Show #8398 2021-05-12 (taped 2021-03-03) Regular

Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Media Fellowship House.

Contestants

Dave Friedlander — a freelancer originally from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amanda Ganske — a product marketing manager from Austin, Texas

Jeff Mitchum — a teacher from Dixon, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jeff $4,600 $4,000 $3,200 $6,395
2nd place: $2,000
$10,800
20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Amanda $600 $4,000 $11,400 $14,000
New champion: $14,000
$12,400
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Dave $2,000 $5,000 $6,600 $600
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
10 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE WORST PART OF WAKING UP THE MEASURE OF A FILM NAPOLEON THE INNOVATOR STUPID ANSWERS "A" IS FOR WRITER 'CAUSE WE SPELL GOOD
$200 [16]
Orange juice tastes awful after brushing because sodium lauryl sulfate in this product suppresses sweet receptors
toothpaste
Jeff
$200 [22]
2012:"Attack of the 50 ____ Cheerleader"
Foot
Dave
$200 [25]
This reading system for the blind began as a challenge by Napoleon to find a way for soldiers to communicate silently in the dark
Braille
Amanda
$200 [4]
The Sahara Desert derives its name from an Arabic word meaning this
desert
Amanda
$200 [14]
Between 1858 & 1872 he Dane-d to give us "New Fairy Tales and Stories"
Hans Christian Andersen
Dave
$200 [12]
It's the total number of "S"es in the name of "The Magnolia State"
four
Amanda
$400 [18]
The reduction of salivary flow during sleep is the main culprit for this form of waking halitosis
morning breath
Amanda
$400 [23]
2002:"8 ____", featuring music
Mile
Jeff
$400 [17]
Napoleon's conquests spread this measurement system through Europe
the metric system
Dave
$400 [5]
Born John Rogers Stephens, in 2018 he released his first holiday album, "A Legendary Christmas"
John Legend
Jeff
$400 [8]
In 1882 she finished the 6th volume of "Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"
Alcott
Jeff
$400 [13]
These 2 letters are between M & F in a word from the French for the use of disguise in the military
O & U
Amanda
$600 [19]
A new mixing valve in this could be the key to preventing scalding due to an ill-timed toilet flush
a showerhead
Dave
$600 [1]
1999:"8____"featuring Nic Cage
mm
Jeff
$800 [29]
In 1804 Napoleon standardized all the laws of France, resulting in a civil code still used in places like this Canadian province
Quebec
Amanda
$600 [6]
The ocean that surrounds Antarctica in the Southern Hemisphere goes by these 2 alternate names
the Antarctic & the Southern Ocean
Amanda
$600 [9]
He named Ford Prefect after "the rather oddly named little car", but "many thought it was a typing error for perfect"
Douglas Adams
Jeff
$600 [26]
Here's a colonel of truth--"colonel" ain't spelled right in that phrase; please spell out this homophone, the gist of an idea
K-E-R-N-E-L
Jeff
$800 [20]
Toxins called congeners in your booze are a reason this condition also called wine flu is worse with certain drinks
a hangover
Jeff
$800 [2]
2001:"Hedwig &the ____ ____"
Angry Inch
Jeff
$1,000 [30]
Egyptology began with Napoleon's 1798 invasion of Egypt & the discovery of this stone, a key to language translation
the Rosetta Stone
Amanda
$800 [7]
In summer 2019 singles looking for love hooked up on the island of Fiji for season 1 of this series based on a British show
Love Island
Dave
$800 [10]
Last name of Kingsley, the creator of "Lucky Jim" in 1954, & his son Martin, who found "Success" in 1978
Amis
Jeff
$800 [27]
It's the number of vowels in the instrument seen here
five
Dave
$1,000 [24]
Lacrimal gland production is lowest during sleep, so this rhyming disorder is often worse when waking
dry eye
Amanda
$1,000 [3]
1953:"The Beast from20,000 ____"
Fathoms
Jeff
DD $3,600 [21]
Baron Larrey, Napoleon's chief surgeon, is credited with pioneering this type of medical service, from French for "walking"
ambulance service
Jeff
$1,000 [15]
A 2016 Forever stamp marked the 250th anniversary of the repeal of this act
the Stamp Act
Dave
$1,000 [11]
"De amor y de sombra", "Of Love & Shadows", is a 1984 novel by this Chilean-American author
Allende
Dave
$1,000 [28]
It's the missing letter in "ouvre", describing an artist's lifetime body of work
E
Jeff

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPOSERS ALL AROUND WORD ORIGINS BIRDS OF PRAY 7-LETTER COUNTRIES AMERICAN HISTORY I'LL REPEAT MYSELF AGAIN, TOO
$400 [15]
Music Tim Carleton wrote at age 16 was used by phone maker Cisco & has been heard by millions as this--your call is important to us
hold music
Jeff
$400 [3]
This term for the loan agreement to purchase a dwelling comes from Old French for "dead wage"
mortgage
Jeff
$400 [22]
Jesus said this man will deny him three times before the cock crows twice; here, he is in shame after that comes true
Peter
Jeff
$400 [21]
This country definitely uses the most U's in the spelling of its name
Uruguay
Jeff Amanda
$400 [9]
In 1908 the first of these Ford models rolled out of a plant in Detroit
a Model T
Jeff
$400 [20]
Immigrants brought the first of this type of drum to the U.S. from China in the 1800s
a tom-tom
Amanda
$800 [6]
A 1974 march for tuba by Luciano Michelini became the circusy-sounding theme to this HBO comedy
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Amanda
$800 [2]
Cowboy vocabulary from Spanish includes stockade & this other word for an enclosure for horses or cattle
a corral
Amanda
$800 [23]
You may have heard of one of these that laid golden eggs; Buddha told of how, in a former life, he was one with golden feathers
a goose
Jeff
$800 [27]
This country has the Gulf of Bothnia to its west & a gulf named for it to its south
Finland
$800 [11]
Thomas Jefferson used this game board as a model for city planning with every other block left open
a chessboard
Amanda
$800 [16]
Only a dental professional can truly remove this mineral deposit also called calculus that forms along & under the gumline
tartar
Jeff Amanda
$1,200 [7]
Known as "The Bong", the 5-note theme for this chip maker "Inside" a lot of computers was composed in 1994 by Walter Werzowa
Intel
Dave
$1,200 [1]
Transparent is from the Latin for "appear through"; this word meaning almost the same is from the Latin for "shine through"
translucent
Amanda
DD $1,000 [26]
The guru Granth Sahib of this faith uses birds like the flamingo & crane to draw parallels between man & the divine
Sikhism
Amanda
$1,200 [28]
In 2006 Evo Morales, a member of the Aymara people, became the first indigenous president of this South American country
Bolivia
Dave
$1,200 [12]
Nevada has a monument to this 1860s mail service, near the site where horses & riders fueled up before heading further west
the Pony Express
Jeff
$1,200 [17]
We'll string you along & say you can "walk the dog" with this item that dates back to the 400s B.C.
a yo-yo
Jeff
$1,600 [8]
BJ Leiderman wrote themes for NPR programs like "Morning Edition" & this Saturday & Sunday counterpart
Weekend Edition
$1,600 [4]
Italian for "stalk" or "stump", it's the trunk of the human body
torso
Jeff
$1,200 [24]
In the Koran a bird that could speak told this "wise" king & prophet it had come from Sheba with tidings
Solomon
$1,600 [29]
Istria & Dalmatia are regions of this Balkan country
Croatia
Amanda
$2,000 [14]
In 1853 this 14th president was not sworn in--he was affirmed on a Bible
Franklin Pierce
Jeff Amanda
$1,600 [18]
A fish with this Hawaiian name weighing 72.8 pounds was caught off Maryland in 2019
mahi-mahi
Dave
$2,000 [10]
Adam Schlesinger of this "Stacy's Mom" band also composed 157 songs for TV's "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend"
Fountains of Wayne
Amanda
$2,000 [5]
Persian for perfume gave us this word for a fragrant essential oil "of roses"
attar
$1,600 [25]
In one of his most famous sermons, this Italian saint told his bird buddies they have an obligation to praise their creator
St. Francis
Amanda
$2,000 [30]
This small Transcaucasian country is believed to be the first to adopt Christianity as a state religion, in 301
Armenia
Amanda
DD $4,000 [13]
In the 1850s Chief Oshkosh stopped a U.S. attempt to move the Menominee people westward from this state
Wisconsin
Jeff
$2,000 [19]
In this fairy-tale-influenced Gregory Maguire novel, the vain stepmother is Lucrezia Borgia
Mirror, Mirror
Amanda

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD'S FAIRS

The theme of Seattle's 1962 World's Fair was "Man in the" this era

Space Age

Jeff "What is Space Age?" — wagered $3,195
Dave "What is the Modern Era?" — wagered $6,000
Amanda "What is the space age?" — wagered $2,600

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