Show #8564 2022-01-27 (taped 2021-11-09) Regular

Contestants

Carrie Cadwallader — a business intelligence manager from Aurora, Colorado

Chris Canahui — a technician from Brooklyn, New York

Rhone Talsma — a librarian from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rhone	$1,000	$1,200	$9,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$9,200 16 R, 4 W
Chris	$400	$800	$9,200	$1 2nd place: $2,000	$9,200 10 R, 1 W
Carrie	$600	$4,200	$13,000	$7,500 New champion: $7,500	$14,800 21 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

MOTHERS OF INVENTION	U.S. PLACE NAMES	TRANSPORTATION	ALWAYS BROADWAY	COMPOUND WORDS	A LITTLE 5-NOTE MELODY
$200 [9] Apartment blazes were deadlier before Anna Connelly devised one of these metal structures around 1887 a fire escape Rhone	$200 [19] California's Badwater Basin sounds as enticing as this equally offputtingly named valley where it's located Death Valley Rhone	$200 [7] Chicago to Minneapolis & Las Vegas to L.A. are top routes on this bus line that advises "Leave the driving to us" Greyhound Rhone	$200 [18] "Joseph Smith American Moses" is a song in this musical The Book of Mormon Chris	$200 [21] The monarch & the viceroy are both species of this arthropod butterfly Chris	$200 [26] G-sharp: it's the pointedtoolon the left as well as the cocktail made with lime on the right a gimlet Rhone
$400 [15] In 1938, using a film made of layers of soap, Katharine Burr Blodgett made glass non-this non-reflective Rhone Carrie	$400 [20] About an hour's drive from major theme parks, you'll find the city of Frostproof in this state Florida Carrie	$400 [8] Six years after Chuck Yeager's feat, Scott Crossfieldreached this next logical milestone in November 1953 Mach 2 (twice the speed of sound) Carrie	$400 [13] In 2010 this "Avenger" won a Best Actress Tony for "A View from the Bridge" Scarlett Johansson Rhone	$400 [22] 16 of these measures equal a cup a tablespoon Carrie	$400 [27] "B" natural: canoe is one type of this tree a birch Rhone Carrie
$600 [14] Ellen Fitz had the world in her hands in 1875 after inventing one of these with a unique mounting system a globe Carrie	$600 [4] George Vancouver named this inlet off Washington State for a lieutenant on his expedition Puget Sound Chris	$600 [1] Hold on to your hats--this country's TGV trains typically travel at up to 200 miles per hour France Chris	$600 [10] In 2017 Broadway met its matchmaker when she was "divine" as the title star of "Hello, Dolly!" Bette Midler	$600 [23] Second by second, it precedes a rocket launch a countdown Carrie	$600 [28] "C" sharp: they have sharp serrations & you can get delicious ones from Phillips Seafood in Baltimore the crab claws Rhone
DD $1,000 [16] The wife of Martin Cooper, "Father of the Cellular Phone", Arlene Harris developed this cell phone brand for seniors Jitterbug Carrie	$800 [5] This city in Westchester County, New York gets its name from a Dutch title basically meaning "squire" Yonkers	$800 [2] The rapid transit system known by this 4-letter name connects the San Francisco peninsula with Oakland & other nearby cities BART Rhone Chris	$800 [11] In 1990 this musical about a musical closed after 6,137 shows; God, I hope you get it! I hope you get it! A Chorus Line Rhone	$800 [24] Get some extra sun in your home with this, perhaps manufactured by Sun-Tek a skylight Carrie	$800 [29] E-flat:this shape, with its size fixed & its shape determined, is an oval, but not every oval is this shape an ellipse Carrie
$1,000 [17] In 1882 Maria Beasley patented one of these that was compact & easily launched, saving many lives a lifeboat (a liferaft) Carrie	$1,000 [6] 2 1/2 hours south of Indianapolis is this town named for an ethnicity & for the salt deposits that deer & buffalo once enjoyed French Lick, Indiana	$1,000 [3] In Venice, before a mandate made them black, these were lavishly decorated by their wealthy owners (the Venetian) gondolas Carrie	$1,000 [12] I've got a lead for you... Alan Alda portrayed Shelly Levene in this Mamet play in 2005 Glengarry Glen Ross Rhone Carrie	$1,000 [25] Slang for a diploma; important documents were once written on it a sheepskin Carrie	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

FATHERS OF THE NATION	BOOKS & AUTHORS	"AA" RATED	MOVIES & GEOGRAPHY	THE W.H.O. SAYS...	THANKS VERMILION
$400 [25] After becoming the first king of this Iberian nation in 1139, Afonso I freed it from Moorish control Portugal Rhone	$400 [6] This feral character raised by jungle animals originally appeared in Rudyard Kipling's short story "In the Rukh" Mowgli Rhone Carrie	$400 [30] It's an official language in Pretoria Afrikaans Rhone	$400 [2] In "Wild", she plays Cheryl, who deals with personal tragedy by hiking the Pacific Crest Trail (Reese) Witherspoon Carrie	$400 [15] Hormonal influences make this headache disorder twice as common in women as in men migraine Carrie	$400 [20] Abbeville, or "Priest's Town", is the seat of Vermilion Parish, on the Vermilion River, in this state Louisiana Carrie
$800 [26] He's also considered the liberator of Peru Bolívar Carrie	$800 [7] In a tale set in small-town Iowa, Peter Hedges asked, "What's eating" this guy Gilbert Grape Rhone	$800 [10] The Arabic word suq is synonymous with this type of public market a bazaar Rhone	$1,200 [4] As the "Stanley", Henry Stanley, in part of a 1939 movie title, Spencer Tracy explores Sub-Saharan Africa seeking this doctor David Livingstone Carrie	$800 [16] This inflammation & narrowing of airways is the most common chronic disease of children asthma Chris	$800 [21] This state's Vermilion Cliffs National Monumentis not as popular as the Grand Canyon just to its south, but worth a visit Arizona Rhone
$1,200 [27] Lee Kuan Yew was the first prime minister of this city-state & governed there for 30 years Singapore Chris	$1,200 [12] This "Good Earth" author wrote a very personal account of her daughter Carol in "The Child Who Never Grew" Pearl S. Buck	$1,200 [8] Magnesium hydroxide & aluminum hydroxide are in this antacid Maalox Rhone	$1,600 [1] Kirk Douglas turns up in the 1982 Aussie Western "The Man from" this river Snowy River Carrie	$1,200 [17] You can reduce your risk of stroke, heart disease & this, also called high blood pressure, by limiting your salt intake hypertension Chris	$1,200 [22] A Vermilion line called sindoor in the part of a Hindu woman's hair signifies this it means she's married Carrie
$1,600 [28] Patriotic poet Ilia Chavchavadze is revered as the "Uncrowned King" & "Father of" this nation in the Caucasus Mountains Georgia Chris	$1,600 [13] Winner of a 2021 MacArthur Fellowship, Ibram X. Kendi authored "How to Be" this--you must confront inequities an Antiracist Carrie	$1,600 [9] The Canaanites loved their double As, as in the name of this fertility god Baal Chris	DD $2,000 [3] In a 1942 film, a map shows a refugee path from Paris to Marseilles to Oran, then to this title place in North Africa Casablanca Carrie	$1,600 [18] Often found in home-canned foods, the bacterial toxins that cause this illness are among the most lethal substances known botulism Carrie	$1,600 [23] A bird name that seems redundant, the vermilion this is found in the drier northern parts of Venezuela & Colombia the vermilion cardinal
$2,000 [29] In 1957 Kwame Nkrumah led this West African nation to independence, one of the first to emerge from colonial control Ghana Rhone	DD $2,000 [14] The title group discusses "Emma" in Chapter One of this novel by Karen Joy Fowler The Jane Austen Book Club Carrie	$2,000 [11] In Indian cuisine, typically this is spinach & this paneer is spinach cooked with cheese saag Rhone	$2,000 [5] "1492: Conquest of Paradise" starred this French actor as Christopher Columbus out to find a new route to Asia Gérard Depardieu Carrie	$2,000 [19] Early supportive care & rehydration improve survival of this viral hemorrhagic fever named for a Central African river Ebola Carrie	$2,000 [24] As in the work seen here, ancient artists got the pigment vermilion from cinnabar, the main ore of this metal mercury Chris

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY NAMES

In 1793 he left Dublin for the United States, saying, "I expect to make a fortune" off George Washington, & he did

Gilbert Stuart

Rhone "Who is Guinness?" — wagered $9,200

Chris "Who is ???" — wagered $9,199

Carrie "Who is Madison" — wagered $5,500

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