Show #8802 2023-02-07 (taped 2022-12-08) Regular

Matthew Marcus game 4.

Contestants

Greg Snyder — a call center manager from Las Vegas, Nevada

Carolyn Shivers — an associate professor from Grand Island, New York

Matthew Marcus — a software developer from Portland, Oregon (whose 3-day cash winnings total $87,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Matthew	$3,200	$5,400	$19,800	$26,800 4-day champion: $114,200	$19,800 18 R, 1 W
Carolyn	$3,800	$7,200	$10,800	$19,801 2nd place: $2,000	$11,000 19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Greg	$3,200	$5,200	$13,000	$0 3rd place: $1,000	$13,200 20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

WHICH WAR?	NUTS TO YOU!	ALSO AN NFL TEAM	WHOA, "O"!	WE'RE HALFWAY THERE	LIVIN' ON A PRAIRIE
$200 [30] The French take the duchy of Guyenne from England in 1337 & things get out of hand for a long while The Hundred Years' War Greg	$200 [22] Cashews are tasty but take it easy; they have a high this content--about 12 grams per ounce fat Greg	$200 [6] Weakening cell phone batteries need them chargers Matthew	$200 [29] A small, fertile area in the desert, or a band that wanted to "Live Forever" (but did not) Oasis Matthew	$200 [28] Time to conjure up Book 6 in the series, where Harry Potter deals with this title person (as you probably know, it's Snape) Half-Blood Prince Carolyn	$200 [27] The "Little House on the Prairie" was in this state, a 2-hour drive to Wichita but a bit longer by horse Kansas Carolyn
$400 [21] The destroyer HMS Sheffield is sunk by a missile but Argentina loses at least 20% of its planes the Falklands War Matthew	$400 [13] In the early 1900s not many had them roasting on an open fire after a blight nearly took out these trees in eastern N. America chestnuts Greg	$400 [5] Nye & Hader the Bills Greg	$400 [18] 17th century painter Bartolomé Esteban Murillo became one of these by age 10 & oftenpainted kidswho looked to be ones as well an orphan Greg	$400 [26] Oo, we've got you in this wrestling move, where one arm goes under your foe's & your hand is on the back of their neck a half nelson Greg	$400 [24] Chadron, Nebraska's museum of this trade has artifacts of the age when beavers were the rodent to wealth the fur trading Carolyn
$600 [20] In 431 B.C., Spartan ally Thebes goes after Plataea, an Athenian pal, & it's on the Peloponnesian War Matthew	$600 [9] Don't look for this nut in Mounds bars, just in its Hershey's companion almonds Greg	$600 [1] A "Sacred College of" these meets in the Holy See Cardinals Carolyn	$600 [3] This word takes an umlaut when it comes between "Blue" & "Cult" Öyster Carolyn	$600 [7] He's the biblical king who says, "Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other"; it works out Solomon Matthew	$600 [8] A Cree word for a local red berry is the source of the name of Saskatoon but not of the name of this prairie province it's in Saskatchewan Matthew
$800 [19] Michigan's territorial governor surrenders Detroit without a shot being fired the War of 1812 Greg	$800 [10] When food was hard to find, American pioneers resorted to eating these nuts, perhaps from a white oak acorns Greg	$800 [4] Sautees in a pan, with a slight scorch browns Carolyn	$800 [17] Words that imitate natural sounds like bonk, clank & clunk are examples of this onomatopoeia Carolyn	$800 [14] A half bath, with toilet & sink but no bath or shower, is also called this "room" where you can at least touch up your face a powder room Matthew	$800 [15] Big on the Oregon Trail, the transport called the prairie this got its name from a white cover resembling part of a sailing ship a schooner Carolyn
$1,000 [12] Israel quickly captures the Gaza Strip & Golan Heights the Six Days' War Carolyn	$1,000 [11] The Pará nut, aka this nation nut, is high in protein &, in non-edible news, its oil is used in shampoos & skin care products Brazil Greg	$1,000 [2] Rhea & Mnemosyne were female ones on Hesiod's list of 12 Titans Matthew	$1,000 [16] Sounding like an all-carrying mode of transport, it describes a legislative bill with a whole bunch of provisions omnibus Carolyn	$1,000 [23] Half-timberedhouses, as on Funen Island, are a nostalgic symbol of this country & are seen on tins of its butter cookies Denmark Matthew	DD $800 [25] This word precedes Prairie in a city not far from Minneapolis that got its name in the 1800s as a "garden spot" Eden Carolyn

Double Jeopardy! Round

LITERARY TITLE CHARACTERS	THE 20th CENTURY BY COUNTRY	SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY	ROLE: MODEL	HOLIDAYS AROUND THE GLOBE	WORDS WITH DIPHTHONGS
$400 [30] Lord Henry tells him, "to get back my youth (I'd) do anything... except take exercise, get up early, or be respectable"; Wilde! Dorian Gray Matthew Carolyn	$400 [29] Hugo Chávez becomes president in 1999 & has an 80% approval rating Venezuela Carolyn	$400 [26] In 1888 George Eastman began marketing a low-cost, easy-to-use one of these a camera Greg	$400 [27] Former model Channing Tatum didn't cast fireballs as the title dancer in this 2012 film, but did generate heat Magic Mike Greg	$400 [28] The first Monday in July is Caricom Day, observed in Barbados, Jamaica & other countries; the "Cari" is for this geographic feature the Caribbean Carolyn	$400 [23] A diphthong is a sound made by combining 2 vowels, like the "AI" in tail or in this word for the head of a committee chair Carolyn
$800 [9] This teen is the middleman between "Me" & "the Dying Girl" Earl Carolyn	$800 [25] In 1939 the Nationalists enter the capital, ending the civil war Spain	$800 [5] Deuterium is also known as heavy this element hydrogen Carolyn Greg	$800 [12] Josh Duhamel beat out this actor seen here, in a modeling competition in 1997; they would later both appear in "New Year's Eve" (Ashton) Kutcher Greg	$800 [24] September 3 is this Asian island country's Armed Forces Day; some say it'll need its armed forces at some point Taiwan Matthew Greg	$800 [22] "Rosebud is the sled?!" You just blew the surprise of a major plot point with one of these revealing statements a spoiler Greg
$1,200 [2] He was Seth Grahame-Smith's surprising "Vampire Hunter" Abraham Lincoln Greg	$1,200 [4] Tommie Smith & John Carlos peacefully demonstrate at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mexico Matthew	$1,600 [6] This "era" when dinosaurs roamed the earth consisted of the Triassic, the Jurassic & the Cretaceous periods the Mesozoic Greg	$1,200 [10] The bar-hopping dancers in "Coyote Ugly" included this top model & future talk show host Tyra Banks Carolyn	$1,600 [14] Thais celebrate Buddhist New Year by doing this to each other, with elephants using their trunks to join in bathe, wash (getting wet) Greg	$1,200 [19] Take a diphthong into this word for a sullen expression, which "you better not" do, "I'm telling you why" in a Christmas song pout Carolyn
$1,600 [3] In 1989 John Irving offered up "A Prayer for" him Owen Meany Matthew	$1,600 [18] Solidarity becomes the first independent labor union in a Soviet bloc country in the 1980s Poland Matthew	$2,000 [1] Previouslyhehad built theremins, but in 1964, introduced his first synthesizer (Robert) Moog Matthew	$1,600 [11] Seen here, this supermodel played Ben Affleck's other girl in "Gone Girl" Em Rata (Emily Ratajkowski) Carolyn	$2,000 [13] One and a half billion Muslims mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with this holiday; fittingly it rhymes with"feed" Eid Matthew	$1,600 [21] One who gives advice; it's also a term of address used by judges to lawyers counsel (counselor) Matthew
$2,000 [8] This last name of Arthur is the title of a Pulitzer-winning novel & precedes "is Lost" for a 2022 sequel Less Carolyn	$2,000 [17] The Allies wage a disastrous campaign at Gallipoli Turkey Matthew Greg	DD $5,000 [7] Some organisms including certain bacteria are described as this, meaning they don't require oxygen to survive anaerobic Greg	$2,000 [16] Born in Kiev, she began modeling at age 11 before starring in "The Fifth Element" & the "Resident Evil" franchise (Milla) Jovovich Greg	DD $4,000 [15] The temperature during Finland's Midsummer festival is around 210 degrees--OK, inside these, a traditional part of the holiday saunas Greg	$2,000 [20] It means a farm laborer & follows "Piers" in the name of a 14th century poem with a double-diphthong title Ploughman Matthew

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

This Sanskrit word referring to a spoken word or phrase comes from a word for "to think"

mantra

Carolyn "What is mantra?" — wagered $9,001

Greg "What is my lovely wife?" — wagered $13,000

Matthew "What is a mantra" — wagered $7,000

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