Show #8372 2021-04-06 (taped 2021-02-17) Regular

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to the North Valley Community Foundation.

Contestants

Chris Hammer — an attorney from the Bronx, New York

Erin Merrill — a middle school social studies teacher from Woodbridge, Virginia

Brandon Deutsch — a student from Long Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,224)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brandon	$6,800	$8,200	$18,600	$24,401 2-day champion: $47,625	$18,200 27 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Erin	$800	$4,600	$12,200	$5,799 3rd place: $1,000	$10,200 14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Chris	$400	$-200	$7,800	$13,000 2nd place: $2,000	$9,800 10 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD IN 1900	A SWAMPY SITUATION	BIBLICAL FIRST NAME'S THE SAME	KNIVES OUT	A STUDENT OF TELEVISION	FROM THE FRENCH
$200 [6] The governor of this "Bluegrass State" was killed; the sec. of state would do 8 years for the crime, get pardoned & serve in Congress Kentucky Erin	$200 [21] The immense wetland area called Pantanal, from Portuguese for "swamp", is mostly in this South American country Brazil Erin	$200 [20] Zoe &McAdams Rachel Brandon	$200 [18] Sometimes called an "Arkansas toothpick" , this knife bears the name of a hero of the Texas revolution a Bowie knife Erin	$200 [13] Kevin McHale sang strong as high school student Artie Abrams on this FOX show Glee Brandon	$200 [30] From French for "cover" & "fire", it was originally the hour the fires in a town were to be extinguished the curfew
$400 [4] This type of rigid airship hit nearly 20 mph during its first flight on July 2 near Friedrichshafen, Germany the Zeppelin Brandon	$400 [22] Vasyugan Mire is found in the western plains of this large Russian region known for extreme cold Siberia Brandon	$400 [26] Morse &Alito Samuel Brandon	$400 [7] This word describes knives with saw-like teeth on the blade serrated Chris	$400 [9] In 1970s TV, he was Sweathog student Vinnie Barbarino; in a 1994 film, he was gun-toting non-student Vincent Vega John Travolta Brandon	$400 [15] This 5-letter type of sticker refers to a French process of transferring an image from paper to wood or glass a decal
$600 [1] The Trades Union Congress established what is now this major British political party the Labour Party Brandon	$600 [23] In 1961 heir & explorer Michael Rockefeller vanished forever in the Asmat Swamp of this huge island north of Australia New Guinea Brandon Chris	$600 [27] Wyle &Webster Noah Erin	$600 [5] This knife has the name of a 6-letter bivalve; use the knife to pry it open & extract its meat an oyster knife Erin	$600 [10] Turns out Henry Jennings is pretty good at algebra, to the surprise of his parents, spies for Russia on this show The Americans Brandon	$600 [14] French for "melting" gives us the words for fondue & this sugary paste used for icing & cake decor fondant Brandon
$800 [2] Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia" premiered in this capital but ruling Russia had big problems with the patriotism within Helsinki Brandon Chris	$800 [24] Florida's Seminole & Miccosukee peoples have reservations near the immense swamp named for these "big" trees cypress trees	$800 [28] Shelley &Higgins Clark Mary Erin	$800 [8] The Philippine folding balisong knife is better known by this insect name butterfly knives Brandon	$800 [11] High school QB Jason Street's life changed forever after he was injured in the very first episode of this show in 2006 Friday Night Lights Chris	$800 [16] From the French for "of luxury", it can be one word or 2 deluxe Brandon
DD $1,400 [3] Aug. 14 saw 19,000 international troops capture Beijing to quell the uprising of this secret society of "fighters" the Boxers Brandon	$1,000 [25] Also a Mississippi city, it means"swamp tree"in the Muskogee language & the swamp type is seen here Tupelo	$1,000 [29] Literary characters Marner &Lapham Silas Chris	$1,000 [19] Quikut sold this Japanese-sounding 5-letter line of sharp cooking knives Ginsu Erin Chris	$1,000 [12] In 1999 class was in session for Martin Starr, Linda Cardellini & Jason Segel in this rhymingly named NBC show Freaks and Geeks Brandon	$1,000 [17] Crass comes from the same Latin root, crassus, as the French word "gras", meaning this fat Brandon Erin

Double Jeopardy! Round

HAPPY TRAILS!	LITERARY SETTINGS	"Z" IS FOR...	BADJECTIVES	BIOCHEMISTRY	BEFORE & BAFTA
$400 [14] Between 1867 & 1871 1.5 million head of cattle moo-ved N. on the Chisholm Trail to its terminus in Abilene in this Midwestern state Kansas Erin	$400 [1] Gillikin Country & Winkie Country are 2 divisions in this 2-letter land Oz Brandon	$400 [9] Equus grevyi, a species of this zebra Chris	$400 [17] Loathsome, or a baseball hit outside the lines foul Brandon	$400 [26] Trehalose is the major blood sugar in insects; this is its counterpart in humans glucose Erin	$400 [6] Daddy Warbucks' ward who becomes a 1970s Diane Keaton title role Little Orphan Annie Hall Erin
$1,200 [23] In this 1985 novel Larry McMurtry reimagined the history of the Goodnight-Loving Cattle Trail out of Texas Lonesome Dove Brandon	$800 [2] In Thomas Keneally's "Schindler's Ark", the title character is a factory owner in this country Poland Brandon	$800 [10] This 2-word phrase meaning a complete lack of acceptance for something zero tolerance Brandon	$800 [18] This bad, bad word also sounds like you've got bits of crackers all over your shirt crummy Brandon Erin	$800 [27] It was seen as the sad sack nucleic acid until the 1980s discovery that it can be a catalyst for biological reactions RNA Brandon	$800 [7] Political type who twists news to a favorable angle & advises President Muffley on nuclear war spin Doctor Strangelove Brandon
$1,600 [24] This wagon trail to New Mexico lost its commercial viability with the 1880 completion of the same-named railroad the Santa Fe Trail Chris	$1,200 [3] This Edgar Rice Burroughs hero first visited Barsoom, also known as Mars, in a 1912 tale John Carter Chris	$1,200 [11] Thiscustard-like Italian dessert that you can also put over food or put foodinto zabaglione	$1,200 [19] Drop an "L" from the beginning of a word meaning "legal" to get this truly bad adjective awful	$1,200 [28] Sustaining plant life on Earth, this process in the chloroplast is divided into the light reactions & the dark reactions photosynthesis Brandon	$1,200 [8] Alphanumeric meat sauce preferred by Randle McMurphy, Nurse Ratched & all the inmates A.1. Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Chris
DD $2,000 [22] The heritage trail named for this man who's had a few places honor him includes Berkeley Springs, W.V., which he surveyed George Washington Chris	$1,600 [4] In this Khaled Hosseini novel, Amir lives in San Francisco, but tells the reader of his youth in Afghanistan The Kite Runner Brandon	$1,600 [12] This personification of the west wind Zephyr Brandon	$1,600 [20] It followed "penny" in the name of an old-timey novel dreadful Brandon	$1,600 [29] Bee venom contains nasty substances like cell destroyer phospholipase A & this itch maker first isolated in 1910 histamine	$1,600 [15] CB radio reply of message received, about a scheduled quartet of nuptials & lone interment 10-4 Weddings and a Funeral Erin
$2,000 [25] This southern Montana city is named for John, who blazed a trail to the territory's gold rush towns in the 1860s Bozeman Chris	$2,000 [5] Decades after his Nigerian-set "Things Fall Apart", this author's "Anthills of the Savannah" is set in fictional Kangan Chinua Achebe Brandon	$2,000 [13] This Mexican revolutionary who viva!'d from 1879 to 1919 (Emiliano) Zapata Chris	$2,000 [21] It means repulsive or 12 dozen gross Chris	$2,000 [30] On his 50th birthday in 1951, Linus Pauling mailed the landmark paper "The Structure of" these molecules needed for the body to work proteins Brandon Chris	DD $4,000 [16] Zombies from an AMC drama stand on desks & moan, "O Captain! My Captain!" to Robin Williams The Walking Dead Poets Society Erin

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY AMERICAN HISTORY

A biography of him: "In a sweltering, dimly lit cabin, its window shades closed... his first presidential decisions were made"

Lyndon Johnson

Chris "Who is T. Roosevelt?L. Johnson?" — wagered $5,200

Erin "Who is Theodore Roosevelt" — wagered $6,401

Brandon "Who is L.B. Johnson LBJ?" — wagered $5,801

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