Show #8041 2019-07-22 (taped 2019-04-06) Regular

Jason Zuffranieri game 2.

Contestants

Cristina Somolinos — a forensic scientist from Bordentown, New Jersey

James Pelayo — a tax professional from Torrance, California

Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $3,600 $5,400 $27,600 $18,600
2-day champion: $45,200
$23,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
James $2,200 $5,400 $18,000 $10
3rd place: $1,000
$18,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Cristina $600 $1,400 $7,000 $211
2nd place: $2,000
$7,000
7 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

audibleSUMMER READING AT THE BALLPARK WHAT'D THE CAPTAIN SAY? ANAGRAMMED HOBBIES FOR WEDDINGS A FUNERAL ORATION
$200 [30]
Ian McKellen narrates this epic that's perfect for a long road trip Old friend--our queen, wise Penelope, summons you, the prince's mother
the Odyssey
Jason
$200 [19]
Ivy since 1937; lights since 1988
Wrigley Field
James
$200 [18]
When the captain says to do this to the anchor, he wants it raised, not measured
to weigh
James
$200 [20]
Not just for grannies these days:TINT KING
knitting
James
$200 [17]
In civil ceremonies, the best man & maid of honor may be replaced by 2 of these, required by law to sign the marriage license
witnesses
Jason
$200 [16]
In a 1997 eulogy her brother, Earl Spencer, spoke of "a family in grief...a country in mourning...a world in shock"
Princess Diana
James
$400 [22]
She tells us how she created a modern TV classicA triangle between me, Alec Baldwin and Tracy Morgan felt like it had potential
Tina Fey
Jason
$400 [1]
An Eddie Murray statue & the B&O warehouse
Camden Yards (or Oriole Park)
James
$400 [6]
This explosive-sounding part is a long spar at the foot of a sail
a boom
James
$400 [5]
Get behind the wheel:TRY POET
pottery
James
$400 [21]
Traditionally if you catch this, you'll be the next to marry
the bouquet
Jason
$400 [12]
In a 1968 eulogy his brother Ted called him "a good and decent man who saw wrong and tried to right it"
Robert Kennedy
James
$600 [23]
Tim Curry takes us on an adventure with a classic by this author Let no one take it into his head before us to try and discover the center of the Earth!
(Jules) Verne
Jason
$600 [2]
The Vin Scully Press Box
Dodger Stadium
Jason
$600 [7]
A command to turn this 8-letter way means to head into the breeze
windward
Jason
$600 [9]
It's what you yeast expect:GRIN WEB
brewing
Cristina
$600 [26]
Jessica Simpson's 1-year-old son Ace had this job at Mommy's wedding in 2014
ring bearer
James
$600 [13]
At this New York Yankee slugger's funeral in 1995, Bob Costas spoke of his flaws as well as his many triumphs
(Mickey) Mantle
Jason
$800 [24]
She tells humorous anecdotes from her long career on stage & screen"Yes, yes," she interrupted, "But you're going to be playing Mary Poppins?" Yes, Miss Travers. "Well, you're much to pretty, of course"
Julie Andrews
James
$800 [3]
The Jr. Jays Club & Tim Hortons
the Rogers Centre
James
$800 [8]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a bit on the monitor.) A bit is a sturdy post in a deck for fastening cables & ropes, so when the captain says, "Hold on to" this, it means to grab the last part of a line, not to hang on until no hope remains
the bitter end
$800 [10]
Watch the fishies; NON RISK GEL
snorkeling
Jason
$800 [27]
It's the canopy under which the bride & groom can stand during a Jewish wedding ceremony
a chuppah
Cristina
$800 [14]
Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary's funeral oration was given by Helen Clark, the prime minister of this nation
New Zealand
James
$1,000 [29]
James Franco gives voice to this absurdist novel by Kurt Vonnegut Listen: Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time
Slaughterhouse-Five
$1,000 [4]
Fredbird & the Budweiser Terrace
Busch Stadium
Jason
$1,000 [25]
The navigator factors in the effects of tide & current to answer the captain's request for the EP, estimated this
position
James
$1,000 [11]
Don't let Fluffy see what you're doing; MY DIRT AXE
taxidermy
James
$1,000 [28]
The bride & her bridesmaids can walk down the aisle towards the altar in one of these orderly, ceremonial lines
a procession, or processional
DD $2,000 [15]
General Henry Lee's funeral oration for George Washington contains the line "First in war, first in peace, & first" here
"first in the hearts of his countrymen"
James

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC TRANSPORTS ALLITERATIVE ACTORS & ACTRESSES POETIC WORDS THE LIVING WORLD FROM "C" TO "X" LET'S TALK ABOUT FLAGS
$400 [2]
Large Durham boats for hauling iron were used by George Washington to cross this river in December 1776
Delaware
Jason
$400 [15]
After hanging out with "Friends" in the '90s, she made some "Drunk History" in a "First Ladies" episode as Edith Wilson in 2014
Courteney Cox
James
$400 [26]
It's the word for a quotation at the beginning of a poem or other text
an epigraph
Jason Cristina
$400 [28]
In a study on this winter state of being, the Institute of Arctic Biology found that a bear's heartbeat would slow to 3 per min.
hibernation
James
$400 [1]
An extremely talkative person who goes on & on & on as if they have no idea they are droning along on & on & on & on
a chatterbox
James
$800 [10]
A 2017 article written in June--not Aug. or Sept.!--asked, at 31-41, "Is it time for the Mets to wave" this?
the white flag
Jason
$800 [6]
At the Reagan Library, you can go aboard this plane that served 7 presidents in all
Air Force One
James
$800 [17]
In 2004 she provided the voice of Elastigirl, the wife of Mr. Incredible
Holly Hunter
Jason
$800 [24]
A "heroic" one of these is 2 rhyming lines of iambic pentameter
couplet
Jason
$800 [16]
California sagebrush & coyote bush are good yard plants in L.A. because they are this kind of period "tolerant"
drought
Jason
$800 [3]
Synonyms for this word include apex, summit & acme
the climax
Cristina
$1,200 [11]
"Sure, I wave the American flag. Do you know a better flag to wave?" asked this actor, "The Duke"
John Wayne
James
$1,200 [7]
France's first nuclear one of these, Le Redoubtable, was ready to go in 1971
a submarine
James
$1,200 [18]
One of his memorable lines in "A Fish Called Wanda" is "Don't call me stupid"
Kevin Kline
Cristina
$1,600 [27]
Consonance is repetition of consonant; this other "nance" is repetition of vowels
assonance
Jason
$1,200 [20]
German biologist Walther Flemming coined this term for cell division, not for the piggies on his own feet
mitosis
Jason
$1,200 [4]
Among its meanings are intricate, a group of related buildings & some type of emotional problem
complex
Cristina
$2,000 [14]
This Minnesota gov. believed "Body" & soul, "There is much more to being a patriot...than reciting the pledge or raising a flag"
Jesse Ventura
Cristina
$1,600 [8]
2-word name of the German airship that was the first one to engage in a transatlantic flight
the Graf Zeppelin
Jason
$1,600 [19]
This"Celebrity Jeopardy!" champion informed movie viewers that St. Hubbins was the patron saint of quality footwear
Michael McKean
James
$2,000 [29]
This pause in the middle of a line of poetry is from caedere, Latin for "to cut"
caesura
Jason
$1,600 [22]
Hawaii's white sand beaches like Anaehoomalu Bay are mainly a composition of coral & these broken-up items
shells
Jason
$1,600 [5]
It's an ancient manuscript that is the earliest form of a book; there is a Madrid one & a Dresden one
a codex
James
DD $3,000 [13]
Some have noted the often-seen mix-up of this nation's flag with the Red Cross emblem
Switzerland
James
$2,000 [12]
It made 1968 news & rests on a Pyongyang river, part of the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum
the U.S.S. Pueblo
James
$2,000 [21]
In "Hard to Kill", this martial artist & actor says, "I'm gonna take you to the bank, Senator Trent. To the blood bank"
Steven Segal
Jason
DD $5,000 [25]
Don't hold back, name this repeated line in a poem, also a verb meaning to hold back
refrain
Jason
$2,000 [23]
The only insect to migrate across an ocean is called the wandering this, like an aircraft type; it covers miles without a wingflap
glider
Jason
$2,000 [9]
It's the diacritical mark seenhereover the letter "A"
circumflex
Jason

Final Jeopardy!

LANDMARKS

David Livingstone wrote of this discovery of his, "Scenes so lovely must have been gazed upon by angels in their flight"

Victoria Falls

Cristina "What is Timbuktu?" — wagered $6,789
James "What is Kilimanjaro?" — wagered $17,990
Jason "What is the source of the Nile?" — wagered $9,000

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