Show #8790 2023-01-20 (taped 2022-11-16) Regular

Troy Meyer game 2.

Contestants

Mark Fabros — a strategy consultant from New York, New York

Eric Kerr-Heraly — a teacher and school administrator from Houston, Texas

Troy Meyer — a music executive from Tampa, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Troy	$4,400	$7,400	$33,400	$35,000 2-day champion: $62,600	$31,400 31 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Eric	$1,400	$2,000	$7,600	$5,600 3rd place: $1,000	$7,600 12 R, 1 W
Mark	$4,000	$10,000	$10,400	$15,201 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

MOONSTRUCK	WHIRLED EVENTS	REPETITIVE MUSIC	"D" ADJECTIVES	SAFE	SOUND
$200 [23] Daughter & would-be assassin of the Earth goddess, Coyolxauhqui was a moon goddess of this people of Mexico Aztec Troy	$200 [24] 3-word name for an infamous date in 44 B.C.:SCARED OF HIM Ides of March Troy	$200 [29] "Start spreading the news, I'm leaving today" & I want one of you to be a part of it, this song, this song "New York, New York" Mark	$200 [28] It describes your ego after you've been taken down a peg or literally, a balloon that's lost its air deflated Mark	$200 [26] Ships threatened by inclement weather often sought "safe" this, now also a term for a protective legal provision harbor Eric	$200 [22] Discovery Park, the largest city park in Seattle, is located on a bluff overlooking this large sound Puget Sound Troy
$400 [15] Jeffrey Daniel of the group Shalamar taught Michael Jackson the backslide, which evolved into this move the moonwalk Mark	$400 [25] A 1980s arms-for-hostages "Affair" to remember:ARRANT COIN Iran-Contra Mark	$400 [30] The Beach Boys had their share in 1964 singing, "She'll have" this, this, this "'til her daddy takes the T-Bird away" "Fun, Fun, Fun" Troy	$400 [27] It describes a country that's in the process of industrializing & modernizing; stay tuned developing Eric	$400 [13] The OED's first attribution regarding this cautionary acronym dates back to 2002 & a Dave Matthews Usenet newsgroup NSFW	$400 [21] Cockburn Sound off the coast of Western Australia is an inlet of this ocean the Indian Ocean Troy
$600 [14] In a popular manga series, schoolgirl Usagi Tsukino changes into this magical character to fight villains & save the world Sailor Moon Eric	$600 [17] Things panned out here on January 24, 1848:TILLERS MUST Sutter's Mill Eric	$600 [12] Whether for the telephone or for the car, Destiny's Child dealt with these, these, these, the title of a 1999 No. 1 hit "Bills, Bills, Bills" Troy	$600 [18] Meaning not working properly, it often describes families with troubled interpersonal relationships dysfunctional Mark	$800 [6] In international law this 6-letter word means temporary refuge given to a foreign national asylum Mark	$600 [20] The Neuse & Tar Rivers drain the central part of this state & flow into Pamlico Sound North Carolina Troy Eric
$800 [3] In 2021 this cereal with moons among its pieces had new boxes in honor of NASA's upcoming Artemis manned moonshot Lucky Charms Troy	$800 [5] Symbolic 1869 railroad item:GO LINK SPEED the golden spike Mark	$800 [1] In an incredible moment of branding in 1982, this Mark Hollis band band found "All you do to me is" this this Talk Talk	$800 [8] This 8-letter adjective can be used to describe an extremely rich & satisfying dessert decadent Eric Mark	$1,000 [10] The Latin for "holy" gives us this word for a safe place; churches have been known to offer it sanctuary Mark	$800 [7] Partly located on Long Island Sound, this state's panhandle is where you'll find Stamford & Darien Connecticut Mark
$1,000 [4] The largest of the Moon's seas is the opposite of tranquility--Oceanus procellarum meaning "ocean of" these storms Troy	$1,000 [16] Place where a 15th century king stopped horsing around:BEHOLD RIFTS... OW Bosworth Field Troy	$1,000 [2] A few years before this band had its first Top 10 hit in 1983, it played a gig at a club called Barbarella's Duran Duran Troy	$1,000 [9] A payment that's overdue or behavior that's unruly or criminal delinquent Mark	DD $4,600 [19] Your money is as safe as it would be were it in the bullion depository in this Kentucky site, named for our first Secretary of War Fort Knox Mark	$1,000 [11] Oresund, also called the Sound, features 2 big ports on the Danish side, Copenhagen & this one familiar to Shakespeare fans Elsinore Troy

Double Jeopardy! Round

AMERICAN LIT	THIS PIECE OF PAPER WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO	2-WORD SCIENCE TERMS	STREET SMARTS	JASON	AS THE FRENCH SAY
$400 [20] He published "The Torrents of Spring" just months before "The Sun Also Rises" Ernest Hemingway Eric	$400 [28] This "junction", what's your function? As a court order requiring a person to do or to cease doing a particular act an injunction Troy Eric	$400 [26] For actinium, it's 89 atomic number Troy	$400 [25] This New York street is named for a barrier the Dutch built in the 1650s to repel an expected English invasion Wall Street Eric	$400 [27] Along with Luke Perry, Jason Priestley dominated an entire ZIP code on this TV show Beverly Hills, 90210 Troy	$400 [30] "Until I see you again" is the meaning of this French goodbye au revoir Eric
$800 [14] This narrator in a 19th century classic says, "Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave" Huck Finn Troy	$800 [21] Part of this job was issuing ukases, like the one from 1821 claiming all fishing rights off what's now Alaska plus most of British Columbia czar Troy	$800 [15] It's the more common Latin name for the lesser bear constellation Ursa Minor Eric	$800 [24] The 1960 Olympic marathon was run along this "Way", a road begun in 312 B.C. the Appian Way Troy	$800 [23] On this drama, Jason Bateman navigated several criminal families: the Langmores, the Snells & the Kansas City mafia Ozark Troy	$800 [29] Paparazzi know that a legal or moral issue that attracts vast interest is a "cause" this célèbre Mark
$1,200 [1] Her poem "Daddy" with its Nazi imagery dramatizes the oppression she felt; her actual dad was a non-Nazi entomologist Sylvia Plath Troy	$1,200 [18] This 4-letter order is Latin for "let it be done"; you hear complaints about arbitrary & unfair "government by" it fiat Troy	$1,200 [16] This 2-word compound is the main component of both limestone & coral reefs calcium carbonate Troy	$1,200 [6] A Tulane historian says the "go cup" was invented on this New Orleans street in the heart of the French Quarter; sounds right Bourbon Street Troy	$1,200 [7] Jason Biggs played Jim Levenstein in this raunchy 1999 film & its sequels American Pie Troy	DD $1,000 [19] This 2-word phrase refers to one involved in shameful behavior, perhaps like Dennis the Menace enfant terrible Troy
$1,600 [2] Her poetry collection "Call Us What We Carry" includes "The Hill we Climb", read at Joe Biden's inauguration (Amanda) Gorman Troy	$1,600 [12] The Edict of Cyrus from the mid-500s B.C. insists on tolerance for those conquered by this, Cyrus' empire Persia Troy	$1,600 [11] It says that the volume of a gas varies inversely with the pressure on it at constant temperature Boyle's law Mark	$1,600 [4] For a bespoke suit head to London's Mayfair neighborhood &this street or row that's synonymous with fine tailors Savile Troy	$1,600 [8] In 2021 he became head coach of the Dallas Mavericks Jason Kidd Troy	$1,200 [22] "Good evening" is this 7-letter word combining the French for good & evening bonsoir Eric
DD $5,000 [3] Loosely based on historical events, this 1985 Cormac McCarthy novel is subtitled "The Evening Redness in the West" Blood Meridian Troy	$2,000 [13] In the gospel of Luke, "There went out a decree" from this ruler "that all the world should be taxed" Caesar Augustus Eric Mark	$2,000 [17] Copperheads belong to this group of snakes named for the heat-sensitive depressions on each side of the head pit viper Troy	$2,000 [5] Alliterative & splendiferous name for part of North Michigan Ave. in Chicago--actually just 13 blocks, but with 60 hotels the Magnificent Mile Troy Mark	$2,000 [9] A specialist in evil characters, this Brit played Colonel Tavington in "The Patriot" & Lucius Malfoy Isaacs Mark	$1,600 [10] This French phrase, literally "like this, like that", is used to mean "so-so" comme ci comme ça

Final Jeopardy!

TELEVISION

Mike Post combined the sound of a slamming jail door, an anvil & 100 men stomping on a floor for this series that debuted in 1990

Law & Order

Eric "What is Home Improvement?" — wagered $2,000

Mark "What is Law and Order?" — wagered $4,801

Troy "What is Law and Order?" — wagered $1,600

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