Show #8553 2022-01-12 (taped 2021-11-02) Regular

Amy Schneider game 31.First game for which buzz attempt data was published.

Contestants

Ally Bove — a physical therapist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Emma Shirato Almon — a government effectiveness associate manager from Sunnyside, New York

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 30-day cash winnings total $1,057,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Amy $3,400 $7,000 $23,000 $11,000
31-day champion: $1,068,800
$27,000
30 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Emma $400 $-200 $200 $220
3rd place: $1,000
$200
4 R, 2 W
Ally $1,600 $3,200 $3,000 $1,000
2nd place: $2,000
$9,000
13 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

HOW PROVINCIAL CHINESE CALENDAR ANIMALS 3 SHORT WORDS LET ME IN!! IRON MAN WAR MACHINE
$200 [11]
East, Central & West this island are 3 of some 30 provinces of Indonesia... why do I suddenly want some coffee?
Java
Amy
$200 [23]
A Bengal
a tiger
Amy
$200 [5]
Literally, to offer a body part in assistance; it's a motto of scouting
lend a hand
Ally
$200 [17]
With this alliterative entry, no need for humans to get up from the couch to let in the pooch
a dog door
Emma
$200 [1]
On Sept. 20, 1998 Ryan Minor replaced Cal Ripken Jr. of this team, ending Cal's incredible consecutive game streak
the Orioles
Amy
$200 [16]
Some ancient versions of this device could hurl a 170-pound boulder 100 yards
catapult
Ally
$400 [12]
Later split into 3 provinces, South Africa's Cape Province was also known officially as the Cape of this
Good Hope
Ally
$400 [27]
A Capuchin
monkey
Ally
$400 [6]
It'sa classic sandwich you might get at a deli, though not a kosher deli
ham on rye
Amy
$400 [18]
In Russia "face control" is the job of these "elastic" workers in charge of the promised land behind the velvet rope
bouncers
Amy
$400 [2]
From 1955 to 1962 Glenn Hall started an NHL record 502 consecutive games at this position, playing some of it on his knees
goalkeeper
Emma
$400 [22]
The iconic Bell AH-1 Cobra attack helicopter first saw action in this war
Vietnam
Ally
$600 [13]
In 1908 Europe was thrown into crisis as Austria-Hungary annexed the Ottoman province of Bosnia & this
Herzegovina
Ally
$600 [28]
A Merino
a sheep
Amy Emma
$600 [8]
The advice to let an unhappy baby do this, hard for many parents to follow, dates back to 1894
cry it out
Ally
$600 [19]
A part of a theater is mentioned in this credential that might allow you to meet the band after a concert
backstage pass
Ally
$600 [3]
In 2018 bowler Alastair Cook broke a record by playing in his 154th straight test match in this sport
cricket
Amy
$600 [24]
On "My Grandparents' War" on PBS, Carey Mulligan learns about her grandpa, a specialist in this new technology to detect aircraft
radar
Amy
$800 [14]
When Gander's Airport welcomed 6,500 passengers on U.S.-bound flights on Sept. 11, 2001, its province was still called this
Newfoundland
$800 [29]
A Norway (also known as a brown)
rat
DD $1,000 [9]
Bremerton, Washington claims to be where an excited Democrat first yelled to Pres. Truman the phrase do this, Harry
Give 'em hell
Ally
$800 [20]
Ali Baba & company got to a treasure trove by uttering this 2-word phrase
Open sesame
Emma
$800 [4]
Averaging 41.6 yards for each time he took the field, Jeff Feagles played in 352 straight NFL games at this position
punter
Ally
$800 [25]
During World War II the Germans used this machine whose very name is a puzzle, to send & receive secret messages
Enigma
Amy
$1,000 [15]
This province in the Iberian Peninsula went down to Pompey in 73 B.C.; the ocean liner of the same name, in 1915 (sans Pompey)
Lusitania
Amy
$1,000 [30]
A krait
a snake
Amy
$1,000 [10]
Samuel Butler's 19th century translation of the "Iliad" includes this phrase for "to die" more associated with the Old West
bite the dust
Amy
$1,000 [21]
Kool & the Gang sang of this, often a bar promotion, "and the feeling's right"
"Ladies Night"
Amy Emma
$1,000 [7]
Called the NBA's Iron Man, A.C. Green played 1,192 consecutive games & also collected 3 championship rings with this team
the L.A. Lakers
$1,000 [26]
Dubbed a "battle taxi", the M113 APC seenherecan hold a dozen soldiers as this, what APC stands for
armored personnel carrier
Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

ROYAL WOMEN AUTHORS' NONFICTION SCIENCE ONE LETTER DIFFERENT CLASSIC SITCOMS REPTILIAN WORDS & PHRASES
$400 [16]
In 2019 she shared her first Instagram photo, a letter from Charles Babbage to her g-g-gf Prince Albert
Queen Elizabeth II
$400 [22]
His "Life on the Mississippi" preceded "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by a year
Twain
Emma
$400 [3]
As if this duck-billed mammal weren't strange enough, it glows under UV light; no one knows why
platypus
Ally
$400 [8]
A word meaning constructed & a cloth bed covering
built & quilt
Amy
$400 [1]
On this sitcom Will Smith played a fictionalized version of himself, sent from Philly to live with rich relatives in L.A.
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Amy
$400 [17]
Putting together this pair from a fable is a way of saying it's better to go slow & steady
the tortoise & the hare
Amy
$800 [27]
In 2021 Princess Mako of this country gave up her royal status to marry the man she loved, a commoner
Japan
Amy
$800 [23]
In 1981, when he'd only written a handful of novels, he published "Danse Macabre", an overview of the horror genre
Stephen King
Amy
$800 [4]
An event horizon is the boundary of one of these
a black hole
Amy
$800 [9]
"The City of Light" & destinations there like Montsouris & Bois de Boulogne
Paris & parks
$800 [2]
In 2019 Helen Hunt reprised her role as Jamie Buchman for a revival of this sitcom
Mad About You
Ally
$800 [18]
Term for rolling a 2 in craps
snake eyes
Amy
$1,200 [28]
In 2020 this country's Queen Margrethe celebrated her 80th birthday
Denmark
Amy
$1,200 [24]
In 1979 he completed his third revision of "The Elements of Style"
(E.B.) White
Amy
$1,600 [13]
When used of metals like copper, this 7-letter adjective means capable of being drawn out into a wire
ductile
Amy
$1,600 [11]
An optical disc format for HD video & a synonym for cloudy or fuzzy
Blu-ray & blurry
Ally
$1,200 [5]
Redd Foxx played a cantankerous junk dealer & patriarch on this Norman Lear comedy
Sanford and Son
$1,200 [19]
A 14th century book that said certain beasts "slay men & they eat them weeping" gave rise to this expression
crocodile tears
Amy
$1,600 [29]
Princess Yasmine Pahlavi, who lives in the U.S., co-founded the Foundation for the Children of this country
Iran
Amy
$1,600 [25]
Before writing 1905's "The House of Mirth", she collaborated on "The Decoration of Houses", a book of interior designs
Edith Wharton
$2,000 [15]
This physicist was working as Niels Bohr's assistant when he came up with his uncertainty principle
Heisenberg
Amy
$2,000 [14]
A region in Israel mentioned in the Bible & an Italian scientist who got Inquisition-ed
Galilee & Galileo
Ally
$1,600 [6]
It centered on several unattached Brooklynites, including Kim Fields as Regine Hunter & Queen Latifah as Khadijah James
Living Single
Amy
$1,600 [20]
This icky creature in a type of bar is a would-be ladies' man
a lounge lizard
Amy
$2,000 [30]
While King Felipe of Spain's daughter Leonor is a princess, his younger daughter Sofia has this title
infanta
Amy
$2,000 [26]
Best known for his novel "Infinite Jest", he also wrote "Everything and More: A Compact History of Infinity"
David Foster Wallace
Amy
DD $5,000 [12]
First appearing in the Cambrian Period, these are the 3-lobed fossils of what were marine animals
trilobites
Ally
DD $4,000 [10]
A tiny European republic & a Hall of Fame Dolphin quarterback
San Marino & Dan Marino
Amy
$2,000 [7]
Harry Anderson presided over this sitcom while Markie Post played a public defender
Night Court
Amy
$2,000 [21]
Jesus calls the scribes "ye serpents, ye generation of" these venomous serpents
vipers

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORIC AMERICANS

In 1838 he took a new last name, of a family in Walter Scott's "The Lady of the Lake"; for distinction he added a 2nd "S" to the end

(Frederick) Douglass

Emma "Who is Douglas [2nd S not completed]" — wagered $20
Ally "Who is ? ?" — wagered $2,000
Amy "Who is" — wagered $12,000

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