Show #8742 2022-11-15 (taped 2022-09-21) Tournament of Champions

2022 Tournament of Champions final game 2.

Contestants

Sam Buttrey — an associate professor of operations research at the Naval Postgraduate School from Pacific Grove, California

Andrew He — a software developer from San Francisco, California

Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$2,800	$4,600	$22,200	$21,100 Winner: 1 match point	$19,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Andrew	$2,800	$9,200	$23,200	$1,999 3rd place: 1 match point	$11,400 17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Sam	$1,400	$2,200	$9,400	$9,400 2nd place	$9,400 15 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

ZOOM BACKGROUNDS OF HISTORIC PEOPLE	USA	FACTS & FIGURES	PLAYING THE HITS OF 2022	WHAT CAN I BRING IN MY CARRY ON?	JEOPORTMANTEAU!
$200 [20] Sir Walter Raleigh, nice photo of you with this woman--must be from before you impregnated her lady-in-waiting Bess Throckmorton Queen Elizabeth I Sam	$200 [8] The Pabst Theater is at the heart of this city's downtown theater district Milwaukee Amy	$200 [21] Each year, about 252 million pounds of this meat are used on pizzas; September 20 is that pizza's special day pepperoni Andrew	$200 [1] After wishing his coffee "had a little shot of Jack", Walker Hayes sang he was just trying to "stay out of" this 2-letter group AA Amy	$200 [30] Whether from a deer or a moose, these appendages are a go antlers Sam	$200 [29] Confused state of tumult+hilarious Harvard magazine bedlampoon Andrew
$400 [19] Not surprisingly, Thomas Jefferson's setup at this home is in front of a lot of books; he estimated he had 9,000+ in 1814 Monticello Sam	$400 [9] In 2021, Las Vegas renamed McCarran International Airport in honor of this long-time Nevada senator (Harry) Reid Sam	$400 [28] The framework of this statue weighs 125 tons; its 31 tons of copper are 3/32 of an inch thick the Statue of Liberty Amy	$400 [2] "As It Was", a solo song by this Brit, took one direction to the top spot on the Hot 100 Styles Andrew	$400 [27] This electric device to direct cows gets a noooo a (cattle) prod Andrew	$400 [26] Rowdy U.K. soccer fan+clusters of nerve cells hooliganglia Andrew
$600 [18] Ponce de Leon has a very elegant map of this peninsula on which he landed April 2, 1513; too bad it shows it as an island Florida Sam	$600 [10] This 1,450-foot-tall building is a real high point of the ZIP code 60606 the Willis Tower Andrew	$600 [23] This U.S. coin has a smooth edge, a diameter of 0.835 inches & a thickness of 1.95 mm the nickel Andrew	$600 [4] This "feline" not only got "Freaky Deaky" with Tyga, she also told us to "Get Into It (Yuh)", so we did (yuh) Doja Cat Sam	$600 [25] This eggplant spread with a name meaning "pampered daddy"? 3.4 ounces or less baba ganoush Amy Sam	$600 [15] Area in which law is enforced+a reference book jurisdictionary Amy Sam
$800 [11] Looks like this composer has pictures of his kids: Catharina, Wilhelm, Carl, Leopold, Elisabeth, Gottfried, Regina... Bach Andrew	$800 [16] Most of this large swamp in southeastern Georgia has been designated a National Wildlife Refuge Okefenokee Andrew	$1,000 [13] Methane is cooled to -260 degrees Fahrenheit to be suitable for shipping as LNG, short for this liquefied natural gas Andrew	$800 [6] After being on soundtrack hits from the "Descendants" franchise, she had a hit with "Boyfriend" Dove Cameron	$800 [24] These English holiday items are on the TSA's "naughty" list (Christmas) crackers Amy	$800 [5] Artificially induced trance state+rock roller of myth hypnosisyphus Amy
$1,000 [12] OK Einstein, we see your Nobel Prize specifically for studying this effect, direct conversion of light energy into current the photoelectric effect Sam	$1,000 [17] The northernmost point in the lower 48 is this 130-square-mile area on Minnesota's Lake of the Woods the Northwest Angle	DD $3,800 [22] 50% of our genes--10,000 of 20,000--are regulated by this rhythm, from Latin for "about" & "day" circadian Andrew	$1,000 [7] A groove from 1981's "Genius Of Love" by this Talking Heads side project found its way into Latto's "Big Energy" Tom Tom Club Andrew	$1,000 [14] These weapons of ninjas also called shuriken have to go in checked luggage ninja stars (throwing stars) Andrew	$1,000 [3] The art of using language to persuade+random bullet bounce rhetoricochet Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

FIRST-TIME RESPONSES	A LITTLE PEACE OF HISTORY	NOW STREAMING ON DuMONT+	LATE 20th CENTURY BOOKS	TALKIN' ECON	CHAMPION WORDS
$400 [1] The occupationseenat work on the left, or the pro football retiree on the right cutler Andrew	$400 [24] Not a game show prize, the San Francisco Treaty of 1951 says in Article 1 the state of war between this country & the Allies is over Japan Amy	$400 [30] You can binge "Man Against Crime", one of the first shows about someone in this job, preceding Mannix & Veronica Mars detective Amy	$400 [29] Nick Hornby's "Fever Pitch" isn't set in the world of baseball but rather this other sport soccer Amy	$400 [28] The equation S = I says that in a closed economy with no trade, savings equals this investment Sam	$400 [2] Cheeta, co-star of several Tarzan films, was a famous one a chimp Sam
$800 [6] The first woman to represent Arizona in the Senate, this Democrat is known for her retro fashion Sinema Sam	$800 [23] As part of the 1994 peace process between Israel & this neighbor, King Hussein was allowed to fly over Jerusalem Jordan Sam	$800 [25] In 1954 DuMont had a sitcom with this title starring Gertrude Berg as Molly, not Wendi McMcMcndonovey as Beverly The Goldbergs Amy	$800 [26] Haruki Murakami borrowed from the Beatles for the bestseller "Noruwei no Mori", this in English Norwegian Wood Amy	$800 [27] Milton Friedman was one of the leading figures of the economic "school" named for this city where he really did teach Chicago Amy	$800 [3] These seeds can make a healthy pudding & grow a "pet" chia (seeds) Andrew
$1,200 [7] Thistype of cymbal keeps steady rhythm rather than providing the occasional crash; we've done that cymbal to death a ride cymbal Andrew Sam	$1,600 [22] On March 27, 1802 Britain & France signed a treaty at this city whose name begins with "Ami"; they stayed friends for 14 months Amiens Sam	$1,200 [10] Watch "Cavalcade of Stars", on which Jackie Gleason introduced this bus driver character, with Pert Kelton as his wife Alice Ralph Kramden Sam	$1,200 [16] Robert Pirsig's 1974 tale of a trip involving father & son bonding is titled "Zen and the Art of" this Motorcycle Maintenance Sam	$1,600 [4] This adjective describes the influential economics theory set forth by a 3-named Englishman in the 1930s Keynesian Amy	$1,200 [21] We're serving poke with thisas the main protein ahi Andrew
$1,600 [8] We've gone for Fort Lauderdale but not for this Florida "Fort" city where Edison & Henry Ford had winter homes Fort Myers	$2,000 [18] Thislate U.S. diplomat was the architect of the Dayton Accords that brought peace to the Balkans Holbrooke Amy	$1,600 [11] Don't miss "The Morey Amsterdam Show" with this future "Valley of the Dolls" novelist as Lola the Cigarette Girl (Jacqueline) Susann Andrew	$1,600 [13] This 1997 novel finds Inman exiting from the Civil War & sojourning across a ravaged land back to his love Cold Mountain Amy	$2,000 [15] From Greek for "few", this "-opoly" is a market controlled by only a few suppliers, who often won't compete on prices oligopoly Andrew	$1,600 [20] This adjective means relating to speech sounds phonic Amy
$2,000 [9] An Old French word gives us this term for a cut gem that's rounded & polished but not faceted a cabochon	DD $10,000 [12] The 2006 Greentree Agreement, settling a fight by shifting apeninsula from Nigeria to Cameroon, was brokered by this African (Kofi) Annan Andrew	$2,000 [17] We've got the Feb. 21, 1953 "Life is Worth Living" where Bishop Sheen predicts death for this Communist; 12 days later, bingo Stalin Amy	$2,000 [14] The title of this Don DeLillo novel refers to sirens & various sounds from TVs & other appliances White Noise Amy	DD $4,000 [5] The birth of economics as its own discipline is often traced to a 1776 work by this man Adam Smith Amy	$2,000 [19] Thissymbol of Judaism is Hebrew for "life" chai Sam

Final Jeopardy!

NAME'S THE SAME

Name shared by a Victorian novelist & an 1805 flagship captain whose name is heard in a famous phrase

(Thomas) Hardy

Sam "What is Gridley?" — wagered $0

Amy "What is Nelson?" — wagered $1,100

Andrew "What is Gridley?" — wagered $21,201

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