Show #8841 2023-04-03 (taped 2023-01-17) Regular

Contestants

Dan Bayer — a college administrator originally from Strasburg, Ohio

Crystal Zhao — a tech consultant from Bloomington, Minnesota

Sharon Stone — a manager from Round Rock, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Sharon $1,600 $3,400 $8,900 $3,300
2nd place: $2,000
$11,400
11 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Crystal $1,400 $2,600 $11,000 $4,199
New champion: $4,199
$13,000
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)
Dan $3,800 $5,400 $7,200 $1,800
3rd place: $1,000
$10,200
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND'S NON-CONSECUTIVE WORLD HORRORS! HOW DOES IT FASTEN? ROCKS & MINERALS YOU'RE GONNA SING LIKE A BIRD
$200 [3]
Police linked this man to the 1888 murders of Mary Ann Nichols, Annie Chapman & several others
Jack the Ripper
Crystal Dan
$200 [9]
Relax, all you need to make this "undead creature" cocktail is 3 different kinds of rum
a Zombie
Crystal
$200 [29]
The fly on Levi's 501 jeans in 1873
buttons
Dan
$200 [30]
You get an "A" if you know this is the highest-ranking & cleanest-burning coal available
anthracite
Dan
$200 [25]
She won 3 Grammys in 2020, including Best Pop Solo Performance for the song "Truth Hurts"
Lizzo
Sharon
$200 [12]
An advocate for peace
a dove
Crystal
$400 [4]
The railroad's Pullman Strike led to the 1894 creation of this national holiday as a gesture of conciliation
Labor Day
Dan
$400 [14]
A youthful sweetheart of Oscar Wilde, Florence Balcombe would go on to wed this author of "Dracula"
Stoker
Crystal
$400 [8]
The Western shirt created by Jack A. Weil of Rockmount Ranch Wear
snaps
Dan
$400 [13]
When combined with clay, this mineral seenhereis what makes up the lead in your pencils
graphite
Dan
$400 [20]
This Black Eyed Peas song asks the tough question "Whatcha gonna do with all that junk? All that junk inside your trunk?"
"My Humps"
Crystal
$400 [1]
To gloat or boast; try not to "eat" it
crow
Crystal
$600 [5]
On May 8, 1886 Dr. John Pemberton sold the first glass of this at a downtown Atlanta pharmacy; that would not be the last
Coca-Cola
Sharon
$600 [15]
This novelty song from 1962 contains the lyric "It was a graveyard smash"
"The Monster Mash"
Dan
$600 [26]
Veja V-lock sneakers
Velcro
Dan
$600 [18]
Since ancient times, the Chinese have made carvings out of nephrite, the most common variety of this stone
jade
Dan
$600 [21]
Shegot her driver's license in 2021, & the song motored all the way to the top of the Hot 100
Rodrigo
Sharon
$600 [2]
As a verb it means to peddle things for sale, especially by calling out
hawk
Dan
$800 [6]
On Feb. 2, 1887 this borough northeast of Pittsburgh began an annual tradition
Punxsutawney
Dan
$800 [16]
A trap door leads to a "subterraneous" vault in 1764's "The Castle of Otranto", cited as the first novel in this spooky genre
Gothic
Crystal
$800 [27]
Many backpacks since Gerry Cunningham's innovative 1938 design
a zipper
Dan
$800 [19]
You may be surprised to know that in its pure form, this element has no odor; the smells come from its compounds
sulfur
Sharon
$800 [22]
Pat Benatar was "running with" these in an iconic song from the 1980s; baby, take her hand, "it'll be all right"
the shadows of the night
Sharon Dan
$800 [10]
Trying to see better? Do this to extend your neck
crane
Dan
$1,000 [7]
On Dec. 22, 1894 this army officer got life in prison for selling military secrets; Émile Zola would have a bit to say about that
Dreyfus
Sharon
$1,000 [17]
Some say the first true horror film is the 1920 silent picture "The Cabinet of" this doctor
Dr. Caligari
Crystal
$1,000 [28]
Necklaces--a 5-letter fastener that may be box, barrel or lobster
a clasp
Sharon
DD $2,000 [24]
In 2019 a giant raft of this rock measuring more than 50 square miles was found floating in the Pacific near Tonga
pumice
Crystal
$1,000 [23]
In her "Backyard Sessions", Miley Cyrus covered Dolly Parton's song about this title woman who might steal her man
Jolene
Crystal
$1,000 [11]
In sports this bird refers to someone who comes in & steals a win or score from a teammate
vulture

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE SUPERLATIVE EARTH THEIR LESSER-KNOWN BOOKS NATIONAL HEROES COMMON BOND CUISINE TV ADJECTIVE THEN NOUN
$400 [23]
With almost 40,000 people in less than a square mile, this little land on the Côte d'Azur is Earth's most densely populated country
Monaco
Dan
$400 [19]
This author went to Venus instead of Narnia in his space novel "Perelandra"
C.S. Lewis
Crystal
$400 [7]
Its national heroes, Toussaint Louverture & his lieutenant Jean-Jacques Dessalines, both fought for its freedom
Haiti
Crystal
$400 [1]
Sicilian, Hawaiian, deep dish
pizza
Crystal
$400 [22]
Cheers to this late actress who won an Emmy for her role on "Cheers"
Kirstie Alley
Crystal
$400 [30]
It's the liquid you "throw" on someone's plans or hopes to discourage them
cold water
Crystal
$800 [24]
Oddly, the highest point on this continent is a mount named for a Polish patriot who fought in the American Revolution
Australia
Crystal Dan
$800 [6]
In addition to her poetry & prose, Maya Angelou wrote 2 of these, including "Great Food, All Day Long"
cookbooks
Dan
$800 [13]
A Canadian national hero, Laura Secordwalked 20 miles to warn that the Yankees were coming in this 19th century war
the War of 1812
Dan
$800 [2]
Spare, country-style, St. Louis-style
ribs
Crystal
$800 [11]
A 2022 series stars Jenna Ortega as this Goth girl, shipped off to Nevermore Academy
Wednesday Addams
Crystal
$800 [18]
Rap music until about 1985; let's put on some Treacherous Three & kick it...
old school
$1,200 [25]
5 countries border this, Earth's largest lake
Caspian Sea
Dan
$1,200 [8]
This Harlem poet wrote a children's book called "The First Book of Jazz"
(Langston) Hughes
Crystal
$1,200 [14]
Vive la France, which has a national heroine: this saint who gets a French national holiday on the second Sunday in May
Joan of Arc
Sharon
$1,200 [3]
Oyster, morel, chanterelle
mushrooms
Crystal
$1,200 [12]
(I'm Melissa Rauch.) On my sitcom "Night Court", I play Judge Stone, who, just like her father Harry Stone, hears cases argued by attorney Dan Fielding played by this legendary comic actor
John Larroquette
Dan
$1,200 [20]
It's a common bar name, a cocktail, and some thingyou don't want to step on
a rusty nail
Sharon
$1,600 [26]
The largest proven reserves of crude oil lie not in the Mideast but belong to this country
Venezuela
Dan
$1,600 [9]
"Jean Santeuil" of the 1890s is an autobiographical work by this writer who later dealt with his life & memories in 7 volumes
Proust
Crystal
$1,600 [15]
Thisnational hero was first radicalized during the Ten Years War of 1868-1878 & died in his fight for Cuban independence in 1895
José Martí
$1,600 [4]
Miso, yogurt, sauerkraut
fermentation (fermented foods)
Sharon
$1,600 [16]
"Good Morning, Miss Bliss" was retooled as this show starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar & Elizabeth Berkley
Saved By the Bell
Crystal
$2,000 [29]
Political scientist Joseph Nye's term for international influence without wielding force
soft power
Crystal
$2,000 [27]
The funnel shape of this bay between Nova Scotia & New Brunswick helps consistently give it Earth's highest tides
the Bay of Fundy
Dan
$2,000 [10]
The imaginary country Boca Grande figures in "A Book of Common Prayer" by this late Californian better known for her essays
(Joan) Didion
Sharon
DD $3,000 [28]
A hero of this island nation where he was born, Marcus Garvey has been proposed to appear on its $100 bill
Jamaica
Dan
$2,000 [5]
Carne Apache, Carpaccio, tartare
raw meat dishes
Crystal
$2,000 [17]
"Reservation Dogs", about the exploits of 4 indigenous teens, is filmed in & set in this state
Oklahoma
Sharon
DD $2,500 [21]
The path to quick success, as in "Jones is on" it "to the top"; make the combo a verb & it means to speed up a process
a fast track
Sharon

Final Jeopardy!

20th CENTURY EPONYMS

A 1940 headline about this included "failure", "liability when it came to offense" & "stout hearts no match for tanks"

the Maginot Line

Dan "What is the [illegible]" — wagered $5,400
Sharon "What is [letter scribbled out]?" — wagered $5,600
Crystal "What is a rifle?" — wagered $6,801

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