Show #8285 2020-11-20 (taped 2020-09-09) Regular

Andy Wood game 5.

Contestants

Rhonda Craft — a training specialist originally from Muskegon, Michigan

Charlie Fonville — a producer originally from Wichita Falls, Texas

Andy Wood — a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 4-day cash winnings total $91,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Andy	$2,600	$10,800	$14,000	$27,990 2nd place: $2,000	$9,600 14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Charlie	$4,800	$7,800	$25,000	$30,000 New champion: $30,000	$22,200 28 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Rhonda	$400	$1,800	$9,000	$7 3rd place: $1,000	$8,600 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

EVERYTHING'S JAKE	POTPOURRI	NUMBER, PLEASE	SILENT "L"	PORTS	SCIENCE ABBREV.
$200 [13] Like many Jakes, quarterback Plummer got this rhyming nickname "Jake The Snake" Andy	$200 [1] This Real Housewife of Atlanta is married to Greg Leakes NeNe Leakes Rhonda	$200 [23] This number is in Heinz' slogan 57 Charlie	$200 [6] In the Christmas carol "Silent Night", "all is" this, "all is bright" calm Rhonda	$200 [21] Piraeus' modern port is the gateway between this world capital & the numerous surrounding islands of the country Athens Andy	$200 [16] DHMO, or di-this monoxide, is a jocular way to say "water" hydrogen Charlie
$400 [12] Brother of Maggie, this actor played Billy Crystal's son in "City Slickers" Jake Gyllenhaal Charlie	$400 [2] A song by Silento mentions the whip & this other dance the nae nae Charlie	$400 [25] This 2-digit number is part of the title of theartworkseen here 76 Andy	$400 [7] These creatures swim hundreds of miles upriver from the Pacific to spawn salmon Charlie	$400 [22] In 2019 4 of the 5 largest ports by shipping container volume were in this country, including the one in Shenzhen China Rhonda	$400 [17] "How Bright Was the Big Bang?" is an article from the AJP, the American Journal of this Physics Andy
$600 [11] The ballpark of this American League team was once known as Jacobs Field, or "The Jake" the Cleveland Indians	$600 [3] This Hawaiian goose has half-webbed feet for walking on rough lava rock the nene	$800 [24] Blood money is a synonym for this many pieces of silver, Judas' payment for betraying Jesus 30 Rhonda	$600 [8] Part of your lower leg, or a baby black Angus a calf Andy	$600 [28] The Port of Long Beach is paired with this big city's port as part of the San Pedro Bay Port Complex Los Angeles Charlie	$600 [18] At NASA, EOM means end of this--time for a cold one! mission Andy
$800 [14] "Raging Bull" was a hit as it was based on his memoir Jake LaMotta Andy	$800 [4] This nostalgia group sang "Blue Moon" & "Tears On My Pillow" on the soundtrack of the movie "Grease" Sha Na Na Charlie	$1,000 [27] Nate Silver is the editor in chief of this website FiveThirtyEight Charlie	$800 [9] There's a silent L in this word for silently sneaking up on prey stalk Charlie	$800 [29] Jebel Ali is a massive port in this largest city of the United Arab Emirates Dubai Andy Rhonda	$800 [19] LED is short for this emitting diode light Andy
$1,000 [15] Surname of the Jake character played by John Belushi Blues Charlie	$1,000 [5] In the title of a No. 1 hit by Steam, these 4 words precede "kiss him goodbye" na na hey hey Andy	DD $5,000 [26] "The Main Street of America" was a nickname for this historic route 66 Andy	$1,000 [10] "To act on" someone's this is to represent their interests behalf Charlie	$1,000 [30] Located at the mouths of the Meuse & the Rhine, this city is the largest port in Europe Rotterdam Rhonda	$1,000 [20] As a measurement of volume, CCs are these cubic centimeter Charlie

Double Jeopardy! Round

BOOKS & AUTHORS	RAINBOW COALITION	THE ANCIENT WORLD	BUILDINGS	5-LETTER WORDS	20th CENTURY POP CULTURE
$400 [16] In 2020 Stephenie Meyer returned to her "Twilight" characters with "Midnight Sun", told from this vampire's vantage Edward Andy	$400 [30] The steelhead is an oceangoing type of this fish of the family Salmonidae (rainbow) trout Charlie	$400 [3] Kong qiu was the birth name of this Chinese philosopher of the 500s & 400s B.C. Confucius Charlie	$400 [21] Fairy tale-esque Neuschwanstein Castle in Germany was an inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at this So Cal location Disneyland Charlie	$400 [11] "Farewell" in Spanish, it derives from a term meaning "may (you) be (commended) to God" adios Charlie Rhonda	$400 [1] Holy guacamole, in the '70s kitchen appliances in this shade of green were all the rage avocado Charlie
$800 [17] The nonfiction "Hidden Valley Road" tells of a family with 12 kids, 6 of whom were diagnosed with this "split mind" disorder schizophrenia Charlie	$800 [29] In the musical "Finian's Rainbow", Finian & his daughter have been followed by one of these creatures from Irish folklore a leprechaun Charlie	$800 [4] Early Roman walls were named for these one-eyed giants, considered the only ones strong enough to lift the stones used Cyclopes Charlie	$800 [23] The 9 onion domes of St. Basil's Cathedral tower over this city Moscow Charlie	$800 [12] It's the perch you proverbially "rule" when you have total control the roost Rhonda	$800 [2] Popular dance songs of the '60s included ones called this & the Peppermint this the "Twist" Charlie
$1,200 [18] Connell & Marianne attend Trinity College in this world capital in Sally Rooney's "Normal People" Dublin Andy Rhonda	$1,200 [28] This Thom Yorke band was innovative in 2007, releasing its album "In Rainbows" via Internet download Radiohead Charlie	$1,200 [5] The Chi Rhosymbol, combining two letters of Christ's name in Greek, appeared to this Roman emperor who converted to Christianity Constantine Charlie	$1,600 [22] Like the U.S. Capitol, Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum has this feature, a central area located under the main dome a rotunda Rhonda	$1,200 [13] Bike shorts are often made of this 5-letter fabric that DuPont began marketing in 1962 Lycra Charlie	$1,200 [8] Claude the crab & Peace the Bear are 2 of these collectible stuffed animals from the 1990s Beanie Babies Rhonda
$1,600 [19] "Stories From a South African Childhood" is the subtitle of this memoir by Trevor Noah Born a Crime	$1,600 [26] The rainbow bridge Bifrost was the way one got from Earth to this realm of the gods Asgard Charlie	$1,600 [6] In the 7th century B.C., Sennacherib of this front-of-the-alphabet empire made Nineveh his capital Assyria Charlie	$2,000 [25] Found in Kuala Lumpur, this pair of skyscrapers were the world's tallest buildings from 1996 to 2004 the Petronas Towers Andy	$1,600 [14] It means a two-footed creature a biped Charlie	DD $2,000 [9] Antonio Pasin's fascination with a still newish medium & with air travel inspired him to call his toy wagon this the Radio Flyer Rhonda
$2,000 [20] This woman wrote the Holocaust-set children's book "Number the Stars" Lois Lowry	$2,000 [27] "The Rainbow" by this British author was branded obscene after its 1915 release D.H. Lawrence	$2,000 [7] For the Ancient Olympic games, the hellanodikai were folks chosen to do this, which is what hellanodikai means judge	DD $4,000 [24] A Baháʼítemplein New Delhi bears the name of this sacred aquatic flower a lotus Charlie	$2,000 [15] This French word means a feeling of tedium & dissatisfaction ennui Charlie	$2,000 [10] According to Billboard, this sax man was the No. 1 instrumentalist of the 1990s Kenny G Andy

Final Jeopardy!

MUSICAL THEATER

The word "Practical" was dropped from the title of this hit musical not long before it premiered in 1981 on London's West End

Cats

Rhonda "What is Ribz Rulez" — wagered $8,993

Andy "What is Cats [pointed ears drawn above the C]" — wagered $13,990

Charlie "What is Cats?" — wagered $5,000

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