Show #8878 2023-05-24 (taped 2023-03-23) Regular

Contestants

Joyce Sun — a retired lawyer from Bloomfield, New Jersey

Ed Petersen — a planning technician from Orlando, Florida

Lynn Di Vito — a retired museum educator from Colorado Springs, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Lynn	$800	$3,200	$6,400	$1,400 2nd place: $2,000	$9,600 16 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Ed	$600	$0	$10,400	$7,999 New champion: $7,999	$12,000 14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD)
Joyce	$3,600	$5,600	$10,800	$300 3rd place: $1,000	$10,800 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

THANKS A MILLION	AFRICA	CON MUST GO	TEACHING: SOME ANAGRAMS	STATE OF THE UNION	THAT'S A WRAP, EVERYBODY!
$200 [16] The Million Dollar Band is the celebrated marching band of this university down South in Tuscaloosa Alabama Ed	$200 [29] Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia & Somalia are known collectively as the this of Africa the Horn Lynn	$200 [2] To lead an orchestra no longer leads with "con" to become this, a channel through which air passes duct Lynn	$200 [17] Classroom aid seen here:BREADED ROSARY dry erase board Ed	$200 [25] In Pennsylvania you can visit the natl. cemetery in this town & see where Lincoln said a few memorable words on Nov. 19, 1863 Gettysburg Joyce	$200 [21] Pre-butterfly, a caterpillar wraps itself in a cocoon-like this & then digests itself, using enzymes to dissolve its tissues a chrysalis Lynn
$400 [10] She won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in "Million Dollar Baby" (Hilary) Swank Lynn	$400 [23] Because much of Chad lies in this vast arid region, its population density is among the lowest in the world the Sahara Desert Lynn	$400 [1] We can agree to remove "con" from a word of unity to get this, string or twine cord Ed	$400 [18] A financed position for research:LOW ELF HIPS fellowship Ed	$400 [12] About 30,000 men were of military age in this new state during the Civil War--20,000 "Jayhawkers" signed up for Union duty Kansas Lynn	$400 [15] It's SC Johnson's trademarked "premium wrap" with polyethylene-low density, a polymer also used to form plastic bags Saran Wrap Joyce
$600 [7] He wrote, directed & starred in the comedy Western "A Million Ways to Die in the West" Seth MacFarlane	$600 [3] Once thought extinct, the coelacanth can be found off shore of this largest African island Madagascar Ed	$600 [4] We can verify that removing "con" from the front of a word leaves us in this place where lawyers work a firm	$600 [19] Important number for a class:MR. TELL NONE enrollment	$600 [11] The CSA wanted this 31st state to join--it had recently come into some gold & had an unblockaded harbor--but it went Union California Ed	$600 [14] what toexpect.com provides a step-by-step on how to do this for an infant, as "Who doesn't love a baby burrito?" swaddling Joyce
$800 [8] "Million Reasons" is a song on her album "Joanne" Lady Gaga Lynn	$1,000 [28] People from this city, the largest in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, are known as Kinois Kinshasa Lynn	$800 [5] The act of taking land by force abandons "con" to go on a this, perhaps to seek more land to take by force quest Joyce	$800 [20] A correct plural of a teaching document:SLY BAIL syllabi Lynn	$800 [24] The 39th New York Infantry hadsoldiers from many lands, but was called the Guard of this Italian hero of the 19th century Garibaldi Joyce	$800 [13] This chain filled the biggest Postmates order of 2019: 220 items, including 20 Crunchwrap Supremes Taco Bell Joyce
$1,000 [9] This 2003 reality show with women who compete for the love of a man they think is rich was rebooted in 2022 as ": For Richer or Poorer" Joe Millionaire Joyce	DD $1,200 [22] When the British held Ghana as a colony, it was known as this due to the vast riches the region held the Gold Coast Lynn	$1,000 [6] "Con" leaves a word meaning important to get this one, a synonym for consecutive sequential Lynn Ed	$1,000 [30] The kids say it's easy to pass:SOURCE TUG a gut course Joyce	$1,000 [26] In 1864 it became the northernmost state to see land action when about 25 Confederate soldiers raided the town of St. Albans Vermont	$1,000 [27] This loose, skirt-like wrap is noted for its traditional use in the Malay archipelago sarong Lynn Ed

Double Jeopardy! Round

THESE BROS ARE LIT	SCIENCE	TRAIN-ING DAY	OVERLAPS	TO THE FORT!	I AM "D.B."
$400 [18] Collectively, Dmitry, Ivan & Alyosha live up to the title of this 19th century novel The Brothers Karamazov Ed	$400 [1] Of the 6 essential nutrients, 3 provide calories: proteins, fats & these, which come in simple & complex forms carbohydrates Lynn	$400 [17] Separated by 8th Avenue, Moynihan Train Hall & this "stately" New York City train station operate as one complex Penn Station Lynn Joyce	$400 [12] Forbidden woolen baby socks worn instead of shoes tabooties	$400 [7] The ruins of this ancient fortress lie atop a 1,400-foot plateau near the Dead Sea the Masada Joyce	$400 [3] In 2007 I selected the Los Angeles Galaxy as my team David Beckham
$800 [19] Sadly for Greg Heffley, his older brother Rodrick "Rules" in the second book in this kid lit series Diary of a Wimpy Kid Joyce	$800 [13] The nuclei of radioactive elements can undergo the spontaneous type of this process, liberating much energy fission Ed	$800 [23] Argentina's Tren a las Nubes, or train to here, lives up to its name as it ascends nearly 14,000 feet the clouds Lynn	$800 [27] A set of rules for formal occasions in a Rocky Mountain U.S. state protoColorado Ed	$800 [8] Built during World War II to protect England from the Germans, towers known as Maunsell Forts still stand in this river's estuary the Thames Lynn	$800 [4] I held my breath for a record 17 minutes 4 seconds in 2008 David Blaine Lynn
$1,200 [20] In a 1969 novel Sonny, Michael & Fredo are brothers in this family you should really never take sides against the Corleones Ed	DD $1,600 [14] It's the measure of the size of the seismic waves generated by an earthquake; Charles Richter invented one way to measure it magnitude Ed	$1,200 [24] If you want to "be in" this, Chicago's official downtown area, use the Quincy & Clark/Lake "L" stops the Loop Joyce	$1,200 [28] All those unsolicited emails you receive are quickly forgotten with this mental condition spamnesia	$1,600 [10] In May 1940 this country's "impregnable" Fort Eben-Emael along the Albert Canal fell to the Germans in a single day Belgium	$1,200 [2] Can you crack the "Code"? I wrote the thriller "Deception Point" Dan Brown Ed
$1,600 [21] It turns out about as well for Caleb & Aron in this 1952 novel as it did for Cain & Abel in an earlier book East of Eden Joyce	$1,600 [15] Lasting about 4 billion years & encompassing Earth's first 3 eons is this time period that "pre"cedes everything else Precambrian Ed	$1,600 [25] Monet found inspiration at Gare Saint-Lazare, which connects Paris to le Havre, in this northern region of France Normandy Ed	—	DD $2,000 [9] Now a city, it was founded in 1849 as a military outpost & named for a commander of the U.S. Army in Texas Fort Worth Lynn	$1,600 [5] Iwon two gold medals in figure skating & spent decades as a respectedcommentatoron the sport Dick Button Joyce
$2,000 [22] This American novelist created the Compson brothers Benjy, Quentin & Jason William Faulkner	$2,000 [16] This mammalian group that includesseals, sea lions & walruseshas a name from Latin words meaning "fin" & "foot" pinniped Ed	$2,000 [26] Thank you, N'ex--the express train that connects Tokyo to this international airport Narita (International) Lynn	—	$2,000 [11] Fort-de-France is the capital of this French Caribbean island & department Martinique Ed	$2,000 [6] I sang the country song "Drunk On A Plane" Dierks Bentley Ed

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSICAL MUSIC

When the opera "Lohengrin" premiered in 1850, this man, a future in-law of the composer, was the conductor

Franz Liszt

Lynn "Who is Toscanini?" — wagered $5,000

Ed "Who is Haydn?" — wagered $2,401

Joyce "Who is Rachmaninoff?" — wagered $10,500

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