Show #8254 2020-10-08 (taped 2020-08-04) Regular

Kevin Walsh game 1.

Contestants

Amy Judd Lieberman — an attorney originally from Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Kevin Walsh — a story analyst originally from Williamstown, New Jersey

Garrett Marcotte — a software engineer from Santa Monica, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $63,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Garrett $1,400 $7,000 $7,000 $8,000
3rd place: $1,000
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Kevin $2,600 $4,400 $15,600 $15,300
New champion: $15,300
$15,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Amy $3,000 $2,400 $7,600 $15,200
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE $1 BILL BEER/ME! WORD ORIGINS SPORTS AWARDS 3 THINGS ABOUT THE PRESIDENT NURSERY RHYMES
$200 [30]
On thereverse, the bald eagle in the Great Seal clutchesarrows and an olive branch, symbolic of these two opposites
war & peace
Amy
$200 [6]
He served as governor of Massachusetts from 1793 to 1797
Samuel Adams
Kevin
$200 [1]
Surdus, a word for "deaf", gave us this word that means "illogical"
absurd
Kevin
$200 [28]
The FIFA Fair Play Award
soccer
Kevin
$200 [27]
Was a sheriff in Erie County, New York; had a 4-year presidential hiatus, has a great first name for a Muppet
Grover Cleveland
Garrett
$200 [7]
This girl dreamt of her lost sheep bleating
Little Bo Peep
Garrett
$400 [29]
Featuring balancingscalesrepresenting justice, this government department's logo also displays akeyrepresenting authority
the Treasury
Kevin
$400 [23]
When it comes to the last name of the American playwright whose 1953 play was "The Crucible", it's this time
Miller
Garrett
$400 [2]
This adjective for mocking laughter comes from a word describing something from Sardinia
sardonic
Kevin
$400 [15]
Walter Payton Man of the Year
football
Garrett
$400 [22]
Attended Amherst, married Grace Goodhue, died 8 miles from Amherst
Calvin Coolidge
$400 [8]
Her cupboard bare, she went to the baker's to buy her dog bread
Old Mother Hubbard
Kevin
$600 [21]
The2 and the Brepresent one of the 12 of these, abbreviated FRBs, that issued the bill, in this case, the one in New York
the Federal Reserve Bank
Kevin
$600 [24]
A "Streetcar" character came to life when a vendor at Phillies games shouted this first name, trying to sell a Belgian beer
Stella
Kevin
$600 [3]
This 9-letter word for "assistant" meant someone who dealt with confidential material
secretary
Amy
$600 [14]
The John R. Wooden Award
college basketball
Amy
$600 [18]
Was on the Warren Commission, volunteered for the Navy, confirmed as veep by votes of 92-3 & 387-35
Gerald Ford
Garrett
$600 [9]
This guy is on a strict "no fat" diet; his wife is on a "no lean" diet
Jack Sprat
Kevin
$800 [20]
Thenumberoff to the right identifies which exact one of these metal sheets was used to print dozens of dollar bills at a time
a plate
$800 [25]
Last name of brothers Kyle & Kurt, cool as "Ice" as they finished 1-2 at NASCAR's Food City 500 in 2019
Busch
Amy
$800 [4]
A voluntary action done by monarchs, this word originally meant to disinherit a child
abdicate
Amy
$800 [13]
The Norris Trophy
hockey
Kevin
$1,000 [16]
Received demerits for slovenly dress at West Point, was 46 when he took office, had a penchant for bourbon whiskey
(Ulysses) Grant
Garrett
$800 [10]
This rhyming guy kissed the girls & made them cry
Georgie Porgie
Garrett
$1,000 [19]
George Washingtonis properly powdered and primped for the bill's main image from a portrait by this artist
Gilbert Stuart
$1,000 [26]
Last name of the actor whose film roles included Fagin, Benjamin Disraeli, Jacob Marley's ghost & a certain Jedi
Guinness
Garrett
$1,000 [5]
This word for ill feelings between people originally referred to a bitter taste
acrimony
Amy
$1,000 [12]
The Venus Rosewater Dish
tennis
DD $2,400 [17]
Civil governor of the Philippines, Secretary of War, wrote opinion on Myers v. United States
Taft
Garrett
$1,000 [11]
This fella was under a haystack, fast asleep
Little Boy Blue

Double Jeopardy! Round

JAMES BOND DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER DOCTOR, NO! THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH DYE ANOTHER DAY YOUR 4 "I"s ONLY
$400 [6]
In "Thunderball" Bond makes an escape wearing one of these personal flying devices we were all supposed to have by now
a jet pack
Amy
$400 [28]
Diamonds are naturally occurring forms of this element
carbon
Amy
$400 [27]
No way! Back in the day, instead of tobacco, doctors used Page's inhalers, "medicated" these with tea leaves & kola nuts
cigarettes
Garrett
$400 [15]
In Ray Bradbury's "Chronicles", humans conquer this title planet, but with unexpected consequences
Mars
Amy
$400 [21]
Saints' days used to be marked on the calendar with a particular color, hence this term for any happy day
a red-letter day
Kevin
$400 [1]
It's nicknamed "The Magnolia State"
Mississippi
Amy
$800 [7]
After playing this character in 17 Bond films, Desmond Llewelyn made his final exit through a laboratory trap door
Q
Garrett
$800 [30]
Weighing 287 carats when discovered in 1877, they ellow diamondnamed for this jeweler is worn in public about every 60 years
Tiffany's
Kevin Amy
$800 [20]
Ach, nein! Advocating a drug he enjoyed himself, this Austrian psychoanalyst published "Uber Coca" in 1884
Freud
Kevin
$800 [16]
Becky Chambers' "The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet" is achieved by using these intergalactic shortcuts
wormholes
Garrett
$800 [22]
"Sweet Thursday" is the name of a book by John Steinbeck, very different from this nickname for October 24, 1929 on Wall Street
Black Thursday
Garrett Kevin Amy
$800 [2]
With these "returns", profits eventually lessen with additional investment
diminishing
Kevin
$1,200 [8]
A Time Magazine report found that this 1995-2002 Bond was the deadliest, averaging 27 kills per movie
Pierce Brosnan
Garrett
DD $1,200 [24]
When it comes to grading diamonds. the 4 Cs are cut, color, carat & this
clarity
Kevin
$1,200 [11]
Doc, no! Your predecessors treated syphilis with this liquid metal--one side effect was death
mercury
Kevin
$1,200 [17]
In this Carl Sagan novel, astrophysicist Ellie wants a message from outer space; she gets one & goes on quite the adventure
Contact
Garrett
$1,200 [25]
This band rocked the 2015 Rock & Roll Hall induction ceremony with "When I Come Around" & "American Idiot"
Green Day
Garrett
$1,200 [3]
Inflammation of the gums accompanied by tenderness & slight bleeding
gingivitis
Kevin
$1,600 [9]
Bond: "Do you expect me to talk?" Goldfinger: "No, Mister Bond, I expect you to" do this
die
Kevin
$1,600 [23]
Talc is a 1 on this hardness scale & a diamond is a 10
the Mohs scale
Kevin
$1,600 [12]
In the 1800s Paris hospitals used 5 million of these annelids a year--I know they can still be useful, but no thanks
leeches
Amy
$2,000 [19]
Stanislaw Lem's tale of a journey to this title planet was turned into a 2002 film starring George Clooney
Solaris
Amy
$1,600 [29]
This casual dining chain got its name from a song by The Rolling Stones
Ruby Tuesday
Amy
$1,600 [4]
Look it up online! In Hawaiian this double talk word means "quickly"
wikiwiki
Amy
$2,000 [10]
Donald Pleasence & Christoph Waltz are among the actors who've played this cat fancier & Bond archfoe
Blofeld
Kevin
$2,000 [14]
The name of this famed diamond means "mountain of light" in Persian
the Koh-i-Noor
$2,000 [13]
Glad I didn't live in ancient times, when trepanning involved removing some bone from here so that evil spirits could escape
the skull
Garrett
DD $4,000 [18]
In a Larry Niven novel, a motley crew of explorers travel to this ribbon-like "world" that encircles a star
Ringworld
Garrett
$2,000 [26]
March 26 is Purple Day, which raises awareness of this neurological disorder characterized by seizures
epilepsy
Kevin
$2,000 [5]
From the Latin for "nothing", it's an adjective for someone who's totally down for anarchy
nihilistic
Garrett

Final Jeopardy!

THE AMERICAS

Home to more than 20 million people & 3 different official languages, this island is about 600 miles from the continental U.S.

Hispaniola (Hispañola)

Garrett "What is Hispaniola?" — wagered $1,000
Amy "What is Hispañola?" — wagered $7,600
Kevin "What is Bermuda?" — wagered $300

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