Show #9073 2024-04-03 (taped 2024-02-27) Invitational

2024Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament semifinal game 2.

Contestants

Sam Kavanaugh — an educator from Minneapolis, Minnesota

Andrew He — a stay-at-home dad from Concord, California

Larissa Kelly — an editor from Richmond, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Larissa	$1,000	$4,000	$13,200	$12,200 2nd place: $10,000	$16,800 21 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Andrew	$4,600	$5,600	$32,000	$32,000 Finalist	$19,200 20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Sam	$-200	$800	$9,200	$9,200 3rd place: $10,000	$9,200 12 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

STARS & CONSTELLATIONS	AS HEARD ON TV	BABY TALK	HISTORIC REFUSALS	SPRINKLE, SPRINKLE	ENDS IN A BODY PART
$200 [23] An asterism within the Bootes constellationappears to form this object, tail & all a kite Sam	$200 [30] In an "Office" meeting, Kelly Kapoor, played by her, had "a lot of questions. Number one: How dare you?" Mindy Kaling Larissa	$200 [28] This special type of baptism also involves the naming of the child christening Sam	$200 [19] A British delegate refused to sit for a painting of the 1782 talks ending this; John Quincy Adams said it's OK, he's ugly anyway the Revolutionary War Sam	$200 [25] This 3-letter flavor enhancer used in Chinese cooking is found naturally in tomatoes & some cheeses MSG Andrew	$200 [29] An object said to bring good luck, or a type of bracelet with meaningful trinkets attached charm Andrew
$400 [22] In ancient times the rising of this bright star signaled the long, hot dog days of summer Sirius Larissa	$400 [21] From our pals down the hall came the puzzle here; instead of an M, this letter got called for, saucy but wrong K Andrew	$400 [27] Small pink or red patches on a baby's face or neck are playfully called these, perhaps from the bird that delivered them stork's bites Larissa Andrew	$400 [18] His birth name was Fernão; the king of his native Portugal refused him a reward for military service & said go sail for Spain Magellan Larissa	$400 [24] This good "Old" seasoning that is often sprinkled on blue crab was first concocted in Maryland Old Bay Larissa	$400 [26] Once a cask of drinking water on a ship's deck, today it refers to rumors or gossip scuttlebutt Sam
$600 [9] Constellations named for birds include Cygnus, the swan, & Columba, this bird the dove Andrew	$600 [20] Setting up this '80s title, "Do you know what people call this place? Not St. Eligius..." St. Elsewhere Larissa	$600 [16] This Jewish circumcision rite is typically performed 8 days after birth by a specialist called a mohel a bris Andrew	$600 [17] Jan Hus, who anticipated this religious movement by 100 years, would not recant in 1415 even as the wood was rosined at the stake Protestantism (the Reformation) Larissa	$600 [15] Often sprinkled on fresh fruit, this spice mix of chili, lime & salt is named for an archaeological site in Veracruz, Mexico Tajin Andrew	$600 [1] A handspring rotated sideways a cartwheel Andrew
$1,000 [7] This brightest star in Scorpius has a name meaning "rival of Mars" & is sometimes mistaken for the planet Antares Larissa	$800 [5] On this ABC show Junior Johnson said he was called "a less cool Steve Urkel" & was "like if Drake never left 'Degrassi"' black-ish Larissa	$800 [4] TV host & author Art Linkletter was one of these, a baby abandoned by its parents & adopted & raised by others a foundling Larissa	$800 [10] In a famous photo taken in Hamburg in 1936, August Landmesser stands arms folded in a sea of people making this gesture the Nazi salute Sam	$800 [12] Also called wood vinegar, this 2-word flavoring is made through the condensation of fumes from burnt wood liquid smoke Andrew	$800 [13] "If You Could Read My Mind", you'd know this last name of the Canadian hitmaker seen here (Gordon) Lightfoot
DD $3,600 [8] If you're really smart, you should know that this constellation was named for South Africa's Table Mountain Mensa Larissa	$1,000 [6] Due to an afterlife quirk on this NBC sitcom, Eleanor says, "Girl, you are a messy bench who loves drama & I am into it" The Good Place Andrew	$1,000 [3] Mentioned in Luke 2 in the King James version, these are strips of material wrapped around infants to restrict their movements swaddling clothes Larissa	$1,000 [11] The refusal by the island of Melos to surrender to Athens in 416 B.C. is chronicled in this historian's "Melian Dialogue" Thucydides Larissa	$1,000 [2] This double-talk sauce also known as African bird's eye chili was popularized in the U.S. by Nando's peri-peri Andrew	$1,000 [14] This geographical term refers to a spring that's the source of a stream, or any main source the fountainhead Sam

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER	BEFORE THEY WERE CONGRESSWOMEN	MATH TALK	FILM COMPOSERS	CLASSICAL LITERATURE	STARTS WITH 3 CONSECUTIVE LETTERS
$400 [28] Lake Vänern, this Scandinavian country's largest lake, is part of the Gota Canal system Sweden Larissa	$400 [26] Before beating Joe Crowley in a primary election, she worked at a restaurant & bar in Manhattan called Coffee Shop AOC (Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez) Larissa	$400 [27] It's a demonstrably true mathematical statement; calculus has a "fundamental" one theorem Sam	$400 [24] The website of this "Edward Scissorhands" composer has an elf-store where you can buy elf-socks & elf-stickers Danny Elfman Sam	$400 [29] Plutarch quoted this Greek philosopher as saying he was not "an Athenian or a Greek, but a citizen of the world" Socrates Larissa	$400 [30] Libel & slander can be this "of character" defamation
$800 [9] Major ports on this bay include Bilbao, Spain & Brest, France the Bay of Biscay Andrew	$800 [25] She recalled meeting Maine senator Margaret Chase Smith as a senior in high school & now holds her seat Susan Collins Larissa	$800 [14] Fire up the engine of your mind & name this solid figure with equal & parallel circles at either end a cylinder Andrew	$800 [23] This "Jurassic Park" composer was a studio pianist on such films as "West Side Story" & "To Kill a Mockingbird" John Williams Larissa	$800 [22] Menander, known for his comedic plays, wrote that "Marriage, if one will face the truth, is" this, "but a necessary" this an evil Sam	$800 [21] Diligent, especially in the arena of learning studious Sam
$1,200 [3] Serpent's Mouth is a channel separating this island's southwestern coast from Venezuela Trinidad Andrew	$1,200 [15] Before repping Florida, Maria Salazar was an anchor for this "worldly" Spanish network now part of NBCUniversal Telemundo Andrew	$1,200 [7] Multiply the numerator of one fraction by the denominator of another (& vice versa) to get their "cross" this product Larissa	$1,200 [8] This Australian bard is also a cinematic composer with scores for "Blonde" & "Hell or High Water" (Nick) Cave Sam	$1,600 [4] Prior to writing his "Odes" & "Epodes", this Roman lyric poet fought alongside Brutus in Asia Minor Horace Larissa	$1,200 [17] The Achille Lauro was infamously beset by a group of these criminals hijackers Andrew
$1,600 [2] Winter temperatures along this 4-letter Siberian river that flows through Yakutsk can reach the 80s below zero the Lena Larissa	$2,000 [20] Pre-politics, Alabama Rep. Terri Sewell & this current New York senator were colleagues at the same law firm Gillibrand Larissa	$1,600 [6] See if you can pick off this term for the point at which a line or curve crosses an axis the intercept Sam	$1,600 [12] He wrote scores for 8 Hitchcock films in 9 years, his most memorable being the screeching strings in the shower scene in "Psycho" Bernard Herrmann	$2,000 [5] In 66 A.D. he took part in the Jewish revolt against Rome; later, he worked for the Romans writing the history of it Josephus Sam	$1,600 [18] Cactus leaves cut to the point in this Mexican dish nopales Andrew
$2,000 [1] This canal completed in 1893 divides the Peloponnese Peninsula from mainland Greece Corinth Sam	DD $6,000 [16] In the 1990s this future senator from Illinois was the only woman in her helicopter training class (Tammy) Duckworth Andrew	$2,000 [10] In 19 - 5 = 14 19 is the minuend; 5 is this other "end" the subtrahend Andrew	$2,000 [13] This British composer won 5 Oscars but not one for the 11 James Bond films he scored John Barry	DD $9,600 [11] In this Sophocles play, Orestes enlists the aid of his sister, the title character, to kill his mother & her lover Electra Andrew	$2,000 [19] Funafuti is the capital of this nation Tuvalu Andrew

Final Jeopardy!

PHYSICISTS

This man with a force named after him published an 1835 scientific treatise on the physics of billiard balls

(Gaspard-Gustave de) Coriolis

Sam "Who is Andrew He, Physicist" — wagered $0

Larissa "Who is Congrats Andrew!" — wagered $1,000

Andrew "Who is Coriolis?" — wagered $0

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