Show #8383 2021-04-21 (taped 2021-02-23) Regular

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Hospital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti.

Contestants

Max Nupen — a tutor from Irvine, California

Ellen Clarke — an attorney from Atlanta, Georgia

Mike Nelson — an actor originally from Chesterton, Indiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $4,200 $6,400 $18,800 $17,600
3-day champion: $55,000
$17,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Ellen $1,000 $2,000 $2,600 $2,200
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
14 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Max $1,200 $1,400 $-1,800 $-1,800
3rd place: $1,000
$-1,800
7 R, 6 W

Jeopardy! Round

QUICK BIBLE BOOKS SAVE OUR LANDMARKS! SAY YES TO THE DRESSMAKER THEY NAMED A SCHOOL FOR ME COMING BACK TO WIN THE GAME D PLUS
$200 [14]
The waters are divided from the waters; cattle are given names; brother slays brother
Genesis
Mike
$200 [12]
India's Taj Trapezium Zone is a 4,000-square-mile area centered on this where emissions are restricted
the Taj Mahal
Mike
$200 [4]
This famous daughter & designer does only cruelty-free dresses, like a crepe one with faux leather sleeves
(Stella) McCartney
Mike
$200 [22]
MSD Strong, students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High in this southern state know it was named for a writer & activist
Florida
Ellen
$200 [1]
Facing match point in 2009's Wimbledon semis vs. Elena Dementieva, her return clipped the tape, but landed in; the title followed
Serena Williams
Max
$200 [24]
TV's Ms. Falco & music's Mr. Van Halen
Edie & Eddie
Mike
$400 [15]
The Lord lets Satan afflict an upright man, who ends up twice as rich as he'd been
Job
Ellen
$400 [18]
In 2019, Italy's MOSE Project Seawall tried unsuccessfully to prevent aqua alta, or high water in this city
Venice
Mike
$400 [16]
The resumé of this Chinese-American dress designer includes about 15 years as senior fashion editor at Vogue
(Vera) Wang
Mike
$400 [2]
This second-oldest college in the U.S. was established in 1693 by the royal pair who were ruling England at the time
(The College of) William & Mary
Max
$400 [5]
Down 35-7 at the half to the Saints in 1980, this hall of fame QB led the 49ers back to win 38-35
(Joe) Montana
Mike
$400 [11]
What you're doing to time when waiting patiently; what you're doing on an auction item when you're tired of waiting
biding & bidding
Max
$600 [17]
The word is with God; a light shines in the darkness; Jesus resurrects Lazarus
John
Ellen Max
$600 [19]
In 2014 railings on Paris' Pont des Arts Bridge collapsed under the weight of tons of these affixed by romantic couples
locks (padlocks)
Mike
$600 [23]
William Travilla designed the white dress that got blown out of proportion on this actress in "The Seven Year Itch"
Marilyn Monroe
Mike
$600 [3]
In 2020 Robert E. Lee High School in Springfield, Virginia was renamed for this late congressman & civil rights icon
John Lewis
Ellen
$600 [6]
In 2008 the Mavericks used a 22-2 run to erase a 70-41 deficit, making this Minnesota team howl
the Timberwolves
Mike
$600 [25]
More discourteous & a ship steering item
ruder & rudder
Ellen
$1,000 [13]
Naomi has a devoted daughter-in-law; Boaz needs some gleaning done
Ruth
$800 [20]
Emmett Till's boyhood home in this Midwestern city became a landmark, averting it from demolition
Chicago
Mike
$800 [28]
"Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury", said this French icon & creator of the "little black dress"
(Coco) Chanel
Mike Ellen
$800 [9]
Fittingly in New York, there's a college of criminal justice named for this first Chief Justice of the U.S.
(John) Jay
Mike
$800 [7]
Down 5 to the Oilers in 1982, this "royal" NHL team tied it with 5 seconds left & won the "Miracle on Manchester" in O.T.
the (Los Angeles) Kings
Mike
$800 [26]
Slang for an in-line skater adds the letter D to become a fluid-storing organ
blader & bladder
Max
DD $2,000 [30]
Tribes are counted, wander in the desert & reach the borders of the promised land
Numbers
Ellen
$1,000 [21]
UNESCO & Peru agreed to allow only 2,500 visitors a day to this site, but that number is regularly exceeded
Machu Picchu
Ellen
$1,000 [29]
This"Project Runway" winner halted his line in 2020 to mass-produce face masks & healthcare materials
Christian Siriano
Ellen
$1,000 [10]
Acknowledging that this Shoshone woman's name can be spelled different ways, a Seattle public school spells it with a C & a J
Sacajawea
Max
$1,000 [8]
In the 2004-05 Champions League Final, this English club, the Reds, overcame a colossal 3-goal deficit
Liverpool
Mike
$1,000 [27]
A word found before "pool" & a use for a big armful of cotton
wading & wadding

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN HISTORY NEWER WORDS & PHRASES FROM PAGE TO STAGE AROUND THE LAB SNOOZE CLUES WHERE IN THE WORLD?
$400 [3]
The first one of these was made in 1973 from a Motorola executive to his competitor at AT&T
a cellular phone call
Mike
$400 [1]
If you're "throwing" this, you're not giving someone protection from the Sun--you're dissing them
shade
Ellen
$400 [9]
Based on "The Berlin Stories", this musical is set at a nightclub where Sally Bowles sings
Cabaret
Ellen
$400 [24]
Some labs have a stab testing machine to help improve this, also something worn by knights of yore
body armor
Max
$400 [19]
The last thing he remembers on waking from a 20-year-long snooze is "a strange man with a keg of liquor"
Rip Van Winkle
Ellen
$400 [14]
The In Flanders Fields Museum, the Rubenshuis
Belgium
Mike Max
$800 [4]
In 19th c. New York politics, a repeater was a man hired to do this several times in a day, shaving to change his identity
vote
Ellen
$800 [2]
A slang term for sharing gossip is to "spill" this beverage--perhaps oolong?
tea
Mike
$800 [10]
Ron Chernow's biography of this man was adapted into a 2015 Broadway musical
Alexander Hamilton
DD $2,400 [25]
The Illumina Hi Seq X10 was one of the first devices that could produce a person's complete one of these for under $1,000
human genome
Mike
$800 [20]
Designed to put children to sleep, a wiegenlied is this
a lullaby
Ellen
$800 [15]
The Temples of Karnak, the Qattara Depression
Egypt
Max
$1,200 [6]
Although his Supreme Court case changed the way police talked to suspects, this Arizona man was retried & sent to prison in 1967
(Ernesto) Miranda
Ellen
$1,200 [5]
This 4-letter verb that means show off a muscle is now used to show off anything you're proud of
flex
Mike
$1,200 [11]
"The Last Real Record Store On Earth" is a song from this musical based on a Nick Hornby novel
High Fidelity
Mike
$1,200 [21]
In other words, this "sleepy" rhyming expression means if you don't pay attention, you're liable to miss out on an opportunity
you snooze, you lose
Mike
$1,200 [16]
Sognefjord
Norway
Max
$2,000 [8]
A 1621 treaty says English settlers & these native people led by Massasoit will "leave their bows & arrows" when visiting the other
Wampanoag
$1,600 [12]
This musical has a frame story: an imprisoned Miguel de Cervantes tells his fellow prisoners a story
Man of La Mancha
Mike Max
$1,600 [22]
In a poem by Robert Frost, the 6 words that follow "But I have promises to keep and..."
miles to go before I sleep
Max
$1,600 [17]
The Blue Lagoon near Grindavik
Iceland
Ellen
DD $3,000 [7]
The Platt Amendment of 1901 became a treaty between the U.S. & this new country & even became part of its constitution
Cuba
Ellen
$2,000 [13]
Douglass Wallop's novel "The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant" inspired this sporty musical
Damn Yankees
Mike
$2,000 [23]
Derived in part from a Latin word for "sleep", it's a 12-letter synonym for "sleepwalking"
somnambulism
Mike
$2,000 [18]
Mandalay, the Shwezigon Pagoda, the Irrawaddy River
Burma (Myanmar)
Ellen Max

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN BUSINESS

In 2004, after a century as a household name, its last model rolled off the assembly line in Lansing, Michigan

Oldsmobile

Ellen "What is the Town car?" — wagered $400
Mike "What is Chrysler?" — wagered $1,200

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