Show #8867 2023-05-09 (taped 2023-02-28) Regular

Hannah Wilson game 5.

Contestants

Joe Forti — a project manager originally from Windham, New Hampshire

Raquel Matta — a copy editor from San Pablo, California

Hannah Wilson — a data scientist from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $124,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Hannah $4,200 $13,200 $26,000 $23,000
5-day champion: $147,801
$22,000
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Raquel $1,800 $3,200 $14,400 $22,400
2nd place: $2,000
$14,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Joe $-400 $2,200 $5,800 $11,598
3rd place: $1,000
$5,800
10 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

LESS-THAN-STELLAR SCIENTIFIC POETRY PEOPLE GRAB BAG 21st CENTURY QUOTES MOVE FAST BREAK THINGS
$200 [1]
Phat Albert had drive in 1905 / His theory, sweeping the nation / Mass & energy speaking, confidence peaking / Voila, this equation
E = mc 2
Hannah
$200 [25]
In 1952, before Jonas Salk's vaccine for this became available, the number of U.S. cases surged to 57,000; by 1962, it was 910
polio
Hannah
$200 [8]
When this D.C. landmark opened in 1888, you could climb 898 steps to the top
the Washington Monument
Hannah
$200 [3]
The line "Move fast & break things" was called a core principle of his company by this freckled tech tycoon
Zuckerberg
Hannah
$200 [16]
At the 2009 World Championships, he was Jamaican off with the world record in the 100-meter dash, clocking a 9.58
Bolt
Joe
$200 [30]
As a verb, it means to break into pieces; as a noun, it can be that tiny sliver of wood you have to remove with tweezers
a splinter
Hannah
$400 [2]
1789, & Klaproth is fine / This element, found using his cranium / 238 is a type of it, folks / For Martin discovered...
uranium
Joe
$400 [26]
Holy K.I.T.T.! The ex-wife of this '80s TV star wound up marrying a man named Michael (E.) Knight
Hasselhoff
Raquel
$400 [9]
Medicare Part D gives seniors this type of coverage
pharmaceutical (drug)
Hannah
$400 [4]
This late basketball superstar, father of 4 daughters, said, "I would have 5 more girls if I could. I'm a girl dad"
Kobe Bryant
Raquel
$400 [24]
At the 2017 NFL combine, John Ross' feet did not fail him as he dashed this many yards in a record 4.22 seconds
40
Joe
$400 [17]
Legally, it precedes "of promise", "of trust" & "of contract"
breach
Joe
$600 [13]
Ptolemy's wrong this Pole did say / Earth has some movement / Founded modern astronomy with some autonomy / & Kepler made an improvement
Copernicus
Hannah
$600 [27]
This 1st female Sec. of State:"It took me quite a long time to develop a voice, & now that I have it, I am not going to be silent"
Albright
Hannah
$600 [10]
In trucker slang "Buster Brown" means this kind of delivery truck
UPS
Raquel
$600 [5]
In 2009 this hedge fund manager who committed massive fraud said, "I wish they caught me six years ago, eight years ago"
Madoff
Hannah
$600 [23]
At the 2021 Australian Open, she hit a 125.5-mph serve, equal to that of Rafael Nadal at the tourney; just her being her
Serena Williams
Hannah
$600 [19]
The medical abbreviation Fx stands for this
fracture
Hannah
$800 [14]
We have no pic of Margaret Mead / Sporting a blue feather boa / But things were great in 1928 / With "Coming of Age in"...
Samoa
Hannah
$800 [28]
In his 1889 essay "The Gospel of Wealth", this Penn. steel man urged the well-off to use their money to help the less fortunate
Carnegie
Joe
$800 [11]
These Asian dumplings are often served with exposed filling
shumai
Hannah Joe
$800 [6]
John Roberts, saving Obamacare:A fine for having no health insurance "may reasonably be characterized as" this
a tax
Raquel
$800 [18]
Drive to survive! In 2005 Juan Pablo Montoya set Italy on fire, hitting 231.5 mph in this class of auto racing
Formula 1
Joe
$1,000 [21]
Thisdevice that converts perfume into a fine spray is the noun form of a verb meaning "break into tiny pieces"
an atomizer
Raquel
$1,000 [15]
A 1918 Nobel win/ It is tough to follow / A German physicist / Which kinda rhymes with lyricist? / He's a man of "constant" sorrow
Max Planck
$1,000 [29]
In 2019 Ethiopian prime minister Abiy Ahmed Ali won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work with this rival country
Eritrea
Hannah
$1,000 [12]
In this religion services take place in a gurdwara, or "guru's gateway"
Sikhism
Hannah
$1,000 [7]
Of reforms under way because of his domestic spying revelations, in 2014 this tech guy said, "I'm still working for the government"
Snowden
Hannah
$1,000 [22]
The pelota can fly fast--like 188-mph fast--hurled out of a cesta in this sport with a rhyming name
jai alai
Hannah
DD $4,800 [20]
This consonant-heavy word means a break in the unity of the Christian Church
schism
Hannah

Double Jeopardy! Round

PRESIDENTS WHO SERVED BURT BACHARACH ISTHMUS BE THE PLACE NOVELS WHAT'S THAT SMELL? A "RUN" FOR YOUR MONEY
$400 [16]
In the Revolutionary War James Monroe served in this state's 3rd Regiment & was wounded at Trenton
Virginia
Hannah Raquel
$400 [27]
This 1969 Western about a pair of Old West outlaws won Burt 2 Oscars
Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid
Raquel
$400 [24]
Canal get a witness? The isthmus of this is the only land bridge between the Asian & African continents
the Suez
Hannah
$400 [1]
In the '90s this novel was unavoidable, down to a parody called "The Ditches of Edison County" about lonely housewife Pancetta
The Bridges of Madison County
Joe
$400 [26]
Oopsie, I accidentallyspilled this household product on my shirt
bleach
Hannah
$400 [23]
Just ordinary; originally, something the factory turned out without much quality control
run-of-the-mill
Hannah
$800 [15]
In the Civil War William McKinley served in a regiment from this state, commanded by Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
Raquel
$800 [30]
Burt's most famous partnership was with lyricist Hal David & this gifted vocalist seen here
(Dionne) Warwick
Raquel
$800 [21]
The isthmus of Tehuantepec is near this country's Tabasco Plain
Mexico
Hannah
$800 [12]
In this novel Ralph Ellison wrote, "When they approach me they see only my surroundings..."
Invisible Man
Hannah
$800 [25]
Sorry, just had some shrimp scampi that was extra heavy on this pungent key ingredient; kiss?
garlic
Hannah
$800 [22]
A dab of clear nail polish can halt this fashion disaster
a run in your tights (a run in your stockings)
Hannah
$1,600 [9]
On Sept. 2, 1944 Robert Williams of the USS Finback sighted shot-down aviator George H.W. Bush through this, enabling his rescue
a periscope
$1,200 [29]
With Carole Bayer Sager, Burt gave us this song that says, "Keep smiling, keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure"
"That's What Friends Are For"
Raquel
$1,200 [6]
A neck of Thailand & southern Myanmar, the Isthmus of Kra connects the mainland of Asia with this peninsula
the Malay Peninsula
Raquel
$1,200 [4]
This "Road" novel by Erskine Caldwell is used as a synonym for situations of depressing poverty
Tobacco Road
Raquel
$1,200 [2]
In "Apocalypse Now" Robert Duvall loved "the smell of" this "in the morning"
napalm
Joe
$1,200 [3]
Nautically, it means to direct an efficient organization
run a tight ship
Hannah
$2,000 [10]
William Henry Harrison & this running mate both fought in the War of 1812
Tyler
Joe
$1,600 [28]
Burt was married to this actress in the years she made "Point Blank", "Big Bad Mama" & "Dressed to Kill"
(Angie) Dickinson
Raquel
$1,600 [13]
The Isthmus of Boothia in this newish Canadian territory connects to the northernmost tip of North America's mainland
Nunavut
Hannah
$1,600 [5]
Henry Fleming is eager to get into battle until the slaughter actually begins in this work by Stephen Crane
The Red Badge of Courage
Hannah
$1,600 [19]
It's this incense fragrance, warm, slightly sweet, slightly musky, from trees in the genus Santalum
sandalwood
Hannah
$1,600 [17]
Bringing Pabst to soldiers deployed in Vietnam is the story of "The Greatest" this "Ever"
Beer Run
Hannah
DD $4,000 [8]
Eisenhower did not go overseas for WWI, but earned a medal in part for battling an epidemic of this disease at Camp Colt in Pennsylvania
influenza
Raquel
$2,000 [11]
Younger musicians inspired by Burt include this Brit who collaborated with him on the album "Painted from Memory"
Elvis Costello
$2,000 [14]
The isthmus of this, also the name of both an ancient & modern city, joins the Peloponnese with the Greek mainland
Corinth
Raquel
DD $5,600 [7]
The mysterious Anne Catherick strongly favors a certain color in this novel by Wilkie Collins
The Woman in White
Raquel
$2,000 [20]
It's Vicks Vapo Rub for cold relief, a combination of menthol, camphor & this strong-smelling tree oil
eucalyptus
Joe
$2,000 [18]
Football gives us this idiom meaning to remove obstacles for someone else
run interference
Hannah Joe

Final Jeopardy!

ACTRESSES & THEIR ROLES

She made her big screen debut as a teen named Laurie in a 1978 film & in 2022 she played that role for the 7th & last time

Jamie Lee Curtis

Joe "Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?" — wagered $5,798
Raquel "Who is Jamie Lee Curtis?" — wagered $8,000
Hannah "Who is Leigh?" — wagered $3,000

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