Show #8303 2020-12-16 (taped 2020-09-30) Regular

Brayden Smith game 2.

Contestants

Spencer Robins — a graduate student and teacher originally from New York, New York

Rhonda Byer — a retired educator from Los Angeles, California

Brayden Smith — a policy intern from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brayden	$4,000	$7,600	$31,800	$35,000 2-day champion: $66,000	$26,200 28 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Rhonda	$600	$1,400	$2,200	$4,399 3rd place: $1,000	$2,200 7 R, 2 W
Spencer	$2,400	$5,000	$7,400	$4,401 2nd place: $2,000	$7,400 15 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

DOUBLE "O" 7-LETTER WORDS	TV COMEDIES	THE COUNTRY SHE LED	U.S. FACT SHEET	THIS & THAT	GINGERBREAD
$200 [6] On commercial airlines, exit rows & bulkhead seats typically offer extra this legroom Spencer	$200 [8] In 2001 this "Friends" character married Chandler Bing Monica Spencer	$200 [25] Isabel Peron Argentina Brayden	$200 [24] At 77 million cubic feet, this Virginia office building is the country's largest the Pentagon Rhonda	$200 [9] A sidewinder is this type of venomous snake that has a noisy tail a rattlesnake Rhonda	$200 [19] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) In the 1800s, gingerbread houses became especially popular in Germany, inspired by the witch's house in this fairy tale Hansel and Gretel Spencer
$400 [7] At 380 feet, the tallest living tree is a coast this in California redwood Rhonda	$400 [10] Much like "Lost", the TBS comedy "Wrecked" begins with one of these mishaps a plane crash Spencer	$400 [27] Corazon Aquino the Philippines Rhonda	$400 [16] The USA's driest point is in this national park in the Mojave Desert Death Valley Spencer	$400 [21] On the flag of Eritrea, a wreath encircles this botanical symbol of peace an olive branch Brayden	$400 [20] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) Here in Nuremberg, the gingerbread capital of the world, gingerbread is known as Lebkuchen, a word meaning "loaf" this cake Spencer
$600 [22] Vespa is an iconic brand of this a scooter Brayden	$600 [17] HBO's "Avenue 5" stars Hugh Laurie & Josh Gad, stuck on one of these for a while a spaceship Spencer	$600 [2] From 1980 to 1996, Vigdis Finnbogadottir Iceland Brayden	$600 [11] In the contiguous states, the true southernmost point is Ballast Key in this state Florida Brayden	$600 [13] Sanrio created this character with a feline name in 1974; her status as a cat--it's complicated Hello Kitty Spencer	$600 [28] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) At the intersection of several trade routes, Nuremberg acquired exotic spices like cloves, nutmeg & ginger from the East, via the network known as this road the Silk Road Brayden Rhonda
$800 [4] Nickname for a person from Muncie a Hoosier Brayden	$800 [18] On a classic sitcom Lenny & Squiggy were a couple of friends of this title pair from Milwaukee Laverne & Shirley Rhonda	$800 [1] South America's Michelle Bachelet Chile	$800 [3] The largest gorge is the Grand Canyon but the deepest one is Hells Canyon along this river the Snake River Spencer	$800 [14] Once called the Grande Galerie, the Hall of Mirrors in this palace consists of 357 mirrors on 17 arches Versailles Spencer	$800 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) With the establishment of a special guild in Germany in the 1600s, only guild members could make gingerbread except for these two religious holidays when anybody could Christmas & Easter Brayden
$1,000 [5] This term for a habitual object of abuse can also refer to something that invites you into a house a doormat Spencer	$1,000 [23] Gavin Belson was the conniving chief innovation officer of tech company Hooli on this show Silicon Valley Spencer	$1,000 [26] Scandinavia's Gro Harlem Brundtland Norway	DD $2,000 [12] This alliterative pine that needs lots of direct sunlight to grow is the state tree of Montana, the Big Sky State a ponderosa pine Brayden	$1,000 [15] "The king of cakes is at your door", said Hostess of this chocolate treat Ding Dongs	$1,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents from the Wicklein Gingerbread Shop in Nuremberg, Germany.) In some versions, gingerbread contains as much of this spice as ginger; in German it's Zimt cinnamon Brayden

Double Jeopardy! Round

CAVE CAVEATS	MINCED OATHS	ENDING	ON A HIGH NOTE	BOATS & SHIPS	MEDICAL TERMS
$400 [26] You've heard of this biblical guy's "ladder", but there's also a dangerous cave system near Austin with his name Jacob Brayden	$400 [27] There were 6 British kings named this, but saying "By" him actually meant "By God" George Brayden	$400 [5] At the end of the book "The Maltese Falcon", this private eye realizes that Brigid is a murderer & turns her in to the police Sam Spade Brayden	$400 [1] In 2017 Audrey Luna hit the highest note ever at NYC's Metropolitan Opera singing in this vocal range in "The Exterminating Angel" soprano Spencer	$800 [11] Sort of a floating palace in Edinburgh, the Britannia is the royal this fancy type of ship a yacht Brayden	$800 [7] From the Latin for "bruise", it's a bruise in which capillaries may have been ruptured a contusion Brayden
$800 [14] Be careful in Mexico's underwater Cenote Esqueleto; it's nicknamed this, like Indiana Jones' title destination in his second film the Temple of Doom Spencer	$800 [8] This "sticky" oath, a variant of "damnation", goes back to 1790 & may be derived from "eternal" tarnation Brayden	$1,200 [21] "Oh, I've had such a curious dream!" remarks the title girl at the end of this work Alice in Wonderland Brayden	$800 [2] This Aerosmith lead singer has shown his own high note skills in the hits "Crazy" & "Dream On" Steven Tyler Spencer	$1,200 [15] In 1915 a U-boat sank this British liner, sending nearly 1,200 souls to a watery grave the Lusitania Brayden	$1,600 [17] Reduced activity of tyrosinase, needed to make melanin, results in this condition albinism Brayden
$1,200 [22] "Always stay with the tour group" is one of the rules at this "really big" cave system in Kentucky Mammoth Cave Brayden	$1,600 [25] Instead of referencing the almighty's son, this rhyming phrase with the same initial letters was used jeepers creepers Brayden Spencer	$1,600 [20] The end of this novel hints at cannibalism aboard a lifeboat whose occupants were people, not a boy & zoo animals the Life of Pi Brayden	$1,200 [3] Shehit a high E flat singing "Let It Go" & then hit it again with "Into The Unknown" from "Frozen 2" Idina Menzel Rhonda	$1,600 [9] The "P" in a PT boat stands for patrol; the "T" stands for this type of explosive weapon a torpedo Brayden	DD $2,000 [23] Lithotripsy uses ultrasonic shock waves to break up these kidney stones Brayden
$1,600 [12] Beware! Divers have perished in the Blue Hole, a dangerous diving site near the Sinai Peninsula on this sea the Red Sea Brayden	$2,000 [24] On St. Patrick's Day, you might hear someone exclaim "Faith &" this word meaning "by God" Begorra Brayden Rhonda	$2,000 [18] Turns out the doctors of the title place of this Dennis Lehane novel have been manipulating a U.S. marshal, who is really an inmate Shutter Island Spencer	$1,600 [4] A tenor in this title role hits a high A flat singing "Let your soul take you where you long to be!" from "The Music Of The Night" The Phantom of the Opera Rhonda	$2,000 [10] This clipper ship that sailed from Australia to London 25 days faster than other ships is now a sailing museum in Greenwich, London the Cutty Sark	$2,000 [16] Acid reflux problems can cause dysphagia, difficulty in doing this swallowing Brayden
$2,000 [13] Hold on tight descending into Krubera Cave, the world's 2nd deepest, found in these European mountains in Georgia the Caucasus Brayden	DD $5,000 [6] This, also the surname of a prolific 19th c. British author, was sometimes substituted for "devil" in oaths dickens Brayden	—	$2,000 [19] Mario Lanza is no ordinary vineyard worker in the film "Serenade", singing the high notes of "Nessun Dorma" from this Puccini opera Turandot	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

ROYALTY

In 1521 this monarch published the theological treatise "Defense of the Seven Sacraments"

Henry VIII

Rhonda "Who is Henry VIII?" — wagered $2,199

Spencer "Who is James I (of England)" — wagered $2,999

Brayden "Who is Henry VIII?" — wagered $3,200

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