Show #8461 2021-08-09 (taped 2021-05-04) Regular

Matt Amodio game 14.First game with Joe Buck as guest host.Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to KidSmart.

Contestants

Brian Cordova-Brookey — an attorney from Pasadena, California

Kristen Nagle — a public servant from El Paso, Texas

Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 13-day cash winnings total $430,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Matt $12,600 $14,800 $44,400 $10,400
14-day champion: $440,600
$38,200
40 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Kristen $0 $200 $1,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$1,800
4 R, 2 W
Brian $-600 $1,000 $5,000 $3,601
2nd place: $2,000
$5,000
9 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

AROUND THE USA LITERATURE BUCKINGHAM PALACE IT'S A FEDERAL CRIME! CURRENT TV THE LETTER AFTER M
$200 [25]
Nevada is home to the wonder known as Flythistype ofhot spring
Geyser
Matt
$200 [29]
It begins, "Somewhere in La Mancha, in a place whose name I do not care to remember"
Don Quixote
Brian
$200 [30]
A grand piano is central to the Music Room, known for hosting baptisms & this religious ceremony where kids get a new name
christening
Matt
$200 [19]
"Whoever consults... confederates, or corresponds with any" this "or robber upon the seas" has federal issues
pirate
Matt Kristen
$200 [18]
This NBC show is about a master criminal who helps the FBI capture others of his ilk
The Blacklist
$200 [27]
...to make an abbreviation for the "Bay State"
A
Brian
$400 [24]
In Great Falls, Montana, visit the Sip 'n Dip, one of these Polynesian style lounges with colorful drinks & swimming mermaids
a tiki bar
Kristen
$400 [22]
Seen here is an engraving for the 12th & final segment of the Edmund Spenser work known as "The Shepheardes" this
Calendar
$400 [23]
Seen here is this room in Buckingham Palace, a perfectplacefor a royal to relax
Throne Room
Matt
$400 [28]
The Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 says your family can't have this as a pet, but you can look at one right here
a walrus
Brian
$400 [17]
If you've filled up on Chip, turn to this half of a famous couple & her cooking show "Magnolia Table"
Joanna Gaines
Brian
$400 [26]
...to make the opening moniker of performers Hammer, Lyte & Skat Kat
C
Brian
$600 [14]
A live type of this tree is a must-see for visitors to Johns Island, South Carolina
oak
Matt
$600 [9]
In an S.E. Hinton novel, Motorcycle Boy tries to free the aquarium dwellers he calls these, the book's title
Rumble Fish
Matt Brian
$600 [15]
Security guys from St. James's Palace & Buckingham Palace meet in the latter's forecourt during this traditional ceremony
changing of the guard
Matt
$600 [20]
Pretending to be a member of this alphanumeric "Learning by Doing" youth organization is a federal offense
4H
Matt
$600 [16]
The April 7, 2021 episode of "The Goldbergs" included a tribute to this late actor who played Pops
George Segal
Brian
$600 [21]
...to make the word for a diatonic scale's third tone
I
Matt Brian
$800 [13]
Boise, Idaho has an alliterative "Block" for these people of the Pyrenees, dedicated to preserving their culture
Basque
Matt
$800 [5]
The title domicile of this Hawthorne novel is halfway down Pyncheon Street
The House of the Seven Gables
Matt
$800 [6]
Don't set your beer glass down on the Table of the Great Commandersmade with this material, a specialty of Sèvres, France
porcelain
Matt
$800 [8]
For writing a check for less than this listed amount of money, you can be fined or "imprisoned not more than six months, or both"
$1
$800 [7]
Hospital patients on "The Resident" can take comfort in familiar faces like this actor who once played young Theo Huxtable
(Malcolm-Jamal) Warner
Matt
$800 [12]
...to make a Greek letter
U
Matt
DD $4,400 [10]
The purple seats near the top of Coors Field tell you you've reached this geographic designation
mile high
Matt
$1,000 [1]
Hilary Mantel's trilogy about Tudor royals is named for this residence
Wolf Hall
Matt
$1,000 [2]
At the top of the Triumphal Arch in the ballroom is a medallion with profiles of Queen Victoria & this man, her husband
Albert
Matt
$1,000 [4]
No matter your hopes of riches playing Euro Millions, do not mail payment to purchase a foreign one of these
a lottery ticket
$1,000 [3]
Charm, scenery & cow anatomy are features of this adaptation of James Herriot's veterinary memoir seen on PBS
All Creatures Great and Small
Matt
$1,000 [11]
...to abbreviate a unit of capacity equal to 0.03381 fluid ounce
L
Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

LET'S SEA "A" MOVIE DEM BONES HISTORIC NAMES GRAB BAG MYTH RUN-ONS
$400 [29]
Don't forget your parka if you're going sailing on the Barents Sea, part of this ocean
Arctic
Matt
$400 [1]
This 2009 movie won Oscars for art direction, cinematography & visual effects
Avatar
Matt Kristen
$400 [30]
The standard count of 206 bones in the body does not include these, which are not considered bones as they are covered with enamel
teeth
Matt
$400 [28]
The U.S. Naval Academy is the final resting place of this "Father of the American Navy"
(John Paul) Jones
Matt
$400 [13]
Found in a 1927 Girl Scout handbook, the first official recipe for this marshmallow campfire treat had it as 2 words
s'mores
Kristen
$400 [25]
Roman fire god, now a big orange melon
Vulcantaloupe
Matt
$800 [24]
The China Sea is divided into these 2 directional seas
the East China Sea & the South China Sea
Brian
$800 [12]
David Koechner was quirky sportscaster Champ Kind in this 2004 comedy
Anchorman
Kristen
$800 [27]
Men do not have more of these bones than women, but some people have extra cervical ones near the collar bone
ribs
$800 [23]
Her death & that of son Caesarion in 30 B.C. ended the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt
Cleopatra
Matt
$800 [14]
Helen Free helped develop the dip-&-read test, which detects glucose, making at-home monitoring of this disease easier
diabetes
Kristen
$800 [26]
The guy who did all the labors now has lots of wounds
Herculesions
Matt
$1,200 [20]
James Weddell tried to name a sea indenting this continent's coastline for his king, but it ended up named for him
Antarctica
Matt
$1,200 [11]
It won the Oscar as the best film of 2012
Argo
Matt Brian
$1,200 [21]
In your back, T1-T12 refers to the thoracic these
vertebrae
Matt
$1,200 [19]
20 years before sailing to America, this Quaker colonist was expelled from Oxford for religious nonconformity
Penn
Matt
$1,200 [15]
One of the greatest poets in this language is Dafydd ap Gwilym, who lived in the 1300s
Welsh
Matt
$1,200 [22]
Multi-headed hell-hound, now bent on stealin' cattle
Cerberustler
$1,600 [5]
Known to the ancients as Oceanus Hibernicus, it's connected to the Atlantic within the British Isles
the Irish Sea
Matt
DD $2,000 [6]
This 1997 thriller about President Marshall was set largely on the title transport
Air Force One
Matt
$2,000 [9]
This colorfully named type of partial fracture is a break on only one side of a bone
greenstick
Matt
$1,600 [2]
This conquistador & his men reached the coast of Florida in 1539 & the Mississippi River 2 years later
De Soto
Matt
$1,600 [18]
Scottish postman Nathan Evans became a TikTok sensation with his performance of "The Wellerman", one of these sailor songs
sea shanty
Matt
$1,600 [3]
Greek goddess of the hunt who will get you a kiss if you stand underneath her in December
Artemistletoe
Matt
$2,000 [16]
The Cook Strait leads into this sea named for a 17th century navigator
Tasman
Matt
$2,000 [10]
The title of this 2007 film starring Saoirse Ronan is a synonym for expiation
Atonement
Brian
DD $4,000 [4]
Sesamoid bones are found in tendons; the best known is this bone at the lower end of the quadriceps tendon
the patella
Matt
$2,000 [7]
An astronomer & mathematician, this African-American with an alliterative name helped survey they area that became Washington, D.C.
(Benjamin) Banneker
Matt
$2,000 [17]
TV's"That Girl", todayshe'sthe National Outreach Director for St. Jude Children's Hospital
(Marlo) Thomas
Matt
$2,000 [8]
Labyrinth maker with a sparkling shine
Daedaluster
Matt

Final Jeopardy!

BEASTLY EPONYMS

A penguin species found in southern South America is named for this 16th century man whose crew were the first from Europe to see them

(Ferdinand) Magellan

Kristen "Who is Empire?" — wagered $1,799
Brian "Who is Amundsen?" — wagered $1,399
Matt "Who is DrakeMagellan?" — wagered $34,000

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