Show #8521 2021-11-29 (taped 2021-10-05) Regular

Amy Schneider game 9.

Contestants

Andrea Asuaje — a podcast producer from Allston, Massachusetts

Nishanth Iyengar — a resident physician from Ronkonkoma, New York

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 8-day cash winnings total $295,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $7,000 $12,400 $30,000 $47,000
9-day champion: $342,200
$29,400
33 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Nishanth $1,400 $800 $5,200 $5,200
2nd place: $2,000
$5,200
7 R, 3 W
Andrea $1,000 $4,200 $5,800 $2,600
3rd place: $1,000
$5,800
16 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

19something PLAY CHARACTERS KNEAD TO KNOW HELPING THE PLANET HE HAD A HAT IN OTHER WORDS...RUN!
$200 [16]
In 1954 a 9-0 Supreme Court said racial segregation in public schools violated the 14th Amendment in this landmark case
Brown v. the Board of Education
Andrea
$200 [9]
"Death of a Salesman" takes place during the last few days of his life
Willy Loman
Amy
$200 [11]
The name of this pocket bread is Greek for "bread"
pita bread
Amy
$200 [17]
Georgia-based carpet company Interface makes carpet tiles that are not merely this element "neutral", they're "negative"
carbon
Andrea
$200 [1]
This fictional archaeologist wears a felt hat with the brim turned down & a brown leather jacket, just like George Lucas wore
Indiana Jones
Andrea
$200 [26]
Proverbially, "It's a marathon, not a" this
sprint
Amy
$400 [22]
On August 12, 1961 Walter Ulbricht, leader of the East German Communist Party, ordered this to be created; it went up overnight
the Berlin Wall
Amy
$600 [7]
In a classic American play, his first line is bellowing, "Hey, there! Stella, baby!"
Stanley (Kowalski)
$400 [12]
To make authentic New York these, you need to knead the dough, preferably by hand to make them chewy, & then shape them into rings
bagels
Amy
$400 [18]
To help the planet, the National Ocean Service urges these 3 "R"s
reduce, reuse, recycle
Andrea
$400 [2]
Hefamously wore a Vivienne Westwood hat to the Grammys in 2014
Pharrell Williams
Nishanth
$400 [27]
My secret is out! Selling homemade doilies to make some extra cash is my "side" this
hustle
Nishanth
$600 [23]
A British non-royal birth that merited apress conferencewas in 1978 for the first of millions of babies conceived via this process
in vitro fertilization
Amy
$800 [6]
In "Pygmalion" this professor of phonetics has his laboratory on Wimpole Street
(Henry) Higgins
Amy Andrea
$600 [13]
This bread baked for the Jewish Sabbath symbolizes love; the braiding symbolizes strength
challah
Andrea
$600 [19]
Tokyo-based Next Meats offers meat alternatives with extra protein thanks to the use of these legumes
soybeans
Amy
$600 [3]
This Marx Brother didn't talk in their films but did wear a top hat over his curls
Harpo
Amy
$600 [30]
You can shoot one out of a blowgun or toss one in a pub
dart
Andrea
$800 [24]
On Jan. 8, 1918 Woodrow Wilson made this numerical declaration of peace proposals that included "a general assoc. of nations"
the Fourteen Points
Andrea
$1,000 [10]
This title character helps fellow soldier Christian de Neuvillette with his love letters
Cyrano de Bergerac
Andrea
$800 [14]
A fluffy bread requiring a lot of kneading, brioche is an excellent marquee ingredient for this breakfast dish with a national name
French toast
Amy
$800 [20]
Carlsberg, a fine beer from this country, is helping out with the plastic problem by gluing its cans together
Denmark
Amy
$800 [4]
This cartoon alien who wore the same tufted helmet as Mars, the god of war, was thwarted by Bugs Bunny
Marvin the Martian
Amy
$800 [29]
It's a word for a lightning stroke or a fastening aid
a bolt
Amy
$1,000 [25]
After a dubious-at-best election win in February 1986, this Philippine president fled to Hawaii a few weeks later
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Amy Nishanth
DD $2,200 [8]
She says, "'Tis brief, my lord", to which Hamlet replies, "As woman's love"
Ophelia
Amy
$1,000 [15]
How about some of this flat Italian bread sprinkled with rosemary
focaccia
Amy
$1,000 [21]
This Swedish climate activist donated her winnings from France's Freedom Prize to groups working for climate justice
Thunberg
Amy
$1,000 [5]
In "Goldfinger", his weapon of choice was a steel-rimmed razor-sharp bowler hat
Oddjob
Nishanth
$1,000 [28]
Word preceding a maddening "hour", or the band that did "Tom Sawyer"
rush
Andrea

Double Jeopardy! Round

JESUS & NERO TRAVEL & TOURISM THE ANIMAL KINGDOM WORDS & PHRASES WE'VE GOT THAT BAND'S NUMBER WHO'S YOUR "C-O"?
$400 [29]
Jesus is known as both Jesus of Nazareth & Jesus of this ancient region with a famous "Sea"
Galilee
Amy
$400 [30]
Puppet theaters in Prague include a "Kingdom" featuring these on strings
marionettes
Andrea
$400 [26]
Thistropical reef dweller needs no chrysalis, but does have striking markings that make sure to confuse predators
a butterfly fish
Amy
$400 [13]
3 goals by the same scorer
a hat trick
Andrea
$400 [3]
Megan Thee Stallion is featured on "Beautiful Mistakes" by this group; the video shows her & Adam Levine flying a car over Los Angeles
Maroon 5
Andrea
$400 [8]
In the U.S. Army, it's "the base level of the noncommissioned officer" ranks
corporal
Amy Nishanth Andrea
$800 [28]
Nero blamed Rome's Christians for this 64 A.D. disaster & used it as an excuse to persecute them
the fire (when Rome burned)
Amy
$800 [22]
In this city, head to the Forbidden City; if you're forbidden, relax at the Hilton on Wangfujing East
Beijing
Amy
$800 [25]
Meerkats aren't felines, they're in the family named for these cobra fighters
mongooses (mongeese)
Andrea
$800 [14]
This biblical construction seenherehad come to mean "a hubbub"
the Tower of Babel
Nishanth
$800 [4]
Hits by these poppy punkers include "What's My Age Again?" & "All The Small Things"
Blink-182
Andrea
$800 [9]
In the British military, it ranks just below brigadier
colonel
Amy
$1,200 [27]
These 3 "synoptic" Gospels are the main sources for knowledge of Jesus' life
Matthew, Mark & Luke
Amy
$1,600 [1]
You can head west in a straight line from Belmopan in Belize into this neighboring country
Guatemala
Amy Nishanth
$1,200 [24]
A rare pink species of this land reptile lives around a volcano on Isabela Island in the Galápagos
an iguana
Amy
$1,200 [20]
3 parts of a gun are in this phrase meaning "the whole shebang"
lock, stock and barrel
Amy
$1,200 [5]
The name of this Athens, Georgia band is slang for the high hairdos worn by Kate Pierson & Cindy Wilson
the B-52s
Amy
$1,200 [10]
This word from the rowing team also means the most important member of a Coast Guard small boat crew
a coxswain
Andrea
$1,600 [19]
Suetonius said that Nero resented nothing so much as being called a wretched player of this harp-like stringed instrument
a lyre
Andrea
$2,000 [17]
Heading to Machu Picchu? Book your hotel in this Peruvian city 50 miles to the southeast & take a train there
Cusco
Nishanth Andrea
$1,600 [23]
With ridged horns, the kob of Africa is a species of these swift ruminants
antelopes
Amy Andrea
$1,600 [21]
A 150th anniversary
sesquicentennial
Nishanth
$2,000 [7]
Though it was their only hit, in 2021 the video for this band's 1993 single "What's Up" passed 1 billion YouTube views
4 Non Blondes
Amy
$1,600 [11]
The Army has medics; the Navy has these
corpsmen
Amy
$2,000 [18]
Nero's persecution of Jesus' followers led them to regard him as this foe that 1 John says "shall come"
the Antichrist
Amy
DD $4,000 [2]
To visit the vineyards of Chianti Classico, visit this one of Italy's 20 regioni, or regions
Tuscany
Amy
$2,000 [16]
One of the strongest kinds of beetles, this type seenherebears the name of a large herbivore
a rhinoceros beetle
Nishanth
$2,000 [15]
Severe scolding named for a Macedonian king
a philippic
DD $4,000 [6]
Matty Healy, lead singer of these Brit rockers, was born 14 years after the year in their name
The 1975
Amy
$2,000 [12]
This boss of a squadron once ranked just below a rear admiral
a commodore
Amy

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY LITERATURE

Its first line says, "The good people of Paris were awakened by a grand peal from all the bells in the three districts of the city"

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Nishanth "What isTheHunchbackofNotreDame?" — wagered $0
Andrea "What is "Les Miserables"?" — wagered $3,200
Amy "What is The Hunchback of Notre Dame?" — wagered $17,000

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