Show #8805 2023-02-10 (taped 2022-12-08) Regular

Contestants

Libby Hsu — a lecturer and associate director from Revere, Massachusetts

Myles Karp — a journalist and consultant from Weston, Florida

Mira Hayward — a writer from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mira $2,400 $9,200 $12,400 $22,400
2-day champion: $37,000
$11,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Myles $600 $2,600 $17,600 $7,600
3rd place: $1,000
$15,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Libby $2,000 $2,200 $13,600 $9,599
2nd place: $2,000
$9,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

BEFORE THEY WERE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES DON'T FALL IN! 5-LETTER DOUBLE-Z WORDS ALL KINDS OF BOOKS HOTELS NAMED FOR PEOPLE SUPER BOWL HEROES
$200 [23]
Went 15 for 18 at the Supreme Court in his first year as Solicitor General; also, became president
Taft
Myles
$200 [28]
Historically in a village in India, this watering hole was a center of communal life as women came to fill up
a well
Myles
$200 [18]
Said of liquid with many gas bubbles in it
fizzy
Libby
$200 [22]
"Between a Heart and a Rock Place" is the memoir of this singer, with 40-plus years in the music business
Pat Benatar
Mira Myles
$200 [30]
3 palazzi make up the Hotel Danieli in this city, with great views of the Grand Canal
Venice
Myles
$200 [25]
(Mike Pereiraof Fox NFL Sundaypresents the clue.) Cheeseheads ate it up after this quarterback threw for 304 yards & three touchdowns to lead Green Bay to a win in Super Bowl XLV
(Aaron) Rodgers
Mira
$400 [8]
Tied for first in her Columbia law class in 1959
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Mira
$400 [13]
Kids, don't fall in a big hole being dug for this base of a building; here's the 90-foot deep one for L.A.'s Wilshire Grand
foundation
Mira
$400 [15]
Adjective for DJ Jeff, musical partner of the Fresh Prince
Jazzy
Myles
$400 [2]
The big one of these from National Geographic for kids to pore over first came out in 1963 & is now in its 11th edition
an atlas
Myles
$400 [12]
This first name of businessman Davenport, as in Spokane's Davenport Hotel, is also on a crab salad that the hotel sells a lot of
Louis (Louie)
Libby
$400 [5]
(Greg Olsenof Fox NFL Sundaypresents the clue.) Before joking around with Howie, Jimmy & the gang on "Fox NFL Sunday"'s pregame show, this man was all business while winning back-to-back Super Bowl MVPs in 1979 & 1980 as quarterback for the Steelers
Terry Bradshaw
$600 [19]
Hot-dogged it as a Harvard law prof from 1914 to 1939
(Felix) Frankfurter
Mira
$600 [6]
To geologists a maar is a crater caused by this type of activity; some end up as lakes
volcanic
Libby
$600 [10]
The place was all this, filled with anticipation & nervous talk
abuzz
Mira
$600 [1]
Tracy McCubbin's "Make Space for Happiness" is about "How to Stop Attracting" this--it's in the way & dragging you down
Clutter
Mira
$600 [4]
Marlon Brando fell for this Polynesian island during a 1960s shoot & today The Brando is a luxury resort on a nearby atoll
Tahiti
Myles
$600 [16]
(Kevin Burkhardtof Fox NFL Sundaypresents the clue.)Thisrunning back rushed for 240 yards & three touchdowns combined in the Cowboys' two Super Bowl victories under Jimmy Johnson
Emmitt Smith
Myles
$800 [9]
Brought his alliterative flair to collaborating with Hamilton & Madison for "The Federalist"
(John) Jay
Mira Myles
$800 [7]
An entry to the underground world to do excavating for profit, here's a proverbial abandoned one
a mine shaft
Mira
$800 [11]
To be "in" one of these is to be in a state of nervous excitement or agitation
a tizzy
Myles
$800 [20]
Hermany cookbooks include one on feeding the one you love, titled "Cooking for Jeffrey"
Ina Garten
Mira
$800 [3]
The mansion of 19th c. rail tycoon Mark Hopkins was the highest point in this city; the Mark Hopkins Hotel is now on the site
San Francisco
Myles
$800 [17]
(Erin Andrewsof Fox NFL Sundaypresents the clue.)Hewas thrice Super Bowl MVP--yeah, you heard me, I said thrice--even winning one, despite only throwing for 157 yards & one TD; when it comes tothis49ers QB, you can't "state" things any better
Montana
Mira
DD $1,600 [26]
In 1973 became the Arizona Senate Majority Leader
Sandra Day O'Connor
Mira
$1,000 [27]
It's 10 feet wide & 260 deep, so don't fall into Australia's Standley this "C" word--a chi word in Greek
Chasm
Mira
$1,000 [14]
Female singing voice between soprano & contralto
mezzo
Libby
$1,000 [21]
Subtitled "The First War-Path", 1841's "The Deerslayer" was James Fenimore Cooper's last published book of these "Tales"
Leatherstocking
Mira
$1,000 [29]
One of the oldest hotels in Kenya bears the name of this explorer whose most famous discovery was another explorer
Stanley
Mira
$1,000 [24]
(Tom Rinaldiof Fox NFL Sundaypresents the clue.) In Super Bowl LVI here at So Fi Stadium it wasthisA.D. all day, & very specifically ending the day with his 4th downpressureon quarterback Joe Burrow to seal the game for the Rams
(Aaron) Donald
Myles

Double Jeopardy! Round

OCEAN LIFE POETS' RHYME TIME FASHIONABLE ETYMOLOGY AN ENDLESS CATEGORY WESTERN EUROPE THEMIAMI VICESQUAD
$400 [1]
Theserays have a variety that can grow to more than 20 feet wide
manta rays
Libby
$400 [20]
New Englander Robert's expenses & payments
Frost's costs
Libby
$400 [25]
Before it was a colorful cat, it was a cotton cloth from India
calico
Mira
$400 [16]
It's from the Latin for "enduring" & used in the threat, "that's going on your" this "record"
permanent
Mira
$400 [7]
The Temple of La Sagrada Famíliahas been growing tower by tower since 1882 when construction started in this Spanish city
Barcelona
Libby
$400 [26]
In 1988 she played an art gallery manager whose "vice" was being a drug dealer's assistant; "Pretty Woman" was 2 years away
Julia Roberts
Myles
$800 [2]
Head to the Southeast Pacific if you're ready for a fight with the Humboldt, or jumbo flying, species of this cephalopod
squid
Libby
$800 [19]
"The Tyger" man's serpents
Blake's snakes
Mira
$800 [12]
These decorative spangles get their name from zecchino, a gold coin of 16th century Venice
sequins
Mira
$800 [21]
Do the math: Seen here, the symbol for this dates back to the 17th century
infinity
Libby
$800 [8]
It borders Austria & the North Sea
Germany
Myles
$800 [27]
I will look for you, & I will find you after you ring in & name this man who guested as Sean on the "When Irish Eyes are Crying" episode
Liam Neeson
Mira
$1,200 [3]
Like coral reefs in tropical water, in northern seas the areas called these forests are home & refuge to a diverse array of life
kelp forests
Mira
$1,200 [4]
"Paradise Lost" man's chain hotels
Milton's Hiltons
Myles
$1,200 [13]
An Oxfordshire regatta gave its name to this style of collarless shirt seen here
a Henley
Myles
$1,200 [22]
Legally, "in" this 10-letter word means forever & that's a mighty long time
perpetuity
Libby
$1,200 [9]
This600-mile river of Central France is lined with picturesque chateaus
the Loire
Mira Myles
$1,200 [28]
Long before her Oscar nom for "The King's Speech", this 3-named British actress was Crockett's drug-addicted girlfriend
Helena Bonham Carter
Myles
$2,000 [6]
Tuna are related to these streamlined sport fish that can come in varieties like the Atlantic, seen here
an Atlantic mackerel
$1,600 [18]
"Cantos" man Ezra's drinks for everyone in the group!
Pound's rounds
Myles
$1,600 [14]
The name of this feather-shaped pattern comes from the Scottish town where it was made
paisley
Myles
$2,000 [24]
In the King James Bible John 3:16 says, "Whosoever believeth in him" will have this life
everlasting
Mira Libby
$1,600 [10]
The treasure chamber of this little Alpine land includes Faberge eggs & Moon rocks
Liechtenstein
Libby
$1,600 [29]
This superstar of stage, song & screen was seeing Don Johnson when she cameo-d as a pedestrian who caught Sonny's eye
Barbra Streisand
DD $3,800 [5]
Named for its rubbery shell, this largest sea turtle can swim up to 10,000 miles each year
a leatherback
Myles
$2,000 [17]
Lord Alfred's blessings
Tennyson's benisons
Libby
$2,000 [15]
Thisfurry velvety textile used for knits is French for "caterpillar"
chenille
Myles
DD $5,800 [23]
Continuing indefinitely, or flowers such as daylilies & peonies
perennials
Libby
$2,000 [11]
The vibrantly painted buildings of Norway's Bryggen Wharfcommemorate its days as a hub for this Baltic trading organization
the Hanseatic League
Mira
$2,000 [30]
You can see this "Birth of the Cool" trumpeter & hear his distinctive speaking voice when he played Ivory Jones on a 1985 episode
Miles Davis

Final Jeopardy!

EUROPEAN HISTORY

Until 1806, some German nobles included among their honors the title of "Elector" for their role in selecting this personage

Holy Roman Emperor

Mira "What is the Holy Roman Emperor?" — wagered $10,000
Libby "What is Chancellor?" — wagered $4,001
Myles "What is Kaiser" — wagered $10,000

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