Show #8539 2021-12-23 (taped 2021-10-11) Regular

Amy Schneider game 17.

Contestants

Andrew Tyler — an orthopedic surgeon from Friendswood, Texas

Kelly Hartman — a retired librarian from Powell, Ohio

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 16-day cash winnings total $631,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$6,400	$14,400	$38,000	$56,000 17-day champion: $687,400	$30,200 34 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Kelly	$1,400	$4,600	$9,000	$7,201 2nd place: $2,000	$9,000 12 R, 1 W
Andrew	$1,200	$1,600	$3,600	$7,200 3rd place: $1,000	$3,600 11 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SEASONINGS GREETINGS	NATIONAL NATURAL LANDMARKS	FROM THE U.S. CITIZENSHIP TEST	THOMAS HOBBES	NASTY, BRITISH	"SHORT"
$200 [30] A garnish on deviled eggs, this colorful spice is made from dried & ground sweet red peppers paprika Amy	$200 [29] Nearly 600 sites are designated National Natural Landmarks, like the Barringer Meteor this in Arizona, the USA's largest impact one a crater Andrew	$200 [14] If the president & veep can no longer serve, this person becomes president the Speaker of the House Amy	$200 [1] Hobbes said life was "nasty, brutish, & short" in a state of this, which doesn't just mean battles but "every man against every man" war Kelly	$200 [28] Known to connive on this BBC series, Robert James-Collier's Thomas the butler broke good in the 2019 film Downton Abbey Andrew	$200 [9] Though it can be an honest mistake at the cash register, this verb also means to cheat shortchange Andrew
$400 [22] Cilantro & this other "C"-soning both come from the same plant, but at different stages in its life cycle coriander Amy	$400 [23] There are more than 1,000 fossilfootprintsof these creatures in the Connecticut state park named for them dinosaurs Amy	$400 [15] At 81, he was the oldest delegate to the Constitutional Convention Franklin Kelly	$400 [5] Hobbes was an Erastian, meaning that in the tension between these 2 social entities, the first is subordinate to the second church & state Amy	$400 [27] Though Peter Cushing died in 1994, he digitally menaced again, playing Grand Moff Tarkin in this 2016 "Star Wars Story" Rogue One Amy	$400 [10] Coffee shops employ these professionals who quickly make things like sandwiches & eggs a short order cook Amy
$600 [21] It sounds like it's being pondered over, but it's just heated wine or cider with seasonings like star anise & cloves added to the mix mulled Kelly	$800 [25] This"gem" of Hawaii was designated in 1968 Diamond Head Amy	$600 [18] This 3-word separation of power keeps each branch of government from gaining too much over the others checks and balances Kelly	$600 [6] Hobbes was fascinated by how people gather for mutual benefit into this "body", also called civil society the body politic Amy	$600 [4] This Brit has played bad guys like Stringer Bell on "The Wire" & lent his voice to meanies like Shere Khan on film (Idris) Elba Amy	$600 [11] Luis Aparicio & Barry Larkin are hall of famers who played this position shortstop Amy
$800 [17] This geographic name for the seasoning seenhereis on shaky ground, as it actually comes from hills in Punjab Himalayan (pink) salt Amy	$1,000 [26] Missouri has plenty of these, including Mark Twain, a maze type & Marvel, with dripstones caves Kelly	$800 [19] Since 1789, there have been this many amendments to the Constitution 27	$800 [7] Hobbes used a biblical beast title in "Behemoth" & in this, his most famous work Leviathan Amy	$800 [2] Actor Tobias Menzies says Black Jack Randall in this time-traveling TV show is a sadist & character Jamie would agree Outlander Kelly	$800 [12] An ad for Nair asked, "Who wears" these? short shorts Amy
$1,000 [16] It can take thousands of crocus stigmas to make even a small amount of this golden seasoning used in paella saffron Kelly	DD $4,000 [24] With 36, this state has the most NNLs, including Rancho La Brea & the Anza-Borrego Desert State Park California Amy	$1,000 [20] These "Northern" islands in the Pacific are a U.S. territory the Northern Mariana Islands Amy	$1,000 [8] Hobbes corresponded about this science of light with Descartes, who said Hobbes was "childish and ridiculous" optics Amy	$1,000 [3] Crowbar-wielding Richard Hillman gave chills on "Corrie", aka this perennial British soap opera Coronation Street Andrew	$1,000 [13] These 4 words begin a Hemingway title that concludes "of Francis Macomber" The Short Happy Life Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S QUITE A COUP	BUILT IN THE 1800s	FIRST AMONG SEQUELS	ANIMALS IN CHILDREN'S BOOKS	COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY	5,5
$400 [30] He overthrew the Directory on November 9 (or 18 Brumaire), 1799 Napoleon Andrew	$400 [29] Built for this city's Great Exhibition of 1851, the Crystal Palacesaw some 6 million visitors on its 19 acres London Kelly	$400 [28] "Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey" was the sequel to this outstanding movie Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure Andrew	$400 [1] Ferdinand, who likes to sit & smell the flowers a bull Amy	$400 [20] This Apple video chat app comes with every iPhone sold in the United States FaceTime Amy	$400 [15] A kid could make money with this, which allowed people to get their morning news a paper route Andrew
$800 [11] Ankara & Istanbul War College students took part in a 1960 coup that put General Cemal Gürsel in charge in this country Turkey Kelly	$800 [7] While president in 1806, he began construction of his octagonal house at his retreat, Poplar Forest Thomas Jefferson Andrew	$800 [25] This Oscar-winning actor was back on the beat as New York cop Popeye Doyle in "French Connection II" Gene Hackman Andrew	$800 [2] Based on a TV show here & abroad:Peppa a pig Andrew	$800 [21] Good manners, or the kind of airport phone you can use to reach Avis courtesy Amy	$800 [16] Hilarious term for the wrinkles seen here laugh lines Amy
$1,200 [12] A 1932 coup forced Prajadhipok, king of this then 4-letter country, to grant a Constitution Siam Amy	$1,200 [8] Named for a biblical threesome, this Boston church featuresstained glass from the Pre-Raphaelite William Morris Trinity Amy	$1,200 [6] In this 1986 film Lance Henriksen as the robotic android known as Bishop shows off his knife skills Aliens Amy	$1,200 [3] Stellaluna, who becomes separated from her mother a bat Amy	$1,200 [22] The custom-molded ITC or "in-the-canal" is a type of this, helpful for many older adults a hearing aid Amy	$1,200 [17] Thought originally to be a tailoring idiom, a story said to be "cut out of" this is untrue whole cloth Amy
$1,600 [13] A February 2021 coup deposed this Nobel Peace Prize winner seen here Aung San Suu Kyi Andrew	$1,600 [9] King Ludwig was a patron of Wagner, so this castle of his featured murals of Lohengrin & Parsifal Neuschwanstein Amy	$1,600 [26] Logically, George Romero followed up "Night of the Living Dead" with this 1978 sequel Dawn of the Dead Amy Kelly Andrew	$1,600 [4] In an E.B. White novel, Louis, who "came into the world, lacking a voice" a trumpeter swan Kelly Andrew	$1,600 [23] As its name indicates, this device on a satellite responds to a signal, sending it out again on another frequency a transponder Andrew	$2,000 [19] The Dalai Lama wrote a "Little Book" of this spiritual goal of happiness & calm Inner Peace Amy
$2,000 [14] In 1965 this one-named general put down a coup in Indonesia & then seized power for himself Suharto Amy	DD $4,000 [10] A meeting place for the Bundestag, it was completed in 1894 & dramatically torched in 1933 the Reichstag Amy	$2,000 [27] Vin Diesel skipped this speedy 2003 sequel that tells you twice it's the second in the series 2 Fast 2 Furious Amy	$2,000 [5] Inspiring a recent movie, "The One and Only Ivan" a gorilla Kelly	$2,000 [24] In the 1950s Sarkis Acopian invented the solar-powered one of these devices, still good to have for emergencies a transistor radio Kelly	DD $4,000 [18] A 1974 U.S. law mandated a national one of these, intended to improve fuel efficiency speed limit Amy

Final Jeopardy!

THE EARLY UNITED STATES

The final piece in this series points out "the analogy of the proposed government to your own state constitution"

The Federalist Papers

Andrew "What are The Federalist Papers?" — wagered $3,600

Kelly "What are the Madison Papers?" — wagered $1,799

Amy "What are the Federalist Papers?" — wagered $18,000

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