Show #18 2023-10-25 (taped 2023-08-21) Celebrity

2023-2024 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 5.

Contestants

Peter Schrager — a sports broadcaster and writer originally from Freehold, New Jersey

Adam Rodriguez — an actor originally from Yonkers, New York

Mira Sorvino — an actress and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador born in New York, raised in New Jersey

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Mira	$2,300	$3,200	$5,400	$24,200 Winner: semifinalist	$12,400 34 R (including 2 DDs), 9 W (including 1 DD)
Adam	$300	$-800	$0	$5,000 3rd place: $30,000 to LIFT-LA	$3,900 16 R (including 1 DD), 9 W
Peter	$1,400	$2,000	$5,200	$19,000 2nd place: $30,000 to the Baby Quest Foundation	$15,800 29 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

ABOVE, BELOW OR INTERSECTED BY THE EQUATOR	FIX THE MOVIE QUOTE	PRIDE & POTUS	FAILING HISTORY	NAME DROPPERS	MIXED GREENS
$100 [19] China above Mira Adam	$100 [6] Tom Hanks:"Flavortown, we have a problem" Houston Peter	$100 [28] In front of his wife Jill and other LGBT supporters, this POTUS signed 2022's Respect for Marriage Act into law Joe Biden Adam	$100 [1] On a trip to Asia in 1492, he ended up thousands of miles away and still got a U.S. federal holiday in his honor Christopher Columbus Mira	$100 [11] Time to make the... oh, never mind. This chain officially dropped "Donuts" from its name in 2019 Dunkin' Peter	$100 [18] Lucky you! This symbol appears in the logo of Irish airline Aer Lingus:MASH CORK shamrock Mira Peter
$200 [30] Madagascar below Peter	$200 [7] Brad Pitt:"The first rule of chess club is: you do not talk about chess club" Fight Club Mira	$200 [27] Looking good, White House! The prideful display seenherewas this POTUS's way of honoring 2015's Obergefell v. Hodges ruling President Obama Peter	$200 [2] Comic Trevor Noah's biracial background proved that this system designed to keep races separate in South Africa just didn't work apartheid Adam	$200 [12] France caught a sick burn in 2003, when D.C. cafeterias dropped the name "French fries" and started serving these Freedom fries Mira	$200 [17] May's birthstone:LAME RED emerald Mira Adam
$300 [29] Colombia intersected Mira Adam	$300 [8] Patrick Swayze:"Nobody puts Jay-Z in a corner" Baby Peter	$300 [24] The historic year gay activists picketed outside LBJ's White House; MLK's March on Washington was two years earlier 1965 Mira Adam Peter	$300 [3] Understandably, noted traitor Benedict Arnold isn't buried in the U.S., but at St. Mary's church in this city London Mira	$300 [13] A little ditty 'bout... John Mellencamp, who axed this word from his stage name in 1991 Cougar Mira	$300 [20] "Before You Leap" is this Muppet's autobiography:HERMIT KEG FORT Kermit the Frog Mira
$400 [23] India above Mira Adam Peter	$400 [9] Judy Garland:"Lions and tigers and Labradoodles, oh my!" bears Mira	$400 [26] Patti Davis once recalled this POTUS, her dad, telling her "some men love other men" Ronald Reagan Mira	DD $300 [4] A poll of historical writers named this Tudor king the worst monarch in history and his six wives would probably agree Henry VIII Mira	$400 [14] Partly to distance themselves from J.K. Rowling, athletes are now replacing this name for their sport with "quadball" quidditch Adam Peter	$400 [21] She's been staring at Brooklyn since 1886, and man, her right arm must be tired!:I FLOUT TERABYTES Statue of Liberty Mira
$500 [16] Kenya intersected by Mira Adam	$500 [10] Ice Cube, in the 1995 movie "Friday":"Bye, amnesia" Felicia Peter	$500 [25] This POTUS joined the Republican Unity Coalition, a gay rights organization, roughly 25 years after leaving the White House Gerald Ford Mira Adam	$500 [5] Genghis Khan had a breakthrough when he "broke through" this fortified Asian structure that was built over 2000 years the Great Wall of China Mira	$500 [15] Turns out, trimming 17 nonessential letters from your name will increase sales. Just ask retailer RH, formerly called this Restoration Hardware Adam	$500 [22] This "powder"-ful drink is made from finely ground green tea leaves:CAT HAM matcha Adam

Double Jeopardy! Round

LIBRARIES	OH, BROTHER!	SNEAKER BRANDS	AMERICAN BRIDGES	THE NOBEL PRIZE	BY THE NUMBERS
$200 [16] Library card sign-up month occurs during this month of the year (yay! back to school!) September Mira	$200 [4] Adam and Eve's first two sons; you may have heard they had a falling out Cain & Abel Mira	$200 [10] Chuck Taylor All Star Classic Converse Mira	$200 [23] The Benjamin Franklin Bridgeconnects Camden, New Jersey to this city Ben moved to when he was 17 Philadelphia Peter	$200 [26] The presidency may have eluded him in 2000, but on the bright side, he won a Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 Al Gore Peter	$200 [11] Dialing it for directory assistance may be old news, but as slang for "information", this number is still in service 411 Adam
$400 [17] Margaret Mitchell went to the Atlanta library while writing this novel to fact-check if iodine was used in Civil War hospitals Gone With the Wind Adam	$400 [5] Famously feuding brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher don't look back in anger at 1991, the year they formed this band Oasis Adam	$400 [9] Air Max 90 &Air Force 1 Nike Peter	$400 [22] It's estimated that more than 100 million vehicles per year cross the Hudson over this bridge, also called the GW the George Washington Bridge Mira	$400 [27] The prize for this newest category was first awarded in 1969--roughly 68 fiscal years after all the others Economics Peter	$400 [12] From the hours worked at a typical job, this term now refers to the job itself--just ask Sheena or Dolly 9 to 5 Mira
$600 [18] The initialism of the New York public library is NYPL; as an acronym, some enjoy pronouncing it like this body part nipple Peter	$600 [6] One of the great actors of his era, Edwin Booth's fame was eclipsed by his younger brother, this infamous assassin John Wilkes Booth Mira	$600 [3] Stan Smith &Samba Classic Adidas Mira	$600 [20] Seen here, the so-called Bunker Hill Bridge was built as part of this city's Big Dig project Boston Peter	$600 [28] The youngest-ever Nobel Prize winner is also a best-selling author, for her 2013 memoir titled "I Am" this Malala Mira	$600 [13] You don't need perfect vision to ask this trucker-inspired version of the question "Where are you?" What's your 20? Mira
$1,000 [25] She wrote "I was 6 when my father walked me to my first library"; she was 37 when her novel "The Joy Luck Club" was published Amy Tan Peter	$800 [7] This Safdie Brothers film was inspired by stories their father told them about working in New York City's Diamond District Uncut Gems Peter	$800 [2] Speedcat, Drift Cat &Neo Cat Puma	$800 [21] Linking Memphis, Tennessee & West Memphis, Arkansas, the Hernando de Soto Bridgelies over this lengthy river the Mississippi Mira	$1,000 [30] Each Nobel Prize winner receives a medal, a cash award, and this official title--leafy head wreath not included laureate Mira	$800 [14] As slang, it sounds a lot less serious than "shoplifting"--though your arresting officer might not agree five-finger discount Adam
DD $2,000 [19] On display at the Newark Public Librarv is the copy of "Portnoy's Complaint" this author inscribed to his parents Philip Roth Peter	$1,000 [8] These NFL siblings made history in 2023 by becoming the first brothers to compete against each other in the Super Bowl the Kelce brothers (Jason & Travis Kelce) Peter	$1,000 [1] Sk8-Hi &Old Skool Vans Adam Peter	$1,000 [24] Nearly five miles long, the Mackinac Bridgeconnects this state's Upper & Lower peninsulas Michigan Peter	DD $2,000 [29] The Peace Prize is the only Nobel Prize awarded not in Stockholm, but in this fjord-tastic neighboring capital Oslo Peter	$1,000 [15] It's the number Gordon Ramsay might bellow to announce he's removing an item from the menu 86 Mira

Final Jeopardy!

TWEEN LIT

Referring to the lengthy title of her much-discussed novel, this author lamented that she didn't just call the book "Margaret"

Judy Blume

Adam "Who is Judy Blume? Hi F. G. B.!" — wagered $500

Peter "Who is Judy Blume? Hi Mel + Betty!" — wagered $7,200

Mira "Who is Judy Blume?" — wagered $12,000

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