“JEOPARDY!” 12/8/23

Jon Spurney ($60,002 as 2d champ)
Carmela Chan ($55,401 as 3d titleholder)
Gary Hollis (’21 Professors Tournament semifinalist)

JR:
ORGAN RECITAL
WE’RE TALKING BASEBALL
OLIVE ME
IVY LEAGUE
GEOGRAPHIC TITLES
AS EASY AS A-B-C (those 3 letters will appear in order in each right response, but not necessarily side-by-side)

600 Organ Recital:

The diencephalon, part of this organ, incl. the thalamus.

Carmela: “What is the brain?”

800 Ivy League:

Its school color’s crimson & that’s the veritas.

Jon: “What is Harvard?”

600 Ivy League:

Its sports teams are known as the Bulldogs.

Carmela: “What is Yale?” (1200)

800 ABC:

The title of a Lewis Carroll poem it now means meaningless words or gibberish.

Gary: “What is ‘Jabberwocky’?”

800 Organ Recital:

The epicardium is its outer layer.

Gary: “What is the heart?” (1600)

1K Organ Recital:

Each of these organs has a visceral pleura & a parietal pleura.

Carmela: “What are the lungs?” (2200)

1K ABC:

This gem of a word can preceded rattlesnake, terrapin & moth.

TS: Diamondback

800 Geographic Titles:

Karma’s Embrace: A Novel of ____ & A Passage to ____

Jon: “What is India?” (1600)

1K Geographic Titles:

James A. Michener’s 1-word 1959 Polynesian title _____

Jon: “What is Hawaii?” (2600)

600 Geographic Titles:

There’s the DD– 2K bet here.

JFK’s thesis, then bestseller: Why _____ Slept

“What is Moscow?”…incorrect- England.

400 Geographic Titles:

Shogun: A Novel of ____

Gary: “What is Japan?” (2K)

200 Geographic Titles:

Death in _____ & The Merchant of _____

Jon: “What is Venice?” (800)

1K Ivy League:

You’ll find this school in Hanover, population roughly 10K.

Gary: “What is Dartmouth?” (3K)

600 ABC:

It means to construct, or to fake, as in your excuse for being late.

Carmela: “Uh, what is…sorry?” (1600)
Gary: “What is fabricate?” (3600)

400 Ivy League:

Its official state address is 2960 Broadway.

Gary: “What is Columbia?” (4K)

HS:
Gary: 4K/Carmela: 1600/Jon: 800

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 1K (We’re Talking Baseball)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 1400
TOTAL LT: 2400

CS:
Gary: 1600/Carmela: 3K/Jon: 3600

DJ!:
ORGAN RECITAL
CLASSIC MOVIE ORIGINAL DIALOGUE?
WORKING ON A BUILDING
CAR”EER” OPPORTUNITIES
A MUSE ME
WORDS FROM ARABIC

Gary (12K) selects DD #1 on the 2K bottom of Words From Arabic; Carmela’s 2nd w/ 10,200 & Jon’s a close last place w/ 9200. Gary makes the face value wager.

We’ve hit bottom w/ this 5-letter word from the Arabic for “opposite the zenith”.

“What is nadir?”…right in any language. 2 answers later Gary (14,800) takes out DD #2 from the 1600 Working on a Building window & will risk twice as much as last time.

1902: Daniel Burnham completed NYC’s Fuller Building, now known by this household appliance name.

“What is the Flat Iron Building?”…indeed.

SOLE DJ! TS: 2K (Organ Recital)

Pre-Final S:
Gary: 21,200/Carmela: 13,400/Jon: 10K

CORYAT SCORES:
Gary: 18,800/Jon: 12K

FJ!: ANCIENT HISTORY

Before visiting Achilles’ tomb this man threw his spear onto the ground in Asia & declared the continent “spear-won”.

JON: “WHO IS ALEXANDER THE GREAT?” (9999) = 19,999
CARMELA: “WHO IS GENGHIS KHAN?” (BUSTS)
GARY: ALSO WROTE ALEXANDER THE GREAT = 26,801

“JEOPARDY!” 12/8/06

Challengers:
Rebecca Bizonet (Macon Township, MI): Archivist
Gilbert Mercado (Irvine, CA): Facility director

JR:
GEMSTONES
CELEBRITY RHYME TIME
FOOD STUFF?
SOUNDS
IT’S A DISASTER
“OOP”S!

$200 Celebrity Rhyme Time:

Nicolas’ salaries

Christian: “What are Cage’s wages?”

$400 Celebrity Rhyme Time:

Kravitz’s cents

Christian: “What are Lenny’s pennies?” ($600)

$600 Celebrity Rhyme Time:

Winslet’s wooden boxes

Christian: “What are Kate’s crates?” ($1200)

$800 Celebrity Rhyme Time:

Brad’s small roles

Christian: “What are Pitt’s bits?” ($2K)

$1K Celebrity Rhyme Time:

Ledger’s door decorations

Rebecca: “What are Heath’s wreaths?”

$200 Food Stuff?:

Proverbially you can be a “smart” 1 or a “tough” 1.

Gilbert: “What is a cookie?”

$400 Food Stuff?:

On May 8, 2006 this computer co. won a dismissal of a trademark infringement lawsuit by this Corps.

Christian: “What is Apple?” ($2400)

$600 Food Stuff?:

You can play this by having a strategy of challenging a foe to risk a clash or yield; who’ll be the 1st to duck?

Christian: “What is a chicken?” ($3K)

$800 Food Stuff?:

Answer was: the DD for this board- he went for ½.

John McCain was said to be “such an opponent of” this type of political spending “he’s almost kosher”.

“What is pork barrel spending?”…he got it.

$1K Food Stuff?:

I’ve tossed these 2 Supreme Courters on the grill; 1 appointed in 1939 & the other, our 15th Chief Justice.

Christian: “Who are (Felix) Frankfurter & (Warren) Burger?” ($5.5K)

$200 “Oop”:

“Hawaiian” exercise ring introduced by WHAM-O in the 1950s.

Christian: “What is a hula hoop?” ($5700)

$400 “Oop”:

Deck at the back of a ship.

Christian: “What is the poop deck?” ($6100)

$600 “Oop”:

A basketball pass received high in the air & slam-dunked.

Christian: “What is an alley oop?” ($6700)

$800 “Oop”:

Orig. meaning a small opening it’s used figuratively to mean a way around a rule or regulation.

Christian: “What is a loophole?” ($7.5K)

$1K “Oop”:

A small warship of the American Revolutionary period or a British escort vessel of WWII.

Gilbert: “What is a sloop?” ($1200)

$200 Sound:

Leviticus 25 said every 50th year is to be celebrated as a jubilee w/ these instruments sounded.

Christian: “What are harps?” ($7300)
Rebecca: “What are rams’ horns?” ($800)
Gilbert: “What are trumpets?” ($1400)

ATTEMPTED LT: $800

CS:
Christian: $9300/Gilbert: $3600/Rebecca: $3400

DJ!:
IOWA
LANDMARK CINEMA VILLAINS
PLANT LIFE
QUID PRO QUO-POURRI
PRESIDENTIAL RELATIVES
ANTONYMS

$400 Landmark Cinema Villains:

Famous for its murder scenes this ’60 Alfred Hitchcock film feat. a mild-mannered mama’s boy killer.

Christian: “What is ‘PSYCHO’?” ($9700)

$800 Landmark Cinema Villains:

As Regan in this film Linda Blair evinced evil trapped in the body of a 12-yr-old girl.

Christian: “What is ‘The Exorcist’?” ($10.5K)

$1200 Landmark Cinema Villains:

In “2001: A Space Odyssey” this computer was pleasant, logical, calm & deadly!

Christian: “What is HAL?” ($11,700)

$1600 Landmark Cinema Villains:

Their portrayal of the title romantic bank robbers in “Bonnie and Clyde” changed HOLLYWOOD forever.

Gilbert: “Who are Warren Beatty & Faye Dunaway?” ($5200)

$2K Landmark Cinema Villains:

Through 8 films Robert Englund played this sadistic resurrected child killer.

Christian: “Who is Freddy (Krueger)?” ($13,700)

$400 Quid Pro Quo-pourri:

Give me the name of Paris Hilton’s sister & I’ll tell you it was also a “diminutive” Adam Sandler role.

Rebecca: “Who is Nicky?” ($3800)

$400 Antonym:

Someone who puts you down in public may make you feel this, the opposite of a certain Great Lake.

Gilbert: “What is anterior?” ($4800)
Christian: “What is inferior?” ($14,100)

$800 Antonym:

Answer: a DD– $2600 more could’ve been added.

This military rank can also mean the opposite of communal.

“What is private?”…yes sir.

$1200 Antonym:

Done w/ the dictionary Samuel Johnson had “little to fear or to hope from censure or from” this.

Christian: “What is pardon?” ($15.5K)

TS: Praise

$400 Presidential Relative:

It was the relationship of Teddy to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Christian: “What is uncle?” ($15,900)

$800 Presidential Relative:

In the 1960s when she was in her 60s she joined the Peace Corps & served 2yrs in India.

TS: Lillian Carter

$1200 Presidential Relative:

He was a bank president at 25, a millionaire at 30 & when he retired in 1929 at 40 he had enough capital to raise 9 children.

Gilbert: “Who is Joseph Kennedy?” ($6K)

$1600 Presidential Relative:

Answer there: the final DD of the wk- he made a ½ wager.

His great-grandfather George Washington Baynes, Sr. was a president of Baylor Univ.

“Who is Lyndon Johnson?”…LBJ for short, Gilbert was right.

$2K Presidential Relative:

His great-grandfather Benjamin signed the Declaration of Independence.

TS: Benjamin Harrison

They didn’t read the $1200 Plant Life clue in time.

ATTEMPTED LT: $2K
UNATTEMPTED LT: $6800
TOTAL DJ! LT: $8800

Pre-Final S:
Christian: $27,100 (LOCK)/Gilbert: $8600/Rebecca: $2200

CORYAT SCORES:
Christian: $24,600/Gilbert: $7200

FJ!: ENGLISH LITERATURE

This work said “Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven”.

REBECCA: “What is Paradise Lost?” = $4399
GILBERT: ALSO RIGHT (also threw in “Go Chris!”) = $10K
CHRISTIAN: “What is Utopia (scribbled)” = $25,200 $66,200

“JEOPARDY!” 12/7/23

Robin Lozano ($12,601 as 1d champiene early in Mayim’s 1st run as sub-host)
Yungsheng ($84,202 as 3d champ to end Jimmy Maguire’s tenure as a Clue Crew member)
Scott Shewfelt ($46,800 as 2d champ to end Dr. Oz’s run as sub-host & start Aaron Rodgers’ term)

JR:
OKLAHOMA!
SUPER BOWL STARS
FIRE PLACE
ON THE “T”ABLE
4 YOUR CONSIDERATION
A DONUT SHOP DICTIONARY

Robin (1K) finds the DD too soon on the 3rd choice of the 800 Fire Place; Yungsheng scored 1st for 600.

Circa 50 B.C.: this city’s library was torched (by Julius Caesar, some say).

“What is Alexandria?”…a city in Virginia, that’s correct to double to 2K.

HS:
Scott: 2400/Yungsheng: 2200/Robin: 3200

ATTEMPTED LT: 3K

CS:
Scott: 2K/Yungsheng: 4800/Robin: 5K

DJ!:
GREEK ALPHABET PUZZLERS
AMPHIBIANS
DURING LOU GEHRIG’S CONSECUTIVE GAME STREAK
LABOR UNIONS
IT’S RAINING MENSA
“STAR WARS” BEFORE & AFTER

DD time again for Robin (8600) w/ the 7th selection of the 1200 Amphibian; Yungsheng’s the current R-U w/ 5600 & Scott’s 3rd w/ ½ of Yungsheng’s score. What Robin bets now is her 3K lead.

Although this “biblical” frog is the world’s largest at around 12 inches long its tadpoles are the same size as other frogs’.

She doesn’t get it- Goliath. To kick off the 2nd half of the rd Scott (6400) opens DD #2 in the 2K box of During Lou Gehrig’s Consec. Game Streak; Robin’s 2nd w/ 7200 & Yungsheng has 1st for 9200. Scott’s going for broke.

He became the Cook County Jail’s most famous inmate on Oct. 24, 1931.

“Who is..Al Capone?”…good job.

ATTEMPTED LT: 4400
UNATTEMPTED LT: 7200
TOTAL DJ! LT: 11,600

Pre-Final S:
Scott: 14,400/Yungsheng: 12K/Robin: 4800

CORYAT SCORES:
Scott: 10K/Robin: 7600

FJ!: LANGUAGES

Since it can make someone “Japanese laugh as heartily as a Dane” Lillian Gish saw film as an aesthetic this, the name of a language.

ROBIN: “What is English?” (BUSTS)
YUNGSHENG: “What is Esperanto?” (11K) = 23K
SCOTT: “What is French?” (10K) = 4400

“JEOPARDY!” 12/7/06

Challengers:
Kate Harvey (CO Springs): Family law attorney
Dan McMurray (Whitefish Bay, WI): Law student

JR:
RELIGIOUS LEADERS
’80s BANDS IN OTHER WORDS
AMERICANA
WEASEL FAMILY
DUOS
FAMILIAR PHRASES

Dan ($600) was the person who got the 1st DD of the game behind the $800 answer in Religious Leaders; Christian was off to a $600 beginning too.

In Jul. 1505 he was struck by lightning; as a result he entered a monastery in Erfurt, Germany 15 days later.

“Who is Martin Luther?”…correct to take a $1K early lead.

HS:
Christian: $2K/Dan: $1800/Kate: $3K

ATTEMPTED LT: $1800
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2200
TOTAL LT: $4K

CS:
Christian: $4600/Dan: $3K/Kate: $4800

DJ!:
THOMAS JEFFERSON’S READING LIST
OBIE WINNERS
AMENDMENTS BY NUMBER
“C” PLUS
THE FAST
& THE FURIOUS

Dan ($5800) checked off DD #1 on the $1600 Row under Thomas Jefferson’s Reading List; Christian was cruising w/ $14,600 & Kate was last w/ 4 large. Dan wagered $2.5K.

In 1771 this man hadn’t turned to economics yet but his Theory of Moral Sentiments is recommended.

“Who is Adam Smith?”…should’ve bet more- that was the person. Dan ($9100) revealed all the DDs in this ep., the last of which appeared back of the $1200 & The Furious prompt; he was within reach of Christian ($15K). Dan risked $4K.

A handkerchief helped send this title guy of a tragedy over the edge, convincing him of his wife’s infidelity.

“Who is Hercules?”…unfortunately Dan fell out of reach again w/ that incorrect question- who was Othello?

TECH. TS: $800 (Thomas Jefferson’s Reading List)
ATTEMPTED LT: $2400
UNATTEMPTED LT: $4K
TOTAL DJ! LT: $7200

Pre-Final S:
Christian: $18,600 (LOCK)/Dan: $5100/Kate: $4800
DAN’S CORYAT: $8K

FJ!: WORLD GEOGRAPHY

The Lusatian Mountains in the western Sudeten range form part of the border between these 2 countries.

KATE: “What are France & Italy” = $100
DAN: “What are Czech Republic and Slovakia?” = $599
CHRISTIAN: “What are Germany & the Czech Republic?” = $19,001

“Celebrity JEOPARDY!” 12/6

Amanda Seales (Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors)
Mo Rocca (Inner-City Scholarship Fund)
Kyra Sedgwick (Food Bank for New York City)

JR:
SHOUT IT OUT!
ROAD TRIP “I SPY”
SHAKESPEARE PLAYS BY INITIALS
THREESOMES
HAIRSTYLES OF THE RICH & FAMOUS
I WANT MY “M” TV

Mo (1.5K) played the 500 Road Trip “I Spy” clue & out came the DD; Kyra was 2nd w/ 400 & Amanda was 100 on the bad side. Mo wagered 800.

I spy…the “American Gothic” house, the future birthplace of James T. Kirk & the “Field of Dreams” movie site.

“What is Iowa?”…correct.

HS:
Kyra: 1K/Mo: 2300/Amanda: 300

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 300 (Threesomes)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 1100
TOTAL LT: 1400

Scores After JR:
Kyra: 1600/Mo: 3600/Amanda: 1.5K

DJ!:
THE EYES HAVE IT
PIZZA AT THE MOVIES
LITERARY TOURISM
THE MOON
ALSO A TAYLOR SWIFT SONG
“OO”! “OO!” I KNOW!

In 3 choices on the 600 row Amanda (2100) picked DD #1 within Literary Tourism & took face value.

Scotland’s remote island of Jura is famous for 2 things: a whisky distillery & the farmhouse where George Orwell wrote this classic.

She missed 1984. Kyra (3K) prior to the next break saw DD #2 under the 400 The Eyes Have It square; Mo’s score was 4400. Kyra bet 1K.

Get to a doctor pronto if this layer of tissue that processes light detaches from the back of your eye.

“What is the retina?”…yes.

HS:
Kyra: 3400/Mo: 6600/Amanda: 1.5K

ATTEMPTED LT: 1600
UNATTEMPTED LT: 2800
TOTAL DJ! LT: 4400

Scores After DJ!:
Kyra: 2200/Mo: 9K/Amanda: 3900

TJ!:
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
CHORUS LINES
SPELLED RONG ON PURPOSE
WELCOME TO THE WHITE HOUSE
CELEBRITY TELL-ALLS
A CHANGE OF “PACE”

The 3rd choice of the 600 Chorus Lines was Mo’s (9600) 2nd DD of the evening; he boldly wagered 6K.

“I like to be in America, okay by me in America, everything free in America, for a small fee in America.”

“What is ‘West Side Story’?”…got that. Amanda (8100) removed her 2nd DD attached to the 900 Harlem Renaissance clue; Kyra only had 1600 remaining & Mo was all but in the clear w/ 22.5K. Amanda just risked 1K.

Historians cite this event that began in 1929 as 1 of the main reasons for the demise of the Harlem Renaissance.

“What is The Great Depression?”…right. Mo (24K) grabbed the last DD for 1200 in Spelled Rong On Purpose, followed by Amanda (8800) & Kyra (1K). Here was his 5K answer.

To create buzz this tech co. used to attach fuzzy pink mustaches to its vehicles; they certainly got Uber’s attention.

“What is Lyft?”- yup.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TJ! TS: 1200 (Celebrity Tell-Alls)

Pre-Final S:
Kyra: 1K/Mo: 33,200 (LOCK)/Amanda: 11,800

CORYAT SCORES:
Kyra: 400/Mo: 23,700/Amanda: 12,300

FJ!: APPLIED GEOMETRY

Thomas Hales proved hexagonal structures are the most compact way to fill a plane, a centuries-old theory based on the behavior of these.

KYRA: “What Pothageiom?” (FINISHED AT 0)
AMANDA: “What are Bees?” = 12,300
MO: “What are bathroom tiles?” = 25,200

“JEOPARDY!” 12/6/23

Patrick Hume ($60.5K as 3d champ to end Aaron Rodgers’ run as sub-host & start Anderson Cooper’s term)
Kate Freeman ($5599 as 1d champiene)
Ed Coulson ($40,200 as 2d champ late in S38)

JR:
REAL MEN OF SCIENCE
WATERY SONGS
HOUSE PARTY
OUT OF CON TEXT
I JUST WANT A LOVER LIKE ANY OTHER
WHAT DO I “GET”

600 Watery Song:

In 1970 this “Travelin’ Band” wondered “Who’ll Stop the Rain”.

Patrick: “Who is Credence Clearwater Revival?”

400 Watery Song:

In ’84 Prince “never meant 2 cause U any sorrow” w/ this colorful tune.

Patrick: “What is ‘Purple Rain’?” (1K)

200 Watery Song:

Arthur Freed published the lyrics to this in the 1920s but it took another 2 decades plus for Gene Kelly to immortalize it.

Kate: “What is ‘Singin’ in the Rain’?”

800 Watery Song:

“I Go Swimming” appeared on the album this British singer played live.

Patrick: “Who is Peter Gabriel?” (1800)

1K Watery Song:

The 2 title items in this Carpenters tune, #2 in ’71, “always get me down”.

Ed: “What are ‘Rainy Days and Mondays’?”

400 Real Men of Science:

373.15 is the boiling point of water on the scale named for this Scottish scientist.

Kate: “Who is (Lord) Kelvin?” (600)

600 Real Men of Science:

Galileo used a supernova in 1604 to disprove this ancient Greek’s theory that the universe never changes.

Kate: “Who is Plato?”
Patrick: “Who is Aristotle?” (acceptable for Ptolemy)(2400)

800 Real Men of Science:

Christiaan Huygens was an early telescope developer & found the moon Titan when he looked at this planet.

Kate: “What is Jupiter?”
Ed: “What is Saturn?” (1800)

1K Real Men of Science:

Introduced in 1855 his process using blasts of air to remove impurities made the mass production of steel possible.

Patrick: “Who is (Henry) Bessemer?” (3400)

200 Real Men of Science:

These small glass or plastic dishes used to culture microorganisms were named for a German bacteriologist.

Kate: “Who is (Julius Richard) Petri?” (-600)

800 Out of Con Text:

“Dantes crossed the awful threshold and the door closed noisily behind him…he was in prison.”

Kate: “What is The Count of Monte Cristo?” (200)

600 Out of Con Text:

Answer: DD.

This 1849 work said “Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is…prison”.

“What is The Communist Manifesto?”…it wasn’t, which puts her back on the minus side for -800- what was Civil Disobedience by Thoreau?

800 “Get”:

Do you recollect this plant seen here?

Ed: “What is a forget-me-not?” (2600)

600 “Get”:

Rise to the occasion & say this informal word for an outfit or costume.

Patrick: “What is getup?” (4K)

1K “Get”:

A plain in northwest Tanzania.

Kate: “What is the Serenget?” (200)

HS:
Ed: 2600/Kate: 200/Patrick: 4K

LT: 1200 (1st & last House Party clues)

CS:
Ed: 4400/Kate: 2200/Patrick: 7200

DJ!:
HODGEPODGE
DOUBLE TALK
CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS
AFRICAN CUISINE
DEWEY
DECIMALS

Ed (8800) pulls DD #1 out of the 2K row under Dewey; Patrick’s the leader w/ 10,400 & Kate’s 3rd w/ 5800. Ed risks 3K.

U.S. educator & psychologist John Dewey helped develop this philosophic branch assoc. w/ William James.

“What is pragmatism?”…yeah. 2 choices later Patrick (11,600) orders the 1600 African Cuisine & is served up DD #2; he’ll bet 3K as well.

Granular semolina goes by this name which is also the name of a stew made in Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia.

Nothing there- what is couscous?

ATTEMPTED LT: 3200
UNATTEMPTED LT: 4K
TOTAL DJ! LT: 7200

Pre-Final S:
Ed: 14,600/Kate: 9K/Patrick: 10,200

CORYAT SCORES:
Ed: 13,600/Kate: 10K/Patrick: 13,200

FJ!: FAMOUS NAMES

Subject of a 2003 film, his 1947 obituary said he fathered at least 100 & died of a heart attack at 14 at a California ranch.

KATE: “Who is Will Rogers?” (1201) = 7799
PATRICK: “Who is Seabiscuit?” (7801) = 18,001
ED: “Who is Seabiscit” = 20,401

“JEOPARDY!” 12/6/06

Challengers:
Sean Gilsdorf (Amherst, MA): College teacher
Christian Haines (Newport News): Congressional special assistant

JR:
BOOKS ABOUT AUTHORS
WOMEN OF COUNTRY
FLOWER ARRANGING
NAME THE DECADE
AN URBAN LEGEND SAYS…
“MIND” GAMES

$200 Books About Authors:

Chapter 20 of a biography of this Connecticut-born woman was entitled “Antislavery Activist: 1853-1854”.

Christian: “Who is Stowe?”

$400 Books About Authors:

“Calaveras County” & “Hannibal” were entries in R. Kent Rasmussen’s book this man A to Z.

Sean: “Who is Mark Twain?”

$600 Books About Authors:

Sebastian de Grazia’s Pulitzer-winning bio of this Italian In Hell mentioned “The Prince” in 2 chapter titles.

Christian: “Who is (Niccolo) Machiavelli?” ($800)

$800 Books About Authors:

DD time too early.

In 1830 biographer Thomas Moore burned the memoirs of this aristocratic Brit to protect the poet’s reputation.

“Who is Shelley?”…no, which dropped him to -$200- who was Lord Byron?

$1K Books About Authors:

This Compleat Angler author wrote a seminal biography of John Donne in 1640.

Linda: “Who is (Izaak) Walton?”

$200 Women of Country:

In a 2006 Country Weekly poll she was named “Country’s Most Beautiful” woman; I’m sure hubby Tim agrees.

Christian: “Who is Faith Hill?”

$400 Women of Country:

Her hit song “I’m a Survivor” was also the theme to her TV sitcom.

Sean: “Who is Reba McEntire?” ($800)

$200 Flower Arranging (Cheryl read the clue):

“Buy your roses when they’re closed or in this stage & you’ll have much more time to enjoy them.”

Sean: “What is bud?” ($1K)

$200 Name the Decade:

William the Conqueror was crowned in Westminster Abbey.

Sean: “What’s the 11th century? Oh, pardon me, what is the 11…60s?” ($800)
Christian: “What are the 1060s?”

$200 “Mind”:

More common “literary” term for telepathy & clairvoyance.

Christian: “What is mind reading?” ($400)

$400 “Mind”:

Acc. to Emerson “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of” these.

Christian: “What are ‘…little minds’?” ($800)

$600 “Mind”:

Sylvia Nasar’s biography of mathematical genius & Nobel laureate John Nash.

Christian: “What is A Beautiful Mind?” ($1400)

$800 “Mind”:

3-word history-based Emmy-winning PBS show written & introduced by Steve Allen.

TS: “Meeting of Minds”

$1K “Mind”:

More than 36K sq miles in area it’s the 2nd-largest Philippine island.

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

$200 Urban Legend:

This member of the Beatles died in a car accident & was replaced w/ a double named William Campbell.

Sean: “Who is Paul McCartney?” ($1K)

$400 Name the Decade:

Legionnaire disease was identified & named.

Sean: “What are the 1970s?” ($1400)

$600 Name the Decade:

China went communist.

Sean: “What are the 1940s?” ($2K)

$800 Name the Decade:

America 1st heard “Ain’t We Got Fun?” (by Peggy Lee) & “The Varsity Drag” (by George Olsen & His Music).

Sean: “What are the 1920s?” ($2800)

$1K Name the Decade:

Oscar Wilde was sent to gaol.

TS: 1890s

$400 Urban Legend:

As an infant Humphrey Bogart was the model for the trademark baby for this co.’s line of baby foods.

Sean: “What is Gerber?” ($3200)

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $600 (Flower Arranging)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $1800
TOTAL LT: $2400

CS:
Linda: $2400/Christian: $5400/Sean: $4800

DJ!:
MILITARY MEN
A STEVE McQUEEN FILM FESTIVAL
LAST NAME’S THE SAME
DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURES
CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY, EH?
12-LETTER WORDS

Another quick DD for Christian ($5800) under the $800 Last Name’s the Same, the 2nd choice of the rd; this prompt was for $2K.

Singer Michael & U.N. ambassador John

“What is Bolton?”…yes, sir. Other man Sean ($10,400) called on the $1600 Diagnostic Procedure for DD #2; Christian was barely ahead of Sean w/ $11K & Linda was last at $4400. Sean also bet $2K.

It’s the P in PFT, a function test that measures air capacity among other things.

“What is pneumo?”- ooh, no; it stands for pulmonary (as in pulmonary function test).

ATTEMPTED LT: $3200
UNATTEMPTED LT: $3200
TOTAL DJ! LT: $6400

Pre-Final S:
Linda: $6K/Christian: $17K/Sean: $10,800

CORYATS FOR MEN ONLY:
Christian: $16,800/Sean: $12,800

FJ!: FAMOUS NEW YORKERS

In 1905 he said “It’s my duty to make money and still more money and to use the money…for the good of my fellow man”.

LINDA: “Who is John Rockefeller?” (DOUBLE) = $12K
SEAN: “Who was J.D. Rockefeller” ($6K) = $16,800
CHRISTIAN: “Who is Rockefeller” (the R was scribbled in)($4999) = $21,999

“JEOPARDY!” 12/5/23

Matt Mierswa ($55,845 as 2d champ near the end of S38)
Andrew Chaikin (won $21,601 in the last aired ep. before Alex’s death)
Laura Portwood-Stacer ($42,601 as 2d champ to end Mike’s 1st run as guest host & to start Katie Couric’s term)

JR:
PURPLE PROSE & POETRY
PARANORMAL CATEGORY
TO “L” W/ SCIENCE
SPORTS STUFF
ALSO A SUPERHERO
FEEDBACK: SANDWICH

400 Sandwich:

I love the contrast of the banh mi’s julienned veggies w/ this long thin French bread but it’s essential you toast it.

Matt: “What is a baguette?”

600 Sandwich:

I like the sweet marshmallow creme w/ savory peanut butter in this sammy, a New England fave, but don’t love the texture.

Laura: “What is a fluffernutter?”

800 Sandwich:

You can count on enjoying this ham, turkey & Swiss sandwich dipped in an egg & milk mix & then fried, but must you dip it in jam?

Matt: “What is a Monte Cristo?” (1200)

1K Sandwich:

I’m glad we’ve gone from paper to wafers to cookies as the “bread” for this “sandwich”; I still like the old name, hokey pokey.

Andrew: “What is an OREO?”

TS: Ice cream sandwich

800 Also a Superhero:

If you’re driving & 1 of these pointing to the right lights up, turn right!

TS: Green arrow

600 Also a Superhero:

This Black Sabbath song said “He was turned to steel in the great magnetic field”.

Andrew: “What is ‘Iron Man’?” (-400)

800 Paranormal Category:

Also called an O.B.E. it’s the sensation that one’s self is in a different location from one’s physical form.

Andrew: “What is an out-of-body experience?” (400)

800 “L”:

When you activate a light stick the chemicals within react to produce this type of cold light.

TS: Luminescence

1K “L”:

5-letter term for a center of activity or the position of a gene on a chromosome.

Andrew: “What is a locus?” (1400)

600 “L”:

Answer: TDD.

Any of a hydrophobic group of organic compounds incl. fats & oils.

“What is a lipid?”…got it.

1K Also a Superhero:

Nondescript name of the Volkswagen seen here.

Matt: “What is Beetle?” (200)

TS: Thing

600 Purple Prose & Poetry:

Author who wrote that it angered God “if you walk by the color purple in a field…and don’t notice it”.

Matt: “Who is (Alice) Walker?” (800)

800 Purple Prose & Poetry:

Milton wrote of this Roman god “that first from out the purple grape crush’d the sweet poison of misused wine”.

Andrew: “Who is Bacchus?” (3600)

1K Purple Prose & Poetry:

This lord’s poem “Locksley Hall” told of “pilots of the purple twilight, dropping down with costly bales”.

Andrew: “Who is Byron?” (2600)
Matt: “Who is Tennyson?” (1800)

1K Paranormal Category:

From the Greek for “outer” & “form” this supernatural substance’s said to exude from a medium & be used by a spirit to manifest.

Laura: “What is ectoplasm?” (1600)

HS:
Laura: 1600/Andrew: 2600/Matt: 1800

ATTEMPTED LT: 2200
UNATTEMPTED LT: 1600
TOTAL LT: 3800

CS:
Laura: 4400/Andrew: 3600/Matt: 2600

DJ!:
ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS
A SONG IN THAT MOVIE
ALMOST ASSASSINATED
THEY COME IN THREES
FLAGS
FROM DAWN ‘TIL DUSK

1600 Flag:

Answer: the 2nd TDD of the night.

The main flag on a warship’s called this, also a rank in the navy.

“What is…admiral?”…nope- the ensign.

2K Flag:

Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag & this man rode in a parade w/ 1 shortly before his 1978 assassination.

Andrew: “Who is Milk?” (5600)

1600 Rome Is Where The Art Is:

Roman ceilings, walls & floors display this type of art made of bits of material; you can walk on fine examples in Ostia.

Andrew: “What is mosaic?” (7200)

1200 Rome Is Where The Art Is:

The Pinacoteca, a collection of religious paintings begun by Pius VI, is 1 of many museums in this enclave.

Andrew: “What is Vatican City?” (8400)

1200 A Song In That Movie:

Heard here is a song from this ’79 film.

Matt: “What is ‘Hair’?” (the song was “Age of Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In” by The 5th Dimension)

1600 A Song In That Movie:

“When You Wish Upon a Star” (’40)

Andrew: “What is ‘Pinocchio’?” (10K)

2K Rome Is Where The Art Is:

Answer down there’s the other DD– he’s betting ½.

In the Gallery of Borghese Caravaggio’s portrait of this saint showed him w/ his head still on his shoulders.

“Who is John the Baptist?”…oh, yes.

2K A Song In That Movie:

“Puttin’ on the Ritz” (’74)

Andrew: “What is ‘Young Frankenstein’?” (17K)

800 A Song In That Movie:

“Lose Yourself” (’02)

Matt: “What is ‘8 Mile’?” (2K)

400 A Song In That Movie:

“Over the Rainbow” (’39)

Matt: “What is ‘The Wizard of Oz’?” (2400)

ATTEMPTED LT: 6400
SOLE UNATTEMPTED TS: 800 (Flags)
TOTAL DJ! LT: 7200

Pre-Final S:
Laura: 6400/Andrew: 18,200/Matt: 7200

MALE CORYATS:
Andrew: 14,400/Matt: 9800

FJ!: ’20s TELEVISION

The title locale of this series is really the Belnord, dating to 1908 & located at 86th & Broadway on NYC’s Upper West Side.

ALL WROTE “WHAT IS ‘ONLY MURDERS IN THE BUILDING’?”

Final wagers:
LAURA: 6300 = 12,700
MATT: 444 = 7644
ANDREW: 42 = 18,242

“JEOPARDY!” 12/5/06

Challengers:
Evelyn Uyemura (Torrance, CA): ESL professor
Linda Flink (Scottsdale): Healthcare consultant

JR:
JON STEWART’S AMERICA
GREEN BAY PACKERS
SHELLFISH
SHIPWRECKS
WORLD LEADERS
STATES BY COUNTIES

HS:
Bob: $3K/Linda: -$600/Evelyn: $2600

Linda was back to $0 by the time she revealed the DD via the $1K Shipwreck; Bob was 2nd w/ $4K, $800 short of early leader Evelyn. Linda placed a $600 bet.

Since 1957 the Aida has rested beneath this “colorful” body of water.

“What is the Black Sea?”…not the correct sea- it’s the Red.

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: $1K (World Leaders)
UNATTEMPTED LT: $2K
TOTAL LT: $3K

CS:
Bob: $5800/Linda: -$600/Evelyn: $6600

DJ!:
SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE
CAPRA CLASSICS
PUBLISHING
10-LETTER WORDS
OLD “HAT”
A NEW HAT

$400 “Hat”:

Last name of Ellison killed in 1882 by 3 McCoy boys who weren’t long for this world.

Evelyn: “What is Hatfield?” ($7K)

$800 “Hat”:

In Lewis Carroll’s book this tea party attender didn’t have the familiar adjective of insanity as part of his name.

Bob: “Who is The (Mad) Hatter?” ($6600)

$400 Southern Hemisphere:

South America’s Aymara people had independent states until they were conquered by these other Indians in the 1400s.

Linda: “Who are the Incas?” (-$200)

$1200 “Hat”:

North Carolina area seen here during some of the weather it’s known for.

Linda: “What is Cape Hatteras?” ($1K)

$1600 “Hat”:

Answer: her 2nd DD of the game.

She died in Stratford in 1623 at age 67.

“Who is Hathaway?”…that doubled her score.

$2K “Hat” (Sarah read the clue from Luxor, Egypt):

“This 15th century B.C. woman began as a regent but made herself queen & started warring, trading & obelisk building.”

Evelyn: “Who is Hateshput?” ($5K)

TS: Hatshepsut

$400 Capra Classic:

Capra went to the Lincoln Memorial for inspiration before shooting this film.

Linda: “What is ‘Mr. Smith Goes to Washington’?” ($2400)

$800 Capra Classic:

Capra shot this film in 4wks so his female lead could get to Sun Valley for Christmas; it still won him an OSCAR.

Linda: “What is ‘It Happened One Night’?” ($3200)

$1200 Capra Classic:

Seen here in “Mr. Deeds Goes to Town” she was Capra’s favorite actress.

Linda: “Who is Jean Arthur?” ($4400)

$1600 Capra Classic:

Before he played a meanie in “It’s a Wonderful Life” he was 1 of the good people in “You Can’t Take It With You”.

Bob: “Who is Lionel Barrymore?” ($8200)

$1200 Southern Hemisphere:

He stole DD #2 w/ that jump- here was his $2K answer.

“Orange” was dropped from a historic name, leaving this as the name of a current South African province.

“What is Orange Guinea?”…sorry- what is Free State?

The Beeps of Time sounded on:
Publishing: All but $1200
A New Hat: $800

ATTEMPTED LT: $6400
UNATTEMPTED LT: $4K
TOTAL DJ! LT: $10,400

Pre-Final S:
Bob: $5800/Linda: $6K/Evelyn: $8200

CORYAT SCORES:
Bob: $7800/Linda: $7200

FJ!: ROYALTY

Orig. this woman born in 1755 had the middle names Antonia, Josepha & Joanna.

BOB: “Who is Catherine” ($5799) = $1
LINDA: “Who is Marie Antoinette?” ($2201) = $8201
EVELYN: “Who is Victoria?” = $4399

“JEOPARDY!” 12/4/23

Kristen Thomas-McGill ($22,801 as 1d champiene)
Finn ($39,602 as 2d champ)
Julia Markham Cameron ($26,250 as 2d champiene)

JR:
CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
BRITISH BANDS
I THINK WE LEFT SOMEONE OUT
A GREEN THUMB
GIVE THE “DEVIL”
HI ‘DO

600 “Devil”:

Ecclesiastical changes in 1983 elim. the job of this adversarial examiner 1st appointed in 1587.

Finn: “What is the devil’s advocate?”

800 British Band:

Bananarama had a hit w/ this song, appropriately enough, in the mean hot days of Aug. ’84.

TS: “Cruel Summer” (not the Taylor Swift song)

1K British Band:

The Clash had its biggest hit w/ this song that said “the sheik he drove his Cadillac”.

Finn: “What is ‘Rock the Casbah’?” (1600)

800 Hi ‘Do:

In the ’90s Kid of Kid Play rocked a high top this hairstyle that’s shaved on the bottom & long on top.

Julia: “What is an afro?”
Kristen: “What is a fade?”

1K Children’s Literature:

David McKee’s stories of this patchwork elephant subtly conveyed the message it’s OK to be different.

TS: Elmer

800 Children’s Literature:

As well as kids’ books this 19th c. author wrote Examples in Arithmetic & other math textbooks.

Kristen: “Who is (Lewis) Carroll?” (1600)

600 Children’s Literature:

Answer: TDD.

An out-of-control dog met his match in John Grogan’s him and the Kittens.

She misses Marley.

600 Green Thumb:

As their name implies schizocarps are fruits that do this when they become ripe.

Kristen: “What is part?”

800 Green Thumb:

These flowers w/ a name partly from Greek for “water” can be blue or pink depending on the acidity of the soil.

Kristen: “What are hydrangeas?” (1400)

1K Green Thumb:

The RHS, it sponsors the famous Chelsea Flower Show.

Kristen: “What is the Royal Horticultural Society?” (2400)

400 Green Thumb:

This exotic flower can be cultivated in a backyard hothouse.

Julia: “What is an orchid?” (-400)

800 “Devil”:

To make these mesh up the yolks w/ seasonings & return ’em to the white part.

Kristen: “What are deviled eggs?” (3200)

1K “Devil”:

Jabez Stone enlisted the aid of a statesman to help save his soul in this story by Stephen Vincent Benet.

Julia: “What is The Devil and Daniel Webster?” (600)

1K Hi ‘Do:

In the lost Leonardo work “Salvator Mundi” Jesus had the long spiraling curls called these.

TS: Ringlets

800 I Think We Left Someone Out:

The 4 men who served as 5-star generals during WWII were Arnold, MacArthur, Marshall &…

Kristen: “Who was Patton?” (2400)
Finn: “Who is Eisenhower?” (2400)

HS:
Julia: 600/Finn & Kristen: 2400 EACH

SOLE ATTEMPTED TS: 1K (I Think We Left Someone Out)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 2800
TOTAL LT: 3800

CS:
Julia: 3K/Finn: 3600/Kristen: 1800

DJ!:
MATH
WORDS IN U.S. CAPITALS
MOVIE DIRECTORS
MASSAGE IN A BOTTLE
A BIRD IN THE HAND
2 IN THE BUSH

1200 Words In U.S. Capitals:

The answer is: DD #1– Kristen makes it a trubie like the 1st time.

This noodle in California’s.

“What is ramen?”- yes, in Sacramento; she’s tied for 1st.

1600 Words In U.S. Capitals:

This tree in Tennessee’s.

Finn: “What is ash?” (5200)

1200 Movie Director:

You’ll find illustrations from Ed Wood & Sweeney Todd among the 1K+ in the book The Art of this director.

Finn: “Who is Tim Burton?” (6400)

2K Movie Director:

Long before “SPIDER-MAN” he 1st made his name w/ “The Evil Dead” when he was just 22.

Finn: “Who is Sam Raimi?” (8400)

1600 Movie Director:

This director of the miniseries “Small Axe” & the film “12 Years a Slave” is not the same guy as the movie star who married Ali McGraw.

Julia: “Who is Steve McQueen?” (4600)

800 Movie Director:

In the ’80s this sitcom actress made a successful move to directing w/ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” & “BIG”.

TS: Penny Marshall

1200 Massage:

Many massage oils have the scent of this purplish plant “the herb of love” that’s a member of the mint family.

Finn: “What is lavender?” (9600)

2K Words In U.S. Capitals:

This Roman poet in Rhode Island’s.

Kristen: “Who is Ovid?” (5600)

1200 Bird:

It’s perhaps the most fitting bird to hold the symbol of peace in its beak.

Kristen: “What is a dove?” (6800)

1600 Bird:

On its leg the bird’s undergoing this zoological process, also called ringing.

TS: Banding

2K Bird:

Kristen found all 3 DDs in this game- 3K’s her wager here.

The type of hawk seen here’s found in the name of this olden occupation of the guy holding it.

“What is falcon? What is a peregrine falcon?”- unacceptable; the occupation was falconer.

ATTEMPTED LT: 2800 (2nd & 5th Math clues)
UNATTEMPTED LT: 2800
TOTAL DJ! LT: 5600

Pre-Final S:
Julia: 12,600/Finn: 10,400/Kristen: 8600
KRISTEN’S CORYAT: 12,600

FJ!: 20th CENTURY NOVELS

The Atlanta History Center says this novel was “both beloved & condemned from almost the moment of its publication” in 1936.

KRISTEN: “What is Gone with the Wind?” (DOUBLE) = 17,200
FINN: NOTHING (said hi to parents)(1800) = 8600
JULIA: AGREEMENT W/ KRISTEN (7K) = 19,600