Show #9009 - Thursday, January 4, 2024

2023-2024 Second Chance competition week 3, semifinal game 3.

Contestants

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Kelly Shannon-Henderson, a classics professor from Cincinnati, Ohio

Max Davison, a writer from Studio City, California

Matt Harvey, a healthcare administrator from Providence, Rhode Island

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Jeopardy! Round

ALL ABOUT AUTHORS
WHICH CABINET DEPARTMENT?
LANGUAGES & THEIR FORMS
I SENSE SOME NEGATIVITY
GAME SHOW
OF THRONES
    $200 23
In 1836 she married theologian Calvin Stowe, who encouraged her writing, saying she "must be a literary woman"
    $200 28
The Bureau of Consular Affairs
    $200 29
This language of Belgium is more or less a softer-sounding Dutch
    $200 12
Legally, you can be held in this & language-ly, you can be "dripping with" it
    $200 30
There are 15 multiple-choice questions to answer to win the top prize on this game show; would you like to ask the host?
    $200 26
Howard Carter wrote, "The throne" of this king "was the most beautiful thing that has yet been found in Egypt"
    $400 21
Childhood pal Harper Lee served as his researcher when he was working on "In Cold Blood"
    $400 27
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration
    $400 22
Standard Italian is based on the variant of Tuscan spoken in this city on the Arno River
    $400 7
"Bh" is a somewhat unusual combo of letters within a word, but this synonym for detest has it
    $400 17
If you don't know that Anne Robinson hosted U.S. & U.K. versions of this game show, then good-bye!
    $400 25
It's said the statue of this deity at Olympia sat upon a royal throne while holding a scepter & the goddess of victory in his hands
    $600 20
Before writing "The Hunger Games", she wrote for children's TV shows, including "Clarissa Explains It All"
    $600 1
The Office of Child Support Services
    $600 3
More than 20 languages spoken by indigenous people in Guatemala originated from this language
    $600 5
"Day of the Woman" was the original title of the 1978 film "I" do this "on Your Grave"
    $600 8
In 1959 this show with contestants from higher ed had "GE" in the title; more recently, "Capital One"
    $600 24
The Byzantine throne named for this wise biblical king had lion & singing bird automata & may have even levitated
    DD: $1,200 10
This 19th century author of adventure novels suffered from tuberculosis & moved to the South Seas for his health, dying in Samoa
    $800 13
The Minority Business Development Agency
    $800 2
In this British dependency, Llanito, a mix of Spanish & English, is spoken in addition to English
    $800 6
As a verb, it can mean to blaspheme; as a noun, a calling to a deity to bring evil to a foe
    $800 15
In 2020, this former "SNL" cast member began hosting a new version of "Supermarket Sweep"
    $800 18
A marble throne in the Palatine Chapel of Aachen bears the name of this king of the Franks who died in 814
    $1000 9
Some say the phrase, "Keeping up with the Joneses" refers to the family of this upper-class author of "The House of Mirth"
    $1000 14
The Food & Nutrition Service
(The myplate.gov folks)
    $1000 4
The Zealandic dialect is spoken in this country's capital, while Jutlandic is spoken in the continental part of the nation
    $1000 11
Add an "E" to the end of a word for reluctant & you get this word meaning to despise
    $1000 16
This popular disc-dropping game on "The Price Is Right" is a variation of a pinball game of Asia
    $1000 19
A fancy-looking bird is in the name of this golden throne that was built for the emperor Shah Jahan in the 17th century

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

Matt Max Kelly
$4,000 $800 $3,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Max Kelly
$6,400 $3,000 $5,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE CAPITALS OF INDIA
5-SYLLABLE VERBS
PUT ON YOUR HELMET!
MYTHOLOGY
EARTH SCIENCE
NEW JAZZ
    $400 30
The most populous city in India, this capital of Maharashtra state is also home to the country's leading stock exchange
    $400 29
To appear, as if from thin air
    $400 26
This team was the first in the NFL to put an emblem on a football helmet after halfback Fred Gehrke designed one with spiraling horns
    $400 12
This Roman sea god had his own festival on July 23 & now has his name on a planet
    $400 27
One of the 3 principal classes of rock, it's formed by solidification from a molten state
    $400 17
Jazz, uh, finds a way with this actor who has released 3 jazz albums with the Mildred Snitzer Orchestra
    $800 28
Formerly Calcutta, Kolkata is capital of "West" this state; the "East" part became its own country in 1971
    $800 22
To breathe in & out at an abnormally fast rate
    $800 25
In "X2" Pyro calls the helmet worn by this villain played by Ian McKellen "dorky"
    $800 11
This beauty's men included Menelaus, whom she left for Paris, from whom she moved on to Deiphobus
    $800 15
Smaller than a mesa, it's usually a flat-topped & steep-sided desert hill like the one seen here
    $800 18
Jazz saxophonist Kamasi Washington composed the music for this Netflix documentary film about Michelle Obama
    $1200 16
You've probably talked to a call center in Karnataka's capital, this city known as the "Silicon Valley of India"
    $1200 7
For example, to turn the steering wheel too far to the left when your car drifts to the right
    $1200 6
Used by Ottoman soldiers, conical helmets like the one seen here are named for this other form of headwear
    $1200 2
This garment of Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons, did more than firm her tummy
    DD: $4,400 14
This word for a landmass that's large but still part of a larger one has been around since 1845 & is often applied to India
    $1200 19
Jazz trumpeter Keyon Harrold can be heard on "Stay" by this late rapper seen here
    $1600 23
This capital of Madhya Pradesh state is known as the City of Lakes, but sadly also as the site of a Union Carbide disaster
    $1600 8
To give human qualities to an animal or an inanimate object
    $1600 1
This daredevil, who strongly supported mandatory helmet laws, wore helmets inscribed with the phrase "color me lucky"
    $1600 3
Travel with AAAA in one of several historic transports, including a yacht named for this mythic speedstress
    $1600 4
The "Great Dying" 250 million years ago is more scientifically known as the Permian mass one of these
    $1600 20
A 2023 Hulu doc follows Atlanta musicians fusing jazz with this 4-letter hip-hop subgenre associated with T.I. & Migos
    $2000 24
Panaji is the capital of this 3-letter state, one of India's smallest & a possession of Portugal for more than 4 centuries
    $2000 9
A blow to the head could do this to you, deprive you of the ability to function
    DD: $2,000 5
Seen here is this ruler rocking a helmet while inspecting World War I troops
    $2000 10
Also known as Catamitus, he was a beautiful boy carried away by an eagle for purposes uncertain
    $2000 13
An aquifer, which contains this 11-letter stuff, can be depleted but can also be overfilled like in pumping for gas extraction
    $2000 21
This Grammy-winning jazz & pop singer of "Come Away With Me" collaborated with her half-sister Anoushka Shankar on the track "Unsaid"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Matt Max Kelly
$16,400 $9,000 $12,400

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS
They went their separate ways in 1806 & both became territorial governors: one of Upper Louisiana, the other of Missouri

Final scores:

Matt Max Kelly
$29,400 $9,000 $18,001
Finalist 3rd place: $2,000 2nd place: $3,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Matt Max Kelly
$16,400 $10,200 $9,200
22 R,
1 W		 15 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W

Combined Coryat: $35,800

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Game tape date: 2023-12-05
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