Show #8149 2020-01-30 (taped 2019-11-19) Regular

Contestants

David Haughney — an accounting manager from Seattle, Washington

Michelle Paul — a managing director from Newark, Delaware

Joshua Swiger — a private tour company owner from Kapolei, Hawaii (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Joshua	$1,800	$4,200	$21,000	$13,500 2nd place: $2,000	$17,000 19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Michelle	$3,400	$4,600	$13,400	$17,900 New champion: $17,900	$15,400 19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
David	$1,600	$1,400	$4,200	$7,777 3rd place: $1,000	$4,200 12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

BOOTS	THE WORLD OF THE 1800s	STOP IT!	WEBSITES	AUTHOR LAST NAME IN COMMON	BIG PLAY IN THE TEAM'S SUPER BOWL WIN
$200 [1] A verb meaning "to walk in water" is in this alternate name for a fisherman's rubber hip boots waders David	$200 [16] Based on a comment by the czar, this declining empire begun by Turkish tribes was known as "The Sick Man of Europe" the Ottoman Empire David	$200 [2] You can do this to your dog or your "enthusiasm" curb Michelle	$200 [23] (Sarah of Clue Crew presents from the Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum.) Federal funding covers only about 2/3 of the Smithsonian's expenses, so to ready Neil Armstrong's space suit for Apollo 11's 50th anniversary, the Air and Space Museum raised more than $500,000 via a "Reboot the Suit" campaign on this community funding website Kickstarter Joshua David	$200 [25] Novelist Henry & playwright Arthur, both Brooklyn boys Miller David	$200 [27] 2012: Mario Manningham makes an amazing 38-yard tiptoeing catch & beats the Pats the New York Giants
$600 [21] Chelsea boots are also called this music group's boots since they popularized them in the 1960s The Beatles Michelle	$400 [17] She wrote a letter to Napoleon asking if she could join him at Elba but she died in 1814 before hearing that just couldn't happen Josephine Michelle	$400 [3] To fire from a job, or to attempt to kill Sarah Connor, onscreen terminate Michelle	$400 [7] Kenneth Lerer helped found this website to provide a liberal counterpart to the Drudge Report The Huffington Post Joshua	$400 [15] Journalist Tom & novelist Thomas, both southern boys Wolfe Michelle	$600 [26] 1986: William "The Refrigerator" Perry ices the win with a 1-yard TD rumble the Bears Joshua
$800 [22] Familial name for the women's lace-up boots in imitation of a 19th century style granny boots	$600 [18] Mocked by other docs, Ignaz Semmelweis used antisepsis to vastly reduce women's death rate during this event childbirth Michelle	$600 [4] To refuse to proceed, or a pitcher's faux pas balk Joshua	$600 [8] wordpress.com says, "Everyone has a point of view" & their site is "the world's greatest" tool to create these online journals blogs David	$600 [12] Jackie, Suzanne, Wilkie Collins Michelle	—
$1,000 [24] You put these spiky plates on your hiking boots if you don't want to slip in the ice or snow crampons Joshua	$800 [19] This translation of certain plates was published in 1830; a much, much different version came to Broadway in 2011 the Book of Mormon Michelle David	$800 [5] Legally, sending a this & this letter notifies someone of their misconduct & orders them to cut it out, pronto cease & desist Michelle	$800 [9] To give a more personalized listening experience, this website uses its music genome project Pandora Joshua	$800 [13] E.B., T.H. & Australian Nobelist Patrick White David	—
DD $2,000 [11] Chukka boots are said to get their name from a period in this sport polo Michelle	$1,000 [20] In 1845 this 2-word phrase describing the inevitable expansion of U.S. territory was first used regarding Texas' annexation Manifest Destiny Joshua	$1,000 [6] To not say anything impulsively, or another word for a song's chorus refrain Michelle	$1,000 [10] Alexis Ohanian was still a student at UVA when he doodled what became the alien mascot for this website that he co-founded Reddit Michelle	$1,000 [14] Henry & Helen, who both wrote about title characters with the last name Jones Fielding Michelle	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

REBOOTS	CAPITAL ISLANDS	THAT'S POLITICS	Y IS THE ONLY VOWEL	MEDICAL PROCEDURES	WHO SPEAKETH IN THE BIBLE?
$400 [29] Melissa McCarthy & Kristen Wiig were out to stop an otherworldly invasion of NYC in this 2016 film reboot Ghostbusters Joshua	$400 [1] Backed by the Blue Mountains, Kingston is the capital of this island country Jamaica Michelle	$400 [27] In his political campaigns, Robert Francis O'Rourke has used this childhood nickname Beto Joshua	$400 [26] It's a place to find dumbbells a gym David	$400 [30] This procedure involves the removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic analysis a biopsy Michelle	$400 [22] "I am innocent of the blood of this just person" Pontius Pilate Joshua
$800 [20] Eric Carter had Jack Bauer's very big shoes to fill on the reboot called this: "Legacy" 24 Joshua	$800 [4] This city on Luzon became the Philippine national capital in 1946, took a break & was reinstated in 1976 Manila David	$800 [25] In a 2008 presidential ad, Chuck Norris gave Huck facts & this governor gave Chuck facts (Mike) Huckabee David	$800 [2] It replaces "your" in the Lord's Prayer thy Joshua	$800 [28] Aka a lumbar puncture, this procedure is used to diagnose such problems as polio & meningitis a spinal tap Michelle	$800 [23] "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other" Solomon Michelle
$1,200 [15] Jay Hernandez wears Hawaiian shirts as the title P.I. on this CBS reboot Magnum P.I. Joshua David	$1,200 [3] The Caribbean capital city of St. John's is not on Barbuda but on this paired island Antigua David	$1,200 [18] This avian term for an office holder of limited power dates back to the 18th century a lame duck David	$1,200 [12] British clergyman Charles Wesley was a notable writer of these hymns Michelle	$1,200 [11] Body fat is vacuumed out of tissues below the epidermis in this elective cosmetic surgery liposuction Michelle	$1,200 [8] "Suddenly there shone from heaven a great light round about me. And I fell unto the ground" Paul (Saul)
$1,600 [16] Liam Neeson was Hannibal Smith & Quinton "Rampage" Jackson was B.A. Baracus when this TV series was rebooted as a movie The A-Team Joshua	$1,600 [5] The capital, Cockburn Town, is on Grand Turk in this island group Turks and Caicos Joshua	$1,600 [17] Pennsylvania's 7th district, shaped like "Goofy kicking Donald Duck", got nixed by a court in 2018 for going too far in this process gerrymandering Joshua	$1,600 [13] It's a short-tailed feline of European forests a lynx David	$1,600 [10] Cross hatching is shading a drawing; this is checking recipient-donor compatibility for a blood transfusion cross-matching Joshua	$1,600 [7] "Let me die with the Philistines" Samson Joshua
$2,000 [24] Hetook on the role of Spock when "Star Trek" jumped to the big screen in the 21st century (Zachary) Quinto Joshua	$2,000 [6] This European capital is spread across the islands of Zealand & Amager Copenhagen Joshua David	$2,000 [19] The word "oppo", short for this 2-word term, really took off in the 1992 presidential campaign opposition research Michelle	$2,000 [14] It's a fluid-filled sac under the skin a cyst Michelle	DD $5,000 [21] A keratoplasty is another name for one of these eye part transplants cornea Joshua	DD $3,000 [9] "Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favour with God" Gabriel Joshua

Final Jeopardy!

ADVERTISING & MUSIC

In 2008, 34 years after it made Billboard’s Top 10, this song title was used by a southern state in a tourism campaign

"Sweet Home Alabama"

David "What is Sweet Home Alabama?" — wagered $3,577

Michelle "What is Sweet Home Alabama?" — wagered $4,500

Joshua "What isGeorgiaCarolina On My Mind" — wagered $7,500

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