Show #8494 2021-10-21 (taped 2021-09-10) Regular

Jonathan Fisher game 9.

Contestants

Holly Van Leuven — a writer and editor originally from Pittston, Pennsylvania

Erin Coningsby — a product manager from Redmond, Washington

Jonathan Fisher — an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 8-day cash winnings total $193,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jonathan $2,200 $4,800 $20,600 $22,100
9-day champion: $215,900
$19,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Erin $3,200 $6,000 $11,000 $19,200
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Holly $1,000 $3,200 $6,000 $6,000
3rd place: $1,000
$6,000
8 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORD PUZZLES THIS IS THE WAY FAMILIAR SOUNDING TRIOS PEASANT UNDER GLASS SPORTS BOOKS TIME TO FALL INTO AUTUMN
$200 [7]
Begins many a story
Once upon a time
Holly
$200 [2]
It's pretty much a straight 8-hour shot up I-5 to go the 500 miles from San Diego to this capital
Sacramento
Erin
$200 [1]
Slang for money, literature's Mr. Bradbury, the objective case of I
dough, Ray, me
$200 [17]
Like many peasant uprisings, one led by Kasuke in 1686 aimed to have these lowered; a museum in Nagano is devoted to the events
taxes
Erin
$200 [30]
Roger Kahn's 1972 bestseller "The Boys of Summer" is a nostalgic look at this team before it headed west
the (Brooklyn) Dodgers
Erin
$200 [18]
Baby Boo & autumn gold are varieties of this gourd that's popular during fall holidays
a pumpkin
Jonathan
$400 [8]
A comfortable position for kids
criss-cross applesauce
Jonathan
$400 [12]
You leave Big Sky on Route 64 but may cut some of the 4-hour drive on I-15 to Great Falls, as you can legally go 80 in this state
Montana
Jonathan
$400 [15]
Peter Pan's foe, a facial wrinkle & a pitch that results in ground balls
Hook, line & sinker
Erin
$400 [25]
An Oxford University museum has a Swedish peasant bridal shoe made partly of skin from this kind of deer
reindeer
Jonathan Erin
$600 [3]
"Levels of the Game" is John McPhee's book about one 1968 tennis match between Clark Graebner & this African-American champion
Arthur Ashe
Erin
$400 [21]
An early version of this tradition was in Nov. 1911 when the U. of Missouri's athletic director had alumni visit for the Kansas game
homecoming
Erin
$600 [9]
Something done continuously, all day & all night
around the clock
Jonathan
$600 [6]
Drive your Jaguar out of Jacksonville on I-95 south & I-4 for a couple of hours to this city to enjoy attractions like EPCOT
Orlando
Jonathan
$600 [16]
For example:ferret, fennel or fluorite
animal, vegetable or mineral
Jonathan Holly
$600 [26]
The Museum of the Romanian Peasant has these decorated foodstuffs; traditionally you tap one and say "Christ is risen"
an Easter egg
Erin
$800 [4]
In her memoir, this basketball coach wrote, "In 2011, I was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer's disease"
Pat Summitt
$600 [22]
As fall begins in North America, so does this zodiac sign
Libra
Holly
$800 [10]
REENIGNEFigure out how something was made
reverse engineer
Jonathan Erin Holly
$800 [5]
Motor north on Route 7 out of Middlebury & a bit under an hour later, you'll be in Burlington in this state
Vermont
Erin
$800 [19]
A hair ringlet, a certificate share in a corporation & the tube of a gun
lock, stock & barrel
Jonathan
$800 [27]
The National Museum of Ireland has many a slane, a spade with which peasants cut turf from this 3-letter type of wetland
a bog
Jonathan
DD $1,000 [14]
The basis for a movie & TV series, this bestseller is subtitled "A Town, a Team, and a Dream"
Friday Night Lights
Erin
$800 [23]
In the 8th century November 1 emerged as this holy day to honor the entirety of the canonized
All Saints Day
Jonathan
$1,000 [11]
Bette Davis said, "Fasten your seat belts; it's gonna be" this
a bumpy night
Jonathan
$1,000 [13]
Leaving Las Vegas, but not casinos? Zip north up Route 95, then west on I-80 to enjoy this seat of Washoe County
Reno
Erin
$1,000 [20]
Last name of actress Cathy Lee, static photos & the car company that made the Rambler
Crosby, stills & Nash
$1,000 [28]
Italy's Peasant & Farming Culture Museum has exhibits on this low-THC plant, originally grown for rope for Venetian ships
hemp
Erin
$1,000 [29]
Dick Francis was best known for writing mystery novels involving this sport
horse racing
Holly
$1,000 [24]
From the Latin for "fall off", this adjective describes trees that lose their leaves in fall
deciduous
Jonathan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY THE BOOK OF WHO EPIDEMIOLOGY 5-LETTER FOODS SPOKEN WORDS IN CLASSIC SONGS "OI"!
$400 [28]
In 2007 King Abdullah met with Benedict XVI, the first meeting ever between a pope & a monarch of this country
Saudi Arabia
Jonathan
$400 [1]
Written as a parable, a business classic by Spencer Johnson asks "Who Moved My" this
Cheese
Jonathan
$400 [14]
This 3-letter epidemiological organization is located in Atlanta on land provided by Emory University
the CDC
Jonathan
$400 [10]
Oui, it's a thin pancake
a crepe
Jonathan
$400 [2]
"We are young... heartache to heartache, we stand... no promises, no demands... love is a battlefield" (then she kicks in hard)
Pat Benatar
Erin
$400 [24]
It means to raise up, like a flag
hoist
Holly
$800 [9]
Hi, neighbor; seen here with Francisco Franco is António de Oliveira Salazar, dictator of this country from 1932 to 1968
Portugal
Jonathan
$800 [18]
Neurologist Oliver Sacks shared some interesting case histories in "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a" this
a Hat
Jonathan
$800 [29]
Epidemiologists use this 4-letter word for a person who harbors a pathogen; it's no party to be one
a host
Erin Holly
$800 [8]
Da! It's a buckwheat pancake
a blini
Erin
$800 [25]
In the video: "These 3 people will compete today on 'Jeopardy!"'
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Erin
$800 [23]
Senator William Marcy popularized the phrase "To the victor belong" these
the spoils
Jonathan
DD $1,000 [13]
In 1558, England lost this port city, its last possession in France
Calais
Erin
$1,200 [15]
"Who I Am" is a candid autobiography by this guitarist/songwriter for The Who
Townshend
Jonathan
$1,200 [3]
It once caused 1/4 of poisonings in U.S. kids under 5, but fear of Reye syndrome has reduced that as the tots get less of it
aspirin
$1,200 [5]
A prehistoriccave paintingin Spain is perhaps the earliest known evidence of human collection of this
honey
Jonathan
$1,200 [26]
This band: "Number 9... number 9... number 9..." it goes on like that for a while
The Beatles
Jonathan
$1,200 [22]
From the material traditionally used to make films, it's a nostalgic word for a motion picture
celluloid
Holly
$1,200 [11]
Wildly exaggerating his frontier exploits, the 1831 play "The Lion of the West" helped make this Tennessean a national hero
(Davy) Crockett
Erin
$1,600 [16]
Finally published in its entirety in 2021, "The Man Who Lived Underground" is by this late author of "Native Son"
Richard Wright
$1,600 [4]
Before it described a cancer treatment, this word coined by Paul Ehrlich was used for Salvarsan, a cure for syphilis
chemotherapy
$1,600 [6]
Nissin's Cup Noodles is an instant version of this Japanese noodle soup
ramen
Jonathan
$1,600 [19]
Phil Rizzuto's call: "Squeeze play, it's gonna be close... here's the play at the plate, holy cow, I think he's gonna make it!"
Meat Loaf
$2,000 [21]
It's a fancy name forring toss
quoits
$1,600 [12]
A type of jacket was popularized by this first prime minister of India
Nehru
Erin
$2,000 [17]
John le Carre received a warm reception & international acclaim with this 1963 novel
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Jonathan
$2,000 [30]
A 1747 clinical trial showed that citrus fruits help prevent this nutritional disease
scurvy
Jonathan
$2,000 [7]
This type of pear is also an alternate name for the Plantagenet dynasty
Anjou
Holly
$2,000 [27]
"Stumblin' on my feet, shufflin' through the street, asking people... 'What's the matter whichoo, boy?'"
The Rolling Stones
DD $2,600 [20]
In his "Funeral Oration", Pericles used this rhyming term, Greek for "the many"
hoi polloi
Jonathan

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD GEOGRAPHY

This country of 16,600 square miles has a possession that's more than 50 times as large

Denmark

Holly "What is the United Kingdom?" — wagered $0
Erin "What is Denmark?" — wagered $8,200
Jonathan "What is Denmark?" — wagered $1,500

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