Show #8091 2019-11-11 (taped 2019-09-18) Tournament of Champions

2019 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 1.

Contestants

Kyle Jones — a music teacher from Aurora, Colorado

Dhruv Gaur — a student at Brown University from Gainesville, Georgia

Emma Boettcher — a user experience librarian from Chicago, Illinois

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Emma	$1,000	$3,200	$19,200	$29,601 Finalist	$19,200 21 R, 2 W
Dhruv	$-1,200	$0	$2,000	$5 3rd place: $10,000	$4,000 10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kyle	$3,600	$4,600	$14,800	$19,201 2nd place: $10,000	$11,200 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

REAL NAMES ON THE MARQUIS	GOVERNMENT & POLITICS	WHAT'S HER SPORT?	FLAGS	THE KING JAMES BIBLE SAYETH...	WORDS THAT USE ALL 5 VOWELS
$200 [27] The real name of this marquis & American Revolution hero: Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier Lafayette Dhruv	$200 [28] He quickly became the Democratic frontrunner after announcing his third bid for president April 25, 2019 (Joe) Biden Kyle	$200 [30] Gabby Douglas gymnastics Dhruv	$200 [26] The fortress on the flag of this British overseas territory symbolizes its strategic importance on the Mediterranean Gibraltar Kyle	$200 [29] In this Bible book "The children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea" Exodus Kyle	$200 [23] This adjective means showy & intended to impress ostentatious
$400 [24] The Jean-Baptiste Colbert show included becoming Marquis de Seignelay & in 1689, Minister of State for this king Louis XIV Kyle	$400 [25] This first Constitution of the 13 states was in effect from 1781 to 1789 the Articles of Confederation Dhruv	$400 [22] Twins Monique & Jocelyne Lamoureux hockey	$400 [11] Hereare the extremely similar flags of Luxembourg and this nearby country the Netherlands Dhruv	$400 [16] "And now abideth faith, hope," this third virtue charity Emma	$400 [21] To inject someone with a small amount of a disease so that they can become immune to it to inoculate Dhruv
$600 [18] He was born Donatien Alphonse Francois, but fans of x-rated lit know him better as this the Marquis de Sade Emma	$600 [19] Title I of this, the ADA for short, deals with equal employment opportunities & benefits the Americans with Disabilities Act Emma	$600 [20] Ali Krieger & Ashlyn Harris soccer	$800 [3] Here'sthe flag of this maritime province of Canada Prince Edward Island Kyle	$600 [9] Romans 12 says don't get people back when they wrong you; just wait, because this "is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord" vengeance Emma	$600 [17] "Dancing Queen" can "feel the beat from" this instrument tambourine Emma
$800 [10] Concino Concini, AKA the Marquis d'Ancre, was shot to death on the drawbridge of this palace (now a museum) on the right bank of the Seine the Louvre Dhruv Kyle	$800 [6] After Mike Pompeo became Secretary of State, this woman succeeded him as the first female director of the CIA (Gina) Haspel Emma	$800 [14] Inbee Park & Sung Hyun Park golf Emma	$1,000 [5] The red & white stripes on the flag of this Asian country represent the states of the federation, including Sarawak Malaysia Emma	$800 [8] This book namechecks itself in the very first line: These sayings of "the son of David" Proverbs Dhruv Kyle	$800 [1] It sounds like you're writing a novel, but it means to empower or formally sanction an act authorize Emma
$1,000 [15] In 1681 naval hero Abraham Duquesne was made Marquis du Quesne, but not an admiral, as he was this type of Christian a Protestant Kyle	$1,000 [12] The Supreme Court can request a lower court to send up the records of a case for review by issuing or granting a writ of this a writ of certiorari	$1,000 [13] Robin Roberts, in her college days (though her scholarship was for tennis) basketball	DD $1,800 [4] The diamond shape on its flag references the fact that it was the only diamond-producing U.S. state Arkansas Kyle	$1,000 [7] You say you want a revelation? Truly, verily, it's the very last word in that book; now can I get one? amen Emma Kyle	$1,000 [2] Ecstatic happiness euphoria Kyle

Double Jeopardy! Round

NON COMPOSE MENTIS	MATH GUYS	A GENERIC TITLE	EXPRESSIONS & IDIOMS	TRUE STORY	"D.M." ME
$400 [10] The phobic Arnold Schoenberg removed one "A" from a title because "Moses und Aaron" has this many letters 13 Emma	$400 [6] You get an "A" if you know this mathematician of the 200s B.C. wrote a treatise on centers of gravity Archimedes Emma	$400 [30] It's a puzzle, it's a genre, it's a PBS "Masterpiece" series mystery Emma	$400 [29] "Everything but the kitchen stove" once vied with this now more common phrase meaning the same everything but the kitchen sink Kyle	$400 [28] Natalie Y. Moore examined "The South Side: A Portrait of" this city "and American Segregation " Chicago Kyle	$400 [26] The 1460 boots from this brand get their name from their date of inception: the first of April, 1960 Doc Martens Emma
$800 [9] Alexander Scriabin thought he was a musical Messiah; believers point out he was born on this day (true) & died on Easter (no) Christmas Kyle	$800 [5] Among Ptolemy's pursuits was drawing up a table of these--not in a musical score but as line segments in a circle chords Dhruv	$1,200 [11] Prince Noctis has work to do in edition XV of this alliterative role-playing video game Final Fantasy Dhruv	$800 [18] In job training or language learning, one method is to let the newbie loose to do one of this opposite watery pair sink or swim Emma	$800 [27] A gopher is on the cover of the book titled this comedy film: "The Making of a Hollywood Cinderella Story" Caddyshack Kyle	$800 [25] Morbid Angel & Obituary are popular bands in this genre death metal Dhruv
$1,200 [3] Prince Carlo Gesualdo published 6 books of these multi-voice Renaissance songs & also gorily murdered his wife & her lover madrigals Dhruv	$1,200 [4] A 1970s computer language is named for this Frenchman who invented a 1640s calculating machine Blaise Pascal	$1,600 [13] In this movie Robert De Niro kidnaps Jerry Lewis The King of Comedy	$1,200 [15] Let's act aggressively on an issue & "play" this, another word for the national pastime hardball Emma Kyle	$1,200 [24] A nonfiction classic by Rabbi Harold Kushner is "When" these "Happen to Good People" Bad Things Kyle	$1,200 [23] You can pick up an Epson LQ-590 one of these printers from Staples for $413 dot matrix Kyle
$1,600 [7] Obsessed with death, Anton Bruckner attended this event for the long-dead Beethoven in 1888 & insisted on touching the skull being exhumed (an exhumation) Emma	DD $2,000 [1] The subject of a 2001 film, this mathematician won a 1994 Nobel Prize in Economics John Nash Dhruv	$2,000 [12] The movie "A Place in the Sun" was based on this U.S. novel An American Tragedy Emma	$1,600 [14] Originally, itwas a magazine illustration of what well-dressed people were wearing. Now it means "someone stylish" a fashion plate Emma	$1,600 [19] Barack Obama's first book was "Dreams from My Father"; his second was this "bold" bestseller that arrived in 2006 The Audacity of Hope Emma	$1,600 [22] The title American girl of this 1870s novella dies of "Roman fever" (malaria) Daisy Miller Emma
$2,000 [8] He died in an insane asylum not far from the Moldau, the river he immortalized in an 1875 work Bedrich Smetana Dhruv	$2,000 [2] This Swiss mathematician's principle says the pressure in a fluid moving horizontally decreases as its velocity increases Bernoulli Emma	DD $6,200 [17] It's a sequence, it's a genre, it's a podcast hosted by Sarah Koenig serial Kyle	$2,000 [16] This 2-word cooler-sounding way to say "second job" is the title of a book subtitled "From Idea to Income in 27 Days" Side Hustle Kyle	$2,000 [20] He wrote of the loss of both his parents in a 5-week span in "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" (Dave) Eggers Emma	$2,000 [21] The full name of this disease comes from words meaning "to pass through" & "sweetened with honey" diabetes mellitus Dhruv

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS PHRASES

In the title of a groundbreaking 1890 exposé of poverty in New York City slums, these 3 words follow "How the"

Other Half Lives

Dhruv "What is We ♡ you, Alex!" — wagered $1,995

Kyle "What is Other Half lives?" — wagered $4,401

Emma "What is other half lives" — wagered $10,401

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