RACING
BLACK MYSTERY & CRIME FICTION
ANIMALS
SOUNDS KINDA “IFF”-Y
I’M ABSOLUTELY SURE

Gary (600) chooses the DD under the 600 Have You 8? clue; Henry’s the early leader w/ 1K.

The 8 ranks in this 8-letter biological classification system start w/ domain & end w/ species.

“What is the binomial system?”…down to 0 he goes- what is taxonomy?

HS:
Gary: 800/Julia: 2800/Henry: 2K

TECH. TS: 800 (“Iff”)
ATTEMPTED TS: 800 (Animals)

CS:
Gary: 3800/Julia: 4400/Henry: 4800

DJ!:
YES, I’VE ETON
“SEINFELD” BEFORE & AFTER
ANATOM”E”
STICKY STUFF
McPEOPLE
WORDS OF PEACE

Julia (4400) meets DD #1 w/ the 1600 McPeople; Henry’s 2nd w/ 5600 & Gary’s on top w/ 8600. She wagers 4K.

Today an asteroid bears the name of this New Hampshire teacher.

“Who is…(James) McGill?”…no- who was Christa McAuliffe (who died because of being involved in the Challenger disaster)? Gary (10,200) hears the 2K Words of Peace & there comes DD #2 3 clues later; Julia stands at 1600. Gary risks 3K.

When the Eagle landed in 1969 this 11-letter word of peace was mentioned.

“What is tranquility?”…he’s correct.

ATTEMPTED DJ! LT: 4400

Pre-Final S:
Gary: 20,800 (LOCK)/Julia: 1600/Henry: 9600

CORYAT SCORES:
Gary: 20,400/Julia: 5600

FJ!: AMERICAN LITERATURE

Chapter 100 of this novel introduced the 1-armed Captain Boomer of the Samuel Enderby.

ALL RIGHT W/ “WHAT IS MOBY-DICK?”

Final bets:
JULIA: 800 = 2400
HENRY: 1234 = 10,834
GARY (after saying thanks to mom): 12 = 20,812

“JEOPARDY!” 12/12/06

Challengers:
Perry Gentry (ATL): HS religion teacher
Lorraine Mariz (Ojai): Coffeehouse owner

JR:
THE 1850s
COLLEGE SPORTS
NOT TO BE CONFUSED
STATE THE STATE
ASIAN-AMERICAN FIRSTS
I LOVE YOU GUYS

$200 Asian-American First:

The 1st Asian-American U.S. senator was Hiram Fong, who began representing this state in 1959.

Christian: “What is Hawaii?”

$400 Asian-American First:

Too soon to see that DD.

In ’93 this person became the 1st Asian-American to anchor a major network TV newscast.

“Who is Connie Chung?”…known for being married to Maury Povich, correct.

$600 Asian-American First:

The 1st Asian-American to command a U.S. combat battalion was Young Oak Kim during this war.

Christian: “What is the Korean War?” ($600)
Lorraine: “What is WWII?”

$800 Asian-American First:

The 1st Asian to win an acting OSCAR was Haing Ngor, Best Supporting Actor for this ’84 film.

Christian: “What is ‘The Killing Fields’?” ($1400)

$1K Asian-American First:

Sadly Ellison Onizuka, the 1st Asian-American in space, was on this 1986 shuttle flight.

Christian: “What is Challenger?” ($2400)

$200 1850s:

Playwright George Aiken dramatized this Stowe book & 1st performed it at Troy, NY on Sept. 27, 1852.

Christian: “What is Uncle Tom’s Cabin?” ($2600)

$400 1850s:

In 1857 this husband of Queen Victoria was given the title Prince Consort.

Perry: “Who is Prince Albert?”

$600 1850s:

Carolers at Christmastime 1855 1st sang this song whose title preceded “Glory to the newborn King”.

Christian: “What is ‘Hark! The Herald Angels Sing’?” ($3200)

$800 1850s:

In 1852 Schleswig was made a part of this Scandinavian nation; in 1864 it was lost to Prussia & Austria.

Lorraine: “What is Denmark?” ($1400)

$1K 1850s:

In 1852 this singer named her accompanist Otto Goldschmidt in Boston while touring America.

Lorraine: “Who is Jenny Lind?” ($2400)

$200 State the State:

Colby cheese was 1st made there & was named for a town there.

Christian: “What is Vermont?” ($3K)
Lorraine: “What is England?” ($2200)
Perry: “What is Wisconsin?” ($600)

$400 State the State:

“Balmer” is the local pronunciation of the largest city in this state.

Perry: “What is Maryland?” ($1K)

$600 State the State:

Shots like the 1 seen here show you why it’s the “Evergreen State”.

Lorraine: “What is Washington?” ($2800; 1st break taken here)

$800 State the State:

Republicans Sam Brownback & Pat Roberts are its senate delegation.

Christian: “What is Kansas?” ($3800)

$1K State the State:

Aside from 3 west coast states it was the westernmost state of the lower 48 won by Kerry in 2004.

Christian: “What is New Mexico?” ($2800)
Lorraine: “What is Arizona?” ($1800)

TS: Minnesota

$200 College Sports:

In 1996 this Stanford golfer won the NCAA title; the following yr he won the Masters.

Christian: “Who is Tiger Woods?” ($3K)

$400 College Sports:

The 2005 championship in this sport was held in Stowe, VT; the ’06 event, in Steamboat Springs, CO.

Lorraine: “What is skiing?” ($2200)

$600 College Sports:

From 1966-2006 this Big Ten football coach won a record 21 bowl games incl. the ’06 Orange Bowl against Florida St.

Christian: “Who is Joe Paterno?” ($3600)

$800 College Sports:

Chad Fox was 1 of only 2 men to win any NCAA gymnastics event 4 straight yrs; his specialty was this “leaping” 1.

Lorraine: “What is the vault?” ($3K)

$1K College Sports:

As of Dec. 2006 2 college players rushed for more than 2300yds in a season; Barry Sanders & this USC back, later a Raider.

Christian: “Who is Marcus Allen?” ($4600)

$200 I Love You:

Ich liebe dich

Perry: “What is German?” ($1200)

$400 I Love You:

Ya vas lyublyu

Christian: “What is Russian?” ($5K)

$600 I Love You:

Jag alskar dig

Christian: “What is Norse?” ($4400)
Lorraine: “What is Danish?” ($2400)
Perry: “What is Swedish?” ($1800)

$800 I Love You:

Wo ie ni

Perry: “What is Hawaiian?” ($1K)
Lorraine: “What is Chinese?” ($3200)

$1K I Love You:

Yr wyf i’n dy garu di

Christian: “What is Klingon?” ($3400)

TS #2: Welsh

$200 Not to Be Confused:

Pepsi Cola is a beverage; Pensacola is a seaport in this state.

Perry: “What is Florida?” ($1200)

$400 Not to Be Confused:

Before entering a chateau you might remove your chapeau, which is 1 of these.

Christian: “What is a hat?” ($3800)

$600 Not to Be Confused:

Anesthesia is something you get before surgery; Anastasia was the youngest daughter of this Russian empress.

Christian: “Who is Caterina?” ($3200)
Lorraine: “Who is Alexandra?” ($3800)

$800 Not to Be Confused:

A kugel is a crusty baked pudding; kegling is another name for this game.

TS #3: Bowling

$1K Not to Be Confused:

Alimony is what you pay to an ex; this is a brittle silvery-white metallic element, atomic no. 51.

Christian: “What is antimony?” ($4200)

ATTEMPTED LT: $2K
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: $800 (Not to Be Confused)
TOTAL LT: $2800

CS:
Christian: $4200/Lorraine: $3800/Perry: $1200

DJ!:
WORDS IN SCIENCE
GAME SHOW HOSTS
CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS
POETS & POETRY
THERE’S SOMETHING ABOUT MARY
“OX” MARKS THE SPOT

$400 Churches & Cathedrals:

The most-visited Catholic shrine in the Americas is Mexico’s Basilica of Our Lady of this.

Perry: “What is Guadalupe?” ($1600)

$800 Churches & Cathedrals:

In 1980 Dr. Robert Schuller dedicated this 10K-window glass edifice in Garden Grove, CA.

Christian: “What is Crystal Cathedral?” ($5K)

$1200 Churches & Cathedrals:

In 1974 Relms Cathedral added stained-glass windows by this Russian-born artist.

Christian: “Who is (Marc) Chagall?” ($6200)

$1600 Churches & Cathedrals (Kelly had the clue):

“London’s Temple Church was built by the crusading Knights Templar to resemble this Jerusalem church on Jesus’ burial site.”

Christian: “What is the Church of the Holy Sepulchre?” ($7800)

$2K Churches & Cathedrals:

In Ulm, Germany the tallest spire in the world rises 528ft above a cathedral built in this style.

Lorraine: “What is gothic?” ($5800)

$400 Poets & Poetry:

Though born in San Francisco he was best known for his verse dealing w/ New England life as in “North of Boston”.

Christian: “Who is Robert Frost?” ($8200)

$800 Poets & Poetry:

“In Flanders Fields” these flowers “blow/between the crosses, row on row”.

Christian: “What are pansies?” ($7400)
Perry: “What are cornflowers?” ($800)
Lorraine: “What are poppies?” ($6600)

$1200 Poets & Poetry:

Gloriana was the title character in this epic poem by Edmund Spenser.

Lorraine: “What is ‘The Faerie Queene’?” ($7800)

$1600 Poets & Poetry:

Answer: DD– she wagered a g-bar also.

This British poet wrote “That’s my last duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive”.

“Who is Robert Browning?”…she under-wagered because she was right.

$2K Poets & Poetry:

Romantic poet who wrote “St. Agnes’s Eve– ah, bitter chill it was! The owl, for all his feathers, was a-cold”.

Christian: “Who is (Edward) Lear?” ($5400)
Perry: “Who is Keats?” ($2800)

$400 Mary:

She was the only 1st lady whose 1st name was Mary.

Christian: “Who is Mary Todd Lincoln?” ($5800)

$800 Mary:

Nickname of Ms. Mallon, who infected at least 50 people w/ a certain disease between 1900-1915; 3 died.

Christian: “What is ‘Typhoid Mary’?” ($6600)

$1200 Mary:

Her 1875 book would ultimately be named Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.

Christian: “Who is Mary Baker Eddy?” ($7800)

$1600 Mary:

In 1959 she found the skull of a human-like creature that lived about 1.75Myrs ago in Olduvai Gorge.

Christian: “Who is Mary Leakey?” ($9400)

$2K Mary:

This 19th c. author’s maiden name was Godwin.

Christian: “Who is Mary Shelley?” ($11,400)- RAN THAT

$400 “Ox”:

It makes up about 21% of the air we breathe.

Lorraine: “What is oxygen?” ($9200)

$800 “Ox”:

International relief organization founded in England.

Perry: “What is Oxfam?” ($3600)

$1200 “Ox”:

“Deafening silence” for example.

Christian: “What is oxymoron?” ($12,600)

$1200 Game Show Host:

This TV game show producer also hosted “This is Your Life” & “Truth or Consequences”.

NOBODY GOT RALPH EDWARDS

$1200 Word in Science:

Hydrogen molecules are formed by this type of bond in which 2 atoms share a pair of electrons.

Lorraine: “What is covalent?” ($10,400)

$1600 “Ox”:

Pacific coast California city in Ventura Co.

Lorraine: “What is Oxnard?” ($12K)

$2K “Ox”:

“Incident”ly it’s a U-shaped piece of wood placed around the neck of a beast of burden.

Lorraine: “What is oxen?” ($10K)

TS #2: Oxbow

$1600 Game Show Host:

He played Danny Tanner on “FULL HOUSE” & had his hands full as host of the game show “1 vs. 100”.

Christian: “Who is Dave Coulier?” ($11K)
Lorraine: “Who is Bob Saget?” ($11,600)

$2K Game Show Host:

Nicknamed the “Queen of Mean” she hosted both the American & British versions of “Weakest Link”; goodbye!

Christian: “Who is Robinson?” ($13K)

$2K Word in Science (Jimmy read the clue from a lab):

Because the structure of oil doesn’t allow certain bonds it’s called this type of molecule from words meaning “fear of water”.

TS #3: Hydrophobic

$1600 Word in Science:

Answer was DD #2– $1300 was put on the line.

A common word for polymers; in physics it means material that can be deformed & keep its new shape.

“What is plastic?”…on point.

$800 Word in Science:

In astronomy Ptolemy’s geometric model gave way to the Copernican 1 described by this adjective.

Lorraine: “What is heliocentric?” ($12,400)

$800 Game Show Host:

Among the many game shows hosted by this man was 1 called “How’s Your Mother-In-Law?”.

Christian: “Who is Wink Martindale?” ($15,100)

$400 Game Show Host:

An aggressive “60 MINUTES” interviewer, back in the ’50s he hosted “Guess Again” & “The Big Surprise”.

Lorraine: “Who is Mike Wallace?” ($12,800)

$400 Word in Science:

The opposite of antibiotic, it’s a term for healthful bacteria in yogurt.

Lorraine: “What is macrobiotic?” ($12,400)

TS #4: Probiotic

ATTEMPTED LT: $2400
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3200
TOTAL DJ! LT: $5600

Pre-Final S:
Christian: $15,100/Lorraine: $12,400/Perry: $3600

CORYAT SCORES:
Christian: $14,800/Lorraine: $13K

FJ!: CHIEF JUSTICES

He wrote if a person in custody “cannot afford an attorney, one will be appointed for him…if he so desires”.

PERRY: “Who is Warren Burger” ($3599) = $1
LORRAINE: “Who is Dou(glas)” ($5202) = $7198
PERRY: “Who is Burger?” (Correct: Who was Earl Warren?) = $5399

“JEOPARDY!” 12/11/23

Emma Saltzberg ($54,199 as 3d champiene)
Donesh (won $28,400 in the 1st ep. under the CBS Media Ventures banner & was the last champ before Brian Chang showed up)
Amal Dorai ($43,200 as 2d champ early in Dr. Oz’s run as sub-host)

JR:
GOT YOUR NAME TAG?
IT’S THE GENEVA CONVENTION
MUSIC OF CANADA
HYDROLOGY
CIRCLE TIME
F-STOP

It’s been all Amal (4600) & he finds that DD back of the 600 Hydrology clue, the 7th choice of the rd; he’ll wager 3K.

The gradual movement of water through porous openings in rock or soil, it’s also a way to make coffee.

“What is percolate?”…acceptable for percolation.

HS:
Amal: 7800/Donesh: 3200

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 1K (Circle Time)
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 800 (Music of Canada)

CS:
Amal: 8600/Donesh: 4600/Emma: 2200

DJ!:
THE COUNTRY’S UNKNOWN SOLDIER…
DIRECTORS’ 1ST FEATURES
7 DEADLY SIN-ONYMS
HOME ON THE RANGE
ARTS
CRAFTS

Amal (10,600) gets his 2nd DD of the day on the 1600 line in Arts; Donesh’s 2nd w/ 7800 & Emma’s last w/ 3800. Amal re-bets 3K.

The full title of this modernist Stravinsky ballet incl. “Pictures From Pagan Russia In Two Parts”.

“What is ‘Swan Lake’?”…not that- what was “The Rite of Spring”? Emma (9K) claims the final DD assigned to the 1200 7 Deadly Sin-onym; Amal’s 10,800 means he’s now 2nd to Donesh’s 11K. Emma goes for the tie.

“Pride” synonym paired w/ The Id in a Freud title.

“Uh, what is Ego?”…that was it.

DJ! LT: 6400

Pre-Final S:
Amal: 11,200/Donesh: 12,600/Emma: 15K

CORYAT SCORES:
Amal: 11,800/Emma: 14,200

FJ!: 20th CENTURY LITERATURE

Thomas Pynchon wrote this novelist “in 1948 understood that despite the axis defeat…fascism had not gone away”.

AMAL: “Who is Orwell?” (DOUBLE) = 22,400
DONESH: “Who is (Philip) Roth?” (BUSTED)
EMMA: AGREED W/…AMAL = 25,201

“JEOPARDY!” 12/11/06

Challengers:
Robin Pelkey (orig. from Kamuela, HI): Law student
John Gershkoff (Ft Lauderdale): Realtor

JR:
HISTORICAL NOVELS
SEQUELITIS
OFFICIAL LANGUAGES
THE DUKES OF HAZARD
KITCHEN: IMPOSSIBLE
YOU’VE GOT OUR NUMBER

$200 Kitchen: Impossible:

Your mission, should you choose to accept it: find this fungus used in pate de fois gras- a pig’s provided.

Christian: “What is a truffle?”

$400 Kitchen: Impossible:

Your Austrian contact will be this chef; his 1st name leads to his code name- Mozart.

Robin: “Who is Wolfgang Puck?”

$600 Kitchen: Impossible:

Jim, you must remove certain organs of this rhyming species of puffer fish as they contain a deadly poison.

Christian: “What is fugu?” ($800)

$800 Kitchen: Impossible:

Beware this food network woman, Jim; she’s been known to limit her meals to 30min.

Robin: “Who is Rachael Ray?” ($1200)

$1K Kitchen: Impossible:

This “airy” 7-letter French dessert may be chilled, baked or frozen & use liqueurs but if agitated may destruct in 5sec.

Christian: “What is a souffle?” ($1800)

$200 Sequelitis:

Sandra returned; Keanu passed on the watery “Cruise Control” sequel to this ’94 thrill-fest.

John: “What is ‘SPEED’?”

$200 Official Languages:

In Colombia: this

Christian: “What is Spanish?” ($2K)

$400 Sequelitis:

The killer in the “Revenge” sequel to this movie ate 1 Brody off Amity Island, then looked for more of ’em in the Bahamas.

John: “What is ‘JAWS’?” ($600)

$400 Official Languages:

In Brazil: this

Robin: “What is Portuguese?” ($1600)

$600 Official Languages:

In Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz & this

John: “What is Russian?” ($1200)

$800 Official Languages:

The answer there was the 1st TDD of the wk.

In Chad: French & this

“What is English?”- nope; Arabic.

$1K Official Languages:

In Fiji: this

John: “What is French?”
Christian: “What is English?” ($3K)

$600 Sequelitis:

Jackie Mason played miniature golf in the ’88 sequel to this madcap comedy.

Christian: “What is ‘Caddyshack’?” ($3600)

$800 Sequelitis:

It was Burkittsville redux as 4 Boston students stumbled on the Book of Shadows in a sequel to this ’99 flick.

Christian: “What is ‘The Blair Witch Project’?” ($4400)

$1K Sequelitis:

Adrian Zmed took us back to Rydell High & saw familiar faces like Didi Conn in the ’82 sequel to this film.

Christian: “What is ‘GREASE’?” ($5400)

$200 Number:

An editor of Forbes‘ 2006 list of the World’s Richest People said this “just isn’t what it used to be”.

John: “What is a million dollars?” (-$1200)
Christian: “What is a billion dollars?” ($5600)

$400 Number:

Use a pedometer to try to reach the goal of this many steps a day, the usual number given to maintain long-term health.

Christian: “What is 10,000?” ($6K)

$600 Number:

We’re sure you’ve scored well above this in standard IQ tests; it generally indicates average for 1’s age.

Christian: “What is 100?” ($6600)

$800 Number:

The SCHWINN Continental, introduced in 1960, had this many gears.

John: “What is 3?” (-$2K)
Christian: “What is 10?” ($7400)

$1K Number:

The EPA doesn’t want kids breathing air w/ more carbon monoxide than 9 parts per this.

Christian: “What is million?” ($8400)- SWEEP

CS:
Christian: $10,800/John: -$1K/Robin: $3400

DJ!:
JORDAN
MAGIC
BIRD
PISTOL PETE
THE BIG “O”
SALUTE TO THE NBA

$400 “O”:

This branch of medicine deals w/ women during pregnancy & labor after childbirth.

John: “What is obstetrics?” (-$600)

$800 “O”:

As opposed to oriental this 10-letter word refers to the west.

Christian: “What is occidental?” ($11,600)

$1200 “O”:

Captain Beefheart was said to have a range of 4.5 of these.

Christian: “What are octaves?” ($12,800)

$1600 “O”:

Some “languish in” this word that means “darkness” or “indistinctness”.

Robin: “What is obscurity?” ($5K)

$2K “O”:

A long vehicle for passengers or an anthology of articles related to a subject.

1ST TS OF GAME: Omnibus

$400 Jordan:

Around 106 A.D. Jordan became part of this empire’s province of Arabia.

Christian: “What is the Roman Empire?” ($13,200)

$400 NBA:

No arrests were made after John Stockton left the NBA w/ a record 3265 of these.

John: “What are steals?” (-$200)

$800 NBA:

Among the records he held upon retiring were most regular-season pts & 5762 playoff pts.

Christian: “Who is Wilt Chamberlain?” ($12,400)

TS: Kareem

$1200 NBA:

This man pulled down 11 championship rings as a coach & player for the Celtics.

Christian: “Who is Bill Russell?” ($13,600)

$1600 NBA:

In ’74 & ’76 this forward let the Nets to the ABA championship & in ’83 he led the 76ers to the NBA championship.

Christian: “Who is Julius Erving?” ($15,200)

$2K NBA:

Defensive stars Mark Eaton & Hakeem Olajuwon shared the record w/ 10 of these in a playoff game.

Christian: “What are blocks?” ($17,200)

$400 Pete:

The ghost of Peter Dromgoole, supposedly killed in a duel, haunted Gimghoul Castle near Chapel Hill in this state.

Robin: “What is North Carolina?” ($5400)

$800 Jordan:

Following WWI this European country took control of Jordan.

Christian: “What is the United Kingdom?” ($18K)

$1200 Jordan:

Answer: DD #1– this $2K clue would put him at 20 grand if correct.

In 1952 he succeeded his father Talal as king of Jordan.

“Who is King Hussein?”…right.

$1600 Jordan:

The easternmost point of Jordan borders this troubled country.

TS: Iraq

$2K Jordan:

Jordan lost the city of Jerusalem & the territory known as the West Bank during a war in this yr.

John: “What is 1973?” (-$2200)
Christian: “What is 1967?” ($22K)

$800 Pete:

Henry Mancini wrote the theme song for this TV crime drama w/ Craig Stevens in the title role.

Christian: “What is ‘Peter Gunn’?” ($22,800)

$1200 Pete:

Answer: the other DD– this was for $2800 extra.

In a ’62 film this actor said “That was before Aqaba anyway, I had to execute him with my pistol”.

“Who is Peter O’Toole?”…yeah.

$1600 Pete:

Also referred to as potassium nitrate or niter, this mineral was once used in gunpowder.

John: “What is saltpeter?” (-$600)

$2K Pete:

This state university in Las Cruces took away the pistol from its mascot, Pistol Pete & replaced it w/ a lasso.

Christian: “What is University of New Mexico?” ($23,600)
John: “What is New Mexico State?” ($1400)

ATTEMPTED LT: $2800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3600
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6400

Pre-Final S:
Christian: $28,800 (LOCK)/John: $3K/Robin: $6600

MALE CORYATS:
Christian: $26,400/John: $4200

FJ!: CABLE TV

The premiere of this miniseries was held at Normandy’s Utah Beach Memorial on Jun. 6, 2001.

ALL CORRECT W/ “WHAT IS ‘BAND OF BROTHERS’?”

Final wagers:
JOHN (who also said hi to Hailey): $2K = $5K
ROBIN: $599 = $7199
CHRISTIAN: $10K = $38,800 $105K