Show #8560 2022-01-21 (taped 2021-11-08) Regular

Amy Schneider game 38.

Contestants

Koré Carey — an office manager from Avondale Estates, Georgia

Avinash Rajendra — a Ph.D. student from Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 37-day cash winnings total $1,253,200)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$3,000	$8,400	$34,000	$54,000 38-day champion: $1,307,200	$30,800 35 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Avinash	$2,000	$3,800	$5,400	$2,399 2nd place: $2,000	$5,200 10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Koré	$1,400	$3,400	$4,200	$200 3rd place: $1,000	$4,200 7 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

LANDMARK OF THE CITY	WORD PAIRS	FICTIONAL PLANETS	NONSENSE	BALDERDASH	WHO "E"
$200 [21] The memorial seen here, this city Washington, D.C. Koré	$200 [19] This pair in a fruit & dairy dessert also describes a pale-skinned, pink-cheeked complexion peaches & cream Amy	$200 [9] In a 1977 movie Tatooine is the home planet of this Jedi-to-be Luke Skywalker Amy	$200 [11] George Orwell said most English nonsense verse consists of these, like "See-Saw, Margery Daw", & once may have made sense nursery rhymes Koré	$200 [1] In 1940 Congress said it's a crime to kill this bird a bald eagle Amy	$200 [26] This ancient Greek is synonymous with the study of plane geometry Euclid Amy
$400 [15] The Little Mermaid, unveiled 1913 Copenhagen Amy	$400 [20] Pair of building materials used to describe a physical store as opposed to an online retailer brick & mortar Avinash	$400 [10] Infant Kal-El's father & mother send their baby in a rocket away from this planet just as it is about to be destroyed Krypton Koré	$400 [12] In Stephen Leacock's "Nonsense Novels": "A Psychic Pstory of the Psupernatural" & "Maddened by Mystery, or the Defective" this Detective Amy	$400 [2] A depiction of a witches' Sabbath, Mussorgsky's composition "Night On Bald Mountain" was used in this 1940 Disney film Fantasia Avinash	$400 [27] If you read the letters of this giant of 19th c. thought, you'll see the sign-off "Your affectionate brother, Waldo" Emerson Avinash
$600 [4] 30 St. Mary Axe, better known as the Gherkin London Amy	$600 [22] A preposition & an adjective of size, together they're a synonym for "in general" by & large	$600 [16] This unusual-looking family first seen on "Saturday Night Live" pose as earthlings but are really from Remulak the Coneheads Amy	$600 [13] Beloved nonsense words include this creature that Pooh & Piglet track through the snow--or is it a Wizzle? Woozles Amy	$600 [6] In one Norse myth, Loki tricks the god Hoder into throwing a sprig of this parasitic plant at the beloved god Balder, killing him mistletoe Amy	$600 [29] Her18 Grand Slam tennis singles titles include 7 French Opens & 6 U.S. Opens (Chris) Evert Amy
$800 [3] The Edmund Pettus Bridge, site of a bloody 1965 confrontation Selma Avinash	$800 [23] A blues classic says, "Nobody knows you when you're" this destitute pair down & out Koré	$800 [17] Etheria is the planet where this title cartoon "Princess of Power" fights the evil horde She-Ra Amy	$800 [14] The German work "Songs" of this structure for hanging people actually contains jolly nonsense like "the sniffle" the gallows Amy Avinash	$800 [7] Found just south of the North Carolina border, 4,784-foot Brasstown Bald is the highest point in this state Georgia Koré	DD $1,000 [28] He edited the second & third of the 3 volumes of "Das Kapital" Engels Avinash
$1,000 [5] The Topkapi Palace, begun by Sultan Mehmed II around 1460 & now a museum Istanbul Amy	$1,000 [24] A wild speech & a wild party (maybe with glow sticks) combine in this alliterative pair meaning to express anger rant & rave Amy	$1,000 [18] A prequel series to "Battlestar Galactica" was named for this planet Caprica Amy	$1,000 [25] This 19th century giant of nonsense wrote of "The Owl & the Pussy-Cat" & also of nutcrackers running off with sugar tongs Edward Lear Koré	$1,000 [8] This 1950 absurdist play by Eugene Ionesco consists mainly of meaningless dialogues between 2 couples The Bald Soprano Amy	$1,000 [30] The first African American to hold the post of U.S. Surgeon General, she served in 1993 & 1994 (Joycelyn) Elders Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

EXPLORERS	THE PRODUCERS	PHILOSOPHIC & RELIGIOUS -ISMs	SYMPHONIES	SOME RANDOM ELEMENTS	WORDS FROM RUSSIAN
$400 [21] In the late 900s Erik the Red founded the first European settlement on this large island Greenland Avinash	$400 [25] Seen in the '70s, he'sproduced hundreds of hours of beloved TV comedy (Norman) Lear Amy	$400 [20] Mortalism believes that this dies with the body or lies unconscious until the resurrection the soul Avinash	$400 [30] During World War II Allied Radio used 4 notes from this Beethoven symphony to boost morale--they represent "V" for victory Beethoven's Fifth Amy	$400 [13] Known for its "Valley", this can be used as a semiconductor & as an alloying element in steel silicon Avinash	$400 [18] Sevruga is a type of this fish, prized for its roe a sturgeon Amy
$800 [1] African-American explorer Matthew Henson was co-discoverer of the North Pole, along with this man (Robert) Peary Amy	$800 [26] In 2020 this speedy guy also known as Barry Allen was one of Greg Berlanti's 20 shows on the air the Flash Amy	$800 [9] It means the belief in only one god monotheism Amy	$800 [5] Part of Arlene Sierra's "Nature Symphony" was inspired by this artist's paintings of the New Mexico landscape Georgia O'Keeffe Amy	$800 [14] It's named for 2 French physicists & one isotope has a half-life of 15.6 million years curium Amy	$800 [19] Taiga, perhaps meaning "land of little sticks", is used for what's also called the boreal this environment the forest Avinash Koré
$1,600 [3] In 1728 he discovered that Russia was separated from North America by a narrow strait Bering Amy	$1,200 [27] The G in MGM, heproduced classic films like "Guys and Dolls" Goldwyn Amy	$1,200 [10] This 19th century movement believed the dead could communicate with the living through mediums spiritualism Amy	$1,200 [6] It's thought that the grand scale & exuberant energy of Mozart's Symphony No. 41 in C major earned it this nickname the "Jupiter" Symphony	$1,200 [15] Whosoever holds the hammer, if they be worthy, shall possess the power of this, discovered by a Swede in 1828 thorium Amy	$1,200 [22] By 1936 more than a million people in the Soviet Union were held in this system of forced labor camps a gulag Avinash
DD $2,000 [2] Bridges over New York Bay & Narragansett Bay are named for this explorer who sailed into both bodies of water in 1524 Verrazzano Amy	$1,600 [28] Ryan Murphy has told us 10 "American Horror Story"s & 3 of these FX limited series American Crime Story Amy	$2,000 [12] The truth is always uncertain in this philosophy that takes its name from the Greek for "to consider" skepticism Amy	$1,600 [7] Charles Ives used all kinds of existing tunes in his Symphony No. 3, including this hymn also called "Erie"; "what a" choice "What A Friend We Have In Jesus"	$1,600 [16] This has the atomic number 94; the Cassini craft set off to Saturn with power provided by 73 pounds of this-238 plutonium	$1,600 [23] Job title of Vladimir Komarov, who was very, very high up on Oct. 12 & 13, 1964 cosmonaut Amy
$2,000 [4] Lope de Aguirre was among those who sought this mythic South American land of gold El Dorado Amy	$2,000 [29] Last name of Marcwho produced "Wicked" on Broadway & Tony-winning actor/son, Ben Platt	DD $4,000 [11] This 5-letter philosophy popular with some of the founding fathers believes in a god, but one who stays out of human affairs deism Amy	$2,000 [8] At the end of this Haydn symphony, the musicians say goodbye; they gradually stop playing & leave the stage the "Farewell" Symphony	$2,000 [17] This element gave us the "tan" in coltan, a metal essential in electronics but also classified as a conflict mineral tantalum	$2,000 [24] This type of summer dwelling is seen here a dacha Amy

Final Jeopardy!

MOUNTAINS

First scaled in 1829, this 17,000-foot mountain has caused excitement by the supposed discovery of wood high up on it

Mount Ararat

Koré "What is the Matterhorn?" — wagered $4,000

Avinash "What is Kilimanjaro?" — wagered $3,001

Amy "What is Mount Ararat" — wagered $20,000

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