Show #9027 2024-01-30 (taped 2024-01-05) Champions Wildcard

2024 Champions Wildcard Group 1 semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Robbi Ramirez — a writer from Orlando, Florida

Alec Chao — a management and program analyst originally from Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Juveria Zaheer — a psychiatrist from Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Juveria	$6,000	$7,400	$18,200	$25,200 Finalist	$19,200 23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Alec	$1,200	$1,200	$10,000	$20,000 2nd place: $10,000	$10,000 13 R, 4 W
Robbi	$0	$1,600	$22,600	$8,600 3rd place: $10,000	$12,000 13 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

VAN HALEN	HOT FOR CREATURE	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	CHAINS	4-LETTER INTERJECTIONS	HARLEM HELLFIGHTERS
$200 [22] "Can't you see me standing here, I've got my back against the record machine"; now leap in & name this hit, VH's only No. 1 "Jump" Robbi	$200 [30] Elementary, dromedary! This mammal can hoof it through 120-degree desert temps & then spit on you for making it do that a camel Juveria	$200 [27] In Houston the "MOB" is the Marching Owl Band of this university Rice Alec	$200 [29] In professional wrestling today, steel cage matches usually take place in a ring surrounded by this barrier a chain link fence Juveria	$200 [28] It sounds like you are clearing your throat to get my attention Ahem! Robbi	$200 [26] (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) The 369th Infantry Regiment has its origins as the15th New York Infantry Regimentof this reserve section of the Army; before the U.S. entered World War I, they trained in a second floordance studioin Harlem the National Guard
$400 [7] Turns out his tongue had an eye for talent! This KISS bassist was an early Van Halen supporter, producing a demo for the band in 1976 Gene Simmons Alec	$400 [21] Part of this mammalian group, the greaterbilbysurvives 157-degree days in Queensland using elaborate burrow systems marsupial Juveria	$400 [9] The Pritzker School of Law is part of this "directional" Big Ten school Northwestern Juveria	$400 [24] The chain connecting the propellers to the engine on the Wright Brothers' Flyer was like the chain drive on one of these a bicycle Juveria	$400 [23] This interjection is the first thing Lil Jon says on Usher's hit of the same title Yeah! Robbi	$400 [25] (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) A celebrity-musicianturned soldier, who fought for the Harlem Hellfighters, James Reese Europe's work as a bandleader is credited with showing an early version of this music genre to France jazz Alec
$600 [6] Attributed to this original Van Halen frontman: "I used to jog but the ice cubes kept falling out of my glass" David Lee Roth Juveria	$600 [8] Birds don't have these glands, so they take heat out of their bodies using a version of panting sweat glands Alec	$800 [1] Author Ralph Ellison was a music student at this Alabama institute the Tuskegee Institute Alec	$600 [19] Andy Bell & Vince Clarkmake up this British duo that had its biggest hit with the 1988 song "Chains Of Love" Erasure	$600 [20] This hyphenated term is paired with Spaghetti Os in an ad Uh-oh! Juveria	$600 [14] (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) After facing racial discrimination near their training facility in South Carolina in 1917, the Harlem Hellfighterswere among the first U.S. units to ship to France as they joined this vast body of troops--AEF for short the American Expeditionary Force Juveria Alec
$800 [5] The purpose of Van Halen's rider saying no to the brown color of this candy was to ensure their complicated contract got read M&M's Juveria	$800 [11] The warming Atlantic is driving the tiger type of this apex predator farther & farther north, altering the food chain a (tiger) shark Juveria	DD $1,000 [4] The land donated to start this ACC sports powerhouse was home to the estate of John C. Calhoun Clemson University Juveria	$800 [16] In August 1500 he & his brothers were sent back to Spain in chains for mismanagement & brutality in Hispaniola Columbus Alec	$800 [18] This mild oath was a favorite of Napoleon Dynamite Gosh! Robbi	$800 [13] (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) When the U.S. entered World War I, some Black Americansenlisted thinking it would better their station in life; at the same time, President Woodrow Wilsonwas a supporter of having the armed forces enforce these segregation laws bearing the name of a stereotypical minstrel character Jim Crow Juveria
$1,000 [3] A "volcanic" rock event, the solo called this on VH's 1st album introduced Eddie's 2-handed guitar tapping to a stunned world "Eruption" Juveria	$1,000 [10] 100° spring water is no problem for the Ash Meadows Amargosa pupfishin this morbid Western U.S. national park Death Valley Juveria	$1,000 [2] The name of this Omaha university honors a man who built the transcontinental telegraph Creighton University Juveria	$1,000 [15] In 1775 this Virginian asked, "Is life so dear or peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery?" Patrick Henry Juveria	$1,000 [17] The fictional dimwitted English gentleman Bertie Wooster uses this interjection, an alteration of "Oh God!" Egad! Alec	$1,000 [12] (Robin Roberts presents the clue.) With the French army on the brink of collapse & in need of reinforcements, this American general, also known as "Black Jack" lent the 369th Infantry to fight for France Pershing Juveria

Double Jeopardy! Round

POPE FICTION	FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	TELEVISION	ENGINEERING	AROUND THE WORLD	STARTS WITH SOFT "G"
$400 [28] Vicarius Christi in Latin, this title is also the title of a novel about a Medal of Honor winner turned Chief Justice turned pope Vicar of Christ	$400 [29] TV hosts Kressley &Daly Carson Juveria	$400 [25] There wasn't a dry eye in the house when this show recently paid tribute to the late Len Goodmanwith a waltz Dancing with the Stars Alec	$400 [27] Charles Kao got a Nobel by applying to telephony the "old, old idea" of transmitting light through this material glass	$400 [30] The Geneva Free Port, a giant warehouse complex in this nation, houses an estimated 1.2 million works of art Switzerland Alec	$400 [26] Book 1 of the ancient work "Elements" deals with basic concepts in this field like "a line is a length without breadth" geometry Robbi
$1,200 [1] "I am Carlo Ventresca... the late pope's camerlengo" is an introduction in this Dan Brown novel with title opposites Angels and Demons Juveria	$800 [23] French guys Mitterrand & Truffaut François Robbi	$800 [21] Quinta Brunson & Sheryl Lee Ralphplay teachers on this comedy that Brunson created Abbott Elementary Alec	$800 [22] Maxwell Upson's mastery of the prestressed type of this material for support made the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway possible concrete Juveria	$800 [10] Explore the cobblestone streets of this historic city on the Tagus River & visit the El Greco Museum Toledo Juveria Alec Robbi	$800 [20] A punk band fronted by Billy Idol, or the group born following the baby boom Gen X (Generation X) Alec
$1,600 [7] In Donna Woolfolk Cross' novel about the legend of the 9th century woman known as pope her, she passes as brother John Pope Joan Juveria	$1,200 [12] Ex-P.M. Eden & ex-Supreme Court justice Kennedy Anthony Juveria	$1,200 [9] For 5 seasons Idris Elba played this title BBC detective, struggling with his own demons while hunting down murderers in London Luther Juveria	$1,200 [14] This machine part "ratio" tells you how many times a little wheel has to turn for the big wheel it meshes with to turn once the gear ratio Robbi	$1,200 [4] The Mount Athos area in Greece has monasteries that still follow this calendar that preceded the Gregorian Julian Robbi	$1,200 [17] I don't have time for your whole idea--just give me this, the essential part gist Robbi
$2,000 [8] 18 years later but not exactly like "Clockwork", this novelist used his "Earthly Powers" to create Pope Gregory XVII Anthony Burgess Robbi	$1,600 [11] Gangster Cohen & pulp writer Spillane Mickey Juveria	$1,600 [6] Tony Danza was ballplayer-turned-domestic Tony Micelli on this sitcom Who's the Boss? Juveria	$1,600 [16] Your degree isn't just on paper--oh yes it is, from this Atlanta school's former paper engineering program Georgia Tech Alec	$1,600 [2] Until a Bangladesh-India deal, Dahala Khagrabari was a "3rd-order" this unit within foreign soil, lying within another within a 3rd an enclave Alec	$2,000 [19] Anthony Trollope's novels about Barsetshire concern the high class known by this 6-letter word, especially when they owned land the gentry Alec
DD $4,600 [24] Andrew Greeley's "Novel of Papal Election" has this colorful title, the signal that a new pope has been chosen the White Smoke Robbi	$2,000 [13] Harlem renaissance writer McKay & French anthropologist Lévi-Strauss Claude	$2,000 [5] Barnabas Collins was the resident vampire on this Gothic soap of the 1960s & early '70s Dark Shadows Robbi	$2,000 [15] Petroleum engineers know that a darcy is a unit of this, or how readily a porous rock lets liquid through it permeability Alec	$2,000 [3] Up we go! There are more than a dozen old-school funiculars in Valparaíso on the coast of this South American country Chile Juveria	DD $8,400 [18] In part this herb's name is from the Chinese for "human being" & its roots make it look like one ginseng Robbi

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES IN HISTORY

The scientific name of Jamaica's ackee fruit honors this captain who brought it to England in 1793

Captain Bligh

Alec "Who is Bligh? Happy Bday Dad" — wagered $10,000

Juveria "Who is Bligh? Love you Hana + Zara ♡" — wagered $7,000

Robbi "Who is Cook" — wagered $14,000

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