Show #7897 2019-01-01 (taped 2018-11-13) Regular

Contestants

Jonathan Dinerstein — a composer from Los Angeles, California

Maggie Byrd — a communications professional from Arlington, Virginia

Kevin Patterson — a management consultant from Cambridge, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $200 $2,400 $5,200 $4,000
3rd place: $1,000
$5,200
13 R, 2 W
Maggie $3,000 $1,200 $7,200 $7,000
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Jonathan $2,000 $6,600 $16,500 $16,500
New champion: $16,500
$14,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHARCUTERIE WORLD HISTORY THAT'S SOME STRONG LANGUAGE! MAKING THE ZINE SPORTS DRAFTS 7 WONDERS, 4 COUNTRIES
$200 [9]
Used to cure meat for sausages, a mix of sodium nitrite & sodium chloride is called pink this seasoning
salt
Kevin
$200 [6]
At its peak in the 5th century, this Hun's empire stretched from the Rhine & Danube Rivers to the Caspian Sea
Attila
Jonathan
$200 [23]
Adjective for a great-sized oak or Morphin Power Rangers
mighty
Kevin
$200 [11]
"Zine" is a short form of "fanzine", first associated with this genre; the Hugo Awards have honored zines since 1955
sci-fi
Kevin
$200 [1]
This MLB team feels fine about back-to-back No. 1 draft picks Stephen Strasburg & Bryce Harper
the Washington Nationals
Maggie
$200 [13]
Statue of Zeus
Greece
Kevin
$400 [8]
Thoughchorizocomes from Spain, its red color comes from this spice associated with Hungary
paprika
Maggie
$400 [7]
In 1869 the discovery of diamonds near what became the town of Kimberley in this nation led to quite a rush
South Africa
Jonathan
$400 [30]
It can describe the powerful effect of a drug or for us, certain "potables"
potent
Jonathan
$400 [12]
London-based zine Season is pitched at female fans of fashion & this sport, like the Premier League
soccer
Maggie
$400 [2]
We still feel for the Portland Trail Blazers, who "Air"ed in picking Sam Bowie just ahead of this guy in the 1984 NBA draft
(Michael) Jordan
Kevin
$400 [14]
Lighthouse of Alexandria
Egypt
Jonathan
$600 [18]
The most famous mortadella comes from this Italian city that also has an Oscar Mayer product named for it
Bologna
Jonathan
$600 [10]
A church in Greenland dating from around 1000 A.D. is named for Thjodhild, wife & mom of these 2 famous explorers
Erik and Leif Erikson
$600 [28]
Strong & sturdy, or a dark brew made from roasted malt
stout
Kevin
$600 [24]
Resist! calls on readers to oppose "the normalization of" this philosophy of Mussolini
fascism
Kevin
$600 [3]
The Colts had the good fortune to follow Peyton Manning at quarterback with this first pick in the 2012 NFL draft
Andrew Luck
Maggie
$600 [15]
Colossus of Rhodes
Greece
Maggie
$800 [19]
Gavage is the force-feeding of ducks to create this rich yet controversial foodstuff
foie gras
Jonathan
DD $1,000 [16]
Paris' Museum of Jewish Art & History has the stripes that were unjustly pulled off the uniform of this capt. in 1895
Alfred Dreyfus
Maggie
$800 [27]
Let's play detective, "Boys"; it means strong enough to endure
hardy
Kevin
$800 [25]
Document Studios produced a zine on the history of this apparel giant that owns Banana Republic & Old Navy
the Gap
Jonathan
$800 [4]
In 1969 this 7'2" No. 1 draft pick of the ABA's New York Nets & the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks chose to live in Milwaukee
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (or Lew Alcindor)
Kevin Maggie
$800 [20]
Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Iraq
Maggie
$1,000 [22]
Robert Burns called this offal Scottish dish the "great chieftain o' the puddin'-race"
haggis
Jonathan
$1,000 [17]
Seen here in its launch year of 1954 is the U.S.S. Nautilus, the world's first one of these
a nuclear submarine
Jonathan
$1,000 [29]
This adjective for a muscular young man can also mean a corporal punishment once used in schools
strapping
$1,000 [26]
Razorcake is devoted to "non-profit" this angry type of rock cranked out by NOFX & Black Flag
punk rock
$1,000 [5]
He was playing junior hockey in Rimouski, Quebec when Pittsburgh selected him No. 1 overall in 2005
Sidney Crosby
Jonathan
$1,000 [21]
Mausoleum of Halicarnassus
Turkey

Double Jeopardy! Round

COOL CRITTERS TEXT ALERTS MIDDLE "C" THE MOVIES ON THE ROAD THE GOLDBERGS
$400 [16]
The lid on his N.Z. aquarium tank ajar, Inky--this cephalopod--slid to freedom down a 164-foot drainpipe into a bay
an octopus
Kevin Jonathan
$400 [6]
This novel informs us,"War is peacefreedom is slaveryignorance is strength"
1984
Jonathan
$400 [14]
A sophisticate city dweller, or a raincoat
a slicker
Maggie
$400 [1]
"Every con has its pros" was the tagline for this 2018 movie starring Sandra Bullock
Ocean's 8
Kevin
$800 [22]
Thisdistinctively narrow New York building is on 5th Avenue in Manhattan
the Flatiron Building
Maggie
$1,200 [27]
This Bach work consists of an aria & 30 keyboard pieces & may have been named for its first performer
the Goldberg Variations
Jonathan
$800 [17]
In 2007 the last words Alex, an African grey this, said to his person were "You be good ...I love you"; man, is it dusty in here?
a parrot
Jonathan
$800 [9]
Of this Hawthorne heroine, it is said, "Not a stitch in that embroidered letter, but she has felt in her heart"
(Hester) Prynne
Kevin
$800 [10]
Right-o!Thistype of broad neck scarf was named after a British horse race
an ascot
Jonathan
$800 [2]
For her part in a 2017 biopic, shelearned to figure-skate
Margot Robbie
Maggie
$1,200 [19]
Primm Boulevard in Primm, Nevada will take you to Whiskey Pete's Casino & this 1930s couple's "death car"
Bonnie and Clyde
Kevin
$1,600 [26]
In 1998 Bill Goldberg won a WCW world title by defeating this mania-inducing wrestler
Hulk Hogan
$1,200 [21]
In 2016 beekeepers cleared 20,000 bees from a car in Wales after the bees tracked it for 2 days in order to free this
the queen bee
Maggie Jonathan
$1,200 [8]
Her "New Year's resolutions: I will not drink more than fourteen alcohol units a week"
Bridget Jones
Maggie
$1,200 [11]
In humans, this respiratory tube extends from the larynx to the bronchi
trachea
$1,200 [3]
He played music instructor Terence Fletcher in "Whiplash"
J.K. Simmons
Jonathan
$1,600 [18]
Thisfamous fortified palace is just off Route E902 in southeast Spain
Alhambra
$2,000 [25]
Before Arthur Goldberg was a Supreme Court justice, he served during WWII in this forerunner of the CIA
the OSS (or Office of Strategic Services)
Kevin
$1,600 [23]
"Tea with Mussolini" was a fave film of Koko, this animal; at a sad part, Koko signed "frown" & "trouble"
a gorilla
Maggie
$2,000 [13]
This Poe story describes an ape, "Razor still in hand", running through the streets at 3 in the morning
"Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Kevin
DD $1,200 [15]
In the Old Testament, this book named for a prophet follows Jonah
Micah
Maggie
$1,600 [4]
"The Phantom Menace" is "Star Wars: Episode I"; this film is about '50s fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock
Phantom Thread
Jonathan
$2,000 [20]
Magnolia Avenue will get you to this St. Augustine, Fla. archaeological park; tickets are $15, the spring water is free
the Fountain of Youth
$2,000 [24]
Immobilized by cramps in an arctic pool in 2009, a diver was helped to the surface by Mila, this type of white whale
a beluga whale
Maggie
DD $3,500 [7]
"March, or I'll put the handcuffs on you", he tells Jean Valjean
(Inspector) Javert
Jonathan
$1,600 [12]
Here's one tree that thrives indoors
a ficus
Maggie
$2,000 [5]
Joe Pesci's "But I'm funny how, I mean funny like I'm a clown, I amuse you? I make you laugh?" is a from this film
Goodfellas
Jonathan

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. NAVY SHIPS

"Peace through strength" is the motto of the U.S. aircraft carrier named for this man who professed the same policy

Ronald Reagan

Kevin "Who is MLK?" — wagered $1,200
Maggie "Who is JFK?" — wagered $200
Jonathan "Who is Wilson?" — wagered $0

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