Show #8318 2021-01-20 (taped 2020-12-01) Regular

Brian Chang game 2.

Contestants

Sarah Cascone — an art journalist and critic from New York, New York

Hannah Pritchett — a payment operations manager from Oakland, California

Brian Chang — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,201)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Brian $2,400 $6,800 $16,400 $21,001
2-day champion: $34,202
$15,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Hannah $2,600 $4,100 $10,500 $10,600
2nd place: $2,000
$11,000
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Sarah $1,800 $2,400 $5,000 $10,000
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

'80s HITS GIRL YOU KNOW IT'S TRUE EVERYBODY WANTS TO RULE THE WORLD DON'T YOU (FORGET ABOUT ME) I RAN (SO FAR AWAY) WORD "UP"
$200 [28]
"Another Brick In The Wall" from this group was a No. 1 hit in 1980
Pink Floyd
Sarah
$200 [3]
This aviator joined her pals in the society of woman geographers in 1932 & carried its flag on a famous flight across the Pacific
Earhart
Sarah
$200 [4]
"God's Shadow" is a biography of Ottoman Sultan Selim, whose conquests included this country, in a 1516 battle near Aleppo
Syria
Brian
$200 [17]
A mattress made of the viscoelastic or memory type of this shapes itself to the contours of your body
foam
Brian
$200 [10]
Many runners "hit the wall" at the infamous Heartbreak Hill on mile 20 of this Beantown race
the Boston Marathon
Sarah
$200 [24]
To transfer information from your computer to another
upload
Brian
$400 [29]
We're halfway there! Bon Jovi topped the charts with this tune in 1987; you'll make it, I swear!
"Livin' On A Prayer"
Hannah
$400 [7]
On Sept. 18, 1872 10 of the 20 female students at Syracuse University formed one of these
a sorority
Brian
DD $500 [19]
For adding areas such as Valencia to his realm, 13th c. King James I of Aragon was known as "Jaime el" this Spanish word
Conquistador
Hannah
$400 [20]
A German legend says this flower's name is derived from a drowning knight's words to his love, "Vergiss mein nicht"
forget-me-not
Sarah
$400 [21]
This major metropolitan marathon begins & ends in Grant Park
Chicago
Brian Hannah
$400 [13]
It's the general cost of maintaining a home in decent condition
upkeep
Brian
$600 [12]
This comic "rapped", "I was an ugly kid, I never had fun (no respect, no respect), they took me to a dog show & I won!"
Dangerfield
Brian
$600 [9]
Bleeda Kahlo & Courtney Shove are players in this rough 'n' speedy sport
roller derby
Sarah
$600 [18]
In December 1398 Tamerlane sacked this old city in northern India amid great carnage
(Old) Delhi
Hannah
$600 [25]
The name of this type of memory aid like "30 days hath September" comes from the name of the Greek goddess of memory
mnemonic
Brian
$600 [22]
The finish line for the London Marathon is between this London residence of the queen & St. James' Palace
Buckingham Palace
Hannah
$600 [5]
Nice! You got this free bump into first class for your flight! Enjoy the free drinks!
upgrade
Brian
$800 [16]
Rolling Stone's "20 Biggest ('80s) Songs of the Summer" had "The Power Of Love" by this group
Huey Lewis and the News
$800 [11]
On International Women's Day 2020 the Celebrity Edge set sail as the first cruise ship with an all-female this control center
the bridge
Brian
$800 [6]
After Crassus died in battle in 53 B.C., this other "Great" triumvirate member allied with senators against Caesar...ooooops
Pompey
Hannah
$800 [26]
This Latin reminder phrase is a "memento" of our mortality
memento mori
Hannah
$800 [14]
The last stretch of the Berlin Marathon passes through this gate, which was closed in the early years of the race
the Brandenburg Gate
Hannah
$800 [2]
This theater direction can mean to take the focus from another actor & put it on your own performance
upstage
Sarah
$1,000 [30]
Taco had a top 5 hit covering this Irving Berlin song that says, "Why don't you go where fashion sits?"
"Puttin' On The Ritz"
Brian
$1,000 [15]
The portraithereis of 19th century French empress Eugénie surround by these ladies, you know it's true
ladies-in-waiting
Sarah
$1,000 [8]
Famed for his wealth, this king conquered mainland Ionia (yay!) but Cyrus the Great beat him & took over Lydia (rats!)
Croesus
Hannah Sarah
$1,000 [27]
A precursor to war in the late 19th century was "Remember the Maine, to hell with" this country
Spain
Brian
$1,000 [23]
Much of the marathon in this city on the Arabian Peninsula takes place on Jumeirah Beach Road
Dubai
Brian
$1,000 [1]
To censure or criticize someone, not start pigtails from the bottom
upbraid
Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS SCIENCE GLOSSARY MEN OF MYTH POLY ESTHER WORD ORIGINS ACTORS' FILMOGRAPHIES
$400 [13]
The last name of this "Miserables" guy is "probably a nickname, a contraction of voilà" & his first name
Valjean
Brian
$400 [30]
These rod-shaped structures in a cell's nucleus carry its genetic information
chromosomes
$400 [12]
This supreme musician was the son of a muse, & I'm no lyre
Orpheus
Hannah
$400 [22]
Esther Rolle played Florida Evans on "Maude" & this "dyn-o-mite" sitcom
Good Times
$400 [10]
The name of this largest living bird species comes from the Greek for "sparrow"
ostrich
Brian
$400 [20]
"Trainwreck", "I Feel Pretty"
Amy Schumer
Sarah
$800 [2]
"1984" begins with this character entering the glass doors of Victory Mansions
(Winston) Smith
Brian
$1,200 [6]
Pass the this, defined as a substance produced by the reaction of a base & an acid
salt
Brian
$800 [17]
The villainous Procrustes stretched or dismembered victims to make them fit onto his iron this
a bed
Brian Hannah
$800 [23]
Archaeologist Esther Van Deman's major work was titled "The Building of" these Roman waterways
aqueducts
Sarah
$800 [9]
Now referring to sexism, this -ism comes from possibly fictitious, sternly traditional French soldier Nicholas
chauvinism
Hannah
$800 [21]
"Training Day", "Roman J. Israel, Esq."
Denzel Washington
Hannah
$1,200 [1]
Appropriate first name of California settler Trask, dad to Aron & Cal in "East of Eden"
Adam
$1,600 [5]
These subatomic particles are named for physicist Enrico
fermions
Sarah
$1,200 [18]
While married to Menelaus, Helen was abducted by this man, & much trouble ensued
Paris
Sarah
$1,600 [29]
The male hero of the biblical book of Esther is this uncle of Esther's whose name comes from the Babylonian god Marduk
Mordecai
Hannah
$1,200 [8]
Although this footwear's name is French, it goes back to a Spanish fiber used to make the soles as well as rope
espadrilles
Hannah
$1,200 [25]
"Room", "The Glass Castle"
Brie Larson
$1,600 [4]
In "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest", he gets himself transferred into the psychiatric hospital for "fun & entertainment"
Randle McMurphy
DD $2,000 [15]
Rocks that have been environmentally altered from other rocks make up this class, from Greek for "change" & "form"
metamorphic
Brian
$1,600 [11]
After killing his mom for betraying his dad, Orestes is pursued by these vengeful goddesses aka the Erinyes
the Furies
Sarah
$2,000 [28]
She called her autobiography "The Million Dollar Mermaid"
Esther Williams
Hannah
$1,600 [3]
This original longer name for a certain musical instrument comes from Italian words for "soft" & "loud"
pianoforte
Brian
$1,600 [26]
"Mad Max: Fury Road", "Venom"
Tom Hardy
Hannah
$2,000 [16]
This novel with a biblical title by Toni Morrison follows the life of a character named Milkman Dead
Song of Solomon
Hannah Sarah
$2,000 [14]
This "theory" views subatomic particles as threadlike one-dimensional entities, not zero-dimensional points
string theory
Brian
$2,000 [19]
In the "Iliad" this mighty warrior drags the body of Hector behind his chariot
Achilles
Sarah
DD $2,200 [24]
She used her experiences as a Smith college student for the character of Esther Greenwood in "The Bell Jar"
Plath
Sarah
$2,000 [7]
The name of this old shotgunlike firearm with a short barrel comes from the Dutch for "thunder gun"
blunderbuss
Brian Sarah
$2,000 [27]
"The Mountain Between Us", "Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom"
Idris Elba

Final Jeopardy!

THE WESTERN U.S.

About 100 miles apart, they were made state capitals 10 years apart in 1854 & 1864 & both grew rapidly due to precious metals

Sacramento & Carson City

Sarah "What are Sacramento and Carson City" — wagered $5,000
Hannah "What are Sacramento and Carson City?" — wagered $100
Brian "What are Sacramento & Carson City?" — wagered $4,601

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