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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