Show #8403 2021-05-19 (taped 2021-04-13) Tournament of Champions

2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Ryan Hemmel — a legal technology professional from Los Angeles, California

Paul Trifiletti — an attorney from Athens, Georgia

Jennifer Quail — a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$5,300	$5,100	$17,900	$20,650 Automatic semifinalist	$17,000 23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Paul	$1,200	$2,200	$5,800	$100 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$5,800 13 R, 2 W
Ryan	$1,200	$3,600	$10,200	$11,600 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$10,000 12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE	HERBS	UNDER THE USA	NFL TEAMS IN SPANISH	BETWEEN HELL & HIGH...	WATER
$200 [30] All hail this type of penguin seenherethrowing its weight around; one can tip the scales at 100 pounds the emperor penguin Paul	$200 [8] While southern Europe embraced this bulb, a late 17th c. British discourse on salads spoke of its "intolerable rankness" garlic Jennifer	$200 [24] One of America's earliest subways was this city's Tremont Street subway; it's still used to get to Boylston Boston Jennifer	$200 [16] Los Gigantes the Giants Paul	$200 [29] This feeling of being utterly forlorn has 2 sets of double "S" helplessness	$200 [1] Hydrolysis uses water to destroy these that hold a compound together bonds Paul
$400 [20] Go south from Concepción, Paraguay or Rehoboth, Namibia & you're crossing this tropic line the Tropic of Capricorn Paul	$400 [9] Washington State's Yakima Valley is the USA's center of producing these, which give beer its distinctive taste hops Paul	$400 [3] It's the 5-letter name of the bar seen here, also what thespacewas 100 years ago under a Cleveland bank Vault Ryan	$400 [15] Los Osos the Bears Ryan	$400 [26] A medieval soldier's head covering, or a steering wheel on a ship a helm Jennifer	$400 [7] In 2020 NASA announced that its Sofia Observatory detected water in this heavenly body's Clavius crater the Moon Jennifer
$600 [19] Madagascar is the biggest island in this ocean the Indian Ocean Ryan	$600 [10] Oil of peppermint is almost half this chemical that flavors cigarettes but can also aid digestion & ease cramps menthol Paul	$600 [23] The Aerojet-Dade Facility in this state was once used for testing fuel; left behind was a part of arocketin an underground silo Florida Paul	$600 [14] Los Cuarenta y Nueve the 49ers Ryan	$600 [6] Like pell-mell, it's a hyphenated rhyming term for confusion helter-skelter Jennifer	$800 [18] Sometimes water molecules contain deuterium or tritium, isotopes of this element hydrogen Jennifer Paul
$800 [11] These are a tradition on Tahiti; after months there, Fletcher Christian appeared before Captain Bligh covered in them tattoos Jennifer	$800 [13] It's an "F"-festival: the Florence type of this herb that tastes like licorice is also called finocchio fennel Ryan	$800 [22] Monks in Washington, D.C. created these underground crypts, trying to emulate those found in Rome catacombs Paul	$800 [5] Los Águilas the Eagles Jennifer	$800 [27] From the Japanese, it's a small grill hibachi Ryan	$1,000 [17] Water has low this "V" property, meaning it's quick to flow or change shape viscosity Jennifer
$1,000 [2] This fault running down East Africa divides in Zambia, the western arm becoming the Luangwa Valley the Great Rift Jennifer	$1,000 [25] Eating one seed from the castor bean can be fatal due to the presence of this blood-clumping toxin ricin Jennifer Paul	$1,000 [21] Once a government relocation site, West Virginia's Greenbrier this was designed as a Cold War fallout shelter Bunker Paul	$1,000 [4] Los Cuervos the Ravens Ryan	$1,000 [28] This 11-letter word refers to Greek culture or language Hellenistic Ryan	DD $1,500 [12] In ROWPU, a system that purifies any water source, the "R" stands for "reverse" & the "O" stands for this process osmosis Jennifer

Double Jeopardy! Round

NAMES OF WORLD WAR II	ETYMOLOGY	LITERARY ANTAGONISTS	-OLA	AWARDS & HONORS	MANE'S THE SAME
$400 [22] The Forces Françaises Libres were led with panache by this man seen here (Charles) de Gaulle Paul	$400 [24] This type of pre-dinner drink is from Latin for "to open" apertif (aperitif) Jennifer	$400 [13] In this dystopian tale, the title narrator plays Scrabble with a commander whose name we can assume is Fred The Handmaid's Tale	$400 [23] The "Dynamic Ribbon Device" is a trademark of this beverage company Coca-Cola Jennifer	$400 [29] Created in 1930, the Order of him went to "Heroes of the Soviet Union" as the nation's highest civilian award Lenin Paul	$400 [30] Hidalgo &Mine That Bird horses Jennifer
$800 [21] This politician who met with Hitler in 1939 earned the nickname "The Betrayer of Norway" Vidkun Quisling Jennifer	$800 [17] The pope delivers blessings from this type of projecting platform, from Italian for "scaffold" a balcony	$800 [12] The human in this 1964 Shel Silverstein book takes & takes until the title object has nothing left to offer The Giving Tree Jennifer	$800 [28] This oil-rich African country gained independence from Portugal in 1975 Angola Jennifer	$800 [16] An award named for this scientist honors "those who accidentally remove themselves from (the human genome) in a spectacular manner" the Darwin Award Paul	$800 [11] Eeyore& Puzzle donkeys Ryan
$1,200 [1] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew is outside the Great Synagogue in Budapest, Hungary.) Throughout Budapest, there are monuments & memorials, including this park, that honor the heroic deeds of this Swedish diplomat who helped save the lives of about 100,000 Hungarian Jews during World War II (Raoul) Wallenberg Ryan	$1,200 [18] Latin for "change" gives us this word for an organism that has arisen from a change in genetic material a mutant Jennifer	$1,200 [5] Seen here is one of the classic meanies in all of lit, this villain of a Dickens novel Bill Sikes	$1,200 [25] George Catlin sketched this Seminole war leader after he'd been captured by U.S. soldiers who had violated a truce Osceola Ryan	$1,200 [7] The player who best shows sportsmanship & gentlemanly conduct while also playing well wins the Lady Byng Trophy in this league the NHL Jennifer	$1,200 [8] Ranger& Francis(who talked) mules Jennifer
$2,000 [6] This American officer led an air raid on Tokyo in April 1942 Jimmy Doolittle Jennifer	$1,600 [19] This word for a spooky warning spirit of folklore comes from old Irish meaning "woman of the fairies" a banshee Jennifer	$2,000 [4] This first novel to feature Hannibal Lecter involves a killer making a "colorful" transformation Red Dragon Jennifer	$1,600 [26] This French author went to school with Paul Cezanne, who introduced him to the Impressionist painters (Émile) Zola Ryan	$1,600 [14] India's 2005 Crossword Book Award for Fiction went to this novelist for "Shalimar the Clown" Salman Rushdie	$1,600 [9] Marty& the San Diego Zoo's Robert zebras
DD $4,800 [2] In 1942 he combined 2 loves of his life--physics & New Mexico--in endorsing Los Alamos to be home of the Manhattan Project Oppenheimer Ryan	$2,000 [20] Greek for "deep" & "ball" gave us this word for an early deep-sea observation vessel a bathysphere Jennifer	DD $3,000 [3] The blind monk Jorge of Buroos is the antagonist in this novel set in a Benedictine monastery The Name of the Rose Ryan	$2,000 [27] In the 1490s, this religious reformer led a puritanical regime in Florence that burned books & art Savonarola Paul	$2,000 [15] In France, the Croix de Guerre is automatically awarded to those who receive this 3-word decoration for war services the Legion of Honor Jennifer	$2,000 [10] Lippy &Kovu two lions

Final Jeopardy!

MIDDLE EASTERN GEOGRAPHY

Of the 6 countries that border the Red Sea, it's last alphabetically

Yemen

Paul "What isYemen? Saudia Arabia" — wagered $5,700

Ryan "What is Yemen?" — wagered $1,400

Jennifer "What is Yemen?" — wagered $2,750

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