Show #8496 2021-10-25 (taped 2021-09-23) Regular

Jonathan Fisher game 11.

Contestants

Hilary Bouxsein — a visiting assistant professor from Northfield, Minnesota

Stephen Son — a business operations professional from Los Angeles, California

Jonathan Fisher — an actor originally from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 10-day cash winnings total $230,100)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Jonathan	$1,600	$5,400	$16,000	$16,000 11-day champion: $246,100	$22,200 27 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Stephen	$3,200	$4,200	$5,000	$7,801 3rd place: $1,000	$6,000 12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Hilary	$1,000	$2,200	$7,800	$10,001 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 9 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE LANDLOCKED NATION	HAVING A BALL	DOUBLE INITIAL GUYS	CARNIVAL TALK	"D" NATURE OF THINGS	FAMOUS LAST WORDS
$200 [6] The Arabian Sea is 300 miles south of this often invaded but incredibly hard to conquer nation directly east of Iran Afghanistan Jonathan	$200 [27] A Good Housekeeping article about uses for these says they're not just for taking off nail polish cotton balls Jonathan	$200 [1] L.L. ____ ____, nicknames include "The Future of the Funk" LL Cool J Stephen	$200 [28] Also a first name, it's a local visitor to a carnival ready to be separated from his money; it may have "easy" before it mark Jonathan	$200 [9] There are white-beaked & bottlenose types of this creature a dolphin Jonathan	$200 [20] Alpha's Greek letter opposite that means the last in a sequence omega Jonathan
$400 [5] "L" is for little, landlocked & these 2 tiny European nations separated by about 240 miles Liechtenstein & Luxembourg Stephen	$400 [26] The basketball-playing sons of LaVar Ball are Lonzo, Li Angelo & him, NBA Rookie of the Year in 2020-21 for Charlotte LaMelo	$400 [7] J.J. ____,"Fringe" & "Lost" producer Abrams Jonathan	$400 [29] A butcher is a strolling peddler of refreshment like this sweet stuff, also called floss cotton candy Stephen	$400 [12] In mitosis, one cell splits into 2 genetically identical ones with this familial name daughters Hilary	$400 [21] A Frisbee team game, or a word from the Latin for "last" Ultimate Jonathan
$600 [2] In 2021 this nation between Russia & Poland had a defecting Olympian & brought back an opposition reporter by diverting a plane Belarus Jonathan Stephen	$600 [25] "It is certain" & "Ask again later" are 2 of the possible responses from this Mattel novelty item a Magic 8-Ball Hilary	$600 [8] A.A. ____, who wrote "Now We Are Six" & other light verse for his son Milne Hilary	$600 [30] By itself or followed by "hoo", it's the spiel that a barker uses to entice a crowd to enter a sideshow bally Stephen	$600 [13] Woof! Missouri's official state tree is this flowering one with a canine name dogwood Jonathan	$600 [16] This 2-word phrase for a farewell performance is derived from the belief that a certain bird makes music as it dies a swan song Hilary
DD $1,000 [3] After WWI this Central European country broke away from a dual monarchy but lost about 2/3 of its land Hungary Stephen	$800 [24] It can be any small device, or the ball placed in beer bottles to help release nitrogen a widget	$800 [10] B.B. ____, influenced by Django Reinhardt King Jonathan	$800 [19] It's the more conventional 2-word name for a lead joint, the game seen here a shooting gallery	$800 [14] Harold Urey won a Nobel Prize for his discovery of this heavy form of hydrogen deuterium	$800 [17] The final part of a musical piece, it was used as a title for Led Zeppelin's final album of studio recordings coda Jonathan
$1,000 [4] The name of this nation with Mediterranean-accessible Libya on its northern border sounds like a James Spader '80s villain Chad Stephen	$1,000 [23] From the French for "petticoat", it's a ball where debutantes are presented to society a cotillion Jonathan	$1,000 [11] C.C. ____, a Cy Young winner Sabathia Stephen	$1,000 [18] A G-top is for carnival people only, often after hours with the "G" standing for this activity gambling	$1,000 [15] Here's this showy flower in a beautiful plum color a dahlia Stephen	$1,000 [22] Take the H off the end of a word meaning to complete & you still have this noun for a conclusion finis Jonathan

Double Jeopardy! Round

MEN OF LA MANCHA	WRITTEN IN THE DUST	TELEVISION HISTORY	FLAGGING INTEREST	WHAT HAPPENED WHEN	CHANGE-ONE-LETTER PAIRS
$400 [23] A large, arid plateau in Central Spain, La Mancha was made famous in a 17th century novel by this man Cervantes Jonathan	$400 [25] In the Bible God tells this person "For dust thou art & unto dust shalt thou return" Adam Jonathan	$400 [6] The first program to incorporate this mirthful addition in the finished product was "The Hank McCune Show" in 1950 canned laughter Jonathan	$400 [27] Saudi Arabia's flag features the Muslim statement of faith above this weapon, a symbol of justice a sword Stephen	$400 [30] This mail delivery service was launched April 3, 1860 the Pony Express Stephen	$400 [18] Trousers sections pants parts Hilary
$800 [13] 14th c. Cardinal Gil Alvarez Carrillo de Albornoz paved the way for this institution to return from Avignon to Rome the papacy Stephen	$1,200 [7] Lucas Beauchamp, a character in this southern author's "Intruder in the Dust", is also in his story collection "Go Down, Moses" Faulkner Jonathan	$800 [5] This cable network was formed in 1972 to air uncut, commercial-free movies & subscribers paid extra for it from the beginning HBO (Home Box Office) Jonathan	$800 [26] Nauru'sflagis a symbolic map; the star represents Nauru, & the yellow line represents this, less than one degree north the equator Jonathan	$800 [29] Africa's largest country in area, it gained independence from France in 1962 after an 8-year-long revolution Algeria Stephen Hilary	$800 [19] The poorer quality Appaloosa a worse horse Hilary
$1,200 [10] In the 1570s Domenikos Theotokopoulos moved to Toledo, where he was better known by this nickname El Greco Jonathan	$1,600 [8] This title man is described as a "limping lump o' brick-dust" in a Rudyard Kipling poem Gunga Din	$1,200 [4] The first live nationwide color TV broadcast was of this event on California streets January 1, 1954 the Rose Parade Jonathan	$1,200 [16] The flag of Prince Edward Island features 3 saplings & a larger tree, all of this sturdy 3-letter type oak Jonathan	$1,200 [1] Around 387 B.C. he founded his academy in Athens Plato Jonathan	$1,200 [20] Hobbit homeland beach Shire shore Jonathan
$1,600 [11] Nobody expected the 1507 appointment of Francisco Jimenez, archbishop of Toledo, as "Grand" this Inquisitor Hilary	DD $2,000 [24] Chapter 1 of this 1939 novel has quite a lot to say about dust, like "In the morning" it "hung like fog" The Grapes of Wrath Jonathan	$1,600 [3] For years, Americans had two events each Sunday--church & the show hosted by this man who brought many new artists into their homes Ed Sullivan Jonathan	$1,600 [15] The constitution of this Himalayan nation gives very detailed instructions on how to draw its non-rectangular flag Nepal Jonathan	$2,000 [28] The Union of Kalmar in 1397 united Sweden & these 2 kingdoms under a single monarch Denmark & Norway Stephen	$1,600 [21] A desolate, unornamented pile of pancakes a stark stack Jonathan
$2,000 [12] In the 2010 World Cup final, Andres Iniesta scored the goal to defeat this country that beat Spain in 1648 for its independence the Netherlands Stephen Hilary	$2,000 [9] A line from Eliot's "The Waste Land" gave this British novelist the title "A Handful of Dust" Evelyn Waugh	$2,000 [2] A 1996 law mandated all TVs have this chip to help parents control kids' viewing, but it was never used much a V-chip Jonathan	$2,000 [14] Boughs of this plant, Nevada's state flower & one of its state nicknames, appear on its flag sagebrush	DD $4,200 [17] While surveying the night sky in 1781, William Herschel made this big discovery Uranus Jonathan	$2,000 [22] The press agent carries a personal bottle of booze flack flask

Final Jeopardy!

NOTABLE WOMEN

Of the 3 pioneering women in their field to be dubbed the "Trimates", this one got her PhD from Cambridge in 1966

(Jane) Goodall

Stephen "Who is Goodall?" — wagered $2,801

Hilary "Who is Jane Goodall" — wagered $2,201

Jonathan "Who is Jane Goodall?" — wagered $0

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