Show #8877 2023-05-23 (taped 2023-03-23) Regular

Ben Chan game 10.

Contestants

Lynn Di Vito — a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado

Danny Leserman — a policy communications manager from Rancho Palos Verdes, California

Ben Chan — a philosophy professor from Green Bay, Wisconsin (whose 9-day cash winnings total $252,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Ben! $3,800 $7,200 $17,400 $5,199
2nd place: $2,000
$24,600
27 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Danny $600 $1,600 $2,400 $1,000
3rd place: $1,000
$2,400
9 R, 3 W
Lynn $400 $1,000 $14,800 $11,800
New champion: $11,800
$13,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

AVIATION SUPER BOWL WINNERS BY QUARTERBACK ANIMALS IN LITERATURE HISTORICAL HODGEPODGE "G"-RATED WORDS YOU'RE SO SHELLFISH
$200 [16]
Marking the end of an era, in January 2023 Boeing delivered its last-ever one of these iconic jumbo jets
a 747
Danny
$200 [30]
2002, 2004, 2005, etc.:Tom Brady
the Patriots
Lynn
$200 [29]
In Dodie Smith's tale, Pongo & Missis are the parents of 15 puppies, but the 17 of them becomes this title number by the end
101 (Dalmatians)
Lynn
$200 [21]
During World War II about 12,000 of these, German & Italian, were held in camps in Nebraska
POWs (prisoners of war)
Ben!
$200 [27]
Rain water & bad bowling attempts end up in this
the gutter
Ben!
$200 [28]
In the crustacean called the spiny or rock type of this, most of the meat is in the tail
a lobster
Danny
$400 [17]
Taking off from Dover, in 1912 Harriet Quimby became the first woman to pilot a plane across this body of water
the English Channel
Ben! Lynn
$400 [4]
2008 & 2012:Eli Manning
the New York Giants
Lynn
$400 [19]
Rudyard Kipling's Hathi, one of these animals, helps Mowgli by trampling a village of evildoers
an elephant
Ben!
$400 [5]
Baa baa, Kara Koyunlu, i.e. these, have you any land? Yes, in 1410 our alliance conquered from Azerbaijan south to Baghdad
black sheep
$400 [20]
From the French for "wine taster", it's a term for a connoisseur of fine food & drink
a gourmet
Danny Lynn
$400 [26]
Mussels & cockles are classified as this type of mollusk, meaning they have 2 shells that hinge together
bivalve
Danny
$600 [24]
This term for a small plane used for short connecting flights sounds like it flies over small pools of water
a puddle jumper
Ben!
$600 [3]
2000:Kurt Warner
the Rams
Danny
$600 [18]
In a book by Paul Gallico, Thomasina is one of these pets that channels the Egyptian goddess Bastet & saves her owner's life
a cat
Danny Lynn
$800 [7]
At the age of 10 in 1651, Tokugawa Ietsuna became the fourth of the Japanese rulers known by this title
shogun
Ben! Danny
$600 [6]
This gloomy architecture style is known for using flying buttresses
Gothic
Ben!
$600 [25]
Sushi lovers know the main protein in spider rolls is this
(soft-shelled) crab
Ben!
$800 [13]
To honor a fallen comrade, the planes seenhereperform this aerial salute
the missing man formation
$800 [2]
In 2014, beating the team he is currently on:Russell Wilson
the Seahawks
Ben!
$800 [23]
In this Greek comedic play from 405 B.C., the title characters form a chorus whose lines include "Brekekekex, ko-ax, ko-ax"
The Frogs
Ben!
$1,000 [8]
This king whom Robin Hood took on in stories was known as "Lackland"
King John
Ben!
$800 [11]
Derived from Spanish but sounding a bit French, it's a wire used to strangle someone, or the act itself
garrote
Ben!
$800 [15]
Related to the squid this creature has an internal shell
a cuttlefish
Danny
$1,000 [12]
Cologne, Germany is the headquarters for this airline whose roots go back to one founded in 1926
Lufthansa
Ben!
$1,000 [1]
1973 & 1974:Bob Griese
the (Miami) Dolphins
Ben!
$1,000 [22]
Spumador is Prince Arthur's trusty horse in this 1590s allegorical poem by Edmund Spenser
The Faerie Queene
Ben!
DD $4,200 [9]
Though Geneva is pretty low as Swiss cities go, a Cold War meeting there was the first one called this top-level type
a summit
Ben!
$1,000 [10]
Smaller than gorillas, these arboreal apes move by brachiating, swinging from their arms
gibbons
Ben!
$1,000 [14]
Used to make chowder, large East Coast hard-shell clams often go by this Native American name
quahogs
Ben!

Double Jeopardy! Round

A CENTURY OFTIMEMAGAZINE COVERS TV SITCOMS BY FAMILY MEDICINE THE JUDGMENT OF PARIS ENDS WITH A SILENT CONSONANT A COUNTRY BY ANY OTHER NAME
$400 [25]
A 1994 cover story alerted us to "The Strange New World of" this technology, including Gopher from the University of Minnesota
the Internet
$400 [23]
Pursuing the American dream, the Huang family
Fresh Off the Boat
Ben!
$400 [27]
It's what the 2 "M"s stand for in the MMR vaccine
measles & mumps
Danny
$400 [28]
In 1455, 24 years after her execution, her retrial opened in Paris; she was found not guilty on all counts
Joan of Arc
Lynn
$400 [29]
As a noun, it helps keep your hair in check; as a verb, it means to exhaustively search
comb
Ben!
$800 [21]
In 1927 the U.K. changed from the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland to the United Kingdom of Great Britain & this
Northern Ireland
Lynn
$800 [24]
"A Hero Rises", announced a 2018 issue showcasing this actor
Boseman
Ben!
$800 [22]
The animated Belcher family
Bob's Burgers
Danny
$800 [20]
Special cooling caps used during chemotherapy treatments are designed to prevent this
balding (hair loss)
Danny
$800 [16]
J'accuse a Paris court of convicting this writer of libel in 1898
Zola
Ben!
$800 [26]
To give way gradually to injuries or despair
succumb
$1,200 [12]
In 1932 the kingdom of Hejaz & Nejd became this kingdom named for a peninsula & its ruling house
Saudi Arabia
Ben!
$1,200 [10]
1923 cover boys included President Harding, G.B. Shaw & Roy Chapman Andrews, who made headlines finding fossil these from an oviraptor
eggs
Ben! Danny
$1,200 [3]
The Winslow family & their nerdy neighbor Urkel
Family Matters
Lynn
$1,600 [7]
Wet & dry are 2 types of this age-related eye disorder that causes gradual loss of central vision
macular degeneration
Lynn
$1,200 [19]
President of France from 2007 to 2012, in 2021 he was found guilty of corruption by a Paris court & sentenced to house arrest
Sarkozy
Ben!
$1,200 [1]
This French word means a takeover of the government; the longer phrase it comes from also ends with a silent letter
a coup
Lynn
$2,000 [14]
The former Ellice Islands are now this country that derives a substantial part of its revenue from leasing the .tv domain name
Tuvalu
Ben!
$1,600 [9]
"The joints are really flipping", said the 1954 cover featuring this"Take 5" jazz pianist
(Dave) Brubeck
Ben!
$1,600 [4]
Mike Baxter, outnumbered by his wife & 3 daughters
Last Man Standing
$2,000 [15]
In an early surgical procedure called this, a hole was drilled into the skull to release pressure or evil spirits
trephination
Lynn
$1,600 [18]
In 1927 a Paris jury acquitted a man of murder, agreeing it was justifiable vengeance for these massacres of Jews in Eastern Europe
the pogroms
Ben!
$1,600 [2]
You & I have such a good this, meaning a close connection & understanding
rapport
Lynn
DD $3,000 [13]
In 2022 it changed its official name, adding 2 dots over the "U" & changing the final "ey" to "iye"
Turkey
Ben!
$2,000 [11]
Wartime cover subjects have included May 18, 1942's "Nimitz, Commander" here--a big place to be in charge of
the Pacific
$2,000 [5]
The out-of-this-world Solomon family
3rd Rock from the Sun
Lynn
DD $3,000 [6]
Blood pressure that's higher in the doctor's office than at home is referred to as this colorful type of hypertension
white coat hypertension
Lynn
$2,000 [17]
In 1310 many of the knights these were tried in Paris for heresy & later burned at the stake
(the Knights) Templar
Ben!
$2,000 [8]
Acompoteinvolves slow-cooked fruit & syrup while this sauce seenherehas been pureed & strained
a coulis

Final Jeopardy!

SHAKESPEARE'S CHARACTERS

Both of the names of these 2 lovers in a Shakespeare play come from Latin words for "blessed"

Beatrice & Benedick

Danny "Who Romeo + Juliet" — wagered $1,400
Lynn "Who are Romeo and Juli" — wagered $3,000
Ben! "Who are Beatrice &BenedictBenedict?" — wagered $12,201

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