Show #8861 2023-05-01 (taped 2023-02-27) Regular

Kevin Belle game 2.Mayim Bialik hosts.

Contestants

Cyrus Zhou — a graduate student from St. Louis, Missouri

Maryhelen Shuman-Groh — a retired university administrator from Clearwater, Florida

Kevin Belle — a trail planner from Silver Spring, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,599)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kevin $2,600 $6,200 $14,000 $12,799
2-day champion: $24,398
$12,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Maryhelen $3,400 $1,800 $9,800 $3,800
2nd place: $2,000
$7,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W
Cyrus $1,600 $6,400 $7,600 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$7,600
13 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

TITLES WITH EXCLAMATION POINTS! WORLD OF BELIEF 3-LETTER WORDS WITH 2 VOWELS TIME TO DANCE IT'S GONNA BE MAY! DOCTOR: WHO?
$200 [23]
In his movie title debut in America, this dinosaur-like beast's name was followed by "King of the Monsters!"
Godzilla
Cyrus
$200 [19]
Because capybaras are semi-aquatic, South American Catholics may eat them even during this religious season, like fish
Lent
Cyrus
$200 [1]
It follows Ice & Stone
Age
Maryhelen
$200 [8]
Step slow, slow, quick, quick to do this dance with a member of the family Canidae in its name
the foxtrot
Kevin
$200 [27]
On May 17, 1792, 24 brokers signed an agreement under a tree on this street, leading to the formation of the N.Y. Stock Exchange
Wall Street
Kevin
$200 [2]
This civil rights leader said, "The great glory of American democracy is the right to protest for right"
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Maryhelen
$400 [14]
The songs "Ticket To Ride" & "Yesterday" first appeared on this album
Help!
Kevin
$400 [12]
In the 19th c. this people of New Zealand, not happy with missionaries, formed a native Christian movement called Pai Marire
the Maori
Kevin
$400 [4]
Perhaps you learned to type with the phrase "Now is the time for all good men to come to the" this "of the party"
aid
Maryhelen
$400 [9]
Early punk rockers bounced up & down to do this dance named for a playground toy
the pogo
$400 [28]
The 1862 victory by forces under the command of General Ignacio Zaragoza is celebrated annually in Mexico on this date
cinco de Mayo
Cyrus
$400 [3]
He made it out of the O.K. Corral, but after Nov. 8, 1887, he could no longer be anybody's huckleberry
Doc Holliday
Kevin
$600 [15]
It's the musical version of an 1838 novel about a young orphan who joins a criminal gang
Oliver!
Kevin
$600 [20]
It's the majority religion of Albania
Islam
Maryhelen
$600 [16]
In the early 2000s the Israeli army phased out use of this submachine gun
the uzi
Cyrus
$600 [10]
Lean from side to side, move your arms & run your hands over your hair to get on a first-name basis with this hip-hop dance
the Dougie
Kevin
$800 [29]
Founded by Clara Barton on May 21,1881, this organization got its first congressional charter 19 years later
the Red Cross
Cyrus
$600 [5]
Medieval theologian John Duns Scotus, "The subtle doctor", pioneered this doctrine that the Virgin Mary was born free of original sin
the Immaculate Conception
Cyrus
$800 [24]
"Raise the Titanic!" is the fourth book featuring this author's action hero Dirk Pitt
Clive Cussler
$800 [21]
The throat of this Hindu god is blue because he swallowed poison that threatened to destroy the world
Shiva
Cyrus
$800 [17]
Wrath or fury packed into 3 letters
ire
Cyrus
$800 [11]
There are Irish, Scottish & Virginia styles of this folk dance that sounds like it will set you spinning
reels
Maryhelen
$1,000 [30]
With prouddaughters Elizabeth & Margaret, this king is seen at the time of his coronation--May 12, 1937
George VI
Maryhelen Cyrus
$800 [6]
His "Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care" came out in 1946; "Common Sense" left the title in later editions
Dr. Spock
Maryhelen
$1,000 [25]
Despite its biblical sound, this Faulkner novel with a repetitive title takes place in Mississippi & Haiti
Absalom, Absalom!
Kevin
$1,000 [22]
A vision of Mary as she appeared to St. Juan Diego on Mexico's Tepeyac Hill is known as Our Lady of this
Our Lady of Guadalupe
Cyrus
$1,000 [18]
This symbol of Australia ranks as the world's second-tallest bird
the emu
Cyrus
$1,000 [13]
At a 1964 campaign rally for LBJ, Lucy Baines Johnson & Steve McQueen did this dance named for an African people
the Watusi
Maryhelen
DD $2,400 [26]
On May 10-11, 1927 he flew from San Diego to New York City, with an overnight stop in St. Louis
Lindbergh
Kevin
$1,000 [7]
Though finished in 1957, the hefty novel about him would not be published in the Soviet Union for 30 years
Doctor Zhivago
Cyrus

Double Jeopardy! Round

SITTING IN WITH THE ORCHESTRA DIVIDED ISLANDS HI, TV NEIGHBOR WORLD OF WORDS BETTER ANGELS "R" NATURE
$400 [6]
I'm out of my element in an orchestra on this slide instrument; I'm more into jazz & the legendary Vic Dickenson
trombone
Kevin
$400 [18]
In Turkish this island's name begins with a "K"; in Greek, with the equivalent, kappa
Cyprus
Maryhelen Cyrus
$400 [5]
Fred & Ethel Mertz
I Love Lucy
Maryhelen
$400 [13]
Until 1917, it was a Russian emperor; today, this title is used informally to mean someone in charge
czar
Kevin
$400 [12]
On a 1997 episode of her talk show, she asked viewers to help change the lives of others & the Angel Network was soon born
Oprah
Kevin
$400 [7]
The northeast corner of Alaska is home to the Arctic National Wildlife this, a place where animals are left undisturbed
Refuge
Maryhelen
$800 [19]
A modern symphony has 6 to 10 players of this, the tenor of the violin family & tonight, I'll be one of 'em to help string you along
a viola
Maryhelen Cyrus
$800 [21]
Borneo is shared by Indonesia, Malaysia & this Islamic monarchy
Brunei
Kevin
$800 [1]
Wilson Wilson Jr., behind the fence
Home Improvement
Maryhelen
$800 [14]
In German, it's Dienstag; in Latin, it's Dies Martis; in English, it's this
Tuesday
$800 [27]
Here's this Pensacola-based Navy squad doing their thing, eliciting oohs & aahs from fans
the Blue Angels
Kevin
$800 [8]
Rainwater that drains from the surface of an area without sinking into the soil is called this
runoff
Cyrus
$1,200 [20]
I've brought my trusty clarinet & am ready to play a principal role in this orchestra section
woodwinds
Kevin
$1,200 [22]
In 2022 Canada got a land border with a second country, agreeing to split a tiny island near Greenland with this European nation
Denmark
Maryhelen
$1,200 [2]
Winnie Cooper
The Wonder Years
Kevin
$1,200 [15]
From Hebrew, this word that can follow bar or bat refers to a good deed
mitzvah
Kevin
$1,200 [28]
This singer is honored in U2's "Angel Of Harlem", in which she is referenced as "Lady Day"
Billie Holiday
Kevin
$1,200 [9]
Used for weaving in many cultures, they're the speedy-sounding type of plants seen here
rushes
Kevin Maryhelen
$2,000 [26]
It's big fun for an oboist to play "Peter & the Wolf", where I get to be this bird
a duck
$1,600 [23]
France & the Netherlands share this little Caribbean island, & we don't care whether you say "Saint" or "Sint"
St. Maarten
$1,600 [3]
Ed & Trixie Norton
The Honeymooners
Maryhelen
DD $1,400 [16]
French for "work", this vowel-heavy word is often used for all of the works by an artist or composer
oeuvre
Kevin
$1,600 [29]
He's told, "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!"
Hamlet
Maryhelen
$1,600 [10]
Beginning with the name of a chess piece, it's a place where birds like herons & egrets breed & nest
rookery
Cyrus
DD $3,600 [25]
On xylophone, I'll keep the square dancing going in the Hoe-Down segment of this Aaron Copland ballet
Rodeo
Maryhelen
$2,000 [24]
The first word in the name of this country that shares an island with Indonesia is from Malay for "frizzled"
Papua New Guinea
$2,000 [4]
Babette Dell(Sally Struthers)
Gilmore Girls
$2,000 [17]
From an Italian word for "boat", it was the type of song originally sung by Venetian boatmen
a barcarolle
$2,000 [30]
In Gaile Parkin's "Baking Cakes in Kigali", Angel enriches the lives of those in this African country
Rwanda
$2,000 [11]
Non-flowering plants like horsetails propagate using these horizontal, underground stems
rhizomes

Final Jeopardy!

18th CENTURY LITERATURE

The first name of this title character is from Hebrew for "devoted to God"; his last name suggests he can be easily duped

(Lemuel) Gulliver

Cyrus "Who is Candide??" — wagered $7,600
Maryhelen "Who is Jude the Obscure?" — wagered $6,000
Kevin "Who is Simple Simon?" — wagered $1,201

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