Show #8450 2021-07-23 (taped 2021-04-23) Regular

Matt Amodio game 3.Last game with Robin Roberts as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to Be The Match.

Contestants

Rachel Vanarsdall — a translator from Silver Spring, Maryland

John Roberson — a medical coder from Apple Valley, Minnesota

Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $81,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $3,800 $10,200 $28,000 $20,000
3-day champion: $101,400
$21,600
30 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W
John $1,800 $1,400 $9,400 $5,400
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
10 R, 1 W
Rachel $400 $1,800 $6,600 $3,600
3rd place: $1,000
$6,600
11 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

JIMMY CARTER NONSENSE WORDS LITERARY GEOGRAPHY DOING THE SAFETY DANCE COP SHOWS BY CHARACTERS 20-SOMETHING
$200 [8]
Mediated by Jimmy, these accords ended 30 years of hostility, with an Egypt-Israel peace agreement
Camp David
Matt
$200 [13]
Spelled differently from the Italian city it is derived from, it's a "meaty" nonsense word
baloney
Matt
$200 [26]
Bernard Cornwell's low-born soldier has his first adventure in "Sharpe's Tiger", which takes place in this Asian land during British rule
India
Rachel
$200 [17]
FEMA says to replace the 9-volt battery at least once every year in this home device; some even include carbon monoxide sensors
smoke detector
Matt
$200 [30]
Sergeant Duke Lukela; Lieutenant Chin Ho Kelly
Hawaii Five-O
John
$200 [22]
Arranged in pairs, you've got 24 of these chest protectors
ribs
Rachel
$400 [12]
When this man died in 2021 Jimmy said, "Fritz used his political skill and personal integrity to transform the vice presidency"
Mondale
Rachel
$400 [28]
This 4-letter word refers to a military cot, or a nonsense word
bunk
Matt
$400 [25]
"Where the Crawdads Sing" is set near Asheville in the marshes of this southern state
North Carolina
John
$400 [27]
Subaru provides beeps & visual cues on the rear camera screen & reverse automatic this to ensure you don't hit anything backing up
braking
$400 [29]
Detective Danny Reagan; Sergeant Jamie Reagan
Blue Bloods
Matt
$400 [23]
The Constitution states that to be a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, you must be at least this age
25
Matt
$600 [7]
Carter was criticized for his return of this territory to the surrounding country
the Panama Canal
John
$600 [9]
This hyphenated nonsense word begins with a word for a violin & ends with a word one letter different from the first
fiddle-faddle
Matt
$600 [10]
Oh, the shame if you don't know "The Scarlet Letter" is set in what is today this U.S. state
Massachusetts
Matt
$600 [11]
Goggles, gloves & masks are considered PPE, short for this
personal protective equipment
John
$600 [14]
Detective Sofia Curtis; Dr. Gil Grissom
CSI
Matt
$600 [15]
26 is the atomic number of this chemical element, symbol Fe
iron
John
$800 [1]
One of the 2 cabinet departments created during the Carter administration; both begin with the same letter
(1 of) Energy or Education
Matt
$800 [3]
Seen here, it is the logo for this candy treat whose name also means "nonsense"
Poppycock
Matt
$800 [2]
James Michener wrote the nonfiction work "The Bridge at Andau" about the 1956 anti-Soviet uprising in this country
Hungary
Matt
$800 [4]
Also known as an emergency stop, you hit this "lethal" 2-word device to turn off a machine immediately
kill switch
Matt
$800 [5]
Captain Olivia Benson; Sergeant John Munch
Law & Order: SVU
Matt
$800 [6]
In the Olympics, games of table tennis are played to 11 points & games of this racket sport are played to 21
badminton
Matt
$1,000 [16]
Jimmy cut aid to this Central American country following the murder of Archbishop Romero & 4 U.S. churchwomen
El Salvador
John
$1,000 [19]
Originally it referred to the slop used as food for pigs; now it's a term for a meaningless sentiment
hogwash
Matt
DD $4,000 [18]
Part of Act 3 of this Shakespeare tragedy unfolds at Actium
Antony and Cleopatra
Matt
$1,000 [20]
DuPont says this ballistic body armor product provides tensile strength 10 times that of steel on an equal weight basis
Kevlar
Matt
$1,000 [21]
Officer Joe Coffey; Captain Frank Furillo
Hill Street Blues
Rachel
$1,000 [24]
Thislanguage, introduced around 1900, has 28 letters, including 6 special ones; you can enable your keyboard to type them
Esperanto
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

MILITARY EMBLEMS OF BELIEF HISTORICAL NONFICTION ANIMALS IN ART THEOED, FROM DVANDVA TO FOLLIS BUTTE OF COURSE LOST VOICES
$400 [1]
The angel Moroni is anemblemfor adherents of this church
the Church of Latter-Day Saints
Matt
$400 [12]
A dark portrait of Victorian London, "The Five" by Hallie Rubenhold examines the lives of the victims of this killer
Jack the Ripper
Rachel
$400 [14]
Originally used as an advertisement,"Chat Noir'in the iconic poster translates to this
"Black Cat"
Matt
$400 [8]
"A succession of rulers of the same line or family"
dynasty
Rachel
$800 [20]
A place for vision quests & sun dances, Bear Butte in South Dakota is a sacred site to these Native American people who call it "Mato Paha"
(the) Lakota (Sioux)
Matt
$800 [17]
This actor had all of his lines in "Hercules in New York" redubbed by someone without an Austrian accent
Schwarzenegger
Matt
$800 [6]
Some Protestants choose theroseof this German reformer
Luther
Matt
$800 [13]
"American Rebels" recounts the Revolutionary roles of John Adams & this man famed for his big signature
John Hancock
Rachel
$800 [27]
On a subway car in 2020, Banksy depicted images of these "r"odents with masks & hand sanitizer
rats
Rachel
$800 [9]
"As phrase: and the rest, and so forth, and so on"
et cetera
Matt
$1,200 [16]
Providing millions of gallons a day, Big Butte Springs is the main water supply for the Medford region in this state
Oregon
Matt John
$1,200 [18]
Chris Farley recorded most of his lines as this title ogre before his death; Mike Myers replaced him
Shrek
Matt
$1,200 [19]
Pagans might opt to use Mjölnir, the hammer of this god for their gravestones
Thor
John
$1,200 [11]
Did she murder her dad & stepmom in 1892? Decide for yourself with new evidence revealed in Cara Robertson's "The Trial of" her
Lizzie Borden
Rachel
$1,200 [15]
Apaintingby Leonardo da Vinci shows a favorite mistress of Ludovico Sforza with this short-tailed weasel
ermine
Matt
$1,200 [21]
"A drink in which the white and yolk of eggs are stirred up with hot beer" (Christmastime in England is weird)
eggnog
Rachel
$1,600 [4]
Black Butte Crater in southern Idaho is part of a 35-mile-long lava field in the plain of this river
Snake
Matt
$1,600 [5]
Samantha Morton recorded the lines on set as the A.I. assistant in this 3-letter film but was replaced by Scarlett Johansson
Her
John Rachel
$1,600 [10]
Thefaravaharsignifies this Persian religion
Zoroastrianism
Matt
$1,600 [2]
"1177 B.C." marks the decline of this ancient North African empire following invasions by marauding "sea peoples" that year
Egypt
Matt
$2,000 [24]
Inthis French artist's primitive painting of "The Sleeping Gypsy", a lion lurks nearby
Rousseau
Matt
$1,600 [7]
"To become smaller and smaller... decline", & it's not far from dvandva
dwindle
Rachel
$2,000 [25]
Elephant Butte, seen here, is one the tall sandstone pinnacles that give this scenic valley of the Southwest its name
Monument Valley
John
$2,000 [26]
All of David Prowse's lines in "Star Wars" were redubbed by this actor
James Earl Jones
John
DD $3,000 [23]
Fact is sifted out of legend in Richard Fletcher's "The Quest for" this 11th century Spaniard who fought against the Moors
El Cid
Matt
DD $4,000 [3]
A highlight at the Musee d'Orsay is "Ours Blanc", a sculpture of this predator of the north
polar bear
Matt
$2,000 [22]
"Conjugal faithfulness"
fidelity
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY CHARACTERS

This owner of a large estate in Derbyshire is described as "proud" at least half a dozen times

(Mr. Fitzwilliam) Darcy

Rachel "Who is Mr. Bennett?" — wagered $3,000
John "Who is Prudence" — wagered $4,000
Matt "Who is Rochester?" — wagered $8,000

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