Show #8057 2019-09-24 (taped 2019-08-06) Regular

Jason Zuffranieri game 18.

Contestants

Ian Torres — a video game developer from Redwood City, California

Karen Bland — an online English teacher from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico (whose 17-day cash winnings total $472,096)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jason	$9,000	$12,200	$27,600	$30,000 18-day champion: $502,096	$28,000 31 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Karen	$600	$1,800	$2,200	$2,400 3rd place: $1,000	$2,200 9 R, 3 W
ian	$1,200	$2,200	$12,200	$10,863 2nd place: $2,000	$12,200 17 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

1939: WHAT A YEAR IN MOVIES!	"GEN" KNOWLEDGE	READ ANY BESTSELLERS LATELY?	FESTIVALS	THE LAND DOWN UNDER	THE PHYSICS OF TAEKWONDO
$200 [27] This film went on to earn 10 Oscars, including Best Actress for Vivien Leigh Gone with the Wind Karen	$200 [25] Adjective for something sold without a trademark or brand generic ian	$200 [30] No. 1 on The New York Times' combined print & e-book nonfiction list in May 2019 was the long-awaited "Report" by this man (Robert) Mueller Jason	$200 [28] The Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada has been presenting the plays of this man since 1953 Shakespeare Jason	$200 [29] Down under Suriname Brazil ian	$200 [26] Practitioners create a solid foundation for striking & make it hard for an attacker to topple them by maintaining this stable 5-syllable state, from Latin for "balance" equilibrium Jason
$400 [18] Ray Bolger & Buddy Ebsen switched roles in this film; then the silver makeup made Ebsen ill, so in came Jack Haley The Wizard of Oz Jason	$400 [23] The restoration & development of urban areas to make way for middle-class buyers gentrification Jason	$400 [24] In 2019 this Rick Riordan title guy--"& the Olympians", too--spent week 500 on the children's series list, & that's no myth Percy Jackson Jason	$400 [21] Given to the director of the best film, the Palme d'Or is the top prize at this festival Cannes Karen	$400 [22] Down under Estonia Latvia Jason	$400 [17] Flesh & bone breaks solid wood because the knife hand concentrates the impact on a small section of board, a vivid demonstration of the equation P equals F over A, pressure equals force divided by this measurement area Jason
$600 [16] Charles Laughton was head & shoulders above the rest in this Paris-set film; does it ring a bell? The Hunchback of Notre Dame ian	$600 [13] From Latin for "bend the knee", it means to kneel genuflect ian	$600 [19] Dirk Pitt returned for book No. 25 in "Celtic Empire" by father-&-son Clive & Dirk this (& it's not Pitt) Cussler Jason	$600 [20] It was held Aug. 15-17, 1969 on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York Woodstock Karen	$600 [10] Down under Botswana South Africa Jason	$600 [9] Side kicks & other powerful blows are practiced on a heavy bag, taking advantage of its abundance of this physical property, the tendency of an object to remain at rest inertia Karen
$800 [2] Merle Oberon played Cathy in this adaptation of a famous novel Wuthering Heights Jason	$800 [4] A police officer in Paris gendarme Jason	$1,000 [12] Thiscomedian may have decided "Life Will Be the Death of Me", but not before she made the bestseller list Chelsea Handler Karen	$800 [6] Holiis a spring festival of colors in this religion Hindu ian	$800 [14] Down under Mexico Guatemala Jason	$800 [7] A continuous series of spinning kicks moving in the same direction exploits this type of rotational momentum angular momentum ian
$1,000 [1] In this film Joseph Paine wants a sen. who "can't ask any questions or talk out of turn"; Paine doesn't get what he asked for Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Jason	$1,000 [3] It's the seaport capital of the region of Liguria Genoa Jason	DD $3,000 [15] Baseball writer Tyler Kepner took an in-depth look at 10 types of pitches in a book with this single letter as its title K Jason	$1,000 [5] This Japanese city & host of the 1972 Winter Olympics holds a yearly snow festival with spectacular ice sculptures Sapporo Jason ian	$1,000 [11] Down under Slovakia Hungary Karen ian	$1,000 [8] The axe kick swings in a downward arc, adding gravity to the blow & helping to increase this rotational force torque ian

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S OLD NEWS	ALLUSIONS	TED TALK	WHO ARE THEY?	WORD ORIGINS	PARODY SONGS ONSESAME STREET
$400 [24] The Nov. 23, 1864 Daily Chattanooga Rebel: "Every man will rally in the path of" this Gen. "ere he reaches the seacoast" Sherman ian	$400 [26] Someone dubbed a "White Rabbit" or a "10 o'clock scholar" must be chronically this late ian	$400 [23] Cheers to this actor who found himself in a good place in 2018 with his 16th Emmy nomination (Ted) Danson Jason	$400 [30] The student body at West Point is known as this Corps Cadet Karen ian	$400 [19] Canter was shortened from this city--it was the pace pilgrims used to visit the shrine of Thomas à Becket Canterbury Jason	$400 [28] Norah Jones performed a song called "Don't Know" this letter of the alphabet Y ian
$800 [29] The Helena Weekly Herald, July 20, 1876: "Curley says" this man "remained alive through the greater part of the engagement" Custer Jason	$800 [22] Though never in the Olympics, Atalanta & Pheidippides are both often alluded to because of this quality of theirs swiftness (they were fast) Jason	$800 [21] The youngest of 9 kids, he was born into a political dynasty February 22, 1932 in Boston Ted Kennedy ian	$800 [25] Georgia's NBA team the Atlanta Hawks Jason	$800 [18] This therapeutic process involving back & joint manipulation is partly from the Greek for "hand" chiropractic Karen	$800 [1] "Sesame Street" parodied Fine Young Cannibals with a song called this letter "Drives Me Crazy" C Jason
$1,200 [16] The New York Daily News, Nov. 1, 1929: "The storm has passed, leaving" this institution "on an even keel once more" the New York Stock Exchange Karen ian	$1,200 [10] Shadowed by Big Brother in "1984", this oppressive state is equated with totalitarianism Oceania ian	$1,200 [20] In September 1960 in his last at-bat, he hit his 521st home run (Ted) Williams Jason	$1,200 [12] Majority ethnic group of Rwanda Hutu ian	$1,200 [17] Leather chaps are named for this thorny southwest brush they are designed to protect you from chaparral Karen	$1,200 [27] A version of "Despacito" was called "El Patito", Spanish for little this fowl--sung by Ernie, of course a duck Karen
$1,600 [4] The St. Paul Backbone, Jan. 1897: this "party is alive and well. It was not born to die till the last saloon dies" Prohibition Jason	$1,600 [9] The fabled Flying Dutchman & this novelist's Siddhartha both can be used as allusions for wandering (Hermann) Hesse ian	$1,600 [8] On the morning of January 24, 1989 he was put to death in the electric chair at a Florida state prison (Ted) Bundy Jason	$1,600 [11] Male fans of Rainbow Dash & the rest of the Mane 6 Bronies ian	$2,000 [6] Partly from the Latin for "stones", this adjective for a building that is falling apart means it is missing stones dilapidated Jason Karen	$1,600 [15] The parody of this musical starts, "Look down, look down, no cookies anywhere, look down, look down, me tummy in despair" Les Misérables ian
DD $4,000 [3] The National Intelligencer, July 23, 1804: this man "disavows all motives of predetermined hostility" Aaron Burr Jason	$2,000 [5] Like the Phoenix, this wounded "King" of Arthurian myth is associated with resurrection the Fisher King	$2,000 [2] As Poet Laureate of England, he penned a poem to mark the funeral of Princess Diana (Ted) Hughes Jason	$2,000 [13] Angry, alliterative 1860s coal miners Molly Maguires Jason	DD $3,000 [7] Partly from the Greek for "eating", this type of coffin was made of stone ancients thought was able to eat bodies sarcophagus Jason	$2,000 [14] This blind Italian tenor tucked Elmo in with "Time to Say Goodnight" (Andrea) Bocelli Jason

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES

The 1862 Morrill Act gave states federal acreage to sell for school funds, leading to the creation of 69 of these

land-grant universities (land-grant colleges)

Karen "What are land-grant universities" — wagered $200

ian "What areagriccharter universities?" — wagered $1,337

Jason "What are land grant universities?" — wagered $2,400

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