Show #8435 2021-07-02 (taped 2021-03-30) Regular

Courtney Shah game 5.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Odyssey Atlanta.

Contestants

McKenzie Miller — a clinical trial researcher from Cincinnati, Ohio

Nanci Skinner — a grocery clerk from Warren, Maine

Courtney Shah — a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon (whose 4-day cash winnings total $72,058)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Courtney	$1,600	$2,600	$8,600	$7,200 5-day champion: $79,258	$8,600 15 R, 2 W
Nanci	$400	$1,200	$12,200	$1,900 3rd place: $1,000	$14,800 16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
McKenzie	$2,600	$2,600	$11,200	$5,199 2nd place: $2,000	$9,400 17 R (including 1 DD), 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

REALLY SIMILAR FLAGS	FAMOUS NAMES	3's COMPANY	THE SHAPE OF THINGS	PHRASES YOU LIKELY DIDN'T DO FOR REAL	TV IS SO HIGH SCHOOL
$200 [26] Australiahas six stars, including a Commonwealth one; this island nation to the southeast, just four New Zealand Courtney	$200 [13] A hoodlum named Frank Galluccio slashed him across his left cheek, earning him the nickname "Scarface" Al Capone Courtney	$200 [22] The logo for this sweet spot incorporates the number 31 in the initials of the company Baskin & Robbins Courtney	$200 [17] Very obviously, this building was named for its shape the Pentagon McKenzie	$200 [6] You forced yourself to do a difficult job, so yes, you had to "bite" this projectile but no, not literally the bullet McKenzie	$200 [1] Sunnydale High seems like hell & sits atop an actual hellmouth Buffy the Vampire Slayer Courtney
$400 [27] Compared to the Netherlands, this smaller Low country has a shorterflag with a different blue Luxembourg Courtney Nanci	$400 [12] This Italian's brother Bartholomew was also an explorer & was an expert chart maker Columbus Courtney McKenzie	$400 [23] Big3 is a league that puts a twist on this sport, like scoring with 4-pointers basketball Nanci	$400 [18] This singer's Purr & Meow! fragrances come in cat-shaped bottles Katy Perry McKenzie	$400 [7] Though the cause had a lot of mass appeal, you only "jumped on" one of these conveyances proverbially the bandwagon Nanci	$400 [2] Will Schuester & Sue Sylvester were on staff at William McKinley High in Lima, Ohio Glee McKenzie
$600 [28] The sea named for this nation separates it from Icelandmore effectively than their flags, both with Danish roots Norway Nanci	$600 [11] His artistic career lasted just 10 years, from 1880 until his death from a gunshot in 1890 Vincent van Gogh	$600 [24] This "national" adhesive from 3M has been keeping things together since 1930 Scotch tape Nanci	$600 [19] This largest artery is said to resemble a candy cane the aorta Courtney Nanci McKenzie	$600 [8] Studying for that test until dawn, you "burned" this timely 2-word phrase but probably not for real, as it's not 1855 the (mid)night oil McKenzie	$600 [3] Both on the Upper East Side, Constance Billard School for Girls & St. Jude's School for Boys Gossip Girl
$800 [29] Indonesia'sflagis longer than that of this country & Indonesia's colors don't represent the Grimaldi family Monaco McKenzie	$800 [9] The founder of China's Yuan Dynasty, he constructed a new capital city in 1267 Kublai Khan Courtney	$800 [10] In 2011 this tech company launched Office 365 Microsoft Courtney	$800 [20] It's the artof growing & trimming trees & shrubs into different shapes, often animals topiary Courtney McKenzie	$800 [15] A tailor using a certain number of yards of material to make a suit is one theory of being "dressed to" these the nines McKenzie	$800 [4] Zack & A.C. roamed the halls of Bayside High in Palisades, California Saved By the Bell Courtney
$1,000 [30] Romania'sflagdates to 1861; the flag ofthis4-letter African nation dates to 1959, just before its independence from France Chad Nanci	$1,000 [14] This ancient Greek wrote "Parallel Lives", paired biographies of famous Greeks & Romans Plutarch	DD $4,000 [25] In 2018 this company met its goal of producing 5,000 Model 3 sedans in a week Tesla Nanci	$1,000 [21] When capitalized, this Greek letter looks like an upside down "V" a lambda Nanci	$1,000 [16] Using every means available, you "pulled out all" these, like pipe organists once did to get full volume the stops Nanci	$1,000 [5] Neptune High, where mysteries abounded Veronica Mars McKenzie

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE ART OF THE LIMERICK	OTHER STUFF HAPPENED IN 1492	ENDS IN THE SAME VOWEL TWICE	CANADIANA	KISS ME, KATE!	WHAT A FUNGI
$400 [27] This nursery rhyme about a rodent & a timepiece has been called an ancestor of the limerick "Hickory Dickory Dock" McKenzie	$400 [9] Long in ill health, Lorenzo the Magnificent of this family died in April at age 43, shortly after a meeting with Savonarola the Medicis McKenzie	$400 [1] For many decades until 1998, NHL games were officiated by just one a referee Nanci	$400 [18] The iconic Canadian department store nicknamed The Bay traces its history to this company founded in 1670 Hudson Bay Courtney	$400 [6] Kate Mara kissed Sebastian Stan on his spacesuit helmet as he prepped to rescue Matt Damon in this film The Martian Nanci	$400 [16] These prized edible fungi come from the genus Tuber truffles McKenzie
$800 [20] In Ranjit Bolt's book "A Lion Was Learning to" do this, the title Limerick continues, "in the Alps just outside Chamonix" Ski	$800 [12] Perkin Warbeck was a pretender acclaimed by many as Richard, duke of this royal house that had recently been ousted in England York McKenzie	$800 [2] The double-vowel spelling of this African-American festival matches the 7 principles it's based on Kwanzaa Courtney	$800 [19] Hog cholera prompted the founding of North America's oldest of these colleges, at the University of Guelph in Ontario veterinary medicine McKenzie	$800 [7] On this spinoff of "Grey's Anatomy" Kate Walsh got some kissy face from fellow doc Taye Diggs Private Practice McKenzie	$800 [17] A fungus is the culprit in white nose syndrome, killing more than 6 million of these animals in North American caves bats Courtney
$1,200 [28] A Lewis Carroll girl "grew...thinner & thinner / The reason was plain / She slept out in the rain / & was never allowed any" this dinner Nanci	$1,600 [13] Antonio de Nebrija dedicated his "Castilian Grammar" to this queen, having a busy year Isabella Nanci	$1,200 [3] A vodka brand in a blue bottle that sounds quite celestial Skyy Nanci	$1,200 [22] The pride of Cardston, Alberta, sheplayed Ann Darrow in "King Kong" Fay Wray Nanci	$1,200 [8] Spoiler alert: "How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days" ends with Matthew McConaughey kissing this actress Kate Hudson Courtney	$1,200 [21] A type of rust that infects this beverage crop was discovered in Africa around 1870 & kept out of Brazil for a century coffee Courtney
$1,600 [29] This prolific sci-fi & sci writer also produced "Lecherous Limericks" & a "Grossery" of limericks--we'll quote neither Isaac Asimov	$2,000 [14] In May hungry peasants called the bread & cheese folk briefly seized this Dutch city; you could call it a rage in... Haarlem McKenzie	$1,600 [4] Thistraditional musical instrument is also called a dronepipe didgeridoo McKenzie	$2,000 [24] Almost 100 billion tons of seawater comes & goes daily in this top vote getter in a CBC poll to determine the 7 Wonders of Canada Bay of Fundy	$1,600 [11] On this series, Katee Sackhoff as Starbuck canoodled with Zak Adama & his brother Apollo Battlestar Galactica Courtney	$1,600 [25] The giant type of this mushroom is named for the way it releases spores; it can contain 7 trillion puffball
$2,000 [30] 19th century first & last lines often ended with the same word, as in this nonsense master's "There was an old man with a beard" Lear Nanci	DD $3,000 [10] This Floren-teen gave us "Battle of the Centaurs", a relief now in Casa Buonarrotti Michelangelo McKenzie	$2,000 [5] Likely from Portuguese words meaning "wine" & "garlic", it's a spicy hot Indian curry vindaloo McKenzie	DD $3,000 [23] Around the year 1000, the Vikings established a small camp on this large eastern island Newfoundland Nanci	$2,000 [15] Kate Winslet kissed Jim Carrey in this film, but then she faded away Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind McKenzie	$2,000 [26] LSD was created from this fungal disease of cereals known to create its own hallucinations ergot

Final Jeopardy!

HIT SONGS

Written in 1930, this song was a No. 1 hit in 1960 & was covered by The Band to support a 1976 presidential candidate

"Georgia On My Mind"

Courtney "What is Happy Days are here Again?" — wagered $1,400

McKenzie "What is Barry?" — wagered $6,001

Nanci "What is H" — wagered $10,300

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