Show #9077 2024-04-09 (taped 2024-02-28) Invitational

2024Jeopardy!Invitational Tournament final game 3.

Contestants

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

Victoria Groce — a writer and television personality from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Amy Schneider — a writer from Oakland, California

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Amy	$3,400	$4,200	$7,200	$8,600 3rd place: 1st runner-up: $50,000	$13,400 15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Victoria	$2,600	$5,800	$11,400	$20,001 Winner: $100,000 + advance to Jeopardy! Masters	$20,200 25 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs)
Andrew	$1,400	$3,200	$10,000	$14,401 2nd place: 2nd runner-up: $25,000	$10,000 13 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

WORLD CITIES	VAN LIFE	WORDS THAT GO UP TO 11	LOOKS LIKE WE'RE IN BUSINESS	MUSICAL GENRE MASTERS	LITERARY LINES
$200 [30] Village-sized but billed as Britain's smallest city, St. Davids is in this U.K. country with David as its patron saint Wales Andrew	$200 [29] It's the monetary term for an unofficial shuttle often serving urban transit deserts dollar vans	$200 [28] Inthistype of triangle, all the sides are of the same length equilateral Andrew	$200 [27] In July 2023 this company averted a strike by agreeing to a new deal with more than 300,000 Teamsters UPS Victoria	$200 [25] Pop-punk is typified by this group with hits like "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" Green Day Victoria	$200 [26] Cersei:"When you play" this, "you win or you die, there is no middle ground" the game of thrones Amy
$400 [11] More than 600,000 Argentinians live in this city near the shore of the Rio de the same name La Plata Andrew	$400 [21] The phrase "in the van" means to be in the lead, "van" being a shortened form of this word vanguard Victoria	$400 [19] A 2012 documentary named for this pitch follows Tim Wakefield & R.A. Dickey the knuckleball Victoria	$400 [22] An 8-year-old girl was the namesake of this frozen dessert brand known for pound cake, cheesecake & more Sara Lee Andrew	$400 [24] After WWII a new country music style was named for this kind of roadside joint & Hank Williams was its biggest star honky-tonk Andrew	$400 [23] Maggie, to Brick in this play: "We mustn't scream at each other. The walls in this house have ears" Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Victoria
$600 [3] Try some okonamiyaki savory pancakesin this city, often referred to as the "Kitchen of Japan" Osaka Victoria	$600 [20] Thispolitical commentator hosted the CNN original series "The Redemption Project" Van Jones Andrew	$600 [18] Popular in the 1800s, these meaty-named side whiskers were rocked by folks who didn't wanna grow a full beard muttonchops Amy	$600 [15] Founded in 1965 as a mail-order veterinary supply company in San Diego, it now has its name on a stadium there Petco Victoria	$600 [1] Portishead helped popularize this style of dance music that rhymes with hip-hop & has elements of jazz trip-hop Victoria	$600 [4] This poet: "Do Not Go Gentle into that Good Night" Dylan Thomas Amy
$800 [2] An Azerbaijani oil baron built areplicaof a Parisian palace for his wife in this capital city Baku Victoria	$800 [17] Gillette calls this beard style named for a European artist "a full goatee with a floating mustache" a Van Dyke Victoria	$800 [16] Admiration for England & the way they do things there Anglophilia Victoria	$800 [14] In 2016 this sporting goods retailer got possessive & bought the assets of its bankrupt rival the Sports Authority Dick's Amy	$800 [5] Fitting with the band name, "Vivid" was the first album by this hard rock band, featuring Corey Glover & Vernon Reid Living Colour Victoria	$1,000 [9] He wrote the little ditty, "God in his wisdom made the fly and then forgot to tell us why" (Ogden) Nash Amy
$1,000 [7] The Atlantic port city Essaouirain this North African country was planned by an 18th century French architect Morocco Andrew	$1,000 [8] NASA says these radiation belts "surround the Earth like enormous donuts" the Van Allen belts Victoria	$1,000 [12] Change the first 3 letters in a fancy word for "blessing" to get this, a curse malediction Victoria	$1,000 [13] William W. of this last name founded his eponymous "for the ones who get it done" industrial supply company in Chicago in 1927 Grainger	$1,000 [10] After leaving Roxy Music, he basically created ambient music with pieces like "Heavenly Music Corporation 1" Brian Eno Amy	DD $2,800 [6] From "Hamlet", "This above all:" this phrase to thine own self be true Victoria

Double Jeopardy! Round

ANCIENT HISTORY	REBOOTS & REMAKES	NOBEL PRIZES	THE MEASURE OF A MAN	OPERA SETTINGS	KNEEL BEFORE ZED
$400 [30] Now it's a structure where Olympic events are held; in early ancient Olympics, it was the 600-foot distance of the only event, a footrace a stadium Amy	$400 [29] "Aloha" was the final episode of this rebooted TV series that said aloha after a 10-year run Hawaii Five-0 Amy	$400 [28] Arthur Ashkin's 2018 prize was for inventing optical these, which use laser beams to grab particles & cells rather than hairs tweezers Amy	$400 [27] Measuring electricity? In the U.S., we use this unit that honors an Italian count a volt Andrew	$400 [26] This 1893 classic cooked up by Engelbert Humperdinck is largely set in a dark German forest Hansel and Gretel Andrew	$400 [25] Equus quagga crawshayi is a Crawshay's this zebra Amy
$800 [6] Cultivation of this fruit dates back at least to the very pre-Columbian Mokaya people & it stood for the 14th month on the Maya calendar the avocado Andrew	$800 [22] Maybe CBS execs used a Swiss Army knife, a paper clip & a stick of gum to reboot this spy series MacGyver Amy	$800 [5] The 2023 Peace Prize went to women's rights crusader Narges Mohammadi, sentenced to 31 years in prison in this country Iran Victoria	$800 [23] A degree on this other temperature scale has the same magnitude as a Celsius degree Kelvin Victoria	$800 [24] Long before the play & film, an 1898 opera about Mozart & this composer takes place in a room in Vienna & lasts all of 40 minutes Salieri Victoria	$800 [13] A fanatic, or a member of an ancient anti-Roman Jewish sect a zealot Victoria
$1,200 [2] The Israelites' foes in the Book of Judges, these people were brought under Assyrian control by around 800 B.C. the Philistines Victoria	$1,200 [21] Hercharacter is still psychic, but now a single mother in San Francisco; she's home at "that's so" her Raven Amy	$1,200 [4] 2 scientists shared the 2023 Medicine Prize for enabling development of this type of COVID vaccine made by Pfizer & Moderna mRNA Victoria	$1,200 [11] This device used to measure your feet at the shoe store is named for its inventor Charles a Brannock Device Victoria	$1,600 [10] Scenes in this Mussorgsky opera take place in the czar's quarters & in a square outside of St. Basil's Cathedral Boris Godunov Andrew	$1,200 [12] This Yiddish adjective means plumply voluptuous zaftig Victoria
$1,600 [1] The Southern or Shan-Yang part of this waterway may date from the 500s B.C.; the adjective-worthy part wasn't dug until much later the Grand Canal Andrew	$1,600 [20] This 2007 film was previously made as "The Last Man on Earth" & "The Omega Man" I Am Legend Andrew	$1,600 [3] This American took home the 2023 Economics Prize for her studies on women in the workforce & the wage gap (Claudia) Goldin Victoria	$2,000 [18] Radioactivity amounts in a sample have been measured in units called the curie & this, after a different French physicist becquerel Amy	$2,000 [17] Better known for "Faust", this French composer set his last opera, "The Tribute of Zamora", in Moorish Spain Gounod Victoria	$1,600 [14] A large mustache that curves down at the corners of the mouth is named for this early 20th century Guerrilla Zapata Amy
$2,000 [8] Their name sounds like they wielded a reaping blade, but this people wowed ancient Asia with their riding prowess the Scythians Amy	$2,000 [19] "Heaven Can Wait" was a remake of this 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan Victoria	$2,000 [7] The 2013 Lit Prize went to this Canadian for her mastery of the short story (Alice) Munro Andrew	DD $6,000 [16] You only need letters on the left side of the keyboard to type this unit of capacitance that's named for an English chap the farad Victoria	DD $6,200 [9] Verdi's "Falstaff" is set in this town during the reign of Henry IV Windsor Amy	$2,000 [15] Compadrazgo, a ritual kinship system involving godparents, plays an important role for this people of Oaxaca the Zapotec Victoria

Final Jeopardy!

BODIES OF WATER

The smallest inland sea in the world, it's completely within the territory of a single country & connects 2 other larger seas

the Sea of Marmara

Amy "What is the Sea of Marmora?" — wagered $1,400

Andrew "What is the Sea of Marmara?" — wagered $4,401

Victoria "What is the Sea of Marmara? Hi, Nora!" — wagered $8,601

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