Show #8311 2021-01-11 (taped 2020-11-30) Regular

First game with Ken Jennings as guest host.Opening graphics revised to de-emphasize Alex Trebek.

Contestants

Julia Shear Kushner — a lawyer from Long Beach, California

Tanay Kothari — a business operations associate from Oakland, California

Jim Gilligan — an assistant professor of English education originally from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jim $2,000 $800 $8,400 $12,001
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
13 R, 4 W
Tanay $0 $1,400 $26,800 $26,800
New champion: $26,800
$26,600
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Julia $2,200 $4,400 $6,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
13 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BEEFY "T"s IDIOMS & EXPRESSIONS NEW YORK SOCIETY TELEVISION BY THE NUMBER NONFICTION EARTH AT NIGHT IN COLOR
$200 [19]
This hyphenated "tip" of meat is named for its 3-sided shape
tri-tip
Tanay
$200 [14]
An adynaton is an idiom referring to an impossibility, like "when" this event involving swine happens
when pigs fly
Julia
$200 [6]
The National Society of Colonial Dames in the state of New York manages Van Cortlandt House, the oldest home in this most N. borough
the Bronx
Julia
$200 [1]
This title ZIP code was first addressed in 1990, repackaged in 2008 & sent again in 2019
90210
Jim
$200 [18]
"Khe Sanh" is a section in "Dispatches", Michael Herr's 1977 memoir of this war
Vietnam
Tanay
$200 [27]
To maximize their ability to hear insects, spectral tarsierstugon their ears before setting out on this nightly activity
hunting
Julia
$400 [20]
The beef julienne at Benihana has mushrooms in this sauce
teriyaki
Julia
$400 [15]
Rover knows it's the hottest period during the summer
dog days
Jim
$400 [7]
Verses written in transit vehicles in NYC & other cities are courtesy of the Poetry Society of America & are called "Poetry in" this
motion
Jim
$400 [2]
Scott Caan booked 'em as Danno on the reboot of this cop show
Hawaii Five-O
Jim
$400 [17]
One chapter in this book by Stephen Hawking is "The Origin & Fate of the Universe"
A Brief History of Time
Jim
$400 [28]
When the full moon gets too bright, an African owl named for this other mighty bird of prey, resorts tochasingits own prey on foot
eagle
Jim Tanay
$600 [21]
In a taco, lengua meat is braised this part of the cow
tongue
Julia
$600 [24]
Watch what you consume according to this; in German it's a pun, "Man ist was man isst"
You are what you eat
Tanay
$600 [8]
Head to the Hispanic Society of America for a dazzling art collection, like Martín Gómez's 16th century retablo, also known as this type of piece
an altarpiece
Tanay
$600 [3]
On this NBC sitcom Tracy Morgan said, "I yelled 'baba booey' at Walter Cronkite's funeral"
30 Rock
Tanay
$600 [16]
In "A Grief Observed", he left the land of Narnia to grapple with his feelings of loss after his wife's death
C.S. Lewis
Jim
$600 [29]
To get the ideal conditions for recording this phenomenon, a cameraman traveled miles on skis into a pitch-dark forest
the Northern Lights
Jim
$800 [22]
Chateaubriand traditionally uses a large steak from this area beneath the ribs
the tenderloin
$800 [25]
To gain experience is "to cut" these canine teeth of the upper jaw
the eye teeth
Jim
$800 [9]
Located at 680 Park Avenue, the Americas Society was founded by David of this wealthy family to build understanding in our hemisphere
Rockefeller
Tanay
$800 [4]
In a cartoon title debuting in 2005, Ben found a device that transformed its wearer into this many possible alien creatures
10
Julia
$1,000 [11]
This biologist wrote the classics "Silent Spring" & "The Sea Around Us"
Carson
Tanay Julia
$800 [30]
Adults are too heavy, but a youngpythoncan climb even the thinnest branches to seek prey in this upper level of a rainforest
the canopy
Tanay
$1,000 [23]
The honeycomb type from the second stomach chamber is considered the best type of this meat
tripe
Julia
$1,000 [26]
A humorist wrote, "Why not go" here, take a chance in unknown territory? "Isn't that where the fruit is?"
out on a limb
Jim
$1,000 [10]
Crusading against "obscene" literature from the 1870s to the 1950s, the NYSSV was the New York Society for the Suppression of this
vice
Tanay
$1,000 [5]
On this series, Mahershala Ali was one of thousands of missing people who got returned on the same day
The 4400
Julia
DD $4,000 [12]
Oliver Sacks wrote about patients who recovered from a sleeping sickness in this book that became a Robert De Niro movie
Awakenings
Tanay
$1,000 [13]
Prey animals usually avoid predators, but at night these big African antelopes actually follow cheetahs to keep them in sight
wildebeests
Julia

Double Jeopardy! Round

OVER THE HILL PICK UP THE HOMOPHONE MOVIES BASED ON SHORT STORIES AMERICAN ARTISTS AROUND 1001 KNIGHTS
$400 [30]
Head over Nob Hill from Pacific Heights & you'll find yourself in this city's Chinatown
San Francisco
Julia
$400 [8]
A time between war, or a portion of something
peace/piece
Tanay
$400 [1]
This 1950 Best Picture Oscar winner starring Bette Davis was based on "The Wisdom of Eve"
All About Eve
Jim
$400 [29]
The style of this Iowan was mainly Midwestern regionalism, not "American Gothic"
(Grant) Wood
Tanay
$400 [28]
Sergius II became patriarch of this Byzantine capital, claimed the title ecumenical patriarch & had un-ecumenical relations with Rome
Constantinople
Tanay
$400 [27]
Keir Starmer, knighted in 2014, is the new head of this British political party
Labour
Tanay
$800 [23]
This capital is a few miles over the hill of Tara from the town of Kells
Dublin
Tanay
$800 [12]
Small donkey, or an underground animal habitat
burro/burrow
Julia
$800 [2]
This director based the film "Memento" on a short story by his brother Jonathan
Nolan
Tanay
$800 [22]
In 1868 she submitted "The Mandolin Player" to the Paris Salon under the name Mary Stevenson & it was accepted
Cassatt
Tanay
$800 [24]
Otto III, this "emperor", opened Charlemagne's tomb & removed some relics
the Holy Roman Emperor
Julia
$800 [26]
Sir Norman Hartnell designed this 21-year-old's wedding dress for her 1947 ceremony & was knighted for his services in 1977
Elizabeth II
Jim Julia
$1,600 [20]
Go from Westminster to Whitechapel on the London underground & you'll pass through a station named for this infamous hill
Tower Hill
$1,200 [13]
A tax, or a river embankment
a levy/levee
Jim
$1,600 [6]
Philip K. Dick's "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale" became this Schwarzenegger sci-fi film
Total Recall
Jim
$1,200 [9]
This artist depicted 3 customers in an all-night diner & "the loneliness of a large city" in his painting "Nighthawks"
Hopper
Tanay
$1,200 [18]
Vikings, led by this man, started building a settlement in Vinland
Leif Erikson
Tanay
$1,200 [15]
For services to music, this Beatle was knighted in 2018
Ringo Starr
Tanay Julia
$2,000 [19]
The office of the prime minister & privy council is on the far side of this hill from the Ottawa River
Parliament Hill
Tanay
$1,600 [14]
To drive enemies back, or swiftly descend a mountain using ropes
repel/rappel
Tanay
$2,000 [7]
"Traumnovelle", a 1920s story about a Doctor who goes to a very risque party, became this 1999 Kubrick movie with Tom Cruise
Eyes Wide Shut
Jim
$1,600 [5]
Hebegan as a graffiti artist in New York subways before graduating to large outdoormurals
Keith Haring
Jim
$1,600 [17]
At the Battle of Glen Mama, King Brian Boru of this island inflicted a crushing defeat on a rebel army
Ireland
Tanay
$1,600 [11]
In 2002 this "Gandhi" actor remarked that winning an Oscar paled in comparison to being knighted
Ben Kingsley
Jim
DD $4,400 [21]
This river is just over the Palatine Hill from the Colosseum
the Tiber
Tanay
$2,000 [25]
A group singing, or a set of 24 sheets of paper
a choir/quire
DD $2,200 [3]
Ward Greene's "Happy Dan, the Whistling Dog" became this 1955 animated Disney film
the Lady and the Tramp
Tanay
$2,000 [4]
The painting seenhereshows the influence of Jackson Pollock on the art of this woman, his wife
(Lee) Krasner
Tanay
$2,000 [16]
Afghan leader Mahmud of Ghazna invaded India, defeating Jaipal, ruler of this "5 rivers" region
Punjab
Tanay
$2,000 [10]
He caught us in the web (the World Wide Web, that is) & snagged a knighthood in 2004
(Tim) Berners-Lee
Tanay

Final Jeopardy!

1960s SONGS

The name of this title song from a 1964 movie can be translated from Spanish as "Long Live The Meadows"

"Viva Las Vegas"

Julia "What is viva las planes?" — wagered $6,000
Jim "What is "Viva Las Vegas"?" — wagered $3,601
Tanay "What is Viva Las Vegas?" — wagered $0

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