Show #8344 2021-02-25 (taped 2021-01-11) Regular

Contestants

Michael Colton — a screenwriter originally from Newton, Massachusetts

Marisa Blackburn — a senior staffing services associate originally from Short Hills, New Jersey

Aaron Craig — a business litigation attorney originally from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,254)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Aaron	$3,400	$6,600	$13,800	$4,373 2nd place: $2,000	$18,800 26 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Marisa	$2,000	$3,200	$9,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 11 R, 3 W
Michael	$3,600	$2,600	$11,600	$9,201 New champion: $9,201	$10,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MUSICAL IDIOMS TO MY EARS	FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	"ROUND" THE WORLD	BUSINESSES	SHEDDING LIGHT	ON THE SUBJECT
$200 [11] If something triggers a strong emotional response, it might "strike" one of these harmonic note combos a chord Marisa	$200 [2] Singer Pop & rapper Azalea Iggy Michael	$200 [16] Charing Cross & Covent Garden are stops on it the Underground Aaron	$200 [1] This company that also makes Pine-Sol has a popular brand of disinfecting wipes Clorox Marisa Michael	$200 [23] Chemist Georges Claude passed electricity through inert gases to create this type of lighting & used it in signs neon Marisa	$200 [18] He's the subject of the biography subtitled "The Man, the Genius, & the Theory of Relativity" Albert Einstein Aaron
$400 [12] To do things your own way & disregard convention is to "march to" this sound the beat of your own drummer Aaron	$400 [3] Crowe & Diaz (he has directed her) Cameron Aaron	$400 [17] Winchester, England, claims to have this, 18 feet in diameter Round Table	$400 [4] In 1901 the Saturday Evening Post ran the first ad of this tire company that featured its trademark wingfoot Goodyear Aaron	$400 [24] A symbol of enlightenment, its torch is covered in 24-karat gold & lit by 16 floodlights at night the Statue of Liberty Michael	$400 [19] This French peasant girl was the subject of Tchaikovsky's opera "The Maid of Orleans" Joan of Arc Aaron
$600 [13] Playing this stringed instrument means to take a subordinate role second fiddle Michael	$600 [8] Country singer Lambert & actress Cosgrove Miranda Aaron	$600 [28] September is when thousands of rodeo fans are driven into northeast Oregon for the annual Pendleton this Roundup	$600 [5] Yeesh, there's no easy way to tell you... you're in need of one of these chewy mints billed as "The Freshmaker" Mentos Aaron	$600 [25] This Italian city is known for its glass; here'sa chandelier in the Doge's Palace Venice Aaron	$600 [20] This philosophical -ism is the subject of Sartre's classic "Being & Nothingness" Existentialism Aaron Michael
$800 [14] Someone who repeats the same thing over & over "sounds like" one of these, perhaps a scratched 45 a broken record Michael	$800 [9] Singer Simpson & actress Chastain Jessica Michael	$800 [29] West of London, the Denham this connects traffic on the A40 & the M40 a roundabout Aaron	$800 [6] In 2020 this car rental co. that offers gold plus rewards said that even if you're 20, you're good to go, with no extra fee Hertz Aaron	$800 [26] This type of powerful lamp found its way into the name of a specialty film division of Fox Studios searchlight Aaron Michael	$800 [21] John Maynard Keynes put forward his theories on this Keynesian subject in "The General Theory of Employment, Interest & Money" economics Aaron
$1,000 [15] To make yourself look good, sometimes you have to do this, sound a brass instrument with a flared bell toot your own horn Marisa	$1,000 [10] Actresses Kazan & Saldana Zoe Michael	$1,000 [30] Hotspots at the Battle of Gettysburg included Devil's Den, the Peach Orchard & Little this Round Top	$1,000 [7] If you need to know the history of this toilet co., I don't think we're in Kansas anymore--it was founded in Japan in 1917 Toto Marisa	DD $1,000 [27] Visit San Antonio, & you can see a big mosaic of the Virgin Mary, shaped like one of these prayer candles votive Aaron	$1,000 [22] This was a popular subject for monastery dining halls; Leonardo da Vinci did one for Santa Maria delle Grazie, in Milan the Last Supper Marisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY	POETS & POETRY	CHICKEN NUGGETS	ANTARCTICA	FILMS OF THE '80s	"DIS"INFORMATION
$400 [18] The weapon known as the "long" this played a decisive role in the 1346 Battle of Crecy a bow (the longbow) Aaron	$400 [16] William Blake said this "little" animal was "wooly bright" lamb	$400 [6] After getting hit on the head with an acorn, this character warns that "The sky is falling" Chicken Little Aaron	$400 [24] As with tree rings, glaciologists examine long cylinders of ice called these to explore layers of Antarctica's history ice cores Marisa	$400 [5] It was destination Walley World as Clark Griswold & family hit the road in "National Lampoon's" this Vacation Aaron Marisa	$400 [11] Expelled from the legal profession, like Alger Hiss in 1952 disbarred Aaron
$1,200 [20] This writing system arose in Mesopotamia in the 4th millennium B.C. & disappeared early in the 1st millennium A.D. cuneiform Marisa	$800 [17] Haibun is a Japanese literary style that combines prose & this 3-line poetic form haiku Marisa	$800 [7] By 1964 he had more than 600 franchises of his Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants Colonel Sanders Michael	$800 [25] A 1959 treaty signed by 12 nations made Antarctica one of these regions, a DMZ a demilitarized zone Aaron	$800 [4] 1987 & 1989 saw this movie & its first sequel featuring cops Riggs & Murtaugh Lethal Weapon Aaron	$800 [12] People pay good money for this type of jeans that come already torn up distressed Marisa
$1,600 [21] Military mortality declined after the 1896 introduction of a vaccine for this fever which was spread by unsanitary conditions typhoid Aaron Marisa	$1,200 [23] This company hired poet Marianne Moore to name a new car & she came up with some gems like Utopian Turtletop; they went with Edsel Ford Aaron	$1,200 [8] A chicken's eggshell is primarily made of this compound, CaCO3 calcium carbonate Marisa	$1,200 [26] In 1773 this British captain crossed the Antarctic Circle; icepack kept his ship from reaching the continent Cook Aaron Michael	$1,200 [3] Much of this film with Robert Redford as Roy Hobbs was filmed at Buffalo's War Memorial Stadium because of its old-timey feel The Natural Michael	$1,200 [13] It's a list of musical recordings by a performer or composer discography Marisa
$2,000 [22] After surrendering the throne in 1667 to his brother, King Afonso VI of Portugal was banished to these Atlantic islands the Azores Aaron	$1,600 [29] A pioneer imagist, he spent 1946-1958 in St. Elizabeth's Psychiatric Hospital, future home of John Hinckley Ezra Pound	$1,600 [9] In 2001 Member of Parliament Robin Cook proclaimed this Indian-British chicken preparation to be a U.K. national dish chicken tikka masala Aaron	$1,600 [27] Plankton & these shrimplike crustaceans that can gather in vast swarms are essential to the food chain in Antarctic waters krill Michael	$2,000 [2] Any way you slice it, Julia Roberts served up a fine performance early in her career as waitress Daisy in this 1988 film Mystic Pizza Michael	$1,600 [14] You can tour Jameson's original one of these, on Bow Street in Dublin a distillery Aaron
DD $4,000 [19] One of Russia's foremost reformers, he was proclaimed imperator in 1721 Peter the Great (Peter I) Aaron	$2,000 [30] Fittingly, the epitaph on Oscar Wilde's grave contains a quote from his last work, this "Ballad" "The Ballad of Reading Gaol"	$2,000 [10] A domesticated fowl of Southeast Asia may be the ancestor of this official state bird of Rhode Island the red hen Aaron	$2,000 [28] Species of penguin in the Antarctic region include this one named for theblack stripbelow its beak a chinstrap penguin Michael	DD $2,600 [1] Its ensemble cast included William Hurt, Kevin Kline, Glenn Close & Meg Tilly The Big Chill Michael	$2,000 [15] The feline type of this disease is highly contagious but often curable distemper

Final Jeopardy!

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES

Losing its ocean access in 1993, this African Union member is the most populous landlocked nation, with 110 million people

Ethiopia

Marisa "What isthe democraticChad?" — wagered $9,200

Michael "What is Nigeria?" — wagered $2,399

Aaron "What is Nigeria?" — wagered $9,427

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