Show #8804 2023-02-09 (taped 2022-12-08) Regular

Contestants

Mira Hayward — a writer from Portland, Oregon

Scott Perry — an associate professor of history from St. Petersburg, Florida

Dan Wohl — a high school history teacher from Forest Hills, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,799)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Dan $1,000 $5,200 $12,100 $2,999
2nd place: $2,000
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)
Scott $1,000 $1,200 $5,600 $2
3rd place: $1,000
$5,600
12 R, 5 W
Mira $2,800 $5,400 $10,600 $14,600
New champion: $14,600
$12,600
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

SOUTH AMERICAN GEOGRAPHY MUSIC FOR SHARKS LIFE LINES "WORLD" ON THEIR FAST FOOD MENU PUT IN YOUR ORDINAL
$200 [23]
This country's Urubamba River Valley is better known as the Sacred Valley of the Incas
Peru
Mira
$200 [29]
This kids' song by South Korea's educational outfit Pinkfong became an international sensation
"Baby Shark"
Mira
$200 [28]
This spiritual leader of Tibet says he believes "the purpose of life is to find happiness"
the Dalai Lama
Dan
$200 [27]
Stupor mundi is Latin for one of these, like the Colossus of Rhodes
a wonder of the world
Scott
$200 [30]
A Southwest Avocado Salad & a Dave's Triple
Wendy's
Dan
$200 [22]
It means those arriving before all others will be waited upon before anyone else
first come, first served
Dan
$400 [8]
The name of this, the continent's highest peak, may come from Ackon Cahuak, Quechua for "sentinel of stone"
Aconcagua
Dan Mira
$400 [12]
The "Jaws" theme was composed by this multiple Oscar winner
John Williams
Mira
$400 [18]
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans", sang John Lennon in a song to this person he loved
Sean Lennon
Dan Mira
$400 [16]
"Battle for Azeroth" is an expansion of this video game
World of Warcraft
Dan
$400 [24]
A Meatzza Pizza & a Chicken Habanero Sandwich
Domino's
$400 [14]
The last half of the last inning of a baseball game provides this idiom for the critical final moments of a situation
bottom of the ninth
Mira
$600 [1]
You get an "A" for identifying this long desert that lies between the Andes & the Pacific
the Atacama
Mira
$600 [2]
In this No. 1 hit, Bobby Darin sang, "Oh, the shark, babe, has such teeth, dear & it shows them pearly white"
"Mack The Knife"
Scott
$600 [9]
Writer Christopher Morley said "There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning, and" this rhyming word
yearning
Mira
$600 [5]
It's the 4-word idiom that describes the person seen here
dead to the world
$600 [10]
A Doritos Cheesy Gordita Crunch & Nacho Fries
Taco Bell
Scott
$600 [15]
Someone who plays a supporting role is this fruit, like a straight man to a comedian
second banana
Scott Mira
$800 [3]
These flat grasslands cover almost 300,000 square miles of Argentina
the Pampas
Mira
$800 [26]
This duo's hit "Maneater" warns, "Watch out boy she'll chew you up"
Hall & Oates
Dan
$800 [17]
A song from this musical says, "To life, to life, l'chaim!, L'chaim, l'chaim, to life!"
Fiddler on the Roof
Mira
$800 [6]
On June 29, 2016 Liberty Park opened at this downtown New York building complex
the World Trade Center
Dan
$800 [11]
An impossible slider with smoked cheddar cheese
White Castle
Dan Scott
$800 [20]
Thisordinal-named Heisman Trophy winner & NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year can be found in the ESPN broadcast booth
Robert Griffin III
Dan
$1,000 [4]
It's Guyana's smaller immediate neighbor to the east
Suriname
Scott
$1,000 [25]
"Once Bitten, Twice Shy" is a Grammy-nominated tune by this hard rock band whose name is a type of shark
Great White
Dan
$1,000 [19]
This Danish philosopher agreed that "Life can only be understood backwards, but... it must be lived forwards"
Kierkegaard
Mira
DD $1,000 [7]
These 5 words complete the Robert Browning "God's in his heaven--"
all's right with the world
Dan
$1,000 [13]
A 2-piece Pacific Cod Meal, including hushpuppies
Long John Silver's
Scott Mira
$1,000 [21]
This location of great bliss comes from a belief that it's where God & angels are said to dwell
seventh heaven
Dan

Double Jeopardy! Round

EPONYMS AMERICAN HISTORY OSCAR-WINNING WOMEN AUTOBIOGRAPHIES CHEMISTRY YOU'RE ON THE WORLD MONEY
$400 [20]
A teaching method using questions & answers & provoking discussion bears the name of this 5th century B.C. philosopher
Socrates
Scott
$400 [19]
On January 1, 1892 the first of millions of immigrants was processed here
Ellis Island
Dan
$400 [21]
At the awards in 2013, she not only sang "Skyfall", she also won an Oscar for it
Adele
Dan
$400 [25]
Chris Kyle's memoir & basis for a film is subtitled "The Autobiography of the Most Lethal" this "in U.S. Military History"
American Sniper
Mira
$400 [29]
Riboflavin is second in this vitamin complex; niacin comes next
(vitamin) B
Dan
$400 [17]
On the back of the U.K. 5-pound note is this wartime leader
Churchill
Dan
$800 [28]
This Scottish inventor, who found uses for steam, gave his name to a unit of power
James Watt
Dan Scott
$800 [15]
Approved by Congress in 1861 but not ratified, a proposed this number amendment would instead have protected slavery
the 13th
Dan Scott Mira
$800 [8]
For her Afro-futuristic fashions in this Marvel film, Ruth E. Carterbecame the first Black woman to win for Costume Design
Black Panther
Scott
$800 [18]
Biophysicist Maurice Wilkins, who helped Crick & Watson, titled his autobiography "The Third Man of the Double" this
Helix
Scott
DD $500 [30]
Cerium & yttrium are 2 of these elements that despite their name, are abundant on our planet
the rare earth elements
Dan
$800 [16]
Tigran Petrosian, on an Armenian dram, was a world champion of this game
chess
Scott
$1,200 [22]
St. Benedict of Nursia gave his name to an order of monks & to Benedictine, this type of flavorful potent potable
a digestif (a liqueur)
Mira
$1,200 [7]
Thousands of this people also called the Keetoowah died during their forced 1830s relocation to Oklahoma via the "Trail of Tears"
the Cherokee
Mira
$1,200 [3]
In the '90s she won for her lead role in "Howards End" & also for Adapted Screenplay for "Sense and Sensibility"
Emma Thompson
Scott
$1,200 [9]
"Comedy Sex God" tells the story of this funny man seen on HBO &here
Pete Holmes
$800 [26]
This word means treated to increase porousness (before "charcoal") or to speed up waste breakdown (before "sludge")
activated
Mira
$1,200 [13]
Serbia put this inventor on its 100 dinar bill
Tesla
Mira
$1,600 [24]
This manufacturer who died in 1868 is remembered for his short-barreled pistols small enough for a pocket or boot
Derringer
Mira
$1,600 [5]
In 1672 Spain began building a large masonry fort on the shore of this city in Florida
St. Augustine
Dan
$1,600 [1]
In 2022, all eyes were on this actress as she picked up the prize for "The Eyes of Tammy Faye"
Jessica Chastain
Mira
$1,600 [2]
In this first lady's autobiography, she tells of the time after her husband's death when she became a U.N. delegate
Eleanor Roosevelt
Dan
$1,200 [27]
Named for Luigi Galvani, galvanic cells are also known as this type of cell, named for another Italian
voltaic
$1,600 [12]
South Africa's banknotes have Nelson Mandela on the front & are in this currency
rand
Mira
DD $2,000 [23]
This type of airtight seal comes from the Greek name of the Egyptian god of learning, known for magical powers
hermetic
Mira
$2,000 [6]
On November 21, 1620 41 male passengers signed this document while anchored at a Massachusetts harbor
the Mayflower Compact
Scott Mira
$2,000 [4]
She was home in Rome when Cary Grant called to let her know she had won Best Actress for "Two Women"
Sophia Loren
Scott
$2,000 [10]
The autobiography of this missionary, doctor & organist notes the jungle of equatorial Africa has no native trees with edible fruits
Albert Schweitzer
Scott
$1,600 [11]
"D" is for this chemical process seenherein which a liquid is turned to a vapor then condensed back into a liquid
distillation
Mira
$2,000 [14]
The 200-lari note of this former Soviet republic is fronted by national hero Kakutska Cholokashvili
Georgia
Mira

Final Jeopardy!

THEATER HISTORY

In 1904, wearing a harness, actress Nina Boucicault became the first to play this character onstage

Peter Pan

Scott "Who is Mother Courage?" — wagered $5,598
Mira "Who is Peter Pan?" — wagered $4,000
Dan "Who is Pygmalion" — wagered $9,101

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