Show #9 2023-01-05 (taped 2022-11-06) Celebrity

2022-2023 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

Zoë Chao — an actor from Providence, Rhode Island

Brianne Howey — an actor from Pasadena, California

Michael Cera — an actor from Brampton, Canada

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Michael $1,500 $2,400 $9,300 $20,000
Winner: semifinalist
$22,900
40 R (including 4 DDs), 5 W (including 2 DDs)
Brianne $500 $500 $900 $2,000
2nd place: $30,000 to Save the Children
$2,700
7 R, 3 W
Zoë $800 $1,900 $4,500 $0
3rd place: $30,000 to Hour Children
$6,300
15 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ARRESTED DEVELOPMENTS INTERNATIONAL MAN OF MYTH STORY VIRGINNY & GEORGIA MERRIAM-WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS... CHAO! LET ME NOODLE ON THAT
$100 [14]
Muhammad Ali was arrested in 1967 after being drafted & refusing to fight in this conflict
the Vietnam War
Zoë
$100 [19]
Caishen, the Chinese god of this supposed "root of all evil", was in one story killed by an arrow shot into a straw effigy of him
money
$100 [2]
Prized for its sweetness, Virginia this is cured, then smoked over hickory or applewood fires
ham
Zoë
$100 [9]
"To make four times as much", like one's money in an investment... a really, really good investment
quadruple
Michael
$100 [3]
Rosalind Chao's movie roles include Hua Li, mother of this heroine in a 2020 Disney live-action remake
Mulan
Zoë
$100 [1]
The very delicate noodles seenherego by the name of this delicate & see-through material
a glass noodle
Michael Brianne
$200 [15]
Danny Ocean on film, he was arrested in real life at Sudan's embassy during a human rights protest
George Clooney
Michael
$300 [21]
Australian writer K. Langloh Parker wrote of the brothers who became swans & then got feathers of this color from crows
black
Michael
$200 [8]
Atlanta is home to the national historical park devoted to this reverend & civil rights crusader
Martin Luther King (Jr.)
Michael
$200 [10]
"A lower room in the keep of a castle... a close dark prison... commonly underground"
a dungeon
Zoë
$200 [4]
With a preface by Pearl Buck, a 1945 book by Buwei Yang Chao taught Americans this 2-verb basic method of Chinese cooking
stir frying
$200 [5]
These long ribbons of pasta get their name from a word meaning "little tongue"
linguini
Michael
$300 [16]
Noah Wyle, who played Dr. John Carter on this TV show, was arrested in 2012 while protesting cuts to Medicaid
ER
Zoë
$400 [29]
Zeus's lack of wisdom had him swallow his wife Metis when she was pregnant with this daughter born unusually, as seen here
Athena
$300 [22]
In March 1979 Ray Charles sang this old sweet song for Georgia's legislature; in April, it became the official state song
"Georgia On My Mind"
Michael
$300 [11]
Near the end of the alphabet: "any of various large raptorial birds... that subsist...on carrion" or a "predatory person"
a vulture
$300 [25]
Y.R. Chao, a pioneering Chinese language professor in the U.S., wrote primers on both Cantonese & this other major form
Mandarin
Zoë
$300 [6]
The product called Cup Noodles features instant these noodles & comes in flavors like chicken & spicy lime shrimp
ramen
Zoë
$400 [17]
Charlie & Emilio's dad, this actor/activist has been arrested 60+ times, including at a nuclear test site
Martin Sheen
Michael
$500 [30]
"He who has lost his mind & seeks to find it" is one rendition of the name of this hero whose story is darker in legends than in Longfellow
Hiawatha
$400 [23]
Norfolk, Virginia is on the south end of this long bay that lies between Virginia & Maryland
Chesapeake
$400 [12]
"A unit of fineness... for gold equal to 1/24 part of pure gold in an alloy"
a karat
Michael
$400 [26]
For 8 years Elaine Chao was secretary of this Cabinet department that oversees issues like workers' health & benefits
the Labor Department
$400 [7]
This "national" dish of Thailand includes rice noodles, bean sprouts & peanuts
pad thai
Brianne
$500 [18]
Singer Bonnie Raitt was arrested in 2001 during a sit-in by the RAN, the "Action Network" for these luxuriant tropical regions
the rainforests
DD $600 [20]
After being part of a rebellion with his fellow Titans, he seemed to have the whole world on his shoulders
Atlas
Michael
$500 [24]
You can experience early American history up close at the Virginia sites called "Historic Jamestowne" & "Colonial" this burg
Williamsburg
Michael
$500 [13]
"Favoritism shown to... relatives (as by giving them positions because of their relationship rather than on their merits)"
nepotism
Michael
$500 [28]
In 1929 physicist Chung-Yao Chao observed an early example of this stuff that annihilates with regular stuff
antimatter
$500 [27]
This 3-letter Vietnamese dish is a flat rice noodle served in clear broth; you can slurp it year-round, any time of day
phở
Zoë

Double Jeopardy! Round

OBSCURE MOVIE QUOTES A TOTAL FRAME JOB FAMOUS WOMEN BLENDED WORDS NATURE SEEMS LIKE ANCIENT TIMES
$200 [7]
"Hi": her, in an Oscar-winning performance as Leigh Anne Tuohy in "The Blind Side"
Sandra Bullock
Michael
$200 [15]
In 2022 climate activists threw soup at "Sunflowers" by this artist, causing damage to the frame but not the glass-encased painting
Van Gogh
Michael
$200 [1]
Her resume includes Secretary of State, senator from New York & first lady
Hillary Clinton
Brianne
$200 [12]
Mimosas all around for this late morning meal, especially on Sundays
brunch
Michael
$200 [6]
Except for a painful bite, these spiders are generally not harmful to humans; some people even keep them as pets
a tarantula
Michael
$200 [26]
These were first recorded in Greece in 776 B.C. & Greece led the medal standings with 1 as Coroebus of Elis won the only event
the Olympics
Michael
$400 [8]
"Uh...": this actor here; there's an hour-long YouTube clip of him saying it in various roles, such as Michael in "The Big Chill"
Jeff Goldblum
Michael
DD $500 [22]
Britannica says this Munch painting "can be seen as a symbol of modern spiritual anguish" but it reminds us of a loud "Home Alone" moment
The Scream
Michael
$400 [2]
Shehad completed some 22,000 miles of a 29,000-mile trip around the world when she disappeared in 1937
Amelia Earhart
Zoë
$400 [13]
Your pal & your rival, wrapped into one
a frenemy
Michael
$400 [18]
This calm, circular center of a hurricane is typically 20 to 40 miles in diameter but can be over 100
the eye
Michael
$400 [27]
Hannibal brought 37 of these large animals over the Alps to help in his attack on Rome
elephants
$600 [9]
"It's not", said this actor as Benjamin Franklin Gates in "National Treasure"
Nicholas Cage
Michael
$600 [23]
A somewhat fancy wooden frame surrounds this Grant Wood picture of 2 people in front of a simple wooden frame house
American Gothic
Zoë
$600 [3]
She was Czechoslovakia's top women's tennis player when she defected to the U.S. in 1975
Martina Navratilova
Brianne
$600 [14]
Uh-oh, we have a potentially dangerous situation, judging by this type of suit worn here
hazmat
Brianne
$600 [19]
Oops!Here's this carnivorous plant of the Carolinas in action
a venus fly trap
Michael
$600 [28]
Title for Egyptian king Ramses the Great, remembered for his wars & building projects around 1250 B.C.
pharaoh
Michael
$800 [10]
"Really"; in "Avengers: Infinity War", she was going green as Gamora
Zoe Saldaña
Brianne
$800 [24]
"Arrangement in Grey & Black No. 1" is so formal!Please, call the 1870s painting by this more familial 2-word name
Whistler's Mother
$800 [4]
The legendary jazz lady seen here"sang the blues" under this name
Billie Holiday
Zoë
$800 [16]
Term for the United Kingdom formally withdrawing from the European Union on January 31, 2020
Brexit
Zoë
DD $600 [20]
Research suggests that despite its reputation, this flightless bird that went extinct in the 1600s wasn't so dumb after all
the dodo
Michael
$800 [29]
The first 3 kings of Israel were Saul, David & this wise ruler
Solomon
$1,000 [11]
"I know": her, in an Oscar-winning performance as Sharon Rivers in "If Beale Street Could Talk"
Regina King
$1,000 [25]
"Girl with a Pearl Earring", a masterpiece by this Dutch painter, hangs in an ornate frame in a museum in The Hague
Vermeer
Michael
$1,000 [5]
She helped found the State of Israel & in 1969, became its first female prime minister
Golda Meir
$1,000 [17]
FYI, this product injected to minimize facial wrinkles is made from the same substance that causes a serious food poisoning
botox
Michael
$1,000 [21]
Scientists once thought this Aussie animal that has certain bird features & lays eggs was a hoax
a (duck-billed) platypus
Michael
$1,000 [30]
By 2500 B.C. the Chinese were breeding a special "worm" in order to make thread & garments from this material
silk
Brianne

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY PEOPLE

Calling him "the embodiment of pure intellect", in December 1999 Time magazine named him Person of the Century

Albert Einstein

Brianne "Who is Michael Cera hi Peach!" — wagered $700
Zoë "Who isBiBi" — wagered $6,300
Michael "Who is Hawking?" — wagered $0

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