Show #9146 2024-07-15 (taped 2024-05-23) Regular

Isaac Hirsch game 9.

Contestants

Brenna Sniatecki — a drama club director from Rochester, New York

James Hayakawa — a non-profit program officer and actor originally from Davis, California

Isaac Hirsch — a customer support team lead from Burbank, California (whose 8-day cash winnings total $195,389)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Isaac	$2,400	$6,600	$11,200	$20,001 9-day champion: $215,390	$13,800 20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD)
James	$3,400	$2,800	$4,000	$5,200 3rd place: $2,000	$4,000 12 R, 5 W
Brenna	$1,200	$3,000	$10,000	$8,000 2nd place: $3,000	$7,800 15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

"I" ON HISTORY	TV SHOWS BY CHARACTER	COLLEGE IN NEW ENGLAND	FROM THE DUTCH	GOOD AFTERNOON	EXTREME WEATHER
$200 [23] This "Age" occurred in Europe around 1200 B.C.; it would hit the Far East some 600 years later the Iron Age James	$200 [26] FBI Assistant Director Walter Skinner, Teena Mulder The X-Files Brenna	$200 [30] Getting into this New Hampshire Ivy? Plausible but difficult, as the acceptance rate for the 2027 class was 6.2% Dartmouth Isaac	$200 [27] From the Dutch for "to sail to & fro", you'll sail from island to island in the Caribbean on this pleasure trip a cruise Isaac	$200 [28] One of Esquire's "20 Greatest Day Drinks" is this 2-ingredient drink; Koval is recommended for part one & Fever-Tree for part 2 a gin & tonic Isaac Brenna	$200 [29] (Glen Powell presents the clue.)Haboobis an alternate & more fun to say word for this; in 524 B.C. a haboob is said to have buried 50,000 Persian soldiers in the Egyptian desert without leaving a trace a sandstorm James
$400 [22] A 1988 cease-fire ended the war between these nations, both of which fit the category Iraq & Iran Brenna	$400 [21] Troy Barnes, Señor Chang Community Isaac	$400 [25] Perhaps the Dominican Friars who founded this college in the same-named state capital in 1917 were inspired by divine... Providence Isaac	$400 [19] The Dutch for "to boast" gives us this word for a maneuver at the poker table bluff Isaac	$400 [9] In the song "Good Afternoon" from "Spirited", this funny guy calls someone a "wankerous cantankerous buffoon" Will Ferrell James	$400 [24] (Daisy Edgar-Jones presents the clue.) A lethal combination of pollution & high pressure, the Great Smog that covered this capital for 5 days in 1952 claimed thousands of lives & led to changes in law London Isaac
$600 [1] This type of contract labor in which one worked for a period of time sent skilled crafters & criminals to Jamestown indentured James	$600 [2] Vault dweller Lucy MacLean, supersoldier Maximus Fallout James	$600 [10] In 1800 7 students enrolled at Middlebury College in this state; in 2024, 2,800 undergrads were roaming around Vermont Isaac	$600 [6] The Dutch gave us this word for the sound of lips tasting food or a noisy kiss smack Isaac	$600 [8] This afternoon, I'm going to do this portmanteau word that's restful & cold; sometimes, it's followed by "to the max" chillax Brenna	$600 [12] (Glen Powell presents the clue.) The hottest air temperature ever recorded on Earth was here in the good old U.S.A.; 134 degrees Fahrenheit in this desolately named spot near the Panamint Mountains Death Valley Isaac
$800 [7] Queen of Castile from 1474 to 1504, she sent Columbus on his way & also helped continue the Inquisition Isabella Brenna	$800 [3] Jason Mendoza, Tahani Al-Jamil The Good Place James	$800 [11] This college for women in Northampton, Mass. opened in 1875 but didn't get its first female pres. until 100 years later Smith James	$800 [5] This NHL franchise turning 100 in 2024 gets its name from a Dutch color word the Boston Bruins James	$800 [4] At afternoon tea, scones might be served with Devonshire cream, also called this, for a lumpy cooking process clotted cream Brenna	$800 [14] (Daisy Edgar-Jones presents the clue.) Never mind the usual comparison to golf balls, how about a volleyball? In South Dakota in 2010, the largest of these ever measured, came down at 8 inches across & weighed about 2 pounds a hailstone Isaac
$1,000 [13] Martin Luther protested against the system of these that could be purchased by church members indulgences James	$1,000 [15] Billy Butcher, Shockwave, Mindstorm The Boys Isaac Brenna	DD $1,400 [20] Founded in 1948, this university was named for this first Jewish justice on the U.S. Supreme Court Brandeis Isaac	$1,000 [18] Though the French ones are a favorite at Dunkin', this deep-fried, twisted donut is from a Dutch word a cruller Brenna	$1,000 [17] Debussy wrote a musical prelude to this pastoral poem whose title includes "l'après-midi" in its original French The Afternoon of a Faun Isaac	$1,000 [16] (Glen Powell presents the clue.) The Saffir-Simpson scalecategorizing hurricanes is named in part for Robert Simpson, who was interested in meteorology from age 6 when this alliterative rise in sea level interrupted his dinner in Corpus Christi a storm surge James

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE WORLD IN 1776	FRUITS & VEGETABLES	ONE-WORD SONG TITLES	FASHION IN BOOKS	U.S. GEOGRAPHY	TO THE "NTH" POWER
$400 [25] In a hymn written during the year, this title precedes "cleft for me, let me hide myself in thee" "Rock Of Ages" Brenna	$400 [28] The state fruit of Texas is the Texas Red this a grapefruit James	$400 [8] In this song Miley Cyrus says, "I can take myself dancing, yeah I can hold my own hand" "Flowers" Isaac	$400 [27] This ghost wore a chain "clasped about his middle" that was made of "cash-boxes, keys, padlocks, ledgers, deeds, & heavy purses" Marley Brenna	$400 [30] This state capital is known as the "Home of Abraham Lincoln" Springfield James	$400 [29] This compound obtained from peppermint oil can be used as a topical ointment menthol Isaac Brenna
$800 [24] The Revolution was struggling when the Brits took Fort Lee in this state, future home of Dr. Joyce Brothers & Mr. Richard Feder New Jersey	$800 [23] Patate douce is the French name for this sweet potato James	$800 [7] Her No. 1 hits include "Hero", "Emotions" & "Dreamlover" Mariah Carey Brenna	$1,200 [10] A "kilt skirt & a big white hat" is one outfit that made this "Little" title boy a byword for fancy dressing Little Lord Fauntleroy Isaac	$800 [17] The Mystic & the Charles Rivers meet at this harbor whose waters have tasted some history Boston Harbor Isaac Brenna	$800 [19] On this type of schedule, you usually get paid on the 1st & 15th bimonthly Isaac James
$1,200 [5] Pedro de Cevallos was named the first viceroy of this South American region that shares its name with an estuary the Rio de la Plata region Isaac Brenna	$1,200 [20] Seen here is the white variety of this fruit still on the branches; the leaves are a favorite of silkworms mulberry James Brenna	$1,200 [2] "This is it, the apocalypse... welcome to the New Age" & this Top 10 hit from Imagine Dragons "Radioactive" Isaac	$1,600 [11] We're told this character "always wears a single white Hermes scarf" &, we can assume from the title, she also wears Prada Miranda Priestly	$1,200 [1] From Cheyenne, Wyoming, it's less than an hour south on I-25 to Fort Collins & this university, CSU Colorado State Universtity Isaac	$1,200 [14] This structure at Chartres Cathedral once bore an image of Theseus the labyrinth
$1,600 [6] November 1, 1776 is observed as the founding date of this 7th mission in California; no word as to exactly when the swallows came (San Juan) Capistrano Brenna	$1,600 [21] From its scientific name, Helianthus tuberosus, the Jerusalem artichoke is also known by this one-word name a sunchoke Brenna	$1,600 [3] It put Cher on top of the charts in 1999 & earned her a Grammy for Best Dance Recording "Believe" Isaac	$2,000 [12] This "American Psycho" outlines his morning routine & puts on a suit from Alan Flusser, "an eighties drape suit" (Patrick) Bateman Isaac	$1,600 [9] This bay, an inlet of Lake Huron, separates Michigan's "thumb" from the rest of the mitten-shaped Lower Peninsula Saginaw Bay James	$1,600 [15] It's a square block serving as a base to a sculpture a plinth James
DD $3,000 [13] Alessandro Volta noted bubbles rising from marshy water & identified this gas methane Isaac	$2,000 [22] There's beauty in nature, even in veggies, like thecauliflower cultivar with this 9-letter Italian name Romanesco	$2,000 [4] In a Reba McEntire hit, a mother to her daughter: "Here's your one chance", her, "don't let me down" "Fancy"	DD $3,000 [26] Aunt Alexandra & Atticus Finch get into an argument about this narrator wearing overalls Scout Brenna	$2,000 [16] During winter, it's possible in theory but a bad idea to walk across the ice from this "Little" Alaskan island to a nearby Russian isle Little Diomede	$2,000 [18] We thought all these fishy fellas were dead until Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer found one by the harbor & took it to her lab by cab a coelacanth Brenna

Final Jeopardy!

NEWER WORDS

Philosophers use it for language that accompanies an action, like "I dub thee knight"; it also means done for show or signal

performative

James "What is performative? ♡F" — wagered $1,200

Brenna "What is [letter scratched out] verbin" — wagered $2,000

Isaac "What is performative?" — wagered $8,801

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