Show #8438 2021-07-07 (taped 2021-03-31) Regular

Courtney Shah game 8.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Odyssey Atlanta.

Contestants

Keshav Shah — a graduate student from Atlanta, Georgia

Nikole Villanueva — a direct service provider from Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Courtney Shah — a community college instructor from Portland, Oregon (whose 7-day cash winnings total $118,558)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Courtney	$2,600	$3,400	$6,200	$7,000 2nd place: $2,000	$6,200 12 R, 2 W
Nikole	$2,800	$3,800	$11,800	$23,300 New champion: $23,300	$11,400 18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Keshav	$-800	$4,600	$12,200	$799 3rd place: $1,000	$13,400 19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WINNING PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS	TOYS & GAMES	THE DUKE & DUCHESS OF SUFFIX	TV ANIMATION	SPIDERS	WORKING OUT: THE DETAILS
$200 [1] "Compassionate Conservatism" & "Leave No Child Behind" George W. Bush Courtney	$200 [3] Seen here is a tin from this pie company; Yale students repurposed it later Frisbee Nikole	$200 [20] Alphabet, bowdler, cannibal & many others become verbs with this suffix -ize Nikole	$200 [8] Kaley Cuoco voices this title DC character who wants to become the "Queenpin" of Gotham City Harley Quinn	$200 [26] Each of a spider's these contains 7 segments, so that's 56 segments per spider legs Nikole	$200 [16] Planks, sit-ups & a bridge exercise strengthen this, also a general term for a foundational part of something core Keshav
$400 [2] "Building a Bridge to the 21st Century" Bill Clinton Nikole	$400 [4] This Sega video game character originally was a hedgehog named Mr. Needlemouse; things have sped up since then Sonic Nikole	$400 [22] This 3-letter suffix made the rare jump to being used as its own word, meaning "kind of" -ish Keshav	$400 [9] Launched in 1961, "Davey &" this dog was originally produced by the United Lutheran Church Goliath Courtney	$400 [27] These largest spiders are also known as hairy mygalomorphs tarantulas Keshav	$400 [17] Attached to the femur & originating at the Ilium, this minimus may get maximus attention at the gym gluteus Keshav
$600 [13] "He Kept Us Out of War" Wilson Courtney	$800 [6] Acquiring resources is key to winning the game called the Settlers of this island Catan Nikole	$600 [23] Medically, it follows "erythro" & "leuko" to mean a cell -cyte Keshav	$600 [10] Working names for this cartoon show were "Mysteries Five" & "Who's S-S-Scared?" Scooby-Doo Courtney	$600 [28] The spider family Uloboridae lacks these glands, so if you want a pet spider, maybe get one of them venom Nikole	$600 [18] Sun's out, guns out! Men's Health listed chin-ups & hammer curls as 2 of the 10 best exercises to build this muscle biceps Keshav
$800 [14] "Are you better off than you were four years ago?" Ronald Reagan Keshav	DD $1,000 [5] Milton Bradley used a printer that normally made shower curtains to make this game's floor mat Twister Nikole	$800 [24] Answer this suffix that means "speaker of a language" -phone	$800 [11] Like Aang in a previous series, Korra is working on becoming a master one of these; she was already a pro at fire, earth & water airbender Courtney	$800 [29] Some spiders that scuttle sideways & backwards are called this, like the aquatic arthropods they're named for crabs Keshav	$800 [19] When working these major muscles seen here, you can use the formal name or the colloquial pecs Courtney
$1,000 [15] All together, shout it now: "Happy days Are Here Again" Franklin Roosevelt	$1,000 [7] Founded in 1900, this model train company introduced its switch tower accessory & its porthole window caboose in the '50s Lionel Nikole	$1,000 [25] Add -er to one-syllable adjectives like "big" or "hot" to get adjectives of this degree comparative Keshav	$1,000 [12] J.K. Simmons voices a toymaker who becomes a Christmas legend in this 2019 Netflix cartoon with a 5-letter title Klaus Nikole	$1,000 [30] Many garden spiders are among those classed as these "weavers" of round webs orb weavers	$1,000 [21] The gastrocnemius & soleus are the 2 major muscles making up this leg part; try jumping rope to build them up calf Keshav

Double Jeopardy! Round

WOMEN DIRECTORS	CHAPTER OF THE 19th CENTURY NOVEL	WALL-TO-WALL	MARSHALL MATTERS	NOT TO BE CONFUSED	THE "DR" IS IN
$400 [7] Nora Ephron wrote screenplays like "When Harry Met Sally" before directing this 1993 Tom Hanks-Meg Ryan rom-com Sleepless in Seattle Courtney	$400 [1] "Jo's Journal" Little Women Keshav	$400 [21] An Aug. 12, 1961 decree by the Volkskammer, or "peoples' chamber", led to the construction of this barrier the Berlin Wall Nikole	$400 [19] John Marshall, of Marshall Islands fame, gained notoriety bringing the first convicts to Port Jackson in this current country Australia Courtney	$400 [16] Origami is the art of folding paper; gourami is one of these creatures a fish	$400 [6] This, this, this is a 4-sided spinning top marked with Hebrew letters a dreidel Nikole
$800 [12] Barbra Streisand directed & starred in this film about a girl who disguises herself as a boy to enter religious training Yentl Nikole	$800 [2] "Hester and the Physician" The Scarlet Letter Keshav	$800 [22] At the eastern end of the Great Wall of China, the Tiger Mountain section gives tourists a glimpse into this country North Korea Courtney Nikole Keshav	$800 [20] In 1964 communications guru Marshall McLuhan wrote, in "Practical Fact", this "is the message" the medium Nikole	$800 [17] Thermal pertains to heat; this 6-letter word means referring to the skin dermal Keshav	$800 [8] This species of camel has one hump dromedary Keshav
$1,200 [13] In a female first, in 2010 she won the directing Oscar for "The Hurt Locker" Kathryn Bigelow Nikole	$1,600 [4] In this "familial" work: "The First Interview with Smerdyakov" The Brothers Karamazov Keshav	$1,200 [28] Sycamore Gap is pretty as a picture, breaking up the tableau of this British wall named for a Roman Hadrian's Wall Keshav	$1,200 [23] Before his recovery plan, George Marshall helped plan Operation Overlord, taking place in this region of France Normandy Keshav	$1,200 [18] Baklava is a pastry; Balaklava was the site of a military engagement in 1854 during this war the Crimean War Courtney	$1,200 [9] The original value of this Greek coin in the mid-6th century B.C. was equivalent to that of a handful of arrows drachma Keshav
$1,600 [14] Patty Jenkins directed Charlize Theron to an Oscar for this film Monster Courtney	$2,000 [5] By H.G. Wells, "The Reversion of the Beast Folk" The Island of Dr. Moreau Nikole	$2,000 [30] The site seenhereis known as Great this, a name that replaced Rhodesia Zimbabwe Courtney	$1,600 [24] Born in 1834, this Chicagoan revolutionized the department store industry Marshall Field Courtney Nikole Keshav	$1,600 [25] A quotation is a phrase originally said by someone else; this adjective, from Latin, means occurring every day quotidian Nikole	$1,600 [10] A fleshy fruit with a single seed, like a cherry a drupe
$2,000 [15] Emerald Fennell directed this promising young woman who sought vengeance in the 2020 film "Promising Young Woman" Carey Mulligan Nikole	DD $3,000 [3] "The Siege of La Rochelle" & "Men of the Robe and Men of the Sword" The Three Musketeers Keshav	DD $3,000 [29] It's the only remaining structure of the Second Temple of Jerusalem the Western Wall (the Wailing Wall) Keshav	$2,000 [27] Before McCulloch v. Maryland, Chief Justice John Marshall dealt with the same M & M initials in this landmark 1803 case Marbury v. Madison Keshav	$2,000 [26] Cinnamon is a spice; this was the first Western to win an Oscar for best picture, back in 1931 Cimarron Courtney	$2,000 [11] It's the name for the fancy silver ball seenheredecorating acupcake a dragée Nikole

Final Jeopardy!

ROCK BANDS

In 2017 this band whose singer goes by a nickname became the first to have No. 1 albums in the U.S. in the 1980s, 1990s, 2000s & 2010s

Courtney "Who is U2?" — wagered $800

Nikole "Who is U2?" — wagered $11,500

Keshav "Who are the Police?" — wagered $11,401

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