Show #9148 - Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Contestants

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Zach Eckstein, a law clerk from New York, New York

Nella Ballauer, a church secretary from Amarillo, Texas

Jay Fisher, a government relations manager from Lisle, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,799)

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Jeopardy! Round

CYBERTALK
THE FOLKIE ERA
STATES BY SUPER-SENATOR
(Ken: You'll need to name the state whose two senators in the 118th Congress we have combined.)
ARRESTING LITERATURE
2 x 3
(Ken: Each response is two 3-letter words.)
6-POURRI
    $200 19
4-letter word meaning to visit a discussion forum without ever posting a message
    $200 22
Woody Guthrie namechecks "the New York island", "the redwood forest" & "the gulf stream waters" in this folk song
    $200 5
Casey Fetterman
    $200 6
A bad start for Joseph K. in "The Trial" by this man: "One morning, without having done anything wrong, he was arrested"
    $200 11
Proverbially, a huge financial loss has a business "swimming in" this colorful stuff
    $200 12
Sarah Palin was one of the candidates to portray themselves as representing this hypothetical American who enjoys a half-dozen beers
    $400 20
Measured in bits per second, it's the data capacity that can be transmitted over a network connection
    $400 23
An "Acoustic Folk Years" playlist of this legend includes "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" from his "Freewheelin"' days
    $400 4
Kelly Sinema
    $400 17
Count Alexander Rostov is placed under not house but hotel arrest (across from the Kremlin) in this bestseller by Amor Towles
    $400 7
In skateboarding or snowboarding, to soar way off the ground is to get this
    $400 13
Due to its brevity, the third Arab-Israeli military conflict is known as this
    DD: $1,000 21
It's the diplomatic word for the standards governing an exchange of data between computer systems
    $600 24
The song "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" was written about the blue eyes of this Judy, a folk singer & then-girlfriend of Stephen Stills
    $600 3
Cruz Cornyn
    $600 18
Time to dig up this Newbery Medal-winning tale of Stanley Yelnats' time at a correctional camp
    $600 8
In 2022 Costco's CFO said the $1.50 price for this & a soda is "forever"
    $600 14
The World Series has seen dramatic game 6es, including in 2011 when this team saying goodbye to Albert Pujols beat Texas 10-9
    $800 26
It's the 2-word term for the physical separation of a computer system from others, & a good way to protect against hacking
    $800 25
This biblical-sounding trio had 12 Top 40 hits, including "If I Had A Hammer", subtitled "(The Hammer Song)" if you didn't get it
    $800 2
Ernst Grassley
    $800 28
A 1982 novella about Andy Dufresne, unjustly convicted for murder, was "Rita Hayworth &" this (but there's no "The" in the title)
    $800 9
It's the attachment seen here
    $800 15
Less famous than 66, Route 6 was once the USA's longest--3,652 miles from Long Beach, Calif. to Provincetown in this state
    $1000 27
If you see this error number followed by "forbidden", you don't have permission to access that webpage, chump
    $1000 30
Pete Seeger answered this title question a few lines in--"The girls have picked them, every one"
    $1000 1
Britt Tuberville
    $1000 29
John Grady Cole falls for the boss' daughter in "All the Pretty Horses" by this author, but the unhappy boss frames JGC for murder
    $1000 10
In pro wrestling, to slap the mat, signifying, "I give up, please restore blood flow to my brain"
    $1000 16
Soon after WWII the first production V6 engine was spearheaded by this Italian company whose name is Italian for "spear"

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

Jay Nella Zach
$3,800 $600 $3,800

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Nella Zach
$6,400 $0 $3,800

Double Jeopardy! Round

U.S. PLACE NICKNAMES
LE CINÉMA
EDUCATION
3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS
(Ken: ...are gonna be found in each correct response.)
WORLD HISTORY
OPERA HEROINES
    $400 2
The "Venice of America" &, at the height of spring break, "Fort Liquor-Dale"
    $400 21
The French title of this 2023 courtroom drama is "Anatomie d'une chute"
    $400 24
This German name for a type of school was meant to give the idea that the tots would grow & thrive like plants
    $400 1
Philips Medical Systems sells a "HeartStart" home model one of these devices
    $400 23
At its completion a newspaper wrote, "The great continent of Africa is at length literally an island"
    $400 6
In a fit of rage ex-lover Don Jose stabs her to death outside a bullring after she throws away the ring he had given her
    $800 3
"The Home of the Blues", Tennessee
    $800 22
These 2 words complete the title of a romance set in 18th century Brittany, "Portrait of a Lady..."
    $800 10
In the plain type of this, a $2 bunch of watercress costs $6; in the grade type, what was B- work earns an A-
    $800 15
This breed is said to have originated in the mountainous terrain of Western Asia
    $800 5
Woodrow Wilson tried to reshape international relations with this "numerical" 1918 program
    $800 19
Susanna, Countess Rosina's maid, is betrothed to this valet of Count Almaviva but, of course, there are complications
    DD: $3,000 4
"The Weather Capital of the World", Pennsylvania
    $1200 26
One of Edith Piaf's signature songs, it was the title of a 2007 biopic of her
    $1200 11
This method that uses a "mother tongue" approach to teach kids to play musical instruments is named for a Japanese violinist
    $1200 16
The Brits call this mild analgesic drug paracetamol
    $1200 7
Harappa & Mohenjo-Daro were the first cities rediscovered from this ancient civilization on the Indian subcontinent
    $1200 20
In a Puccini opera this tempestuous opera singer fights to save her lover, Mario Cavaradossi, from a sadistic police chief
    $1600 13
"The Spa City", Arkansas
    $1600 27
This actor won an Oscar for playing silent screen idol George Valentin in 2011's "The Artist"
    DD: $3,500 12
Her first book outlining her "method" was published in 1909 as "Il metodo della pedagogia scientifica"
    $1600 17
It's the study of church songs like "Be Thou My Vision" & "Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah"
    $1600 8
In May 1954 this battle by a small mountain outpost near Laos effectively ended the First Indochina War
    $1600 29
As this Verdi opera ends, Violetta dies of consumption with her lover Alfredo Germont at her bedside
    $2000 14
"The Town Too Tough to Die", Arizona
    $2000 28
This director had a bit role as a snitch in his 1960 classic "Breathless"
    $2000 25
In 1923 the college she founded in Florida merged with the Cookman Institute
    $2000 18
In medieval Italy this faction was pitted against the Guelphs & the pope
    $2000 9
It's the rhyming, national nickname of Arminius, who defeated 3 Roman legions at the Battle of Teutoburg Forest
    $2000 30
In order to rescue her husband Florestan from prison, Leonore disguises herself as this title man & gets a job there

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Jay Nella Zach
$19,700 $3,600 $1,800
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY CHARACTERS
In a 1980 National Book Award winner, we learn this title character gets his name from the rank of his late dad--technical sergeant

Final scores:

Jay Nella Zach
$14,400 $1 $0
2-day champion: $16,199 2nd place: $3,000 3rd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Jay Nella Zach
$16,000 $4,600 $1,800
18 R
(including 2 DDs),
0 W		 8 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)		 12 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $22,400

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Game tape date: 2024-05-23
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