Show #8055 2019-09-20 (taped 2019-07-23) Regular

Jason Zuffranieri game 16.

Contestants

Heather Sullivan — an attorney from Peekskill, New York

John Lance — a ghostwriter from Tustin, California

Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 15-day cash winnings total $418,343)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jason $5,600 $8,400 $18,805 $18,753
16-day champion: $437,096
$21,600
26 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
John! $1,800 $3,200 $6,000 $5,599
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
12 R, 2 W
Heather $2,600 $3,600 $9,200 $6,350
2nd place: $2,000
$9,200
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

2019 MOVIES THE TECH WORLD TRIAL OF THE CENTURY 2-WORD ALLITERATION FABRICS CHIEFS OF STATE
$200 [21]
Arcade Fire performs the song "Baby Mine" during the end credits of this Tim Burton film based on a Disney cartoon
Dumbo
Heather
$200 [26]
In 1991 "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" became the first work of fiction turned into this format
eBook
John!
$200 [27]
Sacco & Vanzetti trial
20th century
Jason
$200 [17]
To have this guffaw is to gain satisfaction & final vindication
last laugh
Jason
$200 [30]
Chiffe, a French word for an old rag, gave us this word for an elegant, often sheer fabric
chiffon
John!
$200 [29]
Title of Japan's head of state; Naruhito is the 126th
emperor
John!
$400 [20]
Tyler Perry said this woman's "Family Funeral" would be the last time he plays the iconic character
Madea
John!
$400 [25]
In 2018 Microsoft unveiled its All Access program that allowed gamers to get this console on a rent-to-own basis
Xbox
John!
$400 [19]
Salem witch trials
17th
Jason
$400 [16]
Thisfish can pack quite a punch, stunning its prey with up to 600 volts
electric eel
John!
$400 [28]
Duck cloth & sailcloth are types of this strong, plain weave fabric usually made of cotton
canvas
$400 [18]
Like the U.S., Italy chooses its president by this 2-word body, but Italy's is mostly members of parliament
electoral college
Jason
$600 [9]
Don't let the sun go down on 2019 without seeing this biopic in which Jamie Bell plays Bernie Taupin
Rocketman
Jason
$600 [3]
The icon seenhererepresents this Adobe software
Acrobat
Heather
$800 [10]
Trial of Thomas More
16th
Jason
$600 [15]
It's something that personally annoys you, not Fluffy or Fido
pet peeve
Jason
$600 [24]
Linen, one of the oldest fabrics made by humans, comes from the fiber of this plant with a four-letter name
flax
Jason
$600 [14]
This Mideast country is run by a supreme leader appointed for life by an Islamic group called the Assembly of Experts
Iran
$800 [6]
Ryan Reynolds gave voice to the little yellow guy in "Pokémon Detective" him
Pikachu
Jason
$800 [2]
Before this Apple program was released in 2003, engineers jokingly referred to it as i Browse
Safari
John!
$1,000 [8]
Heresy trial of Joan of Arc
15th century
Heather
$800 [7]
Powerful influence from your equals to act in a way acceptable to them
peer pressure
Jason
$800 [23]
The Harris variety of this fabric is derived from yarns hand-woven on islands off the coast of Scotland
tweed
Heather
$800 [13]
In 2019 Andry Rajoelina was the 1st elected pres. in the history of this Indian Ocean island to succeed another elected president
Madagascar
$1,000 [5]
In "The Upside", a remake of a French film, Kevin Hart cares for a quadriplegic man played by this actor
Bryan Cranston
Heather
$1,000 [4]
News of another 10 million or so hacked accounts might have you paraphrase Shakespeare & say, "Once more unto the data" this
breach
Heather
DD $3,000 [11]
Amistad mutiny trial
19th
Jason
$1,000 [1]
Alliterative phrase for a situation that seems okay but is "inclined" to gradually lead to a bad outcome
slippery slope
John!
$1,000 [22]
In "Sunset Blvd." William Holden is told, "as long as the lady is paying for it, why not" a coat of this llama & alpaca relative
vicuna
Jason
$1,000 [12]
This position is not only for Commonwealth nations--Alfonso Boekhoudt reps King Willem-Alexander in Aruba
governor general
Jason Heather

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BOOK NOOK MUSICAL MONUMENTS WOMEN SCIENTISTS "ON" OR "OFF" STATE OF CHIEFS THAT USED TO HAPPEN?
$400 [29]
"Pebble in the Sky" was his first novel, the "Foundation" of a long & prolific career writing science fiction
Asimov
John!
$400 [28]
The outlines of the Fab Four rock out in Beatles-Platz in this German city where the band played many an early gig
Hamburg
Jason
$400 [26]
For things like discovering polonium & radium, she & her husband Pierre won the Nobel Prize for Physics
Marie Curie
Jason
$400 [25]
To perform important duties at a ceremony, especially a religious one
officiate
John!
DD $5 [23]
Tecumseh (same as William Tecumseh Sherman)
Ohio
Jason
$800 [18]
If you wanted someone's phone number or address back in the day, you could dial these 3 numbers for free & get help
411
Jason
$800 [21]
"The Fastest Kid in the Fifth Grade" is chapter 3 of "Bridge to" this enchanted land
Terabithia
Jason
$800 [19]
Of course the statue of this pigtailed country legend in Austin, Texas includes his guitar, Trigger
(Willie) Nelson
Jason
$800 [17]
Dian Fossey's work with these animals in Rwanda led to their further protection from poaching
gorillas
Heather
$800 [16]
Adjective for an immediate, unscripted response, or what a righty basketball player uses when shooting lefty
offhand
Jason
$400 [27]
Seattle
Washington
John!
$1,200 [15]
Once common in schools but now frowned upon, it was not dispensed by an army NCO, despite the name
corporal punishment
Jason
$1,200 [5]
He taught us "The Power of Myth"
Joseph Campbell
$1,200 [14]
Montreaux champions this late singer inhisadopted country of Switzerland
Freddie Mercury
John!
$1,200 [10]
The first woman admitted to M.I.T., Ellen Richards advocated this domestic science & founded a "Journal of" it
Home Economics
Heather
$1,200 [1]
The name of this semiprecious variety of agate used in jewelry, derives from the Greek for "fingernail"
onyx
Heather
$800 [24]
Powhatan
Virginia
Heather
$1,600 [7]
At the 1900 Olympics more than 300 of these birds were killed in a single sporting event
pigeons
$1,600 [4]
The title of this debut novel by Gillian Flynn is an allusion to cutting, part of Camille Preaker's traumatic past in the book
Sharp Objects
Jason Heather
$1,600 [13]
Statues of Bon Scott of this band are found in Scotland & Australia
AC/DC
Jason
$1,600 [9]
Wendy Freedman et al. nailed down the value of this man's constant, which, with distance, helps find the velocity of galaxies
(Edwin) Hubble
Jason John!
$1,600 [11]
Next time you fly, consider buying carbon these to compensate for adding pollution to the atmosphere
offsets
Jason
$1,600 [22]
Wampanoag chief Metacom AKA King Philip
Massachusetts
$2,000 [6]
This antiseptic that stained you red was used for all sorts of cuts, but the Hg in it wasn't good for you
Mercurochrome
DD $4,000 [3]
The first book in a series, it opens in Inverness in 1945 & begins. "It wasn't a very likely place for disappearances"
Outlander
Jason
$2,000 [12]
Hundreds of organpipesfloat in the air to celebrate this composer in a Helsinki monument
Sibelius
Jason
$2,000 [8]
1740s physicist Emilie du Chatelet made what's still the standard French translation from Latin of this Newton work
Principia Mathematica
Jason
$2,000 [2]
In philosophy it's the study of the nature of existence itself
ontology
Jason
$2,000 [20]
Black Hawk
Illinois
John!

Final Jeopardy!

U.S. CURRENCY

In 1929 Alexander Hamilton became the new face of the $10 bill, replacing this foe of his legacy, who got moved to another denomination

Andrew Jackson

John! "Who is Jefferson?" — wagered $401
Heather "Who is Thomas Jefferson?" — wagered $2,850
Jason "Who is Jefferson?" — wagered $52

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