Show #8806 2023-02-13 (taped 2022-12-15) Regular

Contestants

Jeff Paine — a retired Army officer from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Kendra Westerhaus — a licensed psychologist from Pocatello, Idaho

Mira Hayward — a writer from Portland, Oregon (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,000)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mira	$2,600	$5,600	$14,800	$10,800 3rd place: $1,000	$14,800 18 R, 3 W
Kendra	$3,400	$5,800	$18,000	$29,601 New champion: $29,601	$15,800 17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Jeff	$2,000	$5,000	$13,000	$26,000 2nd place: $2,000	$12,600 19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

FIRST LADY FIRSTS	BREST, BUDAPEST & BUCHAREST	LOGOS	PARTY ON!	TV CATCHPHRASES	WORD HISTORY
$200 [9] She was the first &, so far, only first lady who would be elected to public office (Senator) Hillary Clinton Mira	$200 [24] More than 15% of the people in this nation live in Budapest Hungary Jeff	$200 [1] The 5 interconnected rings in its logo represent continents the Olympic Committee Jeff	$200 [17] This verb can mean to attend a party uninvited, or to fall asleep from exhaustion after one crash Jeff	$200 [7] This Starfleet captain: "Make it so" Jean-Luc Picard Mira Jeff	$200 [5] Norman Mailer added a suffix to "fact" to get this, now meaning a fact of little importance a factoid Jeff
$400 [27] The first first lady with a doctorate, Jill Biden earned hers in education from the university of this state in 2007 Delaware Mira Kendra	$400 [25] The capital of Romania, Bucharest is on the Dambovita, whose waters feed this river the Danube Jeff	$400 [2] You've certainly noticed that the logo of this omnipresent company is underlined by a smile that points from "A" to "Z" Amazon Mira	$400 [18] The type of club that operates past the normal closing time, or a movie with Griffin Dunne out past his bedtime after hours Jeff	$400 [8] Barney on this sitcom: "It's gonna be legendary!" How I Met Your Mother Mira	$400 [3] We didn't have this word for a person who studies the natural & physical world until William Whewell invented it in 1834 a scientist Mira Jeff
$600 [10] The first first lady to receive an Emmy, her "Tour of the White House" can still be seen on YouTube Jacqueline Kennedy Mira	$600 [26] Budapest's Millennium Monumentherefeatures this archangel, who told Mary she'd birth Jesus; he holds St. Stephen's holy crown Gabriel Kendra	$600 [21] The logo of this fashion house named for its founder contains 2 interlocking "C"s, backwards & forwards Chanel Kendra	$600 [19] Gotta say I don't remember much from Joe Jonas' one of these on Ibiza right before Joe's big wedding with Sophie Turner a bachelor party Mira	$600 [14] This sitcom character: "How you doin'?" Joey Tribbiani Kendra	$800 [13] Translating a work by Goethe, Thomas Carlyle used this hyphenated term for forgetful, though not to describe a professor absent-minded Kendra
$800 [11] She's the first first lady born in continental Europe Melania Trump Mira	$800 [29] In 1631 this cardinal saw Brest's potential as a naval base, & the city became the seat of the French Naval Academy in 1830 Richelieu Jeff	$800 [22] Consisting of two snakes, the logo for this programming language seenheredidn't have to change its colors to support Ukraine Python Mira	$800 [20] Combining a holiday & a month, it's the title of a Preston Sturges film, or a party theme illustrated here Christmas in July Kendra	$800 [15] This drama's Coach Taylor: "Clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose" Friday Night Lights Jeff	DD $1,000 [6] Reviewing a murder mystery in 1930, Donald Gordon coined this inquisitive 3-words-in-one word for a detective story a whodunnit Jeff
$1,000 [12] The first first lady to live to 90, shein fact lived to 97 (Bess) Truman Kendra Jeff	$1,000 [30] Brest is in this region of France that extends west into the Atlantic & whose administrative center is Rennes Brittany Jeff	$1,000 [23] This Italian carmaker has a black prancing horse on a yellow background in its logo Ferrari Mira	$1,000 [28] Fancy clubs offer this 2-word option that can involve vodka marked up 5,000% just for you & your guests bottle service Mira	$1,000 [16] Mork:This double-talk Orkan signoff nanu nanu Jeff	$1,000 [4] Lewis Carroll coined this word, perhaps as a portmanteau of "chuckle" & "snort" chortle Kendra

Double Jeopardy! Round

LAWYER BILLBOARDS	THEY'RE "N"TITLED	BOTANY	AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE	ALSO A MEASUREMENT	BOB DYLAN LYRICS
$400 [29] Prisoner Release Negotiations &Patriotic Poetry A Specialty Serving The Greater Washington/Baltimore Area Francis Scott Key Mira	$400 [3] Nicholas Sparks sparked joy in readers with this love story of Noah & Allie The Notebook Kendra	$400 [16] Son of a gun, this female part of a flower is made up of the ovary, style & stigma the pistil Kendra	$400 [1] This late musician lends his name to the airport in Liverpool John Lennon Jeff	$400 [25] Geometry:An academic qualification earned by students degree Jeff	$400 [13] "Hey", this guy, "play a song for me, I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to" Mr. Tambourine Man Mira Kendra
$800 [30] Ask Sextus Roscius The Innocent Have Nothing To Fear When I Spin My Oratory Cicero	$800 [4] 2 sisters are separated in war-torn France, each on her own dangerous path, in this avian-titled bestseller by Kristin Hannah The Nightingale Kendra	$800 [10] Gymnosperms bear seeds in cones; these, constituting most of the world's green plants, have flowers angiosperms Jeff	$800 [2] Mother Teresa Airport doesn't serve Calcutta but Tirana, the capital of this nation Albania Mira	$800 [21] Mass:A verb meaning to hammer repeatedly pound Mira	$800 [14] "May your heart always be joyful, may your song always be sung, and may you stay" this forever young Mira
$1,200 [9] Bostonians, You Love My Dad's Poetry.Try My Pleading On For Size. Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.	$1,600 [6] William S. Burroughs admitted that he wrote this controversial 1959 novel under the influence of drugs Naked Lunch Mira	$1,200 [11] Also known as pods, most of these release seeds by splitting open at their seams; some, like peanuts, don't open naturally legumes Jeff	$1,200 [15] If Jomo Kenyatta Airport is your destination, you're headed for this major city of East Africa that it serves Nairobi Kendra	$1,200 [18] Length:Grounds adjoining a home (a) yard Jeff	$1,200 [27] One of Dylan's greatest songs, it includes "You're invisible now, you got no secrets to conceal, how does it feel?" "Like A Rolling Stone" Kendra
$1,600 [7] Socialists...Science Teachers...Accused Murderers...No Cause Too Unpopular! Clarence Darrow Mira	DD $2,000 [5] Author Richard Wright played the role of Bigger Thomas in a 1951 film based on this novel of his Native Son Kendra	$1,600 [12] "X" is for this tissue in plants that provides support & moves water xylem Kendra	$1,600 [22] This city's airport bears the name of Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, one of the first pilots to fly from the U.S. to Australia Sydney Jeff	$1,600 [19] Time:A representative of a duelist a second Mira	$2,000 [26] "We never did too much talkin' anyway, but don't" do this, "it's all right" think twice Kendra
$2,000 [8] I Wrote The Book On English Law(My Famous "Commentaries")& I Can Help You! William Blackstone	$2,000 [17] In 2020 Colson Whitehead won a second Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, for this novel The Nickel Boys Mira	$2,000 [24] In a 1771 experiment this British scientist discovered that plants give off what turned out to be oxygen (Joseph) Priestley	$2,000 [23] Located near Tel Aviv, Israel's largest & busiest airport is named for him, Israel's first prime minister Ben-Gurion Jeff	$2,000 [20] Chemistry:An insectivorous mammal mole Jeff	DD $3,000 [28] Singing about this comic who died in 1966:"He didn't commit any crime, he just had the insight to rip off the lid before its time" Lenny Bruce Kendra

Final Jeopardy!

WORDS FROM WORLD WAR I

"Cistern" & "reservoir" were suggested names for a secret invention, but the British preferred this less clumsy monosyllable

a tank

Jeff "What is tank?" — wagered $13,000

Mira "What is water" — wagered $4,000

Kendra "What is tank?" — wagered $11,601

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