Show #8848 2023-04-12 (taped 2023-01-18) Regular

Ben Chan game 1.

Contestants

Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin

Laura Caton — a nonprofit arts administrator from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Kat Jepson — an artist originally from Virginia Beach, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,399)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kat $800 $1,000 $5,400 $10,800
2nd place: $2,000
$5,400
10 R, 3 W
Laura $1,000 $400 $8,000 $5,199
3rd place: $1,000
$8,000
9 R, 1 W
Ben! $5,600 $2,400 $17,000 $16,001
New champion: $16,001
$23,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC CANADA HOW ARE YOU FEELING? SAY THE ROMAN NUMERAL DINING OUT DOGGIE BAG LEFTOVERS
$200 [25]
Serving from 1921 to 1940, former schoolteacher Agnes MacPhail was the first woman elected to this national government body
Parliament (the House of Commons)
Ben!
$200 [26]
Pharrell crooned, "Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof because I'm" this
happy
Ben!
$200 [27]
Cake in a box:1,009
MIX
Ben!
$200 [28]
Columbia Restaurant, this state's oldest, serves dishes like mahi mahi Cubana, tapas, & of course, key lime pie for dessert
Florida
Ben!
$200 [29]
In 2010 this state made the Malamute its state dog
Alaska
Kat
$200 [30]
A sometimes animated desk lamp named Luxo Jr. is in the logo for this studio
Pixar
Laura
$400 [21]
Celebrating Canada's centennial, Expo 67was held in this city
Montreal
Ben!
$400 [4]
Hello, hello, hello... is there anybody in there? In 1979 Pink Floyd declared, "I have become comfortably" this
numb
Kat
$400 [24]
Princess nickname:501
DI
Ben!
$400 [20]
It's where you can order Kookaburra Wings & a Bloomin' Onion, mate
Outback
Ben!
$600 [16]
As it's bred to guard the flocks, the Komondor, with its corded coat, is also known as the Hungarian this
sheepdog
Ben!
$400 [22]
This little princess who turned 7 in 2022 is now third in line to the British throne
Charlotte
Ben!
$600 [10]
The only Canadian team to win the World Series, they did it back to back in the 1990s
the Blue Jays
Ben!
$600 [3]
This uneasy adjective has been the second half of a TV soap opera title since March 26, 1973
restless
Kat
$600 [18]
Land bordering Oz:9
IX
Ben!
$600 [5]
Your dining options at this Las Vegas hotel include Pronto by Giada, the Forum Food Court & the Bacchanal Buffet
Caesar's Palace
Kat
$800 [11]
Introduced to them in Japan, Helen Kelleris credited with bringing the first of these loyal guard dogs to the United States
Akitas
Ben!
$600 [15]
Every decade in the U.S. from the 1960s through the 1990s, this name of an archangel ranked as the most popular first name for boys
Michael
Ben!
$800 [8]
This island joined the Confederation in 1873 to become the seventh province
Prince Edward Island
Ben!
$800 [1]
In "Se7en" the killer removes a model's nose as an example of this deadly sin
vanity (pride)
Ben!
$800 [17]
Greek letter rhyming with "bye":11
XI
Laura Ben!
$800 [6]
Pull up a seat at Chip & Joanna Gaines' restaurant in Waco, Texas called this, same as Joanna's cooking show
Magnolia Table
Kat
$1,000 [12]
The Africanhoundcalled a Rhodesian this gets its name in part from the crest of hair that grows along its spine
Ridgeback
Ben!
$800 [13]
Oddly, there's an Alcatraz East Crime Museum in this town more famous as the home of Dollywood
Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
$1,000 [9]
Twice prime minister, the energetic & youthful Pierre Trudeau was a member & leader of this political party
the Liberal Party
Ben!
$1,000 [2]
Ella Fitzgerald & many others sang, "Come to me, my" this "baby, cuddle up & don't be blue"
melancholy
Laura
$1,000 [19]
New Jersey fort:509
DIX
Ben!
$1,000 [7]
(I'm Eddie Huang.) A play on the name of a German school of design, my first restaurant, specializing in Taiwanese-Chinese fare, includingsteamed buns, was called this
BaoHaus
Ben!
DD $7,000 [23]
Queen Elizabeth II's beloved dogs included a Dorgi named Candy, a mix of these 2 breeds
a Corgi & a Dachshund
Ben!
$1,000 [14]
It bears repeating, it's the atomic number for radium
88
Ben!

Double Jeopardy! Round

ONE-WORD PLAY TITLES LOST WITH THE TITANIC ACTING THE OSCAR-WINNING PART IN THE DICTIONARY OUR NATION OF IMMIGRATION THIS LAND IS "UR" LAND
$400 [12]
"Double, double toil and trouble" is a famous line from this tragedy
Macbeth
Kat
$400 [1]
No "Heart of the Ocean", but a pink 6 7/16-carat diamond from this New York jeweler
Tiffany
Ben!
$400 [30]
Channeling Judy Garland in "Judy"
(Renée) Zellweger
Ben!
$400 [25]
To play this is literally being done here, but can also mean to go too easy on someone
patty cake
Ben!
$400 [27]
Famous Americans of this heritage include Barack Obama seenhereon a visit to the old country
Ireland
Kat
$400 [28]
In 1989 it changed its official name in English to Myanmar
Burma
Laura
$800 [16]
This play ends with Salieri saying, "Mediocrities everywhere--now & to come--I absolve you all. Amen!"
Amadeus
Laura
$800 [18]
The handwritten manuscript of a 1902 story by this "Heart of Darkness" man, on its way to a collector in New York
Conrad
Kat
$800 [29]
Making dreams come true as Effie White in "Dreamgirls"
Jennifer Hudson
Laura
$800 [24]
Don't give us a whole long one of these, just identify the German word for "play" or "game"
spiel
Laura
$800 [26]
The first of many Chinese Americans in the laundry business was Wah Lee, who began washing 12 shirts for $5 in this city in 1851
San Francisco
Ben!
$800 [6]
The Caribbean coast of this Central American country is indented by a gulf of the same name
Honduras
Kat
$1,600 [2]
This Pulitzer Prize-winner by Margaret Edson tells of English professor Vivian Bearing, diagnosed with terminal cancer
Wit
$1,200 [13]
"La Circassienne au Bain", an oil painting exhibited at the 1814 edition of this prestigious Paris art show
the Salon
$1,200 [19]
The MC welcoming us "Im Cabaret, au Cabaret, to Cabaret"
Joel Grey
Laura
DD $1,000 [11]
French for "half" give us the name of this petite cup of something hot
demitasse
Ben!
$1,200 [23]
Among the few high-profile Beninese-Americans is this Oscar nominee for "In America" & "Blood Diamond"
Djimon Hounsou
$1,200 [5]
It borders Brazil & the South Atlantic
Uruguay
Kat
$2,000 [17]
This Moliere comedy about an imposter was first performed for King Louis XIV at Versailles in 1664
Tartuffe
Laura
$1,600 [14]
A brand new 1912 Renault one of these cars, from French for "cut" & "town"
a Coupe DeVille
Laura
$1,600 [21]
The charismatic Fred Hampton in "Judas & the Black Messiah"
Daniel Kaluuya
Kat
$1,200 [9]
Usefulness, versatility, or the type of knife seen here
a utility
Ben!
$1,600 [8]
A museum in Wausau, Wisconsin is devoted to the culture of this Laotian people who helped the U.S. & often came here
the Hmong
Kat
$1,600 [4]
It borders Brazil & the North Atlantic
Suriname
Kat
DD $2,800 [3]
This August Wilson play about a trash collector & his family was turned into a 2016 film
Fences
Ben!
$2,000 [15]
An incredibly ornate edition of this Omar Khayyam work bound with more than 1,000 jewels set in gold
the Rubáiyát
Ben!
$2,000 [20]
Karen Crowder, trying to fix the fixer in "Michael Clayton"
Tilda Swinton
$1,600 [10]
When this word precedes slavery, one person is not just in effect but legally the private property of another
chattel
Ben!
$2,000 [22]
Mexican street food in L.A. includes the memelas & tlayudas of this southwestern state bordering Chiapas
Oaxaca
Ben!
$2,000 [7]
In 1984 a West African country took this 2-word name meaning "land of honest people"
Burkina Faso (Upper Volta)
Ben!

Final Jeopardy!

THE BILL OF RIGHTS

England's "Bloody Assizes" & a 1685 life sentence for perjury were 2 main origins of this amendment to the U.S. Constitution

the 8th Amendment

Kat "What is the 8th amendment?" — wagered $5,400
Laura "What is the Fourth Amendment?)" — wagered $2,801
Ben! "What is the 7th?" — wagered $999

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