Show #9104 2024-05-16 (taped 2024-04-03) Regular

Grant DeYoung game 2.

Contestants

Elizabeth Brzozowski — a social studies teacher from Fishkill, New York

Chen Yan — a surgeon from Happy Valley, Oregon

Grant DeYoung — a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Grant $3,600 $3,000 $20,800 $20,800
2-day champion: $46,401
$17,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD)
Chen $1,800 $2,800 $9,600 $9,600
2nd place: $3,000
$9,600
15 R, 1 W
Elizabeth $2,000 $3,600 $2,400 $0
3rd place: $2,000
$2,400
7 R, 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

YO ABBA ABBA! ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE CLOSE STATES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION HERE BE MONSTERS NOT AN ADVERB, BUT ENDS WITH "-LY"
$200 [27]
The band had to negotiate for the name, as ABBA was the biggest fish-canning company in this country
Sweden
Chen
$200 [29]
British dame who wrote 66 detective novels: TAHITI HAS GRACE
Agatha Christie
Chen
$200 [28]
Lots of kids get otitis media, an inflammation of the lining of the middle this
the middle ear
Chen
$200 [30]
In 1916 Woodrow Wilson could not take this northeastern state for granite, beating Charles Evans Hughes by just 56 votes
New Hampshire
Grant
$200 [21]
In one of his many big-screen battles for Earth's survival, he fought against Hedorah the Smog Monster
Godzilla
Grant
$200 [20]
As a noun, it's an account of debits & credits; as a verb, it means to count
to tally
$400 [26]
In 1976 this ABBA tune, later a movie title, ended the 9-week run at No. 1 of "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the U.K. chart
"Mamma Mia"
Chen
$400 [25]
Author born Eric Blair: GORE LOWER LEG
George Orwell
Grant
$400 [24]
The madhyama-pratipada or Middle Way of this religion promotes a middle path between extremes
Buddhism
Grant
$400 [15]
Coming up 537 votes short in this state ended up losing the entire ball game for the Democratic candidate in 2000
Florida
Chen
$400 [8]
This legendary multi-armed sea monster probably was imagined from sightings of giant squid & octopi off the coast of Norway
the Kraken
Grant
$400 [17]
This type of miniature ravine fills up with rain quickly
a gully
Grant
$600 [7]
"See that girl, watch that scene, digging" this title person
the "Dancing Queen"
Elizabeth
$600 [11]
First African-American woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: WEAKER LILAC
Alice Walker
Grant
$600 [10]
Everything will be just fine for this band that had an early 2000s hit with the upbeat song "The Middle"
Jimmy Eat World
Grant
$600 [14]
John Bell beat John Breckinridge by 156 to win Virginia in 1860; not so surprisingly, this guy got only 1.1% of the state's vote
Lincoln
Elizabeth
$600 [3]
Makara often has the head of an elephant & the body of this apex predator reptile, perhaps what its name means in Sanskrit
a crocodile
Chen
$600 [16]
New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton wrote a whole book about this breakfast or anytime delight
a bialy
Elizabeth
$800 [1]
In a 1980 ABBA top 10 song, this title preceded "the loser has to fall"
"The Winner Takes It All"
Chen
$800 [12]
Born & died in Concord:A VERY HIDDEN AUTHOR
Henry David Thoreau
Grant
$800 [4]
Soccer coach Viktor Maslov pioneered the4-4-2 formation with this position having the further up four on each side
midfield
Grant
$800 [22]
This Republican took Maryland over Alton Parker by 51 votes (Bully!) & over Eugene Debs by... a lot more (even more bully!)
Teddy Roosevelt
Grant
$800 [2]
First described in Nepal in 1832, this monster was said to be a "wild man" that "moved erectly" & was "covered in long, dark hair"
the Yeti
Elizabeth
$1,000 [19]
You might hear a particularly moralizing one of these sermons on a Sunday
a homily
Elizabeth
$1,000 [6]
Ironically, this tune with a Napoleonic title was ABBA's first U.S. Top 40 hit, not their last
"Waterloo"
Grant
$1,000 [13]
He's been called the "King of Pulp Fiction":MY ALIEN PICKLES
Mickey Spillane
$1,000 [5]
This country sits directly between Yemen & Iraq
Saudi Arabia
$1,000 [23]
Winning a battle in 1832, this "Great Compromiser" took Maryland by 4 votes, but Andrew Jackson won the war
Clay
Grant
$1,000 [9]
1939's "Son of Frankenstein" was the third in the series to feature the Monster, & the last with this actor playing the role
Karloff
Grant
DD $4,000 [18]
The Greek for "irregular" gives us this word for a scientific observation that differs from expectations
anomaly
Grant

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES WITH ONE THING IN COMMON APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES TV "Q" THE WILD WEST SCIENCE EXPERIEMENTS ADD A LETTER
$400 [26]
The Aarhus Theatreis an Art Nouveau icon of East Jutland in this country
Denmark
Elizabeth
$400 [28]
A small field of strawberries or pumpkins
a patch
Grant
$400 [22]
The title of this limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy refers to an opening in chess
The Queen's Gambit
Chen
$400 [30]
This man sold his first hat to a bullwhacker for $5 & later based his popular cowboy hats on it
Stetson
Chen
$400 [19]
Karl von Frisch painted these insects to track their movements & show how they twerk their way to pollen
bees
Elizabeth
$400 [21]
A slice of pie or cake to eat in the Sahara
dessert & desert
Chen
$800 [25]
By 2050 this African nation is projected to be the third-most populous country in the world, ahead of the United States
Nigeria
Grant
$800 [27]
The total number of eggs laid by a bird per nesting attempt, it can be as little as one in the case of an albatross
a clutch
Grant
$800 [15]
This NBC reboot tapped Raymond Leeto play time-traveling physicist Ben Song
Quantum Leap
Grant
$800 [29]
In Central Wyoming the Bozeman Trail split from this more famous trail & headed north to the gold fields in Montana
Oregon
Chen
$800 [18]
Isaac Netwon's light spectrum experiment used a tiny hole &this object made with polished glass
a prism
Grant
$800 [20]
A jeering insult about your mom's sister
an aunt taunt
Grant
$1,200 [10]
Between Chile, five letters, & Brazil, six, is this country where at times the Uyuni Salt Flatturns into a giant mirror
Bolivia
Grant
$1,200 [7]
In his 1916 poem "Home", Edgar Guest wrote that "It takes" this much "o' livin' in a house t' make it home"
a heap
$1,200 [6]
On "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", this Ferengi bar owner was up, then down as his flavorful crew unionized
Quark
Grant
$1,200 [8]
Combination banks, stores & more, these2-word places were a vital part of Native American life; the Hubbell one is a National Historic Site
a trading post
Grant
$1,200 [2]
This Italian scientist's legendary falling bodies experiment showed falling objects accelerate at the same rate
Galileo
Grant
$1,200 [14]
Near Arizona State University, a synagogue
Tempe temple
Chen
$1,600 [11]
Known for coffee cultivation & rising to 7,400 feet, the Blue Mountains are the highest in this country
Jamaica
Grant
$1,600 [24]
Clumps of short grass, perhaps on the lawn of a Massachusetts university
tufts
Grant
$1,600 [4]
OK, chowderheads, Brian on "Family Guy" wanted to be a drug-sniffing dog for this fictional Rhode Island town
Quahog
Chen
$2,000 [13]
Members of this gang included Kid Curry, Will Carver, Ben "The Tall Texan" Kilpatrick & Harry "The Sundance Kid" Longabaugh
the Wild Bunch
Chen
$1,600 [1]
In the 19th century Charles Macintosh mixed a solvent called naphtha with this substance to make a waterproof material
rubber
$1,600 [16]
A tidier scouring agent for the kitchen or bathroom
a cleaner cleanser
DD $6,000 [12]
It's the country that surrounds the Gambia
Senegal
Grant
$2,000 [23]
In "Paradise Lost", Milton wrote, "Behold!" this throng "of fair women", not doves, "richly gay in gems and wanton dress"
a bevy of women
Elizabeth
$2,000 [5]
Jack Klugman got to the heart of the matter as this title medical examiner from 1976 to 1983
Quincy
DD $5,000 [9]
Buffalo Bill & Billy the Kid were among those who used this company's model 1873, the "gun that won the West"
Winchester
Grant
$2,000 [3]
A 1973 experiment asked, "Can aspider spin a webin near weightlessness" on this station whose name suggested it's science-focused
Skylab
Chen
$2,000 [17]
Down at the intersection of Haight & Ashbury Streets, the public official who certifies the cause of death
corner & coroner
Chen

Final Jeopardy!

THE EARLY 20th CENTURY

Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier

Princip

Elizabeth "Who is Archduke Franz Ferdinand" — wagered $2,400
Chen "Who is Sirhan Sirhan? Hi baby Oliver!" — wagered $0
Grant "Who is Princip?Ferdinand" — wagered $0

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