Show #8440 2021-07-09 (taped 2021-03-31) Regular

Last game with Dr. Sanjay Gupta as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Odyssey Atlanta.

Contestants

Kathryn Derfler — an executive assistant and office manager from Brooklyn, New York

Tom Tipps — a software project manager from San Diego, California

Jen Jazwinski — an early literacy librarian from Algonquin, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $42,001)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jen $1,400 $3,200 $8,600 $17,200
2-day champion: $59,201
$14,600
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)
Tom $1,000 $3,600 $10,400 $400
3rd place: $1,000
$10,400
15 R, 2 W
Kathryn $1,000 $4,200 $11,200 $1,200
2nd place: $2,000
$11,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY GIRL, INTERRUPTED JULY KEEP 'EM SEPARATED EPONYMOUS FOOD THEY PLAYED 2 COMIC BOOK CHARACTERS BEACH-Y KEEN
$200 [1]
Dorothy, in search of a human GPS: "Come along, Toto... we will go to the Emerald City and ask the great Oz how to get back to..."
Kansas
Tom
$200 [18]
War costs money, so in July 1862 what's now this federal government service came into being
the IRS
Jen
$200 [26]
In optics, this object is used to separate white light into the colors of the spectrum
a prism
Jen Tom
$200 [13]
In 1859 David Jack, a big landowner in this California town, began selling its white cheese under his name
Monterey Jack
Jen
$200 [6]
Daredevil &Batman
Ben Affleck
Jen
$200 [11]
If you're going against popular opinion, you're "swimming against" this; be careful!
the tide
Tom
$400 [2]
Heidi, at home in the mountains: "I want to go about like the light-footed..." these animals
goats
Jen
$400 [19]
On July 8, 2014 in a semifinal game at the men's World Cup, Germany eliminated this host country, 7-1
Brazil
Kathryn
$400 [27]
The Federalist Papers lay out the justification for the separation of powers between these 3 branches
legislative, executive & judicial
Tom
$600 [15]
These Purim pastries are named for Haman, the bad guy of the holiday
hamantaschen
Kathryn
$400 [7]
Deadpool &Green Lantern
Ryan Reynolds
Jen
$400 [12]
Wind causes them at the beach, but when you're "making" these, tumult follows
waves
Kathryn
$600 [3]
Katniss Everdeen, narrating: "As time passes, it seems less likely. I calm down. They still need a girl tribute from district..."
12
Jen
$600 [20]
Apollo 11 safely reached the Moon in July 1969, landing in this peaceful spot
the Sea of Tranquility
Kathryn
$600 [28]
Protecting the hand, a quillon is the crosspiece that separates the blade of a sword from this, the handle
the hilt
Jen
$800 [16]
Brothers by this name took a recipe for Illinois "trail-toffee" & turned it into a popular candy bar
Heath
Kathryn
$600 [8]
Storm &Catwoman
Halle Berry
Tom
$600 [21]
Didn't use sunscreen? You could be described this way, a phrase using a color & a crustacean
red as a lobster
Kathryn
$800 [4]
Nancy Drew, victorious & on a career path: "I'll always prize this clock as a trophy of my first venture as a..."
a detective
Jen
$800 [24]
Upon reaching this valley in July 1847, Brigham Young reportedly said, "This is the right place"
Salt Lake Valley
$800 [29]
The Sea of Marmara separates the Asian & European parts of this country
Turkey
Kathryn
$1,000 [17]
A variety of this fruit was named for Ah Bing, a Chinese orchard foreman in Oregon
a cherry
Tom
$800 [9]
Thanos &Jonah Hex
Brolin
Jen
$800 [22]
Brits call beach vacations a "bucket-&-" this shovel synonym holiday
spade
Jen Kathryn
$1,000 [5]
The ambassador's wife, on Anna Karenina: "She brought back with her the shadow of..." him
Vronsky
Jen
$1,000 [25]
On July 26, 1529, this Castile-born conquistador was appointed governor of Peru
Pizarro
Tom
$1,000 [30]
It's the laboratory process of passing a current through water to separate it into hydrogen & oxygen
electrolysis
Jen
DD $3,000 [14]
John Montagu, 11th Earl of this, has opened restaurants in the U.S. bearing his yummy hereditary title
Sandwich
Jen
$1,000 [10]
Ramona Flowers & Huntress
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
$1,000 [23]
This alliterative phrase that mentions the land closest to the sea means that it's safe to proceed & have a great time
the coast is clear
Jen

Double Jeopardy! Round

BROADWAY MUSICALS BY OPENING NUMBERS HAIR'S THE THING LOST & FOUND REJECTED ELEMENT NAMES N.E. PORT IN A STORM
$400 [2]
"Arabian Nights"
Aladdin
Jen
$400 [13]
Fringe is another name for these
bangs
Kathryn
$400 [8]
Thonis-Heracleion, the city where legend says Paris brought this woman after he ran off with her, was discovered in Egypt
Helen (of Troy)
Kathryn
$400 [6]
Delirium & bastardium were proposed before this element was named for Marie & Pierre
curium
Tom
$400 [14]
Newport in this New England state has been the site of several America's Cup yacht races
Rhode Island
Tom
$400 [22]
The letters of "monsoon" include this palindrome for a time of day
noon
Jen Kathryn
$800 [3]
"A Cinema In Buenos Aires; July 26, 1952"
Evita
Jen
$800 [26]
These wayward tufts with a bovine name form in utero, so you're pretty much stuck with them for life
a cowlick
Tom
DD $1,000 [9]
A center of worship for this Greek god, the city of Helike, found in 2001, has been called "the real Atlantis"
Poseidon
Kathryn
$800 [7]
Losalium, after this New Mexico City, was suggested for what became einsteinium
Los Alamos
Kathryn
$800 [15]
Portsmouth was this state's first Colonial capital & is its only seaport
New Hampshire
Tom Kathryn
$800 [23]
This sign of the zodiac can be spelled using letters from "blizzard"
Libra
$1,200 [1]
"I Hope I Get It"
A Chorus Line
Tom
$1,200 [27]
You get an "a" if you know this 12-letter style of bob where one side in front is longer than the other
asymmetrical
Tom
$1,200 [10]
In 2019 archaeologists in Israel said they found the town of Ziklag, used by this Hebrew king for refuge from Saul
King David
Tom
$1,200 [19]
This dwarf-planetary name was rejected for barium, but it later was used for a much more dangerous element
plutonium
Jen
$1,200 [16]
George H.W. Bush had a summer home at this Maine city whose name ends with "port"
Kennebunkport
Tom
$1,200 [24]
Blowing out from "hurricane" is this 6-letter word that can mean a sea creature or a small child
an urchin
$1,600 [4]
"Good Morning, Baltimore"
Hairspray
Jen
$1,600 [29]
It was the 2-word title of a 1931 film starring Jean Harlow, as well as her hair color
Platinum Blonde
Kathryn
$1,600 [11]
Anne & Helge Ingstad rediscovered this North American Viking settlement thought to have been named for grapes
Vinland
Tom
$2,000 [21]
This dangerous radioactive gas found in homes was once called emanation
radon
Kathryn
$1,600 [17]
The band Phish was formed in this Vermont city, a port on Lake Champlain
Burlington
$1,600 [25]
Use most of the letters from "typhoon" to spell out this creature whose reticulated version can get pretty big
a python
Kathryn
$2,000 [5]
"Opening (Runyonland)", by the ensemble
Guys and Dolls
Jen
$2,000 [30]
This 5-letter French word describes a coloring technique where the hair is typically darker on top & lighter towards the ends
ombre
Jen
$2,000 [12]
Rediscovered in 1812, this ancient city in Jordan got its name from the Greek for "rock"
Petra
Tom
DD $3,000 [20]
William Ramsey's son suggested novum for this noble gas, but William wanted a Greek name & called it this
neon
Jen
$2,000 [18]
The monument seenherein this Massachusetts port has long been sacred to fishermen
Gloucester
$2,000 [28]
Anagram "tornado" & you get this, anything that emits a scent
odorant
Kathryn

Final Jeopardy!

1980s BESTSELLERS

The title of this 1985 novel by a Canadian author partly alludes to the similarly named stories in a 14th century work

The Handmaid's Tale

Jen "What is A Handmaid's Tale" — wagered $8,600
Tom "What is... ?" — wagered $10,000
Kathryn "What are the canterbury" — wagered $10,000

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