Show #8408 2021-05-26 (taped 2021-04-14) Tournament of Champions

2021 Tournament of Champions semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Nibir Sarma — a junior at the University of Minnesota from Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Jason Zuffranieri — a math teacher from Albuquerque, New Mexico

Jennifer Quail — a wine tasting consultant from Dowagiac, Michigan

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jennifer	$2,000	$4,200	$15,000	$29,999 Finalist	$14,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Jason	$3,400	$4,800	$13,400	$20,400 2nd place: $10,000	$18,400 23 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Nibir	$600	$3,400	$2,800	$1 3rd place: $10,000	$5,800 11 R, 7 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE CIVIL WAR	TRANSPORTATION	YOUNG PEOPLE'S LITERATURE	ONES & ZEROS	OLYMPIC SPORTS EQUIPMENT	IN THE DICTIONARY
$200 [4] "High-ranking" name of the Confederate locomotive hijacked by Union troops in 1862 the General Jason	$200 [2] One of the highest systems using these alliterative transports takes you from Chamonix up 8,900' almost to the summit of Mount Midi a cable car Nibir	$200 [26] The name of this quirky alliterative character was inspired by a boomerang toy Roald Dahl had as a boy Willy Wonka Jennifer	$200 [29] The Jaguar I-PACE & the Fiat 500e are both examples of these, ZEVs for short zero emission vehicles Jason	$200 [30] Goal, swimsuit water polo Jason	$200 [19] There's a silent "B" in this adjective meaning mysterious & faint, like the Mona Lisa's smile subtle
$400 [25] The Dictator, an enormous one of these artillery weapons that fire high-arcing shells, was used in the Siege of Petersburg a mortar Jennifer Nibir	$400 [12] First built in 1936, Oscar Mayer's distinctive promotionalvehiclehas this appropriate name the Wienermobile Jennifer	$600 [8] "Last Sacrifice" was the finale of Richelle Mead's series about special young people attending this school the Vampire Academy Nibir	$400 [28] This base-2 notation system uses only 2 digits, one & zero binary Jennifer	$400 [27] Rocks, brooms curling Jason	$400 [20] This optical device that uses mirrors & colored glass gets its name partly from the Greek for "beautiful" kaleidoscope Jason
$600 [24] At Gettysburg James Longstreet was actually in command of the disastrous Confederate attack known as this Pickett's Charge Jennifer	$600 [18] This 1,900-mile-long interstate travels by Jacksonville, Florida, Washington, D.C. & Portland, Maine I-95 Nibir	$800 [13] In a story by Mary Mapes Dodge, the sister of this title boy wins the silver skates Hans Brinker Jennifer	$600 [16] 0 K, not to be confused with OK, is also known by this phrase absolute zero Jason Nibir	$600 [1] Hoops, ribbons rhythmic gymnastics Jason	$600 [22] This portmanteau word for a women's 2-piece bathing suit that provides more coverage than a bikini dates to 1985 a tankini Jennifer
$800 [15] After this bloody 1862 battle, President Lincolnvisited McClellan on the battlefield & urgedhimto pursue retreating rebels Antietam Jason	$800 [3] In 1871 this railroad & shipping tycoon built the first depot at what became Grand Central Terminal (Cornelius) Vanderbilt Jason	DD $1,000 [7] Chapters in this work include "The Mock Turtle's Story" & "The Lobster Quadrille" Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Jennifer	$800 [11] The bran cereal called this "One" says it provides 65% of your daily value of it Fiber One Jason	$800 [6] Bindings & a tube with 22-foot-high walls snowboarding Jennifer Jason	$800 [23] Tilt, prejudice & diagonal are synonyms of this 4-letter word bias Jason
$1,000 [9] U.S. Grant got his "Unconditional Surrender" nickname at the 1862 capture of Fort Donelson on the Cumberland River in this state Tennessee Nibir	$1,000 [17] Named for its three tiers ofoars, it was the principalwarship with which the Greek city-states vied for control of the seas the trireme Nibir	$1,000 [14] Melinda Sordino is the heroine of this novel by Laurie Halse Anderson; the last name Sordino can mean "mute" Speak	$1,000 [10] ZIRP is short for this banking "policy" that encourages low-cost credit to companies & individuals zero interest-rate policy	$1,000 [5] Horse, epee modern pentathlon Jennifer Jason	$1,000 [21] Geometry has cool words like rhombus & this one for a quadrilateral with only 2 parallel sides a trapezoid Nibir

Double Jeopardy! Round

SEEING RED	IT'S A MIRAGE	3 "D"	U.K. PLACES	FICTIONAL GAME SHOWS	THE ANCIENTS SPEAK
$400 [30] She'sdraped in red in a 16th centuryworkby Giorgione (the Virgin) Mary Nibir	$400 [29] Mirages are a common sight in Namibia's Etosha Pan, a vast, dry plain mainly covered in this mineral salt Nibir	$400 [25] A female who's partly divine a demigoddess Jennifer	$400 [28] Associated with a group of poets, this scenic area gets its name from multiple bodies of water including Derwent Water Lake District Jason	$400 [27] "How Did I Get Here?" is an interdimensional game show on the animated series named for this pair Rick & Morty Jennifer	$400 [26] Anaxagoras pointed out that "The descent to" this Greek underworld "is the same from every place" Hades Jason
$800 [23] The title of this work is Spanish for the man wielding the red cape matador Jennifer Jason	$800 [24] The French-made Mirage fighter jet is known as Shahak, or "heavens", in this country that's used it to great effect Israel Nibir	$800 [19] 2-word term for flawed, unsalable merchandise damaged goods Jason	$800 [8] Donegall Square is in the heart of this capital city Belfast Jennifer Jason Nibir	$800 [20] On an episode of the cartoon called "The Real" this group, Ray & Winston play "Race the Devil"; Venkman is in the audience Ghostbusters Jason	$800 [22] From this female poet: "The Moon has set, and the Pleiades; it is midnight, and time passes, and I sleep alone" Sappho Jennifer
$1,200 [11] Apaintingby Kazamir Malevich in the Russian State Museum has this appropriate geometric title Red Square Jennifer	$1,200 [13] A mirage in which the Sun appears to have another sun below it is called this type, after the Greek letter it resembles omega Jason	$1,200 [18] If you've interfered in someone else's affairs, you've done this meddled Jason Nibir	$1,600 [6] In 1910 6 pottery-making towns got together & formed what became Stoke-on-this river Trent Nibir	$1,200 [4] A sequel to this mind-bending 1975 movie musical, "Shock Treatment" finds Brad & Janet as contestants on "Marriage Maze" The Rocky Horror Picture Show Jennifer	$1,200 [5] Lao-tzu said, "I have just three things to teach", not "Love! Valour!" This! but "simplicity, patience" & this compassion Jason
$1,600 [9] "Red Virginia Creeper"is by this great Scandinavian Edvard Munch Jennifer	$1,600 [12] The name of this city that's home to Western Michigan University may be from a Potawatomi word for "mirage" Kalamazoo Jennifer	$1,600 [17] The text of this document begins with "When" & ends with "honor" the Declaration of Independence Jennifer	$2,000 [1] Lewis & Harris is the largest of the Scottish islands known as the Outer these the Hebrides Jason Nibir	$1,600 [3] In this 1987 film Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to survive a public execution game show The Running Man Jason	$2,000 [16] In one of his famous comedies, he asked, "Haven't you sometimes seen a cloud that looked like a Centaur?" Aristophanes Jason
$2,000 [10] "Red, Yellow, Red"is one of this abstract artist's color field paintings Rothko Nibir	$2,000 [15] This half sister & adversary of Arthur in "Le Morte d'Arthur" gave her name to a type of mirage Morgan le Fay Nibir	$2,000 [14] Thisbreed of terrier was named for a character in a 19th century novel the Dandie Dinmont terrier Jennifer	DD $3,000 [7] Doing something redundant is like "carrying coals" to this city, formerly a coal-mining center Newcastle Nibir	$2,000 [2] "What Do Kids Know?" is a game show in this Paul Thomas Anderson film with a tree for a title Magnolia Jason	DD $5,000 [21] Augustus Caesar said he "found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of" this, which was much nicer! marble Jason

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL COMPOSERS

Monsieur Crescendo & Signor Vaccarmini ("Mr. Racket") were derisive nicknames for this composer whose last opera dates from 1829

(Gioachino) Rossini

Nibir "Who is Verdi??" — wagered $2,799

Jason "Who is Rossini?" — wagered $7,000

Jennifer "Who is Rossinni?" — wagered $14,999

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