Show #8211 2020-04-27 (taped 2020-02-19) Regular

Sarah Jett Rayburn game 2.

Contestants

Matt Ribel — a speechwriter from Washington, D.C.

Lauren D'Souza — a sustainability analyst from Los Angeles, California

Sarah Jett Rayburn — a writer and stay-at-home mom from Hutto, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sarah $2,600 $4,800 $14,400 $8,400
2-day champion: $39,400
$14,400
19 R, 3 W
Lauren $2,600 $3,400 $8,700 $2,999
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Matt $0 $1,000 $9,800 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$11,000
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHO MADE THAT? CITY HOMOPHONES ONE-WORD TV TITLES AROUND THE USA POTPOURRI STARTS WITH "Z"
$200 [11]
We write of its 4-color original pen
Bic
Lauren
$200 [16]
Beaten in battle, or a town paired with Lexington
conquered/Concord
Lauren
$200 [1]
This drama was about the survivors of the crash of Oceanic flight 815
Lost
Lauren
$200 [30]
Head to this state to visit the Mendenhall Glacier & the Mendenhall Ice Caves (but hurry--the ice is melting)
Alaska
Sarah
$200 [25]
Named for the way it rolls around lonely streets in western movies, this plant was imported to the U.S. from Russia
a tumbleweed
Lauren
$200 [2]
It's the type ofgarden, seen here, where you might do some meditating
a Zen garden
Lauren
$400 [12]
Here's a switch... the game called "Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020"
Nintendo (*Sega)
Sarah Matt
$400 [17]
Your brother's daughter, or a town on the French Riviera
niece/Nice
Matt
$400 [7]
Sherlock Holmes & Dr. Watson solved crimes in modern-day New York City on this CBS procedural
Elementary
Lauren Matt
$400 [29]
This granite boulder is in Pilgrim Memorial State Park in Massachusetts
Plymouth Rock
Matt
$400 [24]
This type of whaleherehas a point; and it's ivory
a narwhal
Sarah
$400 [6]
In England this summer squash is popularly called a courgette
a zucchini
Lauren
$600 [13]
Twinkies, which it calls "The Snack Cake Golden Child"
Hostess
Lauren
$600 [18]
Spooky, or a Pennsylvania Great Lake city
eerie/Erie
Sarah
$600 [8]
A San Francisco detective solved crimes on this show despite his obsessive-compulsive disorder sometimes getting in the way
Monk
Lauren
$600 [28]
Visit the CNN Center or the Center for Civil & Human Rights in this city
Atlanta
Matt
$600 [23]
Businessman Charles Schwab, novelist John Irving & lawyer David Boies all have this reading disorder
dyslexia
Lauren
$600 [4]
It's what the womanhereis doing to her lemon
zesting
Sarah
$800 [14]
The stately Colorado pickup truck
Chevy (Chevrolet)
Sarah
$800 [19]
A person's animating spirit, or city that's headquarters to Hyundai
soul/Seoul
Matt
$800 [9]
Hayden Panettiere starred on this show about rising & fading country music stars
Nashville
Sarah
$800 [27]
A 50-foot stainless steel South Dakotastatuecalled "Dignity" honors the culture of the Dakota and this group whose name rhymes with "Dakota"
the Lakota
Lauren
$800 [21]
15% of a U.S. ton is this many pounds
300
$800 [3]
Literally meaning "golden", it's the basic monetary unit of Poland
a zloty
$1,000 [15]
Get your kicks, hoop it up & play your "A" game with Harden Stepback shoes
Adidas
DD $1,200 [20]
4-letter low-carb diet, or Andean capital
keto/Quito
Matt
$1,000 [10]
After their mom's death, 3 young women discover they have magic powers on this CW drama
Charmed
Sarah
$1,000 [26]
Miner & cowhand Jim White claimed to have discovered these New Mexico caverns as a 16-year-old in 1898
Carlsbad Caverns
Sarah Lauren
$1,000 [22]
Check out this two-word boat item as it goes soaring through the air; I like the cut of yours
a flying jib
$1,000 [5]
Native to Austria & Germany, it's the instrument being played here
the zither
Sarah

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ZULUS GENERAL HOSPITAL HOLY SMOKE HER MAJOR MOVIE DEBUT ARCHER UH, PHRASING...
$400 [13]
Zulu is a subgroup of this 5-letter language group of South & Central Africa
Bantu
Lauren
$400 [12]
A code of this color is widely used to call out a medical emergency all over the facility
code blue
Lauren Matt
$400 [7]
If you see the "fumata bianca" come through the chimney & hear the bells of St. Peter's Basilica ring, this selection was just made
a new pope
Lauren
$400 [2]
Mia Thermopolis in "The Princess Diaries"
Anne Hathaway
Lauren
$400 [26]
In one legend this mythological hunter is killed by an arrow from Artemis & later placed in the heavens
Orion
Lauren Matt
$400 [17]
Meaning to "achieve a goal", "there's more than one way" to do this, but why bring the feline into it?
to skin a cat
Sarah
$800 [14]
Andries Pretorius, a leader of this Dutch settler group, defeated an army of some 10,000 Zulus at the Battle of Blood River in 1838
the Boers
Lauren
$800 [30]
A sling type of this, a stretcher with an elevated headrest, can have 6 wheels & has 6 letters
a gurney
Matt
$800 [8]
This alliterative shrubbery from Exodus was not consumed by the fire that engulfed it
the burning bush
Sarah
$800 [3]
You get a role & you get a role & she got the role of Sofia in "The Color Purple"
Oprah
Lauren
$800 [27]
Schiller's play about this Swiss man features a bow, an arrow & an apple
William Tell
Lauren
$800 [18]
An idiom suggests not doing this "to spite your face"; why would you even consider it?!
to cut off your nose
Sarah
$1,200 [15]
This host of "The Daily Show" speaks several languages, including Zulu & Xhosa
Trevor Noah
Matt
$1,600 [1]
One factor for a newborn entering the NICU, short for this, is a birth weight of less than 5.5 pounds
neonatal intensive care unit
Sarah
$1,200 [9]
Native Americans were fond of burning this plant in ceremonies, and the practice is now used to remove bad energy from home
sage
Lauren
$1,200 [4]
Abby in "Blood Simple", written by who else but the Coen brothers & directed by Joel
Frances McDormand
Sarah
$1,600 [25]
In this Edith Wharton novel, the aptly named May Welland Archer wins an archery contest at the Beaufort House
The Age of Innocence
Sarah
$1,200 [19]
I've heard it said, "Don't throw the baby out with" this liquid; what is the matter with you people?
the bathwater
Sarah
$1,600 [16]
Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini has revived customs like the harvest festival of "first" these that also inspired Kwanzaa
first fruits
Sarah
DD $2,000 [29]
This machine can restore a regular heartbeat by using electric currents... are we clear?
a defibrillator
Lauren
$1,600 [10]
Some religious ceremonies feature one of these smoky incense carriers
a censer
$1,600 [5]
1993's "The Piano", for which she won an Oscar at age 11
Anna Paquin
Sarah
$2,000 [24]
She gave Legolas a bow of the Galadhrim, "strung with a string of elf-hair"
Galadriel
Sarah
$1,600 [20]
Actors don't like "Good luck" before shows, but this 3-word alternative seems awfully painful
Break a leg
Matt
$2,000 [23]
Hereas on each September 24th, Zulus celebrate a holiday that was named in honor of of this warriorleaderof the early 1800s
Shaka Zulu (Shaka)
Sarah Matt
$2,000 [22]
Have issues with your blood? Head over to this department, the study of blood diseases & of blood-forming organs
hematology
Lauren Matt
$2,000 [11]
The smoky cityscape of Delhiis beautifully lit up during this Hindu festival of lights
Diwali
Lauren
$2,000 [6]
The female lead in the 1976 remake of "King Kong"
Jessica Lange
Sarah
DD $2,500 [28]
In a 2008 novel she gets angry at the Gamemakers & shoots an arrow into a pig they are about to eat
Katniss Everdeen
Lauren
$2,000 [21]
This 2-word term for someone deemed attractive yet chaotic has origins in warm foods served in the 19th century
a hot mess
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

CIVIL WAR PEOPLE

Before they were photographed together in 1862, Lincoln wryly noted this general "should have no problem" sitting still for it

George McClellan

Lauren "Who is Sherman?" — wagered $5,701
Matt "Who is... She ?" — wagered $9,798
Sarah "Who is Grant?" — wagered $6,000

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