Show #8864 2023-05-04 (taped 2023-02-27) Regular

Hannah Wilson game 2.

Contestants

Marie Claude Dussault — a translator and editor from Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Warren Grace — a croupier from Lanham, Maryland

Hannah Wilson — a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Hannah $8,200 $13,000 $35,200 $45,200
2-day champion: $71,000
$24,200
33 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Warren $1,000 $3,000 $4,600 $100
3rd place: $1,000
$4,600
10 R, 2 W
Marie Claude $200 $800 $5,600 $8,201
2nd place: $2,000
$5,600
5 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

PHRASING FLORIDA PLACES A BIBLE THUMPIN' U.S. FACTS & FIGURES MAGAZINES IN OTHER WORDS ATHLETES NAMED FOR
$200 [11]
Meaning to deflate or ridicule another, "taking" this "out of" them alludes to shirt stiffeners
starch
Warren
$200 [7]
In 1896 about 400 people lived in this city on Biscayne Bay; today, it's Florida's second-largest city, behind Jacksonville
Miami
Warren
$200 [26]
"When they were in the field", this guy "rose up against" this guy "his brother, and slew him"; ye shall name them both
Cain & Abel
Hannah
$200 [1]
The largest drop on a wood-tracked one of these is 180 feet on Goliath at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois
a roller coaster
Hannah
$200 [3]
"Humans":Very famous humans, including the annual Most Arousing Male Human Still Breathing
People
Hannah
$200 [16]
A 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the heptathlon, she was named for Jacqueline Kennedy
(Jackie Joyner) Kersee
Warren
$400 [12]
When this word from tennis comes before "compliment", it's an insult concealed as praise
backhand
Hannah
$400 [8]
Time to make some space and don this cape seen here
Canaveral
Hannah
$400 [27]
This stone-slinging man also "smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive"
David
Hannah
$400 [2]
1.5 million high school students took this test in 2021, with an average score of 1060
the SAT
Warren
$400 [21]
"She":Always in fashion, & en Français, s'il vous plaît!
Elle
Warren
$400 [17]
Middle name used by first baseman Willie Aikens; he was born just after another Willie's heroics in the 1954 World Series
Mays
$600 [13]
All aboard this, an expression for an easy & lucrative job that begins with a turkey topper
the gravy train
Hannah
$800 [10]
Each September this very old city reenacts the 1565 landing of its founder Pedro Menéndez de Avilés
St. Augustine
Marie Claude
$600 [28]
"Then the Lord rained upon" these 2 sinful cities "brimstone and fire"
Sodom & Gomorrah
Marie Claude
$600 [4]
A 2022 count of living U.S. veterans included about 170,000 from this war
World War II
Hannah Warren Marie Claude
$600 [22]
"Adequate Home Maintenance":Will you give your approval to its seal?
Good Housekeeping
Hannah
$600 [18]
Last name of Luke, a player or coach with 3 California NBA teams; he was named for his father's teammate Maurice Lucas
Walton
Warren
$800 [15]
This phrase describes a Toll House product's lack of structural integrity, or any inevitable thing
that's how the cookie crumbles
Warren
$1,000 [14]
This city bears the name of the man who led a military installation built in 1838 during the Second Seminole War
Fort Lauderdale
Hannah
$800 [29]
The jawbone of an ass is an unusual choice for a weapon, but this guy "slew a thousand men" with one in Judges 15
Samson
Hannah
$800 [5]
These organs accounted for nearly 60% of all U.S. transplants in 2022
kidneys
Hannah
$800 [23]
"Sophisticated":Take our quiz on its famous quizzes!
Cosmopolitan
Hannah
$800 [19]
Born in 1958, baseball legend Rickey Henderson was named after this teen idol pop singer of the day
Ricky Nelson
Warren
$1,000 [25]
This canine term is used of a long, involved story that typically has an unsatisfying ending
a shaggy dog story
Hannah
DD $3,000 [9]
You can wear your Crocs as you see the gators in this national park established in 1947 at Florida's southwestern tip
the Everglades
Hannah
$1,000 [30]
This first 2-part epistle says, "Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned"
Second Corinthians
$1,000 [6]
The conifers cry, "Come back" to those who left this Arkansas city's metro area--from 2010-2020 it lost 1/8 of its people
Pine Bluff
Hannah
$1,000 [24]
"An Ocean":Dive into politics, pop culture, tech & other stuff
The Atlantic
Hannah
$1,000 [20]
In 1887 Margaret & William Alexander named their son, a future hall of fame pitcher, for this president
Grover Cleveland

Double Jeopardy! Round

NOVEL COUNTRIES THE TOWER OF LONDON SCIENCE A SPECIAL TRAIN CAR 21st CENTURY FILMS ABBRE-V-ATIONS
$400 [1]
Sally Rooney's"Normal People"
Ireland
Hannah
$400 [28]
Infamous due to the murder there of 2 young princes, the "Garden Tower" at the complex gained this sanguine name in the 16th century
the Bloody Tower
Hannah
$400 [29]
Table salt isn't made up of molecules but of lattices composed of ions of these 2 elements
sodium & chlorine
Hannah
$400 [30]
Dating from 1916, the Cannery Row one of these train-ending cars is an attraction in Monterey, California
a caboose
Warren
$400 [5]
The 2022 film version of this antiwar novel by Erich Maria Remarque received 9 Oscar nominations
All Quiet on the Western Front
Hannah
$400 [22]
A VDT is one of these modern devices (I think I'm getting eyestrain!)
a video display terminal
$800 [9]
"Buddenbrooks" &"The Book Thief"
Germany
$800 [16]
A balcony is named this princess' "Walk", where she would stroll while imprisoned there by her half-sister Queen Mary
Elizabeth I
$800 [27]
P & S are types of these waves, from Greek for "shake"
seismic waves
$800 [13]
The rail car named Ferdinand Magellan carried FDR 50,000 miles in 2 years; his last journey was to this state in late March 1945
Georgia
Hannah
$800 [17]
(I'm Reggie Watts.) In addition to music, I had done some stand-up & sketch work but found the type of comedy I wanted to perform in this 2001 "wet hot" movie starring Paul Rudd & Elizabeth Banks
Wet Hot American Summer
Hannah
$800 [23]
Not as common as the related A-fib, this condition abbreviated V-fib is deadlier
ventricular (fibrillation)
Hannah Warren
$1,200 [8]
"Siddhartha"by Hermann Hesse
India
Hannah
$1,200 [15]
Unlike the non-interacting Queen's Guard, the tower's Yeoman Warders, aka these, conduct tours & answer questions
Beefeaters
Marie Claude
$1,600 [3]
The ratio of the velocity of light in one medium to its velocity in another is called the index of this
refraction
Hannah
$1,600 [10]
Thesecars named for the architectural shape up top were the ultimate in mid-century luxury & greatviews
a dome car
Hannah
$1,200 [18]
To play the title role in "Elvis", this actor studied the King's every move & worked with a dialect coach to perfect his drawl
(Austin) Butler
Hannah
$1,200 [24]
VC can stand for vice chancellor or this honorfor the valorous instituted in 1856
the Victoria Cross
Hannah
$1,600 [6]
Chinua Achebe's"Things Fall Apart"
Nigeria
Hannah
$1,600 [14]
During the Wars of the Roses, the VIth king of this name was imprisoned, then murdered, in the tower in 1471
Henry
$2,000 [4]
Let's "C" if you can name this electrical property measured in farads
capacitance
Hannah Warren
$2,000 [11]
Sarasota's Circus Museum has the private luxury rail car of John from this fraternal family
the Ringlings (the Ringling Family)
Hannah
$1,600 [19]
(I'm Michael Cera.) I play bass guitar in real life, so it wasn't a stretch for me to pick up a cherry red Rickenbacker 4001as the title character of this film based on a graphic novel
Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
Marie Claude
$1,600 [25]
.vu is the Internet country code for this nation of the southwestern Pacific formerly known as the New Hebrides
Vanuatu
Hannah
$2,000 [7]
The basis for a movie: "The Whale Rider"
New Zealand
$2,000 [21]
Richard II took refuge in the tower in 1381 during this "Revolt"
the Peasants' Revolt
DD $5,000 [2]
This pioneering computer language got its name from its early use in translating formulas
Fortran
Hannah
DD $6,000 [12]
An epically terrible trip from Buffalo to Westfield, N.Y. inspired this man to create the comfy rail cars named for him
(George) Pullman
Hannah
$2,000 [20]
This Brit's 21st century film roles include Mr. Woodhouse in "Emma." & has-been rock star Billy Mack in "Love Actually"
Bill Nighy
Hannah
$2,000 [26]
Watch your language, this historic one abbreviated VL that was the main source of the romance languages
Vulgar Latin
Marie Claude

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

Formed some 10,000-15,000 years ago & with an average depth of only about 150 feet, it's named for a man who sailed through it in 1728

the Bering Strait

Warren "What is the Cook Strait?" — wagered $4,500
Marie Claude "What is the Bering Strait?" — wagered $2,601
Hannah "What is the Bering Strait?" — wagered $10,000

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