Suggest correction - #7938 - 2019-02-27
Show #7938 - Wednesday, February 27, 2019
2019 All-Star Games match 2, game 2.
Contestants
Team Julia (subtotal of $0)
Playing the Jeopardy! Round: Seth Wilson, a private events manager from Chicago, Illinois
Playing the Double Jeopardy! Round: Julia Collins, an administrator of a female-centric website from Wilmette, Illinois
Playing the Final Jeopardy! Round: Ben Ingram, a business technology integration consultant from Lake Wylie, South Carolina
Team Austin (subtotal of $8,000)
Playing the Jeopardy! Round: Leonard Cooper, a graduate student at Brown University from Little Rock, Arkansas
Playing the Double Jeopardy! Round: Austin Rogers, a bartender from New York, New York
Playing the Final Jeopardy! Round: Roger Craig, a machine learning consultant from Newark, Delaware
Team Ken (subtotal of $40,003)
Playing the Jeopardy! Round: Monica Thieu, a Ph.D. student in psychology from New York, New York
Playing the Double Jeopardy! Round: Ken Jennings, a writer from Seattle, Washington
Playing the Final Jeopardy! Round: Matt Jackson, a digital fundraising professional from Washington, D.C.
Jeopardy! Round
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OutKast instructed, "Shake it like" this; the company said, no, don't--that can actually hurt the image |
a Polaroid picture
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This actress's grandmother described Southern women as "Whiskey in a Teacup", the title of her 2018 book |
(Reese) Witherspoon
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1998 U.S. & British bombing of Iraq: Operation ____ Fox |
Desert Fox
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Walk through the Vanderbilt Gate at 5th Avenue & 105th Street to get to the conservatory garden in this park |
Central Park
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This name for the one in charge of the big top is also an appropriate title for Sauron |
the ringmaster
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Emily Post says those who get these cards, typically mailed 4 to 6 months before the wedding, must get invitations |
save the date
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This Meghan Trainor tune says, "I see the magazines working that Photoshop, we know that...ain't real" |
(Seth: What is [*]?) (Alex: That's it.) (Seth: What a day.)
"All About That Bass"
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This co-founder of CAA & onetime Disney president wrote a very candid 2018 memoir |
(Monica: Who is Eisner?)
Michael Ovitz
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1862 Confederate victory at a Blue Ridge sore spot: Battle of ____ Ferry |
Harpers
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Walk through Philly's Pennypack Park, not far from Temple University, & you might see a great horned one of these birds |
an owl
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Mario Zacchini, AKA the "human" this, once said, "Flying isn't the hard part, landing in the net is" |
a cannonball
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McCrory's was this kind of store named for the coins spent there; John McCrorey dropped his "E" for cheaper signage |
(Seth: What is a... dime store?)
a five and dime
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In "The Boys of Summer", Don Henley sings, "You got that hair slicked back" & these Ray-Bans on |
Wayfarers
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This author of "The Kite Runner" wrote "Sea Prayer" in response to the current refugee crisis |
Khaled Hosseini
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Battleship nicknamed "Mighty Mo": USS ____ |
Missouri
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You can walk up Hippie Hill in this alliterative San Francisco park |
Golden Gate Park
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Caught by his brother, in 1982 Miguel Vasquez did the first quadruple somersault using this apparatus |
a trapeze
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To ascertain one person's thoughts, as by telepathy |
read one mind
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Grey Poupon & Evian are featured in this No. 1 hit by Kendrick Lamar |
(Monica: What is "Drank"?)
"HUMBLE."
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This 3-named historian studied Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, FDR & LBJ for her book "Leadership in Turbulent Times" |
Doris Kearns Goodwin
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1904-05 fight in the Far East: Russo-____ War |
Japanese
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30-mile Wildwood Trail is in this northwest city's Forest Park; William Clark visited when it was just forest |
Portland, Oregon
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Pierrot & grotesque are 2 of the white-faced these you may see at the circus |
a clown
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Don't do this, meaning to put the important part of a news story way down in the article |
bury the lede
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Lorde was still a teenager when she wrote "Royals", which namechecks Cristal & this French vodka |
(Leonard: Oh!) [Leonard rings in.] (Alex: Leonard.) (Leonard: What is [*]?)
Grey Goose
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He wrote "Little Children", covered high school in "Election", then gave us "Mrs. Fletcher", whose son is off to college |
Tom Perotta
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3-winged mount of the Red Baron: Fokker ____ |
triplane
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Stop to enjoy the landscaping of Dumbarton Oaks park in this city |
(Seth: What is D.C.?) (Alex: You got it.) (Seth: [Overlapping] What is Washington D.C.?) (Alex: That's it.)
D.C., or Washington, D.C.
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In 1902 Will Rogers joined Texas Jack's American circus as a bronco rider & trick artist using these |
a lasso
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A body part is in this expression meaning to pay expenses someone has run up |
foot the bill
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$400 |
$4,000 |
$4,400 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$2,800 |
$4,800 |
$5,400 |
Double Jeopardy! Round
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AFRICAN-AMERICAN ACTRESSES |
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This always frozen subsoil started forming around the time of Earth's first glaciation, 2 billion-plus years ago |
permafrost
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A first century B.C. writer said of sculptor Praxiteles that he imbued this material with the passions of the soul |
marble
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She's played a Desperate Housewife & the scheming Wilhemina on "Ugly Betty" |
(Vanessa) Williams
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The 1993 Cherbourg dispute was between Britain & France over fishing rights in & around this island group |
the Channel Islands
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1918 date when WWI combat officially ceased |
November 11
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Part of a bride's ensemble (4) |
her veil
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Erosion by glaciers created the lakes of these mountains, including Lake Garda & Lake Lucerne |
the Alps
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Last name of the family that includes 3 generations of artists--illustrator N.C., Andrew & Jamie |
Wyeth
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Jennifer Hudson, Beyonce & Anika Noni Rose are the singing trio in this film adaptation of a Broadway show |
Dreamgirls
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The self-proclaimed Saharan Arab Democratic Republic disputes the territory of Western Sahara with this nation |
Morocco
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2018 date on which Mark Hamill, shamrock & all, was the guest of honor at Dublin's big parade |
(Alex: Yes, St. Patty's Day.)
March 17th
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The heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, etc. (7) |
viscera
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Don't call Ayla in "The Clan of the Cave Bear" a Neanderthal--she's this kind of human that emerged later, around 40,000 B.C. |
a Cro Magnon
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He worked with Giorgione on frescos in 1508, then took over as Venice's greatest 1-named painter |
Titian
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The mom of TV's Huxtable family, in 2004 she became the first black actress to win the Tony for a leading role in a play |
Phylicia Rashad
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The Abyssinia crisis of 1935-36 was a conflict between these 2 nations, one in Africa & one in Europe |
Italy and Ethiopia
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Until it was moved up to January 20, this was the official presidential inauguration date |
March 4th
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Ear-splitting World Cup noisemaker (8) |
a vuvuzela
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Pangea, one of these, formed around 300 million & broke up around 200 million years ago |
a supercontinent
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Picasso saw himself & this painter as the Wright Brothers of Cubism & even called him "Wilbur" |
Braque
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Maidie Norman, the maid who got offed by Bette Davis in this 1962 film, rewrote her lines so they wouldn't sound so stereotypical |
What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?
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A 2012 Japan Times editorial accused China of engaging in this force-based "diplomacy" named for a type of warship |
gunboat
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1926 date on which Houdini died |
October 31st
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The left-hand page of a book or manuscript (5) |
the verso
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This dinosaur of 100 million+ years ago got its name because its teeth resembled those of a lizard that's still around |
an iguanodon
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In 1504 Durer tried to show perfect human forms in this pair, each holding a tree branch |
(Alex: Tree of Life and the Tree of Knowledge.)
Adam and Eve
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Awarded an honorary Oscar in 2018, she has a 6-decade acting career that includes "Roots" & "The Help" |
Cicely Tyson
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Falklands foes Argentina & the U.K. also bicker over the South these Islands, an old name for far-off Hawaii |
the South Sandwich Islands
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The Dominion of Canada was proclaimed on this date in 1867 |
(Alex: Oh, you break my heart.) (Ken: Sorry! Sorry, Alex.) (Alex: Yes. [*].)
July 1st
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An early bike or trike (10) |
a velocipede
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$30,200 |
$13,600 |
$7,800 |
Final Jeopardy! Round
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Interpreting for Vaclav Havel, future ambassador Rita Klimova gave us this phrase for a smooth change of government |
(Alex: [To Roger] Did Austin tell you to write that down as your response? Or was it your idea?) (Roger: It was actually, yeah, my own idea.) (Alex: Okay.) (Roger: But it was the only time--the first time I haven't taken orders from him.) (Alex: Okay.)Roger | What or who is Alex Trebek RSTLNE XBKA | $0 | | | $0 | Matt | What is velvet revolution divorce | $538 | the velvet revolution |
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Final scores:
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$30,738 |
$13,600 |
$15,600 |
Cumulative scores:
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$70,741 |
$21,600 |
$15,600 |
Game dynamics:
Team Ken |
Team Austin |
Team Julia |
$24,400 |
$13,400 |
$7,800 |
Monica |
Leonard |
Seth |
$2,800 |
$4,600 |
$5,400 |
Ken |
Austin |
Julia |
$21,600 |
$8,800 |
$2,400 |
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