Show #8993 - Wednesday, December 13, 2023

2023 Champions Wildcard Hearts semifinal game 2.

Contestants

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Ed Coulson, an economics and real estate professor from Dana Point, California

Emma Saltzberg, a campaigns director from Brooklyn, New York

Tyler Vandenberg, a Marine officer currently serving in Stuttgart, Germany

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Jeopardy! Round

SCIENCE
WESTERN TV SHOWS
HOLMES, SHERLOCK HOLMES
NAME THAT CARMAKER
SLANG FOR LIQUOR
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S...
    $200 21
The Lumières' autochrome color photo plate used a layer of dyed starch particles from these vegetables
    $200 20
Beth Dutton kidnaps a Catholic priest to marry Rip Wheeler on this TV series set in Montana
    $200 11
Holmes figures out the killer in "Black Peter" must be strong--the victim is "pinned like a beetle" by this whaling weapon
    $200 1
You can truck in its Tacoma all the way to Yakima
    $200 7
Béarnaise or A.1., for example
    $200 30
This dazzling phenomenon, as seen from Alaska
    $400 22
Ocean sediment may be made up of coccolithophores, these tiny organisms, 6 billion to the square foot
    $400 15
In 1966 this man stepped down from hosting the Western "Death Valley Days" to focus on his campaign for governor
    $400 8
Gregson, Lestrade, Hopkins & Jones isn't a law firm; they're guys who sought Holmes' help for this "national" agency
    $400 2
There's one U in Outback & 2 in its name
    $400 16
Lewis Carroll coined chortle by combining chuckle & this word
    $400 29
One of these that streaked across the sky over Russia in February 2013, then exploded with the force of 30 nuclear bombs
    DD: $1,000 23
During an epidemic of this disease in 1796, Edward Jenner discovered the power of vaccines & used it to save lives
    $600 12
This actor has been on the right side of the law as Seth Bullock in "Deadwood" & Raylan Givens in "Justified"
    $600 3
In "The Adventure of the Speckled Band", Holmes figures out that the title killer is one of these deadly creatures
    $600 4
Its C40 Recharge is less boxy than some of its Swedish predecessors
    $600 17
On film, Turner's canine partner
    $600 28
A flock of these birds in motion, they're like little stars of the sky
    $800 24
From 1979 to 2009 physicist Stephen Hawking was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at this university
    $800 13
According to good ol' Hoss Cartwright on this show, "Anything will taste good when you're hungry enough"
    $800 9
In "The Musgrave Ritual", Holmes recovers the lost crown of this king deposed in 1649
    $800 5
Its Cayenne puts some pepper in your step
    $800 18
It can come before "sander" & after "Bible"
    $800 27
This constellation, the "chained maiden"
    $1000 25
When boiling water, energy absorbed that escapes as vapor is this type of heat, from Latin latere, "to hide"
    $1000 14
A Paramount+ series follows this Black lawman of the Wild West who in real life apprehended more than 3,000 outlaws, including his son
    $1000 10
This kindly landlady was first mentioned by name in the second Holmes story, "The Sign of the Four"
    $1000 6
Its name implies you'll drive the QX55 forever
    $1000 19
Most Hawaiian Punch labels say, "contains 3%" this
    $1000 26
A 350-feet A35-1000 from this aircraft company with another type of transport in its name

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

Tyler Emma Ed
$3,200 $1,000 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Tyler Emma Ed
$4,800 $2,600 $3,600

Double Jeopardy! Round

FRENCH CONNECTIONS
WHO'S THE MRS.?
YOUR DAY IN "C"OURT
IT WAS AN OLYMPIC YEAR!
OSCAR, MEYER, WIENER
(Ken: We'll need a first and a last name for all these responses.)
AD-JECTIVES
    $400 6
Opened in 1932, Orly is this type of place where one might make a connection
    $400 25
James Brolin
    $400 1
An assertion to a legal right to something; you can also make a "counter-" one
    $400 15
The Liberty Bell moves to a pavilion north of Independence Hall; Israeli commandos take on hijackers at Entebbe
    $400 2
On the small screen, he starred in "Moon Knight"; on the big screen, "The Force Awakens" & "Inside Llewyn Davis", among others
    $400 30
In other words this common pair of advertising adjectives could be "novel as well as ameliorated"
    $800 16
Aneto Peak is the highest point in these mountains that connect or separate France & Spain
    $800 7
Garth Brooks
    $800 21
"Cross-" this is security for one debt that also serves as security for another
    $800 11
Hillary Clinton elected to Senate; first full-time crew arrives at International Space Station
    $800 3
He co-wrote the musicals "Show Boat" & "The King & I"
    $800 29
Taking this adjective literally, the ads say that BMW is the last driving machine that'll be made
    $1200 17
The Fréjus Tunnel carries car traffic from Modane, France to the Piedmont region of this country
    $1200 8
John Krasinski
    DD: $6,000 22
This effort to boot a juror can be peremptory or for cause
    DD: $1,200 12
McKinley wins term one; the Supreme Court rules on Plessy v. Ferguson
    $1200 4
This mobster worked with Bugsy Siegel & Lucky Luciano among others
    $1200 28
This column may precede "tingling" in ad copy for haunted houses & mystery novels
    $1600 18
This lake lies between southwestern Switzerland & the Haute-Savoie department of France
    $1600 9
Dax Shepard
    $1600 23
A judge other than a chief judge at one of the U.S. courts of appeals
    $1600 13
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated; Alger Hiss accused of passing secrets to the Soviets
    $1600 5
This industrialist's son Solomon founded a famous New York City museum
    $1600 27
6-letter synonym for "robust" that's applied in ads to Chunky soup
    $2000 19
Baptiste du Cerceau & Pierre des Illes designed this, the oldest existing bridge across the Seine
    $2000 10
Ted Danson
    $2000 24
Executive clemency can lead to this, reducing the severity of a punishment
    $2000 14
The U-2 incident; incidentally, U2's Bono is born
    $2000 20
Best known for his science of cybernetics, this math professor graduated from college in 1909 at age 14
    $2000 26
It's applied to juicy steaks or, botanically, to cacti & other water-retaining plants

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Tyler Emma Ed
$18,400 $10,600 $2,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

MOVIE MUSICALS
Of the musicals to win an Oscar for Best Picture, 1 of the 2 with one-word titles based on & named for literary characters

Final scores:

Tyler Emma Ed
$36,800 $21,200 $5,600
Finalist 2nd place: $10,000 3rd place: $10,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Tyler Emma Ed
$18,400 $10,600 $9,800
18 R,
2 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
2 W		 19 R,
5 W
(including 2 DDs)

Combined Coryat: $38,800

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Game tape date: 2023-11-08
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