Show #9018 2024-01-17 (taped 2024-01-03) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 quarterfinal game 2.

Contestants

Patti Palmer — a retired teacher and bookseller from Tulsa, Oklahoma

Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Devin Lohman — an architectural designer and masters student from Peachtree City, Georgia

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Devin	$2,400	$1,600	$6,400	$5,799 2nd place: $5,000	$6,400 9 R, 2 W
Juveria	$3,200	$5,600	$32,800	$40,800 Winner: semifinalist	$20,000 30 R (including 3 DDs), 6 W
Patti	$1,800	$3,800	$7,000	$0 3rd place: $5,000	$7,000 13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE FIST & THE FURIOUS MOVIES	AROUND THE GLOBE	BORN ON JAN. 17	U.S. STAMPS	POLITICS AS UNUSUAL	INCONVENIENT WORDS
$200 [27] In the 1980 film "Superman II", Margot Kidder as this newspaper reporter sends a foe down with a nice right cross Lois Lane Juveria	$200 [26] One of the most isolated spots on Earth, Bouvet Island lies 1,100 miles north of this continent's Queen Maud Land Antarctica Juveria	$200 [28] She has an impressive résumé:Princeton, Harvard Law, a 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue address Michelle Obama Juveria Patti	$200 [30] Showing a wreath, a ribbon & 2 candles, the first USPS stamp celebrating this was controversial in 1962 for mixing church & state Christmas Juveria	$200 [19] Patrick McHenrywas in the news, as he filled in in this job for 3 tumultuous weeks in the fall of 2023 Speaker of the House (pro tem) Juveria	$200 [29] This carbonated water is flavored with quinine tonic Juveria
$400 [20] Bob Barker throws 8 solid left jabs before putting this title golfer in the water hazard with a big right Happy Gilmore Patti	$400 [16] You can enter this body of water via the Strait of Magellan or the Strait of Malacca the Pacific Ocean Juveria	$400 [25] Some point the finger athimin the 1920 whacking of Johnny Torio's boss, "Big Jim" Colosimo Al Capone Patti	$400 [24] The "Pony Cars" series features 5 classic sporty autos, including this Ford model that inspired the term a Mustang Patti	$400 [11] This movement named for a 1773 event arrived in 2010 starting with the election of newbie Dean Murray to the N.Y. State Assembly the Tea Party movement Juveria	$400 [23] It's a time-stamped document that outlines a buyer's obligation to a seller--a bill, if you will an invoice
$600 [12] This Carl Weathers boxer is told, "Finish (that) bum, & let's go home"; he does not finish that bum Apollo Creed Patti	$600 [1] The Tian Shan Mountainsseparate Kyrgyzstan from this big neighbor to the south & east China Juveria	$600 [21] He was born (in 1931) to say, "No... I am your father" & "this is CNN" James Earl Jones Juveria	$600 [22] A series dedicated to this art form shows men dressed in traje de charro playing the trumpet, guitarrón & other instruments mariachi Patti	$600 [18] More governors of New Jersey have resigned than of any other state--mostly for positive reasons like when he quit in 1913 to be president Wilson Juveria	$600 [10] In 2023 this type of filing affecting housing was 50% higher than the pre-pandemic average in some cities eviction Juveria Patti
$800 [9] Just after showing a fake I.D. that says "McLovin", Fogell gets sucker punched in a liquor store in this 2007 comedy Superbad Devin	$800 [2] They're the 2 U.N. member countries in Africa with a cardinal direction in their names South Sudan & South Africa Devin	$800 [4] He was born in Boston in 1706, the 15th of 17 kids in his family; he'd seek his fortune in Philly Benjamin Franklin Patti	$1,000 [6] A one-centstamppays tribute to this American designer of lamps & much more Tiffany Juveria	$800 [17] The 1974 Senate race in N.H., with 220,000 votes cast, was won by 355, then after the first of these, by 10, then after another, by 2 recounts Devin	$800 [15] The Patent Office wants to make sure that this is "new, useful & non-obvious" invention Devin Juveria
$1,000 [8] Russell Crowe takes some punches in the ring & in life as Jim Braddock in this film the Cinderella Man Juveria	$1,000 [3] The British military enclave of Dhekelia lies near the U.N. buffer zone on this Mediterranean island Cyprus Devin Patti	$1,000 [5] The youngest of the Brontes, she wrote "Agnes Grey" at 27 but would die only 2 years later Anne (Brontë) Patti	DD $1,600 [7] A 1989 stamp drew criticism from paleontologists for labeling a dinosaur not Apatosaurus but this Brontosaurus Juveria	$1,000 [13] With saving salmon fishing as her big issue, in 2022 Mary Peltola beat this woman & became the first Alaska native in Congress Sarah Palin Patti	$1,000 [14] A column on chesscafe.com designed to help a beginning player improve is alliteratively called this "nook" the Novice Nook Devin

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOT TO BE CONFUSED	ALLITERATIVE TERMS	FIND THE FISH	IF FOOD BE THE LOVE OF MUSIC	FRAILTY, THY NAME IS MAN	SUMMER OF OUR DISCONTENT
$400 [25] Gogol is the author of works like "Dead Souls"; googol is 10 raised to this power 100 Juveria	$400 [26] It's any American born between 1946 & 1964 a baby boomer Devin	$400 [27] I knew it was really over when she took her ring off her finger a herring Juveria	$400 [28] Rihanna sang of this title treat, "can't wait to blow my candles out" birthday cake Patti	$400 [30] "How often did" this Sleepy Hollow schoolmaster "shrink with curdling awe at the sound of his own steps" (Ichabod) Crane Devin	$400 [29] In summer 1947 a strike by these workers in Yorkshire was costing Britain thousands of tons of daily production coal miners Devin
$800 [14] Carvel is known for ice cream cakes; a caravel is a light sailing ship, like these 2 used on Columbus' 1492 voyage the Nina & the Pinta Juveria	$800 [19] In the classic "Miracle on 34th Street", Edmund Gwenn goes by this alternate name for Santa Claus Kris Kringle Juveria	$800 [22] When I saw the crocodile coming toward me in the swamp I ran harder a piranha	$800 [24] Formed in Seattle, not Atlanta, The Presidents of the United States of America nevertheless desired "Millions Of" these Peaches Juveria	$800 [23] Billy Halleck is literally wasting away after being cursed in this tale by Richard Bachman, aka Stephen King Thinner Juveria	$1,200 [7] On the gallows for witchery in August 1692, George Burroughs recited this, thought to be impossible for one such accused the Lord's Prayer Juveria
$1,200 [6] Botero was a Colombian painter & sculptor; "Bolero" is a one-movement orchestral work by him Ravel Juveria	$1,200 [16] Enjoy your view of Cologneas we fly over this body of water the Rhine River Juveria	$1,200 [21] Before the unpleasant incident with Uncle Tad, I had docking privileges at the yacht club a haddock ( had dock ing)	$1,200 [11] On "Check Mr. Popeye", seminal Jersey rocker Southside Johnny asks, is this "running low" spinach	$1,200 [2] Lying about in bed all day, this 96-year-old was "delicate & weak", but spry enough to glom on to a Wonka tour Grandpa Joe Patti	$1,600 [4] After some summer troubles in 1917, Leninfled to Finland &this Bolshevik leader was in jail in August Trotsky Devin
$1,600 [8] Salmonella is bacteria; Salamanca is one of the cities where this saint of Ávila founded a convent St. Teresa Juveria Patti	$1,600 [1] Coming up with this chemical name for aspirin is enough to give you a headache acetylsalicylic acid Juveria	$1,600 [12] Let's hear a solo on that theremin now, said the conductor minnow Juveria	$1,600 [13] Warrant had a Top 10 hit with this song about a dessert (really), "put a smile on your face, ten miles wide" "Cherry Pie" Juveria	$1,600 [3] At one point in this novel, Ignatius Reilly regales his mom with an anecdote about his carsickness A Confederacy of Dunces Juveria	$2,000 [10] The largest of the Solomon Islands, it was the scene of an August 1942 U.S. offensive against Japan during World War II Guadalcanal Devin Juveria
$2,000 [9] A caret shows where to insert something; claret is another name for red wine from this French region Bordeaux Juveria	$2,000 [5] This deep blue rock whose name means "azure stone" was the original source of the pigment known as ultramarine lapis lazuli Juveria	$2,000 [18] After that seventh round of Stoli, the bouncer threw Piotr out of the tavern trout (Pio tr out ) Juveria Patti	$2,000 [17] Kendrick Lamar quoted a folk saying when he sang, "The blacker the berry", then this result the sweeter the juice Patti	DD $11,600 [15] In a Robert Graves novel, this emperor introduces himself with some of his nicknames, like "The Idiot" Claudius Juveria	DD $3,200 [20] In August 1957 Strom Thurmond filibustered for over 24 hours railing against this, signed into law the next month the Civil Rights Act Juveria

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY AMERICA

An 1884 article calls this newly completed structure "the highest work of man" & disagrees with those who call it "a great chimney"

the Washington Monument

Devin "What is the Brooklyn Bridge?" — wagered $601

Patti "What is the Eiffel Tower? Hi, Girls! ♡" — wagered $7,000

Juveria "What is the Washington Monument?" — wagered $8,000

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