Show #8245 2020-09-25 (taped 2020-07-29) Regular

Contestants

Alyssa Weinberger — a media rights assistant from Los Angeles, California

Julissa Castillo — an operations manager from Los Angeles, California

Sameer Gandhi — a writer from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sameer $0 $1,200 $15,200 $15,200
2-day champion: $37,400
$15,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Julissa $2,400 $8,000 $13,200 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$11,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Alyssa $2,000 $3,200 $4,800 $100
2nd place: $2,000
$4,800
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

TRAVELING ON THE INTERSTATE GUYS NAMED DOUG SOUNDS LIKE A BOAT PART HEARD ON A TV DRAMA COIF SUPPRESSANT WJPY CLASSICAL RADIO
$200 [20]
Though the roads aren't connected to the contiguous U.S., this island, with PRI-1, -2 & -3, does have interstates
Puerto Rico
Julissa
$200 [7]
QB Doug Flutie was awarded this trophy by the Downtown Athletic Club, yet fell all the way to the 285th pick in the NFL draft
the Heisman Trophy
Sameer
$200 [11]
Preceding "over", it sometimes means to faint
keel
Julissa
$200 [2]
"She's a weapon! Do you seriously want to fight the Demogorgon with your wrist-rocket?"
Stranger Things
Alyssa
$200 [1]
This foamy stuff that you put in your hair to hold it in place is a homophone for a large mammal
mousse
Julissa
$600 [28]
On Sunday at 2 P.M. I'll feature Vivaldi when I host my weekly show "If It Ain't" this musical period
Baroque
Julissa
$400 [21]
Talkin' baseball... I-90 bookends are Edgar Martinez Drive in Seattle & the Ted Williams Tunnel in this city
Boston
Sameer Alyssa
$400 [8]
This "Original Human Beatbox" opened Doug E.'s, a chicken & waffle restaurant
Doug E. Fresh
Julissa
$400 [12]
A large branch on a tree
bough
Alyssa
$400 [3]
"What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons"
Mad Men
Julissa
$400 [16]
When it comes to hair wands, this 4-letter word can follow straightening or curling
an iron
Julissa
$800 [27]
Next, a recording from a group making music since 1815, with the alliterative name the Handel & this Composer Society
Haydn
Sameer
$600 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) I-5 runs from the Mexican border all the way up to become Canada's Highway 99, leading into this city, British Columbia's most populous
Vancouver
Julissa
$600 [9]
Magician Doug Henning played this title character in a Broadway musical about a medieval magician
Merlin
$600 [13]
To punch someone & knock or level him to the floor (of the boat?)
deck
Sameer
$600 [4]
"All of her tattoos are brand new"
Blindspot
Alyssa
$600 [17]
From the Hindi for "tie", it's a handkerchief used to tie your hair in place
a bandana
Alyssa
$1,000 [26]
Time to liven up your commute with the overture to this 1866 Smetana opera about a young woman's marriage prospects
The Bartered Bride
Alyssa
$1,000 [24]
It's 2,906 miles on I-80 from San Francisco to Teaneck in this state; good thing we've got a full tank of gas
New Jersey
Julissa
$800 [10]
Douglas Ginsburg's nomination for this post went up in smoke in 1987 when reports of drug use came out
a Justice of the Supreme Court
Sameer Julissa
$800 [14]
To successfully incubate an egg
to hatch
$800 [5]
"Mr. Secretary, we're enacting continuity of government... sir, you are now the President of the United States"
Designated Survivor
Alyssa
$800 [18]
At the Oscars in 2019, Jason Momoamatched his velvet Fendi tux to the pink one of these on his wrist that ties his hair back
a scrunchie
Julissa
DD $2,000 [23]
I-10 is nearly a mile high east of Tucson but below sea level in this city founded by de Bienville in 1718
New Orleans
Julissa
$1,000 [25]
"The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul" is a 1988 book by this British humorist
Douglas Adams
Alyssa
$1,000 [15]
To remove the shell or husk from beans or seeds
hull
Julissa
$1,000 [6]
"I am Pablo Emilio Escobar Gaviria. My eyes are everywhere"
Narcos
Julissa
$1,000 [19]
This scented hair oil or ointment gets its name from the Latin for "apple"
pomade
Alyssa

Double Jeopardy! Round

PLAYS ALL THINGS BELGIAN FLICK OF SEAGULLS 1920 ICE CREAM DOUBLE "E" FOR THEE
$400 [6]
In "Twelve Angry Men", the men make up this group
a jury
Julissa
$400 [14]
Bred near Malines, the Belgian Malinois is one of these that often works with the military
a dog
Julissa
$400 [21]
In this Disney film, Scuttle the seagull shows off his knowledge of human things to Ariel, telling her a fork is a "dinglehopper"
The Little Mermaid
Alyssa
$400 [26]
This Republican won the presidential election, defeating Democrat James Cox in a landslide
Warren G. Harding
Sameer
$400 [7]
This hyphenated ice cream brand with a Danish-sounding name actually originated in the Bronx
Häagen-Dazs
Julissa
$400 [1]
To suddenly swerve in a different direction
veer (careen)
Sameer Alyssa
$800 [10]
Tracie Bennett was spot on as this legendary performer in "End of the Rainbow", set towards the end of her life
Judy Garland
Julissa
$800 [17]
Though the name we use contradicts the claim, the Belgians say they invented these, & enjoy smothering them in mayo, not ketchup
French fries
Sameer
$800 [22]
Seagulls eat a lot of Paul Rudd's flying transports in this 2018 comic book sequel
Ant-Man and the Wasp
Julissa Alyssa
$800 [27]
Providing taxi service & pleasure flights, this airline was founded in Queensland, Australia
Qantas
Julissa
$800 [8]
When in Rome be sure to sample some of this smooth, creamy Italian ice cream, especially from places certified as artisanal
gelato
Julissa
$800 [2]
Mentions of these gentle people in the Bible are found in Psalm 22 & in Matthew 5
the meek
Julissa
$1,600 [12]
This Wendy Wasserstein play focuses on 3 Jewish siblings: Sara, Gorgeous & Pfeni
The Sisters Rosensweig
Sameer
$1,200 [18]
A major European port, this Belgian city is also the center of the world's diamond industry
Antwerp
Sameer
$1,200 [23]
In "The Shallows", Blake Lively names her seagull companion this, a pun on a ponytailed action star
Steven Seagull
Julissa
$1,200 [9]
Ice cream cones first became popular after appearing at the World's Fair in this city in 1904
St. Louis
$1,200 [3]
Vladimir Putin enjoys a cocktail made with horseradish & this veggie beloved in Russia
beets
Sameer
DD $2,000 [11]
Bradley Cooper used no makeup or prosthetics in the role of John Merrick in a Broadway revival of this play
The Elephant Man
Julissa
$1,600 [19]
This Belgian surrealist often featured bowler hats in his paintings
(René) Magritte
Sameer
$1,600 [24]
Annette Bening & Saoirse Ronan starred in "The Seagull", a 2018 adaptation of this Russian's play
Chekhov
Sameer
$1,600 [15]
The Japanese-inspired treat seenhereis ice cream wrapped in this sweetened rice dough
mochi
Sameer
$1,600 [4]
Synonyms for this verb include consider & judge
to deem
$2,000 [13]
The musical "Hello, Dolly!" was based on this 1954 Thornton Wilder play that also featured Dolly Levi
The Matchmaker
DD $2,000 [20]
Sint-Niklaas, Belgium, has a museum of this Flemish cartographer who, around 1569, devised a way to depict a 3D globe on a 2D map
Mercator
Sameer
$2,000 [25]
A lone seagull draws first blood on this actress in Hitchcock's "The Birds"
Tippi Hedren
Sameer
$2,000 [16]
A typical recipe for Israel's halva ice cream includes halva candy &/or this ground sesame paste
tahini
Alyssa
$2,000 [5]
Delicate & intricate patterns of thin gold or silver wire used as decoration
filigree
Sameer Alyssa

Final Jeopardy!

HIGHEST-PAID ATHLETES

On Forbes' 2020 list of the 100 Highest-Paid Athletes, at age 50 this active individual sportsman is the oldest

Phil Mickelson

Alyssa "Who is Jagr?" — wagered $4,700
Julissa "Who is Phil n" — wagered $13,199
Sameer "Who is Mr. Magoo" — wagered $0

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