Show #8792 2023-01-24 (taped 2022-12-06) Regular

Troy Meyer game 4.

Contestants

Linda Napikoski — an ESL instructor originally from Phoenix, Arizona

Joe Incollingo — a film and TV publicist from Los Angeles, California

Troy Meyer — a music executive from Tampa, Florida (whose 3-day cash winnings total $97,600)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Troy	$6,200	$10,400	$32,800	$40,000 4-day champion: $137,600	$26,400 34 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Joe	$2,800	$3,800	$7,400	$12,400 3rd place: $1,000	$7,400 11 R, 2 W
Linda	$1,200	$2,600	$10,300	$14,801 2nd place: $2,000	$7,400 10 R (including 1 DD), 0 W

Jeopardy! Round

DANTE'S CIRCLES OF HELL, DEFINED	WHAT SEASON IS IT?	SAY IT WITH ADVERTISING	THEY'RE BAD IN BOOKS	3.7 TRILLION FISH IN THE OCEAN	FINDING NIMOY
$200 [17] First, containing lots of pre-Christians:A state of uncertainty, or a party dance under the bar limbo Troy	$200 [27] Mother's Day in the U.S. spring Troy	$200 [28] This chain has rolled out a new "You rule" slogan but the commercials still say you can "have it your way" Burger King Troy	$200 [13] O'Brien is a powerful & shadowy member of the Inner Party in this Orwell work 1984 Joe	$200 [29] With a distinctly shaped keppy called a cephalofoil, this shark has been known to swim in schools as large as 500 a hammerhead Troy	$200 [22] Nimoy appeared in other TV series with this "Star Trek" co-star, including "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." & "T.J. Hooker" William Shatner Troy
$400 [25] Second:An intense desire; some do it "for power" lust Troy	$400 [26] Olympic Peninsula Apple & Cider Festival the fall Troy	$400 [3] Over the years this product has ad-monished us to "drink smarter" & "drink your vegetables" V8 Troy	$400 [11] An ancient demon named Pazuzu possesses a young girl & kills 2 priests in this '70s horror bestseller The Exorcist Troy	$400 [30] To live in frigid waters, the icefish has blood glycoproteins that function as this, also a product made by Valvoline antifreeze Troy	$400 [21] Nimoy's plentiful voice-over work included the evil robot Galvatron in the cartoon movie version of this TV show Transformers Joe
$600 [24] Third:This excessive consumption of food also makes the Deadly Sins list gluttony Linda	$600 [12] Precedes "blues" in another term for seasonal affective disorder, often featuring hypersomnia winter Linda	$600 [23] This short-term rental company used the slogan "belong anywhere" Airbnb Joe	$600 [10] In "The Handmaid's Tale", this main "Aunt"-agonist strives to indoctrinate her captive charges into subservience Aunt Lydia Linda	$600 [7] Similar to the puffer fish, this fish, named for a spiny land dweller, can puff itself up to twice its size when alarmed a porcupine fish Troy	$600 [5] Joe Friday was on the hunt for Nimoy, who played an armed robber & car thief on this TV series in the 1950s Dragnet Troy
$800 [1] Sixth:Religious opinion contrary to Christian church doctrine heresy Troy	$800 [2] Not with its own holiday like the end has, the beginning of World War I is solemnly commemorated summer Joe	$800 [16] In a famous slogan these 4 words precede "State Farm is there" like a good neighbor Linda	$1,000 [9] It's the last name of David, the very bad father of Patrick in novels by Edward St. Aubyn Melrose Joe	$800 [18] Called "the tiger of the sea", this predator of tropical oceans takes its name from an American Spanish word barracuda Troy	$800 [6] The album "Two Sides of Leonard Nimoy" has "Highly Illogical" & "If I Were" this (& you were a lady, would you marry me anyway) a carpenter Joe
$1,000 [4] Eighth, containing alchemists & seducers: Legally this 5-letter word is any activity that uses deception to gain money the circle of fraud Joe	$1,000 [15] Duck hunting season (not wabbit season) starts in Louisiana & Minnesota fall (the autumn) Joe	$1,000 [14] This credit card has long lured you to be a "member" not a mere cardholder, as in the slogan "Membership has its privileges" American Express Troy	DD $2,400 [8] Cathy Ames kills her parents & later abandons her newborn sons Aron & Cal Trask in this Steinbeck novel East of Eden Troy	$1,000 [19] Thiscolorful food fish of the deep ocean may live to be 150 years old orange roughy Troy	$1,000 [20] This remake about a pod people takeover moved the action from a small town to San Francisco, with Leonard as a famous psychologist Invasion of the Body Snatchers Troy

Double Jeopardy! Round

A LOOK AT SYMBOLS	JANUARY IN RECENT HISTORY	EUROPE A-GO-GO	POP CULTURE GOES TO MARS	OPERA	LAST BUT NOT LEAST
$400 [12] If the lighthereappears on your dashboard, it's time to check this the oil Linda	$400 [25] After decades as a member, in January 2020 the U.K. ceased its membership in this organization the EU Linda	$400 [28] Bounded by 4 mountain ranges, the Bohemian Massif is mostly in this country the Czech Republic Troy	$400 [29] "Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids, in fact it's cold as hell", sang Elton John in this hit "Rocket Man" Troy	$400 [30] This Puccini opera is set in a garret apartment in Paris' Latin Quarter La bohème Joe	$400 [26] This type of "kid" spends part of the day after school unsupervised because the parents aren't home a latchkey Linda
$800 [13] The symbolheremeans a product was certified this by the Orthodox Union kosher Troy	$800 [22] At the 2007 Macworld Conference in San Francisco, Steve Jobs introduced this product the iPhone Troy	$800 [21] Russia & Lithuania's Curonian Lagoon is separated from this sea by the Curonian Spit seen here Baltic Troy	$800 [24] With the aid of a Kickstarter campaign, Kristen Bell was back on the case as this character in a 2014 feature Veronica Mars Troy	$800 [23] The title character of this Bizet opera works at a cigarette factory Carmen Troy	$800 [27] Meaning "to the side", it's also a type of football pass lateral Linda
$1,200 [18] It's the 5-letter Spanish-derived name of the symbolhereover the "N" tilde Troy	$1,600 [10] A false emergency alert that a missile was headed for this U.S. state caused panic there in January 2018 Hawaii Linda	$1,200 [6] Northern Ireland is also known by this 6-letter name, referring to a people that once lived there Ulster Troy	$1,200 [4] Jack Nicholson was the president & Glenn Close, the first lady in this 1996 Tim Burton film Mars Attacks! Troy	$1,600 [3] Not a comic opera, it has a name meaning "the clowns" Pagliacci Joe	$1,200 [17] This plant of the mint family is used to make potpourri & herbal medicines lavender Troy
$1,600 [19] Get connected with thesymbolfor this technology standard a USB Troy	$2,000 [9] In 2009 Prime Minister Geir Haarde resigned after the collapse of this European island nation's banking system Iceland Troy	$1,600 [7] Thisisolated region on the Peloponnese became synonymous with a rural paradise to Greeks & Romans alike Arcadia	$1,600 [14] Hereis this co-founder & lead singer of Thirty Seconds to Mars; he's quite an accomplished actor as well Jared Leto Joe	$2,000 [2] His score for "Der Rosenkavalier" includes several Viennese waltzes Richard Strauss Troy Joe	$1,600 [1] It's the "L" in the SCLC, the Atlanta-based agency co-created by Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Troy
$2,000 [20] On a floor plan you're looking at this kind of door that slides into the wall & basically vanishes when it's opened a pocket door Joe	DD $4,100 [11] In his 2002 State of the Union Address, George W. Bush used "axis of evil" to describe Iran, Iraq & this non-Mideast country North Korea Linda	$2,000 [8] Crna Gora is what locals call this peak-strewn Balkan country whose name refers to one of those peaks Montenegro Troy	$2,000 [15] We saw this actress have the guns of Bonnie Parker & in a 1978 thriller, the "Eyes of Laura Mars" Faye Dunaway Troy	DD $6,000 [5] "The Libertine Punished" is part of the full title of this Mozart opera Don Giovanni Troy	$2,000 [16] The Industrial Revolution saw this machine tool used for shaping wood turn its attention to metals a lathe Troy

Final Jeopardy!

FOREIGN-BORN AUTHORS

In the 1950s The New York Times said this author "is writing about all lust" & his lecherous narrator "is all of us"

(Vladimir) Nabokov

Joe "Who is Nabokov?" — wagered $5,000

Linda "Who is Nabokov?" — wagered $4,501

Troy "Who is Nabokov?" — wagered $7,200

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