Show #8855 - Friday, April 21, 2023

Contestants

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Igor Petrovich, an attorney from Ashburn, Virginia

Anjali Salvador, a lawyer from Houston, Texas

Emma Hill Kepron, a librarian from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)

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Jeopardy! Round

BASKETBALL GREATS
THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS
SLIDING INTO YOUR "D.M."s
RHYME TIME
YOU DRIVE
A HARD BARGAIN
    $200 9
(I'm Candace Parker.) 2008 was a good year; I won my second Final Four MVP for leading Tennessee to the NCAA title & was recognized as the top women's college player with the trophy named for this inventor of the sport
    $200 26
The first of the missions was built by 18th century padres in what is today this big Southern California city
    $200 25
"Don't be creepy" is one of the top rules when sliding into someone's DMs, DM standing for this
    $200 1
A thick seafood & vegetable soup in dry, pulverized form
    $200 11
In this job for the wealthy Kelly family, Godfrey Ford drove young Grace around & became a friend to her
    $200 20
In 1867 the U.S. agreed to give the czar $7.2 million in gold; the cost to him? This territory
    $400 16
Tim Hardaway was a master of the "crossover" this, switching the ball from one hand to the other to confuse defenders
    $400 27
Founded in 1791, the mission in this central coast U.C. city is the only one named not for a saint, but for the cross
    DD: $1,800 6
The dome on the capitol building of this Midwest city is gilded with 23-karat gold leaf
    $400 2
An ancient Roman garment for practicing asanas
    $400 12
In 2021 this biggest rideshare provider recognized a union for the first time, of drivers who sit on the right in Britain
    $400 21
The harsh terms imposed on Germany by the 1919 treaty of this are often cited as a cause of World War II
    $600 17
The winner of 11 NBA titles as a player, & the first Black coach in the NBA, this legend passed away in 2022
    $600 28
Not far from Los Angeles, Mission San Fernando was a popular stopping-off point for travelers on this royal road
    $600 7
First name Klaus, the namesake of this boot brand was a physician in the German army
    $600 3
"Texas" lawman trouble
    $600 13
In "Cold Pursuit", based on a Norwegian film, Liam Neeson gets revenge on bad guys using his job driving this big winter vehicle
    $600 22
It took 2 months, 133 ballots & a lot of negotiating for Massachusetts Rep. Nathaniel Banks to land this job in 1856
    $800 18
The 1940s defensive dominance of 6'10" George Mikan led to this rule that prohibits touching a ball on its downward flight to the basket
    $800 29
A mission could include a pueblo, a town & one of these, a fort for protection; San Francisco has one
    $800 8
The two celebrities seen here, one was a member of the Brat Pack & the other the Rat Pack
    $800 4
An arbiter of a soft chocolate confection
    $800 14
A big heist needs someone to drive this--for the 1950 Boston Brink's job, it was Joseph Banfield
    $800 23
China ceded the island of Hong Kong to Britain in 1842 as one of many concessions to end the first of these wars
    $1000 19
(I'm Jalen Rose.) In 1992 & '93 Chris Webber, Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Ray Jackson & I played in back-to-back NCAA title games as the University of Michigan starting squad, known by this alliterative nickname
    $1000 30
Native Americans who converted to Christianity at the missions were called these, from Greek for "newly planted"
    $1000 10
In writing, examples of these include the breve & macron
    $1000 5
To pigeonhole a dozen
    $1000 15
At NASCAR races the driver of this car leads the field to the start & also keeps the cars at the right speed on pit road
    $1000 24
In 1962 the Berlin Hilton bar was a headquarters for James B. Donovan in tough negotiations to get this American pilot released

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

Emma Anjali Igor
$0 $5,400 $1,200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Emma Anjali Igor
$600 $4,600 $4,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

SPEAK OF THE DICKENS
GO JUMP IN A LAKE
SCIENTIFIC NUMBERS
FOREIGN POLITICAL PARTIES
"F"IVE LETTER WORDS
CUTTING IN LINE AT THE MOVIES
(Ken: You'll have to name the film containing each of these cutting remarks.)
    $400 10
Dickens had a pet bird of this variety that he featured in "Barnaby Rudge" & that, in turn, may have inspired a Poe poem
    $400 18
A "Windy City" dip into this lake might prove challenging during winter, but we have faith in you
    $400 26
The atomic numbers of hydrogen & helium add up to this number
    $400 3
Comedian Beppe Grillo created this country's populist Five Star Movement, one of dozens in the country
    $400 22
Food groups often left off nutritional guidelines include nougat, meringue & this sweet stuff seen with bread
    $400 1
Cary Elwes to Chris Sarandon: "I'll use small words so that you'll be sure to understand, you warthog-faced buffoon"
    $800 16
Dora Spenlow was this title character's first wife; Agnes Wickfield was his second
    $800 19
You could jump in Lake Tanganyika from the shore of this country that starts with the same first 3 letters
    $800 27
Zero is the lowest on the standard pH scale; this number is the highest
    $800 4
In 2021 this party known as Die Grünen in Germany took almost 15% of that country's votes in federal elections
    $800 6
An aspect or phase of something, it's also any of the small, polished sides on a cut diamond
    $800 2
Peter Lorre: "You despise me, don't you?" Humphrey Bogart: "If I gave you any thought, I probably would"
    $1200 17
Dickens wrote several holiday books besides "A Christmas Carol", including the tale of this insect "on the Hearth"
    $1200 20
Plunge into this crescent-shaped lake on the border between France & Switzerland, the largest European Alpine lake
    $1200 28
Rounded to 1.618, an irrational number mentioned by Euclid is known as this divine proportion
    $1200 11
In 1995 the Parti Québécois held a referendum seeking this; it lost by a slim margin
    $1200 7
Proverbially, this type of "heart" "never won fair lady"
    $1200 5
From a '90s animated film: "You were born a street rat, you'll die a street rat & only your fleas will mourn you!"
    $1600 23
Dickens collaborated on several stories with a dear friend, this author of "The Moonstone"
    $1600 21
While in New Orleans be sure to be careful on the steps as you quickly descend into this vast lake
    $1600 29
Sure, you all know pi approximated to 3.14, but it's also approximated by this fraction
    DD: $2,000 12
Banned from 1960 to 1990 by the South African government, this party led the fight to destroy apartheid
    DD: $1,500 8
In its simplest form it's a sheet of paper folded in half to make 2 leaves or 4 pages; Shakespeare's had a lot more
    $1600 14
Jamie Lee Curtis to Kevin Kline: "To call you stupid would be an insult to stupid people"
    $2000 24
"The Life and Adventures of" this alliterative character inspired an 8 1/2 hour long drama that premiered on Broadway in 1981
    $2000 25
When you dip into this big lake in the Northwest Territories, beware of the ursines for which it was named
    $2000 30
The speed of light clocks in at 186,282 of this unit of speed
    $2000 13
This world chess champ drew the ire of Putin by creating the United Civil Front in 2005
    $2000 9
Pachelbel composed this type of composition "in D minor" & also "in F major"
    $2000 15
Not a fan of Olivia Colman's makeup, Rachel Weisz says, "You look like a badger"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Emma Anjali Igor
$12,100 $9,400 $12,000

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Final Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC GROUPS
Originally a term for security escorts for commanders, in 27 B.C. this group was designated an official imperial force

Final scores:

Emma Anjali Igor
$14,600 $11,900 $1,000
2-day champion: $26,000 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Emma Anjali Igor
$12,200 $8,000 $11,600
14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 14 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 18 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W

Combined Coryat: $31,800

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Game tape date: 2023-02-07
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