Show #8251 2020-10-05 (taped 2020-08-04) Regular

Contestants

Melissa Smight — a retired history teacher from Thousand Oaks, California

Garrett Marcotte — a software engineer from Santa Monica, California

Phillip Howard — a naval officer from Santa Clarita, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Phillip $2,800 $1,000 $5,600 $1,000
3rd place: $1,000
$13,800
17 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs)
Garrett $3,600 $7,800 $17,000 $14,000
New champion: $14,000
$17,000
23 R, 1 W
Melissa $-200 $200 $4,600 $7,200
2nd place: $2,000
$4,600
11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

GROUPS IN THE BIBLE WORD DERIVATIONS TV ANIMALS RESTAURANTS 2 YOUR HEART'S CONTENT
$200 [21]
In the New Testament these 4 men are known as the evangelists
Mark, Matthew, Luke and John
Melissa
$200 [30]
Roulette derives its name from French for "little" this, though it's really not that little
a wheel
Phillip Melissa
$200 [1]
In 2015 this guardian of the galaxy got very animated on TV
Rocket Raccoon
Phillip
$200 [11]
At Ivar's in Seattle you can order this creamy seafood soup, a Friday tradition, any day of the week
clam chowder
Garrett
$200 [6]
2 is this element's atomic number
helium
Garrett
$200 [16]
Your heart has these upper chambers, Latin for "central room"
atria
Garrett
$400 [22]
This group adhered to an early form of Judaism; a "good" one shows up in a parable
the Samaritans
Garrett
$400 [29]
Today meaning a fruit juice mix, its name is from the Hindi for "five", referring to a quintet of ingredients
punch
Garrett
$400 [2]
Aka Po, this martial arts master from animated film came to TV with the subtitle "Legends of Awesomeness"
the Kung Fu Panda
Phillip
$400 [28]
In addition to its endless shrimp & crabfest, this chain is also known for its Cheddar Bay biscuits
Red Lobster
Phillip
$400 [7]
In math, 2 is the smallest of these numbers divisible only by themselves & 1
prime numbers
Garrett
$400 [17]
Your heart has these lower chambers, from the Latin for "belly"
ventricles
Garrett
$600 [25]
Jesus "called unto him his disciples, and of them he chose" this many "whom also he named Apostles"
12
Garrett
$600 [15]
The name of this tusked marine mammal is probably from the Dutch & is also the name of the Netherlands' top class of submarine
a walrus
Melissa
$600 [3]
This Insult Comic Dog, to guys waiting in line for a "Star Wars" pic: "How do you explain this to your imaginary girlfriend?"
Triumph
Phillip
$600 [27]
Join the Mug Club at A&W restaurants & you can score a free one of these treats on your birthday
a root beer float
Garrett
$600 [8]
Hereare the real-life protagonists of this 2019 Oscar-nominated film
The Two Popes
Phillip
$600 [18]
The dividing wall between your heart's left & right sides is called this, also the term for the dividing wall in your nose
the septum
Garrett
$800 [24]
One of the tribes of Israel, these descendants of one of Jacob's sons ministered in the temple as priests, aides & musicians
the Levites
$800 [14]
In Spanish, the language it's from, this word for a show of daring ends with "t-a" instead of "d-o"
bravata
Garrett
$800 [4]
Cute & cuddly, boys! "The Penguins of" this place waddled on to Nickelodeon
Madagascar
Phillip
$800 [26]
Country fried steak is a popular dish at this chain & "Old Country Store"
Cracker Barrel
Phillip
$800 [9]
A fire at a London power station blacked out the much-anticipated 1964 launch of this TV channel
BBC Two
Phillip Melissa
$800 [19]
To keep blood flowing in the right direction, your heart has 4 of these, including the mitral
valves
Phillip
$1,000 [23]
The paintinghereshows the newly short-haired Samson captured by these people
the Philistines
Garrett
$1,000 [13]
Greek for "ice" gives us this word for quartz & other minerals of similar structure
crystal
Garrett
$1,000 [5]
On "The Cleveland Show", Tim realized "I'm a" this. "I can kill you, maul you... & I won't even go to jail... 'cause I'm a" this
a bear
$1,000 [12]
CPK has spicy buffalo this vegetable, as well as a pizza with crust made of it
cauliflower
Garrett
$1,000 [10]
Go "dit-dit-dah-dah-dah" to say 2 in this
Morse code
Phillip
DD $3,600 [20]
Your heart has a natural this, the sinoatrial node, which emits electrical impulses that cause it to contract
a pacemaker
Phillip

Double Jeopardy! Round

LETTERS FROM AUTHORS AT THE AIRPORT BRITISH ACTRESSES HEADS UP! & OFF! ENDS WITH "A" RADIO: THEN & NOW
$400 [1]
Describing a book he was writing in 1881: "it's all about a map, and a treasure, and a mutiny, and a derelict ship"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Phillip
$400 [8]
The Tom Bradley International Terminal
LAX
Melissa
$400 [2]
She beat the likes of Bette Davis & Katharine Hepburn for the coveted role of southern belle Scarlett O'Hara
Vivien Leigh
Melissa
$400 [13]
After being tried for treason, this royal lost her tete on Oct. 16, 1793
Marie Antoinette
Garrett
$400 [21]
This word for an inability to eat is from the Greek for "without" & "appetite"
anorexia
Garrett
$400 [27]
SiriusXM channels include Met Opera Radio, Real Jazz & Hair Nation, devoted to hair bands of this decade
the '80s
Phillip
$800 [6]
This author to Marlon Brando: "Dear Marlon, I'm praying that you'll buy 'On the Road' and make a movie of it"
Kerouac
Melissa
$800 [9]
The Qantas London Lounge
London Heathrow
Garrett Melissa
$800 [3]
She played Elizabeth Swann in the "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies
Keira Knightley
Garrett
$800 [14]
After this pirate was killed on Nov. 22, 1718, his head, awesome facial hair & all, ended up on the bowsprit of a ship
Blackbeard
Garrett
$800 [22]
Mrs., en Espanol
señora
Phillip
$800 [29]
VOA for short, it began broadcasting in 1942 as part of the office of war information
Voice of America
Melissa
$1,200 [7]
He wrote Orwell both praising & criticizing "1984" & made reference to his own "Brave New World"
(Aldous) Huxley
Melissa
$1,200 [10]
An interfaith chapel named for the 40th president
Reagan National
$1,200 [18]
Olivia Colman of TV's "Broadchurch" & "The Crown" won an Oscar for her portrayal of Queen Anne in this 2018 film
The Favourite
Garrett
$1,200 [15]
On Feb. 12, 1554 she got way too much taken off the top; hope the near-week-&-a-half as queen was worth it
Lady Jane Grey
Garrett Melissa
$1,200 [24]
It's the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet, though you'd think it'd be the last one
zeta
Phillip
$1,200 [30]
This "White Christmas" crooner came to national fame with his 15-minute radio show, starting in 1931
Bing Crosby
Phillip
$1,600 [5]
His "The Innocents Abroad" was based on letters he wrote to newspapers as a traveling correspondent
Mark Twain
Melissa
$1,600 [11]
Cafe Eiffel & Galeries Lafayette Royal Quartz Paris
(Charles) de Gaulle
Phillip
$1,600 [19]
Character actress Margaret Rutherford was known in later life for playing this sleuth in several films of the 1960s
Miss Marple
Garrett
$1,600 [16]
On Aug. 23, 1305 both his life & his freedom were taken; getting beheaded was but one of many steps in the process
William Wallace
Phillip
$1,600 [28]
This 5-letter word is Spanish for beach; it's also the sandy, flat floor of a desert basin
playa
Garrett
$1,600 [26]
Celebrating its 95th birthday in 2020 is this show first broadcast on WSM "that made country music famous"
Grand Ole Opry
Melissa
$2,000 [4]
She wrote to husband Leonard before taking her life: "I feel certain that I am going mad again"
Virginia Woolf
Melissa
DD $2,000 [12]
Idlewild Wine Bar
JFK
Phillip
$2,000 [20]
Since the '80s, this funny lady has appeared in movies from "Educating Rita" to the "Harry Potter" & "Mamma Mia" films
Julie Walters
DD $2,600 [17]
After his death in 43 B.C., this Roman orator made a final appearance on the speakers' platform at the Forum--well, his head & hands did
Cicero
Phillip
$2,000 [23]
An unwelcome guest is considered this 3-word Latin phrase
persona non grata
Garrett
$2,000 [25]
Following this radio inventor's death in 1937, stations in Italy, Britain & the U.S. observed several minutes of silence
Marconi
Phillip

Final Jeopardy!

FAMOUS AMERICANS

Will Smith & Lennox Lewis were pallbearers at this man's 2016 funeral

Muhammad Ali

Melissa "Who was Muhammad Ali?" — wagered $2,600
Phillip "Who was Kobe?" — wagered $4,600
Garrett "Who E?" — wagered $3,000

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