Show #8835 2023-03-24 (taped 2023-01-10) Regular

Contestants

Michael Murphy — a test engineer from Gilroy, California

Tamara Ghattas — an editor from Chicago, Illinois

Alec Chao — a management and program analyst from Fort Lauderdale, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,505)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Alec	$3,400	$7,000	$7,800	$2,999 2nd place: $2,000	$7,800 19 R, 3 W
Tamara	$-1,000	$800	$13,800	$15,601 New champion: $15,601	$11,200 14 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W
Michael	$2,600	$8,800	$7,200	$599 3rd place: $1,000	$4,000 11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

U.S. METROPOLITAN PARTNERS	CATS: THE NON-MUSICAL	FINNISH HIM!	WHAT'LL IT "B"?	CHANGE A LETTER	THE WWE
$200 [9] This city-Cambridge-Newton Boston Michael	$200 [15] Think fast! This big cat can take 3 1/2 strides per second & reach a speed of 70 mph a cheetah Tamara	$200 [4] Finnish children know him as Joulupukki or "Yule Goat" & he lives in a village in Lapland Santa Claus Michael	$200 [6] The vanilla cinnamon variety of this Irish cream liqueur Baileys Michael	$200 [14] A close buddy changes a letter to become a labyrinth mate & maze Alec Tamara	$200 [1] (Kofi Kingston presents the clue.) "Awesome" doesn't even begin to describethisWWE legend; billed at 7'4" & 500 pounds he loved practical jokes & would move his friends' small cars at night--yes, move, & not drive André the Giant Alec
$400 [10] This city-Naperville-Elgin Chicago Michael	$400 [19] In 1878 this short-haired breed was imported into the U.S. from what is today Thailand, but not then Siamese Alec	$400 [5] Saku Koivu, Tuukka Rask & Teemu Selänne all made their Finnish names in this team sport hockey Alec	$400 [7] Dragonberry, a tropical flavor from this rum brand Bacardi Alec	$400 [26] A track athlete who runs 1,760 yards transforms into a friendly meeting to get to know people a miler & a mixer Tamara	$400 [30] (Alexa Bliss presents the clue.)Dave Bautistawent 282 days to destroy the record for the longest single reign as world heavyweight champ before suiting up, or really stripping down, to play Drax the Destroyerin this 2014 Marvel film Guardians of the Galaxy Alec
$600 [11] This city-Henderson-Paradise Las Vegas Alec	$600 [8] Smilodon for the camera! Known for its 2 extended chompers, this cat prowled around 40 million years ago a saber-toothed tiger Michael	$600 [2] Pekka Lundmark is the CEO of this Finnish telecom giant that actually began as a single paper mill operation in 1865 Nokia Alec	$600 [13] Praise the Lord & pass me a snifter of Christian Brothers VS this brandy Alec	$600 [22] The edge of a garment modifies itself into a magical spell hem & hex Alec Tamara Michael	$600 [23] (Rey Mysterio presents the clue.) Even before I could drive, I masked up & devoted myself to the highflying Mexican freestyle wrestlingtradition known by this alliterative 2-word name & I bring it full force to WWE Lucha Libre Alec
$800 [12] This city-Davidson-Murfreesboro-Franklin Nashville Alec	$800 [16] A statistic commonly cited about this alliterative cat with a blotched, tortoiseshell-&-white coat is only one of 3,000 is male calico Alec	$800 [17] Ex-Finnish president & Nobel Prize winner Martti Ahtisaari organized talks between Iraqi groups representing these 2 branches of Islam Sunni & Shia Tamara	$800 [21] A cocktail flavored with angostura aromatic these; they're more pleasant than they sound bitters Alec	$1,000 [28] Excellence changes a letter & is now a division into 2 opposing aspects quality & duality	$800 [20] (The Miz presents the clue.) A beating, a humiliation, decisive setback is how the Oxford English Dictionary defines this, with credit to WWE where it began with some violent festivities one night in 1999 a smackdown Michael
$1,000 [3] This city-Sandy Springs-Alpharetta Atlanta Tamara Michael	$1,000 [18] Though it's known for its lack of a tail, this breed seenherecan sometimes be born with one Manx Michael	$1,000 [25] "The Kullervo Symphony" sounds like a thriller novel but in 1892, was this man's first large-scale orchestral piece Sibelius Michael	$1,000 [24] A shot of this, & I don't care whether it's Booker's or Blanton's bourbon Tamara	DD $4,000 [27] To leave a lover in the lurch takes on a change to become highland wear jilt & kilt Michael	$1,000 [29] (Triple H presents the clue.) In 1997, Idefeated Mankind to take this coveted, rhyming royal title that helped give me the momentum to form D-Generation X later that year King of the Ring Tamara

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE FOG OF WAR	BEFORE & ACTORS	AT REST IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY	U.S. COLLEGES	REJECTED AUTHORS	6-LETTER RHYMERS
$400 [15] The 1471 Battle of Barnet was decided when Lancastrians attacked their allies in the fog, thinking they were from this house York Tamara	$400 [17] Will Hunting & Jason Bourne on the big screen who is Roger Murtaugh on the small screen Matt Damon Wayans	$400 [13] John Robinson, for many years this instrumental performer at Westminster Abbey organist Alec	$400 [2] Located in Hanover, New Hampshire, it celebrated its 250th birthday in 2019 Dartmouth Alec	$400 [3] Working at a publishing house, T.S. Eliot wrote George Orwell a letter rejecting this novel but did praise the pigs Animal Farm Tamara	$400 [18] The item seenhereor a prepaid hard-to-trace cellphone a burner Alec
$800 [16] The fog-shrouded island of Attu in this chain was the site of fierce fighting in 1943 the Aleutians Alec	$1,200 [10] Portrayer of the baseball bat-wielding Negan on "The Walking Dead" who narrated "March of the Penguins" Jeffrey Dean Morgan Freeman	$1,200 [23] Field Marshal Edmund Allenby, who captured this ancient capital from the Turks during World War I Jerusalem Tamara Michael	$800 [14] Nine score & eleven years ago, our fathers brought forth in Pennsylvania this school Gettysburg College	$800 [6] This 1931 classic was rejected because Americans were "not interested in anything on China" The Good Earth Tamara	$800 [26] Chili con carne is a signature dish of this style of cuisine that's a big hit on both sides of the border Tex-Mex Alec
$1,600 [19] "I had no real idea of what was going on", wrote Britain's Admiral Jellicoe after the Battle of Jutland, fought in the fogs of this sea the North Sea Tamara	$1,600 [11] "Creed" star who got involved with a drug kingpin's kitty in "Keanu" Michael B. Jordan Peele Alec	$2,000 [27] This 4-time 19th century prime minister & rival of Disraeli Gladstone Tamara	$1,200 [1] About 2 miles apart in Northfield in this state are rival colleges Carleton & St. Olaf Minnesota Alec	$1,200 [5] This title auntie of Patrick Dennis' novel was too irrepressible for more than a dozen publishers before it came out in 1955 Mame Michael	$1,200 [20] The Hockey Hall of Fame says at this level for little players, Wayne Gretzky had a 378-goal season peewee Tamara
$2,000 [24] The fog that blanketed this Tennessee mountain during an 1863fightled to the nickname "The Battle Above the Clouds" Lookout Mountain	—	DD $3,000 [25] Associated with measurement, this first man made a lord for his scientific work (Lord) Kelvin Tamara	$1,600 [8] Cleverer College? Funnier College? No, this one 15 miles from Disneyland Whittier College	$1,600 [4] One publisher thought no one would be interested in this man's "Kon-Tiki" because no one drowned Thor Heyerdahl Tamara Michael	$1,600 [21] To associate on friendly terms with someone important is to do this hobnob Alec
DD $2,400 [12] At the 1776 Battle of Long Island, fog helped save the defeated Continental Army as it fled to Manhattan across this river the East River Tamara	—	—	$2,000 [9] Senda Berenson became the "Mother of Women's Basketball" at this women's college in Northampton, Mass. Smith Tamara	$2,000 [7] One of this author's Navajo mysteries was rejected by an agent who said, "Get rid of all that Indian stuff" Tony Hillerman	$2,000 [22] Adopted by China in 1979, it's the system of Romanized spelling for transliterating their language Pinyin Tamara

Final Jeopardy!

SYMBOLS

In math, it's a rotated V; in society, it's a feeling of some marginalized or underrepresented people

less than

Michael "What is subdivision?" — wagered $6,601

Alec "What is inequality?" — wagered $4,801

Tamara "What is less than?" — wagered $1,801

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