Show #8924 - Thursday, July 27, 2023

Contestants

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Zach Razavi, a palliative physician from Saint Paul, Minnesota

Alicia Schaffer, a physician from Indianapolis, Indiana

Lucas Partridge, a school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,100)

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Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC AMERICANS
BOOKS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
TRIPLE TIME
THE FORBES 2023 BILLIONAIRES
RETITLED MOVIE ADAPTATIONS
ANATOMICAL ANAGRAMS
    $200 12
In 1898, with a war looming with Spain, she wrote Pres. McKinley that she could supply him with "fifty lady sharpshooters"
    $200 21
It introduces the 10 plagues & the 10 Commandments
    $200 17
Like a pregnancy, Carleton College's academic year is divided into these
    $200 7
Forbes cited "investor fears about" him "adding yet another CEO job" after a $44 billion purchase; he fell to No. 2 on the list
    $200 1
Hans Christian Andersen's chilling story "The Snow Queen" became this animated blockbuster
    $200 10
Above the toes & below the neck is this joint, one of a pair
    $400 13
Saying he was instructed by an angel named Moroni, he translated the "Book of Mormon" from a set of gold plates
    $400 22
One of the 2 middle verses of the King James Bible is this book 103:2, "Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits"
    $400 18
This organization was founded in Chicago by a group of motoring enthusiasts March 4, 1902
    $400 8
"The world's richest woman" is Françoise Bettencourt Meyers; grandpa founded this beauty co., & Françoise is worth it (& $80.5 billion)
    $400 2
Nicholas Pileggi's book "Wiseguy" inspired this gangster film that won Joe Pesci a Best Supporting Actor Oscar
    $400 11
Especially in a crowded cafe, it would be hard to hide this
    $600 14
Before partnering with Henry Wells, he worked as an express messenger for Wells' company
    $600 23
The book of this woman tells the story of a Moabite widow who was an ancestor of King David
    $600 6
Cointreau is a type of this liqueur essential in the making of a Cosmopolitan
    $600 9
2 new faces on the list: this "basketball legend" at $1 billion & this "golf great" at a bit more
    $600 3
Peter George's novel "Red Alert" got this title when Stanley Kubrick made it into an apocalyptic big screen black comedy
    $600 27
All of us here on Earth owe our continued living to this
    DD: $2,000 15
Soon after he lost his Supreme Court case, this enslaved American was emancipated by the son of his first owner
    $800 24
This "Song" has been viewed as an allegory of God's love for his chosen people & as simply some steamy love poetry
    $800 19
As told in Genesis, these are the 3 sons of Noah
    $800 25
He founded his sports shoe company "in 1964, with just $500" & he & family are now No. 25 at $45.1 billion
    $800 4
Cornell Woolrich's short story "It Had to Be Murder" became this Hitchcock film with Jimmy Stewart in the cast & in a cast
    $800 28
If you lose a Birkenstock, you'll soon be treading on this
    $1000 16
After helping women gain the right to vote in her home state of Montana, she became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress
    $1000 30
The Hebrew name of this prophet with his own book is Yeshayahu, "God is salvation"
    $1000 20
The 1805 Battle of Austerlitz is also called the Battle of the 3 Emperors, who led these 3 current countries
    $1000 26
Though this ex-mayor donated $1.7 billion to charity, he still had $94.5 billion left & was No. 7
    $1000 5
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" was loosely based on this epic written about 2,800 years before
    $1000 29
Retain all insurance paperwork after getting this checked out at the eye doctor

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

Lucas Alicia Zach
$5,200 $1,200 $200

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Lucas Alicia Zach
$5,200 $2,400 $1,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES
PLAY TIME
STARTS WITH "H-I"
THE BAR MITZVAH BOY
THAT SONG SLAYS
HERE BE PIRATES!
    $400 16
Craig Ferguson is a proud Glaswegian--a native of this city
    $400 10
In Peter Shaffer's play "The Royal Hunt of the Sun", a conquistador imprisons Atahuallpa, emperor of this people
    $400 18
It's the handle of a sword
    $400 17
This Facebook founder had a "Star Wars" theme at Temple Beth Abraham in Tarrytown, New York
    $400 8
"I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die" is how one gets the "Folsom Prison Blues", per this singer
    $400 1
For Disney's "Peter Pan", Hans Conried voiced dual roles: Mr. Darling & this evil pirate
    $800 3
I found my thrill on Parliament Hill in this city with a visit to the Canadian Senate chamber
    $800 11
Plays by Jean Anouilh include "Antigone", "Becket" & "The Lark", about this 15th century French heroine
    $800 26
The northern star coral enters quiescence, commonly known as this, during colder months
    $800 19
Then still named Lifshitz, this man with plenty of fashion sense chose a blue blazer for his big day
    $800 4
"Mama, just killed a man... life had just begun, but now I've gone & thrown it all away" is part of this tune, & no, we will not let you go
    $800 27
Andrew Jackson called this French pirate "one of the ablest men" in the Battle of New Orleans
    $1200 2
The Georgian city of Batumi dates from around 1000 B.C. & is an important port on this sea
    $1200 12
This alliterative 3-word Shakespeare comedy begins with 4 friends swearing off women & romance
    $1200 25
It's not the lady's tux, it just means hairy
    $1200 20
This current Senate leader found the festive mood of his bar mitzvah lessened as it took place Nov. 23, 1963
    $1200 5
"Murder by numbers, 1, 2, 3, it's as easy to learn as your ABC", sang this group in 1983; someone should call them about that
    $1200 28
Not named for pirate William, but for an admiral who died on the Arizona at Pearl Harbor, here's the USS this, flying the Jolly Roger
    $1600 9
The massive Lower Usuma Dam was completed in 1990 to bring drinking water to Abuja, about to become this nation's new capital
    DD: $2,000 13
The play "Mrs. Warren's Profession" by this Irishman was considered so scandalous it was banned for years
    $1600 24
It's a chemical released by certain white blood cells during allergic reactions
    $1600 21
This New York Times columnist known for covering the Mideast mentions his bar mitzvah in his book "From Beirut to Jerusalem"
    $1600 6
In a song that really slays, "In The Pines" is the answer to this question asked by Nirvana & by others long before
    $1600 29
In a book by Rafael Sabatini, "Captain Blood" is a feared pirate of this "Spanish" area of New World seas
    DD: $1,800 15
Today an art school stands at the place in this huge metropolis where Rudyard Kipling was born in 1865
    $2000 14
In this "small" Lillian Hellman drama about greed & ambition, a southern family plots to make a fortune by fair means or foul
    $2000 23
A 1932 article about FDR touches on his "Unexpected" this ability & adds, "the dramatic is not without value in politics"
    $2000 22
This future author of unsettling tales became a man on June 13, 1896 in Prague
    $2000 7
He uses his "silver hammer" to take out a quizzical Joan, an annoyed school teacher, & even the judge at his trial
    $2000 30
Let's raise a glass of branded rum to this captain, a Welsh buccaneer who somehow ended up as deputy governor of Jamaica in 1674

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Lucas Alicia Zach
$13,600 $11,000 $2,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

FIGHTING FORCES
Formed in 1831 to help with the conquest of Algeria, its ranks have included Germans, Turks & Chinese

Final scores:

Lucas Alicia Zach
$22,100 $17,999 $3,986
2-day champion: $42,200 2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Lucas Alicia Zach
$12,400 $13,200 $2,000
21 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
4 W
(including 1 DD)		 3 R,
1 W

Combined Coryat: $27,600

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Game tape date: 2023-05-19
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