Show #9171 2024-09-30 (taped 2024-06-04) Regular

Ryan Manton game 1.

Contestants

Ryan Manton — a systems administrator from Columbus, Ohio

Alison Prelusky — a copywriter from Lindenhurst, New York

Kate Roesch — a data visualization developer from Indianapolis, Indiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,200)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Kate $2,800 $2,600 $4,200 $8,200
2nd place: $3,000
$4,200
11 R, 5 W
Alison $1,600 $3,200 $4,000 $8,000
3rd place: $2,000
$4,000
8 R, 0 W
Ryan $0 $3,400 $22,200 $22,178
New champion: $22,178
$26,800
29 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 2 DDs)

Jeopardy! Round

CENTRAL AMERICANA LET'S PLAY SOME MUSIC HOT CROSS BUNNIES VENTURE BROS. HIT THE TRACK STARTS WITH SILENT "K"
$200 [19]
Leading exports from Honduras include these fruits, historically called "green gold" from their color when shipped
bananas
Ryan
$200 [21]
The general drift of the clue is that it's the next-to-lowest voice part in a 4-part harmony
tenor
Alison
$200 [27]
Much to his dismay, a silly rabbit realizes over & over again that this fruit-flavored cereal "is for kids"
Trix
Ryan
$200 [28]
One of their fledgling companies that had begun in 1910 in Dayton was teetering in 1911 after several employee deaths
the Wright brothers
Kate
$200 [30]
This Kentucky track known for its iconic twin-spired grandstand was designated a national historic landmark in 1986
Churchill Downs
Ryan
$200 [29]
It's an inexpensive & unauthorized imitation, maybe of designer clothing
knockoff
Alison
$400 [18]
Just follow your nose to Belize to discover the keel-bill type of this tropical bird, a national symbol
a toucan
Ryan
$400 [20]
It's the loud dynamic music instruction seen here
forte
Alison
$400 [25]
Certainly some bunnies had a hare trigger after this country installed rabbit-proof fences in the early 1900s
Australia
Alison
$400 [26]
In 1886 siblings James, Edward & Robert began this company that hit it big with Band-Aid in 1921
Johnson & Johnson
Kate Ryan
$400 [24]
Most of the equestrian events of the 1984 Summer Olympics were held at this 320-acre track in Arcadia, California
Santa Anita
$400 [23]
It's what the Brits call underwear & yes, you can say it on TV
knickers
Alison
$600 [9]
One of the world's best ecotourism destinations, this nation is "rich" in places like the Monteverde Cloud Forest
Costa Rica
Alison
$600 [17]
Thiswoodwind is not only a double reed instrument, but it's also got 2 sets of double letters
a bassoon
Ryan
$600 [12]
At a mad tea party this participant chides Alice with, "It wasn't very civil of you to sit down without being invited"
the March Hare
Kate
$600 [8]
In the 1940s Rudolph & Adi Dassler ran Adidas, but a schism between the 2 led the former to create this competitor
Puma
Kate
$600 [22]
Anyone worth their "salt" should know the 12th Earl of Derby created the Oaks, a race run on this British track since 1779
Epsom (Downs)
Ryan
$600 [1]
This kind of reaction is sudden & not carefully considered
knee-jerk
Ryan
$800 [10]
The name of this capital city means "holy savior"
San Salvador
Ryan
$800 [16]
Regarding a piece of music, this is the end, from the Italian for "tail", my friend
coda
Ryan
$800 [13]
This third book of the Bible says rabbits, due to "divideth not the hoof", are "unclean"; first off, how dare you!?
Leviticus
Ryan
$800 [7]
Thesetwins sued Mark Zuckerberg & won $65 million after facing off on a venture gone awry
Winklevoss
Kate
$800 [5]
The track at Saratoga Springs, New York offers this type of race where the horse jumps over obstacles
steeplechase
Kate
$800 [3]
Conspiracy buffs know it's a small, rounded hill
knoll
Ryan
$1,000 [11]
About 3,000 square miles in area, the largest lake in Central America is this one that bears the name of a country there
Lake Nicaragua
Kate
$1,000 [15]
Similar to a portamento, it's the glide between notes heard here
glissando
Alison
DD $5,000 [14]
Lepus symbolizes a hare, likely angry as he's seen by some as the prey of these 2 Latin-named constellations, Orion's hounds
Canis Major & Canis Minor
Ryan
$1,000 [6]
Last name of energy conglomerate brothers Charles & David; their dad was a founder of the John Birch Society
Koch
Ryan
$1,000 [4]
This Baltimore track was named for a tavern near London favored by early American colonists
Pimlico
Kate
$1,000 [2]
Built close to 4,000 years ago, but renovated since, theroyal villaof this ancient capital is a landmark of the Minoan civilization
Knossos
Ryan

Double Jeopardy! Round

PENNSYLVANIA LITERARY HISTORY WOMEN ON TV IT HAPPENED ON SEPTEMBER 30 UP, UP & AWAY PUT SOME RESPECT ON MY NAME 7-SYLLABLE WORDS
$400 [30]
If you read Lisa Scottoline's bestsellers, it makes sense she graduated from this school at Penn & has taught there
the Penn Law School
Kate
$400 [28]
Funny ladies on Season 49 of this show included Chloe Fineman, Sarah Sherman & Ego Nwodim
Saturday Night Live
Ryan
$400 [27]
2005:Provoking an angry reaction, cartoons of this religious figure are published in a Danish newspaper
Mohammed
Kate
$400 [25]
Vincenzo Lunardi used this gas, not hot air, when he made the first balloon flight over England in 1784
hydrogen
Kate Ryan
$400 [24]
She won Amnesty International's Ambassador of Conscience Award & "Woman of the Year" in Sweden in 2019
Thunberg
Ryan
$400 [23]
Adjective describing a first-person account of a life story
autobiographical
Ryan
$800 [14]
A short story by Wyalusing-born Philip Van Doren Stern was the basis for this beloved Jimmy Stewart holiday movie
It's a Wonderful Life
Alison
$800 [29]
In the 1970s, Lynda Carter rose to fame playing this superhero & became a role model to millions of girls
Wonder Woman
Kate
$800 [26]
1935:This source of electricity astride the Nevada/Arizona border is officially dedicated
the Hoover Dam
Ryan
$800 [19]
In 2021, Zara Rutherfordused her gap year after high school to become the youngest woman to do this solo
fly around the world
Kate
$800 [22]
In 2010 he became the first chef to receive Spain's Order of Arts & Letters Medallion
Andrés
Ryan
$800 [21]
A nondisclosure agreement is also known as this kind
confidentiality
$1,600 [12]
His first 4 novels, including "Rabbit, Run", all depict a fictional version of Berks County, where he grew up
Updike
Ryan
$1,200 [15]
Golda Rosheuvel plays her on "Bridgerton"; India Amarteifio plays a younger version on a "Bridgerton" offshoot
Queen Charlotte
$1,200 [20]
1968:Thiswide-body Boeing airliner is shown to the public for the first time
747
Kate
$1,200 [18]
Once thought to have crashed back onto the Moon's surface, the ascent stage of this lunar module from Apollo 11 may still be in orbit
the Eagle
Ryan
$1,200 [17]
After reading "The Cosmic Connection", Isaac Asimov told him, "You are smarter than I am. I hate that"
Carl Sagan
$1,200 [16]
It's the practice of living on fruits, nuts & other plants, maybe some eggs & dairy, but definitely no meat
vegetarianism
Kate
$2,000 [2]
Before vast novelized histories of Hawaii & the Mideast, he put his Doylestown youth into "The Fires of Spring"
James Michener
$1,600 [1]
She's currently the only woman to anchor a nightly network news broadcast on one of the big three networks
O'Donnell
Ryan
$1,600 [11]
1991:This ex-priest who came after the Duvalier era is forced from office as Haiti's president
Jean-Bertrand Aristide
$1,600 [8]
Thislethal combat helicopter with a Native American name is loaded with hellfire missiles, 70-millimeter rockets & a 30-millimeter cannon
an Apache
Ryan
$1,600 [6]
Per Time magazine, "on the seventh day" he "cobbled together the World Wide Web's first (but not the last) browser"
Tim Berners-Lee
Ryan
$2,000 [3]
It's the branch of medicine concerned with the distribution & control of diseases
epidemiology
Kate Ryan
DD $5,000 [13]
This playwright's childhood home in the historically Black Hill District of Pittsburgh has become an arts center
August Wilson
Ryan
$2,000 [10]
A 2-time Oscar nominee, sheplays Athena Grant on "9-1-1"
Angela Bassett
$2,000 [9]
1787:This ship for which a Pacific Northwest river is named sets off on the first round-the-world voyage by a U.S. vessel
the Columbia
$2,000 [7]
Almost 4,000 of these bombers nicknamed the Superfortress were produced in the 1940s, but only 2 still fly today
B-29s
Ryan
$2,000 [5]
Before she was appointed U.S. Attorney General, she received the Medal of Honor--from the Florida Bar Association
Reno
Ryan
DD $7,000 [4]
Marijuana advocates have long pushed for this removal of serious penalties; in 2024, the Biden administration moved to grant their wish
decriminalization
Ryan

Final Jeopardy!

BIBLICAL PLACES

The name of this, actually a not very tall hill, became a symbol of Jewish national aspiration & was used in spirituals & reggae

Mount Zion

Alison "What is Zion?" — wagered $4,000
Kate "What is Mount Zion?" — wagered $4,000
Ryan "What is I Love You Lauren" — wagered $22

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