Show #8545 2021-12-31 (taped 2021-10-12) Regular

Amy Schneider game 23.

Contestants

Arjun Sivakumar — an attorney from Costa Mesa, California

Dan Patton — a retired cybersecurity specialist from Washington, D.C.

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 22-day cash winnings total $831,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$6,600	$16,000	$42,000	$24,000 23-day champion: $855,600	$32,600 36 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W
Dan	$-400	$-400	$2,100	$100 3rd place: $1,000	$3,600 5 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Arjun	$2,200	$4,800	$11,200	$4,201 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 16 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE 21st CENTURY	TV TALK	THIS & THAT	V"URB"s	THE TOAST OF...	NEW YORK-SET FICTION
$200 [17] In 2015, the New Horizons space probe did a close fly-by of this dwarf planet; the first spacecraft to visit up close Pluto Arjun	$200 [30] This numeric synonym for the fuzz comes from a 1968-1980 TV show 5-O Amy	$200 [12] Born in North Ayrshire, Nicola Sturgeon is first minister of this U.K. division & leader of its National Party Scotland Arjun	$200 [8] To limit or control, perhaps your enthusiasm curb Arjun	$200 [1] The toast of this city is the piled-high honey toast that originated around its Shibuya Station Tokyo Arjun	$200 [28] From this novella: "Holly Golightly had been a tenant in the old brownstone; she'd occupied the apartment below mine" Breakfast at Tiffany's Amy
$400 [20] Prompting swift condemnation, this Asian nation conducted its first nuclear test in 2006 North Korea Arjun	$400 [29] Galentine's Day originated on this sitcom, with Leslie Knope celebrating her female friendships Parks and Recreation Amy	$400 [16] It's the second book in the King James Bible Exodus Amy	$400 [10] To unsettle or inconvenience someone disturb Amy	$400 [3] The toast of Sydney was spread with this in the '90s by restaurateur Bill Granger & the dish became trendy in America avocado Amy	$400 [27] Chaim Potok's classic "The Chosen" tells of 2 Jewish young men growing up in the Williamsburg area of this borough Brooklyn Arjun
$600 [19] U.S. Airways & this other "national" carrier merged in 2013, creating the world's largest airline American Arjun	$600 [22] Not the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles but "Howdy Doody" gave us this surf-y exclamation of enthusiasm cowabunga Amy	$600 [14] Thisfamous German was in the cavalry & also the infantry before his fighter pilot days in 1916 the Red Baron Arjun	$600 [9] To citify urbanize Amy	$600 [4] The toast of Barcelona is often pan con tomate, one of the infinite variety of these Spanish small plates tapas Dan	$800 [25] This "Sex and the City" author also gave us "Lipstick Jungle" & "One Fifth Avenue" (Candace) Bushnell Amy
$800 [2] In 2011 Dilma Rousseff became this country's first female president; in 2016 she was impeached & removed from office Brazil Amy	$800 [21] The "Simpsons" writers thought they'd invented this word meaning to enlarge, but it had actually been coined in the 1880s embiggens Amy	$800 [13] This rock & roll classic contains the lyric "Get your motor runnin', head out on the highway" "Born To Be Wild" Amy	$800 [7] To super-power an engine with a compressor turbocharge Amy	$800 [5] The toast of London may be topped with these, especially from a Heinz can, in a favorite British dish beans Amy	$1,000 [26] Edith Wharton wrote of upper-class New York society during the Gilded Age in this Pulitzer Prize winner The Age of Innocence Arjun
$1,000 [18] In 2005 this German cardinal known for his close ties to John Paul II became Pope Benedict XVI Ratzinger Amy	$1,000 [23] Rachel Dratch came up with this buzzkill character while on vacation with a real-life one Debbie Downer Amy	$1,000 [15] The colors of a southern Utah stateparkgave us this name after the famous brand of color film Kodachrome Amy	$1,000 [11] To freshen up or renovate refurbish Amy	$1,000 [6] The toast of Rome is often mozzarella on these, Italian for "little toasts" crostini Dan Arjun	DD $4,000 [24] There are sinister goings on at the Bramford apartment building, including Mrs. Woodhouse's pregnancy, in this Ira Levin classic Rosemary's Baby Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

DIRECTIONAL GEOGRAPHY	IT'S YOUR LOKI DAY	PLANTS & ANIMALS	MODERN FOLK HEROES	POETRY IN MOTION PICTURES	ENDS IN DOUBLE LETTERS
$400 [22] It contains the geographic center of the North American continent: North ____ North Dakota Amy	$400 [23] Loki's dad Fárbauti , or "cruel-striker", was a jötunn, one of these, like Ymir or in another sense, Eli Manning giant Arjun	$400 [29] The most massive living things, these "giant" redwood relatives can weigh 10 times as much as the largest blue whale sequoias Dan	$400 [5] Edith Macefield's refusal to sell to developers led to this 2-letter movie title nickname for her Seattlehome Up Amy	$400 [10] Playing this title character in "Wild Nights with Emily", Molly Shannon recites "I Can Wade Grief" Dickinson Amy	$400 [30] Mama cats carry their babies by this loose skin at the back of the neck the scruff Amy
$800 [1] Barbados & Grenada are part of this chain:the West ____ Indies Dan	$800 [24] Father of the year Loki gave the world Jörmungand, the serpent that at this final battle comes from sea onto land, spewing venom Ragnarök Amy	$800 [28] The lady's slipper & the dancing lady are species of these beautiful flowers that grow wild all over the world, not just in hothouses orchids Amy	$800 [6] Famous around the world, this man who died in 1973 created his own martial art, jeet kune do Bruce Lee Arjun	$800 [11] In "Groundhog Day" this actress recites some Walter Scott about "The wretch, concentred all in self" to Bill Murray (Andie) MacDowell Amy	$800 [18] Not surprisingly spinach & kale are especially rich in this green pigment chlorophyll Amy
$1,200 [2] Part of this body of water lies between the Philippines & Vietnam: the South ____ ____ the South China Sea Amy	$1,200 [25] For crimes against the gods, Loki is bound to a rock as punishment much like this Greek titan; both are gods of fire Prometheus Dan	DD $1,500 [17] Fittingly, these plants seenherebelong to the genus Equisetum horsetails Dan	$1,200 [7] The U.N. made July 12 her day, honoring when the 16-year-old Pakistani gave a fiery speech there in 2013 Malala Amy	$1,200 [12] A natural for the category, this John Singleton movie includes a cameo by Maya Angelou & features her work Poetic Justice Arjun	$1,200 [19] This pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca is the last of the 5 pillars of Islam hajj Arjun
$1,600 [3] This nation is at the furthest end of the Malay archipelago:East ____ Timor Amy	$1,600 [26] Destiny says Loki & this Norse god who lives atop the Bifrost die at each other's hand; he probably should've seen that coming Heimdall Arjun	$1,600 [16] These "hairy cattle" of high Asian elevation will eat snow to get water yaks Dan	$1,600 [8] Considered an Australian folk hero, he was mourned worldwide after a fateful encounter in the Great Barrier Reef in 2006 Steve Irwin Amy	$1,600 [13] Michael Caine treats a group of astronauts to a reading of Dylan Thomas' poetry in this Christopher Nolan film Interstellar Arjun	$1,600 [20] This pleasant rock seenherebegins with a silent letter gneiss Amy
$2,000 [4] Juba is the capital of this country that came into being in 2011:South ____ Sudan Amy	$2,000 [27] It's time to give you this goddess, Loki's daughter who rules over the same-named land of the dead Hel Amy	$2,000 [15] Native to South America & Southeast Asia, these big mammals are relatives of the rhino a tapir Amy	DD $8,000 [9] A co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, he became a migrant worker after his family farm was lost in the Depression Cesar Chavez Amy	$2,000 [14] It's the title of a 19th c. poem that Nelson Mandela loved, & of a movie in which Mandela gives a copy to a Rugby player Invictus Arjun	$2,000 [21] It can mean to gather fabric in decorative rows or to bake eggs without their shells to shirr

Final Jeopardy!

MUSIC LEGENDS

Of their July 1957 first meeting at a church fair, one of this pair recalled: "I was a fat schoolboy and… he was drunk"

John Lennon & Paul McCartney

Dan "Who areSimonSimon + Garfunkel?" — wagered $2,000

Arjun "Who are Simon & Garfunkel?" — wagered $6,999

Amy "Who are Simon and Garfunkel?" — wagered $18,000

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