Show #8745 2022-11-18 (taped 2022-09-22) Tournament of Champions

2022 Tournament of Champions final game 5.

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	$2,400	$6,600	$15,800	$17,600 2nd place: 2 match points	$16,800 22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew	$1,200	$2,200	$6,800	$100 3rd place: 2 match points	$13,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Sam	$-200	$1,600	$11,200	$22,400 Winner: 1 match point	$11,200 14 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. CITIES	FURNITURE	5-SYLLABLE WORDS	TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE TITLES	THE "ANTI" CATEGORY	THE NEANDERTHALS
$200 [27] This New Mexico City claims the title “Hot Air Balloon Capital of the World” Albuquerque Andrew	$200 [1] Turn in just about any direction in the type of office chair known as this spinning motion "& tilt" swivel Andrew	$200 [28] Money existing only digitally; in 2022 $275 billion was lost in its global market in a single day cryptocurrency Andrew	$200 [19] "The Last of the Starks" Game of Thrones Andrew	$200 [29] Lacking admirable qualities, Alex in "A Clockwork Orange" is considered this type of protagonist an antihero Sam	$200 [30] Neanderthals emerged about 400,000 years ago in the Pleistocene, an epoch marked by these intermittent glacial episodes ice ages Sam
$400 [26] A suburb of Dallas, this city officially recognizes Rip Van Winkle's creator as its namesake Irving Amy	$400 [3] The tambour is what gives this piece of furniture seenhereits name a roll-top desk	$400 [23] Indigenous Australians can also be acceptably referred to by this adjective Aboriginal Andrew	$400 [18] "Victory of the Daleks" Doctor Who Amy	$400 [13] It's what the A-D stands for in WADA, a world organization dedicated to fair competition & clean sport Anti-Doping Andrew	$400 [25] A valley in this country where some of the first bones were found gave the Neanderthals their name Germany Amy
$600 [8] Located in the heart of the Lehigh Valley, it's nicknamed the "Christmas City" Bethlehem Andrew	$800 [5] Often wrought iron, a shelving unit that's handy in the kitchen is called this kitchen personage's rack the baker's rack Sam	$600 [22] This word describes each correct response in the category pentasyllabic Sam	$600 [17] "Infected" &"Here's Negan" The Walking Dead Amy	$600 [12] Patrick Henry was a leader of this group that took issue with the Constitution & an all-too-powerful national government the Anti-Federalists Amy	$600 [24] Wear from pyrite on tools indicates Neanderthals may have been able to produce this, not just collect it from natural sources fire Amy
$800 [7] Once a large Quaker community, this California city bears the last name of Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier Sam	DD $1,000 [4] The name of this piece of furniture comes from the French for "to put to bed" a couch Amy	$800 [21] This adjective is used to indicate a novel has been written in the form of letters epistolary Sam	$800 [16] "The Midterms" &"The White House Pro-Am" The West Wing Amy	$800 [11] We won't ask you to spell this 28-letter word ending in M that the OED says is "popularly cited as an example of a long word" antidisestablishmentarianism Sam	$800 [15] Despite beliefs to the contrary, the discovery & analysis of a Neanderthal hyoid bone suggests that they may have had this ability speech Amy
$1,000 [2] River surfingis a big deal in this second-largest Montana city that's also home to the University of Montana Missoula Amy Sam	$1,000 [6] Here'sa chair designed by this pioneer of the mission furniture style (Gustav) Stickley Sam	$1,000 [20] Relating to that city in southern Italy famous for pizza Neapolitan Amy	$1,000 [9] "Sophomoric","Senioritis" &"Ben Don't Leave" Felicity	$1,000 [10] Founded in 1913, it has the dual mission of "securing justice not only for Jews but for all people" the Anti-Defamation League Sam	$1,000 [14] Some Neanderthals hunted megafauna like the mammoth, the wooly rhino & this wild ox, the ancestor of domestic cattle the aurochs Amy

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC CASTLES	BAND AD	PAINT SAMPLES	AMERICAN WOMEN	20th CENTURY FICTION	BEFORE, DURING & AFTER
$400 [26] When visiting Segovia, northwest of Madrid, don't miss the Alcazarwhere she became queen in 1474 Isabella Amy	$400 [27] A 1988 ad in a Seattle mag said, "Drummer wanted... Soundgarden, Zep, Scratch Acid" & was signed "Kurdt"--him Cobain Andrew	$400 [28] It's a 3-part painting, like Francis Bacon's "3 Studies of Lucian Freud" a triptych Amy	$400 [29] Dorothy Andersen was the first to identify this disease, CF for short, & helped create the first tests to diagnose it cystic fibrosis Sam	$400 [30] Ayn Rand is thought to have based the architect in this novel on Frank Lloyd Wright The Fountainhead Amy	$400 [12] Dyed object hunted for on resurrection Sunday, with fried Chinese appetizers becoming an Alabama football rally cry Easter egg roll Tide Amy
$800 [25] Caernarfon Castle was the site for the investiture of him as Prince of Wales in 1969 (Prince) Charles (Charles III) Amy	$800 [4] "Musicians-singers for acting roles in new TV series... 4 insane boys, age 17-21", said the 1965 ad that launched this group The Monkees Sam	$800 [3] Benjamin West nailed history painting depicting this man's "Treaty with the Indians" on the Delaware River William Penn Andrew	$800 [2] In the 1950s, shebroke the color barrier in tennis & became the first Black American to win a Grand Slam tournament (Althea) Gibson Amy	$800 [16] "The Curious Case of" this title Fitzgerald short story character is that he ages backwards Benjamin Button Amy	$800 [13] Ping-Pong a.k.a. that gives you an arm joint ache treatable with a curved pasta table tennis elbow macaroni Amy
$1,200 [24] Poland's Malbork Castle is the largest in Europe built with these rather than stones brick	$1,200 [19] An ad mentioning love for the band Oasis led Brandon Flowers to what became this group The Killers Amy	$1,600 [17] Vermeer went outside for his cityscape "View of" this 5-letter city Delft Andrew	$1,200 [1] For a 1915 exhibition to help raise money for women's suffrage, this Impressionist sent a number of her works from France Cassatt Amy	$1,200 [11] This 1932 Pulitzer Prize winner begins, "It was Wang Lung's marriage day" The Good Earth Sam	$1,200 [14] Telepathic Patrick Stewart character shows you the exact place he hid the treasure, a bit of Earl Grey Professor X marks the spot of tea Andrew
$1,600 [23] Home to the Vatican Observatory, this castle complex was first used as a summer papal residence in the 17th century Castel Gandolfo Sam	$1,600 [20] Metallica got its start when he placed an ad saying, "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to jam with" (Lars) Ulrich Andrew	$2,000 [18] In 2010 you could get a Rothko for 44 cents: "Orange and Yellow", in a stamp series honoring this 2-word movement in American painting abstract expressionism Andrew	$1,600 [5] Sheserved in the Senate from 2003 to 2009; her late husband served from 1969 to 1996 Elizabeth Dole Sam	$2,000 [8] His 1912 novel "Riders of the Purple Sage" is considered one of the best Westerns (Zane) Grey Andrew	$1,600 [7] Tart "tot" candy for a sketch comedy group in charge of making sure those in school don't run in the corridors Sour Patch Kids in the Hall monitor Andrew
$2,000 [22] Built by the Knights of Saint John in the 1100 & 1200s, the crusader castle Krak des Chevaliersis in this Middle Eastern country Syria	$2,000 [21] An ad mentioning folkie trio Peter, Paul & Mary & punkie trio Hüsker Dü brought Kim Deal into this group the Pixies Amy	DD $10,000 [10] Don't try to pet the cat in a tricky canvas by Louis-Leopold Boilly, who invented this French term trompe-l'œil Andrew	$2,000 [6] Many of her photos were published in the 1939 book "An American Exodus: A Record of Human Erosion" (Dorothea) Lange Sam	DD $5,000 [9] This book with a facial feature in its title was Toni Morrison's debut novel The Bluest Eye Andrew	$2,000 [15] Cincinnati Red with 4,256 hits who sits in the White House flower beds, admiring a Hieronymus Bosch painting Pete Rose Garden of Earthly Delights Sam

Final Jeopardy!

ENGLISH CITIES

William the Conqueror's son built a fortress on a key northern river in 1080, giving this city its name

Newcastle (upon Tyne)

Andrew "What is Avon?" — wagered $6,700

Sam "What is Newcastleupon Tyne?" — wagered $11,200

Amy "What is Newcastle?" — wagered $1,800

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