Show #8098 2019-11-20 (taped 2019-09-24) Regular

Contestants

Dave Blum — a biomedical engineer from Boston, Massachusetts

Elise Nussbaum — a financial counselor from Jersey City, New Jersey

Sathvik Namburar — a medical student from Lebanon, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,201)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sathvik	$1,200	$3,800	$16,300	$27,799 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Elise	$3,600	$8,600	$26,600	$34,600 New champion: $34,600	$26,600 27 R, 0 W
Dave	$400	$2,400	$2,400	$2,400 3rd place: $1,000	$9,400 15 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

DISNEY ON BROADWAY	THERE'S A NATIONAL DAY FOR THAT	YOU'RE CREEPING ME OUT	THE GREAT AMERICAN READ'S TOP 100 BOOKS	RACKET SPORTS	THE OCCUPATION OF FRANCE
$200 [7] Disney's first-ever Broadway adaptation was this one based on a movie & a fairy tale"Be our guest, be our guest /Our command is your..." Beauty and the Beast Dave	$200 [28] The second Monday in February is Clean Out Your this Day, so shake the crumbs out of that keyboard & delete those unused .exes a Computer Sathvik	$200 [10] An expectant mother probably wouldn't want the baby brought by the shoebill type of this bird a stork Dave	$200 [6] This Harper Lee classic topped the list & was the favorite book of 48 states as well To Kill a Mockingbird Dave	$200 [15] Matkot, Hebrew for "racquet", is the unofficial nationalsportof this nation, where it's being played in thephoto Israel Dave	$200 [1] Coiffeur hairdresser Elise
$400 [8] Thishit musical will give you chills"And let it go, let it go /You'll never see me cry /Here I am..." Frozen Sathvik	$400 [29] Write (actually write, on paper) a letter on June 1, the National Day for these alliterative & friendly correspondents Pen Pals Dave	$400 [21] Despite the name of this wild African pig, the bumps on its face aren't caused by a virus; they’re just protective the warthog Elise	$400 [19] Only one title from each author could make the list; these 2 sisters represented the Bronte family at No. 10 & No. 21 Charlotte and Emily Sathvik	$400 [20] The name of this racket game that's played on a 4-walled court also means "to crush" squash Elise	$400 [2] Bibliothécaire librarian Elise
$600 [9] The Sherman brothers turned a mouthful into a catchy song, a delightful scene in this musical"Supercalifragilistic-expialidocious /Even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious /If you say it loud enough..." Mary Poppins Elise	$800 [24] On February 1, I scream, you scream, we all scream for this fancy dessert named for the 49th state baked Alaska Elise	$600 [22] Don't take my odd looks the wrong way; I'm just a simple one of these fowl with the same name as a Kentucky bourbon wild turkey Dave	$600 [16] This author made the list at No. 24 with his epic "The Stand" Stephen King Elise	$600 [11] What's the dill, yo? The USAPA promotes this racket sport, one of the USA's fastest-growing sports pickleball Dave	$600 [3] Hôtesse de l'air flight attendant Elise
$800 [13] The spectacular opening number of this show is just one reason it won a Best Musical Tony"It's the circle of life /And it moves us all..." The Lion King Sathvik	$1,000 [23] Spare a thought for the humphead wrasse & Oahu tree snail on the third Friday in May, the national day for these endangered species Elise	$800 [27] Sounding like a truly gross salad item, these "sea" creatures expel their organs & grow new ones a cucumber (sea cucumbers) Dave	$800 [17] Sci-fi entries on the list ranged from Frank Herbert's "Dune" to this much sillier Douglas Adams book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Elise	DD $1,000 [12] The Thomas Cup & the Uber Cup are presented by the BWF, this racket sport's world federation badminton Dave	$800 [4] Écrivain writer Elise Dave
$1,000 [14] Special footwear helps the characters glide across the stage in a show-stopping number from this musical"Under the sea (under the sea) /Under the sea (under the sea) /When the sardine begin the beguine /It's music to me..." The Little Mermaid Dave	—	$1,000 [25] A type of crab found near Antarctic hydro-thermal vents is called this, like the Abominable Snowman yeti Sathvik	$1,000 [18] 7 of the top 10 books on the list were written by women, including this series by Diana Gabaldon Outlander Elise	$1,000 [26] Spanish for "ball", this Basque court game was a 1924 Olympic demonstration sport pelota Sathvik	$1,000 [5] Infirmière nurse Elise

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLUNDER WOMAN	FIRST NAME SONG TITLES	WHAT IS THAT PERSON DOING?	I GOT RELIGION	STUCK IN THE MIDDLE WITH U	ISLAND NATION CAPITAL CITIES
$400 [6] Pirates Anne Bonny & Mary Read avoided execution by the British because they both happened to be in this condition pregnant Dave	$400 [3] Stop! Police! This title woman, "you don't have to put on the red light" Roxanne Dave	$400 [4] Reading this part of the paper; "Mutts" really has him holding his sides the comics Dave	$400 [1] 1/4 of the Noble Eightfold Path of this religion is saying nothing to hurt others & gaining knowledge of the truth Buddhism Sathvik	$400 [12] The quills of this rodent consist of long, sharp bristles of fused hairs a porcupine Sathvik	$1,200 [13] Valletta, Malta was named for the grand master of the Knights Hospitaller after they survived a 1565 siege there by this empire the Ottoman Empire Sathvik Elise
$800 [9] Lagertha was formidable in the 9th century among these Scandinavian invaders the Vikings Elise	$800 [10] Lady Gaga titled this song the Spanish version of late designer McQueen's first name "Alejandro" Elise	$800 [7] With the service Carbonite, doing an alliterative "business" this, an important but often neglected computer task backup Elise	$800 [2] In 1990 Father Gabriele Amorth co-founded the International Association of these people who deal with the possessed Exorcists Elise	$800 [16] It's the opposite of diurnal nocturnal Elise	$1,600 [19] With room for 7,000 worshippers, Al Fateh Mosque in Manama, capital of this island kingdom, is the nation's largest Bahrain Sathvik
$1,200 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The most successful pirate of all time was a woman; Ching Shih grew her late husband's fleet into more than 1,000 ships, controlling almost all the piracy in this sea; the Emperor had to offer her amnesty to end it the South China Sea Elise	$1,200 [11] "I'm begging darling, please"! Eric Clapton wrote this love song for Pattie Harrison, then wed to Eric's good pal George "Layla" Dave	$1,200 [24] Packing a picnic basket & being sure to include these pickled flower buds to flavor the salad capers Elise	$1,600 [27] At the Passover seder, a cup of wine is poured & left untouched for this prophet, due to his role in the coming of the Messiah Elijah Elise	$1,200 [5] It's another name for whooping cough pertussis Elise	$2,000 [20] Founded in 1736 as a stopping place for ships between Europe and Asia, Port Louis is the capital of this island nation in the Indian Ocean Mauritius Elise
$1,600 [18] 18th century pirate Rachel Wall went ashore & met her downfall for this type of "robbery"--she took a bonnet on a Boston public road highway Sathvik	$1,600 [14] This British singer-songwriter introduced us to both "Veronica" & "Alison" Elvis Costello Elise	$1,600 [25] Folding the U.S. flag in the official manner, bending it over onto itself this many times 13	$2,000 [28] Often called Islamic law, it's broader than secular law codes & uses "recommended" & "disapproved", not "legal" & "illegal" Sharia law Dave	$1,600 [8] Doing some speechifying? Work on this, the study & practice of oral delivery elocution Dave	DD $6,000 [29] Roseau, Dominica was burned by the French in 1805 & suffered near-total destruction by one of these in 1979 a hurricane Dave
$2,000 [22] Sayyida al-Hurra, 16th century pirate queen of the Western Mediterranean, was one of these French-named pirates of the Barbary Coast corsairs	$2,000 [15] Kiss got all ballad-y singing this woman, "I hear you callin', but I can't come home right now" Beth Elise	$2,000 [26] The bachata--or is it the merengue? Anyway, a dance from this Caribbean country the Dominican Republic Elise	DD $7,700 [23] This "directional" group formalized its split from Northerners in Augusta, Georgia in 1845 the Southern Baptists Sathvik	$2,000 [21] Daimyo, who controlled vast territories, employed many of these warriors samurai Sathvik	—

Final Jeopardy!

MOVIE & BOOK TITLES

This title of a 1962 novel & 1975 film refers to the direction the last of 3 geese took in an old nursery rhyme

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Dave "What is Upstream" — wagered $0

Sathvik "What is One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" — wagered $11,499

Elise "What is "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"?" — wagered $8,000

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