Show #8234 2020-06-11 (taped 2020-03-11) Regular

Zach Newkirk game 3.

Contestants

Jennifer Kosmin — a history professor from Lewisburg, Pennsylvania

Iman Shervington — a filmmaker from Los Angeles, California

Zach Newkirk — an attorney from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Zach $4,400 $4,800 $21,800 $21,074
3-day champion: $65,674
$18,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Iman $-200 $-800 $1,200 $100
2nd place: $2,000
$1,200
7 R, 4 W
Jennifer $2,200 $5,000 $7,800 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LITERATURE TV CATCHPHRASES BY SHOW A RIVER RUNS UNDER IT ACTIONS "THAN" WORDS SPEAK LOUDER
$200 [6]
Washington Irving's tale of this farmer who takes a big snooze was based on a German folktale
Rip Van Winkle
Jennifer
$200 [16]
"D'oh!"
The Simpsons
Iman
$200 [1]
Covered over in the late 19th century, the Bievre runs under Paris before flowing into this river
the Seine
Zach
$200 [24]
After one of your checkers reaches your opponent's first row, do this to your piece to show it's now a king
top it on the other piece
Jennifer
$200 [11]
It was inspired by a 1621 harvest feast
Thanksgiving
Zach
DD $800 [26]
If you're increasing these units that measure the intensity of sound, you're getting louder
decibels
Jennifer
$400 [7]
Willa Cather's novel about this title girl is set around the town of Black Hawk, Nebraska
My Antonia
Zach
$400 [17]
"Yabba dabba doo!"
The Flintstones
Iman
$400 [2]
Connecticut's Park River, which flows under the state capitol grounds, was buried in the 1940s by the Army Corps of these
Engineers
Iman
$400 [23]
Steph Curry is one of many athletes who tap their chests & then do this to thank God after a successful play
look up (point up to the sky)
Zach Iman
$400 [13]
"Beowulf" features several of these feudal warriors who serve their liege
thanes
$1,000 [27]
Thespians know that to speak louder, you need to project, & a good method is engaging this dome-shaped muscle in the torso
the diaphragm
Jennifer
$600 [8]
The title of this first Philip Marlowe novel is a euphemism for death
The Big Sleep
Zach
$600 [18]
"Bazinga!"
The Big Bang Theory
$600 [4]
Today buried in tunnels, Moscow's Neglinnaya river fed the moat protecting this fortress
the Kremlin
Zach
$600 [21]
In dancing the Lindy Hop, the kaye is this type of move to be done carefully & without surprising your partner
a dip
Jennifer
$600 [14]
It's handy to put facilities for this gasoline additive right infieldsof the Midwestern corn it's made from
ethanol
Zach Iman
$800 [9]
4 Chinese women meet regularly to play Mah-jongg & to talk about life & their children in this 1989 Amy Tan novel
The Joy Luck Club
$800 [19]
"Nanu-nanu"
Mork & Mindy
Iman Jennifer
$800 [5]
West Virginia's Lost River disappears under a ridge in this mountain chain, then emerges as the Cacapon River on the other side
the Appalachian Mountains (Blue Ridge Mountains)
Zach Jennifer
$800 [22]
In knitting, it means to pull a loop of yarn through the front to the back of the fabric
purl
$800 [15]
In Greek mythology this 8-letter figure is the personification of death
Thanatos
Jennifer
$1,000 [10]
In 1997 this famously reclusive author published a fictionalized tale of surveyors "Mason & Dixon"
(Thomas) Pynchon
Jennifer
$1,000 [20]
"Book 'em, Danno"
Hawaii Five-O
$1,000 [12]
This rhyming road synonymous with the British press gets its name from a river that flows under London
Fleet Street
Jennifer
$1,000 [25]
Medically speaking, remove 2 letters from a word meaning "to beat rapidly" & you get this word meaning "to examine by touching"
palpate
Jennifer
$1,000 [3]
Euphuism, an artificially elegant prose style, came into fashion in this royal period of English literature
Elizabethan
Zach

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE FRENCH REVOLUTION ANIMALS THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BREAKOUT MOVIE ROLES PATRON SAINTS PUN-FORGIVABLE
$400 [4]
During this notorious period that began in 1793, the Committee of Public Safety was effectively the govt. of France
the Reign of Terror
Iman
$400 [19]
The pronghorn, also called the American or pronghorned one of these, can cover about one mile per minute
an antelope
$400 [11]
Eleanor Holmes Norton has been the non-voting delegate for this district for nearly 30 years
Washington, D.C.
Jennifer
$400 [23]
Thisactress who captured our hearts as little Gertie in "E.T."
Drew Barrymore
Iman
$400 [9]
This patron saint of lost causes probably got his 4-letter name so he wouldn't be confused with Judas
St. Jude
Jennifer
$400 [30]
"The hog products you crave", or a mammal with quills
pork you pine
Zach
$800 [5]
The National Convention first met on Sept. 20, 1792 & declared France one of these kingless governments 2 days later
a republic
Zach
$800 [20]
In the 1950s Idaho relocated these amphibious rodents by dropping them (with parachutes) out of airplanes
beavers
Zach
$800 [15]
2019's H.R. 420 is a federal bill that seeks to regulate this substance
marijuana
Jennifer
$800 [27]
Him as adult film star Dirk Diggler in "Boogie Nights"
(Mark) Wahlberg
Iman
$800 [10]
George slew this mythical beast, which led to 15,000 baptisms & him becoming patron saint of England
the dragon
Zach
$800 [1]
"A spot for handing out pink slips", or a hearth at the base of a chimney
a fire place
$1,200 [6]
A coup on 18 Brumaire established the consulate & brought this general to power
Napoleon Bonaparte
Zach
$1,200 [3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Those aren't racing stripes; a mutation in the king type of this African cat blends the spots around its spine to look like stripes
a cheetah
Zach Iman
$1,200 [16]
Chaired by Maxine Waters, the House Committee on these services regulates the banks
financial services
Zach
$1,200 [26]
Him as stoned surfer Jeff Spicoli in "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
Sean Penn
$1,600 [13]
Sharing his feast day with fellow archangels Gabriel & Michael, he's the patron saint of the blind
St. Raphael
$1,200 [2]
"What you say to scare a lemon pie topping", or an Australian aboriginal weapon
Boo! meringue
$1,600 [7]
The motto of the radical Jacobin Club was "Vivre libre ou mourir", translated as this
Live free or die
Jennifer
$1,600 [21]
When these camel relatives give birth, it's been colloquially called "unpacking"
alpacas
Jennifer
$2,000 [18]
The 9th district of this state was not represented in January 2019 because the vote there was not certified due to charges of fraud
North Carolina
Zach
$1,600 [25]
This Canadian-born actress in the title role of "Juno"
(Ellen) Page
Iman
DD $2,000 [12]
St. Erasmus, also known by this shorter name, is a patron saint of sailors
St. Elmo
Jennifer
$1,600 [29]
"Where Noah stored his bees aboard his vessel", or a place where historical documents & records are kept
an ark hive
Zach
$2,000 [8]
From tomber, French for "to fall", it was the cart that took those condemned to death on their last ride
tumbrel
$2,000 [22]
This late gorilla once broke a sink & used sign language to blame someone else
Koko
DD $5,000 [17]
This 15-letter appointed officer publishes the rules for the House & makes sure the reps abide by them
the parliamentarian
Zach
$2,000 [24]
Described as a cinematic chameleon, this British actress in the title role of "Orlando"
Tilda Swinton
$2,000 [14]
Pope Clement IX made Rose of Lima patron of this country; Clement X made her patron saint of all of South America
Peru
Zach
$2,000 [28]
"To break God's law until a prime time hour", or to sparkle brightly
sin till late

Final Jeopardy!

MEDICAL HISTORY

One of the first recorded autopsies was performed on this man & revealed 23 puncture marks

Julius Caesar

Iman "Who is ?" — wagered $1,100
Jennifer "Who is" — wagered $7,800
Zach "Who is Bram Stoker?" — wagered $726

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