Show #8536 2021-12-20 (taped 2021-10-11) Regular

Amy Schneider game 14.Ken Jennings hosts.

Contestants

Do Park — a sportswriter from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Erin Creed — a middle school teacher from Williams Bay, Wisconsin

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 13-day cash winnings total $536,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $3,200 $9,400 $23,800 $34,800
14-day champion: $571,200
$21,800
30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Erin $1,600 $2,000 $3,600 $7,200
3rd place: $1,000
$4,600
8 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Do $1,400 $3,200 $17,200 $13,201
2nd place: $2,000
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH SILVER & GOLD JOY TO THE WORLD O HOLY KNIGHT WE 5 "KING"s A DIFFERENT LOOK AT CHRISTMAS SONGS
$200 [25]
At least back to the 17th century angels have been depicted playing this stringed instrument, still part of the modern orchestra
the harp
Amy
$200 [30]
Silver iodide is often used to produce condensation for "seeding" these
clouds
Amy
$200 [6]
We hope the owner of those goggles survived the messy fracas in Buñol, Spain where overripe these become missiles
tomatoes
Amy
$200 [11]
Father Michael McGivney founded a Catholic service organization & called it the Knights of this sailor of 1492
Columbus
Do
$200 [20]
This nursery rhyme guy called for his pipe, his bowl & "his fiddlers three!"
Old King Cole
Amy
$200 [1]
He's "the most famous reindeer of all", but he's bullied horribly & only loved after bailing everyone out on Christmas Eve
Rudolph
Amy
$400 [26]
This sacred tome was revealed by an angel to Muhammad in Mecca & Medina
the Quran
Do
$400 [15]
In vein & placer deposits, gold often appears with fool's gold, also called this
pyrite
Do
$400 [7]
10 days after Independence Day in the U.S., the French have a fete named for this structure
the Bastille
Erin
$400 [21]
Angelo Tancredi was the first knight to join the order of this man of Assisi & was singing to him when he died
Francis
Do
$400 [19]
The title Shah Jahan translates as this 4-word phrase, heard in the movie "Titanic"
"King of the world"
Do
$400 [2]
This title daredevil lives to the max! Though the Sun can kill him, he sings, "Let's run & we'll have some fun now before I melt away"
Frosty the Snowman
Amy
$600 [27]
On angelic love, Raphael says in this man's "Paradise Lost", "Whatever pure thou in the body enjoy'st... we enjoy"
Milton
Amy Erin
$600 [14]
When they're bars & ingots, gold & silver are called this, which sounds like a soup broth
bullion
Erin
$600 [8]
The Grand Canalsets a beautiful backdrop for Carnivalrevelersin this city
Venice
Erin
$600 [22]
Knight-turned-missionary Ramon Llull wrote a manual of this, the honorable conduct expected of knights
chivalry
Amy
$600 [18]
As its name implies, this type of bird seenheredives into water to feed
a kingfisher
Do
$600 [3]
"Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)" is by this "Take Me Home, Country Roads" singer
(John) Denver
Amy
$800 [28]
This angel proclaims, "And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she hath also conceived a son in her old age"
Gabriel
Amy
$800 [13]
Gold is virtually indestructible, yet has this moldable quality, from the Latin for "to hammer"
malleability
Do
DD $1,000 [9]
This annual festival began in 1810 when Prince Ludwig of Bavaria invited the people of Munich to join in celebrating his marriage
Oktoberfest
Erin
$800 [23]
Led by Hugh de Payns, they formed in the early 12th century to protect pilgrims headed to Jerusalem
the Knights Templar
Amy
$800 [17]
Any large sum of money; one was actually paid for the release of Richard the Lionhearted
a king's ransom
Amy
$800 [4]
You don't think of Christmas tunes as black market body part movers, but "All I Want For Christmas Is" this pair of choppers
my two front teeth
Amy
$1,000 [29]
This Tony Kushner play has the line "Greetings prophet; the great work begins: the messenger has arrived"
Angels in America
Erin
$1,000 [12]
Silver is valuable due to its brilliance, scarcity & resistance to this process, meaning it won't rust
oxidation
Erin
$1,000 [10]
Holi, a spring festival in India, is celebrated in honor of this eighth avatar of Vishnu
Krishna
$1,000 [24]
Minister Thomas W. Stringer formed the African-American version of the "Knights of" him, Damon's friend
Pythias
Amy
$1,000 [16]
Part of ancient Thebes, it was the burial site of many Egyptian pharaohs
the Valley of the Kings
Amy
$1,000 [5]
A police report would later reveal this title relative "had hoof prints on her forehead & incriminating Claus marks on her back"
Grandma
Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SKIING AROUND THE WORLD THE HEROINE'S AUTHOR SALE OF THE CENTURY THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE 7-LETTER WORDS "B" MOVIES
$400 [22]
Mt. Buller in the state of Victoria is one of this country's most popular ski resorts
Australia
Do
$400 [1]
Katniss Everdeen
Collins
Erin
$400 [23]
19th century:this deal that netted Uncle Sam 530 million acres at about 3 cents per acre
the Louisiana Purchase
Do
$400 [30]
If no candidate receives a majority in the Electoral College, as happened in 1824, this body votes to decide who wins
the House of Representatives
Do
$400 [6]
This common building lumber product is made up of an odd number of veneers glued together
plywood
Amy
$400 [13]
35 years after this film, Harrison Ford reprised his role as Rick Deckard in a sequel set in 2049
Blade Runner
Amy
$800 [16]
With tricky turns in 85-mile-per-hour speeds, the Streifcourse in the Tyrolean Alps of Kitzbühel in this country provides a challenge
Austria
Amy Erin
$800 [2]
Clarice Starling
(Thomas) Harris
Amy
$800 [24]
17th century:for 60 guilders, Peter Minuit picks up this prime island property
Manhattan
Erin
$800 [28]
In each state, each candidate has a group of potential electors called this, also a word in geology
a slate
Amy
$800 [7]
The name of this, red wine often mixed with fruit, comes from the Spanish for "bleeding"
sangria
Amy
$800 [14]
Ice Cube inherits this title business & grows into his role as a mainstay of the community in the sequels
Barbershop
Amy
$1,200 [5]
You might see the Sahara from the slopes of Morocco's Mount Toubkal in this range
the Atlas Mountains
Amy
$1,200 [3]
Antonia Shimerda
Willa Cather
Do
$1,200 [25]
21st century:this NBA team sails over to Steve Ballmer for $2 billion
the Clippers
Do
$1,200 [19]
A candidate has won the electoral vote but lost the popular vote four times; the first in 1876 wasthis19th president
(Rutherford B.) Hayes
Do
$1,200 [8]
Borrowed from Yiddish, it's the helping of food being added here
a schmear
Erin
$1,200 [15]
Cameron Diaz did plenty of swearing on the job when she was supposed to be instructing students in this 2011 comedy
Bad Teacher
Amy Do
$1,600 [20]
Furano is part of the powder belt of ski resorts on this northern Japanese island
Hokkaido
Amy
$1,600 [11]
V.I. Warshawski
Sara Paretsky
$1,600 [26]
20th century:this businessman buys the island of Santa Catalina & brings the Cubs over for spring training
Wrigley
Do
$2,000 [29]
In 1948 this Dixiecrat won 39 electoral votes with only 2% of the popular vote
(Strom) Thurmond
Amy Do
$1,600 [9]
It's a statement or proposition that, despite sound reasoning, leads to a self-contradictory conclusion
a paradox
Amy
$1,600 [17]
A homeless teen becomes a star football player after he's taken in by Sandra Bullock in this film based on a true story
The Blind Side
Amy
DD $4,000 [21]
Soldeu, El Tarter & Pas de la Casa are part of a big ski resort in this tiny European nation
Andorra
Amy
$2,000 [12]
Ayla, of the "Earth's Children" novels
Jean Auel
$2,000 [27]
16th century:Cosimo de' Medici's wife Eleonora buys this unfinished alliterative palace
the Pitti Palace
Amy
DD $4,400 [4]
The only men to garner more than 1,000 electoral votes in their political careers were FDR & these 2 Republicans
Reagan & Nixon
Do
$2,000 [10]
It's the punning first name of comic strip reporter Mr. Fillmore
Mallard
Amy
$2,000 [18]
Charlize Theron played Megyn Kelly in this 2019 film about a group of women who take on Fox News CEO Roger Ailes
Bombshell
Amy

Final Jeopardy!

FICTIONAL CHARACTERS

Introduced in 1938 & inspired by movie character Torchy Blane of the Morning Herald, she has since gone on to win a fictional Pulitzer

Lois Lane

Erin "Who is Lois Lane?" — wagered $3,600
Do "Who isMs.Mrs. Marpole?" — wagered $3,999
Amy "Who is Lois Lane?" — wagered $11,000

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