Show #8458 2021-08-04 (taped 2021-04-30) Regular

Matt Amodio game 11.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to the Robin Hood Foundation.

Contestants

Nicole Yuen — an environmental scientist from Berkeley, California

Kevin Blum — an attorney originally from Boca Raton, Florida

Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 10-day cash winnings total $362,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $6,800 $9,000 $43,200 $6,200
11-day champion: $368,600
$31,000
34 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Kevin $600 $2,200 $600 $399
2nd place: $2,000
$600
11 R, 4 W
Nicole $800 $1,200 $400 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$1,400
5 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

AUDIBLE THE 16th CENTURY AUTOMOBILES... ASSEMBLE! TALK TO THE HAND 5, MOUNTAIN TIME LET'S "EET"
$200 [30]
Shegives her life in lyrics in "Songteller""Well, I've often said that my songs are my children and I expect them to support me when I'm old. Well, I am old and they are!"
Parton
Matt
$200 [26]
Some were suspicious in 1560 when Amy Robsart died at 28 just when her husband the Earl of Leicester was hoping to marry this queen
Elizabeth
Matt
$200 [25]
I'm leavin' on a Jetta non-plane
Volkswagen
Matt
$200 [27]
This digit only has 2 phalanges
the thumb
Nicole
$200 [23]
Notable in Japanese art, a series of woodblock prints called "Thirty-Six Views of" this mountain were made in the 1800s
Mount Fuji
Matt
$200 [20]
Precipitation coming down as a mixture of snow & rain
sleet
Nicole
$400 [29]
Known for nothing, this funny guy narrates his memoir called "Is This Anything?""I was a very, very nervous performer when I first began going onstage. But I was encouraged by my Queens College friends Jesse Michnik, Joe Bacino and Mike Costanza."
(Jerry) Seinfeld
Kevin
$400 [7]
In 1593 a Thai king & a Burmese prince settled a battle one-on-one, riding on these; the king won
elephants
Matt
$400 [15]
It's always the Sentra of attention
Nissan
Matt
$400 [24]
Useful when performing magic, this 3-word skill refers to manual dexterity employed in doing tricks
sleight of hand
Kevin
$400 [22]
Billed as the world's smallest mountain, Mount Wycheproof rises a majestic 141 feet in this Aussie state fit for a queen
Victoria
Kevin
$400 [19]
Adjective meaning careful & circumspect in what one says or does
discreet
Kevin
$600 [28]
Feel your pulse pound with a 1988 bestseller by this action novelist"Look, Dr. Ryan," the general started to say. Jack cut him off. "General, I am cleared for Tea Clipper. You know that, so let's stop screwing around."
(Tom) Clancy
Matt
$600 [6]
A landmark of mannerism inside & out, the Palazzo Tewas built for this ruling family of Mantua, not of Spokane
Gonzaga
$600 [14]
The 2021 XF is quick as a cat... starting at 44 grand
Jaguar
Kevin
$600 [18]
This twisting action done out of grief or concern can also mean showing an exaggerated amount of those emotions
wringing your hands
Kevin
$600 [21]
At 8,100 feet, Galdhopiggen, northeast of Bergen, is this country's highest peak
Norway
Matt Kevin
$600 [11]
Botox alert! These tiny wrinkles at the outer corners of the eyes are the result of age & squinting
crow's feet
Matt
$800 [17]
Johnny Deppgot the honor of bringing this guitar legend's memoir to life"Mick and I knew each other just because we happened to live very close, just a few door away, with a bit of schooling thrown in."
Keith Richards
Matt
DD $1,000 [5]
Launched in 1536, the Portuguese version of this focused largely on pretend converts
the Inquisition
Nicole
$800 [13]
Its Roadster can top 250 mph & has a 620-mile range, sans gas
Tesla
Matt
$800 [8]
Ambrose Bierce defined this divination practice as "the 947th method... of obtaining money by false pretences"
palmistry
Matt
$800 [9]
You can enjoy "The Snows of" this Tanzanian massif on its central cone, Kibo, a dormant volcano
(Mount) Kilimanjaro
Matt
$800 [10]
In this "speak" used in Internet chat rooms, letters are replaced by numbers or other symbols
leet
Nicole
$1,000 [16]
Thisactor bares all in his memoir "Greenlights""I've had four concussions from falling out of four trees, three of them on a full moon. I have bongoed naked until the cops arrested me."
(Matthew) McConaughey
Matt
$1,000 [1]
This Ottoman sultan promised he'd eat breakfast in Vienna; after a few days of siege, he got a note saying his food was getting cold
Suleiman
Matt
$1,000 [12]
Its Legacy is on the line every day
Subaru
Matt
$1,000 [2]
The nerves providing sensation to the hand are the median, radial & this one that enters the hand via Guyon's canal
ulnar
Matt
$1,000 [3]
There's great skiing at places like Tremblant in these mountains, the Quebec portion of the Canadian Shield
the Laurentians
$1,000 [4]
Term for a newspaper published in a large format, regarded as more serious & less sensational than tabloids
a broadsheet
Nicole

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANTON CHEKHOV 3-LETTER WORDS HOWDY, SHERIFF "C" IN SCIENCE THE CHOSEN FEW THE FAMOUS MOM
$400 [30]
In an 1889 letter Chekhov laid down a famous principle, saying if you show one of these, it must be used
a gun
Kevin
$400 [27]
This verb means to handle something roughly, like an animal would
paw
$400 [28]
Sheriff Johnny Behan arrested 3 Earp brothers, also lawmen, after a shootout at this place; the 3 were exonerated
the O.K. Corral
Kevin
$400 [11]
The Earth's mantle is sandwiched between these two layers
core & crust
Matt
$400 [26]
British Airways in 1996 was the first airline in modern times to offer its first class flyers this feature for a comfy snooze
a lie-flat bed
Matt Kevin
$400 [29]
Of Sean Lennon
(Yoko) Ono
Matt
$1,200 [3]
The title siblings in this Chekhov play are named Olga, Irina & Masha
Three Sisters
Matt
$800 [23]
Portugal's national dish is salted this fish
cod
Matt
$800 [22]
Nucky Johnson, who inspired Steve Buscemi's character on this HBO show, was a corrupt sheriff of Atlantic County, New Jersey
Boardwalk Empire
Matt
$800 [10]
This insoluble plant fiber is found in paper pulp & in the fruits & vegetables that we eat
cellulose
Kevin
$800 [25]
Anyone is allowed to book time to use this space telescope first launched in 1990, but competition is fierce
the Hubble
Nicole
$800 [24]
Of Zoe Kravitz
(Lisa) Bonet
Matt
$1,600 [2]
Chekhov's last play is about a woman who must decide if she wants to allow houses to be built on this title plot of land
The Cherry Orchard
Matt
$1,200 [21]
The British use this booze to mean "strange"
rum
Matt
$1,200 [13]
As a sheriff, this man found Billy the Kid twice & killed him once; he'd later get a sweet new gig thanks to Lew Wallace
(Pat) Garrett
Matt
$1,200 [1]
This field concerned with the effects of low temperatures on organisms derives its name from words meaning "icy life study"
cryobiology
Matt Kevin
$1,200 [9]
Latin for "with a key" gives us this select group of holy men responsible for picking a new pope
conclave
Kevin
$1,200 [14]
Of Dakota Johnson
Melanie Griffith
$2,000 [4]
Several Chekhov plays were staged in the Moscow Art Theatre, founded by this man known for his acting "method"
(Konstantin) Stanislavski
Matt Kevin
$1,600 [20]
This term for flax fiber goes before "headed" to describe kids with very light blond hair
tow
Matt
$1,600 [8]
More slender as asheriffthan as a politician, Grover Clevelandwas once known as the hangman of this city in New York
Buffalo
Matt
$1,600 [7]
In 1970 these artificial sweeteners were banned for good after they were linked to cancer in rats
cyclamates
Nicole
$1,600 [6]
Ken Kesey led a close-knit group called the "Merry" these
Pranksters
Matt
$1,600 [5]
Of Alexa Ray Joel
(Christie) Brinkley
Matt Kevin
DD $10,000 [12]
In "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner", an albatross gets killed; in an 1896 Chekhov play, it's one of these birds
seagull
Matt
$2,000 [19]
Term for a day on Mars--24 hours & nearly 40 minutes, so you can hit snooze a little longer there
sol
$2,000 [15]
Daughter of migrant farmworkers, Sheriff Lupe Valdez ran in 2018 to become this state's governor, losing to Greg Abbott
Texas
Matt
DD $5,000 [16]
Numbers 55 & 58 on the periodic table are these 2 elements that differ by a letter
cesium & cerium
Matt
$2,000 [17]
This "twinkly" tribunal that persecuted Puritans was abolished by Parliament in 1641
the Star Chamber
$2,000 [18]
Of Gwyneth Paltrow
(Blythe) Danner
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE

The first published announcement of the Declaration was by a Philadelphia paper that reported it in this foreign language

German

Nicole "What isGerman? French" — wagered $400
Kevin "What is Dutch?" — wagered $201
Matt "What is French?" — wagered $37,000

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