Show #9185 2024-10-18 (taped 2024-09-16) Regular

Rishabh Wuppalapati game 4.

Contestants

Kelly Gates — a librarian from Medford, Massachusetts

Kyle Compton-Troesch — a civil engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio

Rishabh Wuppalapati — an undergraduate student at the University of Pennsylvania from Vernon Hills, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $52,802)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Rishabh	$5,800	$6,400	$11,600	$23,200 2nd place: $3,000	$11,400 15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Kyle	$600	$3,800	$5,800	$11,400 3rd place: $2,000	$5,800 13 R, 2 W
Kelly	$2,000	$4,000	$13,200	$23,201 New champion: $23,201	$14,000 18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

PEAK EXPERIENCES	LIGHTER VERSE	SOCCER IN THE USA	EXERCISING	TOO LITTLE	"OO" LATE
$200 [22] The name of this mountain that straddles the Switzerland & Italy border comes from German words for "meadow" & "peak" the Matterhorn Kelly	$200 [21] Serious poet W.H. Auden's anthology of light verse includes "the old woman who lived" here, but she buys a coffin for her "many children" a shoe Kyle	$200 [30] The name of this Los Angeles MLS team refers to all the stars & celebrities found there the (LA) Galaxy Kyle	$200 [25] This exercise, where you lie on your stomach with your arms outstretched, is named for how it resembles a flying red-caped hero a Superman Kelly	$200 [29] Too little of this is why home cooking is often bland compared with restaurant food--try the Maldon type & feel like a chef salt Kelly	$200 [27] We're not sure how many words the Inuit have for snow, but the hard type used to build this is pukaangajuq igloo Kelly
$400 [10] Shrines devoted to Konohana-Sakuya Hime, a Shinto goddess, dot the trails of this 12,388-foot volcano Mount Fuji Rishabh	$400 [20] "'Mister!' he said with a sawdusty sneeze, 'I am"' this title character, "'I speak for the trees'" the Lorax Kelly	$400 [19] He's the part owner of Inter Miami CF, seen here Beckham Kelly	$400 [24] Lie on your backs & raise your hips off the floor in this structurally-named exercise bridge Kyle	$400 [28] From 1949 to 1957 the U.S. went through this climate event worse in some states than the one 20 years earlier drought Kelly	$400 [26] In "The Marriage of Figaro", the countess & her maid Susanna pretend to be one another--the ol' this a switcheroo Kyle
$600 [9] The American Alpine Institute says that Kahiltna Glacier on this mountain has "some of the widest temperature swings on the planet" Denali Kyle	$600 [18] Ogden Nash wrote that this Scottish poet, that "gifted souse, kindly immortalized the louse" Burns Rishabh	$600 [3] One of the USA's premier soccer complexes & home to the NWSL's Courage, Wake Med Soccer Park is in Wake County in this state North Carolina Rishabh	$600 [4] One way to get your summer 6-pack on is to brace your abs & throw & catch one of these heavy exercise balls a medicine ball Kelly	$600 [13] Hypoglycemia, too little blood sugar, is caused by having too much of this hormone insulin Kelly	$600 [12] Flamboyant advertising, or to publicize in a showy way ballyhoo
DD $1,000 [1] The Rongai Route passes by the Mawenzi Peak before hitting Uhuru Peak on this mountain Kilimanjaro Rishabh	$800 [16] "We'll go where the chalk-white arrows go, for the children, they mark, and the children, they know, the place where" this "Ends" the sidewalk Kelly	$800 [11] The U.S. women's team won 2008 & 2012 Olympic gold & the 2015 World Cup behind, or in front of, the play of this goalkeeper Hope Solo Kelly	$800 [14] A Chicago Tribune article called this French-named urban sport "skateboarding but without a skateboard" parkour Rishabh	$800 [8] 5-word phrase before "to Ride" for many sad too-little kids; it's the title of a documentary about R.I.'s famed Rocky Point Park you must be this tall	$800 [6] Another word for a cowboy, or a somewhat dismissive way to address a guy a buckaroo
$1,000 [2] Mount Corno in central Italy is the highest peak in this range the Apennines Rishabh	$1,000 [17] This Victorian nonsense poet wrote, "the wandering dong through the forest goes!... the dong with a luminous nose!" Lear Kyle	$1,000 [15] In 2024 a poor showing in this quadrennial Spanish-named tournament cost the U.S. men's national team coach his job Copa América Rishabh	$1,000 [23] This martial art that involves slow & gentle movements translates to "extreme & limit" in Chinese tai chi Kyle	$1,000 [7] When the rebels ran out of ammo & fled, the Redcoats were victorious at this June 1775 Boston battle, but at a heavy cost Bunker Hill Rishabh	$1,000 [5] 1940s movie star Veronica Lakewas known for her hairstyle, dubbed this peekaboo

Double Jeopardy! Round

19th CENTURY PHOTOS	TWINNING	12-LETTER WORDS	BIOLOGY	CHOREOGRAPHERS	A BIT OF CULTURE SHARK
$400 [18] Zut alors! Look atzisthing they're building now--imbeciles, nothing's wrong with the Champ de Mars the way it is the Eiffel Tower Kelly	$400 [27] In his memoir John Stamos said this pair allowed him to "consider fatherhood" Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen Kyle	$400 [25] Once used for someone opposed to the slave trade, it can now mean an opposer of capital punishment an abolitionist Rishabh	$400 [28] It's the branch of biology that studies heredity & the passing on of characteristics genetics Rishabh	$400 [30] Pearl Primus was often inspired by Black folk material, as in a dance set to this spiritual about Michael & his vessel "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore"	$400 [1] A quote from this film: "So, 1,100 men went in the water, 316 men come out, the sharks took the rest, June the 29th, 1945" Jaws Rishabh
$800 [17] Chilkoot Passbetween Alaska & British Columbia was a hazard to be surmounted by those hurrying to this 1890s event the Yukon Gold Rush Kyle	$800 [26] It's the last name of twin Texan politicians Julián & Joaquin Castro Kyle	$800 [24] To remove the active stimulant from coffee or even tea decaffeinate Kelly	$1,200 [7] Deglutition is the act or process of doing this swallowing Kyle	$800 [29] Choreographed by Agnes de Mille, this 1942 work with episodes like "Corral Nocturne" brought tap to ballet Rodeo Kyle	$800 [5] Ian Ziering first dealt with this, dare we say, unusual weather phenomenon in 2013 but it would not be Ian's last time in the storm sharknado Kyle
$1,200 [3] Mathew Brady photographed this hero of the Mexican War turned president around the time of his inauguration Taylor Kyle	$1,200 [23] This tycoon was a father of twins & his grandkids Phoebe & George Randolph were also twins Hearst Rishabh	$1,200 [15] This noun can mean recognizing & valuing another's actions & qualities, or a rise in something's value over time appreciation Rishabh	$1,600 [8] Hormones, especially during puberty, cause these glands to produce more oil, which leads to clogged pores & acne sebaceous glands Rishabh Kelly	$1,200 [21] Andy Blankenbuehler won Tony Awards for choreographing "Hamilton" & this earlier Lin-Manuel Miranda show In the Heights Kelly	$1,200 [6] Blondie's debut album featured the song "A Shark In Jet's Clothing", a reference to this stage show West Side Story Rishabh
$1,600 [2] Robert Louis Stevenson is seen with hishouseholdin the Pacific area he called by this alliterative term in a posthumous title the South Seas	$2,000 [20] It's the last name of twin playwrights Anthony & Peter; Anthony wrote "Sleuth" & Peter, "Amadeus" Shaffer	$1,600 [10] The California Highway Patrol says lane splitting by this person is legal a motorcyclist Kelly	$2,000 [9] A peptide is a short chain of 2 to 50 of these; proteins are made up of 50 or more amino acids Rishabh	$1,600 [16] He had no dance training but created the memorable dance numbers in such films as "Dames" & "42nd Street" Busby Berkeley Kyle	$1,600 [11] Bryan Gaw was the amusingly improvisational "Left Shark" during the 2015 Super Bowl halftime show of this singer Katy Perry Kelly
$2,000 [4] The Crimean War gave us the Valley of Death in a poem &this cannonball-strewn image with a longer title from Psalm 23 the Valley of the Shadow of Death	DD $4,000 [19] Automakers & adorable twinsies Francis & Freelan made cars in the early 20th century known by this alliterative name Stanley Steamers Kelly	$2,000 [14] Named for colorful hosiery, it's an old-fashioned term for a female writer a bluestocking	DD $4,000 [13] Similar to phototropism, it's the phenomenon of plants turning their leaves specifically towards the Sun heliotropism Kelly	$2,000 [22] "Helen of Troy" for American Ballet Theatre was the last work of this Russian-born "Firebird" choreographer Michel Fokine	$2,000 [12] In this 2018 film, Jason Stathamwent fishing after a prehistoric shark that is said to be up to 60 feet long in real life The Meg Kelly

Final Jeopardy!

LITERARY GEOGRAPHY

A N.Y. Times article recognized Sands Point & Kings Point as the real "old-money" & "nouveau riche" settings in this novel

The Great Gatsby

Kyle "What The Great Gatsby" — wagered $5,600

Rishabh "What is the Great Gatsby?" — wagered $11,600

Kelly "What is Great Gatsby?" — wagered $10,001

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