Show #8304 2020-12-17 (taped 2020-09-30) Regular

Brayden Smith game 3.

Contestants

Teja Chemudupati — a clinical researcher from San Jose, California

Pamela Lee — a lawyer from Mountain View, California

Brayden Smith — a policy intern from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $66,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brayden	$3,800	$9,000	$36,400	$27,800 3-day champion: $93,800	$31,400 36 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Pamela	$800	$200	$2,200	$5 3rd place: $1,000	$2,200 3 R, 1 W
Teja	$1,600	$2,600	$7,000	$4,500 2nd place: $2,000	$7,000 12 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

STREAMING SERVICE	PRIME	NET FLICKS	AUTHORS & THEIR PETS	COMMON BONDS	THAT WORD WAS A TRADEMARK
$200 [23] The Grand Canyon Trust vows to protect this major river that cuts through the canyon Colorado Teja	$200 [28] In football a field goal is worth this many points 3 Teja	$200 [29] LeBron James is slated to star with Bugs Bunny in the sequel to this 1996 basketball film Space Jam Brayden	$200 [26] This "Where the Wild Things Are" author had a "tame thing", a German shepherd named Herman (Maurice) Sendak Brayden	$200 [30] Elmo, Merlot wine, Communists things that are red Teja	$200 [5] Nestle once held a trademark on this 5-letter word for coffee such as Sanka that won't keep you up Decaf Brayden
$400 [22] The organization Save the Mekong opposes the building of dams to generate this type of power hydroelectric Teja	$400 [12] Most human cells contain this many pairs of chromosomes 23 Brayden	$400 [24] In "The Royal Tenenbaums", this actor plays a former tennis champ; his brother Owen plays a writer of westerns Luke Wilson Brayden	$400 [25] Flannery O'Connor kept these vibrant birds & sent their ornate tail feathers as gifts a peacock Brayden	$400 [27] Muffler, footpeg, kick starter parts of a motorcycle Brayden	$400 [21] Now describing anything that kills plants, this word was a brand name for a weed killer that was probably sodium arsenite Herbicide
$600 [9] The Wildearth Guardians seek to restore flows to this big river on Texas' southern border the Rio Grande Brayden	$600 [19] Batch number of a bestselling grease-cutting "Formula" created by Detroit scientists years ago 409 Pamela	$600 [18] This comedian faces off against a bear as "Semi-Pro" basketball player Jackie Moon Will Ferrell Brayden	$600 [15] Wallace Stegner, founder of this university's creative writing program is seen with Suziein Los Altos Hills, near Palo Alto Stanford Brayden	$600 [2] Right, acute, obtuse types of angles Brayden	$600 [20] It's the alliterative 2-word name for the playground equipment seen here a Jungle Gym Brayden
$800 [8] The Zambezi Society protects not only the Zambezi River but 2 UNESCO sites, including this famous cataract Victoria Falls Teja	$800 [7] There are this many cards of each suit in a traditional deck of playing cards 13 Teja	$800 [17] This Brazilian soccer star was in the film "Victory", about allied P.O.W.s set to play soccer against the German national team Pelé Brayden	$800 [1] Muriel the goat in this novel was probably inspired by George Orwell's own pet goat Muriel Animal Farm Pamela	$800 [10] Mediterranean, DASH, flexitarian a diet Teja	$800 [4] It's the trademarked name for epinephrine that now just means "excitement"- -what a rush! Adrenaline Teja
$1,000 [11] Nature Conservancy Canada protects the St. Lawrence River, deeming it crucial to this province's "geography and history" Quebec	$1,000 [14] Recent British prime ministers have resided at this number Downing Street, as the flat is larger than the traditional lodging 11 Brayden	$1,000 [16] Sverrir Gudnason was Bjorn & Shia LaBeouf was John in "Borg vs." him, about a real tennis rivalry McEnroe Brayden	DD $1,000 [3] Of this author's dogs, Charley was a good boy, & Toby, who ate the first draft for "Of Mice & Men", was definitely a bad boy John Steinbeck Brayden	$1,000 [6] The bridge of a ship, a pottery studio, suitcases things that have wheels	$1,000 [13] Black Flag still makes this brand of insect trap that has now come to mean a seedy place to spend the night a Roach Motel

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST WORDS	COPPING A "TUDE"	MAN ABOUT TOWN	1800s AMERICA	ARCHAEOLOGISTS	AUDIO DRAMAS
$400 [27] Chekhov's "The Seagull" opens with a man asking an unhappy woman, "Why do you always wear" this color black Brayden	$400 [22] These 2 types of lines cross on maps latitude & longitude Pamela	$400 [30] Not just a name on a Pike Place Market oyster bar, Emmett Watson wrote about this city for decades Seattle Teja	$400 [25] President Lincoln said, "If my name ever goes into history, it will be for" this edict, issued January 1, 1863 the Emancipation Proclamation Brayden	$400 [29] "Pyramidiots" is the term Zahi Hawass of this country's antiquities council used for people who think aliens built ancient structures Egypt Teja	$400 [23] The infamous 1938 radio adaptation of this H.G. Wells novel moved the action from England to Grovers Mill, New Jersey The War of the Worlds Brayden
$800 [26] The presidential oath of office begins, "I do" these 2 words solemnly swear Teja	$800 [21] Whitman claimed, "I am large, I contain" these multitudes Brayden	$800 [28] The late Pete Hamill was editor of both the New York Daily News & this tabloid rival The New York Post Brayden	$800 [24] In 1869, the first all-professional baseballteamto take the field wasn't the Red Sox, but the Cincinnatithese Stockings Brayden	$800 [5] Kathleen Kenyon concluded that this biblical city was an abandoned ruin long before Joshua & his trumpets came around Jericho Brayden	$800 [19] This author's "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" is based on the first 4 episodes of a BBC radio series he wrote Douglas Adams Brayden
$1,200 [2] The first line of an Old Testament book is "The proverbs of" him, "the son of David, king of Israel" Solomon Brayden	$1,200 [1] The SAT exam used to have this word in its acronym aptitude Teja	$1,200 [13] Herb Caen wrote about this city for nearly 60 years, calling it "Baghdad-by-the-Bay" San Francisco	$1,600 [4] Pictured here, he briefly served as the first Whig president William Henry Harrison Pamela	$1,600 [16] In 1993 this South American country awarded Maria Reiche the Order of the Sun for her work on the mysterious Nazca Lines Peru Brayden	$1,200 [18] "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?"--this radio title character aka Lamont Cranston knew The Shadow Brayden
$1,600 [10] "I am the first accused. I... practiced as an attorney in Johannesburg", began a 1964 opening statement by him Nelson Mandela Brayden	$1,600 [14] A complete lack of doubt certitude Brayden	$1,600 [12] This author & friend of Morrie writes about sports & more for the Detroit Free Press (Mitch) Albom Teja	$2,000 [3] A fight between strikers & strikebreakers on May 3, 1886 in Chicago led to this deadly riot the following day the Haymarket Riot Brayden	$2,000 [15] Sir Leonard Woolley thought that this 1 of the 7 Wonders was really a ziggurat with plants fed from water pumped from the Euphrates the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Brayden	$1,600 [7] In May 1953 this poet performed first voice & other roles in a live recording of his "Under Milk Wood" Dylan Thomas Brayden
$2,000 [9] "A screaming comes across the sky", begins this 1973 Thomas Pynchon novel Gravity's Rainbow Brayden	$2,000 [20] 14-letter word meaning "having the appearance of truth" verisimilitude Brayden	$2,000 [11] When he's not writing novels like "Strip Tease" & "Tourist Season", this man writes for the Miami Herald Carl Hiaasen Brayden	DD $3,000 [6] In 1830 the first 13 miles of this railroad opened for service, all within Maryland the B&O Railroad (Baltimore & Ohio) Brayden	DD $4,400 [17] William Stukeley thought this site was a Druid temple when he excavated it in the 18th century Stonehenge Brayden	$2,000 [8] "Welcome to" this mysterious desert town is a podcast "where every conspiracy is true" Night Vale

Final Jeopardy!

PLAY CHARACTERS

This title character says, "Who find my visage's center ornament a thing to jest at--it is my wont... to let him taste my steel"

Cyrano de Bergerac

Pamela "Who is Zorro?" — wagered $2,195

Teja "Who is Laertes?" — wagered $2,500

Brayden "Who is the Man of La Mancha?" — wagered $8,600

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