Show #8541 2021-12-27 (taped 2021-10-12) Regular

Amy Schneider game 19.

Contestants

Donna Lettow — a digital accessibility specialist from Baltimore, Maryland

Ashley Castle — an antiques dealer from West Pawlet, Vermont

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 18-day cash winnings total $706,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$3,800	$10,000	$32,400	$38,400 19-day champion: $745,200	$24,600 34 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W
Ashley	$0	$800	$7,600	$15,100 2nd place: $2,000	$7,600 7 R, 2 W
Donna	$4,800	$5,800	$12,600	$300 3rd place: $1,000	$12,600 14 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSIC NOVELS	MIX-OLOGY	BUSINESS NAMES	YOU STUBBED YOUR TOE ON LIVE TV	NOAHS	ARKANSAS
$200 [7] It's said that the character of Snowball the pig in this novel represents Leon Trotsky Animal Farm Amy	$200 [12] To life:OILY BOG biology Amy	$200 [19] QVC stands for quality, value & this, the ability to purchase things from your couch convenience Donna	$200 [1] A small immature branch, or a session of filming a movie shoot	$200 [6] This "Daily Show" host wrote, "A dog is a great thing for a kid to have. It's like a bicycle but with emotions" Trevor Noah Amy	$200 [26] Surrounding General Douglas MacArthur's birthplace, Mac Ar Mac Ar Mac Ar Mac Ar Mac Ar Mac Ar Mac ArMacArthurshehistal Little Rock Amy
$400 [8] In "Wuthering Heights" Cathy says, "My love for Linton is like the foliage... my love for" him, like "the eternal rocks" Heathcliff Amy	$400 [13] It's fueled by fossils:LOOPY TANGELO paleontology Amy	$400 [20] The word PEZ was built from the first, middle & last letters in the German word for this candy peppermint Amy	$400 [2] Before children, the Pied Piper of Hamelin led these to their doom rats Amy	$400 [17] In addition to giving us his spelling book in 1783, he helped found the Connecticut Academy of Arts & Sciences Noah Webster Amy	$400 [27] If you call yourself the spinach capital of the world, you better have a statue of this character, & Alma, Arkansas does, in his own park Popeye Amy
$800 [10] Anna Sewell said the aim of this book was "to induce kindness, sympathy and an understanding treatment of horses" Black Beauty Donna	$600 [14] How's your hearing?:A LOUD YOGI audiology Donna	$600 [21] Computer chip manufacturer Intel takes its name from a shortening of the words "integrated" these electronics Amy	$600 [3] Channel SpongeBob with this creamy condiment, like the Legal Sea Foods house brand tartar sauce Donna	$600 [18] With Scandinavian roots & a hammer of a curveball, pitcher Noah Syndergaardgot this nickname; the hair helps Thor Ashley	$600 [28] The discovery of a 3.03-carat one in 1990 had Arkansas' Crater of these State Park living up to its name Diamonds Amy
$1,000 [11] During the French Revolution, Percy Blakeney uses as his secret identity the name of this flower; note the flower's bright reddish color the scarlet pimpernel Donna	$800 [15] Some monkey business: TRIM APOLOGY primatology Amy	$800 [22] Jerry Murrell's sons are the quintet in the name of this burger chain Five Guys Donna	$800 [4] 2 words that completed Red Skelton's signoff, "Good night and..." God bless Donna	$800 [24] In 1881 Supreme Court Justice Noah Swayne declared this tax constitutional; it still needed an amendment in 1913 income tax Amy	$800 [29] Near Eureka Springs, Thorncrown Chapelbegan when Jim Reed offered a resting place for visitors who came to view these mountains the Ozarks Amy Ashley
DD $1,200 [9] The end of this Twain tale says while Tom Canty lived to be very old, King Edward VI lived to the age of 15 The Prince and the Pauper Amy	$1,000 [16] It's not for the squeamish: HOMELY TOGA hematology Amy	$1,000 [23] Thank Mr. Coulombefor your dinner of cauliflower gnocchi & decent under-$5 wine; he gave his name to this store Trader Joe's Amy	$1,000 [5] Rob Halford leads this band that has celebrated 50 heavy metal years Judas Priest Donna	$1,000 [25] Noah Baumbach wrote this Oscar-nominated 2019 film about the breakup of the union between Charlie & Nicole Barber Marriage Story	$1,000 [30] The University of Arkansas team name was the Cardinals until 1910, when a student vote changed the mascot to this animal razorbacks Ashley

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE 4th CENTURY	GEOGRAPHY	PAINTINGS	WINGS, BUT NO FLY	MUSICAL 3‑INITIALers	BEFORE & AFTER
$400 [13] In Gaul, St. Martin of Tours founded the first of these secluded places in western Europe a monastery Amy	$400 [7] This Athabaskan name of a 20,310-foot Alaskan peak means "the high one" Denali Amy	$400 [1] One of the greatest paintings of the Renaissance was Botticelli's "The Birth of" her Venus Amy	$400 [21] The wingback type of this was originally designed to keep the sitter free from drafts of cold air chair Donna	$400 [2] ELO for short, they lit up music charts in the '70s & '80s Electric Light Orchestra Amy	$400 [26] A proverbial phrase regarding a bit of sewing done now to save work later merges with a numerical brand of cat food a stitch in time saves Nine Lives Amy
$1,200 [16] In 365 a massive earthquake beneath Crete led to one of these at Alexandria that put ships on the roofs of houses miles inland a tsunami Donna	$800 [8] Though others recognize the nation of Western Sahara, this kingdom of North Africa considers it part of its territory Morocco Amy	$800 [11] Lucas Cranach the Elder painted many portraits of this friend & Reformation leader, including the one seen here Martin Luther Donna	$800 [22] According to its ads, this energy drink "gives you wings", but not literally Red Bull Amy	$800 [3] The stage name of this rapper & actor gets shortened to MGK Machine Gun Kelly	$800 [27] An "international" phrase used after swearing tunes in as a valved, circular brass instrument pardon my French horn Amy
$1,600 [17] "I believe in one God, the Father Almighty", begins the Nicene one dating from the 4th century Creed Amy	$1,200 [9] The north end of this 23-mile-long tourist-attracting lake is near Moray Firth & the Culloden Battlefield Loch Ness Amy	$1,200 [12] 1964's "Picture of a Hollywood Swimming Pool" was the first of many pool paintings by this Brit who made a big splash in the USA David Hockney	$1,200 [23] After a bet on the 2021 AFC Championship Game this city's mayor had to send wings to Kansas City Buffalo Donna	$1,200 [4] She founded the ONJ Centre in Australia to help others who have had cancer Olivia Newton-John Amy	$1,200 [28] An ominous 5-word warning to Caesar looms over an alliterative description of the NCAA basketball tournament beware the Ides of March Madness Ashley
$2,000 [18] As their name suggests, they separated from the Ostrogoths in the 4th century & found their fortunes west the Visigoths Ashley	$1,600 [10] Home to about 500,000 people, this republic, southwest of India, is made up of about 1,200 coral islands & sand banks the Maldives Amy Ashley	$1,600 [19] Seurat depicted a typical weekend outing for Parisians in his painting "A Sunday on" this island La Grande Jatte Donna	$1,600 [24] "Arch" sometimes comes after this front part of a stage: it has wings behind it on either side proscenium Donna	$1,600 [5] BTO was this group; the "O" was originally a trucking magazine Bachman-Turner Overdrive Ashley	$1,600 [29] A Tony Bennett song about a California city takes over as a Spanish conquistador I Left My Heart In San Francisco Pizarro Amy Ashley
DD $6,000 [15] Seen as pagan rituals, these contests were outlawed after going strong (& fast & high) for over 1,100 years the Olympics Amy	DD $4,000 [14] The ruins of the 17th century Fort Ceperou overlook this capital of French Guiana, which shares its name with a type of pepper Cayenne Amy	$2,000 [20] "The Hay Wain" is a famous 1821 painting by this English landscape artist Constable	$2,000 [25] In 1789 the French were divided over how much power to give this king, & the 2 sides came to be known as the left & right wings Louis XVI Amy	$2,000 [6] GBV can only be this indie band led by former Ohio schoolteacher Robert Pollard Guided by Voices Amy	$2,000 [30] Paul Revere's lantern signal system (according to Longfellow) gets interpreted by a species of eared seal one if by land, two if by sea lion Ashley

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY THEATER

In 1955 Peter Hall directed the first production of this play in English without having "the foggiest idea what some of it means"

Waiting for Godot

Ashley "What is Waiting For Godot?" — wagered $7,500

Donna "What is Ulysees?" — wagered $12,300

Amy "What is Waiting For Godot" — wagered $6,000

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