Show #8523 2021-12-01 (taped 2021-10-05) Regular

Amy Schneider game 11.

Contestants

David Miller — a communications director from Decatur, Georgia

Jaimie Carlson — a robotics scientist from Boston, Massachusetts

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 10-day cash winnings total $380,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$1,600	$4,600	$31,000	$41,000 11-day champion: $421,200	$29,800 32 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Jaimie	$1,000	$1,400	$3,800	$3,799 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 8 R, 2 W
David	$1,600	$3,400	$10,200	$12,200 2nd place: $2,000	$10,200 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE MID-ATLANTIC STATES	PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS	HUNTER/GATHERER	THE COMPANY'S PRODUCT	PRONOUNCE IT THE WAY WE WANT	PUTTING YOU THROUGH SOME HOOPS
$200 [11] Delaware Bay once teemed with these shellfish & New Jersey's state tall ship was a schooner built to harvest them oysters Amy Jaimie	$200 [27] Before Roger Ebert won the 1st Pulitzer for Movie Criticism, his paper-mate Ron Powers won the 1st as a critic of this medium television David	$200 [28] A rolling stone is said to do this, whether Spanish or peat gather no moss Amy	$200 [30] Its 57 sauce will "add zest to chicken", if zest is your thing Heinz David	$200 [1] The third person singular of to do becomes this group of animals does	$200 [7] In the 1980s "A.D." was Adrian Dantley; now it's this Lakers superstar Anthony Davis David
$400 [12] Alphabetically, it's New York's first county, followed by Allegany & Bronx Albany Jaimie	$400 [26] Though these are traditionally unsigned, the Pulitzers usually name the recipient, like Buford Boone of the Tuscaloosa News editorials Amy David	$400 [29] Later a crime novelist, Evan Hunter wrote the school-set novel titled "The Blackboard" this Jungle Amy	$400 [25] This & this has skincare in the game with Neutrogena Bright Boost Johnson & Johnson Jaimie	$400 [2] A way to describe a day with lots of gusty air currents becomes this adjective for a twisty road windy David	$400 [3] Before a 2008 move, this NBA team was known as the Super Sonics the Oklahoma City Thunder David
$600 [16] Horse-drawnbuggiesare not uncommon on the roads of this county on Pennsylvania's southern border Lancaster Amy	$600 [15] A 2021 prize went to the Star Tribune, based in this city, for reporting on its police force, focus of national attention Minneapolis David	$600 [8] Hunter S. Thompson was the inspiration for the quirky character of Uncle Duke in this comic strip Doonesbury Amy	$600 [24] This & this gets into hair-y situations with Don't Blow It, a cream for air-dried styles Bumble and bumble. Amy	$600 [18] A European nationality becomes this shoe shine augmenter polish Amy	$600 [4] In this type of defense, a player guards an area of the court, not a particular opposing player zone Amy
$1,000 [23] Bordering similar communities in Ontario & Quebec, New York's St. Regis Reservation is home to this tribe the Mohawk Jaimie	$800 [14] Julia Keller won for her feature about the devastation of the town of Utica, Illinois in 10 seconds by one of these a tornado Jaimie	$800 [9] The Gathering of Nations is this type of Native American assembly with a rhyming name a powwow Amy	$800 [22] This brand gets its kicks with Chuck Taylor All Star shoes Converse David	$800 [19] A 2-syllable month becomes this majestic word august Amy	$800 [5] From 1985 to 2003 Hall of Famers John Stockton & Karl Malone made music together on this team the Utah Jazz Amy
DD $4,000 [17] Mid-Atlantic city where you'll find the crypt of John Paul Jones Annapolis Amy	$1,000 [13] Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings won for this beloved 1938 novel whose title refers to the age of a pet fawn The Yearling Amy	$1,000 [10] During World War I Army General Hunter Liggett & his I corps prevailed at the battles of the Meuse & of this forest the Argonne Forest	$1,000 [21] It rocks out with the Tom Morello Stratocaster Fender David	$1,000 [20] A serve-yourself food place becomes this hard-hitting word buffet Jaimie	$1,000 [6] He went from the Warriors to the Nets & in 2021 became the top scorer in U.S. Olympic men's basketball history Durant Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

EUROPEAN HISTORY	SNAKES & RIVERS	WRITERS, WITH STYLE	AT HOME ON TV	WEIGHTS & MEASURES	BACKWARDS & FORWARDS
$400 [10] After 36 years, this military alliance that was behind the iron curtain was officially dissolved on July 1, 1991 the Warsaw Pact Amy	$400 [21] In the mood for some snake charming? Visit Varanasi, along the banks of this river the Ganges Jaimie	$400 [5] & All the rooblicks & yooblicks / Ev'ry 'blick alive / Knew he wrote "Your Job in Germany" / Frank Capra directed! / In 1945! (Dr.) Seuss David	$400 [26] The Simpsons live on Evergreen Terrace in this city (state not specified) Springfield Amy	$400 [11] In cooking, one-eighth of a teaspoon is a dash & half a dash is this smaller amount a pinch Amy	$400 [17] A spool of film & to gaze in a lascivious fashion reel & leer Jaimie
$800 [9] Signed in this small northwest nation in 1985, the Schengen Agreement covers the free movement of peoples through the European Union Luxembourg Amy	$800 [22] Residents of Memphis had to watch out for water moccasins when this river flooded in 2011 the Mississippi Amy	$800 [4] Was I nervous?--true!--nervous, yes, waiting, wondering, if it was known that he wrote "The Premature Burial" in 1844? or was I mad? Poe Amy	$800 [27] He lives under the sea at 124 Conch Street SpongeBob Jaimie	$800 [12] In 1931 a record 250 million bushel crop of this was reaped in Kansas; that's 15 billion pounds! wheat Jaimie	$800 [16] Villainous & not lip-synched evil & live Amy
$1,600 [6] Living comfortably in Nice in the 1840s, he could not resist joining the then-unlikely movement to make Italy one country Garibaldi Amy	$1,200 [23] Ranging to 20 feet or more in length, the African rock species of this can be found on the banks of the Nile python Amy	$1,200 [3] & They asked if I'd say his 1901 "Day of the Rabblement" essay went after the Irish literary theatre & yes I said yes I will yes James Joyce Amy	$1,200 [30] This "Sex & the City" heroine gave her address as 245 E. 73rd Street Carrie Bradshaw David	$1,200 [19] It's the total weight that a plane or spacecraft carries; some astronauts were "specialists" of it payload Amy	$1,200 [15] A distinctive sharp taste & a tiny fly tang & gnat Amy
$2,000 [7] This Dutch humanist wrote, "In Praise of Folly" in part to critique the church but stopped short of signing on to the Reformation Erasmus Amy	$1,600 [24] Take a cruise down the Amazon & you might see this, the world's heaviest snake an anaconda David	$2,000 [1] He didn't use sci-fi in 1961's "Mother Night", about an American playwright spying on the Nazis. He passed away in 2007. So it goes Vonnegut Amy	$1,600 [29] This family resided in the Skypad Apartments in Orbit City the Jetsons Amy	$1,600 [14] A butt, for instance of Malmsey, is equal to 2 hogsheads, which in turn is equal to 126 of these gallons Amy	$1,600 [13] A large instrument you blow into & to border or touch tuba & abut David
DD $5,000 [8] He fought both the Spanish Christians & the Moors before conquering Muslim Valencia in 1094 El Cid Amy	$2,000 [25] If you're touring the Niger River Delta, watch out for the green species of this deadly snake mamba Amy	DD $3,000 [2] Heere bigynneth owr joorny onn his "Summoner's Tale", a titl mayde moderne, as he speld it "Somonours" Chaucer Amy	$2,000 [28] The first "Stranger Things" Lego set was of this family's home the Byers family	$2,000 [20] In Great Britain, body weight is often reckoned in stones, with one stone equal to this many pounds 14	$2,000 [18] Interlacings of strings & a slangy word for one share in a company knots & stonk David

Final Jeopardy!

PLANNED CITIES

A recent immigrant, Lady Denman, wife of the governor-general, announced the name of this new national capital at a 1913 ceremony

Canberra, Australia

Jaimie "What is Copenhagen?Oslo" — wagered $1

David "What isAustralia? Canberra" — wagered $2,000

Amy "What is Canberra?" — wagered $10,000

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