Show #9306 2025-04-07 (taped 2025-02-24) Regular

Mike Dawson game 2.

Contestants

Taylor Mattox — an IT specialist from Columbus, Ohio

Erin Li — a psychiatrist from Queens, New York

Mike Dawson — a technology manager from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Mike $4,400 $8,000 $22,000 $13,999
2-day champion: $35,600
$22,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Erin $1,400 $3,600 $15,000 $0
3rd place: $2,000
$14,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
Taylor $2,800 $1,800 $3,600 $600
2nd place: $3,000
$6,600
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

NAMELESS IN SHAKESPEARE GANG "WAY" EAR, EAR MOVIE TITLE FILL IN THE BLANK FINE DANDY
$200 [30]
This irreverent character tells King Lear "Thou hadst little wit in thy bald crown when thou gav'st thy golden one away"
the Fool
Erin
$200 [6]
Dutch painter Willem de Kooning came to America aboard a steamship in 1926 as one of these gratis wayfarers
a stowaway
Erin
$200 [29]
Tympanoplasty is a surgery to fix this part of your ear if it becomes perforated
your eardrum
Mike
$200 [27]
1968:"The ____ Berets"& 2021:"The ____ Knight"
Green
Erin
$200 [28]
Legally coerced to be a good neighbor, in 2024 this company was there to pay $2 million over unfair claims practices in Montana
State Farm
Mike
$200 [15]
Sir, saying I look like Mr. Monopoly, the mascot from the game, because I don this headwear--I demand satisfaction!
a top hat
Taylor
$400 [23]
A companion for Juliet's whole life, she's known by her occupation, but gets to tell us her dead daughter was named Susan
the nurse
Mike
$400 [8]
An important element of giving CPR is to "establish" this in the afflicted person
an airway
Taylor
$400 [24]
This century-old cotton swab brand should not be used to clear out ear wax--it can damage your ears & push the wax in deeper
a Q-tip
Erin
$400 [26]
"____ Day Care"&"Big ____"
Daddy
Mike
$400 [25]
In 2022, massive mismanagement of auto loans & mortgages had this bank circling its wagons after a $3.7 billion penalty
Wells Fargo
Mike
$400 [16]
A gentleman always enjoys a good accessory; this two-word beauty accents any blazer & demonstrates good breeding
a pocket square
Mike
$600 [22]
The boatswain appears in the first scene of this play & again, surprised not to be drowned, in the last
The Tempest
Mike
$600 [9]
Emma is 8--OK, 7 3/4--a bit clingy, so another summer at day camp? But will this opposite type help her confidence? Parenting is hard!
sleepaway (camp)
Erin
$600 [7]
Low frequencies stimulate the top of the spiral in this inner ear organ that's coiled 2 1/2 times around a central pillar
the cochlea
Taylor
$600 [5]
"____ Can Wait"&"My Blue ____"
Heaven
Taylor
$600 [12]
"Credit" where credit is due--this big-on-secrecy European bank took a $2.5 billion hit for helping Americans evade taxes
Credit Suisse
Mike
$600 [17]
Though named for a foreign university & not my beloved Mississippi city of the same name, these shoes are simply a must
Oxfords
Erin
$800 [1]
In "Henry V" the guy with this job of announcing & proclaiming has a name, Montjoy; in "Othello" he's nameless
a herald
$800 [10]
This herb of the parsley family is widely grown for its seeds used in flavoring & seasoning
caraway
Erin
$800 [21]
The external part of the ear is called the pinna or this, a homophone of a tech company
the auricle
$800 [3]
2017:"The ____ Artist"& 1996:"Flirting with ____"
Disaster
Mike
$800 [13]
The company that's now just GSK still had this longer name when it got a $3 billion fine in part for promoting drugs for unapproved uses
GlaxoSmithKline
Erin
$800 [18]
A dandy must dress up down to his eyewear, this style of frame reminiscent of a carapace
tortoiseshell
Erin
DD $1,000 [2]
All 5 words of it, it's the most famous line spoken by the soothsayer in "Julius Caesar"
beware the Ides of March
Mike
$1,000 [11]
NASCAR's biggest & baddest racetrack, Talladega, Alabama's venue, surely earns its moniker as this type of 13-letter oval
superspeedway
Mike
$1,000 [20]
Also called the anvil, this middle ear bone transmits vibrations from the malleus to the stapes
the incus
Taylor
$1,000 [4]
"Antwone ____"&"The ____ King "
Fisher
Mike
$1,000 [14]
In 2013 this energy co. once run by a pre-veep Dick Cheney paid $200,000 for destroying Deepwater Horizon oil spill evidence
Halliburton
Erin Taylor
$1,000 [19]
Thispuckered cloth makes for an inimitable summer suit, as worn by the groom in the classic story "Delta Wedding"
seersucker
Mike

Double Jeopardy! Round

MALICE IN WONDERLAND MEDIEVAL HISTORIES SCRABBLE SCORES HABITATS FOR HUMANITY ON THE "M"AP HER MOM'S A SINGER
$400 [30]
Not a happy Valentine's Day, 1779 for Captain James Cook, killed by locals in what is now this state
Hawaii
Erin
$400 [29]
Guglielmo Cortusi of Padua is among many European chroniclers who left mournful accounts of this outbreak of 1347-1351
the Black Plague
Mike
$400 [21]
A 2-letter, 11-point Scrabble killer, "za" is accepted as a slangy shortening of this
pizza
Erin
$400 [28]
San Francisco's Steiner Street is home to "Postcard Row", an array of houses built in this style named for a queen
Queen Anne (Victorian)
Mike
$400 [22]
This body of water gets a little saltier as the Suez Canal sends seawater in from the Red Sea
the Mediterranean
Mike
$400 [26]
Tracee Ellis Ross, who played Rainbow Johnson on "black-ish", has this singer as a mom
Diana Ross
Mike
$800 [18]
In 2007 the 3rd wife of the Earl of Shaftesbury was put on trial for his murder near this cinephile haven on the French Riviera
Cannes
Mike Taylor
$800 [19]
The "Heimskringla" traces Norwegian kings from this god to Magnus Erlingsson
Odin
Mike
$800 [27]
No vowels? No problem! You can score 15 points with phpht, & if anyone objects, tell 'em it's this part of speech
an interjection
Mike Erin
$800 [20]
A condo means you have a unit in a shared building; this similar common-interest development makes you a shareholder
a co-op
Erin
$800 [1]
This Midwestern capital was named for a president who died in 1836
Madison
Erin
$800 [6]
Lourdes Leon, who released music under the name Lolahol, is the daughter & "ray of light" of this singer
Madonna
Erin
$1,200 [10]
The "Monte Carlo Trunk Murder" got an 1879 Wimbledon finalist sentenced to this "diabolical" place off South America
Devil's Island
Taylor
$1,600 [12]
A 12th century history of this country includes Boleslaw III's wars with the Pomeranians
Poland
Taylor
$1,200 [25]
You need just 5 letters to score 18 points with this Japanese dumpling
gyoza
Erin
$1,200 [15]
Saltbox is a variation on this style of house that's common in New England & named for a coastal region there
Cape Cod
Taylor
$1,200 [14]
This country occupies 0.75 square miles
Monaco
Mike
$1,200 [4]
She set a Guinness world record for youngest individual credited with a Grammy for her work on Beyoncé's "Brown Skin Girl"
Blue Ivy Carter
Mike
$1,600 [8]
On June 20, 1947 this gangster who helped develop Las Vegas crapped out, killed in a hail of bullets in Beverly Hills
Bugsy Siegel
Mike
$2,000 [13]
Andrew of Wyntoun's "Orygynale Cronykil" of this land includes the tale of "Thre Werd Systrys"
Scotland
Taylor
$1,600 [23]
The single most played word in Scrabble tournaments consists of these 2 letters pronounced with a "ch" sound
Q & I
Mike
$1,600 [16]
The terms "granny flat" & "in-law suite" have given way to ADU, short for this unit
an accessory dwelling unit (or additional dwelling unit) (alternative dwelling unit accepted)
Mike
$1,600 [2]
This Balkan nation is named for the peak seen here
Montenegro
Erin
$1,600 [5]
In 2023 her daughter Frances Bean Cobain married Riley Hawk, son of Tony
(Courtney) Love
Erin
$2,000 [9]
In 1929 this notorious man from the Midwest skipped a Miami warrant, claiming pneumonia, but agents found he enjoyed a boat trip
Al Capone
Mike
DD $3,000 [11]
The "Chronicon Regum Legionensium" is the "Chronicle of" them--Spanish rulers, not a 21st century rock band
the Kings of León
Taylor
$2,000 [24]
It takes 9 letters, but if you can play this end-of-the-alphabet wine, score 22 points & pour yourself a glass
zinfandel
Mike
$2,000 [17]
Alexander Hamilton's home, The Grange, is in this architectural style popular in the U.S. from the 1780s to the 1820s
Federalist (the Federal style)
Taylor
DD $3,000 [3]
Southwest of Sri Lanka is this archipelago of some 1,200 islands, of which 200 are inhabited
the Maldives
Erin
$2,000 [7]
Lola Lennox is a singer just like mom Annie, who sang "sweet dreams are made of this" as part of this duo
the Eurythmics
Mike

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN LITERATURE

His 1821 novel was inspired by stories told to him by John Jay of Jay's experiences with spies during the Revolution

James Fenimore Cooper

Taylor "Who Nathaniel Hawthorne?" — wagered $3,000
Erin "Who is Crane?" — wagered $15,000
Mike "Who is Irving?" — wagered $8,001

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