Show #8 2022-11-13 (taped 2022-10-02) Celebrity

2022-2023 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Joel Kim Booster — a comedian from Chicago, Illinois

Wil Wheaton — an actor from Burbank, California

John Michael Higgins — an actor from Boston, Massachusetts

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Michael	$200	$400	$600	$10,800 3rd place: $50,000 for the Actors' Equity Foundation , including the Entertainment Community Fund	$5,700 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Wil	$1,300	$3,800	$17,000	$42,200 Winner: finalist	$17,900 38 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
Joel	$1,600	$1,400	$14,800	$38,600 2nd place: $50,000 for Selah Neighborhood Homeless Coalition	$13,900 28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SEE WHAT I DID THERE?	THAT BOOK YOU'VE BEEN MEANING TO READ	AT THE STORE	GOING THROUGH SOME CYCLES	THE EDWARDIAN ERA	THE "A" LIST
$100 [21] Alexander Gardner here: during this war, I tookphotos2 days after Antietam, the first battlefield to be photographed so soon the Civil War Wil	$100 [10] Physicist Stephen Hawking penned 1988's "A Brief History of" this--I'll get to it, briefly Time Michael	$100 [28] Customers have been known to customize their orders with 25 pumps or more of vanilla or syrup in their cinnamon dolce latte here Starbucks Michael	$100 [13] Washing machines use this noisy cycle to extract moisture from freshly laundered clothes the spin cycle Wil	$100 [30] If you do talk about "Fight Club", you can talk about how he played the narrator of that film Edward Norton Joel	$100 [5] Found in baseball box scores, it means how many people were there attendance Michael
$200 [22] Cheerio! I'm Sir Roger Bannister, the first man to run this distance in under 4 minutes, seenhereon the same track 50 years later the mile Michael	DD $300 [2] You dug the musical with Cosette, Javert & all the sad songs; now it's time to pry open this Victor Hugo novel from 1862 Les miserables Joel	$200 [27] This assemble-it-yourself-at-home furnishings retailer began in Sweden & today operates more than 400 stores worldwide IKEA Wil	$200 [14] Velocipede a pedale was an Old French term for what we know today as this a bicycle Wil	$200 [29] If you are "Thinking Out Loud", perhaps you are thinking of this singer/songwriter seen here Ed Sheeran Joel	$200 [4] In 2021 fugitive Brian Laundrie ended his days in Fla.'s Myakkahatchee Creek area, home to these long & toothy critters alligators Joel
$300 [25] I'm staying anonymous, but I put myinitialson a train, a form of graffiti called this a tag (tagging) Wil	$300 [1] Before I can read the "Edge of Reason" sequel about this plucky, single British woman, I've got to read her "Diary" Bridget Jones Joel	$300 [26] "Fitch" pairs with this surname in the name of a clothing store chain Abercrombie Wil	$300 [15] He focused his "ol' blue eyes" on folk & pop songs for his 1968 album "Cycles" Frank Sinatra Joel	$300 [17] This saga of novels & films had fans divided into Team Edward & Team Jacob, boiling down to sparkly vampire or werewolf? Twilight Wil	$300 [3] These of Judy Garland, like on a movie still, are among the most coveted of Hollywood stars autographs
$400 [24] I'm lead architect James Polshek & I kept a bridge motif in mind designing this man'spresidential libraryin Little Rock Bill Clinton Wil	$400 [6] Over the years, this novel about Holden Caulfield has been frequently challenged for its sex & profanity; I'm in! The Catcher in the Rye Wil	$400 [19] This convenience store took its name in 1946 from the extended hours between which its stores were open 7-Eleven Wil	$400 [16] Spots on this appear in 11-year cycles & can be several times the size of the Earth the Sun Michael	$400 [11] Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine called this late guitarist "the Mozart of our generation" Eddie Van Halen Wil Joel	$400 [9] To avoid a libel lawsuit, news stories about someone accused of a crime use this word meaning "accused" alleged Joel
$500 [23] I'm this 1-named Renaissance sculptor & I did abust, now in Florence, of another 1-named dude, Brutus Michelangelo	$500 [7] David Foster Wallace's weighty tome titled "Infinite" this; we kid you not, it took him 4 years to write it Jest Wil	$500 [20] Ron Johnson, Apple's former senior VP for retail, came up with this name for the counter where you take your broken MacBook the Genius Bar Wil	$500 [18] In 1953 sir Hans Krebs got this big prize for describing the cycle by which living cells obtain energy the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Michael Joel	$500 [12] Vincent Price's last appearance on the big screen was this 1990 film starring Johnny Depp as the title character with unusual appendages Edward Scissorhands Wil	$500 [8] Animation puts images on a screen; this longer word is the technology of lifelike motorized puppets animatronics Joel

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC SHIPS	THE BIBLE	A TRIP TO THE MUSEUM	BODY PART PHRASES	MUSICAL THEATER	DRIVING IN L.A.
$200 [25] This boat that brought over the first Pilgrims reached what is today Massachusetts in November 1620 the Mayflower Joel	$200 [10] In "the six hundred and first year", second month, 27th day, the earth was dried & this vessel's occupants could leave it the ark (Noah's ark) Michael	$200 [26] Spring or any other season is a lovely time to visit the Musee d'Orsay in this city Paris Wil	$200 [6] Brides or grooms may succumb to these, a reluctance to wed, not a case of frostbite cold feet Joel	$200 [22] In "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown", this character sings "My Blanket and Me" Linus Joel	$200 [30] L.A. fans are notorious for pulling out of this venue onto Vin Scully Avenue around the 7th inning to beat the traffic Dodger Stadium Joel
$400 [13] Launched in 1953, the USS Albacore was a research ship that pioneered the "teardrop" hull shape for this type of vessel a submarine Joel	$400 [8] Called "kings" in a Christmas carol, these visitors to the young Jesus brought a trio of gifts: gold, frankincense & myrrh the magi (or the wise men) Wil	$600 [9] Visitors to Chicago's Field Museum can gaze upon Sue, one of these dinosaurs a T. rex ( Tyrannosaurus rex ) Joel	$400 [15] To fall in love in a surprisingly complete manner is to do so this way, mentioning body parts on 2 extremes head over heels Wil	$400 [21] In September 2022 Lea Michele stepped into the role of Fanny Brice in the revival of this show Funny Girl Joel	$400 [12] L.A. lore says when Johnny Carson asked Bette Davis how a young actress could get into here, Bette said, "Take Fountain" Hollywood Wil
$600 [27] The HMS Beagle took this scientist on an 1830s voyage to South America, where the sites influenced his theories of evolution Darwin Michael	$600 [2] There was some serious sibling rivalry with these first 2 sons of Adam & Eve Cain & Abel Michael Wil	$800 [23] The National Air & Space Museum & the National Museum of the American Indian are part of this Washington, D.C. complex the Smithsonian Wil	$600 [16] When you "keep" someone at this distance, you're not sure of their intentions & don't want them too close to you arm's length Wil	$600 [14] The Tony-winning Best Musical of 2011, it features the songs "Two by Two" & "Joseph Smith American Moses" The Book of Mormon Wil	$600 [11] You can tell "The Big Sleep" was written 80+ years ago--the hero drives "through Pasadena & almost at once I was in" groves of these orange trees Wil
$800 [29] Since Dec. 7, 1941 the USS Arizona has lain at the bottom of this Hawaiian location Pearl Harbor Wil	$800 [4] Matthew 5:5 says, "Blessed are" this group "for they shall inherit the earth" the meek Wil	$1,000 [24] Head to Bloomsbury in London to visit this national museum & its famous collection of mummies & other antiquities the British Museum Wil	$800 [17] From World War II came a reminder to be careful what you say around others because these "sink ships" loose lips Wil	$1,000 [20] "Hairspray" & "Cry-Baby" are both based on movies by this cult film director John Waters Joel	$800 [1] This person who takes your keys may be a future star; Bill Paxton did that job at the Beverly Hills Hotel a valet Joel
$1,000 [28] This U.S. ship from the War of 1812 is nicknamed "Old Ironsides" the USS Constitution	$1,000 [7] This 5-letter word refers to the "bread from heaven" eaten by the Israelites as told in the Book of Exodus manna Joel	DD $5,200 [5] Prince's Cloud #2 Blue Angel electric guitar is on display at this Cleveland museum the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Wil	$1,000 [18] When you need to concentrate on your ultimate goal, remember to "keep" this, a rhyming phrase involving visual organs eyes on the prize Joel	DD $6,400 [19] A small Jewish village in Russia, Anatevka is the setting for this musical Fiddler on the Roof Joel	$1,000 [3] The 1950 movie with this title is about an hour & 50 minutes; it'll take about that long to drive the same-named 22-mile road Sunset Boulevard Joel

Final Jeopardy!

ADVENTURE NOVELS

The villainess in this French novel kind of undercuts the title when she says, "among these four men two only are to be feared"

The Three Musketeers

Michael "What The Three Musketeer?s" — wagered $5,400

Joel "What The Three Musketeers? :)" — wagered $19,000

Wil "What is The Three Musketeers?" — wagered $10,000

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