Show #8331 2021-02-08 (taped 2020-12-15) Regular

John Focht game 1.

Contestants

Michael White — a marketing professional from Mission Viejo, California

John Focht — a software team lead originally from El Paso, Texas

Leah Wiegand — a stay-at-home mom originally from Asheville, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Leah	$2,200	$2,600	$6,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$6,200 8 R, 0 W
John	$4,200	$12,400	$32,400	$24,800 New champion: $24,800	$27,600 29 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Michael	$2,600	$3,600	$12,200	$11,999 2nd place: $2,000	$8,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE B__G's	HOW DEEP IS YOUR LOVE?	FACTS & FIGURES	STATES BY NATIONAL FOREST	LITERARY ALLUSIONS	TECHNOLOGY
$200 [5] It's an accumulation of unfinished work or unfilled orders to be dealt with a backlog John	$200 [16] Is it first love, like Jennifer Grey's for Patrick Swayze in this classic movie of summer romance? Dirty Dancing Michael	$200 [21] 36 million Americans are edentulous, meaning they have none of these teeth Michael	$200 [6] Allegheny National Forest Pennsylvania John	$200 [23] Connoting corruption, "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" comes from this play Hamlet John	$200 [11] (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Computer scientist Annie Easleywrote code that helped in the development of the first batteries used in this class of car that employs dual power systems hybrids Leah
$400 [3] An upset stomach is central to this word meaning complaining bellyaching Leah	$400 [17] Does your fervor rival Mario's for this "fruity" princess as he daringly risks his life for her in video games? Princess Peach Michael	$400 [22] A byword for fast reproduction, this animal can have a litter of 7, 5 times a year a rabbit Leah	$400 [7] Sequoia National Forest California Leah	$400 [27] Man Friday, a devoted helper, originated as a character in this novel Robinson Crusoe Michael	$400 [12] (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Coders fluent in SQL or Structured Query Language can work with information storehouses known as relational these; Oracle is famous for software that creates them databases John
$600 [1] A night out involving a brief stay at a succession of taverns barhopping Leah	$600 [18] Hopefully, it's as deep as the love shown in the 2014 Budweiser ad about an adopted puppy who bonds with one of these horses Clydesdales Michael	$600 [24] There are still about 10,000 Jews in this country, the most in any Mideast Muslim land Iran	$600 [8] Delta National Forest Mississippi Leah	$600 [28] This author originated "tilting at windmills", meaning fighting imaginary foes Cervantes John	$600 [13] (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) In the 1970s, Moore's Law surmised that the number of these central components on microchips would double every two years, but Moore later admitted, it probably won't last transistors John
$800 [2] This amphibian named for its loud call can grow to a pound or more & is often caught for food a bullfrog Michael	$800 [19] Maybe a love that lasts as long as that of this Beatle & wife Barbara Bach, who have been married almost 40 years Ringo Starr John	$800 [25] A leading org. against this activity says the average driver does it 80 times before being arrested for the first time drunk driving John Michael	$800 [9] Prescott National Forest Arizona Michael	$800 [29] An idealized object of love, Beatrice was this poet's object of love & guide through paradise in "The Divine Comedy" Dante John	$800 [14] (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Tech pioneer Adele Goldberghelped develop a programming language used to create the first GUI, short for this, featuring icons & menus a graphical user interface John
$1,000 [4] Delays loading a video file online? You may get this 9-letter message buffering John	$1,000 [20] It's deep, like Nick's love for Jess on this Fox sitcom; who wouldn't love a bride with an eyepatch? New Girl John	$1,000 [26] China has this type of legislature, meaning there's only a single house; it has almost 3,000 members unicameral John	$1,000 [10] Ocala National Forest Florida Michael	DD $3,000 [30] The contradictory thought that some are more equal than others comes from a slogan in a satire by this man George Orwell John	$1,000 [15] (Reshma Saujani presents the clue.) Analyzing facial & speech patterns, soft biometrics signatures help combat these videos that can make someone appear to say things they've never spoken deepfakes John

Double Jeopardy! Round

TAKE 'EM TO THEIR ROYAL HOUSES	CLASSICAL MUSIC TITLES	PEOPLE & PLACES	FEMALE FIRST NAMES	NON-VOCABULARY	BEFORE & AFTER GOES TO THE MOVIES
$400 [11] Peter the Great & Nicholas II the Unfortunate Romanov Michael	$400 [12] The German name for Haydn's 94th symphony translates to "with the drum stroke"--the sudden one that gives it this name the Surprise Symphony John	$400 [15] In the 19th century Wilhelm Bleek took Ntu, meaning "man", & created this word for a 100-million-strong linguistic group Bantu John	$400 [14] Maggie can be a shortened form of this name of a prime minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Michael	$400 [1] By definition, it's the oldest age a nonagenarian can be 99 Michael	$400 [2] Renee Zellweger's original journal entry meets up with a film about Greg Heffley based on a popular children's book series Bridget Jones's Diary of a Wimpy Kid John
$800 [20] Henry VII & Bloody Mary I Tudor Michael	$800 [13] Mozart's Symphony No. 41 & the "Bringer of Jollity" in Holst's "The Planets" both bear the name of this planet Jupiter Michael	$800 [16] The people of the Sentinel Islands, west of Thailand at the south edge of this bay, resist contact & enforce that with arrows the Bay of Bengal John	$800 [22] This female name comes from a Greek word referring to a heavenly messenger from god Angela	$800 [3] The French verb chaloir, "to be concerned", led to this English word meaning coolly indifferent nonchalant John	$800 [7] A 2020 adventure based on a Jack London classic gets, well, a lot weirder as a 1990 David Lynch film about Sailor Ripley The Call of the Wild at Heart
$1,600 [26] Louis XIV Bourbon John	$1,200 [28] The first movement of this Beethoven symphony, No. 6, is “Awakening of Happy Feelings on Arriving in the Country” the Pastoral Symphony John	$1,600 [18] Aboriginal people & Torres Strait Islanders are sometimes called First Nations or the First these people Australians John Michael	$1,200 [23] In the funny pages Hagar's Viking wife had this German name Helga Michael	$1,200 [4] From Latin for "not" & "join together", this adjective means refusing to agree to an opinion or course of action noncommittal John	$1,200 [8] Hilary Swank's boxer starts a career in crime with Ansel Elgort's youthful master wheelman Million Dollar Baby Driver Michael
$2,000 [27] The crown prince known as MBS: the house of this Saud John	$1,600 [29] Edward Elgar wrote 14 variations on this theme with a "puzzling" name Enigma John	$2,000 [19] Elaborate headgear & parasols are part of the templeprocessionsin this strongly Hindu island of Indonesia Bali	$1,600 [24] Yvette derives from an ancient word for this sacred tree the yew tree Michael	$1,600 [5] Noninvasive medical procedures include CT scans, X-rays & this type of 3-D diagnostic viewing that earned a 2003 Nobel Prize MRI Leah	$1,600 [9] A Cooper/Gaga saga goes Tom Cruise-ing into a 1989 film about a Vietnam vet A Star is Born on the Fourth of July Michael
DD $5,000 [21] Empress Maria Theresa & Emperor Franz Josef Habsburg Michael	$2,000 [30] Wanting to be taken seriously, Camille Saint-Saens wouldn't let all of this "zoological fantasy" be published in his lifetime Carnival of the Animals	DD $4,000 [17] It's the French word for an inhabitant of Canada's largest province by area Québécois John	$2,000 [25] Chloe was a summer name for this Greek goddess of agriculture Demeter John	$2,000 [6] Some birds are nonmigratory, including the Anna's variety of this very busy avian a hummingbird Leah	$2,000 [10] A 2014 movie with Peter Quill & his pals meets up with Tim Allen & his sci-fi TV cast to be a film we'd very much like to see Guardians of the Galaxy Quest John

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD LITERATURE

In a classic novel from 1866, the murders of 2 women take place in this city

St. Petersburg

Leah "What is London?" — wagered $6,200

Michael "What isLondonMoscow?" — wagered $201

John "What is Paris?" — wagered $7,600

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