Show #8366 2021-03-29 (taped 2021-02-02) Regular

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to HealthCorps.

Contestants

Bryce Hwang — a medical student from Santa Clara, California

Cyndi Mundt — a forensic evaluator from Seattle, Washington

Susan McMillan — an Arabic translator from Portland, Maine (whose 1-day cash winnings total $35,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Susan	$4,400	$4,600	$13,800	$8,800 3rd place: $1,000	$11,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Cyndi	$1,400	$3,600	$6,400	$9,500 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 10 R, 3 W
Bryce	$2,400	$200	$15,400	$28,400 New champion: $28,400	$18,600 25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

A GUSTY MOVE	AROUND THE USA	BOOKS BY CHAPTERS	GETTING DOWN TO BUSINESS	DURING THE JOHN ADAMS PRESIDENCY	YOU'LL EAT THOSE WORDS
$200 [29] Even the greatest golfers fear the notorious swirling wind at the 12th hole of this home course of The Masters Augusta Cyndi Bryce	$200 [27] Marble Canyon, on the Colorado River, is part of a national park named for this other canyon Grand Canyon Bryce	$200 [28] "Amy's Valley of Humiliation", "Jo Meets Apollyon" Little Women Bryce	$200 [25] In 2014 this aerospace company said it was moving 400 jobs from Washington to Alabama to save $100 million Boeing Susan	$200 [30] Adams was sworn in as president at Congress Hall in this city; 3 years later the capital & Adams would move to D.C. Philadelphia Cyndi	$200 [16] Stick your tongue out & exhale sharply to make this fruity sound of disapproval a raspberry Cyndi
$400 [26] In a 2005 game at Soldier Field, wind blew a 49ers' field goal wide, & this team's Nathan Vasher returned it 108 yards the Bears Cyndi	$400 [8] This South Carolina resort island is named for English sea captain William, not for a hotel chain Hilton Head Susan	$400 [4] "I Strike the Jolly Roger", "Silver's Embassy" Treasure Island Bryce	$400 [24] We'll pledge $400 to you if you can name this site that went live on April 28, 2009 & takes 5% of successfully funded projects Kickstarter Susan Bryce	$400 [12] In 1798 Congress passed the first direct one of these on American citizens taxes Bryce	$400 [17] In "Rebel Without a Cause", James Dean & a rival play this in speeding cars, with unfortunate results chicken Bryce
$600 [13] On a sailboat, an order to do this means it's time to lower sails to reduce the wind pressure, not time to run onto coral reef Cyndi Bryce	$600 [7] Pe'ahi, a giant, dangerous surf break off Maui, is also called by this title of a movie about another dangerous ocean giant Jaws Bryce	$600 [3] "The World According to Marcus Aurelius", "The World According to Bensenhaver" The World According to Garp Bryce	$600 [19] Li Mu is an insurance-selling emu for this company that's very, very, very unafraid to repeat its name at the end of its ads Liberty Mutual Cyndi	$600 [9] This military branch had been disbanded at the end of the Revolution; pugnacious little John re-established it in 1798 the Marines Susan	$600 [18] Controlled 360-degree spins in a car donuts Susan
$800 [14] In 1965 this MLB team was accused of using its new dome's air conditioning to blow balls out when the home team was batting the Astros Susan	$800 [6] A sculpture of one of these Scandinavian beings resides under the Aurora Bridge in Seattle a troll Susan	$800 [2] "Mr. Micawber's Gauntlet", "My Aunt Astonishes Me" David Copperfield Susan Bryce	$1,000 [23] In 2020 our Sec. of State danced around banning this app from Beijing; the problem? It had been downloaded more than 2 billion times TikTok Cyndi	$800 [10] Adams considered the greatest act of his presidency to be the 1801 appointment of this man as chief justice Marshall Bryce	$800 [20] A baseball brouhaha is also known as this edible pie plant a rhubarb Bryce
$1,000 [15] A 2016 bike race in Spain was called off after wind stopped this, the name for a group of riders, in its tracks & pushed some backwards peloton Cyndi	$1,000 [5] A New Orleans museum devoted to this religion has a kneeling bench that belonged to Marie Laveau, a priestess of it Voodoo Susan	$1,000 [1] "Serious Preparations for Vertical Descent", "Shot Out of a Volcano at Last!" Journey to the Center of the Earth Bryce	DD $3,600 [22] As tires weren't colored black until 1912, Bibendum, the now-123-year-old mascot of this company, is white Michelin Bryce	$1,000 [11] In 1798 a newspaper editor grandson of this Founding Father & publisher was arrested for libeling the president Franklin Cyndi	$1,000 [21] A 1930s guide to underworld lingo provides the first known written use of this baked product as slang for money bread Susan

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIVE SUMMONER'S TALES	ASIA	THEY LIVED TO 100	THE NOBEL PRIZE IN PHYSICS	NETFLIX SHOWS BY CHARACTERS	WORD "OR"IGINS
$400 [28] Occultist Aleister "The Beast" Crowley claimed to have used blood & topaz to summon Choronzon, one of these fiends demons	$400 [16] Powerful mountain storms helped the small kingdom of Bhutan get the moniker "Land of the Thunder" this mythical beast a dragon Bryce	$400 [23] He wrote the songs "Puttin' On The Ritz" & "God Bless America" Irving Berlin Susan	$400 [15] The 1997 prize was awarded for using these intense beams to cool & trap atoms lasers Bryce	$400 [13] Princess Margaret, Margaret Thatcher, Wallis Simpson The Crown Cyndi	$400 [19] It's from the Latin for "public speaker" & that's what it means orator Susan
$800 [18] On April 12, 1945 he was drinking with Sam Rayburn after a day presiding over the Senate when he was summoned by the White House Truman Susan	$800 [8] This Asian nation's more than 17,000 islands include the Moluccas & the Greater Sundas Indonesia Susan Bryce	$800 [21] In 1996 this star of "The Sunshine Boys" reached 100 before he said, "Good night, Gracie" George Burns	$800 [4] Is that Dennis Gaboraccepting the 1971 prize? Or one ofthese3-dimensional images he invented? a hologram Bryce	$800 [14] Count Olaf, Violet Baudelaire, Jacques Snicket A Series of Unfortunate Events Cyndi Bryce	$800 [20] This astronomical word circled into English in 1649 an orbit Bryce
$1,200 [11] These people are always getting summoned; in 2019 it was Terry Branstad, by the Chinese govt. over a U.S. Hong Kong rights bill an ambassador Bryce	$1,200 [7] The strategic Strait of Hormuz leads from the Persian Gulf into this body of water to the south the Arabian Sea Bryce	$1,600 [9] Seen here on the left is the widow of George VI, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, commonly known as this the Queen Mother Susan	$1,200 [3] Roger Penrose won in 2020 for showing these in space are a consequence of general relativity, though Einstein doubted they exist a black hole Bryce	$1,200 [27] Dustin Henderson, Nancy Wheeler, Robin Buckley Stranger Things Bryce	$1,200 [24] When it first showed up in English, it was defined as "the stalls or sitting places, where many may sit"--no mention of violins & cellos the orchestra Susan
$1,600 [12] The Inquisition summoned Galileo to Rome for promoting the heliocentric ideas of this man Copernicus Cyndi	$1,600 [6] In 1860, many years after the Cambodian jungle had reclaimed it, a French naturalist came upon this lost city's ruins Angkor Wat Susan	$2,000 [22] The former Roberta Wright, the mom of this late senator, died at age 108 in October 2020 John McCain	DD $2,000 [1] Karl Ferdinand Braun & this man took the 1909 prize for the development of wireless telegraphy Marconi Bryce	—	$1,600 [25] This verb meaning to induct someone into the ministry debuted in a medieval biography of Thomas Becket ordain Cyndi Bryce
$2,000 [17] Needing revenue, this king summoned the Estates-General to meet in 1789 for the first time since 1614 Louis XVI Bryce	$2,000 [5] Separated from the mainland by a narrow strait, China's smallest province is this island in the South China Sea Hainan Susan Bryce	DD $4,000 [10] The mother of a president; her maiden name was Fitzgerald Rose Kennedy Susan	$2,000 [2] Michel Mayor & Didier Queloz shared the 2019 award for discovering one of these "ex"cellent bodies orbiting a star an exoplanet Bryce	—	$2,000 [26] A branch of study, it first appeared in an 18th century work by a British bird lover ornithology Susan

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS: BOOK TO SCREEN

Horrified by the 1964 movie musical from her work, she okayed a U.K. stage version as long as "no Americans" were involved

(P.L.) Travers

Cyndi "Who is Travers?" — wagered $3,100

Susan "Who is Christie?" — wagered $5,000

Bryce "Who is Travers?" — wagered $13,000

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