Show #8128 2020-01-01 (taped 2019-10-22) Regular

Karen Farrell game 5.First show of the 2020s.

Contestants

Shane Hopkin — a brewery representative from Chicago, Illinois

Val Marsden Fitzhugh — an educational consultant from New York, New York

Karen Farrell — a political consultant from Woodbridge, Virginia (whose 4-day cash winnings total $74,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Karen $4,200 $6,000 $16,800 $20,401
5-day champion: $94,802
$16,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Val $5,000 $6,000 $10,200 $20,398
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Shane $2,600 $3,000 $6,200 $2,199
3rd place: $1,000
$6,200
11 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

WHERE YA FROM? COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS U.S. FACTS & FIGURES PHARAOHS TOOT UNCOMMON
$200 [27]
An Emirati is from this country
the United Arab Emirates
Shane
$200 [25]
The graphic thriller "Whiteout" takes place at McMurdo station in this very remote place
Antarctica
Shane
$200 [29]
Each year U.S. fossil fuels emit around 5 billion metric tons of this gas
CO 2 (carbon dioxide)
Val
$200 [21]
The face of this statue of Giza is thought to represent Khafre, builder of one of the Great Pyramids at Giza
the Sphinx
Karen
$200 [30]
During the Revolutionary War, drums were usually paired with this four-letter tooter
fife
Val
$200 [28]
This 4-letter way you might like your steak is also a synonym for "uncommon"
rare
Shane
$400 [26]
A Newfie is from this Canadian province
Newfoundland
Shane
$400 [24]
To correctly read this Japanese type of comic, be sure to start with the panel at the upper right side of the page
manga
Karen Shane
$400 [19]
Thomas Jefferson's final draft of this document dropped language calling slavery "an execrable commerce"
the Declaration of Independence
Karen
$400 [20]
The word pharaoh originally referred to a palace, but in the 18th of these, the word began to refer to the kings themselves
a Dynasty
Karen
$400 [23]
Tradition says a toot of this instrument by Gabriel will announce judgment day
a trumpet
Karen
$400 [22]
In a Marine Corps recruiting slogan, this 3-letter word means "uncommon"
the Few
$600 [7]
A Weegie is a lad or a lass from this Scottish city
Glasgow
Shane
$600 [10]
The Marvel comic "Spider-Gwen" takes place in a universe where this girlfriend of Peter Parker gets the radioactive bite
Gwen Stacy
Karen
$600 [18]
According to the Census Bureau, 35% of U.S. adults over 25 have this college degree or higher
a Bachelor's
Val
$600 [1]
Pharaohs were known to wearheaddresses with a uraeus, a symbol of power in the form of this snake
an asp
Val
$600 [2]
In "Rigoletto" Verdi used this really high-pitched tooter to represent a flash of lightning
a piccolo
Val
$600 [3]
"Monty Python's Flying Circus" often encouraged us with "And now for something..." these 2 words
completely different
Val
$800 [8]
The Sammarinese are the people of this country
San Marino
$800 [11]
The graphic novel "They Called Us Enemy" is a memoir of this "Star Trek" actor's time in an American WWII internment camp
George Takei
Karen
$800 [17]
The Great Seal of the United States bears two 3-word Latin phrases: Novus ordo seclorum & this
E pluribus unum
Karen
$800 [12]
Near Lake Nasser is the "Great Temple" constructed by this pharaoh who reigned for 66 years
Ramses II (the Great)
Karen
$800 [6]
Lester Young was a legendary tooter on the tenor type of this
saxophone
Val
$800 [4]
There are 3 C's in this word for someone who has a truly unconventional personality
eccentric
Val
$1,000 [9]
A Paceño is from this South American capital
La Paz
Shane
$1,000 [15]
"Exit Stage Left" reimagines this cat from Hanna-Barbera cartoons as a Southernplaywrightin the 1950s
Snagglepuss
Karen
$1,000 [16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A Census Bureau map shows that, from 1930 to 2000, the population density of this Nevada county increased by more than 5,000%
Clark County
Shane
$1,000 [13]
Thutmose I was the first pharaoh to cut his tomb into this "royal" resting place near Thebes
the Valley of the Kings
Karen
$1,000 [14]
This tuba was developed by & named for the "March King"
the sousaphone
Val Shane
DD $2,600 [5]
In grammar this synonym of "uncommon" refers to a noun pertaining to one entity"
singular
Val

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANIMAL NAMES WITH LEWIS & CLARK MAYORS O IS THE ONLY VOWEL TV TITLE TOUGH GUYS PEOPLE A LITERARY NEW YEAR
$400 [29]
Lewis & Clark gave this non-canine rodent its name and even brought one back to give to Thomas Jefferson
a prairie dog
Val
$400 [28]
In 1985 the slogan "Cubano Vota Cubano" led to Puerto Rico-born Mayor Maurice Ferré losing his job in this city to Xavier Suarez
Miami
Karen
$400 [30]
It's a perch for chickens to rest on at night
a roost
Val
$400 [26]
Bill Hader, since 2018
Barry
Karen
$400 [27]
In a 2015 cover story for Vanity Fair, she revealed her new identity & talked about her gender transition
Caitlyn Jenner
Karen
$400 [25]
A pregnant Mrs. Woodhouse attends a strange New Year's Eve party in this devilish book by Ira Levin
Rosemary's Baby
Val
$800 [7]
Though we think of it as grayish-brown, the boys called it a "white bear" & killed quite a few
the grizzly bear
$800 [24]
Before she was a nominee for vice president & a governor, she was the mayor of the small city of Wasilla
Sarah Palin
Karen
$800 [11]
It was the alma mater of Hugh Grant & Sir Roger Bannister
Oxford
Val
$800 [23]
John Krasinski, since 2018
Jack Ryan
Karen
$800 [19]
Steven Spielberg called this composer "the single most significant contributor" to his "success as a filmmaker"
John Williams
Karen
$1,200 [2]
He wrote of the Little Match Girl who had "frozen to death on the last evening of the old year"
Hans Christian Andersen
Karen
$1,200 [5]
Don't complain. Just name the sage type of this bird that Lewis & Clark called the heath cock
a (greater) grouse
Val
$1,200 [20]
Norman Mineta became the first Asian-American mayor of a major U.S. city when he took over this tech town near San Francisco in 1971
San Jose
Karen
$1,200 [1]
A 2018 statement from the Latter-Day Saints says not to call them these
Mormons
Karen
$1,200 [12]
Idris Elba, 2010-2019
(John) Luther
Karen
$1,200 [15]
In 2005 this British graffiti artist installed his own works on the walls of museums in N.Y. & London
Banksy
Karen
$1,600 [3]
This author's "Middlemarch" includes a party hosted by Mr. Vincy on New Year's Day
George Eliot
Val
$1,600 [10]
Say, Meriwether, that sheep sure has large paired features on its head--you're right, William, so let's call it this
a bighorn sheep
Val
$1,600 [21]
In between his third & fourth terms as mayor of Washington, D.C., he served 6 months in prison on drug charges
Marion Barry
Karen
$1,600 [8]
This '50s music style is what The Turbans are saying in their song "When You Dance"
doo-wop
Shane
$1,600 [13]
Liev Schreiber, since 2013
Ray Donovan
Karen
$1,600 [16]
Shared last name of the two men seen here, New York's Archbishop & one of the city's sports team owners
(Timothy & James) Dolan
Karen Shane
$2,000 [4]
New Year's Eve finds 4 people contemplating suicide in "A Long Way Down" by this man who also wrote "About a Boy"
Nick Hornby
$2,000 [17]
Lewis noted of the Lewis' type of this bird that the pointy tail helps it stay vertical against the tree trunk it's beaking
a woodpecker
Shane
DD $2,000 [22]
Hubert Humphrey in the 1940s & George Pillsbury in the 1880s presided over this city
Minneapolis
Karen
$2,000 [9]
Just one more thing--this Asian capital city is home to Gangaramaya Temple
Colombo
Shane
$2,000 [14]
Telly Savalas, 1973- 1978
Kojak
Val
$2,000 [18]
Upon the death of Daniel Inouye, this Vermont Democrat, in office since 1975, became the longest-serving U.S. Senator
(Patrick) Leahy
Val
DD $3,000 [6]
This character's January 1 diary entry counts Bloody Marys as food ("as contain Worcester sauce & tomatoes")
Bridget Jones
Val

Final Jeopardy!

SINGLE-NAMED PERFORMERS

The last single-named actress to win an Oscar was this woman who won for her supporting role in "Precious"

Mo'Nique

Shane "Who is Cher" — wagered $4,001
Val "Who is Monique?" — wagered $10,198
Karen "Who is Monique?" — wagered $3,601

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