Show #8216 2020-05-18 (taped 2020-03-10) Regular

This and the remainder of the regular-play games of Season 36 were recorded without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Contestants

Megan Elliott — a writer and editor from Redlands, California

Ben Scripps — a television director from Cadillac, Michigan

Jesse Laymon — a public policy director from Long Island City, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jesse	$2,200	$5,000	$5,400	$10,600 3rd place: $1,000	$5,400 12 R, 2 W
Ben	$1,800	$4,000	$9,400	$18,800 New champion: $18,800	$14,400 21 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Megan	$5,200	$8,000	$18,800	$16,600 2nd place: $2,000	$17,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY	THEY DIDN'T SURVIVE THE FILM	"W"ORDS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS	NONFICTION	PLANT (ON) THE FLAG
$200 [30] Artists Klee & Gauguin Paul Ben	$200 [5] The National Museum of African American History & Culture opened in 2016 as part of this museum complex the Smithsonian Jesse	$200 [16] "Bubba was gonna be a shrimpin' boat captain, but instead he died right there by that river in Vietnam" in this film Forrest Gump Jesse	$200 [23] It's a gentle, high-pitched neigh a whinny Ben	$200 [13] "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro is a biography of Robert Moses, an official who guided the growth of this city for 4 decades New York Jesse	$200 [2] One of the world's most recognizable, this nation's flag features a solitary maple leaf Canada Ben
$400 [14] British P.M. Eden & "black-ish" star Anderson Anthony Jesse	$400 [6] These 2 Atlanta colleges were both founded soon after the Civil War & "Spelhouse" marriages between alums are not rare Morehouse & Spelman Jesse	$400 [17] Having learned his lesson, Thor goes for the head of this guy in "Endgame", & gets it, big time, but somehow, that's not his last scene Thanos Megan	$400 [24] It's what the astronaut is experiencing here weightlessness Ben	$400 [12] The remarkable story of these vote-seekers from 100 years ago in Great Britain is told in "Rise Up, Women!" the suffragettes Megan	$400 [3] This conifer known for its durable timber is represented on the flag of Lebanon the cedar Ben
$600 [15] Writer Swift & preacher Edwards Jonathan Ben	$600 [7] In 1960 at a segregated lunch counter in N.C., 4 African-American students staged one of these immobile protests a sit-in Megan	$600 [18] The love story & eventual passing of Ellie Fredricksen is detailed beautifully in this 2009 animated film Up Ben	$600 [25] Marconi shared a Nobel Prize in Physics for his "contributions to the development of" this type of "telegraphy" wireless Jesse	$600 [1] "The Fatal Shore" by Robert Hughes chronicles this nation's founding as a product of the British penal system Australia Ben	$600 [4] This tropical tree wears the cap of liberty on Haiti's flag a (royal) palm tree Megan
$800 [21] First Lady Harding & singer Welch Florence Megan	$800 [8] Now 115 years old, the Chicago Defender isn't a Bears safety but one of the oldest of these for African Americans a newspaper Megan	$800 [19] In this 1987 film Sean Connery as lawman Jimmy Malone dies operatically; Eliot Ness avenges him on a rooftop The Untouchables Ben	$800 [27] Here'sthe current lineup of this group that's been entertaining kids the world over nearly 30 years The Wiggles Megan	$800 [10] Richard Preston's "The Hot Zone" examines "the terrifying true story of the origins of" this deadly African virus Ebola Megan	$800 [26] Theflagof Cyprus features branches of these leaves, a symbol of peace olive leaves Megan
$1,000 [22] Philosophers Buber & Heidegger Martin	$1,000 [9] M is for Methodist in this U.S. church that in 1820 launched a mission into West Africa the A.M.E. Church (African Methodist Episcopal) Jesse	$1,000 [20] Han gets blown up in this Japan-set 2006 installment of "The Fast & the Furious"--or does he? Tokyo Drift Jesse	$1,000 [28] Followers of this modern-day religious movement often practice in groups called covens Wiccan Jesse	DD $2,000 [11] In a 2016 work Nigel Cawthorne recounts "The Life-Long Feud" between these 2 inventors "that Electrified the World" Tesla and Edison Megan	$1,000 [29] Spain'sflagdepicts one of these tropical fruits that gave Persephone so much trouble the pomegranate

Double Jeopardy! Round

LET'S HAVE A PLANET	DA, YOU SPEAK RUSSIAN	ROCK BANNED	THE ANDES MOUNTAINS	PLAYWRIGHTS	CORPORATE SCANDALS WITH DAVID FABER
$400 [1] The Soviet Venera probes mapped much of it Venus Ben	$400 [6] A Russian monarch, or an American policy expert appointed by the government to tackle a particular problem a czar Jesse	$400 [12] 1962: Buffalo, N.Y.'s archdiocese bans Catholic school students from dancing to this Chubby Checker hit "The Twist" Ben	$400 [30] At their southern end, the Andes begin in this "fiery" archipelago at the tip of South America Tierra del Fuego Ben	$400 [5] J.M. Barrie followed the play about this "boy who wouldn't grow up" with a novel about him "and Wendy" Peter Pan Ben	$400 [17] (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) Companies held legally responsible for the gigantic spill at the Macondo Oil Prospect in the Gulf of Mexico included Transocean, Halliburton, Anadarko & this multinational oil company BP Megan
$800 [2] It orbits at 36 million miles from the Sun Mercury Ben	$1,200 [7] These thin pancakes are similar to crepes & traditionally made with buckwheat flour & served with sour cream blinis Jesse Ben	$800 [13] 1969: New Jersey police seize 30,000 copies of this couple's "Two Virgins" album, which shows them nude on the cover John Lennon & Yoko Ono Ben	$800 [29] Over its some 5,000-mile range, the Andes are home to majorcitieslike La Paz, Quito, and this other capital city Bogota Ben	$800 [23] Frederick August Kittel was the given name of this "Fences" playwright August Wilson Megan	$800 [18] (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) Dennis Muilenburg lost first his job as chairman, then as CEO, of Boeing over the growing scandal from the tragic crashes of this airplane model the 737 MAX Ben
$1,600 [4] Voyager 2 flew by this giant in 1989, then headed on out into interstellar space Neptune Megan	$1,600 [8] Meaning "set of three", it's also a wagon or sleigh pulled by 3 horses a troika Ben	$1,200 [14] 1965: Concerned it might offend stutterers, the BBC initially refuses to play this Who song "My Generation" Ben	$1,200 [22] One awe-inspiring hike in the Andes is on the Inca trail, traveling from Cuzco through the Sacred Valley to this royal retreat Machu Picchu Megan	$1,200 [24] 100 years after he was born, his "Pygmalion" was turned into the musical "My Fair Lady" George Bernard Shaw Ben	$1,200 [19] (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) TDI Clean Diesel turned out to be an oxymoron in 2015 when the EPA revealed that emissions tests were tampered with by this company & millions of cars were recalled Volkswagen Jesse
$2,000 [10] Its year is 687 terrestrial days long Mars Ben	DD $2,000 [11] Also called the great sturgeon, this species lends its name to a type of caviar beluga Ben	$1,600 [15] 1977: The BBC bans this Sex Pistols song, which still hits No. 2 on the British charts "God Save The Queen"	$1,600 [27] The Andes are dotted with forests of cinchona trees whose bark produces this drug used in the treatment of Malaria quinine Megan	$1,600 [25] Beforehisdeath in 2017, he wrote dozens of plays and was one of the most produced playwrights in America Sam Shepard Megan	$1,600 [20] (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) Elizabeth Holmes' claim that she could perform dozens of medical tests from a few drops of blood was the lie that created this company that the SEC said took more than $700 million from investors Theranos Megan
DD $3,000 [3] It has an equatorial radius of 3,963 miles Earth Ben	$2,000 [9] This word borrowed from Russian refers to the influential educated social & political classes intelligentsia	$2,000 [16] 1968: "There's just no place for" this Rolling Stones song in many cities in a year of political demonstrations "Street Fighting Man" Jesse	$2,000 [28] 22,800 feet high, this Argentine peak is the Andes' highest Mount Aconcagua	$2,000 [26] This playwright who penned "Angels in America" also wrote the screenplays for Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln" & "Munich" (Tony) Kushner Megan	$2,000 [21] (David Faber of CNBC presents the clue.) Not long before he went to jail for securities fraud of around $11 billion, I interviewed Bernie Ebbers, CEO of this "global" telecom company that bought MCI WorldCom Jesse

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICA IN THE 1700s

"Every state shall always keep up a well regulated and disciplined militia, sufficiently armed and accoutred" is in No. 6 of these

the Articles of Confederation

Jesse "What are the Articles of Confederation" — wagered $5,200

Ben "What are the Articles of Confederation?" — wagered $9,400

Megan "What is the Bill of Rights?" — wagered $2,200

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