Show #8886 2023-06-05 (taped 2023-04-03) Regular

Jared Watson game 3.

Contestants

Annabelle Winter — a graduate student from New York, New York

Harrison Seidel — a marketing coordinator from Burbank, California

Jared Watson — a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Jared $3,200 $5,000 $19,600 $17,601
3-day champion: $56,202
$17,000
24 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W
Harrison $600 $2,000 $8,800 $12,700
2nd place: $2,000
$8,800
14 R, 4 W
Annabelle $0 $1,600 $2,400 $4,795
3rd place: $1,000
$2,400
11 R, 5 W

Jeopardy! Round

CLASSIC CHILDREN'S BOOKS THE PHILIPPINES TASK: FORCE IT'S ALSO A BOAT THE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM "G"EOGRAPHY
$200 [5]
This tale about Max & some monsters was later turned into a short opera featuring a libretto by Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are
Jared
$200 [23]
The Japanese Gardenis a good place to get away from the bustle of the 12 million or so people living in the area of this city
Manila
Jared Annabelle
$200 [20]
The London Metropolitan Police Force has been HQed at a location with this name since 1829
Scotland Yard
Annabelle
$200 [30]
It's the graceful & majestic item in use here
a clipper
Jared Annabelle
$200 [10]
Greg Maddux, John Smoltz &David Justice,1995
the Atlanta Braves
Jared
$200 [15]
Staying in the theme of the category, Grady, Greene & Glascock are counties in this state
Georgia
Jared
$400 [4]
Eric Carle is perhaps best remembered for this book about a week in the life of a ravenous larva
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Annabelle
$400 [22]
In 2016 this champion boxer won a seat as a Filipino senator & later ran for president
Manny Pacquiao
Annabelle
$400 [17]
This term for a fictional energy barrier has been traced back to the 1931 sci-fi story "Islands of Space"
a force field
Jared
$400 [27]
Back in my day, Sonny, we enjoyed these "notes" that could appear on one of the inner sleeves of a phonograph record
liner notes
Jared
$400 [9]
Hope Solo &Abby Wambach,2012
the U.S. National Women's soccer team
Jared
$400 [14]
Ecuador once ran a penal colony whose prisoners were made to build a "wall of tears" on rocky Isabela Island in this island group
the Galápagos
Harrison
$800 [2]
Today we might call it phrogging, but in a title by Mary Norton, the tiny Clock family, living beneath a kitchen floor, are these
The Borrowers
Harrison
$600 [21]
Mayon Volcanoon this largest Philippine island has erupted numerous times in the 21st century, causing many evacuations
Luzon
$600 [16]
Meatwad, Frylock & Master Shake make up this threesome whose misadventures played out on Adult Swim for 11 seasons
the Aqua Teen Hunger Force
Harrison
$600 [26]
It's a "cool" activity to get people in a new group to know each other better & feel more at ease
an icebreaker
Harrison
$600 [6]
Matthew Stafford &Odell Beckham Jr.
the L.A. Rams
Jared
$600 [11]
This nation has coastlines on the Pacific Ocean & the Caribbean Sea
Guatemala
Harrison Annabelle
DD $1,000 [1]
A line in this book says, "Take my apples, boy, and sell them in the city. Then you will have money and you will be happy"
The Giving Tree
Jared
$800 [24]
Spanish for "to marinate" gives us the name of this Philippine dish of marinated meat with garlic, soy sauce, vinegar & spices
adobo
Harrison Annabelle
$800 [18]
French term for a clause in a contract protecting one or both parties if an act of God messes everything up
force majeure
Annabelle
$800 [28]
Some hot air balloons can fit up to 30 people in this basket suspended below & carried aloft
a gondola
$800 [7]
Oscar Robertson &Kareem Abdul-Jabbar,1971
the Milwaukee Bucks
Jared
$800 [13]
Beware monsters in the valley of this river that flows near Yuma; it's where the same-named poisonous lizard hangs out
the Gila River
Jared
$1,000 [3]
In this picture book by Janell Cannon, a fruit bat ends up in a bird's nest & is adopted by the mama bird
Stellaluna
$1,000 [25]
Bundok, the source of the English word boondocks, means mountain in this language, the basis of the official language Filipino
Tagalog
Annabelle
$1,000 [19]
The Seattle PD "de"fines it as actions "that seek to minimize the likelihood of the need to use force" in a situation
de-escalation
Harrison
$1,000 [29]
As well as a kind of vessel, it's the kitchen area aboard one
a galley
Jared
$1,000 [8]
In 1985, the teammates seen here
the Edmonton Oilers
Jared Annabelle
$1,000 [12]
The first part of the name of this super-glam Tokyo shopping district means "silver"
Ginza

Double Jeopardy! Round

CITY HAPPENINGS FIRST & LAST NAME'S THE SAME MYTHOLOGY MOVIE CONTINENTS THE SCIENCE OF POETRY 4, 4
$400 [30]
U.S. Steel was born there in 1901 & steel was likely used in The Igloo where Penguins began skating in 1967
Pittsburgh
Annabelle
$400 [29]
Mrs. Shakespeare & the portrayer of Viola in "Twelfth Night" in Shakespeare in the Park in 2009
Anne Hathaway
Jared
$400 [28]
Come sail away on this Greek river of myth whose name means "hateful"
Styx
Harrison
$400 [14]
Europe:2005 horror film named for cheap lodgings
Hostel
Jared
$400 [27]
In a 1727 memorial by James Thomson, "Even light it self, which every thing displays, shone undiscovered" until this British thinker
Newton
Harrison
$400 [16]
A feature that counters anything that could go wrong with a device is called this
a fail-safe
Harrison
$800 [2]
It was chosen as Upper Canada (Ontario)'s capital in 1793 but its name became York; in 1834 it got re-renamed back to the original
Toronto
Jared
$800 [5]
All 3 names the same: U.S. naval hero awarded a Congressional Gold Medal & Led Zeppelin bassist/Kennedy Center honoree
John Paul Jones
Jared
$800 [20]
A very unfortunate family man, this future king of Thebes left Corinth on learning he was fated to kill his dad; fate is rough
Oedipus
Harrison
$800 [13]
Asia:Ben Stiller & Steve Coogan are making a Vietnam War movie
Tropic Thunder
Annabelle
$800 [23]
Dedicated to Stephen Hawking, Sarah Howe's "Relativity" describes these as "where parallel lines will meet"
black holes
$800 [15]
It came before "and carry on" in motivational posters created by Britain's Ministry of Information in 1939
Keep calm
Annabelle
$1,200 [1]
In 1815, on night 1 of his return from Elba, Napoleon landed at this then-village; in 2022, "Top Gun: Maverick" flew onscreen there
Cannes
Annabelle
$1,200 [6]
Commanding officer of one of the first U.S. steamships in the 1830s & could he be more of a star of "Friends"?
Matthew Perry
Harrison
$1,600 [21]
Athena's Roman equivalent, this goddess had a shrine on the Aventine that was a meeting place for writers & actors
Minerva
Annabelle
$1,200 [11]
Africa:Not James VI but Idi Amin is the subject
The Last King of Scotland
Harrison
$1,200 [24]
Tracy K. Smith's "My God, It's Full of Stars" says, "We saw to the edge of all there is" with this, which her dad helped build in the 1980s
the Hubble Space Telescope
Jared
$1,200 [17]
For bettors, Aye-Aye Charlie is one of these, Better Getalong is a real one of these
a long shot
Jared
$1,600 [3]
In 1861 it became both a capital & an ex-capital of the Confederacy; a century later, its buses made national news
Montgomery
Jared Harrison Annabelle
$1,600 [7]
No. 2 in U.S. government to James Madison & No. 1 in U.S. funksmanship in Parliament (& Funkadelic)
George Clinton
Jared
$2,000 [22]
Not just Odysseus but his son visits this nymph who shares her name with a music style; Angelica Kauffmandepictedhis welcome
Calypso
Jared
$1,600 [10]
Australia:Toni Collette longs to be a bride
Muriel's Wedding
DD $2,000 [25]
In a 1920s limerick, "There was a young lady named Bright/ Whose speed was far" these 3 words; she gets back home before she left
faster than light
Jared
$1,600 [18]
The style of tap dancing that doesn't employ the taps is referred to as this
soft shoe
Jared
$2,000 [4]
Once a residence of the Elector of Brandenburg, it later got the vote to be the site of a conference late in WWII
Potsdam
Harrison
$2,000 [8]
17th century essayist who was Lord Chancellor of England & 20th century painter of "Head of a Woman (Lisa Sainsbury)"
Francis Bacon
DD $3,000 [9]
As the fish-hook of this demigod was used to help form Hawaii's islands, the least folks could do was name one after him
Maui
Jared
$2,000 [12]
Antarctica:A shape-shifting alien menaces helicopter pilot Kurt Russell
The Thing
Harrison
$2,000 [26]
A comic verse says, "Sir James" this/ "Is a better man than you are/ None of you asses/ Can liquefy gases"
Sir James Dewar
Jared Harrison
$2,000 [19]
"Saturday Night Live" is famous for beginning its shows with one of these, a scene that precedes the titles
a cold open
Harrison

Final Jeopardy!

ACRONYMS

It was originally a code word used by telegraph operators; Barack Obama used it in his Twitter handle

POTUS

Annabelle "What is POTUS?" — wagered $2,395
Harrison "What is P.O.T.U.S.?" — wagered $3,900
Jared "What is stop?" — wagered $1,999

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