Show #9116 2024-06-03 (taped 2024-05-06) Regular

Adriana Harmeyer game 4.

Contestants

Carol Ritchey — a retired letter carrier from Eastpointe, Michigan

Matthew Kahn — an IP docketing assistant from San Diego, California

Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $71,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Adriana $2,800 $6,600 $22,600 $20,200
4-day champion: $91,800
$20,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Matthew $3,000 $5,200 $6,000 $4,000
2nd place: $3,000
$6,000
16 R, 3 W
Carol $3,200 $7,900 $5,900 $100
3rd place: $2,000
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS YOU HAD ONE JOB! BESTSELLING BOOKS BY DECADES AROUND NEW YORK 2+2=1 CLASSIC SONG NUMBERS
$200 [16]
This document said George III "has made judges dependent on his will alone" & imposed taxes "without our consent"
the Declaration of Independence
Adriana
$200 [20]
In medieval times a fletcher made these items used in conjunction with the objects made by a bowyer
arrows
Matthew
$200 [2]
"1984","The Diary of a Young Girl"
the 1940s
Matthew
$200 [25]
Seneca Village was a 19th century settlement of Black landowners that was torn down to build this urban park
Central Park
Matthew
$200 [1]
To exist (or not to exist, that is the question) + a commercial, for short = a small, round stone threaded on a wire
bead (be + ad)
Matthew
$200 [5]
A Beatles song was born when Paul McCartney's driver said he'd been very, very busy working this calendrical impossibility
eight days a week
Carol
$400 [17]
The 1928 act creating this project said it was for the "protection and development of the Colorado River basin"
Hoover Dam
Matthew
$400 [21]
Originally, these people were employed to drive a bunch of horses; now, it's a union with serious drive & not one to be messed with
the Teamsters
Matthew
$400 [3]
"The Cat in the Hat","On the Road"
the 1950s
Matthew
$400 [26]
Stay on the Downtown 6 to catch glimpses of theold stationnamed for this building where Eric Adams works
City Hall
Adriana
$400 [9]
A singular Santa laugh+a chopping tool with a long handle =a trick
a hoax (ho + ax)
Adriana
$400 [6]
Weird Al wanted to parody this Prince song by turning the year into an infomercial sales price, as in "For Only...!"
"1999"
Matthew
$600 [18]
On June 5, 1944 he issued a printed order to Allied troops to "bring about the destruction of the German war machine"
Eisenhower
Carol
$600 [22]
It's the job of one who reads the lessons during a church service & very much not "I ate his liver with some fava beans"
a lector
Adriana
$600 [4]
"Valley of the Dolls","The Andromeda Strain"
the '60s
Carol
$600 [28]
Established in 1837 & famed for a cut of steak, this N.Y. restaurant is credited as the 1st to serve eggs Benny & lobster Newburg
Delmonico's
Carol
$600 [10]
"A long, long way to run" in a "Sound of Music" song+Spanish for "of"=to dim
fade (fa + de)
Adriana
$600 [13]
In a 1978 No. 1 hit, the Commodores sang, "You're once... twice..." this title
"Three Times A Lady"
Carol
$1,000 [27]
This 1890 legislation called itself "an act to protect trade and commerce against unlawful restraints and monopolies"
the Sherman Antitrust Act
Matthew
$800 [23]
A psephologist studies these events; general ones generally happen every 2 years
elections
Adriana
$800 [7]
"The World According to Garp","Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas"
the '70s
Matthew
$800 [29]
The Grand Concourse, a wide thoroughfare with tree-lined medians, is known as this Parisian street of the Bronx
the Champs-Élysées
Adriana
$800 [11]
A word that can follow "make" +I, in objective case=a type of sports venue
dome (do + me)
Adriana
$800 [14]
The Proclaimers proclaimed quite Scottishly their intention to walk this many miles; guess 804.672 km didn't scan
500 miles
Carol
DD $2,500 [19]
The signers of this document pledged to "covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politick"
the Mayflower Compact
Carol
$1,000 [24]
"A" is for this female owner of a tavern who, you might say, is married to her job
an alewife
Carol
$1,000 [8]
"Mrs. Dalloway","Lady Chatterley's Lover"
the 1920s
Matthew
$1,000 [30]
A plaque at 65th & 3rd honors this spy who was hanged by the British on September 22, 1776
Nathan Hale
Adriana
$1,000 [12]
A math term &/or a Greek letter+a Britishism for "thanks!"=a form of bread
pita (pi + ta)
Adriana
$1,000 [15]
Regarding this Meat Loaf song, it's a yes on wanting you & needing you, but loving you... Oo, sorry! Now don't be sad, 'cause...
"Two Out Of Three Ain't Bad"
Carol

Double Jeopardy! Round

BODIES OF WATER HUMANITARIANS ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL CELEBRITY LIFESTYLE & BEAUTY BRANDS AVIATION HISTORY STARTS WITH "J"
$400 [1]
With an area of more than 300,000 square miles, this North American bay covers more than 3 times the area of the Great Lakes combined
Hudson Bay
Adriana
$400 [11]
Pediatrician Jane Aronson has encouraged people to do this; she got her own 2 young'uns from Vietnam & Ethiopia
adopt
Matthew
$400 [13]
The European this bird, also known as the redbreast, sings all year; its spring song is more powerful & upbeat
a robin
Adriana
$400 [10]
Gwyneth Paltrow launched this brand "from her kitchen as a homespun weekly newsletter"
Goop
Adriana
$400 [7]
Cleared by the FAA in 2021, the Terrafugia Transition is this, wished for by so many in bumper-to-bumper traffic
a flying car
Matthew
$400 [2]
An A.P. article about this habit says, "for many New Yorkers, crossing the street... against the light is a way of life"
jaywalking
Carol
$800 [15]
Zambia's lowest point is this river that separates the country from Zimbabwe & also begins with "Z"
Zambezi
Adriana
$800 [20]
In 1999 this mogul & then-wife Melinda founded the Millennium Scholars Program for minority students
Bill Gates
Carol
$800 [16]
A variant of the idiom "you can't get blood from a stone" is "you can't get blood from" this root vegetable
a turnip
Carol
$800 [27]
Jessica Alba co-founded this authentically named company that sells household products with natural ingredients
Honest
Adriana
$800 [8]
In 1926 Charles Lindbergh was an airmail pilot flying the route between Chicago & this city whose name he'd later take aloft
St. Louis
Matthew
$800 [3]
A plan or team that comes together does this--with a J, more properly than a G
jell
Adriana Matthew
$1,200 [21]
The French call it Pas de Calais; the English call it this
the Strait of Dover
Adriana
$1,200 [24]
This actor whose food company provides for kids' charities joked that "The salad dressing is outgrossing my films"
Paul Newman
Matthew
$1,200 [17]
Its colorful iridescence, like in certain feathers, give the mineralbornitethe nickname this bird ore
peacock
Adriana
$1,200 [28]
In 2022, Rhode skincare brand was launched by this model & daughter of Stephen Baldwin
Hailey Bieber
Adriana
$1,200 [9]
In 1914 Tiny Broadwick (she was 3 lbs. at birth) cut a tangled parachute line & made the 1st of these alliterative jumps
a free fall
Carol
$1,200 [4]
An X-Men comic book character bears this name that comes from a title of Krishna
Juggernaut
Matthew
$1,600 [22]
An active volcano lies within this country's Taal Lake, which itself occupies a caldera
the Philippines
$1,600 [25]
In 1905 he published a book on Johann Sebastian Bach & then headed to French Equatorial Africa to build his hospital
Dr. (Albert) Schweitzer
Carol
$1,600 [18]
This common sulfide mineral derives its name from the Greek word for "fire", so straighten up &...
pyrite
Adriana
$1,600 [29]
Kim Kardashian started this brand to create shapewear to match different skin tones
Skims
$1,600 [12]
After many transatlantic crossings, the Hindenburg crashed & burned while landing at Lakehurst in this U.S. state
New Jersey
Adriana
$2,000 [6]
With a name meaning "new soldier", this elite Ottoman corps ceased to be in 1826 after they rebelled against military changes
Janissaries
Matthew
DD $7,600 [23]
The Sinai Peninsula lies between 2 gulfs, the Gulf of Suez on the west & this one on the east
the Gulf of Aqaba
Carol
$2,000 [26]
In 1968 this sister of JFK founded the Special Olympics; her son Timothy Shriver now chairs the organization
Eunice (Kennedy Shriver)
Adriana Matthew
$2,000 [19]
Rock salt is also known by this 6-letter name
halite
Carol
$2,000 [30]
UN/DN LAQR is a nail polish brand by Colson Baker, aka this rapper who shares his name with a gangster
Machine Gun Kelly
Adriana
$2,000 [14]
It's the avian nickname for theSR-71 reconnaissance aircraftthat could hit 2,200 miles per hour & an altitude above 85,000 feet
a Blackbird
Carol
DD $4,000 [5]
This word for a lamentation full of complaints references an Old Testament prophet
a jeremiad
Adriana

Final Jeopardy!

COLLEGES

Of the Seven Sisters colleges, this one located in a place of the same name is the farthest south

Bryn Mawr

Carol "What is Princeton?" — wagered $5,800
Matthew "What is Bryn Maw" — wagered $2,000
Adriana "What is Smith?" — wagered $2,400

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