Show #8533 2021-12-15 (taped 2021-10-26) Professors Tournament

2021 Professors Tournament semifinal game 3.

Contestants

Deborah Steinberger — an associate professor of French literature from University of Delaware in Newark

Gary Hollis — a chemistry professor from Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia

Ed Hashima — a history professor from American River College in Sacramento, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Ed	$3,600	$6,000	$15,600	$10,600 Finalist	$15,600 23 R (including 1 DD), 5 W
Gary	$1,600	$1,400	$10,200	$2,200 3rd place: $10,000	$10,200 18 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Deborah	$-400	$1,000	$4,200	$4,200 2nd place: $10,000	$6,200 10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PLAYING PROFESSOR	SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HISTORY	4-SYLLABLE WORDS	A CUT ABOVE	PREQUELS & SEQUELS	WHIRLED MENU
$200 [12] This Harrison Ford character tells a class, "Forget any ideas you got about lost cities, exotic travel" Indiana Jones Ed	$200 [1] This event off Huntington Beach in 2021 brought memories of the 3-million-gallon disaster off Santa Barbara in 1969 an oil spill Ed	$200 [30] Idiomatically, if you "stand on" this, you demand that things are done in an exceedingly formal manner ceremony Ed Deborah	$200 [28] 17th century Venetian craftsman Vicenti Peruzzi is said to have come up with this smart-sounding cut for diamonds the brilliant cut	$200 [27] "Wide Sargasso Sea" by Jean Rhys, about Mr. Rochester's mad first wife, is a prequel to this classic novel Jane Eyre Gary Deborah	$200 [3] They're husk-y in Mexico: SAT MEAL tamales Ed
$400 [13] Russell Johnsonwas best known for playing the Professor on this series Gilligan's Island Gary	$400 [2] Founded in 1891 as a vocational & liberal arts school, this Pasadena college became famous for physics & space science Caltech Deborah	$400 [29] Alligator pear is another name for this superfood avocado Gary	$400 [25] Here'sthe shell of one of these sharp-sounding clams a razor clam Gary	$400 [26] Gregory Maguire's "Son of a Witch" & "A Lion Among Men" are sequels to this book that inspired a musical Wicked Gary	$400 [5] Canadian fries with curds & gravy:OUTPINE poutine Gary
$600 [16] On Netflix she's Ji-Yoon Kim, "The Chair" of a struggling English department Sandra Oh Ed	$600 [4] In the 1920s, author Zane Grey built a Pueblo-stylehousenear Avalon Bay on this island Catalina Gary	$600 [23] The Latin for "to carry" gives us part of this word for all the investments you own portfolio Ed	$600 [24] In 1961 JFK said we live under a "nuclear sword of" him, "hanging by the slenderest of threads" Damocles Ed	$600 [9] It was the first sequel in Sue Grafton's alphabet mysteries B is for Burglar Ed Gary	$600 [6] In India it's the big cheese:ERA PEN paneer Ed
$800 [17] On "How to Get Away with Murder", she played a professor at Middleton Law School Viola Davis	$800 [10] In 1769 in San Diego, this priest, now a controversial figure, founded his first California mission; he went on to found 8 more Serra Ed Gary	$800 [22] This word refers to the smallest detail that can be seen by a telescope or to the number of pixels on your computer screen resolution Gary	$800 [20] The method used to create this style of sliced potato sounds like a French name julienne Ed	DD $800 [14] Co-authored by Brian Herbert, "House Atreides" is the first in a series of prequels to this series Dune Gary	$800 [7] A choice at the sushi bar: HA I MISS sashimi Gary Deborah
$1,000 [18] Judith Light is among those who have portrayed the professor stricken with cancer in this Pulitzer-winning play Wit Ed Gary	$1,000 [11] Thisevangelist opened the Angelus Temple in Los Angeles & preached there to a flock of thousands Aimee Semple McPherson Ed	$1,000 [21] It's a term for someone who cuts & polishes precious gems lapidary	$1,000 [19] Liquid nitrogen in conjunction with a doctor's scalpel can be used to perform this, a superchilled operation cryosurgery Deborah	$1,000 [15] In the final chapter in this sequel, "Christopher Robin and Pooh come to an enchanted place, and we leave them there" The House at Pooh Corner Ed Gary	$1,000 [8] In Ireland diners flock to it:HEPPER DISHES shepherd's pie

Double Jeopardy! Round

NUCLEAR PHYSICS	STARTS WITH "W"	WORLD CITIES	MUSIC STARS	CZECHS	BALANCES
$400 [30] Combiningatomic nuclei to form a heavier element, it happens in the core of our Sun as hydrogen atoms meet to form helium fusion Deborah	$400 [28] The identity of the murderer typically isn't revealed until the end in this type of story a whodunit Ed	$400 [3] Get a whiff of this city, the largest in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia Cologne Ed Deborah	$400 [17] She had 3 of Billboard's Top 20 songs of 2015, including "Bad Blood" Taylor Swift Ed Deborah	$400 [29] 2005's "The Rivals" told of the "Epic Duels and Extraordinary Friendship" of Chris Evert & her Navratilova Gary	$400 [21] In Chinese myth these 2 entities attained balance in the "cosmic egg"; the birth of man would follow yin & yang Deborah
$800 [2] A quantum field theory describing the interactions of charged particles has this 3-letter abbrev. that also means "proved it!" Q.E.D. Ed	$800 [25] Thisinsect is also known as a snout beetle a weevil Gary	$800 [4] In Dublin, the Ha'penny Bridge spans this river the Liffey Gary	$800 [16] This singer's 2021 hit "Take My Breath" is perfect for a Saturday or Sunday the Weeknd Deborah	$800 [22] He had a short term as president of Czechoslovakia before becoming president of the Czech Republic Havel Ed	$800 [27] Also known as "the balance", Libra in the zodiac is sometimes represented by Astraea, the ancient goddess of this justice Gary
$1,200 [7] Both used in the nuclear power industry, these first 2 transuranium elements are named for heavenly bodies neptunium & plutonium Gary	$1,200 [1] In England you can whine or do this similar verb with an extra letter whinge Gary	$1,200 [12] This capital city is located in the region known as Anatolia Ankara Ed Gary	$1,200 [15] Do start now & name this English-born woman of Albanian ancestry who was "Levitating" up the charts in 2021 Dua Lipa Ed	DD $1,200 [18] In the 1890s he moved briefly from Prague to New York City, inspiring his best-known symphony Dvořák Ed	$1,200 [23] The rope wants to spin, so tightrope walkers employ a longpoleto increase rotational this inertia Ed Gary
$1,600 [5] A radium nucleus that emits a particle & becomes a radon nucleus undergoes the "alpha" type of this process decay Gary	$1,600 [9] Shawnee word for an elk wapiti Ed	DD $2,000 [11] The name of this second-largest city in Wales starts with a big bird Swansea Deborah	$1,600 [13] In 1995 this one-named singer rose to the top of the charts with "Kiss From A Rose" Seal Ed	$1,600 [19] This Czech wrote novels like "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" in exile in France Milan Kundera	$1,600 [24] He won his first Pulitzer Prize for his 1966 play "A Delicate Balance" Albee Deborah
$2,000 [6] With the same mass & magnitude of charge, an antiparticle of an electron is called this word a positron Gary	$2,000 [8] This Chinese word meaning "martial arts" is used for disciplines like kung fu wushu Ed	$2,000 [10] South of Quito, this largest Ecuadorian city is seenherein all its colors Guayaquil Deborah	$2,000 [14] In the late 1980s Susanna Hoffs, Debbi Peterson, Vicki Peterson & Michael Steele had 5 Top 10 hits as this band The Bangles Ed	$2,000 [20] King Sigismund of Hungary promised this Czech religious reformer safe passage, then grabbed & burned him Jan Hus Ed	$2,000 [26] This 17th century Dutch scientist was among the first to use a balance spring in the design of watches Christiaan Huygens

Final Jeopardy!

AWARDS

The Theodore Roosevelt Rough Rider Award honors influential people from this state, including Western author Louis L'Amour

North Dakota

Deborah "What is Texas?" — wagered $0

Gary "What is New Mexico?" — wagered $8,000

Ed "What is Wyoming?" — wagered $5,000

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