Show #8628 2022-04-27 (taped 2022-02-14) Regular

Mattea Roach game 17.

Contestants

Christina Clark — an elementary music teacher from De Pere, Wisconsin

Ben Hsia — a R&D engineer from Fremont, California

Mattea Roach — a tutor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 16-day cash winnings total $368,981)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mattea	$5,000	$6,000	$27,200	$27,201 17-day champion: $396,182	$22,800 30 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Ben	$1,400	$2,400	$13,600	$27,200 2nd place: $2,000	$10,800 11 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Christina	$1,600	$4,000	$8,400	$3,100 3rd place: $1,000	$8,400 12 R, 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

A NOVEL LOOK AT THE NOVEL	FINISH THE OLD PROVERB	THE LEAGUE MVP's TEAM	GETTING A "BA" IN BOTANY	WHICH COMES FIRST	THE CHICKEN OR THE EGG
$200 [11] 1851:Nantucket. Sea. Revenge. Madness. Oops. Adrift Moby-Dick Christina	$200 [16] "He whose father is" this court official "goes safe to his trial" the judge Christina	$200 [1] Barry Sanders, who could really "motor" down a football field the Detroit Lions Mattea	$200 [6] In botany, this is a delicate ornamental flower of genus Gypsophila, not actual infant respiration baby's breath Mattea	$200 [26] Asimov's first law regarding these says they can't injure a human or, through inaction, allow a human to be harmed robots Mattea	$200 [22] This French-named dish is basically an egg pie; the Lorraine region is associated with it quiche Mattea Ben
$400 [12] A young girl blows into town & kills a woman; does poppies to the point of unconsciousness & later kills a second woman before leaving The Wizard of Oz Christina	$400 [17] This strong desire for sustenance "is the best sauce" hunger Ben	$400 [2] LeBron in 2009 & 2010, before taking a trip south the Cleveland Cavaliers Christina	$400 [7] This herb of the mint family is a key ingredient in many pasta dishes basil Mattea	$400 [27] Starting at "Go", it's the first property you pass on the classic Monopoly board Mediterranean Ben	$400 [23] McDonald's launched these nationally in 1983 chicken nuggets Mattea Ben
$600 [13] A Bumppo in the road; Cora does not stay alive, no matter what occurs; hey... where'd everyone go? The Last of the Mohicans Christina	$600 [19] "No one can have a mouth full of" this baking essential "& also blow on a fire" flour Christina	$600 [3] Sammy Sosa, hitting 66 homers in 1998 the Cubs Ben	$600 [8] The name of this tree with extremely lightweight wood is Spanish for "raft" balsa Mattea	$600 [29] On December 7, 1787 it became the first state to ratify the Constitution Delaware Mattea	$600 [24] This meat is an ingredient in both chicken cordon bleu & a Denver omelet ham Mattea
$800 [14] Twain travel; Merlin mentioned; knights on bikes; we're gonna get medieval on your mind A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Ben	$800 [20] "A live dog is better than a dead" one of these regal beasts a lion Christina	$800 [4] 3-time winner Alex Ovechkin, a power player in a city full of 'em the Washington Capitals Mattea	$800 [9] Chinese mountain & Japanese timber are varieties of this grass bamboo Mattea	$800 [28] The first of these says, "Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven" the Beatitudes Christina	$800 [18] Italian for fried gives us the name of this egg dish, basically an unfolded omelet frittata Mattea
$1,000 [15] Miller's crossing some lines; a wild ride through 1930s Paris with Tania & Boris; smuggled into the states Tropic of Cancer Mattea	$1,000 [21] This "is as good as a rest" a change	$1,000 [5] Cody Bellinger, a big hit on the coast in 2019 the Dodgers	$1,000 [10] Roots that descend from branches can give one of these tropical & subtropical trees the appearance of a thicket banyan trees Mattea	DD $2,000 [30] The first law of this says that the total energy of a system plus its surroundings is conserved the first law of thermodynamics Mattea	$1,000 [25] Eggs & a peppery tomato sauce are the basis of this trendy Mideast breakfast dish shakshuka Mattea

Double Jeopardy! Round

ARCHITECTS	MOUNTAINS & HILLS	MISCELLANY	CELEBRITY MEMOIRS	THE ANCIENT WORLD	AN ANATOMY OF WORDS
$400 [11] Daniel Burnham designed these stores named for their separate areas of goods, including Selfridges & Wanamaker's department stores Mattea	$400 [8] The order "Don't fire 'til you see the whites of their eyes" is associated with this hill Bunker Hill Mattea	$400 [26] The cerebellum is in the hindbrain; this makes up the largest part of the forebrain the cerebrum Mattea	$400 [9] In "A Life in Parts", he writes of the end of a day on set: "I'd... let everything soak off ... leeching myself of Walter White" Bryan Cranston Mattea	$400 [17] Scythians buried some women with weapons & likely inspired the Greek lore of these women warriors the Amazons Mattea	$400 [21] The forward end of an aircraft or submarine the nose Christina
$800 [12] The many Southern California designs of Paul R. Williams include the Beverly Wilshire Hotelat the end of this swanky drive Rodeo Drive Mattea	$800 [7] In the panhandle near the Alabama border, 345-foot Britton Hill is the highest natural point in this state Florida Mattea	$800 [27] The Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs reports directly to this head of a cabinet department the Secretary of State Mattea Ben	$800 [10] This member of Buffalo Springfield reminisces about his Canadian boyhood in "Special Deluxe" Neil Young	$800 [16] In Rome, saturnism, or poisoning by this metal, was sometimes caused by the practice of boiling down wine in vessels made from it lead Christina	$800 [22] A spoken language tongue Mattea
$1,200 [13] Israel's most famous architect, Moshe Safdie designed the Holocaust History Museum for this Jerusalem Remembrance Center Yad Vashem Mattea	$1,600 [4] These mountains run northeast to southwest from Tunisia, through Algeria & into Morocco the Atlas Mountains Ben	$1,200 [28] A 400-year-old one of these mighty trees, Iowa's state tree, was found near Des Moines in 2018 an oak Mattea Christina	$1,200 [18] Shehad a bestseller with "Not That Kind of Girl" Lena Dunham Mattea	$1,200 [2] The remains of the Ludus Magnus, a gladiator training school, are just steps from this arena built in Rome about 70 A.D. the Colosseum Ben	$1,200 [23] In tune with the latest fashion & music hip Mattea
$1,600 [14] Thanks to architect Norman Foster, this London museum has a glass-enclosed courtyard the British Museum Ben	$2,000 [6] About 18,500 feet high, this inactive volcano in Russia is the highest peak in Europe Mount Elbrus Christina	$1,600 [29] This Greek love goddess is the mom of Phobos & Deimos, "fear" & "terror", so yeah, thanks for that, mom Aphrodite Mattea	$1,600 [19] "Brat" is the aptly titled memoir of this member of the '80s Brat Pack seen here Andrew McCarthy	$1,600 [1] Over 2,000 years ago in India, iron & wood were combined to make wootz, an early version of this iron-carbon alloy steel Ben	$2,000 [25] To climb a rope or pole using one's hands & legs the shin
$2,000 [15] A palace that this architect built in the 1880s for his patron Eusebi Güell is a Barcelona landmark Antoni Gaudí	DD $4,000 [5] Mountain ranges with this "snowy" name can be found both in California & southeastern Spain the Sierra Nevada Ben	$2,000 [30] That's no humpback whale you'rehearing--it's the singing dog breed in Papua on the western side of this in Indonesia New Guinea Mattea	$2,000 [20] "More Fool Me" is a memoir by this witty Brit Stephen Fry Mattea	$2,000 [3] Tekhen, the Egyptian word for this type of pillar, comes from their word for "to pierce", like pierce the sky an obelisk Ben	DD $8,000 [24] To gently tease another person rib Mattea

Final Jeopardy!

POETS

In 1939 he was buried near his last residence in France, but his body arrived in Galway en route to final burial on September 17, 1948

William Butler Yeats

Christina "Who is Keats?" — wagered $5,300

Ben "Who is Yeats?" — wagered $13,600

Mattea "Who is Yeats?" — wagered $1

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