Show #8286 2020-11-23 (taped 2020-09-14) Regular

Contestants

Henry Baer — a software engineer from Lafayette, California

Amanda Minafo — an undergraduate advisor from San Francisco, California

Charlie Fonville — a producer originally from Wichita Falls, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Charlie $2,400 $7,400 $15,400 $23,400
2nd place: $2,000
$14,800
27 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Amanda $1,800 $3,200 $7,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
11 R, 0 W
Henry $1,800 $2,600 $17,200 $31,000
New champion: $31,000
$14,200
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

INTERNAL ORGAN PRACTICE BIRDLIKE VERBS LET'S GET HAMMERED TV TITLE PLACES RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE CLARK
$200 [22]
A vaccine prevents hepatitis a in this organ but immune globulin can also prevent the issue if taken before or soon after exposure
the liver
Charlie
$200 [11]
To send a short message on an Internet microblogging site
tweet
Charlie
$200 [17]
If you don't know this type of hammer that uses compressed air, you don't know...
jack
Charlie
$200 [1]
This city preceded "Common" in the '90s & "Public" in the 2000s
Boston
Charlie
$200 [4]
Just before his death, Lenin wrote of his wish to remove this man from the secretary generalship but that didn't work
Stalin
Henry
$200 [14]
Cat's out of the bag! In 2019 he officially revealed Clark Kent as his secret identity
Superman
Charlie
$400 [23]
These 2 almond-shaped female reproductive organs weigh only 4 to 8 grams
the ovaries
Amanda
$400 [12]
An inefficient way to type is to "hunt" & do this
peck
Amanda
$400 [18]
This type of hammer has a curved back with a "V" cut that pries nails like its name
a claw hammer
Charlie
$600 [3]
Its "City Limits" look to be unlimited, as its music has been televised since 1975
Austin
Amanda
$400 [5]
Yuri Andropov was head of this Soviet security agency before becoming the nation's leader in 1982--wonder how that happened?
the KGB
Charlie
$400 [27]
We bet you know that Clark County, with over 2 million people, is this state's most populous
Nevada
Amanda
$600 [24]
The role of the cardiac sphincter is to close the end of this tube & trap food in the stomach
the esophagus
Charlie
$600 [13]
To concoct a secret plan
hatch
Charlie
$600 [19]
Peter Gabriel sang of this 10-pound hammer used to break rocks, "Why don't you call my name?"
a sledgehammer
Amanda
$800 [6]
Trippy moments by Darius (Lakeith Stanfield) on this FX show include explaining to a girl why she's actually a simulation
Atlanta
Amanda
$600 [8]
The U.S. boycotted the 1980 Moscow Olympics in protest of Russia's invasion of this country the year before
Afghanistan
Henry
$600 [28]
Robert Goddard taught physics & did rocket experiments at his alma mater Clark University in this New England state
Massachusetts
$800 [25]
This convoluted, over-20' organ is ingeniously lined with folds & projections to increase its "tiny" surface area
the small intestine
Henry
$800 [15]
To worry persistently in a gloomy way
brood
Henry
$800 [20]
This hammerlike tool with a wooden head is utilized to smack a chisel as well as to avoid a sticky wicket
a mallet
Charlie
DD $1,000 [2]
Before overwhelming us with a bunch of shows featuring police & firemen, this city had "Hope"
Chicago
Charlie
$800 [9]
In a 2014 election, there was no box to check to vote for this republic to remain as part of Ukraine
Crimea
Henry
$800 [29]
Famous as a prosecutor in the 1990s, shehas since become a best-selling author of crime fiction
Marcia Clark
Charlie
$1,000 [26]
Surfactant is a fatty substance that coats the alveoli in this organ, enabling the chambers to expand more readily
the lungs
Charlie
$1,000 [16]
To talk softly & amorously is "to bill &" do this
coo
$1,000 [21]
Bob Vila says this hammer with a hemispherical head is "the best hammer to use for metal... less likely to chip on contact"
a ball-peen
Charlie
$1,000 [7]
Scott Bakula took a quantum leap into the role of criminal investigator Dwayne Pride on "NCIS:" this city
New Orleans
Charlie
$1,000 [10]
Name it whatever you want, Mr. the Great! In 1703 the czar founded this city on land taken from Sweden; around 5 mil. live there now
St. Petersburg
Henry
$1,000 [30]
This 20th century president shared his middle name of Clark with his father, a blacksmith & salesman
Herbert Hoover

Double Jeopardy! Round

A PLACE TO PARK YOUR YACHT ASTRONAUTS 6-LETTER DOUBLE G WORDS COINS ARTHURIAN CHARACTERS BEHIND THE MUSIC
$400 [26]
Your big, big yacht is welcome at Yacht Haven Grande on St. Thomas, an island in this U.S. chain
the Virgin Islands
Charlie
$400 [25]
Michael Collins, after a huge moment during this mission: "Roger, Tranquility Base. It sure sounded great from up here"
Apollo 11
Henry
$400 [7]
To move a doorknob to & fro with short, quick jerks
jiggle
Charlie
$400 [9]
It's slang for a $1 coin in Canada, a reference to the bird on the coin
a loonie
Amanda
$400 [15]
In "Idylls of the King", this legendary queen finishes her life as an abbess in the nunnery at Almesbury
Guinevere
Charlie
$400 [10]
Songwriter Hoyt Axton changed the opening line of "Joy To The World" from "Jeremiah was a prophet" to this
a bullfrog
Amanda
$800 [29]
Yas Marina is full of yachts in Abu Dhabi, one of these "E"s in the U.A.E.
the Emirates
Charlie
$800 [17]
A series of 2-man missions, this project saw Ed White get 20 minutes of serious me time as the first American to walk in space
Gemini
Charlie Henry
$800 [6]
To bicker over a price
haggle
Amanda
$800 [19]
His image on the nickel is based on a portrait of him as vice president at age 57
Thomas Jefferson
Charlie
$800 [22]
This chivalric knight is traditionally the father of Galahad
Lancelot
Henry
$800 [11]
Rick James' only Grammy came after he sued & got credit for the hook in this 1990 MC Hammer song
"U Can't Touch This"
Charlie
$1,600 [24]
Port de Saint-Tropez, on what's known as the "French" this, has berths for hundreds of boats
the Riviera
Charlie
$1,200 [8]
Cornell medical grad Mae Jemison won fame aboard this Space Shuttle, spelled the British way with a "U"
Endeavour
Charlie
$1,200 [5]
This music style blends Calypso & rhythm & blues, mon
reggae
Amanda
$1,200 [18]
A 1,000-schilling coin shows her in her royal finery on one side & on the other, in disgrace at her 1793 trial in Paris
Marie Antoinette
Charlie
$1,200 [14]
You know, this "lady" happens to have a name--actually, several, including Nimue or Vivien, depending on the source
the Lady of the Lake
Charlie
$1,200 [12]
In 1981 Dolly Parton & Sheena Easton both had No. 1 singles with this numerical phrase in their titles
"9 to 5"
Charlie
DD $2,000 [23]
Yachts are welcome at the Marina Grande on the Isle of Capri, situated in the bay named for this southern Italian city
Naples
Henry
$1,600 [1]
Kathy Sullivan is the first person to both walk in space & reach the deepest known part of the ocean, this "Deep"
Challenger Deep
Henry
$1,600 [3]
Is this a short, swordlike weapon used for stabbing which I see before me?
a dagger
Henry
$1,600 [20]
Cloudberries & cloudberry flowers are on this country's 2-euro coin designed by Raimo Heino
Finland
Amanda
$1,600 [16]
Before he battled the Green Knight, this hero appeared as Gwalchmei in ancient Welsh tales
Gawain
Charlie Henry
$1,600 [13]
In 1957 Little Richard quit secular music for 5 years after seeing a sign in the sky that turned out to be this new satellite
Sputnik
Charlie Henry
$2,000 [30]
After you've disembarked from Spain, swing your super yacht over to this party island's marina
Ibiza
Charlie
DD $4,200 [2]
In addition to making a notable 3 orbits around the Earth, this Ohio sen. co-wrote 1978's Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act
Glenn
Henry
$2,000 [4]
It's a Scottish pudding, laddie, if ye like yer pudding wi' meat!
haggis
Charlie
$2,000 [28]
A gold coin is named for this man who was president of the South African Republic from 1883 to 1900
Paul Kruger
$2,000 [27]
This man who killed Arthur is frozen with the traitors in the 9th circle of hell in Dante's "Inferno"
Mordred
$2,000 [21]
In 1975, after hearing a mastered version of this now-classic album, Bruce Springsteen threw it in a pool
Born to Run
Charlie

Final Jeopardy!

SECRETARIES OF STATE

Dirk Stikker, Dutch foreign minister 1948-1952, wrote, "Churchill's words won the war"; this American's "words won the peace"

(George) Marshall

Amanda "Who is Trum" — wagered $7,600
Charlie "Who is Marshall?" — wagered $8,000
Henry "Who is Marshall" — wagered $13,800

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