Show #8916 2023-07-17 (taped 2023-05-18) Regular

Contestants

Leann Craumer — a librarian from Catonsville, Maryland

Jerry Powers — a retired elementary teacher originally from Fanwood, New Jersey

Daniel Moore — a contract compliance analyst from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Daniel $2,200 $4,600 $9,800 $14,800
2-day champion: $39,800
$11,000
21 R, 8 W (including 1 DD)
Jerry $1,200 $1,600 $7,400 $9,801
2nd place: $2,000
$8,400
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Leann $1,000 $2,000 $4,200 $3,598
3rd place: $1,000
$6,400
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

TOM SWIFT TALES WORLD ROYALTY 6-LETTER WORDS FISH PEOPLE STATE FLAGS WHAT'S THE NAME OF THAT TV SHOW?
$200 [30]
In 1914 Tom had a "Photo" one of these; today he could use a Samsung Galaxy
a (photo tele)phone
Daniel Jerry
$200 [6]
The serfs he brutally suppressed in the revolts of 1705 to 1708 probably didn't think this czar was so great
Peter the Great
Leann
$200 [18]
One who's used as the tool of another, or Moe Howard
the stooge
Daniel
$200 [26]
A 19th century man named Preserved Fish was an early broker for what became NYSE for short
the New York Stock Exchange
Daniel
$200 [27]
It's the only state flag to have different designs on each side, with the Pacific Ocean on the front & a beaver on the back
Oregon
Leann
$200 [16]
Seattle's Café Nervosa was a hangout for the title psychiatrist on this TV series
Frasier
Jerry
$400 [29]
In 1963 Tom Swift Jr. went up against the asteroid ones, not the ones of the Caribbean
pirates
Leann
$400 [5]
11th century Olaf "the Tax King" was the first Swedish monarch to issue these, which must have made it easier to pay up
coins
Daniel Leann
$400 [21]
In the title of a John le Carré novel, these 2 occupations precede "Soldier, Spy"
Tinker & Tailor
Daniel
$400 [25]
In 2022 this L.A. Angel with a cutthroat swing won his 9th Silver Slugger Award
(Mike) Trout
Leann
$400 [23]
Wyoming's flag, adopted in 1917, bears the silhouette of one of these animals, just back from the brink of extinction
the American bison (a buffalo)
Jerry
$400 [15]
Ms. Weissman is the maiden name of the title character of this show that ran for 5 seasons on Amazon Prime
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Jerry Leann
$600 [28]
In his first tale back in 1910, Tom was riding high on his Hog in "Tom Swift and His" this
a motorcycle
Jerry
$600 [4]
The historian Tacitus says the ancient British queen Boudicca led a revolt that wiped out the 9th of these Roman units
legions
Daniel
$600 [20]
This wild cat seenhereranges from Argentina to South Texas
an ocelot
Jerry
$600 [24]
It was a "bust" for this explorer in 1806 when he decided not to scale the peak that was later named for him
Pike
Daniel
$600 [11]
Reflecting a state nickname, one of these aquatic birds feeds its young on Louisiana's flag
a pelican
Daniel
$600 [8]
The Great Cornholio is an alter ego of one of this animated title pair
Beavis & Butt-Head
Daniel
$800 [22]
Tom Swift Jr. had "his outpost in space" in 1955, 3 years before his "Race to" this
the Moon
Daniel Leann
$800 [2]
Mad King Ludwig of this old German kingdom got his nickname for stunts like building Neuschwanstein Castle
Bavaria
Jerry
$800 [19]
Marcel Duchamp famously displayed an autographed one of these bathroom receptacles as an artwork
urinal
Leann
$800 [17]
Seen here, she became the first woman elected as mayor of Los Angeles
Mayor Karen Bass
$800 [10]
Idaho's flag is based on one used in 1898 by the First Idaho Infantry during this war
the Spanish-American
Jerry
$800 [7]
From 2004 to 2012 Hugh Laurie played this crusty but skillful title M.D.
House
Leann
$1,000 [14]
I'm both attracted & repulsed by 1932's "Tom Swift and His Giant..."
Magnet
$1,000 [1]
In 1578 this country's young & fanatical King Sebastião made the fatal mistake of leading a crusade into Morocco
Portugal
Daniel
DD $1,200 [13]
This poetic name for the land of Robert Burns is in the name of a Canadian province
Scotia
Daniel
$1,000 [12]
An "American Masters" documentary on this photographer is subtitled "Prophet of the Avant-Garde"
Man Ray
Daniel
$1,000 [9]
Delaware's flag prominently displays the date "December 7" this year
1787
Daniel
$1,000 [3]
Adrian Zmed was the rookie partner of the title character on this '80s police drama
T.J. Hooker
Daniel

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY DOUBLE TALK WHO'S THAT POET? I'LL "B" THERE WITH BELLS ON OPPENHEIMER
$400 [29]
The bestselling holiday song recorded by a female artist is this 1994 hit by Mariah Carey
"All I Want For Christmas Is You"
Leann
$400 [19]
Though her real first name was Gabrielle, French designer Chanel went by this nickname
Coco
Jerry
$400 [20]
Nearing 40, had no poetry books out; took "The Road Not Taken" anyway, made all the difference; a New England patriot
Frost
Jerry
$400 [22]
The third-largest island in the world, it touches the Java, Sulu & South China Seas
Borneo
Jerry
$400 [2]
The New York Times guide to spectator sports says this can happen, "if a man is knocked down in the closing seconds of a round"
saved by the bell
Daniel Jerry
$400 [30]
(Emily Blunt presents the clue.) My character Kitty Oppenheimer's marriage to Robert was tempestuous, & in the 1950s controversy over her one-time involvement with this political party helped bring an end to her husband's career in government
communism (Communist Party)
Jerry
$800 [14]
The first video game theme to join the Registry is Koji Kondo's iconic "Ground Theme" from this 1985 Nintendo game
Super Mario Bros.
Leann
$800 [18]
A type of goose, it's the state bird of Hawaii
a nene
Jerry
$800 [21]
Usher-ed in "The Haunted Palace"; fell for Whitman (Sarah, not Walt); bit of a drinking problem
Poe
Leann
$800 [7]
Acement quarrynear Sucre, judicial capital of this country, is the site of numerousdinosaur tracks
Bolivia
Leann
$800 [3]
On "The Addams Family", he would often respond to a bell's summons with a simple "You rang?"
Lurch
Jerry
$800 [28]
(Emily Blunt presents the clue.) "I feel I have blood on my hands", said a troubled Oppenheimerin a tense October 1945 meeting with this man, who replied that the blood was on his own instead
Truman
Daniel
$1,200 [13]
It's not all music in the Registry--this astronomer's recording of "Pale Blue Dot" made the cut too
Sagan
Daniel
$1,200 [17]
It's the pedal that created the musical effect heard here
wah-wah
Daniel
$1,200 [23]
"I shall not be moved"... quite moving; got a Tony nom for a 1973 performance; gone since 2014, but still she rises
Maya Angelou
Daniel
$1,200 [10]
A 470-mile parkway linking Shenandoah & Great Smoky Mountains National Parks is named for these mountains
Blue Ridge
Daniel
$1,200 [4]
During this formal ecclesiastical censure, a priest will ring a bell
excommunication
DD $1,000 [1]
(Matt Damon presents the clue.) Oppenheimer wasn't sure why he chose this name for a nuclear test site, but he did recall thinking of John Donne's poems of death & resurrection, including the sonnet that begins, "Batter my heart, three-person'd God"
the Trinity test site
Jerry
$1,600 [12]
The first reggaeton recording in the Registry is "Gasolina", a 2004 hit by this Puerto Rican rapper
Daddy Yankee
Daniel
$1,600 [16]
This German health resort town is famous for its spas & a lavish casino
Baden-Baden
Daniel
$1,600 [27]
"Big Shoulders" to cry on; Spanish-American War vet; his kind of town, "Chicago" is
Sandburg
Jerry
$1,600 [8]
This 215-mile-long Australian river shares a name with the capital of Queensland
Brisbane
Leann
$1,600 [5]
Yongsare ancient brass bells that didn't have these tongues inside to make noise as mallets were used for that
a clapper
Daniel Jerry
$1,600 [25]
(Emily Blunt presents the clue.) Arguing that the far-flung Manhattan Project needed a central facility, Oppenheimer helped choose an isolated New Mexico location for this top-secret site, described as an ivory tower frontier boomtown
Los Alamos
Daniel
$2,000 [11]
Sadly, she didn't live to see her song "Flashdance... What A Feeling" make it into the National Recording Registry
Irene Cara
Daniel
$2,000 [15]
In Voodoo shops you can buy one of these bags with a variety of ingredients designed to protect you & bring you luck
juju (gris-gris)
Daniel
$2,000 [26]
An unabashed romantic; "Unbound" effort; drowning, his sorrows
Shelley
DD $2,200 [9]
Though the majority of this country's population is Hutu, the Tutsi minority has historically held power there
Burundi
Leann
$2,000 [6]
This word refers to a set of bells in church; there must be at least 23 bells & as many as 78
a carillon
Daniel
$2,000 [24]
(Matt Damon presents the clue.) I play this hard-driving U.S. Army general, described as the Manhattan Project's indispensable man who oversaw the project from its inception through the successful testing & eventual wartime use of the atomic bomb
General Leslie Groves
Daniel

Final Jeopardy!

GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS

In 1867 he wrote to General Rousseau, "on arriving at Sitka... you will receive from the Russian commissioner the formal transfer"

(William) Seward

Leann "Who is Napoleon?" — wagered $602
Jerry "Who is Seward?" — wagered $2,401
Daniel "Who is Seward?" — wagered $5,000

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