Show #8905 2023-06-30 (taped 2023-04-14) Regular

Last syndicated show hosted by Mayim Bialik.

Contestants

Ilena Di Toro — a public relations specialist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Courtney Johnston — an attorney from Denver, Colorado

Bryan White — a senior regulatory compliance analyst originally from Santa Maria, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $32,007)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Bryan $600 $2,200 $9,300 $7,700
2nd place: $2,000
$13,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Courtney $0 $1,200 $4,000 $190
3rd place: $1,000
$4,000
7 R, 3 W
Ilena $600 $0 $5,400 $9,500
New champion: $9,500
$5,600
10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

VENN DIAGRAM INTERSECTIONS WELCOME TO THE BIG URBAN AREA BUSINESS NUMBERS IN THE NEWS SPORTS ROOKIES COMPOUND WORDS
$200 [20]
U.S. States & Ex-Soviet Republics
Georgia
Bryan
$200 [15]
This urban area of about 37 million is also home to Shinjuku Station, the world's busiest train station
Tokyo
Bryan
$200 [30]
This company released the Xbox video game console in 2001
Microsoft
Bryan
$200 [6]
These numbers are important--the U.N. says world emissions of these must drop 60% by 2035 to limit global warming to 2.7 degrees
CO 2 emissions (greenhouse gases)
Bryan
$200 [1]
Last name of 2021 NBA Rookie of the Year LaMelo; brother Lonzo was named to a 2018 All-Rookie Team
Ball
Bryan Courtney
$200 [21]
Emily Post wrote that when meeting others, this should not feel viselike, nor like a wet rag
a handshake
Ilena
$400 [19]
Honda Minivans & Epic Poems
Odyssey
Courtney
$400 [13]
This Chinese area of about 7.5 million has seen a drop in population accompanying a political crackdown
Hong Kong
Bryan
$400 [29]
This juice brand has its name on a baseball stadium in St. Petersburg
Tropicana
Bryan Ilena
$400 [7]
The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank reminded us this is the FDIC deposit insurance limit, but Uncle Sam made good on SVB losses
$250,000
Bryan
$400 [2]
From Tony Dorsett in 1977 to Eric Dickerson in 1983, 7 straight winners of the PFWA NFL Rookie of the Year Award played this position
running back
Bryan
$400 [22]
Palermo, Sicily was home to the 2022 world championships in this sport that requires a board you stand on with a sail attached
windsurfing
Bryan Ilena
$600 [16]
Snow White's dwarfs & Billboard No. 1 Hit Songs
"Happy"
$600 [14]
The biggest urban area in its country, this city has almost 3 times the people of No. 2 Medellín
Bogotá
Ilena
$600 [28]
The bowtie-shaped logo of this brand first appeared on automobiles in 1914
Chevrolet
$600 [8]
2022 headlines declared Argentina "El Mejor Once del Mundial de Catar", once being Spanish for this number
11
Bryan
$600 [3]
Juli Inkster, Patty Sheehan & Nancy Lopez are former winners of this tour's Rookie of the Year Award
the LPGA
Bryan
$600 [23]
"The Tall Building Artistically Reconsidered" by Ada Louise Huxtable calls this type of structure "where art & the city meet"
a skyscraper
$800 [17]
Rum Brands & 1970s Barbie Lines
Malibu
$1,000 [12]
In the city of 9.3 million, now named for this man, the War Remnants Museumwas previously the Museum of Chinese & American War Crimes
Ho Chi Minh City
Courtney
$800 [27]
This company known for its motor homes adventured into the sea, acquiring Chris-Craft boats in 2018
Winnebago
$800 [9]
In 2023 France raised the retirement age to this, still younger than Social Security's longtime number until 1983
64
Courtney
$800 [4]
This2018 AL Rookie of the Year ended the 2023 World Baseball Classic by striking out another former winner, Mike Trout
Shohei Ohtani
Bryan
$800 [24]
Headlines on the Internet such as "You won't believe what Mayim said about Charo" are this, to get you to go to the site
clickbait
Courtney
$1,000 [18]
Santa's Reindeer & Roman Gods
Cupid
DD $3,200 [11]
Due south of Egypt, this capital with about 6 million people began as an Egyptian army camp in 1821
Khartoum
Bryan
$1,000 [26]
This company has introduced sturdy materials like Curv & Roxkin for its suitcases
Samsonite
Bryan
$1,000 [10]
In the full House of Representatives, you need this many votes to become speaker, as Kevin McCarthy was reminded in 2023
218
$1,000 [5]
In 1959, long before he voiced "The King" in "Cars", this racing legend was NASCAR's Rookie of the Year
Richard Petty
$1,000 [25]
As a verb it means to try to persuade someone; as a noun, it's simply the mandible
jawbone
Bryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

HISTORIC GREATS SERENITY NOW! SCIENCE & NATURE LET'S GET "DOWN" POP EYE THE SAILOR MAN
$400 [1]
This empress did not promulgate the 1773 papal bull suppressing Jesuits, allowing them to survive in Russia
Catherine the Great
Bryan
$400 [6]
This synonym for serenity is a "sea" on the Moon that made some waves in 1969
the Sea of Tranquility
Bryan
$400 [19]
In a honeybee colony, the only job of these non-remote-controlled male bees is to mate with a queen
drones
Bryan
$400 [23]
Square dancing is often part of this lively party
a hoedown
Courtney
$400 [13]
To promote "Everything Everywhere All at Once", A24 Films sells pet these, complete with googly eyes & nest
a pet rock
Ilena
$400 [26]
The skeleton of a sailor named Allardyce is left as a clue in this 1883 pirate tale
Treasure Island
$800 [2]
Part of this 11-letter name of the king of the Franks means "great" in Old French
Charlemagne
Ilena
$800 [7]
JMW Turner captured the serene beauty of this largest Swiss lake
Lake Geneva
Ilena
$800 [20]
"Dom" Toretto could tell you it's the missing step on the chart of the animal taxonomy seen here
family
Bryan
$800 [22]
In a car, this action gets you into a lower gear
downshift
Bryan
$800 [14]
A Dungeons & Dragons computer RPG from 1991 is called "Eye of the" this, also the name of a monster watching you there
Eye of the Beholder
$800 [30]
In "The Thousand & One Nights", this sailor man swears off travel after his seventh voyage
Sinbad
Ilena
DD $1,000 [3]
Frederick the Great brought this kingdom into European ascendancy; it's no longer around, though
Prussia
Ilena
$1,200 [8]
Taylor Swift sang, "You need to just stop, like can you just not step on his gown? You need to" do this
calm down
Courtney
$1,200 [21]
4 chemical elements, including yttrium & erbium, were named for a village in this country
Sweden
$1,200 [12]
After a 2011 quake, the Daiichi plant at Fukushima experienced one of these
a meltdown
Courtney
$1,200 [9]
On "Orange Is the New Black", Uzo Aduba played Suzanne Warren, who had this manic nickname
Crazy Eyes
Bryan
DD $1,100 [29]
Lord Drinian is captain of this title vessel in a book by C.S. Lewis
the Dawn Treader
Bryan
$1,600 [4]
King Sejong the Great was responsible for bringing the Hangul alphabet to these people
Korea (the Koreans)
Ilena
$1,600 [17]
AA's serenity prayer asks for "the courage to change the things I can, &" this "to know the difference"
wisdom
Ilena
$1,600 [24]
This common silica mineral is found in many types of rocks & is the most common constituent of sand
quartz
Ilena
$1,600 [10]
The eggs seenhereare cushioned by this fluffy stuff named for a duck
eiderdown
Courtney
$1,600 [15]
This band's 1980s cover of the Burt Bacharach & Hal David classic "Always Something There To Remind Me" was memorable
Naked Eyes
Courtney
$1,200 [28]
This Sebastian Junger book looks into what might have befallen those aboard the fishing boat the Andrea Gail
The Perfect Storm
$2,000 [5]
Jews have warm fuzzy feelings for this "Great" Persian who released them from captivity in Babylonia
Cyrus the Great
Bryan Ilena
$2,000 [18]
This man II is his serene highness, Prince of Monaco, Marquis of Baux, man about town, dude with some pull
Prince Albert (II)
Ilena
$2,000 [25]
Yes, yes, this rare lemur has been described as having the face of a possum, the teeth of a rat & the ears of a bat
an aye-aye
Bryan
$2,000 [11]
Paul Auster wrote "The New Colossus" turned the Statue of Liberty into a "symbol of hope to... outcasts &" this type of people
the downtrodden
Bryan
$2,000 [16]
Later a movie title, this collection of short stories was subtitled "Five Secret Occasions in the Life of James Bond"
For Your Eyes Only
$1,600 [27]
The irascible Captain Haddock is from this Belgian's "Tintin" stories
Hergé

Final Jeopardy!

NATIONAL ANTHEMS

The name of this country's national anthem translates as "His Majesty's Reign" & its lyrics come from a 1,000-year-old poem

Japan

Courtney "What is France?" — wagered $3,810
Ilena "What is Japan?" — wagered $4,100
Bryan "What is Norway?" — wagered $1,600

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