Show #8405 2021-05-21 (taped 2021-04-13) Tournament of Champions

2021 Tournament of Champions quarterfinal game 5.Included a short tribute to Brayden Smith following the Jeopardy! Round.

Contestants

Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon

Andy Wood — a writer originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan

Sam Kavanaugh — a substitute teacher originally from Carlton, Minnesota

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sam	$1,400	$2,000	$20,400	$22,801 Automatic semifinalist	$16,000 18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Andy	$5,200	$7,000	$7,400	$100 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$7,400 15 R, 2 W
Veronica	$3,800	$6,400	$22,800	$22,460 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$22,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

PAINTING, NOT THE ART KIND	ALSO KNOWN AS	PREFIXES	STEPHEN KING TITLE REFERENCES	20th CENTURY TV	1921
$200 [28] Earl Scheib started making money painting these in the 1930s at the corner of Whitworth & Fairfax in Los Angeles cars Sam	$200 [30] In the U.S. the area you play soccer on is a field, but the Brits call it this, also a verb pitch Veronica	$200 [29] Meaning "in place of", this prefix is found in front of "roy" & "principal" vice Andy	$200 [22] A makeshift graveyard in the woods near Ludlow, Maine pet sematary Sam	$200 [27] The title of this 1970s series refers to a wealthy guy on speakerphone & the 3 women who work as detectives for him Charlie's Angels Sam	$200 [26] A forerunner of General Mills created this persona to answer questions about baking & an icon was born Betty Crocker Andy
$400 [23] Matte, satin & eggshell are types of this, one vowel sound different from "shine" sheen Sam	$400 [24] Kids in this country learn to draw their homeland as a 6-sided figure, so the nickname "l'Hexagone" makes sense France Veronica	$400 [20] When spelled with an "E" at the end, this 4-letter prefix means "before"; with an "I" at the end, it means "opposite" ante (anti) Veronica	$400 [21] The Cambers' Saint Bernard Cujo Andy	$400 [15] This actor drove the Knight Industries Two Thousand--KITT, for short--before heading for the beach in 1989 David Hasselhoff Veronica	$400 [25] Here's this man being sworn in as Chief Justice of the United States, hisgreatest ambition Taft Andy
$600 [3] This brand founded in 1907 says it's the legacy of a paint-making process devised in 16th century Holland Dutch Boy Sam	$600 [7] Due to its conservative leanings, Britain's daily telegraph is sometimes called the Daily this -graph the Torygraph Sam	$600 [19] "Vivi-" derives from a word meaning this in Latin, so vivisepulture means burying something that way alive Andy	$600 [10] A 1958 Plymouth Fury Christine Veronica	$600 [14] Barbara Eden could literally grant Larry Hagman any wish he could think of in this 1960s sitcom... but he wouldn't let her! I Dream of Jeannie Andy	$600 [16] During an Armistice Day ceremony on this date, the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier was dedicated at Arlington November 11th Veronica
$800 [2] You can make good money if you're up for climbing 600-foottowersof this bridge over the Hudson to keep it looking good the George Washington Bridge Sam Andy	$800 [6] The supercilia are these body parts that you may raise to appear supercilious eyebrows Andy	DD $1,000 [11] Originally attached to a word that ended "-netic", this 5-letter prefix now fronts words dealing with futuristic concepts cyber Veronica	$800 [9] A small area of Johnny Smith's brain that has been damaged the dead zone	$800 [12] In 1980 Tom Hanks came aboard this ABC show as Rick Martin; hope he tipped Isaac the bartender well The Love Boat Veronica	$800 [17] Alexander I became ruler of the kingdom of Serbs, Croats & Slovenes, which would soon be renamed this Yugoslavia
$1,000 [1] Antifouling paint for boat bottoms helps repel these sticky organisms known as "crusty foulers" barnacles Andy	$1,000 [5] Originally known as St. Ann's Valley, a San Francisco neighborhood eventually got this meatier moniker the Tenderloin Andy	$1,000 [4] It's a little confusing, but the fifth book of the Bible begins with this prefix meaning "second" deutero Sam	$1,000 [8] The name of a shop in Castle Rock where you find the object of your dreams Needful Things Andy	$1,000 [13] Robert Downey Jr. told this lawyer played by Calista Flockhart: "If you need a sympathetic ear, I can fake it" Ally McBeal Veronica	$1,000 [18] 2 women from a literary magazine were tried & fined $50 each for publishing excerpts from this "improper" James Joyce novel Ulysses Veronica

Double Jeopardy! Round

SHE SANG IT IN A MOVIE	2-WORD COUNTRIES	CORPORATE JARGON	YOU'RE IN THE HOLE	MYTHOLOGY	"T"-PAIN
$400 [22] 1953:"Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" Marilyn Monroe Andy	$400 [20] It's on the eastern part of Hispaniola the Dominican Republic Veronica	$400 [30] One of the least-liked words from business jargon is this overused "syn"onym for cooperation synergy Veronica	$400 [29] It's one over par on a golf hole, sweetheart bogey Sam	$400 [28] A bull & Pasiphae were the parents of this mythical monster of Crete the Minotaur Sam	$400 [27] The pain is instant & severe with a rupture of this type of tissue that connects muscle to bone tendon Veronica
$800 [21] 2006:"And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" Jennifer Hudson Veronica	$800 [19] The official title of its king is "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques" Saudi Arabia Sam	$800 [23] In basketball this 5-letter word means to turn while keeping one foot on the floor; in business it means "change direction" pivot Sam	$800 [24] This kind of rodent departs his burrow to make an annual weather prediction in Pennsylvania groundhog Sam	$800 [25] She was Orpheus' wife Eurydice Veronica	$800 [26] Signs of this inflammatory infection include painful blisters in the throat & difficulty swallowing tonsilitis Andy
$1,200 [6] 2005: "Wildwood Flower" & "Jackson" (with an assist from Joaquin Phoenix) Reese Witherspoon Veronica	$1,200 [18] Residents of this West African country are known as Burkinabe Burkina Faso Andy	$1,200 [14] Cherry-picking is similar to plucking this, meaning do easy tasks with the big rewards first; you reach for the higher stuff later plucking the low-hanging fruit Veronica	$1,200 [17] General Patton said that for a soldier to dig this is to dig his own grave a foxhole Sam	$1,600 [3] A psychological complex is named for this sister of Orestes Electra Sam	$1,200 [10] Painful muscular spasms of the jaw are common in this bacterial disease whose symptoms include stiffness of the jaw tetanus Sam
$1,600 [7] 2012:"Cups", a cappella with an actual cup Anna Kendrick Andy	$1,600 [1] It's the southernmost 2-named country in Central America Costa Rica Sam	$1,600 [15] Sheryl Sandberg used this phrase as a book title; others use it to mean "give the appearance of seeming interested" lean in Veronica	$1,600 [13] Seen here is an early 20th century machine for this, which the U.S. Postal Service began doing in 1857 perforating the stamps Andy	$2,000 [12] For his ninth labor, Hercules had to obtain the girdle of this queen of the Amazons Hippolyta Veronica	$1,600 [9] When caused by heart or lung disease, chest pain can accompany this, a heart rate of more than 100 beats per minute tachycardia Veronica
$2,000 [8] 2014:"Witch's Lament", written by Stephen Sondheim Meryl Streep Veronica	DD $3,600 [2] Population 52 million, it has twice the people but 20 times the per capita GDP of its neighbor to the north South Korea Sam	$2,000 [16] I don't have this, actually a measure of data transmission, to take on that project bandwidth Veronica	$2,000 [11] Check out the view of Jackson Hole, a valley in the heart of this national park in Wyoming Grand Teton Sam Andy	DD $4,000 [4] Bellerophon tamed this creature & rode it in his fight with the Chimera Pegasus Sam	$2,000 [5] This disorder often caused by eating undercooked pork can cause joint pain & painful breathing trichinosis Veronica

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

The year before his 1809 birth, his parents acted in "King Lear", leading scholars to believe he was named for a "Lear" character

Edgar Allan Poe

Andy "Who was Dickens?" — wagered $7,300

Sam "Who is Poe?" — wagered $2,401

Veronica "Who is Hawthorne?" — wagered $340

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