Show #9161 2024-09-16 (taped 2024-05-31) Regular

Contestants

Aiden Orzech — a teacher from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada

Sam Watson — a pharmacy software salesman from Westwood, Kansas

Evan Suttell — a nonprofit program assistant originally from Lakewood, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Evan $-200 $1,200 $9,600 $19,200
2nd place: $3,000
$9,600
16 R, 6 W
Sam $2,000 $2,400 $5,600 $5,600
3rd place: $2,000
$6,400
12 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD)
Aiden $2,600 $2,800 $15,600 $27,599
New champion: $27,599
$15,600
18 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

1964 FIRSTS FUN WITH U.S. STATE CAPITAL NAMES 3-LETTER VERBS ALL LIES ON ME BOXING FAMILIAR FURNITURE
$200 [3]
Citizens of this area could vote for their presidential electors for the first time, getting to choose their neighbor
D.C.
Evan
$200 [18]
These 2 capitals are named for a man who crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1492
Columbus & Columbia
Evan
$200 [19]
To pass another racecar on the track by one complete circuit of the course
lap
Sam
$200 [25]
The general maximum penalty for federal this, a willingly false statement in court by one under oath, is 5 years in prison
perjury
Evan
$200 [1]
Undisputed middleweight champ Claressa Shields appropriately calls herself the GWOAT, short for this
greatest woman of all time
Evan
$200 [30]
A chesser is a portmanteau of these 2 storage units
a chest & a dresser
Sam
$400 [4]
1964 cars from Studebaker-Packard were the first in the U.S. to have these safety devices installed as standard equipment
seatbelts
Evan Aiden
$400 [17]
With the name of the state in the name of the capital, this city's 1910 founding makes it the newbie of U.S. capitals
Oklahoma City
Sam
$400 [20]
To increase gradually in size like Earth's natural satellite
to wax
Evan Sam
$400 [22]
In 2009, this comedian seenherewas there for "The Invention of Lying"
Ricky Gervais
Aiden
$400 [2]
Boxing writer Budd Schulberg wrote how this boxer's "gift for public relations matched his boxing skills" before a Zaire match
Muhammad Ali
Aiden
$400 [29]
This type of sofa is named for its individual pieces that can be rearranged in whatever wacky way you please
a sectional
Evan
$600 [5]
After saving others despite four wounds of his own, Green Beret Captain Roger Donlonreceived the first of these, awarded for actions in Vietnam
a Medal of Honor
Evan Sam
$800 [6]
A red post that marked the border between the Houma & Bayougoula tribes gave us the name of this state capital
Baton Rouge
Sam
$600 [21]
To make a goofy face & ham it up for a photograph
to mug
Aiden
$600 [26]
In a commandment performance, Exodus 20:16 says, "Thou shalt not bear" this 2-word phrase "against thy neighbour"
false witness
Evan Aiden
$600 [9]
In April 2022, Katie Taylor & Amanda Serranosquared off in the first women's boxing match to headline this New York venue
Madison Square Garden
Sam
$600 [14]
Quite comfy, these overstuffed chairs share a name with a suit in a deck of cards
a club
Evan
$800 [16]
The firstcourtroom verdicton live network TV was when this assassin's assassin was found guilty & sentenced in Dallas
Ruby
Evan
DD $1,000 [7]
The only capital with 3 sets of double letters in its name, it was visited by de Soto in the 16th century
Tallahassee
Sam
$800 [23]
To eviscerate, perhaps a dead sturgeon
gut
Aiden
$800 [27]
Truth to tell, "Lies and the Lying Liars Who Tell Them" was a No. 1 bestseller by this ex-Minnesota senator
Franken
Evan
$800 [10]
This first name of former WBC titleholder Mr. Fury is appropriate for a heavyweight champ
Tyson
Evan
$800 [13]
It can be a meal where you pick what you want or a sideboard table to store your china
buffet
Aiden
$1,000 [15]
At Asia's first Olympic games, Isao Okano won gold in this sport in the country where it was created
judo
$1,000 [8]
The name of Germany's fifth-largest city differs by one letter from the name of this capital
Frankfort
$1,000 [24]
To direct & motivate the rest of the crew in a rowing shell
to cox
Aiden
$1,000 [28]
Players make up false answers along with the correct one, then vote on which one is real in this "B"luffing game by Mattel
Balderdash
$1,000 [11]
This heavyweight "Brown Bomber" was undefeated before a shocking loss to the German Max Schmeling in 1936
Joe Louis
Evan
$1,000 [12]
A diminutive word, this type of long bench is commonly found in restaurants
banquette
Sam Aiden

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORKING FROM "HOME" TRANSLATE THE DOC TALK GONE COUNTRY CHASING RAINBOWS STAGE DIRECTIONS IN SHAKESPEARE EXITS & ENTRANCES
$400 [13]
A state of Missouri video for these dwellers says if a tornado or even a bad thunderstorm is coming, get out!
mobile home dwellers
Sam
$400 [24]
Myocardial infarction; it's life-threatening
a heart attack
Aiden
$400 [26]
With her "Cowboy Carter" album, she roped in the top spot on both the Billboard 200 & Country Album charts
Beyoncé
Evan
$400 [8]
This beloved character introduced the song "Rainbow Connection" in a 1979 film
Kermit
Evan
$400 [3]
"Giving her Desdemona's" this piece of cloth, which, as it turns out, is nothing to sneeze at
a handkerchief
Aiden
$400 [30]
Leonard Warren made quite an exit in 1960 at this NYC venue when he sang "Urna Fatale Del Mio Destino" & died
the Met
$800 [2]
Hockey version of the 3-word phrase for the edge the team has that's playing for friendly fans in the city where it's based
home ice advantage
Aiden
$800 [22]
Pyrexia; rest, drink plenty of fluids & take some aspirin, Advil or Tylenol
a fever
Evan Sam
$800 [27]
His"Tuskegee" country album consists of duets of his hits, including "Endless Love" with Shania Twain & "Sail On" with Tim McGraw
Lionel Richie
Aiden
$800 [9]
Done in his characteristic drip style, "Greyed Rainbow" was among his last great purely abstract paintings
Pollock
Evan
$800 [4]
Spoiler! "Goneril and" this woman's "bodies brought out"
Regan
Aiden
$800 [18]
Mark Twain predicted he would die when this was in the sky, just as it had been when he was born--he was right
Halley's Comet
Sam
$1,200 [1]
"Where my love lies waiting silently for me" is a lyric from this Simon & Garfunkel hit about a musician on the road
"Homeward Bound"
Sam
$1,200 [15]
Apoplexy; a dated term for this
a stroke
$1,200 [16]
In 1969 he released his "Nashville Skyline" album that featured the hit "Lay Lady Lay" & a duet with Johnny Cash
Bob Dylan
$1,200 [10]
There's no actual rainbow variety of this vegetable; it's just a mix of colored varieties
Swiss chard
Aiden
$1,200 [5]
"Enter Puck, and" this character "with an ass's head"
Bottom
Aiden
$1,600 [19]
4th of July babies includedthis19th century Italian patriot who was inspired by the American fight for liberty
Garibaldi
Evan
$1,600 [14]
This 1929 novel is an autobiographical portrait of Thomas Wolfe's early life growing up in Asheville, North Carolina
Look Homeward, Angel
DD $2,000 [23]
Cervicalgia; literally, this
neck pain
Sam
$1,600 [29]
Shewas part of a country supergroup with Dolly Parton & Emmylou Harris & they recorded two trio albums together
Linda Ronstadt
$1,600 [11]
Great Odin's raven! This name of the rainbow bridge that leads to Asgard gives me the chills
the Bifrost
Aiden
$1,600 [6]
"Enter Polonius" & this doomed duo, who definitely get exeunted
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern
Aiden
DD $2,000 [17]
This endower of a NYC school for performing arts was born at sea in 1836 as his parents emigrated from France to America
(Augustus) Juilliard
Sam
$2,000 [21]
In a bygone tradition, Elizabeth II was born in the presence of this British cabinet official for domestic affairs
the Home Secretary
Aiden
$2,000 [25]
Bruxism; it can happen while awake or asleep
teeth grinding
Evan
$2,000 [28]
This Aussie megastar went country in a pop sort of way for her 2018 album "Golden"
Kylie Minogue
$2,000 [12]
His "Gravity's Rainbow" was considered for a Pulitzer Prize but then deemed "unreadable", "turgid" & "obscene"
Pynchon
Evan
$2,000 [7]
"Enter the ghost of young Prince Edward" to this title king, & not a friendly ghost
Richard III
Evan
$2,000 [20]
Reported last words of this Pulitzer-winning playwright in 1953, "I knew it"; born in a hotel room & died in a hotel room
Eugene O'Neill
Aiden

Final Jeopardy!

HISTORY

A 1976 report initiated by Admiral Rickover found it was an internal, not external, explosion that caused the destruction of this

the (USS) Maine

Sam "What is The Challenger?" — wagered $0
Evan "What is the USS Maine?" — wagered $9,600
Aiden "What is The Maine?" — wagered $11,999

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