Show #8373 2021-04-07 (taped 2021-02-17) Regular

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

Contestants

Sebastián Martinez Valdivia — a public radio reporter from Columbia, Missouri

Amy Rey — a market researcher from Lawrenceville, New Jersey

Brandon Deutsch — a student from Long Beach, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $47,625)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brandon	$1,400	$1,800	$17,800	$22,401 3-day champion: $70,026	$15,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Amy	$800	$1,600	$9,900	$9,900 3rd place: $1,000	$10,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sebastián	$2,200	$4,400	$11,200	$22,399 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 19 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE	LITERARY ANIMALS	BUSINESS	HISPANIC AMERICANS	BROADWAY BOUND	CHESS TERMS
$200 [13] The Louisiana Purchase added more than 800,000 square miles of territory west of this river, the "Father of Waters" the Mississippi Sebastián	$200 [20] Benjamin Bunny marries Flopsy, the sister of this title rabbit from a Beatrix Potter tale Peter Rabbit Brandon	$200 [29] Back in 1999 Exxon merged with this corporation; both had their roots in the Standard Oil Company Mobil Brandon	$200 [2] In 1995 this future Supreme Court justice played serious hardball, helping end the Major League Baseball strike (Sonia) Sotomayor Amy	$200 [3] In 1988 this "Material Girl" decided to "Take a Bow" in "Speed-the-Plow" on Broadway Madonna Sebastián	$200 [24] A person used by others as part of a scheme a pawn Sebastián
$400 [14] This pres. said the purchase was "the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward... saying... I did this for your good" (Thomas) Jefferson Brandon	$400 [11] In "Charlotte's Web" he's the pig whose life is spared thanks to Charlotte Wilbur Brandon	$400 [21] This company "crawled" onto the New York Stock Exchange in 1929 with just 3 products: a combine, a grader & a tractor Caterpillar Brandon Sebastián	$400 [1] In Puerto Rico 1/3 of fertile women were undergoing this, many without consent; Dr. Helen Rodriguez Trias fought the practice sterilization Brandon Sebastián	$600 [8] "A divine musical comedy", boasted the Broadway show based on this movie in which Whoopi Goldberg donned a nun's habit the Sister Act Sebastián	$400 [25] The first night of a play at a theater an opening Brandon Sebastián
$600 [15] This range was considered the western border of the Louisiana Purchase the Rocky Mountains Sebastián	$600 [12] In books by Kathryn Lasky, the guardians of Ga'Hoole are a band of these birds that do noble deeds owls Sebastián	$600 [22] In 2020 Pat Hanrahan & Ed Catmull of this CGI animation company won the Turing Award, called the Nobel Prize of computing Pixar Sebastián	$600 [4] In 2021 Alejandro Mayorkas became the first Latino secretary of this cabinet department that deals with immigration the Department of Homeland Security Sebastián	$800 [9] In 1992, after a long run as a sexyvillainon TV's "Dynasty", shemade her Broadway debut in a Noel Coward play (Joan) Collins Amy	$600 [26] A gregarious crow of Europe with black plumage a rook Sebastián
$800 [16] Members of this party founded by Alexander Hamilton weren't big fans of the purchase & questioned its constitutionality the Federalists Amy	$800 [18] This "Fantastic" character from a 1970 tale is the bane of poultry farmers Boggis & Bunce Fantastic Mr. Fox Sebastián	$800 [23] Ford Motors turned waste wood from auto making into charcoal briquets, which became this brand with "ford" in its name Kingsford	$800 [5] Oscar Hijuelos was the first Hispanic American to win a fiction Pulitzer, for the book called these fellows "Play Songs of Love" The Mambo Kings	$1,000 [10] In 1966 this writer had 4 shows running simultaneously on Broadway, including "Barefoot in the Park" Neil Simon Brandon Sebastián	$800 [27] A title in kung fu, or a famous nickname in '70s hip-hop grandmaster
$1,000 [17] The U.S. budgeted $2 million to buy New Orleans & a bit of Fla.; the "Talley" was $15 mil. when this French minister offered lots more (Charles-Maurice de) Talleyrand Brandon	$1,000 [19] In a 1939 T.S. Eliot poem, this cat "has lived many lives in succession" Old Deuteronomy Sebastián	$1,000 [30] Although it no longer makes its famous Cubs, this aircraft maker is still in business after more than 80 years Piper Brandon	$1,000 [6] Last name of twins Joaquin, in Congress since 2013, & Julián, formerly a mayor of San Antonio & HUD secretary Castro Amy	DD $1,200 [7] Songs in this show include "Der Guten Tag Hop-Clop" & "Where Did We Go Right?" The Producers Amy	$1,000 [28] Genesis 31 says, "Then Jacob offered" this "upon the mount" a sacrifice Sebastián

Double Jeopardy! Round

WHAT A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS!	DISCOVERIES IN SCIENCE	5-LETTER CAPITALS	COMPOSERS	UNIFORMITY	STARTS & ENDS WITH "L"
$400 [12] If Luke had spoken Dutch, he wouldn't have been so surprised, since part of this character's name is "father" in Dutch Darth Vader Amy	$400 [24] Lavoisier said he never got Scheele's 1774 letter about discovering this component of water, but it was found in his papers oxygen	$400 [6] The U.N. says this capital of Bangladesh is the world's most crowded city Dhaka Brandon	$400 [11] He taught music theory at the Moscow Conservatory in the 1860s, not in "1812" (Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky Amy	$400 [20] Uniforms at this Maryland college are dinner dress, service dress, service, working & plebe summer the Naval Academy Brandon Amy Sebastián	$400 [1] The majority of our household trash ends up in one of these a landfill Amy
$800 [13] Scooby-Doo is best pals with this guy, real name Norville Rogers Shaggy Brandon	$800 [25] The first one of these discovered in the human body was secretin, produced by the small intestine, in 1902 a hormone Amy	$800 [8] This name of Ghana's capital is derived from nkran, a type of ant prevalent in the area Accra Brandon	$800 [16] Last name of Fanny, seen here, some of her compositions were originally published under her brother Felix's name Mendelssohn Brandon	$800 [21] Turnout gear that's NFPA-certified for this heroic job has 3 layers--an outer shell, a moisture barrier & a thermal liner firefighter Brandon	$1,200 [3] Politicians figuratively do this when they trade favors to get support for a bill logroll
$1,200 [14] (Glenn Close presents the clue.) I rank as number 7 on AFI's list of Top Villains, playing Alex Forrest in this 1987 thriller, but I prefer to think of her as a misunderstood woman, who is not going to be ignored Fatal Attraction Amy	$1,200 [26] The discovery of a fault scarp in Washington state showed that recent tremors are these still happening from an 1872 earthquake aftershocks Amy	$1,200 [7] Some girls who share a name with this Eastern European capital spell it with a "PH" in the middle rather than an "F" Sofia Sebastián	$1,200 [17] This American composed the music for the ballet "Rodeo" (Aaron) Copland Sebastián	$1,200 [22] Generally, on a pilot's uniform, 4 stripes on these, French for "little shoulder", denotes the captain, & 3, the first officer epaulets Sebastián	DD $1,500 [2] Carol Burnett famously sued the National Enquirer for this & eventually won libel Amy
$1,600 [15] On TV in 2020, Tom Ellis had a devil of a time doing double duty as Michael (with an American accent!) as well as this title character Lucifer Sebastián	$1,600 [27] The Curies gave Paul Villard some radium & he discovered these very high-energy Greek-letter rays gamma rays Sebastián	$1,600 [9] The metropolitan area of this city, once a small fishing village named Edo, is home to 38 million people Tokyo Brandon	$1,600 [18] Marcus Weeks' bio of this composer is subtitled "The Boy Who Changed the World With His Music" Mozart Brandon	$1,600 [28] The sweet, but now mostly outdated uniform of this kind of hospital worker, is seen here a candy striper Brandon Sebastián	$1,600 [4] This chemical is used at crime scenes to reveal hidden traces of blood luminol
$2,000 [23] This hard-to-pin-down guy played by Brad Pitt in "Fight Club" starts Project Mayhem Tyler Durden Brandon Amy	$2,000 [29] A 9-year-old found a clavicle that turned out to belong to an unknown species of this "southern ape" genus that also included Lucy Australopithecus Brandon	DD $4,000 [10] Roads from this capital directly lead to Kandahar & to Uzbekistan & Pakistan Kabul Brandon	$2,000 [19] "Play of Waves" is a movement of this Frenchman's symphonic work "La Mer" or "The Sea" (Claude) Debussy Amy	$2,000 [30] A white chef's hat is called this 5-letter word toque Amy	$2,000 [5] This adjective means lazy or deficient in spirit lackadaisical Sebastián

Final Jeopardy!

NOTORIOUS

In 1897 she was accused of a much lesser crime, shoplifting in Rhode Island

Lizzie Borden

Amy "Who is Lizzy Borden?" — wagered $0

Sebastián "Who is Lizzie Borden?" — wagered $11,199

Brandon "Who is Lizzie Borden?" — wagered $4,601

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