Show #8534 2021-12-16 (taped 2021-10-26) Professors Tournament

2021 Professors Tournament final game 1.

Contestants

Alisa Hove — a botany professor from Warren Wilson College in Asheville, North Carolina

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

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	$3,200	$7,200	$23,200	$20,000	$22,400 27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Ed	$2,400	$4,600	$9,800	$4,600	$9,800 14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Alisa	$-200	$1,400	$6,400	$3,800	$5,400 8 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES	FASHION	THE 15th CENTURY	CLASSIC MOVIES	WHAT DO YOU KNOW?	ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT
$200 [1] This longest tributary of the Mississippi River is known as "Big Muddy" the Missouri Sam	$200 [20] A variation on LBD, LWD stands for this, perhaps a summer wardrobe staple little white dress Sam	$200 [15] Mid-century, Lorenzo Ghiberti completed his set of bronze baptistery doors with Old Testament scenes called "The Gates of" this Paradise Ed	$200 [19] Once upon a time Robin Wright played Buttercup in this film scripted by William Goldman The Princess Bride Alisa	$200 [10] The expression about "knowing" these comes from sailors who had to be familiar with the details of the rigging the ropes Sam Alisa	$200 [6] Of the Earth's seasons, this one fits the category autumn Sam
$400 [2] The poet Tibullus called this city "Urbs Aeterna" Rome Sam	$400 [25] The woven ridges in corduroy are also called these; very narrow ones are pin these wales Sam Ed	$400 [16] After this flagship ran aground in 1492, Christopher Columbus ordered that its wreckage be used to build a fort on Hispaniola Santa Maria Sam	$400 [21] In one of the original slasher films, Janet Leigh is killed off just 20 minutes into this 1960 thriller Psycho Sam	$400 [11] This Kenny Rogers song says, "You got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em" "The Gambler" Ed	$400 [7] A sepulcher for one tomb Sam
$600 [3] Runnymede, England is sometimes referred to as the "Birthplace" of this document the Magna Carta Ed	$600 [26] A drawstring can help create the ruffled waist seen here& called this, like an item to hold your purchases a paperbag waist	$600 [17] 2 short years after attending Charles VII's coronation at Reims, she was burned at the stake Joan of Arc Sam	$600 [22] Film in which De Niro as Travis Bickle asks, "You talkin' to me? You talkin' to me?" Taxi Driver Alisa	$600 [12] This play character says when the wind is southerly, he knows a hawk from a handsaw Hamlet	$600 [8] The 17th century painting seenheredepicts Anthonij de Bordes & his this whose name is not given his valet
DD $800 [4] The French are known to refer to this peak as "The White Lady" Mont Blanc Ed	$800 [27] For the 2021 Met Gala, Billie Eilish wore a gown whose 15-foot train was made of this netted fabric used for veils & tutus tulle Alisa	$800 [29] At the tender age of 13, this member of the Borgia family was married off to Giovanni Sforza Lucrezia Borgia Ed	$800 [23] In a 1967 film Charles Bronson & Jim Brown are among this title group of 12 who are trained by Lee Marvin for a war mission The Dirty Dozen Sam	$800 [13] This insurance company says, "We know a thing or two because we've seen a thing or two" Farmers (Insurance) Ed	$800 [9] When it precedes "oath", this serious word refers to a legal agreement solemn Sam
$1,000 [5] In 1914 Syria was one of the few remaining bits of this empire dubbed "The Sick Man of Europe" the Ottoman Empire Sam	$1,000 [28] A type of Greek robe gives us this word for the skirt-like addition to the top seen here a peplum	$1,000 [30] Noted for his brutality & fanaticism, he was made Grand Inquisitor in Spain in 1483 Torquemada Sam	$1,000 [24] This Kurosawa film about a crime told from multiple points of view is credited with introducing Japanese cinema to the Western world Rashomon Sam	$1,000 [14] To have knowledge in a particular field is to know these veggies, though some say the word is a reference to a lexicographer onions	$1,000 [18] Now an adjective for the middle class, it originally referred to someone from a French borough bourgeois Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY MUSEUMS	PLANTS & ANIMALS & FUNGI, OH MY!	SNOW-POURRI	PROTEST SONGS	MIRROR IMAGE WORDS	SAY YOUR PRAYERS
$400 [10] Head to Wamego, Kansas for a museum dedicated to this fictional land created by L. Frank Baum Oz Sam	$400 [1] 360 to 300 million B.C. is sometimes called the "Age of" these nonflowering, spore-producing plants Ferns Sam	$400 [23] In observing snowflakes, learn the basic types of these symmetrical structures, including plates, columns & needles crystals	$400 [5] The group Drive-By Truckers scorned these 2 things often said to be "with the victims" of mass shootings thoughts and prayers Ed	$400 [2] A burglar's booty & a screwdriver or hammer loot & tool Alisa	$400 [17] In Catholic tradition, October is the month dedicated to the use of this string of prayer beads rosary Sam
$800 [11] A museum devoted to this literary movement is not far from San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore the Beat movement Ed	$800 [3] All animals possess this protein that keeps skin firm & is used as a dietary supplement & cosmetic lip injection collagen Alisa	$800 [25] This cereal invented in the 1890s was bleached & used as nice, crunchy underfoot snow in early sound films Corn Flakes Ed Alisa	$800 [6] Despite police violence & other problems, "Alright" is on his album "To Pimp a Butterfly" Kendrick Lamar Ed	$800 [13] Created & Dutch cheese made & Edam Sam	$800 [18] 1662's Act of Uniformity made this Protestant work the standard for prayer in England the Book of Common Prayer Ed
$1,200 [12] You can find your roots at the museum devoted to this author of "Roots": genealogy services are offered to its visitors (Alex) Haley Sam	$1,200 [4] The Greek for "mushroom" gives us this word for the study of fungi mycology Sam	$1,200 [26] Mount Snow, Vermont calls itself these mountains' most accessible ski resort from the big cities south of it the Green Mountains Sam	$1,200 [7] Hewas the man behind 1985's "Sun City", about artists refusing to play at that resort in apartheid-era South Africa Little Steven (Steven Van Zandt) Ed	$1,200 [14] Dull & a poet of yore drab & bard Sam	$1,200 [19] 19th century Shinto leader Hirata Atsutane laid out a list of morning prayers; No. 1 was worship of this human the emperor Sam
$1,600 [24] The Amazing World of Dr. Seuss Museum is in this Massachusetts city, Dr. Seuss' hometown Springfield Ed	$2,000 [22] Plants, animals, fungi & protists are the 4 kingdoms of these organisms, from Greek for "good" & "kernel" eukaryotes Alisa	$1,600 [28] Snow blinded the Lancastrians & wind stopped their arrows at Towton in this war, said to be the bloodiest battle ever in England the Wars of the Roses Sam	$1,600 [8] "Killing In The Name" was this L.A. band's reaction to the beating of Rodney King & its aftermath Rage Against the Machine Alisa	$2,000 [16] An elite British secondary school & an item on a musical staff Eton & note Sam	$1,600 [20] A prayer collection dating from around 200 A.D. seeks health & success for followers of this mortal Greek musician Orpheus Alisa
$2,000 [30] The home of this educator known for his "Readers" is kept as a museum on the campus of Miami University in Ohio McGuffey Sam	DD $2,600 [21] To the Romans, Robigus was the god of this fungus that appears as red, orange or yellow spots on plants a rust Alisa	$2,000 [29] "One must have a mind of winter", begins this Wallace Stevens poem that sets a chilly mood The Snow Man	$2,000 [9] A single ofhis, "A Change Is Gonna Come", was released just days after his tragic death in 1964 Sam Cooke Ed	DD $2,400 [15] A type of frost & a Middle Eastern ruler rime & emir Sam	$2,000 [27] In Islam, it's the word for the crier who calls the faithful to prayer 5 times a day a muezzin

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD WAR II GEOGRAPHY

Body-of-water battles included the Coral Sea, Philippine Sea & this one that allowed Japan to seize Jakarta

the Java Sea

Alisa "What is the South China Sea?" — wagered $2,600

Ed "What is theSeaSouth China Sea?" — wagered $5,200

Sam "What is a Indonesian Sea?" — wagered $3,200

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