Show #8783 2023-01-11 (taped 2022-11-15) Regular

Yogesh Raut game 1.

Contestants

Yogesh Raut — a blogger, podcaster, and freelance writer originally from Springfield, Illinois

Andrew Whatley — an academic administrator from Chicago, Illinois

Connor Sears — a copy editor from Queens, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,999)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Connor	$1,600	$3,800	$1,800	$2,023 3rd place: $1,000	$1,800 11 R, 4 W
Andrew	$2,600	$3,800	$20,800	$20,800 2nd place: $2,000	$15,800 18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Yogesh	$10,600	$12,400	$30,800	$41,601 New champion: $41,601	$24,800 28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S SO LAST CENTURY	THE MOVIE ATHLETE'S SPORT	ALL ABOUT MEXICO	WHAT IN THE WHIRLED...	HORSES ON WHEELS	SEARCH HIGH & LOW
$200 [22] In 1991 Clarence Thomas, the second African American on the Supreme Court, replaced this justice who had been the first (Thurgood) Marshall Connor	$200 [30] Robert Redford,"The Natural" baseball Connor	$200 [28] In 2016 the D.F., or Distrito this, officially became known as Ciudad de Mexico, CDMX Federal Connor Andrew	$200 [24] Blindfold a child, spin him 'round 'til he's disoriented, then direct him to a diagram of Equus asinus in this game pin the tail on the donkey Andrew	$200 [29] In the 21st century this equine term is still a common unit for cars; the Maserati MC20 boasts 621 in its V-6 horsepower Connor	$200 [19] High:Elevation is also known as this; some athletes train at it & pilots cruise at it altitude Andrew
$400 [21] In October 1978 Cardinal Karol Wojtyla of Poland took this new title & name Pope John Paul II Connor	$400 [27] Hilary Swank,"Million Dollar Baby" boxing Yogesh	$400 [25] In October Mexican people celebrate ethnic identity on this dia, meaning "day of the people" Día de la Raza Yogesh	$400 [23] In 2019 Sabra opened Whirled Peas, a pop-up restaurant in NYC with this thick Middle Eastern dip as the star ingredient hummus Connor	$400 [26] Ford gave its sports car unveiled in April 1964 this name of a wild, untamed horse Mustang Yogesh	$400 [18] Low:This 10-letter word is great if before mimosas at brunch, not great if before the pit you've fallen into bottomless Connor
$600 [20] In 1930 Clyde Tombaugh, an assistant at the Lowell Observatory, made this major discovery, later deemed to be minor Pluto Yogesh	$600 [8] Ray Allen,"He Got Game" basketball Yogesh	$600 [7] The Mexican Plateauis flanked by two mountain ranges known as this Occidental & this Oriental Sierra Madre Andrew	$600 [15] Helen Hunt & Bill Paxton are hardly fazed by flying cows in this 1996 film Twister Yogesh	$600 [16] This Japanese automaker's first car sold in the U.S. was its Galant, branded as the Dodge Colt Mitsubishi Andrew	$600 [17] High:As an adjective, it's lofty; as a verb, it means to soak, like a teabag steep Connor
$1,000 [12] Named for a place in Sussex, this "Man" once thought to be a missing link between humans & apes was proved to be a hoax Piltdown Man Yogesh	$800 [5] Dennis Quaid,"Breaking Away" bicycle racing Yogesh	$800 [6] This southern state has Mexico's largest indigenous population & a name where the "X" sounds like an "H" Oaxaca Connor	$800 [14] Istanbul is the place to go to see the Sufi mystics called whirling these do their thing dervishes Connor	$800 [10] A medallion with a reared-up horse & "Stuttgart" above it represents this car maker Porsche Yogesh	$800 [2] Low:A good word to describe a pirate's subsurface treasure, or dark, hollow eyes sunken Yogesh
DD $4,000 [13] When this city hosted the 1984 Winter Olympics, it was still part of Yugoslavia Sarajevo Yogesh	$1,000 [4] Sylvester Stallone,"Over the Top" arm wrestling Andrew	$1,000 [3] A Spanish word for "processing fee" gives us this term for low-wage export factories that dot Mexico's border with the United States the maquiladoras	$1,000 [9] In the King James Bible, the prophet Hosea ominously says that transgressors "shall reap" this a whirlwind Yogesh	$1,000 [11] Subaru's utility vehicle the Brat got its warmest welcome in this country, where it was renamed the Brumby after a wild horse Australia Yogesh	$1,000 [1] High:Also found on old televisions, it means reaching far into the sky aerial Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE EX-STATE CAPITAL	HISTORICAL TV	DOWN YOUR ALLEY	SCIENCE WORDS	QUESTIONABLE BOOK TITLES	SCORE TO SETTLE
$400 [24] When Louisiana joined the Union in 1812, this city was the capital, but still decades away from its first Mardi Gras parades New Orleans Andrew	$400 [30] On "Gaslit" Shea Whigham plays G. Gordon Liddy, wrapped up in this scandal of the 1970s Watergate Andrew	$400 [29] For Truman's birthday, his friends had one of these built at the White House; on his first try, Harry got 7 out of 10 down a bowling alley Connor	$400 [28] This term for a region of sediment deposited at a river's mouth shares its name with a Greek letter delta Yogesh	$400 [27] Emma Corrigan unloads all her hidden truths on a stranger in Sophie Kinsella's novel "Can You Keep" one of these a secret Yogesh	$400 [26] It can come before bonnet or tape Scotch Yogesh
$800 [21] Let's not dance around things; the Dock Street Theatre is in this city that became South Carolina's ex-capital in 1786 Charleston Andrew	$800 [16] On "The Tudors" Jonathan Rhys Meyers played this royal, while James Frain played Thomas Cromwell Henry VIII Connor Yogesh	$800 [23] Supercells have been known to plague Dixie Alley, a southern offshoot of this region of the Great Plains Tornado Alley Yogesh	$800 [22] These 2 5-letter words are often paired as terms for the plants & animals of a particular region flora & fauna Yogesh	$1,200 [4] Originally self-published in 1970, this guide for job-hunters & career-changers has sold more than 10 million copies What Color is Your Parachute? Connor Andrew	$800 [25] In a fable, the sting of this dooms both a frog & itself a scorpion Andrew
$1,200 [7] Home to the flagship campus of the University of Alabama, this city was also the capital for 20 years, starting in 1826 Tuscaloosa Yogesh	$1,200 [15] On this miniseries Jared Harris played Valery Legasov, a Soviet nuclear physicist who travels to deal with a Ukrainian disaster Chernobyl Andrew	$1,600 [9] Rabat, in this North African country, features the Kasbah of the Udayas, which contains many blue & white alleys Morocco Yogesh	$1,200 [12] This word for a plain of lower elevation on our moon means "sea" in Latin mare Yogesh	$1,600 [3] One answer to this Russian's 1902 title question "What is to Be Done?" was to form a core group of revolutionaries Lenin Connor	$1,200 [20] Beware! A look of this is derisive scorn Andrew
$1,600 [6] It's about time you found your way to this city, part of Silicon Valley & California's first state capital San Jose Andrew	$1,600 [17] Seen here, Cillian Murphy played Tommy Shelby on the show about this real-life gang from Birmingham, England Peaky Blinders Yogesh	$2,000 [8] While visiting San Francisco's City Lights Bookstore, explore the 60-foot alley named for this road-tripping author Kerouac Andrew	$1,600 [11] These treelike fibers usually carry nerve impulses to a neuron's cell body dendrites Yogesh	$2,000 [2] "What Do You Care What Other People Think?" was one of the autobiographical works that made this physicist famous way beyond Caltech Feynman Andrew	$1,600 [19] A 6-stanza poem of 6 lines each with repeated lines is called this sestina Yogesh
$2,000 [5] Settled by Pennsylvania Dutch, this city has had many titles: county seat, state capital & on Sept. 27, 1777, our nation's capital Lancaster, Pennsylvania Connor Yogesh	$2,000 [10] Nurses & nuns in London's East End deliver babies in the PBS import "Call" this person, based on a series of memoirs the midwife Yogesh	DD $4,000 [18] In the early 20th century, the sound of pianos being played gave this New York City area around Broadway its name Tin Pan Alley Yogesh	$2,000 [13] Perijove means the point in orbit closest to this planet Jupiter Andrew	DD $5,800 [14] Retelling nursery rhymes as if they were crimes, a humorous work asks "Who Pushed" him Humpty Dumpty Andrew	$2,000 [1] From the Latin for measuring "a foot & a half long", it refers to using long words sesquipedalian Yogesh

Final Jeopardy!

POP STARS

In 2022 she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 album in 5 decades starting with the 1980s

Madonna

Connor "Who is Madonna?" — wagered $223

Andrew "Who is Madonna?" — wagered $0

Yogesh "Who is Madonna" — wagered $10,801

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