Show #8680 2022-07-08 (taped 2022-05-05) Regular

Contestants

Leigh Jahnig — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois

Robert Won — a math professor from Washington, D.C.

Brian Ahern — a user support associate from Daly City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brian	$4,400	$6,200	$6,200	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$5,800 13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Robert	$2,000	$6,400	$23,700	$32,001 New champion: $32,001	$23,200 26 R (including 1 DD), 0 W
Leigh	$1,000	$3,000	$16,000	$32,000 2nd place: $2,000	$13,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

SCANDINAVIA	WEATHER WORDS	DANGER! DANGER!	ROLE CALL	HISTORIC STRUCTURES	ONE LETTER CHANGES EVERYTHING
$200 [6] Every December 10, after these are handed out, there's a banquet at Stockholm's city hall the Nobel Prizes Robert	$200 [1] Johnny Mercer wrote the lyric "I'm gonna love you like nobody's loved you, come" these 2 opposites rain & shine Brian	$200 [11] National Weather Service danger signs of this impending phenomenon include a dark, often greenish sky & a roaring noise a tornado Leigh	$200 [12] Hitting the big screen as Vito Corleone in "The Godfather" was an offer this actor couldn't refuse Brando Robert	$200 [22] Near the border of Colombia & Ecuador Las Lajas Sanctuarywas built after an image of this woman was seen on the surrounding cliffs the Virgin Mary Robert	$200 [13] Add a "B" to a chess piece to turn it into this babbling stream brook Robert
$400 [7] About one-fifth of Norway's economy comes from this natural product, led by Equinor operating in areas like its continental shelf oil Brian Leigh	$400 [2] Starbucks sells a tea drink called London this Fog Brian	$400 [27] Waves can create a current moving away from the shore, properly called this type of current & much stronger than an undertow a riptide Robert	$400 [15] In 2022's "The Batman", Zoë Kravitz brought a new take on this character with a secret identity of her own Catwoman Leigh	$400 [23] Charles I was the last monarch to sleep in this castle, the night before he was crowned king of Scotland in 1633 Edinburgh Castle	$400 [14] Subtract an "A" from a word that describes sudden, intense pain to get this word meaning adorable cute Brian
$600 [8] Billund, Denmark is the home of this toy company LEGO Robert	$800 [4] A book about the underworld says Al Capone's rival Joe Aiello died in this type of storm "of lead" a hail Brian	$600 [28] You can sleep all night & work all day, but Time magazine listed this outdoor job as the USA's most dangerous a lumberjack Brian	$600 [16] These are the first names of the 2 characters played by Humphrey & Ingrid in "Casablanca" Rick & Ilsa Leigh	$600 [24] Le Corbusier designed the Palace of Justice for Chandigarh, a regional capital built in the 1950s in this country India Leigh	$600 [19] Put a "B" on a synonym for donkey & you get this game fish bass Brian
$800 [9] This Scandinavian specialty is made with dried cod that's soaked in lye & simmered for about 10 minutes until translucent lutefisk Robert	DD $1,000 [3] A Joyce story ends with this falling "upon all the living and the dead" the snow Brian	$800 [30] This U.S. government department issues regular travel advisories on the level of danger in countries to which you might journey the State Department Leigh	$800 [17] In this film, Jared Leto plays the title biochemist who tries to cure himself of a rare disease but infects himself with vampirism instead Morbius Brian	$800 [25] The luxurious Alhambra of Spain was built by these conquerors whose name is derived from a region of Africa the Moors Brian	$800 [20] Subtract a "B" from a loose-fitting women's shirt to get this parasite you don't want to find there louse Robert
$1,000 [10] He drew on Norwegian folk tales & tunes for his music, including "In The Hall Of The Mountain King", heard here Grieg Brian	$1,000 [5] The EPA says keep this below 60% to prevent mold humidity Brian	$1,000 [29] Eating certain fish can be dangerous for pregnant women due to this heavy metal; the FDA calls out king mackerel & swordfish mercury Brian Robert	$1,000 [18] King Kong had nothing on this actor when he starred as LAPD Detective Alonzo Harris in "Training Day" Denzel Washington Robert	$1,000 [26] Protecting the Roman Empire's alpine frontier, the Porta Nigraor "black gate", is in Trier, now in this country Germany	$1,000 [21] Bite an "S" off a tentacled cephalopod & it becomes this, slang for a British pound quid Robert

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE COLD WAR ERA	GONE EXTINCT	CROSSWORD CLUES "C"	THE JACKSONS, 5	WHAT IS LOVE...	BABY, DON'T HURT ME
$400 [1] This president made a secret deal to take U.S. nukes out of Turkey, helping end the Cuban Missile Crisis Kennedy Leigh	$400 [6] The largest avian ever, the elephant bird of this island nation off the east coast of Africa could reach 10 feet high & 1,000 pounds Madagascar Robert	$400 [11] The online world(10 letters) cyberspace Robert	$400 [19] Among those she acknowledged on her 2019 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame were Dick Clark, Don Cornelius & her brothers Janet Jackson Robert	$400 [16] In "Frozen" Anna & Hans sing "Love Is An Open" one of these, "Life can be so much more" a door Robert	$400 [22] Baby, I've asked you not to ruin plot points when we watch TV unless you give me this 7-letter alert spoiler Brian
$1,200 [3] In this year the U.S. & others boycotted the Moscow Olympics to protest the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan 1980 Leigh	$800 [7] The great auk was a flightless & sadly fearless bird that lived on the Faroes & other islands in the northern part of this ocean the Atlantic Ocean Robert	$800 [12] Solid, like a certain building material(8 letters) concrete Brian	$800 [27] Hewas inspired by the original "King Kong" to become a filmmaker Peter Jackson Robert	$800 [17] In "Tuesdays with Morrie", this author wrote, "Love is the only rational act" Mitch Albom Robert	$800 [23] I hate it when you eat the last one of these ice cream bars with a big polar bear on the wrapper; it's cruel, baby Klondike Leigh
$1,600 [4] The Stasi were a secret police force of this country that spied on its citizens & encouraged them to spy on each other East Germany Robert	$1,200 [8] Cygnus falconeri was a 35-pound one of these birds that lived in Malta a swan Robert	$1,200 [13] Partner of "whole kit"(8 letters) caboodle Robert	$1,200 [28] In 2004, a stretch of highway in Georgia was named in honor of this great Alan Jackson Brian	$1,200 [18] This man's "[love is more thicker than forget]" continues non-capitalization in the rest of the poem cummings Leigh	$1,200 [24] You know I'm trying to consolidate Asia in this board game, yet you invade from Kamchatka to Mongolia; not cool, baby Risk Leigh
$2,000 [5] Abbreviated M.A.D., this theory deterred the use of nuclear weapons by suggesting there would be no winners mutually assured destruction Leigh	$1,600 [9] Humans brought an end to the Caribbean monk species of these flippered mammals that we often think of in colder climates seals Robert	$1,600 [14] Jesus' crucifixion site(7 letters) Calvary Leigh	$1,600 [29] In 2022, Erin Jacksonmade history as the first Black woman to win individual gold at the Winter Olympics, winning for this sport speed skating Robert	$1,600 [20] His "Symposium" from around 360 B.C. states, "Love is the eldest & noblest & mightiest of the gods" Plato Leigh	$1,600 [25] I dropped out of this university, but so did Bill Gates & Mark Zuckerberg; what exactly are you trying to say, baby? Harvard Robert
DD $3,000 [2] Unearthed decades later a 1950 letter indicates happiness by Joseph Stalin that the U.S. was entangled in this war the Korean War Leigh	DD $2,500 [10] Extinct in the wild today, the Barbary lion is famous for its activity in this Roman structure completed in 80 A.D. the Colosseum Robert	$2,000 [15] Flightless ostrich relative (9 letters) cassowary Robert	$2,000 [30] A 2-time Oscar winner, shewent on to serve in Britain's Parliament from 1992 to 2015 Glenda Jackson	$2,000 [21] Irving Stone's 1954 novel "Love Is Eternal" was about this first lady who married an awkward lawyer Mary Todd Lincoln	$2,000 [26] You know my ex wore Opium perfume from this 3-named designer; why do you torture me so? Yves St. Laurent

Final Jeopardy!

SCIENCE & THE BIBLE

A 2021 study suggested that an asteroid that struck the Jordan Valley c. 1650 B.C. gave rise to the story of this city in Genesis 19

Sodom

Brian "What is Babel?" — wagered $6,200

Leigh "What isThe Great Flood? Sodom?" — wagered $16,000

Robert "What is Sodom?" — wagered $8,301

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