Show #8274 2020-11-05 (taped 2020-08-25) Regular

Contestants

Burt Thakur — a project engineer from Palm Springs, California

Christina Tang-Bernas — a copy editor from Anaheim, California

Devin Rossiter — an academic coach from Bakersfield, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,204)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Devin $1,200 $3,000 $9,600 $19,200
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Christina $3,000 $3,400 $9,400 $3,800
3rd place: $1,000
$9,400
13 R, 3 W
Burt :) $2,000 $3,600 $11,400 $20,400
New champion: $20,400
$10,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

TAKE A HIKE CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 3-NAMED MARYS LAW ANATOMICAL IDIOMS THE SANDWICH GENERATION
$200 [6]
Beware the big drop on Bright Angel Trail, a feature of this perennial Arizona attraction's South Rim
the Grand Canyon
Devin
$200 [1]
In a book by Beverly Cleary, Socks is this pet, suddenly having to share the house with a new baby
a cat
Burt :)
$200 [29]
This TV legend leaped from "The Dick Van Dyke Show" to her own title sitcom
Mary Tyler Moore
Burt :)
$200 [30]
Spoken defamation of another is slander; this is written defamation
libel
Devin
$200 [9]
Madly in love:"Head over ____"
heels
Devin
$200 [23]
Hey, youse guys! U.S. News raved about this sandwich from John's Roast Pork in Philadelphia
a cheesesteak
Devin Burt :)
$400 [8]
You'll see some familiar faces on the Presidential Trail, which loops past this mount
Mount Rushmore
Christina
$400 [3]
A tiny one of these dinosaurs has a big problem: an impossible hug, because of his short arms!
a Tyrannosaurus
Devin
$400 [25]
This actress was half of the team that portrayed Michelle Tanner on "Full House"
Mary Olsen (Mary-Kate Olsen)
Burt :)
$400 [28]
Facing the judge in a courtroom, the plaintiff is generally on the right & this counterpart on the left
a defendant
Devin
$400 [10]
Ironically:"____ in cheek"
tongue
Devin
$400 [18]
This corned beef & Swiss sandwich bearing a man's name can be served cold or grilled
Reuben
Burt :)
$600 [17]
Herethe Great Smoky Mountains live up to their name as a hiker navigates the Charlies Bunion Hike on this famed trail
the Appalachian Trail
Devin
$600 [4]
This bedtime classic is set in "the great green room"
Goodnight Moon
Devin
$600 [2]
On "24", Mary Lynn Rajskub was the very efficient Chloe O'Brian, helping this Kiefer Sutherland character
Jack Bauer
Devin
$600 [27]
It means permission, like to search a dwelling; the third amendment speaks of this "of the owner" of a house
consent
Christina
$600 [11]
Laugh uncontrollably:"Bust a ____"
gut
Devin
$600 [16]
Down in Miami try this nationality named grilled sandwich with ham, pork, cheese & pickles
a Cuban
Devin
$800 [22]
Become a 46er by hiking Whiteface, Haystack & 44 other peaks in this range of Upstate New York
the Adirondacks
Devin Christina
$800 [5]
"One Sunday morning the warm sun came up and--pop!--out of the egg came" this title larva
the very hungry caterpillar
Christina
$800 [24]
In 2019 this "Weeds" actress returned to Broadway in Adam Rapp's "The Sound Inside"
Mary-Louise Parker
Christina
$800 [26]
The role of colleges in relation to students from the mid-1800s to the 1960s was in loco parentis, Latin for this
in lieu of parents
Burt :)
$800 [12]
Inseparable or "joined at the ____"
hip
Christina
$800 [14]
Sliced meat, torpedo sandwich rolls (split) & cans of beef consomme are keys in a "French" this
dip
Burt :)
$1,000 [21]
If you want to hike Halemau'u Trail with all its wonder, you'll have to head to this second-largest of the Hawaiian islands
Maui
Devin Christina Burt :)
DD $1,800 [7]
She wrote about & illustrated a frog named Mr. Jeremy Fisher & a hedgehog named Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle
Beatrix Potter
Devin
$1,000 [20]
Thisactress battled John Goodman & scary creatures in "10 Cloverfield Lane"
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
$1,000 [19]
A lawyer who represents a soldier is called a "judge" this, another term for a lawyer
an advocate
Burt :)
$1,000 [13]
To be personally vested:"Have ____ in the game"
skin
Burt :)
$1,000 [15]
Arby's says it put this sandwich filling on the map
roast beef
Christina

Double Jeopardy! Round

MUSIC VENUES PEOPLES THE SCIENTIST'S HAIKU 21st CENTURY BLACK & WHITE MOVIES AFTER EFFECT HISTORICAL FACTS
$400 [3]
This home of the Rockettes is known as the "Showplace of the Nation"
Radio City Music Hall
Devin
$400 [8]
Sharwa is a more accurate pronunciation as well as another name for this Himalayan people
Sherpa
Burt :)
$400 [6]
Worked for Edison /His AC lit World Expo /Ahead of his time
Tesla
Devin
$400 [16]
In 2019 Alfonso Cuarón won an Oscar for the black & white cinematography of this film about Mexico in the 1970s
Roma
Christina
$400 [12]
To expel, like an ump sometimes does to an MLB manager
eject
Devin
$800 [19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Here's the extent of this landmark the Ming Dynasty began paying for in the late 1300s; it held off minor attacks, but major ones were problematic
the Great Wall of China
Christina
$800 [2]
A frieze called "The Triumph of Arts & Letters" adorns this Royal London venue
the Royal Albert Hall
Devin
$800 [22]
Descendants of these Dutch settlers of the Transvaal are often called Afrikaners
the Boer
Christina
$800 [7]
Brit biologist /Not Holmes but still Watson's pal /A twisted ladder
(Francis) Crick
Christina Burt :)
$800 [24]
This 2011 Best Picture winner isn't completely silent, but it is a black & white movie
The Artist
Burt :)
$800 [17]
The pile of assets that allows a college to keep operating
endowment
Devin
$1,200 [20]
He asked for 20,000 pounds to betray his country in 1780 & said that was a bargain price
Benedict Arnold
Christina
$1,600 [4]
Early in his career, Elton John performed at this legendary L.A. club whose name is a synonym for a lyric poet
The Troubadour
$1,200 [23]
Geronimo was a leader of these Native American people
the Chiricahua Apache
Burt :)
$1,200 [14]
Gazing into space /Ev'ry 76 years /His object flies by
(Edmond) Halley
Burt :)
$1,200 [29]
This Bruce Dern movie named for a Plains state was in B&W in the theaters but was shown in color on cable
Nebraska
Devin
$1,200 [18]
The belief in the equality of all people
egalitarian (equalitarian)
Christina Burt :)
$1,600 [15]
Dating from around 800 A.D., Colombia's Ciudad Perdidameans this
lost city
Christina
$2,000 [5]
This cafe in a Nashville strip mall is famous for hosting an open mic night on Mondays
the Bluebird Café
$1,600 [27]
Northern Norway, Sweden & Finland are home to these people also known as the Sami
the Lapp
$1,600 [11]
Planning planet moves /3 laws--first is elliptic /German gravity
Kepler
Christina
$1,600 [28]
This spooky director filmed his stop-motion animation film "Frankenweenie" in black & white to emulate classic monster movies
Tim Burton
Devin
$1,600 [13]
It means vivacious or giving off bubbles
effervescent
Burt :)
DD $3,000 [25]
During the Gladiator or Third Servile War in the 70s B.C., this rebel & his forces gained control over most of southern Italy
Spartacus
Burt :)
DD $3,000 [1]
Here's the geological beauty that makes up this outdoor venue in Colorado
Red Rocks
Devin
$2,000 [10]
The governments of Kenya & Tanzania are trying to persuade these nomadic people to make permanent settlements
the Masai
Burt :)
$2,000 [9]
An Irish chemist /1600s gas law man /An improved air pump!
(Robert) Boyle
Burt :)
$2,000 [26]
As keepers of the title beacon, Robert Pattinson & Willem Dafoe really let the isolation get to them in this 2019 film
The Lighthouse
$2,000 [21]
9-letter description of a flagrantly offensive error or omission
egregious
Devin

Final Jeopardy!

FOREIGN WORDS IN ENGLISH

The first use of this Spanish term in English was by Wellington referring to partisans in the Peninsular Wars

guerrillas

Christina "What is vaqueros?" — wagered $5,600
Devin "What are guerrillas?" — wagered $9,600
Burt :) "What is guerillas?" — wagered $9,000

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