Show #8287 2020-11-24 (taped 2020-09-14) Regular

Contestants

Jennifer Rosenberg — a lawyer from Walnut Creek, California

Matt McDaniel — a director of programming from Los Angeles, California

Henry Baer — a software engineer from Lafayette, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Henry $5,000 $8,600 $25,400 $30,400
2-day champion: $61,400
$22,200
25 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Matt $1,400 $4,000 $9,600 $17,700
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
17 R, 2 W
Jennifer $-400 $1,200 $8,800 $17,600
3rd place: $1,000
$8,800
12 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

AWESOME TECHNOLOGY FARMING BODIES OF WATER A STAR IS BORN SPEAK NOW FOREVER HOLD YOUR PEACE
$200 [6]
Resembling an NFL mouthguard, Y-Brush promises to give these the high-tech cleaning they deserve in 10 seconds
teeth
Henry
$200 [17]
By repurposing manure, some farms are trying to be what's called this element "neutral"
carbon
Henry
$400 [2]
Sri Lanka's northernmost point, Point Pedro lies where Palk Strait meets this large bay
the Bay of Bengal
Henry
$200 [10]
On June 9, 1963, in Owensboro, Kentucky this pirate captain came ashore
Johnny Depp
Matt
$200 [22]
This word hospitals use to mean "right now!" comes from the Latin for "to stand"
stat
Jennifer
$200 [13]
1814's Treaty of Ghent did nothing to address the issues causing this war, merely taking things back to pre-war conditions
the War of 1812
Matt
$400 [7]
Sony is promoting the space-age design, greater speed & vibrant graphics of the fifth version of this gaming console
the PlayStation
Henry
$400 [18]
Farms like the cotton onehereembrace reduced tillage, meaning this furrowing action is lessened, netting better soil
plowing
Jennifer
$600 [3]
The people in John Mellencamp's "Pink Houses" vacation "down at" this body of water, perhaps in Fort Morgan, Alabama
the Gulf of Mexico
Henry
$400 [11]
Once upon a time in Hollywood, November 11, 1974 was his inception
Leonardo DiCaprio
Matt
$400 [23]
Something in style right now is "in" this, also the name of a fashion magazine
vogue
Henry
$400 [27]
There once were 2 kings & no bliss / Jacobites found stuff amiss / Things were not fine / In 1689 / It'd end with the Treaty of this
Limerick
$600 [8]
This "charismatic" toilet paper brand recently rolled out its bear-faced Roll Bot that will deliver its product to you in the loo
Charmin
Henry
$600 [19]
In July 2019 dozens of farmers of these beans went to congress, demanding a deal be made to resume trading with China
soybeans
Matt
$800 [4]
To reach this much larger sea from the Sea of Azov, you must sail through the Kerch Strait
the Black Sea
Henry
$600 [12]
April 30, 1985 in Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel gave us this wonder of a gal
Gal Gadot
Jennifer
$600 [24]
As the Earl of Manchester wrote in 1633, "There is no safety in" doing this, putting off work, so get it done now!
procrastinating
Henry
$600 [28]
The Thirty Years' Peace, beginning in the 440s B.C., was between Sparta & the Delian League, led by this city
Athens
Henry
$800 [9]
A robot therapy dog, Jenniewas designed in part by the Creature Shop of this Muppet master
Jim Henson
Matt
$800 [20]
Seen here is this task: collecting hay from the field &packagingit into nutritious winter dinners for livestock
baling
Matt
DD $1,000 [1]
This mighty river rises in the Tibetan Plateau & empties into the South China Sea near Ho Chi Minh City
the Mekong
Henry
$800 [14]
This "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" señor was born March 1, 1969 in the Canary Islands
Javier Bardem
Matt
$800 [25]
Want something done quickly? Use this 6-letter Spanish adverb for emphasis
pronto
Matt
$800 [29]
The territory of Germany got a 10% trim after the Treaty of this was signed on June 28, 1919
Versailles
Henry
$1,000 [16]
Withings Scan Watch wants to help you snooze better by monitoring this sleep disorder where you stop breathing for a bit
sleep apnea
Matt
$1,000 [21]
Applied to farmland, it means left without sowing for a period in order to restore its fertility
fallow
Henry
$1,000 [5]
This 700-mile-long river formed part of the boundary between East Germany & West Germany
the Elbe
Matt Jennifer
$1,000 [15]
She was born to a Danish-born dad November 22, 1984 in NYC & later found herself "Lost in Translation"
(Scarlett) Johansson
Henry
$1,000 [26]
If you are going at a breakneck pace, you may be "hell-bent for" this material
leather
Jennifer
$1,000 [30]
Agreeing to the 1819 Adams-Onis Treaty, this empire gave up its claims to Florida & the Pacific Northwest
the Spanish empire
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

WE'LL GIVE YOU PAWS RELIGION THE GIRL IN THE SONG GO "NUT"s A WINDY CATEGORY BOOKS & AUTHORS
$400 [21]
Here's one of these hanging out in a tree in South Africa's Kruger National Park
a leopard
Matt
$400 [1]
In the Bible used by Jehovah's Witnesses, Jesus was executed on a "torture stake"; other translations use this word
a cross
Matt
$400 [2]
"In My Feelings"--"Do you love me? Are you riding?"
Kiki
$400 [17]
The tropical evergreen tree Myristica fragrans produces this spice that ends up sprinkled on rice pudding
nutmeg
Jennifer
$400 [26]
A wintertime blast of wind & snow, or a summertime blast of flavor from Dairy Queen
a blizzard
Matt
$400 [5]
Edna Ferber's novel titled this boat, a floating theater, became a musical featuring "Ol' Man River"
Show Boat
Matt
$800 [22]
The paw of one of these predators from Greenland may give you a chill
a polar bear
Henry
$800 [4]
The shahadah, a basic statement of faith, begins, "There is no god but" him
Allah
Jennifer
$800 [3]
"Crocodile Rock"--"I remember when rock was young, me &" her "had so much fun"
Suzie
Jennifer
$800 [14]
This symbiotic pair of metal fasteners is used to represent the practical, nitty-gritty aspects of a task
nuts & bolts
Henry
$800 [27]
The elvegusts chill you to the bone in the fjords of this Scandinavian country
Norway
Matt
$800 [12]
Smitten with the title character, a Polish refugee, Stingo narrates this William Styron novel
Sophie's Choice
Matt
$1,200 [23]
There's no webbing between the toes of these little bandits that've been known to untie knots & unscrew jars
a raccoon
Matt
$1,200 [10]
Doctrine is Catholic teaching; this means doctrine that the church has declared divinely revealed
dogma
Matt
$1,200 [6]
"Mambo No. 5"--"A little bit of" her "in my life"
Monica
Henry
$1,200 [9]
Jerry Lewis played college chemistry instructor Julius Kelp, who undergoes a transformation in this classic film
The Nutty Professor
Henry
$1,200 [28]
The song "The Wreck Of" this ship talks of the Witch of November, a late fall wind that plagues the Great Lakes
the Edmund Fitzgerald
Jennifer
$1,200 [13]
Raised in the Abnegation faction, Tris Prior makes a fateful choice in this dystopian series
Divergent
Henry
$1,600 [24]
That's not a Dalmatian, but the dog breed called this, from its origin in boundary regions
a border collie
Jennifer
$2,000 [16]
A kamidana is a household shrine used by practitioners of this religion
Shinto
Henry
$1,600 [7]
"Cheer up", this sleepy girl, "oh, what can it mean to a daydream believer & a homecoming queen"
Sleepy Jean
Henry
$1,600 [8]
There's peanut butter, chocolate & caramel in the candy bar called "Reese's" this
NutRageous
Henry Jennifer
$1,600 [29]
Ironically, this hot "s"andy wind of Africa is called "chili" in Tunisia
the sirocco
Jennifer
$1,600 [18]
In 1917 this muckraker described coal mine conditions in "King Coal"; 10 years later, he dove into "Oil!"
(Upton) Sinclair
Henry
$2,000 [25]
Here'sthe paw of one of these unusual cats, from the Greek for "many-toed"
polydactyl
Henry
DD $4,000 [15]
It's the religion promoted by the BJP, the world's largest political party
Hinduism
Henry
$2,000 [11]
"If you'll be my bodyguard, I can be your long-lost pal. I can call you" her & "you can call me Al"
Betty
Jennifer
$2,000 [20]
Thissmall songbird with a powerful bill is known for its habit of climbing down trees head first
a nuthatch
Jennifer
$2,000 [30]
A northeast wind called the bora causes rough water in the Gulf of Venice, an arm of this sea
the Adriatic
Jennifer
DD $2,000 [19]
His breakthrough bestseller was "All the Pretty Horses", a story of Texas cowboys in Mexico
(Cormac) McCarthy
Henry

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC DOCUMENTS

One of the liberties listed in this: "No man shall be forced to perform more service for a knight's 'fee'... than is due from it"

the Magna Carta

Jennifer "What is Magna Carta?" — wagered $8,800
Matt "What is the Magna Carta?" — wagered $8,100
Henry "What is the Magna Carta" — wagered $5,000

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