Show #9026 2024-01-29 (taped 2024-01-05) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Martha Bath — a retired CPA from Seattle, Washington

Andy Tirrell — a political science and international relations professor from San Diego, California

Lloyd Sy — a professor of American literature originally from Rockford, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lloyd	$1,000	$3,400	$19,800	$5,800 3rd place: $10,000	$19,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Andy	$2,600	$8,400	$16,800	$22,801 Finalist	$13,400 24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Martha	$3,800	$4,200	$11,200	$7,200 2nd place: $10,000	$10,200 11 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE COUNTRY THAT BORDERS BOTH	WHERE THERE'S A WILL	WOMEN IN SPORTS	19th CENTURY AUTHORS	GOING TO THE DOGS	IT ENDS WITH "U"
$200 [16] Israel &Sudan Egypt Lloyd	$200 [29] Not very frugal, but romantic: Jack Benny left provisions for the delivery of one of these flowers to his widow every day (one long-stemmed) rose Andy	$200 [30] In May 1970 aboard a longshot named Fathom, Diane Crump became the first female jockey in this horse race the Kentucky Derby Andy	$200 [28] Victor Hugo urged the preservation of medieval architecture & his writing led to the restoration of this building from 1844 Notre Dame Andy	$200 [27] Adjective for book pages turned down at one corner dog-eared Andy	$200 [13] The name of this swampy section of a river is from the Choctaw for "small stream" a bayou Andy
$400 [14] Turkey &Bulgaria Greece Lloyd Andy	$400 [23] Snack container inventor Fredric Baur requested that some of his ashes be buried in a can from this brand of potato crisps Pringles Andy	$400 [26] In 2019 FIFA named her Women's Player of the Year; in 2020 she proposed to girlfriend Sue Bird Megan Rapinoe Lloyd Martha	$600 [17] In Switzerland, you can visit theschoolhouseof little Johanna Spyri, best known as the author of this novel Heidi Andy	$400 [1] A small canvas or nylon wedge-shaped dwelling with room for only one or 2 campers a pup tent Martha	$400 [10] Kenji Kita is credited with giving this car brand its name meaning "to unite" Subaru Lloyd
$600 [12] Finland &Russia Norway Lloyd Andy Martha	$600 [18] Princess Diana left the bulk of her assets to her sons, but also a 50,000-pound bequest to Paul Burrell, this manservant of hers her butler Andy	$600 [22] With a lap of 196.434 mph, she was the fastest qualifier at the 2013 Daytona 500 Danica Patrick Andy	$800 [11] "Persuasion", the last book she completed before her death in 1817, was published posthumously Austen Andy	$600 [4] Idiom used of someone who appears fierce but is actually gentle all bark, no bite (bark is worse than their bite) Lloyd Andy	$600 [2] In 1999 the Asian edition of Time ranked this pocket monster the second-best person of the year, behind Ricky Martin Pikachu Lloyd
$800 [6] Oman &Jordan Saudi Arabia Lloyd	$800 [19] This actress who died young left her estate to friends, family, her psychiatrist & her acting coach, Lee Strasberg (Marilyn) Monroe Lloyd	$800 [20] As an impact player for this Phoenix WNBA team, Brittney Griner led the league in blocks per game in 2021 & was second in scoring the Mercury Lloyd	$1,000 [15] Everyone "walked in his own individual way the road to dusty death" is a typical cheery line from him in "Tess of the d'Urbervilles" Hardy Andy	$800 [3] Also a British game show title, this 3-word command means to let loose a pursuing pack release the hounds	$800 [8] It's a-pear-antly true that this pear has Belgian roots, despite its French name an Anjou Martha
$1,000 [5] Costa Rica & Honduras Nicaragua Andy	$1,000 [24] This diarist & naval official left his model ships to William Hewer & his library to Cambridge U., where it's still more or less intact Samuel Pepys Andy	$1,000 [21] In 2001 it was love all when Andre Agassi married this German tennis star Graf Lloyd	DD $3,800 [25] The riverboat in Frontierland at Disneyland is named for him Mark Twain Andy	$1,000 [7] A sidecar the morning after too many sidecars the hair of the dog Martha	$1,000 [9] In 1932 members of the Australian army fought "The Great" this "War" against a flightless feathered foe the emu Martha

Double Jeopardy! Round

MYTH AROUND & FIND OUT	TV THEME SONGS	LOST IN SPACE	"D.D."	HISTORIC NAMES	BOOZE CLUES
$400 [28] In an Iroquois tale a girl runs off with a handsome Chad only to find out he is one of these ssslithery creatures a snake Andy	$400 [29] "Where Everybody Knows Your Name" sung by Gary Portnoy Cheers Andy	$400 [30] During 1965's Gemini 4 mission, Ed White lost a glove while conducting the first American one of these excursions a spacewalk Lloyd	$400 [27] Silver Star recipient Lloyd J. Austin III heads this U.S. government entity the Department of Defense Martha	$400 [26] This 20th century dictator went by the nickname "Il Duce", meaning "the leader" Mussolini Andy	$400 [23] About 95% of the world's bourbon is produced in this state Kentucky Andy
$800 [24] This bull-headed creature of Crete came to be after Pasiphaë fell in love with a bovine the Minotaur Andy	$800 [6] "Love Is All Around" performed by Sonny Curtis The Mary Tyler Moore Show	$800 [16] Working on one of these space station power providers, astronaut Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper lost a tool bag & it floated away a solar panel Andy	$800 [25] The people seenheredon't need to go inside because they have this paycheck service direct deposit Andy	$800 [22] Before conquering Mexico, this conquistador participated in the conquest of Cuba Cortés Martha	$800 [4] Reminiscent of the hard candies, Fireball whisky, which comes in 42 & 66 proof, tastes of this spice cinnamon Andy
$1,200 [5] One myth says this king of Corinth got an eternity of rock pushing after angering Zeus by snitching on some of Z's philandering Sisyphus Lloyd	$1,200 [7] "Superman" by Five for Fighting was on its soundtrack, but "Save Me" by Remy Zero got the nod Smallville Lloyd	$1,200 [17] In Nov. 2023 this company's Starship, launched by the most powerful rocket ever, reached the edge of space before exploding SpaceX Lloyd	$1,200 [11] It's the somewhat devilish name for the sports teams at North Carolina's Wake Forest University the Demon Deacons Lloyd	$1,200 [21] Legend says Laozi was an older contemporary of Confucius & founder of this philosophy & religion Taoism Lloyd	$1,200 [2] A Bellini is typically made with this sparkling Italian wine that, like Bellini, has double letters in its name prosecco Martha
$1,600 [9] The blind Norse god Hodur messed around & killed this beloved god with a projectile of missile-toe Baldur Lloyd	$1,600 [8] "With A Little Help From My Friends" sung by Joe Cocker The Wonder Years Andy	DD $2,000 [18] Thisastronaut who remained in orbit during a 1969 Moon landing, lost a camera during an earlier mission in 1966 (Michael) Collins Lloyd	$1,600 [12] This18th century guy was a novelist, journalist & pamphleteer Daniel Defoe Lloyd	$1,600 [14] Gavrilo Princip, whose assassination of this man triggered World War I, died in prison before the war's end Archduke Ferdinand Martha	$1,600 [1] Calling itself "America's original craft vodka", it's been produced in Austin since 1995 Tito's
$2,000 [19] In Egyptian myth Seth went all Edgar Allan Poe on this bro of his & put him in a coffin while he was still alive Osiris Lloyd	$2,000 [10] "Where You Lead" performed by Carole King & her daughter Louise Goffin Gilmore Girls Lloyd	$2,000 [20] A 2007 Chinese missile test to destroy one of these in orbit added more than 3,000 pieces of trackable debris an artificial satellite (a weather satellite) Andy	$2,000 [13] Each July 1 until 1982, Canadians celebrated this in honor of their nation becoming self-governing Dominion Day Lloyd	$2,000 [15] This woman of Aquitaine was mom to Richard the Lionheart & John of England Eleanor of Aquitaine Lloyd	DD $3,000 [3] Originally a celebratory drink among hunters, this German herbal liqueur features a stag on its bottles Jägermeister Martha

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORICAL FICTION

Stan Lee said the alias-using title character of this novel set during the French Revolution "was the 1st superhero I... read about"

The Scarlet Pimpernel

Martha "What is Sidney Carton?" — wagered $4,000

Andy "What is The Scarlett Pimpernel?" — wagered $6,001

Lloyd "What is The Count of Monte Cristo?" — wagered $14,000

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