Show #8678 2022-07-06 (taped 2022-05-05) Regular

Yungsheng Wang game 3.

Contestants

Alicia O'Hare — a social worker from Long Beach, New York

Jen Alfonso-Punzalan — a school librarian from San Mateo, California

Yungsheng Wang — a public defender from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $47,801)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Yungsheng 永勝	$4,200	$6,400	$19,200	$36,401 3-day champion: $84,202	$16,400 21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Jen	$0	$600	$3,000	$3,000 3rd place: $1,000	$4,000 9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Alicia	$2,400	$8,600	$18,200	$24,400 2nd place: $2,000	$22,200 25 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GEOGRAPHY	MOVIE MAGIC & WIZARDRY	STOCK SYMBOLS	WE RECOGNIZE	THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM...	THE STATE OF DENIAL
$200 [2] Norway spruces are a prominent feature of this area that covers 2,300 square miles of southwest Germany the Black Forest Yungsheng 永勝	$200 [1] Amateur magician Tony Curtis did his own tricks in a 1953 biopic of this conjurer & escape artist Houdini Jen	$200 [26] XOM:This energy company ExxonMobil Alicia	$200 [8] It's the headwear seenhereworn by a lot of '50s kids emulating TV's Davy Crockett a coonskin cap Yungsheng 永勝	$200 [16] Wyoming:This woman starting in 2017, taking the seat her dad had won nearly 40 years before Liz Cheney Yungsheng 永勝	$200 [21] This vote of "no" is a homophone for an animal sound; what say ye? nay Jen
$400 [3] Washington's Whidbey Island forms part of the northern boundary of this inlet the Puget Sound Alicia	$400 [4] At age 78, Ian McKellen said this character "is over 7,000 years old, so I'm not too old" Gandalf Alicia	$400 [27] MRNA:They take a variant approach Moderna Jen	$400 [12] We recognize this flower; seenhereis the creeping type that grows wild across North America a buttercup	$400 [17] Mississippi:Bennie Thompson, who chairs the Select Committee investigating the events of this date in 2021 January 6th Alicia	$400 [22] What has happened to an appeal that won't be heard, or to a class that has been allowed to leave a school room dismissed Alicia
$600 [9] This largest Caribbean island is known as "The Pearl of the Antilles" Cuba Yungsheng 永勝	$600 [5] In "Harry Potter & the Chamber of Secrets", Professor Snape uses this spell to disarm Professor Lockhart Expelliarmus Yungsheng 永勝	$600 [28] BABA:It's big in China Alibaba Yungsheng 永勝	$600 [13] Here's this fruit dessert being prepared in its unique way, & don't be stingy with the brandy cherries jubilee Alicia	$600 [18] California:This late singer of "I Got You Babe" whose name is on the 1998 copyright extension act Sonny Bono Alicia	$600 [23] A bill that passes the U.S. Senate with at least 67 votes is said to be this type of denial-proof veto Yungsheng 永勝
$800 [10] Venice & Trieste are important ports on this sea, an arm of the Mediterranean the Adriatic Jen	$800 [6] Magician Nicolas Cage hires an assistant in this 2010 Disney film with the same title as a segment of "Fantasia" The Sorcerer's Apprentice Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [30] GME:Power to the players GameStop Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [14] Great with kids & known for its intelligence, this breed was developed in Germany a Boxer Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [19] Ohio: This man, a Republican Speaker of the House from 2011 to 2015 & later, an advocate for marijuana legalization John Boehner Alicia	$800 [24] Adjective for an absolute denial; it could also refer to the way clues are divided up on a "Jeopardy!" board categorical Alicia
DD $1,000 [11] Afrikaner Gert Alberts was the leader of a famous crossing of this desert in the 1870s the Kalahari Desert Jen	$1,000 [7] Sandra Bullock & Nicole Kidman were witch sisters in this 1998 movie Practical Magic Alicia	$1,000 [29] GOOG:Actually this 8-letter name now Alphabet Alicia	$1,000 [15] We'll get your initial reaction to this mega wealthy financier who cancelled his reservation on the "Titanic" J.P. Morgan Yungsheng 永勝	$1,000 [20] This state:Don Young, who passed away in 2022 after serving nearly 50 years in the House Alaska Alicia	$1,000 [25] Change one letter in "refuse" to get this, meaning to prove a statement or theory to be wrong refute Alicia

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE	LITERARY DOCTORS	BILLBOARDNO. 1 LYRICS	EXAMINE THE SCIENCE	IN THE COURTROOM	"A" BEFORE "E"
$400 [21] Abyssinia is an old name for this African country Ethiopia Yungsheng 永勝	$400 [2] Yuri is the first name of this Russian doctor who made an international splash in 1957 Doctor Zhivago Alicia	$400 [13] 2019:"I got the horses in the back, horse tack is attached" "Old Town Road" Jen	$400 [26] Divide an object's speed by the speed of sound to get this number; passenger jets often cruise at about .8 Mach Alicia	$400 [5] Lawyers may ask to approach this to ask a question & a judge may issue a warrant from it the bench Jen	$400 [1] A "Best of Bob Marley" album calls him "The King of" this Reggae Alicia
$800 [23] Among this president's stable of horses were Reb, Billy Button & Jeff Davis U.S. Grant Yungsheng 永勝	$800 [3] Hugh Lofting created this animal-loving M.D. during World War I in letters to his children from the front Doctor Dolittle Alicia	$800 [14] 2017:"I'm in love with your body, every day discovering something brand new" "Shape Of You" Jen	$800 [27] For milk in the U.S., this process requires 161 degrees for at least 15 seconds; buh bye, bacteria! pasteurization Alicia	$800 [7] This tool of judges is ceremonially passed when Florida's Supreme Court changes chief justices the gavel Jen	$800 [6] The name of this field of science means "ancient study" archaeology Yungsheng 永勝
$1,600 [22] Seen here is the April 1961 first day of the trial of this man, one of the most important proceedings of the 20th century Adolf Eichmann Alicia	$1,200 [4] Charles, a dull country doctor, is the husband of excitement-craving Emma, this Flaubert title character Madame Bovary Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [15] 2006:"You're taking one down, you sing a sad song just to turn it around" "Bad Day" Yungsheng 永勝	$1,200 [28] Per Richard Feynman, if velocities of rebound are almost equal to initial velocities, "such a collision is" this rubbery adjective elastic Alicia	$1,200 [8] Rusty Burrell was this type of officer who keeps order in the court & sometimes executes writs a bailiff Yungsheng 永勝 Alicia	$1,200 [18] A distinguished musical conductor is often referred to by this title, if you please maestro Yungsheng 永勝
$2,000 [24] An earthquake prior to the 15th century is believed to have toppled this ancient wonder of Halicarnassus the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [11] "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" is one of this author's 1837 "Twice-Told Tales" Nathaniel Hawthorne Jen	$1,600 [16] 1984:"Dig if you will the picture, of you & I engaged in a kiss" "When Doves Cry" Alicia	$1,600 [29] In 1672, Cassinidiscovered Rhea, the second-largest moon of this planet, now discover Rheafor yourself via the Cassini spacecraft Saturn Yungsheng 永勝	$1,600 [9] Out of the jury's hearing it's the area where the attorneys arestandingor the type of discussion they're in a sidebar Yungsheng 永勝 Alicia	$1,600 [19] This spiky piece of equipment is used to perforate your lawn to allow better penetration of water & nutrients an aerator Jen
DD $4,000 [25] Thomas Cranmer, who held this religious post from 1533 to 1556, was the first Protestant in the job the Archbishop of Canterbury Yungsheng 永勝	DD $4,000 [12] This German author's novel "Doctor Faustus" reimagines the doc as a 20th century composer Thomas Mann Alicia	$2,000 [17] 1987:"Baby, I know you're asking me to stay, say 'please, please, please, don't go away"' "Faith"	$2,000 [30] About 66 million years ago, an asteroid hit Earth with a yield of 100 trillion tons of TNT, ending this "middle life" era the Mesozoic Alicia	$2,000 [10] You may want to find out where your case is on this 6-letter agenda of pending trials the docket Alicia	$2,000 [20] Legend says this ancient dramatist died when a tortoise fell on his head Aeschylus Alicia

Final Jeopardy!

AGRICULTURE

Being brought to the U.S. by a ship docking at San Francisco in 1851 helped lead to it now being a major crop in the Midwest

soybeans

Jen "What are soybeans?" — wagered $0

Alicia "Whatisare soybeans?" — wagered $6,200

Yungsheng 永勝 "What is soybean?" — wagered $17,201

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