Show #9168 2024-09-25 (taped 2024-06-03) Regular

David Erb game 3.Drew Goins game 1.

Contestants

Diane Lochner — a librarian from Nicolett, Minnesota

Drew Goins — a journalist from Honolulu, Hawaii

David Erb — a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $57,143)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
David $-800 $2,600 $22,000 $33,611
3-day champion: $90,754
$15,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Drew $8,000 $9,600 $16,800 $11,601
2nd place: $3,000
$15,200
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Diane $1,200 $3,000 $3,400 $4,400
3rd place: $2,000
$3,400
9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL GROUPS LIT-POURRI BEFORE THEY WERE STARS CLASSIC COCKTAILS OLD-FASHIONED 7 & 7
$200 [16]
Since they tower over all animals in the grasslands of Africa, it's not surprising that a group of them is called a tower
giraffes
Diane
$200 [10]
In 1938 he moved to a Maine farm where he kept animals, some of which got into his book "Charlotte's Web"
E.B. White
Drew
$200 [15]
Her career was in the opposite of its "Twilight" when she played a ring toss girl in "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas"
Kristen Stewart
Diane
$200 [25]
To garnish your martini, try the Castelvetrano type of these
olives
Drew
$200 [27]
Per ziprecruiter.com most people fail to send this after a job interview; a handwritten letter may be too old-timey in the WFH era
a thank you note
Drew
$200 [13]
In 2020 Juan Soto led the National League in this with .351
batting average
Diane
$400 [17]
A gaggle of these is called a skein when in flight
geese
David
$400 [9]
Hereflects on his 2022 stabbing in his aptly titled memoir, "Knife"
Rushdie
Diane
$400 [21]
Before "X-Men"... before the Oscar win... she had to eat! & an early break was playing a school mascot on "Monk"
(Jennifer) Lawrence
Drew
$400 [26]
The owner of Bertha's Bar in Taxco, Mexico in 1930 is one claimant as the creator of this tequila-based cocktail
a margarita
David
$400 [14]
Flip phones are making a comeback after 2 decades of being outmoded & this brand has even revived its Razr model
Motorola
Diane
$400 [11]
The Sony PlayStation headset & the Meta Quest 2 promise a seamless immersion into this simulated environment
virtual reality
Drew
$600 [18]
Your nanny could tell you a trip is a group of these
goats
Diane
$600 [8]
Actresses who are blind were cast to play the blind Marie-Laure in the 2023 miniseries based on this Anthony Doerr novel
All the Light We Cannot See
David
$600 [22]
In 1989 the "Love Shack" video was a place where the B-52's got together with this drag queen & future TV host
RuPaul
Drew
$600 [28]
Maybe at Havana's El Floridita, Ernest Hemingway in an afternoon could drink 12 of these--he liked them with grapefruit juice
daiquiris
Drew
$600 [12]
Thiscold dessert salad with oranges, coconut & marshmallows doesn't seem so divine to palates today
ambrosia
Drew
$600 [1]
An animal observed in the wild is said to be here, as in "We'll see the rhinos in their..."
natural habitat
Drew
$800 [19]
A stench or, less obviously, a surfeit is a group of these mammals
skunks
David
$800 [7]
"Plain Tales from the Hills" is a collection of short stories by this English author born in India
Kipling
David
$800 [23]
Seen here, she's made quite a few good career moves since an uncredited appearance on "Vampire Academy"
Anya Taylor-Joy
Drew
$800 [29]
An old fashioned is whiskey, a sugar cube (or simple syrup), an orange slice, a maraschino cherry & a couple of dashes of these
bitters
David
$1,000 [3]
Both a bit old-fashioned, they are polite behavior & a bended-knee gesture, the second word derived from the first
courtesy & curtsy
David Drew
$800 [2]
Psychological term for a child's unconscious attraction to a parent of the opposite sex
Oedipus complex
Drew
$1,000 [20]
Used in trips across the desert, a group of them can be called a caravan or a train
camels
Diane
$1,000 [6]
Thisauthor of the Jeeves stories also wrote book & lyrics for Jerome Kern, Victor Herbert & George Gershwin
Wodehouse
Drew
$1,000 [24]
Before making swearing a pure cinematic art form, he played a dad in Public Enemy's video for "911 Is A Joke"
Samuel L. Jackson
$1,000 [30]
The 7&7 calls for 7UP & this brand's 7 whiskey
Seagram's
David
DD $2,400 [5]
Basically plaid in only 2 colors, this fabric pattern was rocked by early 20th c. women but Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm gets sick of it
gingham
Drew
$1,000 [4]
This Georgia newspaper that debuted in 1883 merged with the Constitution in 2001
The Atlanta Journal
Drew

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY GRAMMY ALBUM OF THE YEAR CAVES HOW 'BOUT A GAME OF CARDS? ART TERMS AT THE ACCENT AIGU CAFÉ
$400 [22]
Established in the 1930s, this government agency has the "authority" to control floods & provide electricity down South
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Drew
$400 [25]
Whitney Houston starred as Rachel Marron in this film whose soundtrack won the award in 1994
The Bodyguard
Drew
$400 [28]
The world's largest ice cave lies in Hochkogel Mountain in a section of this range in Austria
the Alps
David
$400 [24]
In bridge, hitting one of these scores 13 tricks, not 4 runs
a grand slam
David
$400 [17]
Thistype of artwork tells you the spot in a church it's meant to be above & behind; the Isenheim one is quite famous
an altarpiece
David
$400 [9]
We'd say it's a stereotypical expression or hackneyed theme in drama, but that would be such a...
cliché
David
$800 [21]
The first census, for this year, revealed that the population totaled 3.9 million
1790
$800 [26]
The first of Taylor Swift's record 4 AOTY Grammys was for this album in 2010
Fearless
$800 [1]
Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa in these "Inner" islands inspired a famous overture by Felix Mendelssohn
the Hebrides
David
$800 [23]
Some say to always split aces or 8s when playing this game, but 5s, not so much
blackjack
Drew
$800 [16]
The colors mix in the viewer's eye in this style that uses little blobs of color & is also called divisionism
pointillism
Diane
$800 [8]
This pink, pink wine, you make me feel so fine, you keep me rockin', all of the time
rosé
David
$1,200 [20]
In 1951 pastor, welder & dad Oliver Brown filed a suit against a board of education in this state that soon made history
Kansas
Drew Diane
$1,200 [27]
The first woman to win in the category, Ms. Garland took the prize for "Judy at" this NYC venue
Carnegie Hall
David
$1,200 [2]
To legally receive its name, this blue-veined cheese must age in the limestone caves near Toulouse, France
Roquefort
David
$1,200 [12]
The goal of this game with a not exactly PC name is to not be holding a queen at the end
Old Maid
Drew
DD $1,000 [11]
In a painting, it's the juncture on a horizontal line where the parallel lines in the scene look like they converge
the vanishing point
David
$1,200 [7]
It means to cover food with booze & set thedish alightfor a few moments before serving
flambé
David
$1,600 [19]
George Dangerfield won a Pulitzer for a history of early 19th century America titled "The Era of" these
Good Feelings
Drew
$1,600 [29]
"Dreamland" by Glass Animals might be the response to this album that made Billie Eilish the category's youngest winner ever
When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?
Drew
$1,600 [3]
Most of the 4.6 mil. shells of Kent, England's Shell Grotto are local but there are shells from this Caribbean sea snail as well
conch
$1,600 [14]
Paired cards in this game: "What made my first kiss so awkward?" & "A live studio audience"
Cards Against Humanity
Drew Diane
$1,600 [10]
Here's Verrocchio's take on the little nude cherub known by this Italian term in art
a putto
$1,600 [6]
This 5-letter word means outmoded or no longer fashionable
passé
David
DD $10,000 [18]
Punning on a general's name & a Hugo title, glum Civil War soldiers in the Army of Northern Virginia called themselves these
Lee's Miserables
David
$2,000 [30]
Billy Joel was the "Big Shot" in 1980, winning for this album that bears the name of a thoroughfare
52nd Street
$2,000 [4]
In 1900 a library cave of around 50,000 documents was discovered in the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas on this ancient route
the Silk Road
Drew
$2,000 [15]
If you "declare out" in this 48-card game, play stops & tricks are counted; if you have 1,000 points or more, you win
pinochle
$2,000 [13]
Artist Bridget Riley is one of the foremost exponents of this eye-bending style that emerged in the 1960s
op art
David
$2,000 [5]
It's the easing of political tensions between countries, like the period from the late 1960s until 1979 for the U.S. & Russia
détente
Drew

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE

"Blood will have blood", says this title character, who is later told, "Be bloody, bold, & resolute"

Macbeth

Diane "Who is MacBeth?" — wagered $1,000
Drew "Who is Titus Andronicus? Hi, Dad!" — wagered $5,199
David "Who is MacBeth? ♡ Fantastic 4" — wagered $11,611

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