Show #8320 2021-01-22 (taped 2020-12-01) Regular

Brian Chang game 4.Third regular-play game to end in a Tiebreaker Round.

Contestants

Jack Weller — a law student from Stanford, California

Maggie Houska — a prospect researcher from Chanhassen, Minnesota

Brian Chang — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,502)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$2,600	$6,000	$18,800	$37,600 4-day champion: $88,102	$18,800 25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Maggie	$2,600	$2,800	$10,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$10,000 13 R, 3 W
Jack	$2,800	$4,800	$18,800	$37,600 2nd place: $2,000	$13,200 15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

SECRETARIES OF STATE	9-LETTER WORDS	EXTREME LAKES	DISASTROUS TEAMS?	THE BRITISH PANTRY	COLLECTING
$200 [3] This secretary for James Monroe succeeded his boss in the big job John Quincy Adams Jack	$200 [21] B or C, but not A or E a consonant Brian Jack	$200 [2] The world's 5 natural asphalt lakes include Pitch Lake in Trinidad & the La Brea Tar Pits in this U.S. city Los Angeles Jack	$200 [30] ACC: the "Great Miami" one of these made landfall in September 1926 hurricanes Brian	$200 [8] A metal gives the British this word meaning "canned" tinned Maggie	$200 [22] Helixophiles collect these & are likely quite popular at wine tastings corkscrews Brian
$400 [4] This secretary for Barack Obama did not succeed her boss in the big job HIllary Clinton Maggie Jack	$400 [15] Varieties of this citrus fruit include Murcott & Dancy tangerine Brian	$400 [18] Despite being perennially ice-covered, Lake Vanda on this continent reaches nearly 80 degrees F. at the bottom Antarctica Brian	$400 [29] NHL:In 2018 a skier triggered this in the Berthoud Pass, just outside of Denver an avalanche Maggie	$400 [9] To the British this drink always has alcohol; in America it's "hard" or it's apple juice cider Maggie	$400 [24] Referring to the stuffed, cuddly variety & not the live ones, an arctophile collects these (Teddy) bears Brian
$600 [5] Cordell Hull, the longest-serving secretary, spent 11 years on the job under this president Franklin Roosevelt Jack	$600 [13] It's a customary code of proper behavior or formalities in society etiquette Brian	$600 [16] The residents seenheregive this lake on Palau its name Jellyfish (Lake) Brian	$600 [28] WNBA:One day in 1990 in Phoenix this climbed to 122 the Phoenix Mercury	$600 [10] This baking item--& thickener & deodorant & grease cleaner--is called cornflour in the United Kingdom corn starch Maggie	$600 [23] Pannapictagraphists collect comic books & don't knock it--a copy of Action Comics #1 featuring this hero sold for $3.2 million Superman Maggie
$800 [6] Secretary to John Adams for one year, he's better known for his much longer tenure on the Supreme Court Marshall Jack	$800 [12] To take the water out of something dehydrate Brian	$800 [14] There is so much of this natural gas dissolved in Africa's Lake Kivu, it occasionally explodes methane Maggie	$800 [26] MLS:Between the San Andreas & Calaveras Faults, Silicon Valley is prone to these the Earthquakes Brian	$800 [11] To Brits, it's coriander leaves; to Americans, it's this cilantro Brian	$800 [17] Phalerists collect militarymedals, badges & pins; this one, given for valor & bravery, was first awarded in the Civil War the Medal of Honor Maggie Jack
$1,000 [7] This man from Kinderhook served as secretary for Andrew Jackson Van Buren Jack	$1,000 [1] This chemical that makes chili peppers hot is used in pepper sprays & topical painkillers capsaicin Maggie	$1,000 [20] Geothermal vents at the bottom of Champagne Pool on North Island in this country are 500 degrees New Zealand Jack	DD $1,000 [27] SEC:In 2015 an oyster harvest was interrupted by one of these algal blooms Crimson Tide Brian	$1,000 [25] Cookies are called biscuits in Britain; the Brits add eggs to our biscuit recipe to make these Scones Brian	$1,000 [19] This term for a collector of seashells can also refer to a scientist who studies them a conchologist Brian

Double Jeopardy! Round

DUNGEONS & DRAGONS	5 "E"	HAVE YOU HEARD MY THIRD?	LIT-POURRI	PLANE SPOKEN	BRUCE WILLIS MOVIE QUOTES
$400 [5] Dragons are covered in these; Saphira's in "Eragon" are blue scales Brian	$400 [3] Prized for its dark luster, it's the type of wood seen here ebony Brian	$400 [12] The F that begins Brahms' third symphony is personal code for the word frei, meaning this free Jack	$400 [13] Alexander Rostov is under house arrest in the Metropol, a hotel across from the Kremlin, in the novel "A Gentleman in" this city Moscow Brian	$400 [27] This "alert!" it describes a plunderer or a part of a plane's wing spoiler	$400 [1] "Sorry, Hans. Wrong guess. Would you like to go for Double Jeopardy!, where the scores can really change?" Die Hard Brian
$800 [16] This notorious Wallachian prince was supposedly confined in dungeons at Turkey's Tokat Castle Vlad the Impaler Maggie	$800 [10] To give someone the tools they need equip Brian	$800 [11] Of his own Third Piano Concerto, Prokofiev wrote of "lively" discussion of a theme, both the piano & this group having lots to say the orchestra Brian	$800 [17] This Ian McEwan novel follows the consequences of a lie 13-year-old Briony Tallis tells & her attempts to make up for it Atonement Jack	$800 [26] This alphanumeric U.S. plane began flights over the USSR in July 1956 U-2 Maggie	$800 [15] "Dead people, like, in graves... in coffins?" The Sixth Sense Maggie
$1,600 [22] Heretics awaited judgment at a secret prison called "The House of Dungeons" at Cartagena's Palace of this religious tribunal the Inquisition Jack	$1,200 [8] In sociology this term describes the basic character of a culture ethos Brian	$1,200 [9] Ferdinand Laub, his Moscow Conservatory colleague, led the premieres of his 1st 2 quartets; his third, in 1876, was in Laub's memory Tchaikovsky Brian	$1,600 [20] In books by Eoin Colfer, this 12-year-old is a millionaire, a genius & a criminal mastermind Artemis Fowl Jack	$1,200 [25] Cirrus aircraft have one of these, not for a passenger but for the whole plane; it enabled the no-injury garden landing seen here a parachute Brian	$1,200 [28] "Zed's dead, baby. Zed's dead" Pulp Fiction Maggie
$2,000 [23] Hercules faced a dragon called Ladon as well as this many-headed creature in Lerna a Hydra Brian	$1,600 [7] To insert a graphic or video clip into an email embed Brian	$1,600 [4] Roy Harris' Third was the first American symphony performed in this country, by the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1973 China Brian Jack	$2,000 [19] Ken Follett says his most popular book is this novel about the building of a cathedral in 12th century England The Pillars of the Earth	$1,600 [14] Capable of cruising at 1,350 mph, or Mach 2.04, this plane made its first transatlantic crossing on Sept. 26, 1973 the Concorde Maggie	$1,600 [29] "If you pull that trigger, that bullet is just gonna bounce off me & I'm not going to be hurt" Unbreakable Maggie
DD $4,000 [21] In 1513, accused of being part of a conspiracy Niccolo Machiavelli was thrown into a dungeon in this city Florence Jack	$2,000 [6] It's from the Greek for "song of mourning" elegy Brian	$2,000 [2] His 1946 Third Symphony incorporates his "Fanfare For The Common Man" in its finale Aaron Copland Maggie	DD $4,000 [18] 2020 saw the release of "The Mirror & the Light", the end of Hilary Mantel's trilogy about this advisor to Henry VIII (Thomas) Cromwell Jack	$2,000 [24] For 7 million "Pepsi Points", the company jokingly offered this vertical takeoff & landing jet, but a guy got the points & sued Harrier Brian	$2,000 [30] "Scientists. I'm supposed to report in to them. They'll want to know they sent me to the wrong time" 12 Monkeys

Final Jeopardy!

STATUES

Statues honoring this man who was killed in 1779 can be found in Waimea, Kauai & in Whitby, England

(Captain) Cook

Maggie "Who is Crispus Attucks?" — wagered $10,000

Jack "Who isCaptainCook?" — wagered $18,800

Brian "Who is Cook?" — wagered $18,800

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