Show #8537 2021-12-21 (taped 2021-10-11) Regular

Amy Schneider game 15.

Contestants

Jason Snyder — a teaching assistant from Los Angeles, California

Kaitlyn Pesterfield — a medical student from Mesa, Arizona

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 14-day cash winnings total $571,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$3,200	$10,600	$28,000	$35,000 15-day champion: $606,200	$25,000 34 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kaitlyn	$1,000	$2,600	$3,000	$500 3rd place: $1,000	$3,000 6 R, 2 W
Jason	$400	$200	$10,400	$10,383 2nd place: $2,000	$10,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SPORTS NICKNAMES	GEOLOGY	NEW ORLEANS: NEWS CLUES	STOCKS, SYMBOLICALLY	GO HOME	SHAKESPEARE, YOU'RE DRUNK
$200 [6] Mitch Moreland, sometimes called "Mitchy Four Bags", is a pro athlete in this sport baseball Amy	$200 [21] Types of lava include the smooth pahoehoe type & the rougher aa--both names come from this American island language Hawaiian Amy	$200 [26] (Hi, I'm Kim Holden.) The 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans featuredthisNASA Space Shuttle that was originally the "Constitution" but later was named for a famous fictional starship Enterprise Amy	$200 [16] MMM:that kind of says it all 3M Amy	$200 [18] Around 40 A.D. if you said Caesar's this type of home, you meant the one near the Roman Forum palace Amy Kaitlyn Jason	$200 [1] This troubled title guy says the Danes are known as drunkards to other nations Hamlet Amy
$400 [7] The NHL's Rick Nashis known as "The Slim" this; well, the hockey stick does look like a scythe Reaper Amy	$400 [10] If a deposit of rock isn't permeable enough to produce oil & gas, this controversial method of injecting fluid can change it fracking Jason	$400 [27] (Hi, I'm Meg Gatto.) A 2020 Grammy tribute to essential workers, "United We Sing", saw this crooner & daughter Georgia celebrate heroes around the country, including, of course, the Crescent City Harry Connick Jr. Kaitlyn	$400 [14] AFL:if it walks like a duck... Aflac Jason	$400 [22] This small room on a ship precedes "fever" regarding restlessness due to longtime confinement cabin Amy	$400 [2] "The gentleman had drunk himself out of his five sentences" is in the first scene of this play, getting "merry" from the start The Merry Wives of Windsor Amy
$600 [8] It's not really important, but the last player to be picked in the NFL draft is given this nickname Mr. Irrelevant Amy	$800 [12] The Great Plains has many deposits calledclinker, baked red when seams of this mineral burned coal Amy Kaitlyn	$600 [28] (Hi, I'm Liz Reyes.) With a menu that's had minimal changes since 1862, the Cafe du Mondein the French Quarter serves up these fried donuts, unless it's Christmas or if a hurricane passes too close beignets Kaitlyn	$600 [15] SCHW:we're invested in your response Charles Schwab Jason	$600 [23] From the Hindustani word bangla, it's a one-story house with a thatched roof a bungalow Amy	$600 [3] In "Othello", Cassio tells this man, "I have very poor & unhappy brains for drinking" & he replies, "I'll drink for you" Iago Amy
$800 [9] CR7 is this Portuguese-born star who donated one of his Ballon d'Or trophies to a Make-A-Wish auction Ronaldo Kaitlyn	DD $1,000 [11] The same substance may crystallize in 2 forms, like these 2 forms of carbon: one was first converted to the other in a lab in 1955 graphite into diamond Jason	$800 [29] (Hi, I'm Lee Zurik.) Holding the title of longest continuousbridgeover water in the world, the 23-mile Causeway over this lake finds drivers losing sight of land Lake Pontchartrain Amy	$800 [17] CMCSA:your technician will arrive between 7 A.M. & 11 P.M. (We kid, there's a 2-hour window) Comcast Kaitlyn	$800 [24] It can mean joint rule of a territory, but we associate this word more with an individually owned apartment condominium Amy	$800 [4] A warning in "As You Like It": "Do not fall in love with me, for I am falser than vows made in" this intoxicant wine
$1,000 [19] Thistennis great was known as "Fraulein Forehand" Steffi Graf Amy	$1,000 [13] A transform fault such as the San Andreas is where 2 of these very large plates slide past each other tectonic plates Amy Kaitlyn	$1,000 [30] (Hi, I'm Kelsey Davis.) In 2007, this man who took his name from a "Brady Bunch" kid became the first Indian-American governor in Louisiana & in American history (Bobby) Jindal Amy	$1,000 [20] GIS:Cheerios & Yoplait are on us! General Mills Amy	$1,000 [25] Yo ho, now we set sail / Of this kind of home, I'll tell you a tale / A wooden hut & sailor's song it is / & now be the end o' our quiz a shanty Amy	$1,000 [5] In this comedy Sir Toby Belch asks, "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes & ale?" Twelfth Night Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

SANTASIA	TV CHARACTERS' OCCUPATIONS	FALSE ADVERTISING?	PEOPLE IN HISTORY	OPERA	GO GET "EM"
$400 [11] It's a short commute for Santa to get to this frigid Russian region of nearly 5 million sq. mi. that includes the Ob & Yenisey Rivers Siberia Amy	$400 [17] The rather animated Clancy Wiggum police chief Amy	$400 [27] Actually, it's the ulnar nerve that causes the tingling sensation known as "hitting" this the funny bone Jason	$400 [6] In 1773 an ex-officer of the Don Cossacks led a rebellion against this empress; in 1775 the ex-officer was headless Catherine the Great Jason	$400 [5] Renee Fleming made her debut at the Met as Countess Almaviva in this Mozart opera whose title promises a wedding The Marriage of Figaro Amy	$400 [16] The proper way to address a cardinal of the Catholic church is "Your" this Eminence Kaitlyn
$800 [12] Santa Claus can cruise into Ho-Ho-Ho Chi Minh City along the river with this name, the former name of Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Jason	$800 [23] Bar regular Cliff Clavin mailman Amy	$800 [19] Regardless of the name of this type of business, liquid solvents are used to get your slacks looking like new a dry cleaner Amy	$800 [7] In 1956 Goldie Myerson changed her name & 13 years later became prime minister of this nation Israel Jason	$800 [4] Act I of this Rossini opera is set on the shores of Lake Lucerne William Tell Amy	$800 [18] It's an official ban on trade, usually by one country against another embargo Jason
$1,200 [13] Peshawar, Lahore & Karachi are but 3 city stops as St. Nick soars around this country Pakistan Jason	$1,200 [24] Assane Diop on "Lupin" is a "gentleman" one a thief	$1,200 [28] One of the largest bats, the creature seenheregoes by this alliterative, other-animal moniker flying fox Amy	$1,200 [8] Truly "The People's Princess", Diana crusaded against these weapons of war & after her death, 160-plus nations agreed to ban them land mines Amy Jason	$1,200 [3] Composer Philip Glass said his work this man "on the Beach" is "an opera about a great mathematician who loved music" Einstein Jason	$1,200 [20] This adjective can describe a very early stage in the development of a plan or a baby embryonic Amy
$1,600 [14] Mr. C. is very busy island hopping in this nation in the Pacific; Leyte is just one of its more than 1,000 inhabited islands the Philippines Jason	$1,600 [25] Diane Lockhart on 2 series an attorney	$1,600 [29] This food item with a body part & a dairy product in its name is actually a type of sausage head cheese	$1,600 [9] The Tehrantombof this man is a pilgrimage site, such as on the 40th anniversary of his 1979 return from exile Khomeini Amy	$2,000 [1] Dr. Grenvil examines Violetta in act 3 of this Verdi opera, but it is too late--she dies in her lover's arms La traviata Amy Jason	$1,600 [21] In chemistry & cooking, it's to mix one substance into another, as seen here emulsify Amy
$2,000 [15] Santa's sleigh touches down on Honshu in this city of 1.5 million, Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 Kyoto Amy	$2,000 [26] Miserable & middle-aged Al Bundy shoe salesman Amy	$2,000 [30] The Panama hat is made from the young leaves of the jipijapa & actually originated in this country Ecuador	DD $5,000 [10] Gold found on his land in 1848 ruined this California man; people destroyed his property looking for more & by 1852 he was bankrupt Sutter Amy	DD $2,200 [2] One of the librettists of this Puccini opera went to Nagasaki to help set the scene more accurately Madame Butterfly Jason	$2,000 [22] This Greek philosopher was the first to argue that all matter is made up of earth, air, fire & water Empedocles

Final Jeopardy!

3-NAMED WOMEN

Not primarily known as a suffragist, in 1879 she became the first female resident of Concord, Mass. to register to vote in local elections

Louisa May Alcott

Kaitlyn "Who Elizabeth Cady Stanton?" — wagered $2,500

Jason "Who is E.C. Stanton?" — wagered $17

Amy "Who is Louisa MayAlcottAlcott?" — wagered $7,000

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