Show #8781 2023-01-09 (taped 2022-11-15) Regular

Contestants

Connor Sears — a copy editor from Queens, New York

Kelly Mraz — a music teacher from Lilburn, Georgia

Patrick Curran — a consultant from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $45,400)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Patrick $6,400 $8,200 $12,600 $16,401
2nd place: $2,000
$10,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Kelly $2,200 $3,800 $8,200 $16,400
3rd place: $1,000
$8,200
12 R, 3 W
Connor $4,000 $5,600 $27,800 $28,000
New champion: $28,000
$17,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

SPECIES IN PERIL THEIR MAIN MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RUNS "HOT" & "COLD" LAUNDRY DAY WHITES & COLORS DELEGATES
$200 [26]
Called a living fossil, the endangered Amami rabbitis found only on two small islands in this country's Ryukyu archipelago
Japan
Patrick
$200 [25]
John Legend
the piano
Connor
$200 [10]
It ended with the Berlin Wall coming down & the Soviet Union breaking apart
the Cold War
Connor
$200 [30]
The sodium hypochlorite type of this disinfects as well as whitens but needs to be diluted before using
bleach
Kelly
$200 [21]
There are 2 symbols on this state's blue flag: a white crescent & a white palmetto tree
South Carolina
Connor
$200 [28]
This delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 voted against a Bill of Rights, but later drafted the one we know
Madison
Patrick
$400 [13]
The Fernandina giant this land reptile, native only to one Galapagos island, seems to be down in single digits in population
tortoise
Patrick
$400 [5]
Flea & the late John Entwistle
the bass
Connor
$400 [9]
Ectothermic means this, a term describing animals like snakes & fish & some murderers
cold-blooded
Connor
$400 [29]
Thousands of home fires a year could be prevented by cleaning out this mesh item after each dryer load
a lint catcher (the lint trap)
Patrick
$400 [20]
Here'sthe flag of this British territory; the castle & the key symbolize its strategic importance
Gibraltar
Connor
$400 [27]
Apostolic delegates are representatives from this country to church officials in other nations
Vatican City
Patrick
$600 [1]
The tongue of this largest mammal can weigh as much as an elephant; its heart can weigh as much as a car
a blue whale
Connor
$600 [4]
Lizzo
the flute
Kelly
$600 [8]
They were the Daisy Dukes of the mid-1970s & a big fad
hot pants
Connor
$600 [24]
Backpacking tip: sinks are everywhere but dryers can be tough to find, so bring a rope & you'll have one of these
a clothesline
Kelly
$600 [19]
This state's white flag has 13 stars in a circle around an anchor & the motto "Hope"
Rhode Island
Kelly
$600 [16]
Maryland & these 2 states that split in 1863 don't have a House of Representatives but a House of Delegates
Virginia & West Virginia
Patrick
$800 [12]
A 2018 survey found more than 1,000 mountain these in the DRC, Rwanda & Uganda--they're increasing but still endangered
gorillas
Kelly
$800 [3]
Bluegrass legend Alison Krauss
violin (fiddle)
Kelly
$800 [7]
Frequently free, it's a place in public where you can connect to Wi-Fi & access the Internet
a hot spot
Connor
$800 [23]
Concerns of the 1950s included segregation, fear of nuclear war & itchy, stiff clothes; in 1961 this brand came out to address one
Downy (fabric softener)
Kelly
$800 [17]
Seen here is the flag of this country, the largest in Africa; green is the color of Islam & the white symbolizes purity
Algeria
Connor
$800 [14]
Delegates to the 1919 Congress of the Communist International included Stalin & this rival born Lev Bronstein
Trotsky
Patrick
$1,000 [11]
The population of Diceros bicornis, the black this, has rebounded to more than 5,000, but it's still critically endangered
a rhinoceros
Connor
$1,000 [6]
"Weird Al" Yankovic
the accordion
Patrick
$1,000 [2]
Named for a hotel, an iconic open-faced turkey sandwich with Mornay sauce & bacon is called a Kentucky or Louisville this
a hot brown
Patrick
$1,000 [22]
On alabel, the bucket with one line under it means this alliterative setting for clothes that don't need ironing
permanent press
Connor
$1,000 [18]
Poland's flag is white on top, red on the bottom; the colors are flipped on the flag of this country & symbolize the Grimaldi family
Monaco
Kelly Connor
DD $3,200 [15]
The Duke of Wellington & a Prussian prince were among the delegates to this 1814-15 congress in this capital
Vienna
Patrick

Double Jeopardy! Round

WON THE BATTLE, LOST THE WAR ALL THE RIGHT MOVIES BUILDINGS & BRIDGES RANDOM FACTS SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE REMEMBER YOUR PHRASE-ING
$400 [29]
Velazquez' "Surrender of Breda" shows a win for this country in its long war to prevent Dutch independence
Spain
Connor
$400 [5]
"All the Right Moves" starred a young Tom Cruise as a Pennsylvania high school kid desperate for a scholarship in this sport
football
Kelly
$400 [23]
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is actually a bell tower, this in Italian
campanile
Patrick Kelly Connor
$400 [6]
Seen here in a satellite image, it wasn't always icy & dinosaurs once lived there
Antarctica
Patrick
$400 [30]
A Philip Marlowe novel: "The Big" this
Sleep
$400 [14]
A prickly sensation in the limbs is called these 2 things; add "on" to get nervous anticipation
pins & needles
Patrick
$800 [28]
The British won the 1776 battle of the Manhattan fort named for this foe, who'd laugh last 7 years later
George Washington
Patrick
$800 [4]
John Lindqvist's novel "Let the Right One In", about Eli, who is one of these creatures, was made into Swedish & American films
a vampire
$800 [22]
During World War II, Allied prisoners of war really did build a bridge over this Thai river; a simple black iron bridge is still there
the Kwai
Connor
$800 [24]
The website called ask.com was formerly known as ask this guy, named for a literary valet
Jeeves
Kelly
$800 [27]
Scott Turow's debut novel:"Presumed" this
Innocent
Patrick
$1,200 [12]
This French phrase literally means "pen name"
nom de plume
Connor
$1,200 [7]
At the Battle of Chancellorsville, he broke a basic military rule by splitting his forces but won anyway, for a while
(Robert E.) Lee
Patrick
$1,200 [1]
Spike Lee broke into the front ranks of Hollywood directors with this 1989 film about racial tensions in Brooklyn
Do the Right Thing
Kelly
$1,600 [15]
In 2018 New York's governor signed a bill adding a second "Z" to the name of this bridge, rectifying an earlier misspelling
the Verrazzano(-Narrows)
Patrick
$1,200 [9]
Just like magic, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker & Kathy Najimy were back for this movie "2", 3 decades after the original
Hocus Pocus
Connor
$1,200 [25]
A Tea Shop Mystery: the alliterative "Death by" this Indian variety
Darjeeling
Patrick Kelly
$1,600 [11]
Really fast progress is "made by" these 2 things, both synonyms for jumps
leaps & bounds
Connor
$1,600 [8]
An early 1943 battle for Kharkov was the one of the last big wins for the Wehrmacht over this army
the Red Army
Patrick
$1,600 [2]
It starred Scott Glenn as Alan Shepard, Sam Shepard as Chuck Yeager & Ed Harris as John Glenn
The Right Stuff
Kelly
$2,000 [16]
The UK's tallest building, this London skyscraper, is so named because it looks like a big piece of glass
the Shard
Connor
$1,600 [17]
A type of blackberry, marionberries are grown primarily in this northwest state & are named for a county there
Oregon
Patrick Connor
$1,600 [18]
Agatha Christie:"Murder in" this ancient region
Mesopotamia
$2,000 [10]
This phrase is an allusion to a fable in which a canine selfishly prevents an ox from eating some hay
a dog in the manger
$2,000 [26]
In 1879 this southern African kingdom wiped out a British force at Isandlwana but was soon wiped out itself
the Zulu
Connor
$2,000 [3]
Annette Bening, Julianne Moore & Mark Ruffalo starred in this 2010 comedy about 2 children looking for their biological father
The Kids Are All Right
Kelly
DD $7,000 [21]
In Rome, the building called this is an ancient but active church; the one in Paris is a mausoleum
the Pantheon
Connor
$2,000 [20]
When he was VP of the U.S., a Colorado town bore his name; when he became a Confederate general, it changed its "kin" to "ken"
John C. Breckinridge
$2,000 [19]
Richard Osman's heartwarming mystery featuring 4 elderly sleuths:"The" this "Murder Club"
Thursday
DD $5,600 [13]
This phrase meaning something currently in fashion has its origins in a special ice cream offered for a certain span of time
flavor of the month
Connor

Final Jeopardy!

USA

Ironically, though this company founded in the 1860s is Moore county, Tennessee's largest employer, Moore is a dry county

Jack Daniel's

Kelly "What is Jack Daniels?" — wagered $8,200
Patrick "What is Jack Daniels" — wagered $3,801
Connor "What is Jack Daniels?" — wagered $200

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