Show #8347 - Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Contestants
- Michele Friedlander, a family law attorney from Encino, California
- Jeff Noblitt, a university administrator from Northridge, California
- Jon Spurney, a musician and screenwriter originally from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $37,201)
MOUNTAINS | GUITAR TALK | FISH & CHIPS | SPORTS TROPHIES & AWARDS | PRESIDENTIAL BIRTHPLACES | UP RISING (Mike: Each response is two words; one with "up" and one without.) |
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$200
29
Sagarmatha is its name in Nepali mount everest michele |
$200
5
The long, narrow part of a guitar that carries the strings from the body to the headstock has this anatomical name neck michele |
$200
16
Alaskan pollock is the key ingredient in this alliterative McDonald's sandwich (Jon: What is the fish fillet?)
Filet-O-Fish Jon |
$200
6
World Boxing Council champs get these, handmade of Italian leather belts Jon |
$200
7
Honolulu Barack Obama Jon |
$200
23
"Up" goes before a mathematical group to make a word meaning "angry" set |
DD: $1,000
30
This highest mountain in Japan is actually a volcano that last erupted in 1707 Mount Fuji Michele |
$400
4
Don't worry, we're sure you know this word for the strips of metal embedded in a guitar's fingerboard frets Jon |
$400
17
Kettle Brand makes Backyard, Country Style & Korean versions of this classic chip flavor barbecue Jon |
$400
13
MLB's Rookie of the Year awards are named for this groundbreaker who won the award in 1947 (Michele: Who is Cy Young?)
Jackie Robinson Michele |
$400
8
Hope Bill Clinton Jeff |
$400
24
"Up" rises to the top of a truck's cargo so you can move data from your computer to a server (Jon: What is upload?)
(Jeff: What is backup?) load and upload Jon Jeff |
$600
15
Opened in 2016, a rail tunnel under these mountains is the world's longest; here are miners with the drilling machine known as Heidi swiss alps Jon |
$600
3
A guitar's strings are set to E-A-D-G-B-E in "standard" this tuning Jon |
$600
18
La Banderita adds both chia & flax seeds to its organic blue corn these chips tortilla chips Jon |
$600
14
South African Gary Player was the first non-American to receive this association's lifetime achievement award the PGA Jeff |
$600
11
Brookline John Kennedy |
$600
25
Take the focal point of a theater & add "up" to get the back of that part stage Jon |
$800
10
Here's the crater of this Hawaiian volcano with a one-word name (Jon: What is Haleakala?)
Kilauea Jon |
$800
2
Guitarists use picks, also known by this other "P" word plectrum Jon |
$800
19
popchips adds this dairy product to both cheddar- & onion-flavored potato chips sour cream Jon |
$800
21
College football rivalries can have their own trophies; the Ireland Trophy goes to the winner of Boston College vs. this school Notre Dame Jon |
$800
12
Kinderhook Van Buren Michele |
$800
26
"Up" is placed before an emotion to give us a word for "snobbish" (Michele: Uh, what is stuck and stuck up?)
pity Michele |
$1000
9
In 1794 George Vancouver caught sight of this peak from Cook Inlet, an arm of the Gulf of Alaska Mount Denali Jon |
$1000
1
This type of clamp raises the pitch of a guitar's strings capo Jon |
$1000
20
In the 1970s a savvy marketer rebranded the tasty Patagonian toothfish as the "Chilean" this sea bass Jeff |
$1000
22
The NHL's Vezina Trophy goes to the league's top player at this position goalie Michele |
$1000
28
Yorba Linda Richard Nixon Michele |
$1000
27
When "up" is rising to the front of a serving of liquor, now we have the gist of an argument shot Jon |
Jon | Jeff | Michele |
$4,000 | $1,000 | $600 |
Jon | Jeff | Michele |
$6,800 | $1,600 | $3,800 |
COLONY COLLAPSE DISORDER
| 5-LETTER WORDS
| U.S. MUSEUMS
| ALTERNATE HISTORY NOVELS
| COMPOUNDS
| MAKING & REMAKING ROBIN HOOD
|
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$400
21
In 1698 Scotland tried to found a colony on this New World isthmus; its failure was a financial disaster panama jeff |
$400
16
An additional airing of a previously broadcast TV show rerun jon |
$400
1
Leavenworth, Washington is home to a museum devoted to these, & it's not just open at Christmas nutcrackers michele |
$400
6
The title of this Colson Whitehead Pulitzer winner refers to an actual train system operating beneath southern soil underground railroad michele |
$400
26
Vaporizing a liquid means pulling its molecules apart; for phenol, which forms strong hydrogen bonds, this point is high at 359.6ยบ F. boiling point jon |
$400
14
In a 2018 movie unafraid of anachronism, these traditional Robin Hood weapons blow up walls on contact arrows michele |
$800
22
The image here depicts the lost colony on this North Carolina island roanoke michele |
$800
17
Candy word meaning to falsify numbers (Jon: [Sighs] What is cook?)
fudge jon |
$800
2
The Museum of the American Revolution opened in 2017, 2 blocks away from Independence Hall in this city philadelphia michele |
$800
7
In "Ruled Britannia", the Spanish Armada was victorious & this Spaniard rules England alongside Bloody Mary Tudor (Jon: Who's Francis Drake?)
philip II jon |
$800
27
Amyl nitrite is often used to treat this chest pain, a symptom of coronary artery disease angina jon |
$800
13
Alan Hale Sr. played this big buddy opposite Errol Flynn & Douglas Fairbanks little john jon |
$1200
23
Henry Ford created Fordlandia in Brazil to produce latex for this material, but bugs made it impossible rubber jon |
$1200
18
Literally, sheep-ish ovine jon |
$1200
3
The Winterthur Museum of Decorative Arts in Delaware was founded by a member of this famous family dupont michele |
$1200
8
Philip Roth's "The Plot Against America" finds FDR losing the 1940 presidential election to this aviator lindbergh jeff |
DD: $2,000
28
Potassium sorbate, which inhibits the growth of molds & yeasts, is mainly used in foods as this preservative jon |
$1200
9
Instead of Friar Tuck, this director played Rabbi Tuckman in his parody called "Robin Hood: Men in Tights" mel brooks jon |
$1600
24
Churchill described the fall of this future city-state to the Japanese in 1942 as the "worst disaster... in British history" singapore jon |
$1600
19
With lovely crystals inside, it's Iowa's state rock geode jon |
$1600
4
"I'm going to" this city, this city, "here I come" to visit the American Jazz Museum & The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum kansas city michele |
$1600
10
Set in a world where Germany & Japan prevailed in WWII, "The Man in the High Castle" is a tale from this sci-fi legend philip dick jeff |
$1600
29
Nickel nitrate is used to make this positive electrode in batteries cathode |
$1600
11
Sean Connery is an older Robin wooing Audrey Hepburn in the 1976 film "Robin &" this maid marian jeff |
$200
25
After Mormons were driven out in the 1840s, French colonists called the Icarians failed to make this Illinois city work nauvoo |
$2000
20
A block of precious metal of a standard shape & weight ingot jeff |
$2000
5
A large stabile called "Two Discs" is one of many works by this artist belonging to the Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden calder jon |
DD: $2,000
15
In "The Alteration" by Kingsley Amis, this man became Pope Germanicus I in the 16th century so the Reformation never happened martin luther michele |
$2000
30
In 1839 John Herschel used sodium thiosulfate "to arrest action of light", making it this type of photographic agent fixer jeff |
$2000
12
Alan Rickman won a BAFTA Award for playing this lawman in "Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves" the Sheriff of Nottingham jon |
Jon | Jeff | Michele |
$22,400 | $8,400 | $11,400 |
WORLD LEADERS ADDRESS CONGRESS The 2 to address 3 joint sessions are Churchill & this leader, his non-European country's longest-serving PM, in 1996, 2011 & 2015 (Mike: [To Jon] The Israeli prime minister.)
Benjamin Netanyahu |
Jon | Jeff | Michele |
$22,801 | $400 | $1 |
2-day champion: $60,002 | 2nd place: $2,000 | 3rd place: $1,000 |
Game dynamics:
Jon | Jeff | Michele |
$21,600 | $8,400 | $10,800 |
26 R (including 1 DD), 5 W | 8 R, 1 W | 15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
Combined Coryat: $40,800
Game tape date: 2021-01-12