Show #8538 2021-12-22 (taped 2021-10-11) Regular

Amy Schneider game 16.

Contestants

Krystina Alfano — a grants management specialist from Hyattsville, Maryland

Jamal Rogers — a mobile software engineer from Astoria, New York

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 15-day cash winnings total $606,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$11,000	$16,400	$35,200	$25,200 16-day champion: $631,400	$29,000 34 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Jamal	$800	$1,200	$12,000	$11,655 2nd place: $2,000	$10,000 13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Krystina	$400	$0	$2,000	$3,951 3rd place: $1,000	$2,000 8 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE HOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST	MAMMALS	CRUISIN' FOR A BOOZIN'	THE 1920s	HOW GREEN WAS MY FLAG	INTERNAL RHYME TIME
$200 [22] Elvis Costello, Toby Keith & old pal Jon Stewart were part of this late night host's "Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" Colbert Amy	$200 [1] Seen here is a group of the most common North American bear, called this species even though they're brown a black bear Jamal	$200 [16] Blare one of these on a ship in heavy mist; the gin & ginger beer drink of the same name was served by the Waldorf Astoria a foghorn Jamal	$200 [8] The first volume of this reference work was published in 1884; it became complete with the tenth in 1928 the OED (the Oxford English Dictionary ) Amy Jamal	$200 [21] Here'sthe flag of the Ivory Coast; and now, here'sthe flag of this republic, known for its green Ireland Krystina	$200 [7] In Vegas, an ace & a face blackjack Amy
$400 [27] 17-year-old Liza Minnelli performed in the 1963 "Christmas Show" of this woman, her mom Judy Garland Krystina	$400 [2] Baby echidna facts:1. Super cute2. Called "puggles"3. One of only 2 types of baby mammal to emerge from these eggs Krystina	$400 [17] One recipe for the maritime martini uses an olive stuffed with this tiny fish a anchovy Amy	$400 [9] His 1926 funeral was attended by many mourners & a wand was ceremonially broken on his coffin, beginning an annual tradition Houdini Amy	$400 [23] In 1946, after the war, a shield & cross were removed from the green-white-red tricolor of this country Italy Jamal	$400 [3] For Nike, it's the Swoosh the logo Amy
$600 [28] A very 1999 special had Rosie O'Donnell enjoying Savage Garden & this Bass/Fatone/Kirkpatrick/ Chasez/some other guy boy band *NSYNC Jamal	$800 [14] The heaviest arboreal animals, these Asian apes can reach 285 pounds an orangutan Amy	$600 [18] Make like an old British sailor & serve this, rum & water; Admiral Edward Vernon was nicknamed "Old" it grog Amy	$600 [10] In 1924, just 29 years old, he became director of the FBI & stuck around for 48 years (J. Edgar) Hoover Amy	$600 [24] The flag seenherewas chosen to fly for this African country from 1977 to 2011 Libya Amy	$600 [4] It can be a heterogeneous mixture of stuff or a category on your favorite quiz show hodgepodge Amy
$800 [29] Dan Levy narrated this singer's 2019 "Christmas Show" that coincidentally had songs from her album "A Very Kacey Christmas" Musgraves Krystina	$1,000 [15] This seal gets its name from liking sheltered coastal sites, such as at California's Point Reyes & in the Shetland Islands a harbor seal Amy	$800 [19] You can feel the wind in your hair with this cocktail of vodka, cranberry juice & grapefruit juice a Sea Breeze Amy Jamal Krystina	$800 [11] October 1922 saw a march on Rome led by this fascist group called Camicie Nere, named for their colorful clothing the Blackshirts Jamal	$800 [25] In 1992 the flag of this South American nation was revised, but its big green background stayed Brazil Amy	$800 [5] Title of each of the first 10 leaders of Sikhism guru Amy
$1,000 [30] In "A Very Murray Christmas", Bill re-teamed with David Johansen, a co-star as the Ghost of Christmas Past in this 1988 comedy Scrooged Amy	DD $4,000 [13] Its milk, a popular Saharan beverage, has 3 times the vitamin C of a cow's a camel Amy	$1,000 [20] If you're sailing eternally around the Cape of Good Hope on a certain ghost ship, enjoy this same-named gin & triple sec drink the Flying Dutchman Amy	$1,000 [12] In 1925 Clarence Darrow called on this man, also a prosecutor, as an expert witness on the Bible in the Scopes trial Bryan Amy	$1,000 [26] Senegal'sflaghas a star; the starless but similarly stripedonebelongs to this 4-letter West African nation above Burkina Faso Mali Krystina	$1,000 [6] A message of distress from a ship or an airplane mayday Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

'TIS THE SEASON, ERA OR EPOCH	SHORT POEMS	I KNOW THAT NAME	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	AVIATION	NO DA
$400 [6] Hunters are fond of this free-for-all period which in another sense means a time when someone is widely subjected to criticism open season Amy	$400 [24] Ogden Nash wrote a 3-word poem: This food "is gharsley" parsley Amy	$400 [8] Thisgenial, longtime NBC personality (Carson) Daly Krystina	$400 [15] Medicine Bow & Bighorn are U.S. ranges in these mountains that extend for more than 3,000 miles across North America the Rockies Amy	$400 [29] At over 220 feet, the wingspan on a 747 is longer than this pair's first flight in 1903 Orville & Wilbur Wright Jamal	$400 [1] Shear "da" off the end of a Greek letter to get this animal a lamb (from lambda) Jamal
$800 [7] In 1817 the Boston Columbian Centinel described the nifty mood with a new man in the White House as the era of these 2 words Good Feelings Krystina	$800 [25] A famous one of these by Basho is "The summer grasses /Of brave soldiers' dreams /The aftermath" a haiku Amy	$800 [9] Brunette Tony winner as Elphaba in "Wicked" Menzel Jamal	$800 [16] Vermont's smallest county is Grand Isle, which sits in this lake Lake Champlain Amy	$800 [20] This Israeli airline has been in business since 1948, when the state of Israel was founded El Al Amy	$800 [2] With no "Da", a 19th century photographer becomes this, French for "war" guerre (Daguerre) Krystina
$1,200 [13] This "royal" era included wars from Opium to Boer the Victorian Era Amy	$1,200 [26] Gwendolyn Brooks wrote a heartbreaking 32 words called "We Real Cool" about young men in this kind of "hall" pool Jamal	$1,200 [10] This actress took up with John Mulaney in 2021 (Olivia) Munn Jamal	$1,600 [18] This chain of about 300 rugged volcanic islands stretches 1,100 miles from the Alaskan peninsula towards Russia's Kamchatka region the Aleutians Amy	$1,200 [21] Europe's top commercial aircraft manufacturer, its planes include the A220, A320 & the A350 Airbus Jamal	$1,200 [3] "Da" checks out of a hotel chain, leaving this Hindu god & subject of an epic poem Rama (from Ramada) Amy
$2,000 [14] The Ionian Stage began 780,000 years ago, a division of this time period that moved at a glacial pace--totally epoch! the Pleistocene Epoch Krystina	$1,600 [28] William Carlos Williams began a poem, "So much depends upon a red" this, & there are only 8 words after that wheelbarrow Amy	$1,600 [11] This single-named songbird tugged at our heartstrings with "You Should Be Sad" Halsey	$2,000 [19] The beach town of Nags Head is in this chain of Barrier Islands along the coast of North Carolina the Outer Banks Krystina	$1,600 [22] In April 2021, this resourceful helicopter made history, taking off on Mars for a series of experimental flights Ingenuity	$1,600 [4] Play it again from the beginning but without "da" & you have this rank in organized crime capo (from da capo) Amy
DD $3,600 [12] Living up to its name, this era is smack in the middle between the Paleozoic & the Cenozoic the Mesozoic Jamal	$2,000 [27] We'll quote half a poem by Frost: "The way a crow /Shook down on me /"This title"From a hemlock tree" the "Dust of Snow"	$2,000 [23] Theyjoke about being mistaken for one another Regina King & Regina Hall Jamal	DD $4,000 [17] This "peaceful" city of 170,000 is the westernmost state capital in the contiguous United States Salem Amy	$2,000 [30] At 17 hours & just over 9,000 miles, one of the world's longest flights is from Auckland to this capital of Qatar Doha Amy	$2,000 [5] With no "da", a vast country becomes a New Testament town where a miracle happened Cana (Canada to Cana) Amy

Final Jeopardy!

SPORTING EVENTS

In 1752 one of the first races in this sport was run--4 miles from Buttevant Church to St. Mary's Doneraile

steeplechase

Krystina "What is the steeplechase?" — wagered $1,951

Jamal "What is Biciyling?" — wagered $345

Amy "What is" — wagered $10,000

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