Show #8547 2022-01-04 (taped 2021-11-01) Regular

Amy Schneider game 25.

Contestants

Gregg Morrow — a writer from Tiverton, Rhode Island

George Adesanya — a consultant from Washington, D.C.

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 24-day cash winnings total $897,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $4,200 $9,400 $27,400 $20,400
25-day champion: $918,000
$26,600
31 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
George $1,400 $1,600 $9,600 $3,401
2nd place: $2,000
$9,600
10 R, 1 W
Gregg $2,600 $4,600 $1,700 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$5,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WATERLOGGED READING TAGLINES OF SCARY MOVIES GETTING ADJECTIVAL MODEL RAILROADING EURO-POURRI "N" JOY
$200 [23]
"Porto Praya, viewed from the sea, wears a desolate aspect", Darwin wrote in "The Voyage of" this ship
the Beagle
Amy
$200 [29]
2020:"What you can't see can hurt you"
The Invisible Man
Amy
$200 [30]
There's an organ in this 6-letter adjective meaning smart, & you're all it
brainy
Amy
$200 [1]
Term for the ratio of the size of a model train to the size of the real thing; for HO sets, it's 1:87
the scale
Gregg
$200 [25]
The only remaining town gate in Berlin, it was built from 1788 to 1791 after the model of the Propylaea in Athens
the Brandenburg Gate
Gregg
$200 [9]
You can liven up your oatmeal or waffles with this chocolaty hazelnut spread; enjoy!
Nutella
George
$400 [22]
In a totally epic move, wax is placed in the ears of Perimedes & pals to help sail by the singing Sirens in this epic
The Odyssey
Gregg
$400 [28]
2006: "Sit back. Relax. Enjoy the fright"
Snakes on a Plane
George
$400 [26]
As an adjective, it means lightheaded or elated; it can also precede "up" in a command to a horse
giddy
Amy
$400 [5]
The world's largest model train store, located in Colorado, was named for this car, which was sadly fitting when it recently closed
the caboose
Amy
$400 [8]
In 2003, Slovenia held a competition to help distinguish itsflag from that of this similar-sounding nation, but made no changes
Slovakia
George
$400 [17]
You're sure to enjoy this film in which Frances McDormand says she's not homeless, she's just houseless
Nomadland
Amy
$600 [11]
The Amity Police Department gets a call that Christine Watkins hasn't returned from a late night swim in this novel
Jaws
Amy
$600 [21]
2018:"Forty years ago, he came home. Now, he returns"
Halloween
Gregg
$600 [14]
Meaning dull, it follows "olive" to describe a dull color
drab
Gregg
$600 [6]
Build your own model of the railroad on the island of Sodor with James & the other friends of this BBC TV engine
Thomas
Amy
$800 [3]
Stretching over 800 miles from near Genoa down to Calabria, these mountains are said to form the backbone of Italy
the Apennines
Amy
$600 [18]
In Buddhism or otherwise, it's a state of bliss
nirvana
George
$800 [12]
Spoiler alert! It does not end well for this title foretopman in a book written in 1891
Billy Budd
Amy
$800 [24]
2013:"One night a year, all crime is legal"
The Purge
Gregg
$800 [15]
This 4-letter word can mean A-OK or be the opposite of coarse
fine
George
$800 [7]
A popular type of bridge in model railroading is this one named for the X-shaped pilings that support it
a trestle bridge
Gregg
DD $1,000 [2]
A medieval tapestry that depicts the Norman conquest of England in 1066 hangs in a museum in this French town
Bayeux
Gregg
$800 [19]
Why wait for the holidays to enjoy the music from this ballet, including the piece heard here
The Nutcracker
Amy
$1,000 [13]
Overmatched Capt. Jack Aubrey & Dr. Stephen Maturin take on a Spanish frigate in this 1st Patrick O'Brian book in a series
Master and Commander
Amy
$1,000 [27]
1992:"We dare you to say his name five times"
Candyman
Amy
$1,000 [16]
As an adjective, it means out of date; as a noun, it's a cocktail that's never out of date
old-fashioned
Amy
$1,000 [10]
Seen here is the 1935 Commodore Vanderbilt, a model train from this manufacturer, a favorite for 120 years
Lionel
Amy
$1,000 [4]
This river & the Ebro are the 2 longest on the Iberian Peninsula
the Tagus River
Amy
$1,000 [20]
Who doesn't like learning about this unusual ocean mammal whose scientific name is Monodon monoceros
a narwhal
Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

FAMOUS AMERICANS ON STAGE THE NEW TESTAMENT GIVING YOU THE THIRD DEGREE RECENT POP CULTURE SCIENCE MIDDLE "J"
$400 [22]
In a comedy act Anne Sullivan asked her questions like "Do you close your eyes when you sleep?" (her answer: I never stayed awake to see)
Helen Keller
Amy
$400 [29]
Andrew was a disciple of this dunker before following Jesus
John the Baptist
Amy
$400 [30]
As of 2021, she was the third & most recent woman to serve as Secretary of State
Hillary Clinton
Gregg
$400 [5]
It's the 3-letter title of the M. Night Shyamalan movie about people aging with terrifying speed
Old
Amy
$400 [11]
The atomic number of an element is determined by the number of these in one atom of it
protons
Amy
$400 [6]
It's a crime to commit this, from the Latin for "false oath"
perjury
Gregg
$800 [26]
In 1885 he was allowed to leave the Standing Rock Lakota Reservation to join Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show
Sitting Bull
Gregg
$800 [28]
Martha & Mary are this man's sisters & ask for Jesus' help when he falls ill, & worse
Lazarus
George
$800 [27]
In the NATO phonetic alphabet, this name comes third
Charlie
Amy
$800 [4]
This scary "road" is a 2021 trilogy of horror films on Netflix adapted from R.L. Stine's books
Fear Street
$800 [12]
Molecules that carry amino acids to ribosomes are called tRNA, with the "t" short for this
transfer
George
$800 [9]
This part of a sentence denotes the doer of the action
subject
Amy
$1,600 [24]
A decade after surviving the Titanic, she won awards in France for interpreting Sarah Bernhardt's classic roles
(the Unsinkable) Molly Brown
$1,200 [16]
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Judas Iscariot reveals which man is Jesus by this action
a kiss
George
$1,200 [19]
It's the third of these agreements, in 1929, that covers humane treatment of prisoners of war
the Geneva Convention
Gregg
$1,200 [1]
Giannis & company made dreams come true for fans of this Midwestern team, beating a game Phoenix crew in the NBA Finals
the Milwaukee Bucks
Amy
$1,200 [13]
In the classification of animals, this division comes between kingdom & class
phylum
Amy Gregg
$1,200 [8]
This style of southern cuisine uses a filé powder, made from sassafras leaves
Cajun
Amy
DD $2,000 [25]
In 1908, this author toured in a stage show called "The Fairylogue and Radio-Plays"
L. Frank Baum
Amy
$1,600 [17]
Matthew 21 is one place that records Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, celebrated on this holy day
Palm Sunday
Amy
$2,000 [21]
"The Lost Symbol" is Dan Brown's third novel to feature this professor of symbology
(Robert) Langdon
George
$1,600 [2]
She hosted the 2021 VMAs & won Best Collaboration for teaming up with SZA on "Kiss Me More"
Doja Cat
George
$1,600 [14]
Boyle's law states that the pressure of this varies inversely with its volume at constant temperature
gas
Amy
$1,600 [7]
To summon something using supernatural powers
conjure
George
$2,000 [23]
This buddy of Alexander Graham Bell toured as an actor & lectured on "The Birth & Babyhood of the Telephone"
(Thomas) Watson
$2,000 [18]
The King James version gives us a line heard at weddings: "What therefore God hath joined together, let not man" do this
put asunder
Amy
DD $4,500 [20]
One country & parts of 2 others share this third-largest island
Borneo
Gregg
$2,000 [3]
This comedian seenherecharted on "Billboard" with "All Eyes On Me", a song heard on his comedy special "Inside"
(Bo) Burnham
Amy
$2,000 [15]
Crater Lake is an example of one of these volcanic remnants
a caldera
Amy
$2,000 [10]
This type of drug is used to prevent a transplanted organ from being attacked by the recipient's immune system
antirejection

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

From the Greek for "ring", the first ones were built by the Romans, including one that could hold 250,000

circus

Gregg "What is an ampitheater?" — wagered $1,699
George "What is arena?" — wagered $6,199
Amy "What is Arena?" — wagered $7,000

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