Show #8695 2022-07-29 (taped 2022-05-17) Regular

Luigi de Guzman game 1.Last game of Season 38.

Contestants

Luigi de Guzman — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia

Darin Ciccotelli — an associate professor of rhetoric and composition from Long Beach, California

Katrina Hill — a non-profit professional from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Katrina $1,200 $7,000 $11,800 $20,801
2nd place: $2,000
$11,800
15 R, 1 W
Darin $1,800 $2,800 $11,000 $13,994
3rd place: $1,000
$11,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Luigi $4,200 $6,800 $20,800 $23,401
New champion: $23,401
$20,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

ISLANDS & PENINSULAS GOVERNORS BUSINESS ABBREV. MOVIE FACTS JUST TAKE THE L HOW DO YOU SLEEP AT NIGHT?
$200 [2]
Michigan is all about peninsulas; the Old Mission & the Leelanauare sub-peninsulas of this one that takes up most of the state
the Lower Peninsula
Luigi
$200 [7]
Since 1973 4 governors of this Midwest state have done time in prison, including George Ryan & Rod Blagojevich
Illinois
Darin
$200 [26]
Getting a car loan? Check that APR, this
annual percentage rate
Luigi
$200 [8]
It was Brian de Palma who suggested that this director add the now-iconic opening crawl to "Star Wars" to give the film's context
George Lucas
Katrina
$200 [13]
Take the L out of a beer league sport (in an alley) & you get an act of showing respect
bowing & bowling
Luigi
$200 [1]
With a pillow & mattress made from this "spring-back" foam; perhaps you recall that engineer Charles Yost invented it
memory foam
Luigi
$400 [3]
Sunny destinations on this peninsula include Tulum, Playa del Carmen & of course, Cancun
the Yucatán
Luigi
$400 [14]
In 2022 this Florida governor signed a bill ending Disney World's special district status
DeSantis
Luigi
$400 [27]
The way sales of a product change in relation to its price is its P.E.D., or price elasticity of this
demand
Luigi
$400 [9]
The animators counted:In this film Carl Fredricksen's house floats thanks to 10,297 balloons
Up
Darin
$400 [22]
Take the L out of a beer league sport (on ice) & you get an act of healing a disease
curling & curing
Darin
$400 [16]
The pineal gland in my brain is secreting the right amount of this hormone that's also an antioxidant, so just fine
melatonin
Luigi
$600 [4]
The headquarters of the U.S. Pacific fleet has been on this island since February 1941
Oahu
Luigi
$600 [15]
In 2015 he said the health care program he began as governor of Massachusetts was the forerunner of Obamacare
Mitt Romney
Darin
$600 [28]
Made up of a bundle of home loans, an MBS is a this-backed security
mortgage
Katrina
$600 [10]
To portray the "spice" on Arrakis, the sound designers on this 2021 sci-fi film sprinkled sand with Rice Krispies
Dune
Darin
$600 [23]
The sticker identifying the contents of a bottle drops an L to be a doomed man in the Bible
label & Abel
Luigi
$600 [18]
Better now that I've got these window coverings that sound like they simulate a power outage to stop all light from coming in
blackout curtains
Darin
$800 [5]
Take in different flavors of this island by reading some Pirandello as you eat glorious food in its capital of Palermo
Sicily
Darin Luigi
$800 [17]
In 1994 Angus King ran as an independent & won the governorship of this state, defeating Susan Collins
Maine
Katrina
$800 [29]
OPEX stands for these, the ongoing costs of running a business
operational expenses (operating expenses)
Katrina
$800 [11]
This movie starring Alicia Silverstone as Cher Horowitz was inspired by Jane Austen's "Emma"
Clueless
Darin
$800 [24]
Another term for a merry-go-round loses an L to go party & get its drink on in a big way
carousel & carouse
Katrina
$800 [20]
Really well after a hot bath infused with the essential oil of this fragrant purple flower, a noted natural sleep aid
lavender
Katrina
DD $1,800 [6]
55 mi. from Siberia, the westernmost point of the North American continent is on this peninsula named for a man big in Alaskan history
the Seward Peninsula
Luigi
$1,000 [19]
She was born in Lansing, where she was sworn in as governor on Jan. 1, 2019
(Gretchen) Whitmer
Katrina
$1,000 [30]
A company's profits divided by its outstanding units of stock are its E.P.S., this
earnings per share
Luigi
$1,000 [12]
John McCain had a cameo as an invited guest in this Vince Vaughn/Owen Wilson comedy
Wedding Crashers
Katrina
$1,000 [25]
A word describing mild weather mildly drops an L to become a major part of concrete
clement & cement
$1,000 [21]
Like millions of other Americans with them askknown by this 4-letter name to combat my sleep apnea
a CPAP
Katrina

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORY FRENCH PHRASES "C"HARACTER STUDY MASHED-UP SITCOM TITLES WATERCOLORS LET'S GO FISHING
$400 [7]
Agrarian reforms in this country beginning in 1915 involved the turnover of lands from haciendas to ejidos
Mexico
Luigi
$400 [16]
The best of the best, also repetitive in French
crème de la crème
Katrina
$400 [14]
"The Devil in Iron" & "The Slithering Shadow" are stories featuring this barbarian created by Robert E. Howard
Conan
Katrina
$400 [6]
"King of Theory"
King of Queens & The Big Bang Theory
Luigi
$400 [21]
Gustave Moreau'swatercolorof this Queen of the Nile is perfect for Caesar's Palace
Cleopatra
Luigi
$400 [26]
Also done by movie directors, it's the act of swinging a fishing rod to throw out a lure
casting
Darin
$800 [8]
In 2001 55-year-old Birendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev, this country's king, was assassinated in Kathmandu by his own son
Nepal
Darin
$800 [17]
A chef of great skill, or the famed cooking school in Paris where Julia Child trained, the only woman in her class
Cordon Bleu
Luigi
$800 [10]
Dickens based this title character of an 1850 novel on his own life
David Copperfield
Darin
$800 [5]
"Will & Greg"
Will & Grace & Dharma & Greg
Katrina Darin
$800 [22]
She not only provided the story for creations like Benjamin Bunny, but also vivid watercolors
Beatrix Potter
Katrina
$800 [27]
This word for a small float on a fishing line describes its up-&-down motion in the water
a bob (a bobber)
Katrina Luigi
$1,600 [13]
Dido was the legendary founder of this Phoenician city-state later ruled by the Romans & Vandals
Carthage
Luigi
$1,200 [18]
The kid isn't really escaping from the picture frame; it's this style, meant to fool the eye
trompe-l'œil
Luigi
$1,600 [12]
This beloved educator of a 1934 novel teaches at the fictional Brookfield School
Mr. Chips
Luigi
$1,200 [1]
"Father Knows Geeks"
Father Knows Best & Freaks and Geeks
Darin
$1,200 [23]
What's so surreal about this artist's watercolor of the "Day of the Virgin" is that it's not surreal
Dalí
Darin
$1,200 [28]
Going this type of fishing? Don't forget your auger & your slush scoop
ice fishing
Luigi
DD $2,000 [9]
In January 1536 this royal gave birth to a stillborn male child; by May she was deceased
Anne Boleyn
Darin
$1,600 [19]
Full discretionary power or freedom, like being handed a blank paper
carte blanche
Katrina
$2,000 [15]
Members of this family in works by William Faulkner include Benjy, Quentin & Caddy
the Compsons
$1,600 [2]
"Spin Mr. Cooper"
Spin City & Hangin' with Mr. Cooper
Luigi
$1,600 [24]
Works from seminal Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira were celebrated in 2002 by the National Gallery in this capital
Canberra
Darin Luigi
$1,600 [29]
This popular sport fish gets its name from its pink, blue, green & yellow coloring
a rainbow trout
Katrina
$2,000 [3]
A statue of a speakers' wagon stands in this Chicago square to commemorate the 1886 riot that occurred there
Haymarket Square
Darin
$2,000 [20]
A passionate plea, it literally translates as "cry of the heart"
cri de coeur
Luigi
DD $3,000 [11]
She's the heroine of "Wuthering Heights" & Alex Trebek loved to imitate Laurence Olivier repeating her name
Catherine (Earnshaw)
Darin
$2,000 [4]
"Caroline in the Boat"
Caroline in the City & Fresh Off the Boat
Darin
$2,000 [25]
Van Gogh lived in the "Yellow House" with Gauguin in this French city, where his output included watercolors
Arles
Darin
$2,000 [30]
There's a synonym for a fisher in the title of this, Izaak Walton's classic 17th century treatise on fishing
The Compleat Angler
Luigi

Final Jeopardy!

TECH HISTORY

For about 20 years after its invention, it had few practical uses; then suddenly it revolutionized grocery checkouts & home audio

the laser

Darin "What is laser technology?" — wagered $2,994
Katrina "What isbar codes?lasers?" — wagered $9,001
Luigi "What is the laser?" — wagered $2,601

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