Show #8248 2020-09-30 (taped 2020-08-03) Regular

Contestants

Kamal Moo — an attorney from Lakewood, California

Katrina Post — a client relationship manager from Santa Monica, California

Mason Maggio — a songwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $19,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mason $1,000 $7,200 $20,600 $23,600
2-day champion: $42,600
$18,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Katrina $2,800 $3,600 $11,600 $7,600
2nd place: $2,000
$11,600
16 R, 3 W
Kamal $600 $1,000 $6,000 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

BRITISH GOVERNMENT MUSICAL STYLES HOUSEHOLD NAMES YESTERDAY ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO FAR AWAY
$200 [8]
Acts of Parliament & other conventions & court decisions make up what is called Britain's "unwritten" this document
the constitution
Kamal
$200 [14]
Though lesser known than Joplin, African American James Scott was one of the great composers in this musical style
ragtime
Katrina
$200 [26]
You hang your curtains on this
a rod
Kamal
$200 [6]
In 1860 this service got its first delivery from Missouri to California in 10 days
the Pony Express
Mason Kamal
$200 [15]
I tried soft, I tried rigid gas permeable, my eyes still don't feel right with these
contact lenses
Katrina
$200 [1]
This Japanese mountain has kind of a Russian doll arrangement, with the current volcano over earlier ones, including Komitake
Mount Fuji
Katrina
$400 [9]
A vote of this in life means someone believes in you; a vote of no this in Parliament means it might be time for a new government
confidence
Kamal
$400 [22]
"The Hustle" & ah, ah, ah, ah "Stayin' Alive" were 2 hits helping make up this '70s era
disco
Mason
$400 [27]
A 2015 study showed that even if they pay online, more than 90% of U.S. households still preferred these to be mailed to them
bills
Mason
$400 [7]
Legally speaking, in 1794 William Bradford became the second person to hold this cabinet post
Attorney General
Katrina Kamal
$400 [16]
Maybe taking on this burrowing animal & mascot of the University of Wisconsin as a house pet was not my finest idea
the badger
Mason
$400 [2]
The Tagus River flows across this nation, the westernmost country in continental Europe
Portugal
Katrina
$600 [10]
Britain's standard V.A.T., short for this, is 20% for most goods & services
value added tax
Katrina
$600 [23]
A 1992 N.Y. Times article asked how did this word "meaning dirt, filth, trash, become synonymous with a musical genre?"
grunge
Mason
$600 [28]
It's an "indolent" revolving tray for foods
a lazy susan
Mason
$800 [17]
This German trade organization that helped the growth of Riga & Tallinn was in a "League" of its own
the Hanseatic League
Mason
$600 [19]
We overpaid & never got the vacation weeks we wanted--where's that Kiplinger's article "How to Get Rid of" this
a time share
Kamal
$600 [3]
With more than 14 million people, this Nigerian city is one of Africa's most populous
Lagos
Katrina
$800 [11]
In your house, it's the 2-word room for your computer & paperwork; in Britain, it's a department of domestic affairs
the home office
Kamal
$800 [24]
Selena was named Female Vocalist of the Year 11 times at the awards named for this style of Latin music
Tejano
$800 [29]
Thisbendy fastener
a brad
Kamal
DD $1,000 [13]
Gerald Ford tried to tackle a big 1970s economic problem with the "WIN" program, or "Whip" this "Now"
Inflation
Kamal
$800 [20]
I'm playing this "Othello" villain in an hour?! I know Roderigo helps him & he frames Cassio, but I don't know his lines
Iago
Katrina
$800 [4]
About a third of the continent's population lives in this "directional" Australian state
New South Wales
Mason
$1,000 [12]
In 2006 in the British House of Lords the job of Lord this was largely replaced by Lord Speaker
Lord High Chancellor
$1,000 [25]
Thiscomposer and musician with the given names William Christopher was known as the Father of the Blues
W.C. Handy
$1,000 [30]
Hebrew National makes a kosher beef type of this
frank
Mason
$1,000 [18]
A famine was one factor that led the Ethiopian army to depose this emperor in 1974
Haile Selassie
Mason
$1,000 [21]
Ah, man, I got to replace this device that mixes air with fuel to generate combustion in my truck's engine
the carburetor
Mason
$1,000 [5]
The Mekong River forms much of the western border of this country highlighted here
Laos
Katrina

Double Jeopardy! Round

THEATER TIME 3 VOWELS IN A ROW AMERICANA LET'S GET MEDICAL PLAYING THE PART ON TV FLOWERS ON THE WALL
$400 [12]
Time to head to ancient Greece for the Sophocles play about this king of Thebes who gets a revelation that Rex his life
Oedipus
Kamal
$400 [1]
Adjective for one who's ready to take you to court anytime
litigious
Mason
$400 [7]
Naval Academy graduate Edward "Butch" O'Hare, class of 1937, had one of these named for him in 1949
an airport
Mason
$400 [23]
In 2014 the first FDA-approved study in decades on this hallucinogen showed it has promise for end-of-life anxiety
LSD
Mason Katrina
$400 [18]
Vinnie Verducci; Joey Tribbiani
Matt LeBlanc
Katrina
$400 [3]
These flowers, especially red ones, were Renoir's favorite ones to paint, like in his "Bouquet" of them
roses
Mason
$800 [13]
The acclaimed "Lehman Trilogy" runs 3 hours-plus as it sweeps from the 1840s to this recent year of the financial meltdown
2008
Katrina
$800 [2]
Mais oui, it's a word for a fabulous mansion--perhaps on the Loire River?
a chateau
Katrina Kamal
$800 [8]
James Montgomery Flagg's iconic poster of Uncle Sam with this 3-word phrase was first used to recruit troops during WWI
I Want You
Katrina Kamal
$800 [24]
Allopurinol may be prescribed to treat this form of arthritis that most commonly affects the big toe
gout
Kamal
$800 [19]
Olivia Benson; Kate Conklin the Mounted Cop
Mariska Hargitay
Katrina
$800 [14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Floral imagery abounds in paintings of the Madonna and Child; white lilies represent the Madonna's purity and red carnations often foreshadow this event in Matthew 27:35
the Crucifixion
Mason
$1,200 [28]
His "Long Day's Journey into Night" begins on a morning in August 1912
Eugene O'Neill
Mason
$1,200 [4]
This mental disorder makes it seem like everyone's out to get you, despite having little or no cause
paranoia
Kamal
DD $1,000 [10]
2020 marks the 75th anniversary of this iconic toy that sprung forth from mechanical engineer Richard James & his wife Betty
the Slinky
Kamal
$1,200 [25]
In addition to treating ADHD, this 7-letter drug aka methylphenidate is used to treat narcolepsy
Ritalin
Mason
$1,200 [20]
Sarah Palin (in a TV movie); Frannie Hughes (on "As the World Turns" in the 1980s)
Julianne Moore
Katrina
$1,600 [16]
The last paintings by this "Luncheon on the Grass" artist were of the flowers friends brought to his sickbed in 1883
Manet
Mason
$1,600 [29]
The Tony-winning play named for this European city is set during the 1990s negotiation of peace accords between Israel & the PLO
Oslo
$1,600 [5]
Hunkpapa & Oglala are branches of this Native American people
Sioux
Katrina
$1,200 [9]
San Francisco's Boudin Bakery has been making this bread from the same mother dough since 1849
sourdough
Kamal
$1,600 [26]
This procedure that helps determine fetal health samples the fluid that surrounds a baby
amniocentesis
Katrina
$1,600 [21]
Mr. Sulu; his own head on "Futurama"
George Takei
Kamal
$2,000 [17]
Before his more geometric style of intersecting lines, this Dutchman dabbled in Fauvism, painting a red amaryllis
Mondrian
Katrina
$2,000 [30]
No, we're certain this 2005 Pulitzer-winning drama takes place at a Catholic school in 1964
Doubt
Mason
$2,000 [6]
From the Latin for "rest", it's a religious service for the dead
requiem
Mason
$2,000 [11]
This Ohio city was named for a fort built by "Mad" Anthony Wayne, who boldly dared the English & Native Americans to take it
Fort Defiance
Kamal
$2,000 [27]
A co-founder of the brain injury research institute, he was a movie subject for identifying CTE in football players
Bennet Omalu
$2,000 [22]
Angela Abar / Sister Night on "Watchmen"; Sandra Palmer on "24"
Regina King
DD $3,000 [15]
This woman said, "I'll paint what I see--what the flower is to me, but -I'll paint it big"
Georgia O'Keeffe
Mason

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC FIGURES

In a 1912 telegram to his wife, he said, "Am feeling fine. Have bullet in chest, but...talked for hour and half after being shot"

Teddy Roosevelt

Kamal "Who was Ernest Hemingway?" — wagered $5,900
Katrina "Who is William McKinley?" — wagered $4,000
Mason "Who is Teddy Roosevelt?" — wagered $3,000

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