Show #8795 2023-01-27 (taped 2022-12-06) Regular

Troy Meyer game 7.Jake DeArruda game 1.

Contestants

Dee Williams — a research associate from Boston, Massachusetts

Jake DeArruda — a delivery dispatcher originally from Ludlow, Vermont

Troy Meyer — a music executive from Tampa, Florida (whose 6-day cash winnings total $214,802)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Troy $3,800 $4,800 $15,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$15,600
19 R, 2 W
Jake $3,800 $5,800 $27,800 $22,797
New champion: $22,797
$18,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Dee $200 $1,000 $6,600 $6,600
2nd place: $2,000
$7,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

THE STATE'S OTHER SENATOR A DASH OF FASHION SOIL TV TIME GRIMM BROTHERS FAIRY TALES DIFFERS BY A VOWEL
$200 [9]
In Vermont newly elected Peter Welch serves with him
Bernie Sanders
Dee
$200 [30]
In fashion as boots, loafers or slippers, this big-soled style shares its name with a line of soups
Chunky
Troy
$200 [25]
The 3 main types of soil particles are sand, silt & this one, popular with sculptors & potters
clay
Dee
$200 [15]
The Duffer brothers couldn't resist a bike chase in season 1 of this TV series, derivative of "E.T." though it was
Stranger Things
Dee
$200 [29]
Not a fairy godmother but a bird gives this character her dress & slippers for the big event
Cinderella
Dee
$200 [28]
A large, graceful tree & what a pig does in the mud to cool itself
wallow & willow
Troy
$400 [8]
In Pennsylvania, he'snewly elected to serve with Bob Casey
Fetterman
Jake
$400 [22]
Time to combine fashion with sports! This one-piece, sleeveless dress is also a term for a basketball shot
jumpers
$400 [24]
Called soil heroes, these annelids have a downside as they eat everything: organic leaf matter, the nutrients in compost...
earthworms
Troy
$400 [14]
Season 3 of this sitcom had episode titles like "Louie's Rival" & "Latka's Cookies"
Taxi
Troy
$400 [26]
Eating a white snake gives a young man this magical ability also associated with Dr. Dolittle
talking to the animals
Jake
$400 [27]
A large British home in the country & a college student's secondary declared discipline
minor & manor
Jake
$600 [7]
In Florida with Rick Scott
Marco Rubio
Jake
$600 [21]
Playing doctor, Matt Smith let us know this red felt hat that was popular in Turkey in the 1920s was also cool with time travelers
a fez
Jake
$600 [23]
Seen here, this type of farming to preserve soil & maximize arable land sounds like a backyard patio
terrace farming
Troy
$600 [13]
2021 saw the return of this MTV classic, with stars like Martha Stewart & Michael Blackson showing us their homes
Cribs
Jake
$600 [19]
Briar Rose is the Grimm brothers' name for the Sleeping Beauty; the Disney film also gave her this bright name
Aurora
Dee
$600 [18]
Pure joy & to sanctify or make holy
bliss & bless
Jake
$800 [1]
With Rand Paul
Mitch McConnell
Troy Jake
$800 [2]
The name of this stretchy fiber, big with '80s heavy metal bands, is an anagram of the function it performs
Spandex
Troy
$800 [4]
Legumes like beans & peanuts help "fix" this element into soil, making it more productive
nitrogen
Dee
$800 [12]
This show calls itself "the origin of Batman's butler"
Pennyworth
Troy
$800 [20]
Not the tailor but this worker & his wife make clothes & other items for some helpful elves, who dance & leave, never to return
a cobbler
Dee
$800 [17]
A tangible item & wretched, like severe poverty
object & abject
$1,000 [6]
With Kirsten Gillibrand
Chuck Schumer
Jake
$1,000 [3]
Usually defined as a divided skirt, this French-named garment was worn by 1930s women cyclists
culottes
Troy
$1,000 [5]
As its name suggests, it's a layer of soil that remains frozen year-round
permafrost
Jake
$1,000 [10]
Edward Woodward & Denzel Washington have played this title role on TV & film, respectively; now Queen Latifah evens the odds
The Equalizer
Jake
$1,000 [11]
The Grimms had this animal eat 6 baby goats, then get sliced open as it slept, with the "meal" still alive within
a wolf
Dee
DD $1,000 [16]
The pair found in the name of a large Scottish estuary that connects with the North Sea
the Firth of Forth
Dee

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC NICKNAMES COUNTRY SONGS 19th CENTURY SCIENCE GEOGRAPHY PLACE YOUR BETS I "OU"
$400 [26]
Born 1757 in France: "Hero of Two Worlds"
Lafayette
Troy
$400 [9]
Inspired by an Oz character, Miranda Lambert sings, "Hey there, Mr." him, "Take it from me, darlin', you don't want a heart"
Tin Man
Jake
$400 [27]
In 1803 a British meteorologist published new names for these, including cumulus & cirrus
clouds
Jake
$400 [28]
One of Canada's oldest cities, it's called the Gibraltar of America because its huge Citadel overlooks the St. Lawrence River
Quebec City
Troy Dee
$400 [29]
You've recently heard the name of this alliterative horse racing bet in which you have to pick the winners of 2 races in a row
daily double
Troy
$400 [30]
With 208, Jerry Rice holds the record for total these scored in a career
touchdowns
Troy
$1,200 [17]
Born 1784 in Gordonsville, Virginia: "Old Rough & Ready"
(Zachary) Taylor
Troy Jake
$800 [8]
A Taylor Swift hit off her debut album was a song of unrequited love called "Teardrops On My" this
Guitar
Jake
$800 [23]
In the 1870s a Swiss surgeon pioneered the surgical removal of this gland to treat goiter
the thyroid
Dee
$800 [18]
This "national" sea is separated from the East China Sea on the south by the Tsushima & Korea Straits
the Sea of Japan
Dee
$800 [25]
Prop bets for this 2022 event:How many ads will have a dog, & what color liquid will be poured on the coach
the Super Bowl
Jake
$800 [24]
A Manhattan cocktail calls for the sweet type of this, as opposed to the dry type
vermouth
Troy
$1,600 [2]
Born 1758 in Norfolk, England:"Hero of the Nile"
Nelson
Troy
$1,200 [7]
Satan was on the move, "looking for a soul to steal" in this Charlie Daniels Band CMA Single of the Year
"The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
Jake
$1,200 [10]
Once thought to be a planet, the first asteroid was discovered in 1801 & named this after a Roman goddess
Ceres
Dee
$1,200 [14]
2/5 of this nation is made up of areas of land called polders that have been drained & reclaimed from the sea
the Netherlands
Troy
$1,200 [13]
In roulette anavenue bet, as in Tropicana Avenue, cover six numbers; only three for this bet, named for a roadway such as Fremont
a street
Troy
$1,200 [12]
It's a factory where metal ismelted & pouredinto molds & then cooled to create objects
a foundry
Dee
$2,000 [3]
Born 1860 in the Midwest: "Boy Orator of the Platte"
(William Jennings) Bryan
Troy
$1,600 [5]
The Carter Family & other country greats ask this musical question, "by & by, Lord, by & by"
Will the circle be unbroken
Jake
$1,600 [4]
In 1859 Charles Darwin explained his theory of evolution in an important work commonly shortened to this title
On the Origin of Species
Jake
$1,600 [15]
This South American nation, whose name means "land of waters", was visited by Walter Raleigh in 1595, looking for El Dorado
Guyana
Jake
$1,600 [19]
Small & big, these 2 forced bets are placed after the ante & before players have seen their cards in hold 'em poker
blinds
Dee
$1,600 [1]
This French word originally referred to a bride's clothing, linens & accessories that she gathered before her wedding
a trousseau
Troy Jake Dee
DD $10,000 [21]
Born 1910:"Saint of the Gutters"
Mother Teresa
Jake
$2,000 [6]
Little Big Town had its first No. 1 country hit singing about partying & catching waves on this title boat
the "Pontoon"
Jake
DD $2,000 [11]
An 1813 work called "Elementary Theory of Botany" introduced this field, the classification of organisms
taxonomy
Dee
$2,000 [16]
If asked "Have you seen" this, don't say, "No, Ben hasn't called me"--it's a mountain, the highest in the U.K. at 4,400 feet
Ben Nevis
Troy
$2,000 [22]
A horn bet in craps pays a sizeable amount due to the fact that these 4 numbers you're betting on are quite hard to hit
a 2, 3, 11 & 12
$2,000 [20]
Often mistaken for a primate, this arboreal cousin of the raccoon has a name that goes back to Algonquin
a kinkajou
Jake

Final Jeopardy!

WORLD CINEMA

The 2007 biopic called "La Môme" in France, meaning "The Kid", was released in the U.S. under this other French title

La Vie en rose

Dee "What is La Fille" — wagered $0
Troy "What is Hugo?" — wagered $15,600
Jake "What is [couple of letters scribbled out]" — wagered $5,003

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