Show #8220 2020-05-22 (taped 2020-03-10) Regular

Contestants

Charles Cato — a management consultant from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Morgan Wilbanks — a physician from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

Shawn Buell — a civil engineer from Zachary, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Shawn	$5,400	$11,000	$10,200	$3,999 3rd place: $1,000	$7,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Morgan	$1,400	$2,600	$21,400	$21,400 New champion: $21,400	$12,200 18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W
Charles	$1,800	$3,000	$8,200	$16,200 2nd place: $2,000	$8,200 13 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

YEARBOOK PHOTOS OF PEOPLE IN GOVERNMENT	WORLD FACTS	MAGAZINES	TV	I'D RATHER HAVE	A "BOTTLE" IN FRONT OF ME
$200 [9] Even in high school, it was clearhe'djoin his dad's business, the U.S. Navy; he also served 30-plus years in the Senate (John) McCain Shawn	$200 [16] Chinese has more than a billion speakers, with this form being the most common Mandarin Shawn	$200 [30] Topps Magazine (1990-1993) was a quarterly devoted to collecting these baseball cards Shawn	$200 [29] Since the year 2000, this rapper has played "SVU" detective Fin Tutuola Ice-T Charles	$200 [28] Instead of any current politician, I'd have lunch with this 16th president & hear about frontier life Lincoln Charles	$200 [1] Found worldwide in temperate seas, it's the most widely recognized species of dolphin a bottlenose dolphin Morgan
$400 [13] Thisfuture vice president got a good Catholic education at Delaware's Archmere Academy, class of 1961 Joe Biden Morgan	$400 [17] This lake in the Cascade Mountains is the deepest lake in the United States Crater Lake Shawn Morgan	$400 [26] Dr. Hook & the Medicine show had a hit song about wanting to be on the cover of this music magazine Rolling Stone Shawn	$400 [25] In 2020 he was back as Jean-Luc Picard; engage! Sir Patrick Stewart Shawn	$400 [27] Instead of a fancy restaurant meal, I'd rather have a backyard cookout serving up grilled these, like brats & chorizos sausages Shawn	$400 [4] It's a place where a road is narrow or blocked, causing traffic to move much more slowly a bottleneck Morgan
$600 [10] Here's this Brooklyn-born legal eagle years before joining the Supremes (Ruth Bader) Ginsburg Shawn	$800 [19] Named for a Germanic people, this peninsula forms the continental part of Denmark Jutland	$600 [24] On its list of fictional billionaires, this magazine estimated Superman nemesis Lex Luthor's wealth at $10.1 billion Forbes Morgan	$600 [2] Wolf Blitzer is in this CNN title place weekdays from 5 to 7 P.M. eastern The Situation Room Morgan	$600 [21] For a good guard dog, I'd pick from the AKC's list of them that includes the Doberman one of these, but not the miniature one A Pinscher Shawn	$600 [5] Dr. Spock advises about this practice, "sterilize carefully... germs thrive on milk, just the way babies do" bottle feeding (*using a bottle to feed your baby) Morgan
$800 [11] Thissenator, originally from Alabama but serving Kentucky, overcame childhood polio Mitch McConnell Shawn Morgan	$1,000 [20] The word "The" is officially part of the name of this tiny African country, highlighted on the map The Gambia Charles	$800 [14] From 1956 to 1963, Joan Didion worked her way up to an associate feature editor position for this women's fashion magazine Vogue Shawn	$800 [3] Nat Geo has this "ursine" guy "Running Wild" Bear Grylls Shawn	$800 [22] I'd rather see this epic 1962 movie biography set in the desert in a theater at 70mm projection than on a cell phone Lawrence of Arabia Charles	$800 [6] This 1890s invention by William Painter was called a "crown cork" & resembled a monarch's crown a bottle cap Shawn Charles
$1,000 [12] Whenthis Kentucky man was in high school, his dad was in Congress; nice bow tie, senator (Rand) Paul Charles	DD $3,000 [18] The Bass Strait separates this smallest state of Australia from the mainland Tasmania Shawn	$1,000 [15] In her book "Save Me the Plums", Ruth Reichl recounts her days as editor in chief of this fancy food magazine that ceased to be in 2009 Gourmet Shawn	$1,000 [8] Keri Russell was nominated for 3 straight Emmys playing spy on this FX drama The Americans Shawn	$1,000 [23] Instead of a beer, I'd rather have this French wine that Food & Wine Mag calls "the world's most popular white" chardonnay Morgan Charles	$1,000 [7] Thisshrub takes it name from the cleaning implement its flowers resemble a bottlebrush Shawn

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS	GRAPHIC NOVELS	PHYSICS	ON THE MONEY	A 1970s YEAR	THAT WORD IS QUITE A CHARACTER
$400 [30] Sung by Prince Eric & his sailors: "Fathoms Below" The Little Mermaid Morgan	$400 [29] "Usagi Yojimbo"is an epic tale of a rabbit one of these feudal warriors a samurai Charles	$400 [28] Einstein formed 2 theories of relativity: general relativity & this one the special Shawn	$400 [11] Above "one" on the back of the $1 bill is this 4-word phrase In God we trust Shawn Morgan	$400 [13] Edwin Moses wins gold in world record time as the Summer Olympics are held in Montreal '76 Morgan Charles	$400 [22] A form of Dolores, this name is now associated with "nymphet" thanks to Nabokov Lolita Charles
$800 [27] "Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin"' Oklahoma! Charles	$800 [18] In Brian K. Vaughan's graphic novel "Y: The Last Man", the "Y" stands for one of these, as most of the guys have dropped dead a chromosome Morgan	$800 [26] In chemistry, it's the decomposition of organic matter; in physics, it's radioactive disintegration decay Shawn	$800 [7] The $10 bill features this hippest of treasury secretaries Hamilton Charles	$800 [12] Following impeachment hearings, President Richard Nixon resigns 1974 Shawn Charles	$800 [17] This adjective based on a Cervantes character includes a hard "X" sound, unlike his name quixotic Morgan
$1,600 [19] "Comedy Tonight" A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum	$1,200 [2] Nite Owl was one of these title crimefighters in an Alan Moore graphic novel, later a movie Watchmen Morgan	$1,600 [4] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) After you safely drop an object off a building, when the downward force of gravity equals the upward force of air resistance, the fallingobjectreaches a maximum speed, known by this two-word term terminal velocity Charles	$1,200 [10] The back of the $2 bill shows John Turnbull's painting of this document's presentation to Congress the Declaration of Independence Shawn Morgan Charles	$1,200 [25] Atari's Pong is created & the last man walks on the Moon 1972 Shawn	$1,200 [16] This character played by Anne Bancroft is now a term for an older woman dating a younger man Mrs. Robinson Shawn Morgan
$2,000 [21] Based on a French play & set mostly at a drag club: "We Are What We Are" La Cage aux Folles	$1,600 [1] The Marchtrilogy about his experiences during the civil rights era, was co-written by this current congressman John Lewis Charles	$2,000 [6] Ci is the symbol of this unit of radioactivity named for a victim of it curies Shawn	$1,600 [9] A Washington, D.C. structure dedicated in 1922 is on the back of this bill the $5 bill Morgan	$1,600 [24] An Islamic revolution overthrows the Shah of Iran, who flees to Egypt 1979 Shawn	$1,600 [5] This alliterative "SNL" character is a term for a habitually negative person Debbie Downer Shawn Morgan
DD $5,000 [20] "Food, Glorious Food" Oliver! Morgan	$2,000 [3] Not the Spider-Man villain of the same name, this subject of Neil Gaiman's graphic novels is Morpheus, lord of the dreaming Sandman Morgan	DD $6,600 [15] From the Greek for "heat" & "power", it's the branch of physics dealing with the flow of heat & energy thermodynamics Morgan	$2,000 [8] The president first elected in 1868 has his face on this bill the $50 Charles	$2,000 [23] Not only does Elvis Presley die, but so do Groucho Marx, & Gummo too 1977	$2,000 [14] This Woody Allen character became a word for a chameleon-like person who turns up everywhere Zelig Morgan

Final Jeopardy!

IVY LEAGUE GEOGRAPHY

This state borders 3 other states with Ivy League schools, but doesn't have one itself

Vermont

Charles "What is Vermont?" — wagered $8,000

Shawn "What is Connecticut?" — wagered $6,201

Morgan "What is Connecticut?" — wagered $0

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