Show #8388 2021-04-28 (taped 2021-02-24) Regular

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Justice Defenders.

Contestants

Leah Caglio — a product manager originally from Phoenix, Arizona

Hari Parameswaran — a college student from Xenia, Ohio

Dana Schumacher-Schmidt — an English professor from Tecumseh, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Dana	$3,400	$4,800	$10,000	$15,000 2nd place: $2,000	$9,600 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Hari	$1,000	$200	$13,800	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$17,000 17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Leah	$1,200	$5,000	$13,800	$17,595 New champion: $17,595	$13,800 16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

FLAG ON THE PLAY	IN-CAR-CERATED	MODERN HEBREW	AMERICA BEFORE 1800	WOULD YOU LOOK AT THAT?	"LAND" FILL
$200 [6] Twisting, pulling, pushing or turning this piece of equipment costs an NFL defender 15 yards a face mask Leah	$200 [28] Like cops, a process server may have to endure hours on one of these, sitting in a car looking for the target to come out a stakeout Leah	$200 [16] Meaning "one thing at a time", para para literally is this animal twice, implying you can't milk 2 at the same time a cow Dana	$200 [1] The devil gets his fair share of mentions in Cotton Mather's account of these 1692 proceedings the Salem Witch Trials Dana	$400 [12] Not to be confused with a medieval weapon, it'sa ceremonial symbol of royal authority in the UK Parliament a mace Dana	$400 [9] It's paired with Odessa in a region of West Texas Midland Leah
$400 [7] It's a cause for disqualification in the 100-meter dash; a jumpy NFL offensive lineman doing it costs 5 yards a false start Leah	$400 [11] Nickname for the 2013 scandal in which access lanes from N.J. to the GW were deliberately closed, causing monster gridlock Bridgegate	$400 [17] When Eliezer Ben-Yehuda revived spoken Hebrew from a 1,700-year sleep, his 1st new word was milon, this type of book he compiled a dictionary Dana	$400 [2] It's believed the British used this disease as a biological weapon by passing out infected blankets during the French & Indian War smallpox Dana	$600 [13] As opposed to a human cannonball, the British chariot was a human this, launched from a submarine & guided by divers a torpedo Hari	$600 [8] Volcanic activity created Surtsey Island off its coast in 1963 Iceland Dana Hari
$600 [25] (Jimmy of the Clue Crews presents by a display monitor.) If a quarterback is under defensive pressure & throws a pass that lands no where near a receiver, it's intentional this grounding Leah	$600 [21] This action by OPEC in October 1973 produced long lines at U.S. gas stations an oil embargo Hari	$600 [18] A word in the Bible for harp-like instrument gives us psanter, the modern Hebrew word for this other "P" instrument piano Hari	$800 [4] In addition to 2,400 troops, George Washington ferried 18 cannons & many horses across this river on Christmas night, 1776 the Delaware River Dana	$800 [14] Cortlandt Alleyoff Canal Street is often used as a location for movies & TV shows shot in this city New York Hari Leah	$800 [10] Mills College, the first women's college west of the Rockies, is located in this Bay Area city Oakland Hari
$800 [24] If you block an NFL opponent from behind, below the waist, it'll cost you & your team 15 yards as this penalty clipping Dana	$800 [27] On SR-91, also known as "Florida's" this toll road, it's 49 miles between exits, Yeehaw Junction to Kissimmee/St. Cloud the Florida Turnpike Dana	$800 [19] Oddly, the Hebrew name for this New World poultry translates to "Indian chicken" a turkey Dana	DD $1,000 [3] In December 1732 Benjamin Franklin published his first edition of this, for the coming year Poor Richard's Almanack Dana	$1,000 [15] Theflagof this large Pacific island nation is mostly flown blue side up in times of peace & red side up in times of war the Philippines Leah	$1,000 [22] The Pomeranian Lakeland has more than 1,000 lakes in this country Poland Hari
$1,000 [23] If the offense is called for holding in its own end zone, this score is awarded to the defense 2 points Leah	$1,000 [26] The rally race named for this capital of Senegal features 12-hour shifts behind the wheel dodging camels & land mines Dakar Leah	$1,000 [20] This Nestle brand of coffee translates to "miracle coffee" in Hebrew & is used for any instant coffee in Israel Nescafé Hari Leah	$1,000 [5] The first elected legislature in the colonies was the house of these, established in Virginia in 1619 the House of Burgesses Hari	—	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

AUTHORS NOT GOING PLACES	THEIR TV ROLES	"AU"	GET OFF OF MY CLOUD	WHAT A HOARD!	WE HAVE SUCH CHEMISTRY
$400 [22] When she wrote "Outlander", Diana Gabaldon hadn't been to this U.K. country, the book's main setting Scotland Dana	$400 [21] Sam Malone on "Cheers" & Michael on "The Good Place" Ted Danson Dana	$400 [27] Collective term for the years 2000 to 2009 the aughts Dana	$400 [28] If you own a device from this company, you get 5 free gigabytes of virtual storage in i Cloud Apple Leah	$800 [16] The hoard called Priam's Treasure was discovered in 1873 during the excavation of this site Troy Leah	$800 [26] In 2015 DuPont spun off a company called Chemours to produce Opteon, Freon & this -on used on cookware Teflon Hari
$800 [6] This creator of Tarzan never set foot in Africa (Edgar Rice) Burroughs Leah	$800 [19] Dr. Gregory House & politician Tom James on "Veep" Hugh Laurie Dana	$800 [4] Freedom to do what you want by yourself autonomy Leah	$800 [25] This country's Mount Cook is also known as Aorangi, from the Maori for "cloud piercer" New Zealand Hari	$1,200 [14] Though the owners won't say where, a hoard of gold coins worth millions was found in 2013 in this east California mountain range the Sierra Nevada Hari	$1,200 [11] Po-210, an isotope of this element, is used in gold foil to eliminate static electricity in industrial processes polonium Hari
$1,600 [2] This author from Prague never visited the U.S. & it shows when the Statue of Liberty holds aloft a sword on page 1 of his novel "Amerika" (Franz) Kafka Hari	$1,200 [17] Angela Bower on "Who's the Boss?" & Shelly Pfefferman on "Transparent" Judith Light	$1,200 [8] The price goes down instead of up in the Dutch type of this process an auction Hari	$1,200 [9] America Ferrera was promoted to manager of a branch of this less-than-heavenly chain on NBC's "Superstore" Cloud 9 Hari	$1,600 [15] In 1999 a TV crew on the island of Gotland located the Spillings Hoard, the largest treasure ever found from these people the Vikings Dana	$1,600 [12] These naturally occurring lipids are named for their trios of molecules; in tristearin, they're all stearic acid triglycerides Hari
DD $2,000 [1] Bram Stoker consulted the 1865 book this region: "Its Products and Its People" to write about a place he never went Transylvania Hari	$1,600 [18] Tilly Mitchell in "Escape at Dannemora" & Dee Dee Blanchard in "The Act" Patricia Arquette	$1,600 [5] Hewas one of the great masters of 20th century English poetry (W.H.) Auden Dana	$2,000 [24] A reunion with an old friend at a pub becomes depressing in "A Little Cloud", a tale in this James Joyce short story collection Dubliners Leah	$2,000 [23] A medievalgobletfound in an Irish hoard is called the Ardagh this type of drinking vessel used to celebrate the Eucharist a chalice Leah	$2,000 [13] This Frenchman's 1789 "Elementary Treatise on Chemistry" is said to be the field's first modern textbook Lavoisier Hari
$2,000 [3] "The Lost City of Z" is about South America explorer Percy Fawcett, who helped Arthur Conan Doyle WFH this "Lost" book The Lost World Hari	$2,000 [20] Jonah Dekker on "Law & Order: Los Angeles" & Lucious Lyon on "Empire" Terrence Howard Leah	$2,000 [7] If the French & British can agree on one thing, it's that you call the eggplant this aubergines Hari	DD $4,000 [10] Poet John Milton coined this "precious" term for the upside of a cloud a silver lining Hari	—	—

Final Jeopardy!

HOLLYWOOD LEGENDS

This director was quoted as saying, "I believe I can take any 60 pages of the Bible and make a great picture"

Cecil B. DeMille

Dana "Who is De Mille?" — wagered $5,000

Hari "Who is Mel Gibson?" — wagered $13,800

Leah "Who is DeMille?" — wagered $3,795

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