Show #8922 2023-07-25 (taped 2023-05-19) Regular

Contestants

Julie Sisson — a library circulation assistant from Everett, Washington

Andrew Knowles — a psychologist resident from Portland, Oregon

Taylor Clagett — a marketing director originally from Chesapeake Beach, Maryland (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,800)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Taylor	$4,200	$6,200	$9,700	$978 3rd place: $1,000	$8,000 14 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W
Andrew	$3,600	$4,400	$6,400	$6,701 2nd place: $2,000	$6,400 17 R, 8 W
Julie	$1,200	$3,000	$8,200	$11,210 New champion: $11,210	$12,200 14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

JUST GOOGLY IT	THAT CAN BE A GREEK LETTER	THEOEDDESCRIBES THE ANIMAL	RHYME THE TIME	SOMETHING'S ROTTEN	IN DENMARK
$200 [30] You could put googly eyes on each end of the name of this province here, & you're welcome for the logo idea, northern neighbors Ontario Taylor	$200 [28] These "blockers" are used to help prevent angina & heart attacks beta Andrew	$200 [9] "A large hornless ruminant quadruped, distinguished by its humped back, long neck, and cushioned feet" a camel Taylor	$200 [17] To turn down that delicious glass of Burgundy decline the wine	$200 [22] The first film to get a score on this now 25-year-old website was "Star Trek: Insurrection" back in 1998 Rotten Tomatoes Taylor	$200 [7] Denmark claims the longest-used one of these--the Dannebrog, which legend says fell to Earth in a 1219 battle flag Taylor Andrew Julie
$400 [29] Check out this planet checking you out; it was once known as Hermes, but times & beliefs changed Mercury Taylor	$400 [27] The first passenger flight of this airline took off in 1929, going from Dallas to Jackson, Mississippi Delta Julie	$400 [16] Of the carp family, "native to China... commonly kept in ponds, cold-water tanks, or... glass globes" goldfish Andrew	$400 [18] To have joint custody of a grizzly share the bear Taylor	$400 [26] Valentine in "Army of the Dead" was rotten all over, as a zombie one of these that would make Joe Exotic squeal a tiger Andrew	$400 [6] Danish beermaster J.C. Jacobsen named this brewery for his son Carlsberg
$600 [8] Here'sthe brilliant Marty Feldman who played Igor in this 1974 classic film comedy & we haven't done a thing to the picture Young Frankenstein Andrew Julie	$600 [12] This name of China's president since 2013 is spelled the same way as the Greek letter Xi Taylor	$600 [15] "Mouse-like quadrupeds... having the fingers extended to support a thin membrane" a bat	$600 [19] To surprise--nay, absolutely astound--a convent sister stun the nun Andrew	$600 [25] In this film, Miracle Max warns, "You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles" The Princess Bride Julie	$600 [5] Den Gamle By, an open-air museum representing an early Danish town, is an attraction in Arhus on this peninsula the Jutland Andrew
$800 [3] It's an equilateralparallelogram, & it's 7 letters; one thing it's not--a type of public transport a rhombus Andrew	$1,000 [11] Eastern philosophy calls this a life force; some also spell it with a Q, but we're going with the Greek letter style chi Andrew	$800 [14] "One of several large eared seals" including "the distinct species (Zalophus) californianus" sea lions Julie	$800 [20] To give up to another your foremost position in a race cede the lead Julie	$800 [24] Steve Martin & Michael Caine were these title conmen in a 1988 remake of a comedy starring David Niven & Marlon Brando Dirty Rotten Scoundrels Taylor	$800 [2] Copenhagenize is an urban planning firm specializing in making cities friendly to these transports, the way Copenhagen is bicycles Taylor
$1,000 [4] All eyes were onhim when he gave his first presidential inaugural address in 1885 Grover Cleveland Taylor	DD $1,800 [10] Instead of the end, the beginning: this luxury watch brand traces its roots back to 1848 in the Swiss village La Chaux-de-Fonds Omega Taylor	$1,000 [13] "Popular name of various acalephs, medusas, or sea-nettles, from their gelatinous structure" jellyfish Andrew	$1,000 [21] To abandon that scrumptious butterkuchen forsake the cake	$1,000 [23] After the Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten, now John Lydon, fronted this band, PiL for short Public Image Ltd	$1,000 [1] This trade organization declared war on Denmark in the 14th century the Hanseatic League Andrew

Double Jeopardy! Round

STATE THE 19th CENTURY SENATOR	SOMEBODY WROTE THAT	THIS AMERICAN LAKE	KISS & TELL	WRITER-DIRECTORS	THE IDIOMS GO THATAWAY
$400 [16] Sam Houston, until 1859 Texas Taylor	$400 [10] "Elinor saw, with concern, the excess of her sister's sensibility" (we're practically giftwrapping this one!) Austen Julie	$400 [9] A 2023 report said that without emergency measures, this "Great" lake in Utah "would likely disappear in the next five years" Great Salt Lake Andrew	$400 [11] Washington Irving gave one of the earliest written accounts of the yuletide tradition of kissing under this plant mistletoe Andrew	$400 [26] Born while her dad was making "The Godfather", she's won an Oscar for screenwriting & been named best director at Cannes Sofia Coppola Julie	$400 [21] This phrase describes a plane flying low to evade enemy detection, or anything that's not getting attention nowadays under the radar Julie
$800 [20] Stephen A. Douglas, happy in 1858, sad in 1860, dead in 1861 Illinois Andrew	$800 [3] "'He shows himself; he's a hunchback. He walks; he's bandy-legged. He looks at you; he's one-eyed. You speak to him; he's deaf"' Hugo Taylor Andrew	$800 [8] Lying entirely in the U.S., this Great Lake that made Milwaukee famous reaches a great depth of 923 feet Michigan Andrew	$800 [12] The musical "Kiss Me, Kate" was based on this Shakespeare play The Taming of the Shrew Julie	$800 [27] 7 months after he died in 2009, Molly Ringwald & Anthony Michael Hall were part of a tribute to him at the Oscars (John) Hughes Andrew	$800 [22] Meaning somewhat liberal, this 3-word phrase describes how you've moved from the median left of center Andrew
$1,200 [19] Henry Clay--don't compromise on your response! Kentucky Andrew	$1,200 [1] "The Radleys, welcome anywhere in town, kept to themselves, a predilection unforgivable in Maycomb" Lee Julie	$1,200 [7] The name of this freshwater lake shared by 2 western states is from a Washoe word for "lake"; hope you win big at Harrah's too Tahoe Julie	$1,200 [13] As the story goes, after performing for Maria Theresa at age 6 in 1762, this wunderkind jumped into the empress' lap & kissed her Mozart Andrew	$1,200 [28] He & Joe Robert Colewrote the scripts for "Black Panther" & its sequel, & he directed both films, too Ryan Coogler	$1,200 [23] While tubing down a river, you do this, which can also be a rhyming idiom for accepting a situation go with the flow Julie
$1,600 [18] John C. Calhoun & John E. Colhoun, but what's in a name, Y'all? South Carolina Andrew	$2,000 [4] "The summer range lay above the tree line on Forest Service land on Brokeback Mountain" Annie Proulx	$2,000 [5] Let's fire up our RV & head for this lake, Wisconsin's largest inland one, & catch some northern pike & largemouth bass Winnebago Taylor	$1,600 [14] In Genesis 29, on first meeting his beloved Rachel, he kissed her "and lifted up his voice, and wept" Jacob Andrew	$1,600 [29] Born in Austria, he learned English while rooming with Peter Lorre, so it's lucky the people in "Some Like It Hot" don't talk like I am Billy Wilder	$1,600 [24] There's a member of genus Corvus in this phrase that means "in a straight line" as the crow flies Julie
$2,000 [17] Charles Sumner, a free stater nearly beaten to death on the Senate floor by a southerner Massachusetts Andrew	DD $4,000 [2] "I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me" Ralph Ellison Julie	DD $2,300 [6] Most of the length of this French-named lake separates New York & Vermont Champlain Taylor	$2,000 [15] Beginning around 1908, this Romanian carved several versions of "The Kiss" from blocks of stone, including the one seen here Brâncuși Taylor Andrew	$2,000 [30] Lorelei Linklater aged from 9 to 21 over the 12-year shoot of this film from her father, Richard Boyhood Andrew	$2,000 [25] Tennyson gave a poem about a ferry trip this title, now an idiom for dying "Crossing the Bar" Julie

Final Jeopardy!

COMPOUND WORD ORIGINS

This compound word meant an astronomical object of exceptional brightness in 1910; it was soon applied to actors & athletes

superstar

Andrew "What is superstar" — wagered $301

Julie "What is Superstar?" — wagered $3,010

Taylor "What is star?" — wagered $8,722

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