Show #20 2023-11-15 (taped 2023-10-11) Celebrity

2023-2024 PrimetimeCelebrity Jeopardy!quarterfinal game 7.

Contestants

Becky Lynch — a WWE superstar and author originally from Dublin, Ireland

Rachel Dratch — an actor, writer, and podcast host originally from Lexington, Massachusetts

Macaulay Culkin — an actor originally from New York City

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mack $2,100 $2,700 $8,700 $33,600
2nd place: $30,000 to the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance
$16,300
37 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Rachel $1,500 $3,400 $7,600 $33,601
Winner: semifinalist
$22,800
35 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD)
Becky $-200 $-700 $-1,700 $1,000
3rd place: $30,000 to the V Foundation , supporting Connor's Cure
$-500
2 R, 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

THE SEARCH FOR FOREIGN LANDS FOR THE LOVE OF PETE TV DRAMAS IN A NUTSHELL ADVENTUROUS WOMEN RAIN CRINGEWORTHY OFFICE LINGO
$100 [8]
Located in Lima, this country's Biblioteca Nacional is a great place to peruse some literature
Peru
Mack
$100 [6]
His first kiss with future ex Kim Kardashian was in a 2021 "SNL" sketch--& he was dressed as Aladdin
Pete Davidson
Mack
$100 [1]
The survivors of Oceanic Flight 815 band together to battle mysterious forces on a tropical island
Lost
Mack
$100 [20]
One of history's first travel writers, the 4th-century pilgrim Egeria explored the Holy Land using this book as a guide
the Bible
Mack
$100 [21]
It's the only form of liquid precipitation other than rain; for shizzle
drizzle
Mack
$100 [27]
Figuratively speaking, you might "put" this "in" an issue to be handled later, or perhaps an issue to be handled... never
put a pin in it
Mack
$200 [9]
After gaining its independence in 1963, Jomo Kenyatta became this African country's first prime minister
Kenya
Mack
$200 [7]
This Cincinnati baseball great once said he'd "walk through hell in a gasoline suit to play"; now he's banned for life
Pete Rose
Rachel
$200 [2]
To save himself & his family, Marty Byrde must launder money for a ruthless cartel kingpin
Ozark
Mack Becky
$200 [19]
One of many times she saved their butts, Sacagawea rescued valuable supplies for this duo after they fell into a river
Lewis & Clark
Rachel
$200 [22]
Reduce your speed when it's raining to avoid this dangerous driving condition, which occurs when tires lose contact with the road
hydroplaning
Rachel Becky
$200 [28]
This 2-word phrase meaning "chat" or "connect" may have started as a sports metaphor; overusing it is now a national pastime
touch base
$300 [10]
A popular spot for scuba diving, the bay of pigs is located on this island nation's southern coast
Cuba
Mack
$300 [12]
Depending on whom you ask, heis either a guitarist for The Who, or the writer of the "CSI" theme songs, or both
Pete Townshend
Mack
$300 [3]
An MI6 agent & a wily assassin known as "Villanelle" have it bad for each other
Killing Eve
$300 [16]
Intrepid writer Eliza Scidmore lobbied for years to bring these Japanese trees to Washington; Mrs. Taft finally listened
cherry trees
Rachel
$300 [23]
As YouTube's "Hungrybear9562" can attest, sunlight refracting twice inside raindrops before dispersing may result in this
a double rainbow
Mack
$300 [29]
It's a way of saying "reconnect later", with a dash of needless geometry thrown in for good measure
circle back
Rachel Becky
$400 [11]
Pune, one of this country's 10 most populous cities, is a sister city of Columbus, Indiana
India
Rachel
$400 [14]
Back in South Bend, this former presidential hopeful went by "Mayor Pete"; now he goes by "Secretary of Transportation"
Pete Buttigieg
Rachel
DD $300 [4]
Tommy Shelby and his sharp-hatted gang carve out a crime empire in post-WWI England
Peaky Blinders
Mack
$400 [17]
Annie Londonderry inspired the 2021 novel "Spin", about her historic 19th-century trip around the world on one of these
bicycle
Mack
$400 [24]
Scientists use the term "petrichor" to refer to this pleasing property of rain; you can thank the bacteria in wet soil
smell
Rachel
$400 [26]
It's a sonar-inspired way to say "contact me"--when "text me", "call me" or "email me" just won't cut it
ping me
Mack
$500 [13]
Synonymous with "a faraway place", the much-maligned city of Timbuktu is located in this west African nation
Mali
Mack
$500 [15]
He's the wholesome comic known for his HBO series "Crashing" & the podcast "You Made It Weird"
Pete Holmes
Rachel
$500 [5]
A young doctor gets acquainted with the quirky locals when he opens a practice in Cicely, Alaska
Northern Exposure
$500 [18]
Pioneering journalist Martha Gellhorn made a brief home in Cuba during the '40s as the third wife of this author
Hemingway
Rachel
$500 [25]
Sometimes called "phantom rain", virga are wisps of precipitation that never make it to the ground; they do this instead
evaporate
$500 [30]
It's a 3-word phrase meaning "at one's own expense"--& a needlessly wordy way of saying "unavailable"
out of pocket

Double Jeopardy! Round

COMPETITIVE CHEERLEADING SCIENCE MUSEUMS SIX DEGREES OF ACTUAL BACON SAD SONGS MOTHER GOOSE POLICE BLOTTER "N-I-A-L" AIN'T A RIVER IN EGYPT
$200 [26]
Modern cheerleading icon Lawrence Herkimer patented these classic cheer props with the advent of color TV in mind
pom-poms
Rachel
$200 [17]
At Pittsburgh's Carnegie Science Center, he's inducted in the Robot Hall of Fame; so is his sidekick R2-D2
C-3PO
Mack
$200 [11]
Mozzarella is in caprese salad with tomato, & tomato is with bacon in this 3-initial sandwich
a BLT
Rachel
$200 [1]
This weepy Sinéad O'Connor ballad might not be about lost love; Prince is rumored to have written it about his housekeeper
"Nothing Compares 2 U"
Rachel
$200 [12]
A woman called 9-1-1 to report an intruder at her tuffet; an 8-legged suspect was apprehended & later released
"Little Miss Muffet"
Mack
$200 [6]
It's the term for a 200th anniversary; the United States celebrated one in 1976
bicentennial
Rachel
$400 [27]
This university's Lexington-based cheer team is the winningest in UCA Division IA history, with 24 national titles; go Wildcats!
Kentucky
Rachel
$400 [22]
1601 NASA Parkway is the street address of a space museum in this Texas city
Houston
Mack
$400 [13]
Mayo is in egg salad with hard-boiled eggs, which are with bacon atop this salad, first served at LA's Brown Derby
Cobb salad
$600 [3]
At the 2020 Grammys, Alicia Keys & this trio sang "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" in a tribute to Kobe Bryant
Boyz II Men
$400 [18]
Medics were dispatched to a local hillside where a man sustained head injuries fetching water with a female companion
"Jack and Jill"
Mack
$400 [7]
Stereotypes about this demographic--also known as "Gen Y"--include "tech-savvy" & "saddled with student loan debt"
millennial
Mack
$600 [28]
"The Complete Story of the Cheerleading Movie that Changed, Like, Everything" is the partial title of a 2022 book saluting this film
Bring It On
Mack
$600 [23]
The St. Louis Science Center recently hosted "Becoming Jane", a traveling exhibition about this primatologist
Jane Goodall
Rachel
$600 [14]
Milk is in custard with eggs, & eggs are with bacon in this quiche, named for a region of France
(Quiche) Lorraine
Rachel
$800 [4]
Thishandsome crooner revealed that after a bad breakup, he wrote "Somebody's Crying" inside a closet at a party
Chris Isaak
$600 [19]
Veterinary personnel were dispatched when a local woman reported her flock had returned without tails after an unexplained absence
"Little Bo Peep"
Mack
$600 [8]
It describes the "first pitch" thrown by a guest of honor at a baseball game--a nice way of saying it doesn't actually count
ceremonial
Mack
$800 [29]
It's no picnic being a flyer in this flashy stunt where teammates lock hands, fling you into the air, and hopefullycatchyou
a basket toss
Rachel
$1,000 [25]
Hey, fulcrum lovers! At Columbus, Ohio's Center of Science & Industry, kids can lift a 2,437-lb. car using this bar
a lever
Becky
$800 [15]
Tomato sauce is in Sloppy Joes with beef, & beef is with bacon in this beloved Wendy's burger, introduced in 2007
the Baconator
DD $1,000 [2]
Existential pain & stand-still traffic, life's essential struggles, are on display in the video for this 1992 R.E.M. hit
"Everybody Hurts"
Rachel
$800 [20]
Police received multiple reports at 10 P.M. of a man running through town & tapping on windows in his nightgown
"Wee Willie Winkie"
$800 [9]
Showcasing life in the 18th century, this Virginia attraction calls itself "the world's largest living history museum"
Colonial Williamsburg
Mack
$1,000 [30]
It's the term for cheer squads whose sole purpose is to compete; they're not affiliated with any school... or with Smash Mouth
All-Star
Mack
DD $2,000 [24]
Behind thick glass in the Gems & Minerals Hall of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Tom's Baby is an 8-lb nugget of this
gold
Rachel
$1,000 [16]
Sugar is in jam with fruit, & fruit is with pancakes & bacon in this classic IHOP dish with a kooky name
Rooty Tooty Fresh 'N Fruity
Rachel
$1,000 [5]
You hardly notice that this Simon & Garfunkel song has no rhymes; maybe you're busy counting the cars on the New Jersey turnpike
"America"
Mack
$1,000 [21]
Officers responded to anonymous reports that a local man was sequestering his wife inside a large gourd
"Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater"
Rachel
$1,000 [10]
It's the 2000 comedy with the Sandra Bullock line, "I'm in a dress, I have gel in my hair... & I'm armed. Don't mess with me"
Miss Congeniality
Mack

Final Jeopardy!

ARTISTS

Exhumed in 2017 to settle a paternity suit, his mustache had "preserved its classic 10-past-10 position" according to the Spanish press

Salvador Dalí

Becky "Who is Salvador Dali" — wagered $500
Mack "Who Dali (Hi Brenda)" — wagered $16,800
Rachel "Who is Salvador Dali?" — wagered $10,601

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