Show #8491 2021-10-18 (taped 2021-09-10) Regular

Jonathan Fisher game 6.

Contestants

Anna Wright — a barista from Denton, Texas

Adam George — a law clerk from Brooklyn, New York

Jonathan Fisher — an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 5-day cash winnings total $117,700)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jonathan $2,800 $4,400 $27,600 $25,200
6-day champion: $142,900
$26,200
28 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W
Adam! $3,400 $4,400 $6,800 $13,600
2nd place: $2,000
$6,800
12 R, 0 W
Anna $-400 $800 $6,800 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$6,800
10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHIC STUPID ANSWERS BIRD BRAINS BLACKSMITHING DISNEY SONGS A FORD FIESTA THAT'S A CAR MODEL
$200 [7]
St. Louis, Missouri's sister cities include this city in Senegal
St. Louis
Adam!
$200 [6]
Some birds wield twigs & sticks to accomplish tasks, making them among the handful of animals known to use these
tools
Jonathan
$200 [16]
The job takes its name from this element once called "black metal"
iron
Anna
$200 [5]
This song says, "I can open your eyes, take you wonder by wonder"
"A Whole New World"
Anna
$200 [30]
Kevin Costner was going to play the president in "Air Force One" but had to leave the film, so the role went to this star
Harrison Ford
Adam!
$200 [15]
A Volkswagen hatchback: a sport you can literally take a whack at
a Golf
Anna
$400 [8]
To get from Edinburgh to Gothenburg, go north & east across this sea
the North Sea
Adam!
$400 [21]
On a "Nova" special, a bird easily beat 2 of these "French" dogs in a race to get food from a puzzle box
poodles
Jonathan Anna
$400 [17]
Using this device with a plural name to blow air through coals, smiths could raise their fire to 3000 degrees above iron’s melting point
bellows
Jonathan
$400 [4]
"Life Is A Highway", according to Rascal Flatts in a song used in this animated film
Cars
Adam!
$400 [26]
In 1982 she co-founded her center to treat drug addiction & chaired the board until 2005
Betty Ford
Jonathan
$400 [12]
A Chevy SUV:it can be vernal or autumnal
Equinox
Adam!
$600 [9]
Indigenous Nicaraguans call this lake Cocibolca; the Spanish called it Mar Dulce, both names meaning "sweet sea"
Lake Nicaragua
$600 [22]
Grackles have used pebbles to raise water levels & access floating food, passing a test named for one of this man's fables
Aesop
Jonathan
$600 [18]
In an earlier era, farriers were important blacksmiths who specialized in making these
horseshoes
Anna
$600 [3]
Sung by Troy & the gang, a song from this TV movie says, "We're all in this together, once we know that we are we're all stars..."
High School Musical
Adam!
$600 [23]
Robert Ford met with Missouri's governor to plan the 1882 murder of this outlaw & the gov gave Bob a quick pardon for it
Jesse James
Jonathan
$600 [13]
A classic Lincoln:relating to U.S. states or Euro cuisine
Continental
Adam!
$800 [10]
This port on the Gulf of Tadjoura is the biggest city in Djibouti
Djibouti
Adam!
DD $1,000 [28]
Scientists think the corvids, including the American & carrion this, are the smartest of all birds
a crow
Jonathan
$800 [19]
“The smith, a mighty man is he” is from this man’s poem, “The Mighty Blacksmith”, illustrated here
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
$800 [1]
This song from "Toy Story" earned Randy Newman an Oscar nomination
"You've Got A Friend In Me"
Jonathan Anna
$800 [24]
Rob Ford in 2013, unwittingly writing a clue: "I don't want to toot my own horn... but I'm the best mayor this city has ever had"
Toronto
Adam!
$800 [14]
A Toyota truck:a level, treeless Arctic plain
a Tundra
Jonathan
$1,000 [11]
This port on the Gulf of Mexico was founded by Captain Hardy & is co-seat with Biloxi of Harrison County
Gulfport
$1,000 [29]
The parrot called the African this color is renowned for its ability to communicate via human speech
the African grey
Anna
$1,000 [20]
In Illinois, there's a replica of the shop where this blacksmith & company founder forged the first successful steel plow
John Deere
Jonathan
$1,000 [2]
"Feed The Birds" from this film was said to be one of Walt Disney's personal favorites
Mary Poppins
Jonathan
$1,000 [25]
Born in Texas, this one-time Gucci fashion designer has also directed movies, & appeared on many magazine covers himself
Tom Ford
Anna
$1,000 [27]
A Hyundai sedan:a flavor enhancer that's basically MSG
Accent

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY'S MYSTERIES SWEDISH WRITERS THEATER COMPANIES WHAT A BEAUTIFUL NAME FICTIONAL AFRICA VERBI"AGE"
$400 [15]
Despite reporting no problems, the USS Cyclops went missing in 1918 & is thought to be lost in this mysterious region
the Bermuda Triangle
Jonathan
$400 [16]
In "Return to Ithaca", Nobel Prize winner Eyvind Johnson retold this ancient epic & set it in the 20th century
The Odyssey
Jonathan
$400 [7]
With members like Randall Park & Ali Wong, LCC is an Asian-American Theater Company at this So Cal university
UCLA
$400 [26]
The Italian phrase "che" this feminine name means "how beautiful!"
Bella
Jonathan
$400 [25]
In a 1938 tale the fictional cities of Thobos & Ashair are at war & this "ape man" is caught in the middle
Tarzan
Jonathan
$400 [1]
To wrap a wound
bandage
Adam!
$800 [8]
Dead by her own hand in 30 B.C., she was thought to have been buried in Alexandria, but her tomb has never been found
Cleopatra
Anna
$800 [17]
Seen here, Astrid Lindgren appears on a 20-krona note along with this girl, her most famous creation
Pippi Longstocking
Jonathan
$800 [6]
Many of Sam Shepard's shows began at the Magic Theatre Company, which now operates near Fisherman's Wharf in this city
San Francisco
Adam!
$800 [27]
Change the 2 middle letters of "Carrie" to get this name from the Greek for "beautiful"
Callie
Jonathan
$1,200 [21]
This character had just 2 hours to deal with a coup in Sangala in the TV movie"24: Redemption"
Jack Bauer
Jonathan
$800 [2]
To play a practice game against members of your own team
scrimmage
Jonathan
$1,200 [9]
Historians have been confounded by the disappearance of Rome's ninth this, lost in the 2nd century A.D.
legion
Jonathan
$1,200 [18]
This author's estate chose journalist David Lagercrantz to continue the "Millennium" series
Stieg Larsson
Jonathan
$1,200 [5]
This Oscar winner is a co-founder & artistic director of The Actor’s Gang, which puts on shows right here in Culver City
Tim Robbins
Jonathan
$1,200 [28]
It's a first name & a synonym for "beautiful" often heard before "Scotland"
Bonnie
Adam!
$1,600 [22]
Aaron Sorkin used Equatorial Kundu on this TV series & then again on "The Newsroom"
The West Wing
Anna
$1,200 [10]
To roam in search of food
forage
Jonathan
$1,600 [13]
The first English child born in the Americas, she disappeared with the rest of the Roanoke colonists
(Virginia) Dare
Jonathan
$1,600 [19]
"Mitt liv som hund" by author Reidar Jönsson became this movie
My Life as a Dog
$1,600 [4]
The Atlantic Theater Company was founded by William H. Macy & this "Glengarry Glen Ross" playwright
Mamet
Anna
$1,600 [29]
This last name of the actor seenhereis a Spanish word for “beautiful”
Delroy Lindo
DD $2,000 [24]
Also known as the Golden City, Birnin Zana is the capital of this futuristic African nation
Wakanda
Jonathan
$1,600 [11]
To pledge property as collateral for a loan
mortgage
Jonathan
DD $2,000 [14]
A real-life drama: this Shakespeare contemporary was killed under mysterious circumstances May 30, 1593
Marlowe
Jonathan
$2,000 [20]
Bestsellers by this contemporary author include "Bear Town" & "A Man Called Ove"
Fredrik Backman
$2,000 [3]
Laurie Metcalf, John Malkovich & Gary Sinise can howl with delight about this Chicago theater company they've long been associated with
Steppenwolf
Jonathan
$2,000 [30]
Checking multiple cultural boxes, this name signifying beauty in Japanese also belonged to a Muslim mystic poet
Rumi
Anna
$2,000 [23]
In the first movie allowed to shoot inside the U.N., Nicole Kidman had this title job, playing a character from Matobo
The Interpreter
Jonathan
$2,000 [12]
To carry a boat overland from one body of water to another
portage
Jonathan

Final Jeopardy!

NAMES ON THE MAP

From 1824 to 1825 this hero toured all 24 states & an Indiana city was named for him

(the Marquis de) Lafayette

Adam! "Who is the Marquis de Lafayette" — wagered $6,800
Anna "Who is Gary?" — wagered $6,799
Jonathan "Who is [one letter crossed out] Gary?" — wagered $2,400

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