Show #8528 2021-12-08 (taped 2021-10-25) Professors Tournament

2021 Professors Tournament quarterfinal game 3.

Contestants

Ashleigh Lawrence-Sanders — an assistant professor of U.S. and African-American history from University of Colorado

Lisa Dresner — an associate professor of writing studies from Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York

Sam Buttrey — an associate professor of operations research from Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Sam	$4,400	$8,000	$22,400	$22,400 Automatic semifinalist	$22,400 29 R, 0 W
Lisa	$1,400	$1,400	$6,400	$0 2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$6,600 6 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ashleigh	$400	$4,000	$3,200	$0 3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated	$5,200 12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

FOUND IN KING TUT'S TOMB	THE RULES OF THE GAME	COMPANY COLORS	MORE THAN 100	DEALING WITH THE ENVIRONMENT	PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES
$200 [26] For safe passage into the afterlife, several of these wheeled vehicles, disassembled chariots Ashleigh	$200 [5] With no game clocks on the field, only a referee such as Daniele Orsato keeps time soccer Sam	$200 [15] Home Depot is known as "Big" this Orange Sam	$200 [1] The Bible says this grandfather of Noah lived to be 969 years old Methuselah Sam	$200 [12] The 1987 Montreal Protocol limits "substances that deplete" this in the atmosphere ozone Ashleigh	$200 [23] "Out of" this color means totally unexpected the (clear) blue Sam
$400 [27] A headrest made of this animal material doesn't look comfy ivory Ashleigh	$400 [6] Rule 6-6d says you can be disqualified if you sign & return an incorrect scorecard golf Sam	$400 [17] The A&Wbrownsremind us of the color of this A&W product which predates the restaurant root beer Ashleigh	$400 [2] This mythic hall for slain warriors has 540 doors Valhalla Sam	$400 [13] A 1997 U.N. protocol adopted in this Japanese city called for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions Kyoto Ashleigh	$400 [24] That's a secret! Keep it below one's deerstalker, or to put it another way... this under your hat Sam
$600 [28] Used to hunt birds, these curved throwing weapons, like those used by the Aborigines of Australia boomerangs Sam	$600 [7] In this Olympic sport, no splashing water in an opponent's face water polo Ashleigh	$600 [18] This company that grew out of one called Zimride has used pink to convey that it's female friendly Lyft Ashleigh	$600 [3] It's the highest atomic number for any known element: oganesson, formerly called ununoctium 118 Sam	$600 [14] The 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary this problem that doesn't respect borders has helped reduce it dramatically air pollution Lisa	$600 [25] Using a forceful manner to attack a problem is to do it this way, like a "Die Hard" film title with a vengeance Sam
$800 [29] Jewelry with an image of this sacred beetle scarab Sam	$800 [8] The supine competitor may use no mechanical brakes luge Sam	$800 [19] Green is good for this e-commerce platform represented here Shopify	$800 [4] Stephen Kinnock & Ian Paisley Jr. are 2 of the 650 members of this body whose chamber seats 427 the House of Commons Sam Ashleigh	$800 [21] The International Tropical Timber Agreement regulates the use of wood that's grown between these 2 geographic limits the Tropics of Cancer & Capricorn	$800 [11] Claritin, Gaviscon & Midol are classified as this type of drug over-the-counter Sam
$1,000 [30] A statue of this jackal-headed god who weighed the hearts of the deceased to determine their fate Anubis Ashleigh	$1,000 [9] While trying to pin your opponent, you can't get him in a hold below the waist Greco-Roman wrestling Lisa	$1,000 [20] The purple feather means premium content on this streaming service the Peacock	$1,000 [16] Fitting the genre of Barbara Cartland's 723 novels, her $55 million London mansion went up for sale on this day in 2020 February 14th (Valentine's Day) Sam	DD $1,000 [22] A 2007 column by The New York Times' Thomas Friedman is credited as the origin of this 3-word term Green New Deal Ashleigh	$1,000 [10] Splinters are an indication that you're sanding or planing wood this way, also meaning contrary to my inclinations against the grain Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY PROFESSORS	TRIPLE RHYME TIME	ISLANDS IN THE CHAIN	NAMES & PLACES OF 2021	A LITTLE MATH IN YOUR MOVIE	"ENNIAL" RESPONSE WILL DO
$400 [5] Doctor Pangloss is the unfailingly optimistic mentor of the title character in this Voltaire work Candide Sam	$400 [12] A fashionable Atheniancomputer wonk a chic Greek geek Sam	$400 [14] St. Croix is the largest of these islands belonging to the United States the Virgin Islands Ashleigh	$400 [20] In July 2021, hebecame the first billionaire space company owner to ride his own craft into the heavens Branson Lisa	$400 [6] Darren Aronofsky's directorial debut was this 1998 film about a math genius who might have approximated the title as 22/7 Pi Ashleigh	$400 [11] Jon Ossoff, born in 1987, has been called the first of these in the U.S. Senate millennial Sam
$800 [4] Phonetics professor Henry Higgins is a 1913 creation of this playwright (George Bernard) Shaw Sam	$800 [13] The centerviolinpuzzle the middle fiddle riddle Sam	$800 [15] Though only 540 square miles, you could say it's the most colossal of the Dodecanese Islands Rhodes Sam	$1,200 [29] This British diver won gold at the Olympics & won hearts byknittingin the stands Tom Daley	$800 [7] As a math term, this Keanu Reeves film title refers to a set of numbers in rows & columns that form an array The Matrix Sam	$800 [24] It means year after year, as when it precedes "pennant contender" perennial Sam
$1,200 [1] The protagonist of this author's 1995 novel "Wonder Boys" was inspired by his University of Pittsburgh writing professor Michael Chabon	$1,200 [19] A searingcamp bedscheme a hot cot plot Sam	$1,200 [16] It's the northernmost of the Florida Keys as well as the longest Key Largo Sam Ashleigh	$1,600 [22] Meng Wanzhou, CFO of this giant tech company, went home to China after nearly 3 years' confinement in Canada Huawei	$1,200 [8] Spencer Tracy adjusts to life as a grandfather in the 1951 sequel "Father's Little" this math term Dividend Lisa	$1,200 [25] From how often it takes place, it's the Whitney Museum's regular survey of American art biennial Sam
DD $1,400 [2] In an 1893 story he is described as "the organizer of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected" in London Professor Moriarty Lisa	$1,600 [23] A small & portable spacecraftplug receptacle a pocket rocket socket Sam	$1,600 [17] It's the largest of Asia's Greater Sunda Islands Borneo	DD $2,000 [30] In September the last piece of a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, opposed by the U.S., was put in place under this sea the Baltic Sea Ashleigh	$1,600 [9] Ben Affleck played a younger version of Jack Ryan in this explosive 2002 thriller The Sum of All Fears	$1,600 [27] It's a city in Colorado, 15 miles southeast of Denver Centennial Ashleigh
$2,000 [3] Her 1925 novel "The Professor's House" is set largely in New Mexico, not her familiar Nebraska Willa Cather Lisa	$2,000 [26] A narrow Tanqueraysmirk a thin gin grin Sam	$2,000 [18] The Windward & Leeward Islands make up the "Lesser" these Antilles Sam	$2,000 [21] The TPLF, this Ethiopian region People's Liberation Front, captured the region'scapital from government soldiers Tigray	$2,000 [10] Troubled hubby Michael Keaton is cloned several times in this 1996 screwball comedy Multiplicity	$2,000 [28] It's the official commission to honor America in 2026--we'll be halfway to 500 Semiquincentennial

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PEOPLE

Gen. MacArthur said this man's death by "violence is one of those bitter anachronisms that seems to refute all logic"

"Mahatma" Gandhi

Ashleigh "Who is John F. Kennedy?" — wagered $3,200

Lisa "Who is Dr. Martin Luther King Jr?" — wagered $6,400

Sam "Who is J.F. Kennedy?" — wagered $0

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