Show #8627 2022-04-26 (taped 2022-02-14) Regular

Mattea Roach game 16.

Contestants

Reya Sehgal — a cultural strategist and performer from Brooklyn, New York

Nicky Smith — a debate instructor from San Francisco, California

Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 15-day cash winnings total $352,781)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mattea	$5,000	$8,000	$23,200	$16,200 16-day champion: $368,981	$25,800 33 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Nicky	$800	$-400	$-800	$-800 3rd place: $1,000	$-800 5 R, 4 W
Reya	$2,800	$3,800	$5,000	$9,900 2nd place: $2,000	$5,000 9 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE	THE MIDDLE AGES	I LEARNED IT IN THE COMIC BOOKS	ITALIAN CUISINE	LET'S TALK SCIENCE	MINI-"ME"
$200 [17] It was made the capital of China in 1949 Beijing Mattea	$200 [1] In the 8th century the Venerable St. Bede popularized the idea of dating from this event the birth of Christ Mattea	$200 [16] One of his origin stories states he was raised by a lighthouse keeper before regaining his royal birthright Aquaman	$200 [12] Usually served in thin slices, this Italian ham cured by drying has a name from Latin meaning "suck out" prosciutto Nicky	$200 [26] He published the landmark treatise "Opticks" in 1704 Newton Mattea	$200 [6] A little sound from a Russian Blue or an Abyssinian mew (meow) Mattea
$400 [18] Those born during the first half of April have this sign, the ram Aries Mattea	$600 [3] Quarreling with Germany's Henry IV over who got to appoint bishops, Pope Gregory VII did this to Henry, twice excommunicate Mattea	$400 [22] Wonder Woman's tools have included an invisible plane & a magic one of these that can make you tell the truth a lasso Reya	$400 [11] Here'sa piece of this layered Italian cake flavored with espresso & dusted with cocoa tiramisu Mattea	$400 [27] A Swedish astronomer gave his name to this temperature scale Celsius Mattea Reya	$400 [7] This 4-letter word for a short note is an abbreviation of a 10-letter word a memo Reya
$600 [19] A googol is equal to a 1 followed by this many zeros 100 Mattea Nicky	$800 [4] Merchant & craft were the 2 main types of these business associations, from an old word for "payment" guilds Mattea	$600 [23] Peter Parker has worked as a photographer for this newspaper created long before Spider-Man was The Daily Bugle Nicky Reya	$600 [13] This grated cheese made from skim milk is named for a city about 70 miles southeast of Milan Parmesan Nicky	$600 [28] This hereditary bleeding disorder, aka Christmas disease, is caused by a deficiency of clotting factors hemophilia	$600 [8] The variety of this seenhereis small enough to grow in your little garden a melon Reya
$800 [20] Columbia University began handing out these awards in 1917 the Pulitzers	DD $1,000 [2] Now known to historians as the Migration period, the early Middle Ages were long known by this name implying ignorance the Dark Ages Mattea	$800 [24] Her alter ego is the successful attorney Jennifer Walters, but don't make her angry She-Hulk Reya	$800 [14] Puttanesca sauce is commonly made with olives, capers & these small salty fish anchovies Mattea	$800 [29] These are proteins, such as hydrolase, that catalyze biochemical reactions enzymes	$800 [9] A small case containing a scroll, it's hung on doorposts in Jewish homes at an angle, top facing inward a mezuzah Reya
$1,000 [21] Filbert is another name for this nut a hazelnut	$1,000 [5] Clovis I founded the kingdom of these people who would give their name to a country the Franks Mattea	$1,000 [25] The lone survivor of a massacre, this green-skinned guardian grew up to be the "deadliest woman in the galaxy" Gamora Mattea	$1,000 [15] It's the 2-word name for this flavorful Italian dish made from veal shanks osso buco Reya	$1,000 [30] Hundreds of copies of this type of DNA, mtDNA for short, are outside the nucleus of the cell, helping ancestry.com trace your mother's line mitochondrial Mattea	$1,000 [10] This subatomic particle is made of a quark & an antiquark a meson

Double Jeopardy! Round

COLONEL KNOWLEDGE	TV SHOWS BY SETTING	ON THE MEDITERRANEAN	ONE BIG FAMILY	1870s LITERATURE	____, ____ & ____
$400 [17] A colonel in the Continental Army, Henry Rutgers later would have a school in this state named in his honor New Jersey Nicky	$400 [19] Litchfield Correctional Institution for Women Orange is the New Black Mattea	$400 [7] In ancient times this French port was known as Massalia Marseille Mattea	$400 [23] Archie & Quentin & Ted & Alice were children of this American political family the Roosevelts Mattea	$400 [2] The story "Carmilla" features an early appearance of one of these creatures in fiction; it's dispatched with a stake to the heart a vampire Mattea	$400 [12] Oddly, only one of the 3 "R's" in this foundation of education actually begins with an "R" reading, writing & arithmetic Reya
$800 [18] Martin Mull played him in the movie based on the game Clue Colonel Mustard Reya	$800 [28] On season 2 of this anthology series, Briarcliff Manor mental asylum American Horror Story Nicky	$800 [8] In 1967 it voted to remain a British dependency; in 2002 it voted against sharing sovereignty with Spain Gibraltar Mattea	$800 [24] Numerous John Jacobs followed the founder of this American family dynasty the Astors Mattea	$800 [3] Phileas Fogg bets fellow London clubmen that he can succeed at this title challenging task go around the world in 80 days Mattea	$800 [13] It's good advice to follow when clothing catches fire stop, drop & roll Mattea
$1,200 [20] On Dec. 16, 1980 this fast food chain founder passed away in Kentucky Colonel Sanders Mattea	$1,200 [29] St. Bonaventure Hospital, where Dr. Shaun Murphy works The Good Doctor Nicky	$1,200 [9] At the far east end of the Mediterranean, the Gulf of Iskenderun indents this country Turkey Mattea	$1,600 [26] In czarist Russia, you didn't want to start a beef with this powerful merchant family that gave its name to a recipe Stroganov Mattea	$1,200 [4] His rags-to-riches tales included "Paul the Peddler", the adventures of a young street merchant Horatio Alger	$1,200 [14] Meaning "completely", it's a trio of angling essentials hook, line & sinker Mattea
$1,600 [21] In 1946 U.S. Army Colonel Charles Kades drafted article 9 of this country's constitution, which renounces war Japan Mattea	$1,600 [30] In the '70s & '80s, Ewing Oil Dallas Mattea Nicky	$1,600 [10] Bari in Italy & Split in Croatia are on this arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic Sea Mattea	DD $2,000 [25] Thisperforming family toured the United States in the 1940s, then settled on a Vermont farm the von Trapps Mattea	$1,600 [5] The ancient Greek fusion of passion & restraint was probed in "The Birth of Tragedy" by this German philosopher Nietzsche Mattea	$2,000 [16] In a Eugene Field poem, these "fishermen three" were told, "Now cast your nets wherever you wish, never afeard are we" Wynken, Blynken & Nod
$2,000 [22] This lieutenant colonel was knee-deep in the Iran-Contra Affair as part of the National Security Council staff Oliver North Mattea	$2,000 [1] From 1993 to 2005, the 15th Precinct in Manhattan NYPD Blue Mattea Nicky	$2,000 [11] This island highlightedhereis the biggest in its group Mallorca Mattea	$2,000 [27] Stradivarius learned violin making from Nicolo of this great Italian family whose instruments are also highly prized today the Amatis	$2,000 [6] A baker, a banker & a butcher are all on the lookout for this creature in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poem "The Hunting of" this the Snark Mattea	DD $4,000 [15] These items were tolled, closed & extinguished in an old Catholic ceremony bell, book & candle Mattea

Final Jeopardy!

AFRICAN SURNAMES

Adetokunbo, "the crown has returned from overseas", is fitting for the Adetokunbo family who left Nigeria for this country in 1991

Greece

Reya "What is Greece?!" — wagered $4,900

Mattea "What is the United Kingdom?" — wagered $7,000

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