Show #8308 2021-01-06 (taped 2020-10-26) Regular

Originally slated to air 2020-12-23.

Contestants

Yoshie Hill — an executive assistant from Colma, California

Jared Blum — an anesthesiologist from Bellingham, Washington

Manisha Munshi — an attorney from San Francisco, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Manisha $1,400 $3,000 $13,400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$13,400
20 R, 4 W
Jared $2,600 $2,800 $8,200 $2,599
2nd place: $2,000
$13,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Yoshie $2,600 $3,400 $13,800 $6,800
New champion: $6,800
$13,800
16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALL ABOUT ADAM & EVE "ME" TV YOUR GOVERNMENT AT WORK 4,4 INSPECTOR GADGET
$200 [1]
In Genesis, Eve is made from Adam's rib; God forms Adam out of this "of the ground" & tells him unto it "shalt thou return"
the dust
Manisha
$200 [3]
From 1992 to 1999 you could visit this title "Place" on Fox
Melrose Place
Yoshie
$200 [17]
In August 2020 Louis DeJoy, holder of this job, said his organization was ready to handle whatever volume of election mail
postmaster general
Jared
$200 [21]
With this obligation of citizenship, you are asked to serve on a panel with 11 of your peers
jury duty
Yoshie
$200 [26]
Inspector Japp of this famed London police force helps Hercule Poirot in cases including "Lord Edgware Dies"
Scotland Yard
Manisha
$200 [4]
Introduced in 1989, the GRiDPad was the first of these portable computers that are now smaller & slimmer than laptops
a tablet
Manisha Yoshie
$400 [2]
This synonym for the Garden of Eden or any ideal place is from an ancient Persian word meaning "enclosed park"
paradise
Manisha Yoshie
$400 [5]
Chuck Todd hosts this longest-running show on network television
Meet the Press
Jared
$400 [20]
Every 5 years, not 10, the National Agricultural Statistics Service takes this count of farms & farmers
the census
Manisha
$400 [22]
Thistype of vessel offers some refreshment
a bird bath
Jared Yoshie
$400 [9]
The fully automatic AT-LP60X one of these from Audio-Technica lists for less than $100; time to break out those old 45s
a turntable
Yoshie
$600 [6]
A snake is a snake, except for the one Eve meets called this in the King James version
a serpent
Yoshie
$600 [14]
Rachael Ray began making them on Food Network in 2001
30-minute meals
Manisha
$600 [13]
Federal prisoners whose crimes were after 1987 can't get this, but a commission reviews the cases of those still eligible
parole
Manisha Jared
$600 [23]
Fort Hamilton in New York, for example
an army base
Jared
$600 [10]
No more cords! These Pro earbuds from Apple are wireless, noise-cancelling & water resistant
AirPod Pros
Manisha
$800 [7]
The forbidden fruit that Adam & Eve are not to eat grows on this tree
the tree of the knowledge of good and evil
Jared
$800 [15]
This series starts with Linda Cardellini & Christina Applegate meeting in a grief support group & becoming friends
Dead to Me
Manisha
$1,000 [19]
The Bureau of Labor Statistics produces the CPI, this index that confirms yes, groceries are getting pricier
the Consumer Price Index
Jared
$800 [24]
A different type of crop is harvested at this type of establishment
wind farm
Jared
$800 [11]
The Blunt XL one of these is able to withstand rain & winds of up to 60 mph thanks to its high-density fabric & tensioning system
an umbrella
Manisha Yoshie
$1,000 [8]
After God expelled Adam & Eve from the garden, he placed these second-highest angels to the east of Eden to guard it
cherubim
Jared
$1,000 [16]
Flower & Mozart were 2 of the title "kats" of the manor on this docudrama
Meerkat Manor
Manisha
DD $2,800 [18]
In 2020 Charles Q. Brown got this 3-word title for the Air Force & is the 1st African-American general to lead a military branch
chief of staff
Jared
$1,000 [25]
This French phrase for a persistent thought was used in psychology for an irrational obsession
a idée fixe
Yoshie
$1,000 [12]
The V11 Torque Drive cordless vacuum from this company promises 60 minutes of use without needing to recharge
Dyson
Jared

Double Jeopardy! Round

PEAK AT THE MOUNTAINS A PLANT-BASED DIET BILLBOARDNO. 1 SONG OF THE YEAR 19th CENTURY AMERICA CAVEAT SCULPTOR THAT'S SO "G-Q"
$400 [30]
East of Santiago, Chile, Mount Tupungato is a 22,000-foot peak in this range
the Andes
Jared
$400 [13]
If you're pursuing an eggplant-based diet, try this Middle Eastern spread that is similar to hummus
baba ghanoush
Yoshie
$400 [24]
"Boom Boom Pow" by this "leguminous" group satisfied onomatopoeic musical cravings in 2009
the Black Eyed Peas
Manisha
$400 [29]
In April 1877 Pres. Hayes withdrew federal troops from Louisiana, officially ending this post-Civil-War period
Reconstruction
Jared
$400 [4]
It took three years from 1501 to 1504 for the marble workhereto be completed by this artist, but we'd say it was worth the time
Michelangelo
Yoshie
$400 [18]
When it comes to mental ability, I.Q. stands for this
intelligence quotient
Manisha
$800 [23]
Rising 19,340 feet along the East African Rift system is this peak of Tanzania
Kilimanjaro
Manisha
$800 [14]
Vegetarians, skip the egg roll & go for this, the other roll on the Panda Express appetizer menu
spring roll
Manisha
$800 [25]
"Girls hit your hallelujah" for this 2015 collaboration between Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
"Uptown Funk"
Manisha
$800 [10]
In 1801 this cotton gin inventor demonstrated his idea for interchangeable parts for guns
Eli Whitney
Yoshie
$800 [5]
Sir George Frampton did the statue of this J.M. Barrie character that's in Kensington Gardens
Peter Pan
Manisha
$800 [19]
Adjective meaning repulsively ugly & distorted
grotesque
Manisha
$1,200 [1]
The Sawatch Range of this mountain system includes peaks like Mount Elbert
the Rockies
$1,200 [15]
The Kellogg Co. owns the brand called these "Farms" known for black bean burgers
MorningStar
Manisha
$1,200 [26]
Not the similarly named video app, this song made it to the top in 2010 for Ke$ha
"TiK ToK"
Manisha
$1,200 [7]
An 1842 attempt to move public records (& the capital) back to Houston caused the Texas Archives War in this city
Austin
Jared
$1,200 [6]
In a 15th century marble statue & a relief, Donatello depicted this saint "Killing the Dragon"
St. George
Jared
$1,200 [20]
A chamber music ensemble consisting of 2 violins, a viola & a cello
a string quartet
Yoshie
DD $2,000 [2]
The border between these 2 countries goes right down the middle of a room in the Hotel Arbez in the Jura Mountains
France & Switzerland
Jared
$1,600 [16]
What Europeans call semolina pudding, we call this "Cream" eaten at breakfast
Cream of Wheat
Jared
$1,600 [27]
Wham! took the top spot in 1985 with "Careless Whisper"; 3 years later this singer had "Faith"
George Michael
Manisha
$1,600 [8]
For some reason the Anti-Masonic Party chose onetime Freemason William Wirt to challenge this incumbent president in 1832
Andrew Jackson
Jared
$1,600 [11]
In 1904 this Danish-American sculptor who later thought much bigger in South Dakota gave us "Mares of Diomedes"
(Gutzon) Borglum
Yoshie
$1,600 [21]
This rodent with a 2-word name glides between trees using a furry membrane that stretches from wrist to ankle
a flying squirrel
Manisha
$2,000 [3]
Mount Mitchell in the Black Mountains of North Carolina is the tallest peak in this range
the Appalachians
Manisha
$2,000 [17]
The delights of tapioca come from this root
cassava
Manisha Yoshie
$2,000 [28]
"All the boys they say que soy buena" when they hear this tune, tops from 1996
"Macarena"
DD $3,000 [9]
In 1857 this monthly magazine with an oceanic name was founded in Boston; it moved to D.C. 150 years later
The Atlantic
Jared
$2,000 [12]
In 1884 this great French sculptor was commissioned to create "The Burghers of Calais"
Rodin
Yoshie
$2,000 [22]
This Native American language group is used along the East Coast from Canada to the Carolinas
Algonquin
Yoshie

Final Jeopardy!

BLOCKBUSTER MOVIES

Released in 2017, this movie is the highest-grossing film in the U.S. that's set during World War I

Wonder Woman

Jared "What is 1917?" — wagered $5,601
Manisha "What is Dunkirk?" — wagered $13,400
Yoshie "What is 1917?" — wagered $7,000

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