Show #8483 2021-10-06 (taped 2021-08-27) Regular

Matt Amodio game 36.

Contestants

Casey Brown — a marketing manager from Long Beach, California

David Garcia — an IT communications strategy team lead from Troy, Michigan

Matt Amodio — a Ph.D. student from New Haven, Connecticut (whose 35-day cash winnings total $1,400,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Matt	$6,800	$9,800	$38,600	$16,600 36-day champion: $1,417,401	$34,600 41 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W
David	$2,000	$3,000	$3,000	$3,000 3rd place: $1,000	$3,000 6 R, 0 W
Casey	$1,000	$2,000	$7,200	$6,200 2nd place: $2,000	$4,800 7 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

1800s U.S. HISTORY	IN THAT BIBLE BOOK	____ & ____	GET A HOBBY	WE ARE TV FAMILY	DOUBLE THE SAME VOWEL WORDS
$200 [30] In 1801 he headed back to Braintree, skipping his successor's inauguration, the first president to do so Adams Matt	$200 [29] The burning bush appears to Moses Exodus Matt	$200 [28] This cat & mouse duo were at odds in the Big Apple in a 2021 live action/animated film Tom & Jerry Matt	$200 [27] Have I told you, philately, that I love you? One of these from 19th century British Guiana sold for $9.5 million in 2014 a stamp David	$200 [20] This actress became Sara Gilbert's TV mom in 1988, had a break, played the role decades later, then... didn't Roseanne Matt	$200 [26] From the Persian for "market", it's a marketplace in a Middle Eastern country a bazaar David
$400 [23] The first of this man's Wild West shows opened in May 1883 in Omaha Buffalo Bill Matt	$400 [22] Jesus gives the Sermon on the Mount Matthew Matt	$400 [24] Theirs was the first COVID-19 single-shot vaccine to receive emergency authorization in the United States Johnson & Johnson Matt	$400 [25] Go for some inner peace; TM, short for this, wants to get people into a "state of deep inner silence" Transcendental Meditation Casey	$400 [18] Dan Castellaneta to Julie Kavner on this show: "It takes 2 to lie. One to lie, & one to listen" The Simpsons Matt	$400 [14] For their unusual egg-laying habits, some varieties of this species seenhereare termed "brood parasites" cuckoo Matt
$600 [16] In 1852 9 representatives of Jewish charities founded this New York City hospital with a biblical name Mount Sinai Matt David	$600 [15] Paul preaches in Rome Acts Matt	$600 [19] This iconic role-playing game was a 2016 inductee into the National Toy Hall of Fame Dungeons & Dragons Casey	$600 [21] Time to ketchup on some gardening & grow a 6.8-pound this like a U.K. man did in 2020, using a pair of sheer tights to keep it suspended tomato (tomahto) Matt	$600 [17] Before becoming TV's favorite drug kingpin, he played Frankie Muniz' dad on "Malcolm in the Middle" Bryan Cranston David	$600 [13] Common in runners & worst in the morning, the plantar type of this inflammation is a common source of heel pain fasciitis David
$800 [8] Duties on imported goods upon entry, they were a big issue all century; an 1890 bill jacked them up tariff Matt	$800 [7] Haman plots to wipe out the Jews Esther Matt	$800 [9] Some places in Britain have banned this once popular puppet pair Punch & Judy Matt	$800 [10] Flower arrangers know to cut stems at this angle for longest life 45 degrees (bias) David	$800 [11] Since 2013 Jeff Garlin has been like a father to Hayley Orrantia on this ABC comedy The Goldbergs Matt	$800 [12] This 4-letter British adjective means affectedly dainty or quaint twee Matt
DD $1,000 [1] The economy crashed when this type of financial crisis with a 5-letter name hit the U.S.in 1837 panic Matt	$1,000 [2] Jericho falls to the Israelites Joshua Matt	$1,000 [3] Michael Chabon won a 2001 Pulitzer for his "Amazing Adventures of" this pair of cousins & comic book creators Kavalier & Clay Matt	$1,000 [4] Aim to get better at this game; its PDC World Championship in 2021 included throwing a 180 & winning three legs on the trot darts	$1,000 [5] "On the next" this sitcom, Portia de Rossi tells Jessica Walter, "Did you enjoy your meal, Mom? You drank it fast enough" Arrested Development Casey	$1,000 [6] This East Indian flatbread can be served with curry naan Matt

Double Jeopardy! Round

PENINSULAS	BY A ONE-NAMED WRITER	SO VERY COLD	COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES	THE 1991 GRAMMYS	INTERPLANETARY WORDS
$400 [25] In 1985 the Supreme Court said this 118-mile-long piece of land forming part of NYC is a peninsula Long Island Matt	$400 [26] "Mr. Peabody's Apples" is a children's book by this singer also known for a non-children's book called "Sex" Madonna Matt	$400 [27] The speed of this is 70 feet per second slower at freezing than it is at 100 degrees Fahrenheit sound Matt	$400 [30] This university in Eugene calls itself a nesting place for ducks the University of Oregon Casey	$400 [28] Best Metal Performance went to this band with "metal" in its name & also in the winning album title; that's so metal Metallica Casey	$400 [29] Tin-glazed is a type of this pottery that reminds us of the clay it's made from earthenware Matt
$800 [20] Oil refineries in this South American country utilize pipes that stretch from Lake Maracaibo to Paraguaná Peninsula Venezuela Matt	$1,200 [3] "Buy Me the Sky" by Xinran is about this population control policy & the spoiled "little emperors" it created the one-child policy Casey	$800 [21] Not all motion stops at this lowest temperature--molecules still vibrate with zero-point energy absolute zero Matt	$800 [22] George Washington Carver did most of his research at this Alabama school Tuskegee Matt	$800 [23] The Male Pop Vocal Grammy went to this singer seen here Bolton Matt	$800 [24] A wallaby is this type of mammal marsupial Matt
$1,200 [6] Musandam Peninsula, an extension of the Arabian Peninsula, separates the Gulf of Oman from this other gulf Persian Gulf Matt	$1,600 [1] Sci-fi writer Yoss created a robot private investigator in "Red Dust", an homage to this creator of Philip Marlowe Chandler Matt	$1,200 [17] When this current of high-speed winds moves in big waves, Arctic air can spill into mid-latitude regions, bringing winter cold snaps jet stream Matt	$1,200 [5] Barack Obama transferred to Columbia, but said his 2 years at this L.A. college "really helped me grow up" Occidental Matt	$1,200 [18] Let's give 'em "Something To Talk About" , the Best Female Pop Vocal Performance winner by this singer/guitarist (Bonnie) Raitt Matt	$1,200 [19] This adjective means wildly changeable in terms of personality mercurial Matt
$1,600 [2] Located on Cape Verde Peninsula, this capital of Senegal is the westernmost city on the African mainland Dakar Matt	$2,000 [8] This French author of "Gigi" also wrote a series of novels about a young woman named Claudine Colette Matt	$1,600 [15] Fish caught by Canadian Inuit would flash-freeze in the Arctic air, inspiring this inventor's food innovation Birdseye Matt	$1,600 [14] Mies van der Rohe headed the College of Architecture& designed its building at IIT, short for this Chicago school Illinois Institute of Technology Matt	$1,600 [16] "Unforgettable" that's what you are, you being this woman who took home Record of the Year, aided by her late father (Natalie) Cole Matt	$1,600 [12] Meaning morose or sullen, this word overlaps a planet & a number saturnine
DD $6,000 [7] This Russian peninsula with strategic importance in the board game Risk is home to over 300 volcanoes Kamchatka Matt	DD $3,200 [4] A complete list of the mononymous Euripides' works would include his play about this monocular creature the Cyclops Casey	$2,000 [9] In 1911 researchers discovered the resistance to electricity in mercury was zero at -452 degrees F., making it this superconductor Matt	$2,000 [10] In 1841 this Ohio school became the first in the U.S. to give bachelor's degrees to women in a coed program Oberlin Matt	$2,000 [13] "Summertime" won Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for the duo of this man & the Fresh Prince DJ Jazzy Jeff Matt	$2,000 [11] From the French for "arrive", they're people newly arrived on the social scene & not yet accepted parvenus

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC CALENDARS

Following Messidor, this summer month in the 18th century French Revolutionary calendar had a name meaning "heat gift"

Thermidor

David "What is ??" — wagered $0

Casey "What is August?" — wagered $1,000

Matt "What is August?" — wagered $22,000

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