Show #9340 2025-05-23 (taped 2025-03-17) Regular

Brendan Liaw game 4.

Contestants

David Crockett — a congressional liaison from Washington, D.C.

Jim Carpenter — a retired music professor and conductor from Charlotte, Vermont

Brendan Liaw — a recent graduate and stay-at-home son from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (whose 3-day cash winnings total $59,398)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Brendan	$3,200	$5,200	$-1,600	$-1,600 3rd place: $2,000	$11,600 20 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs)
Jim	$200	$3,800	$13,400	$25,601 New champion: $25,601	$13,400 16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W
David	$2,600	$4,000	$12,800	$8,801 2nd place: $3,000	$12,800 16 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

SURGERY	SPORTS MASCOTS	EPONYMOUS CAPITAL CITY AIRPORTS	DEFINITIONS OF LEGAL TERMS	"GREEN" DAY	WANNA BE AN AMERICAN IDIOM
$200 [24] A sympathectomy won't make you care less about others' problems; it's used for abnormally heavy this, like in your pits perspiration Jim	$200 [30] The gold-mining Sourdough Samleaves his heart on the field for this NFL team & was born on April 9, get it? the 49ers David	$200 [29] Rome has many esteemed personages to choose from, but it's this artist's name that graces the international airport nearby (Leonardo) da Vinci Jim David	$200 [3] "Latin, meaning 'you have the body"' habeas corpus David	$200 [6] On Nov. 8, 2001 the Federal Election Commission formally granted this group national committee status the Green Party David	$200 [26] Also something to do on a rosary, it's the name of a low-percentage football play a Hail Mary Brendan
$400 [23] This common plastic surgery procedure deals with the lower 2/3 of the body part in its name--eyes are a whole other deal a facelift Brendan	$400 [28] How did the White Sox mascotget this name? Well, he's left-handed & was born on the side of Chicago where the Sox play Southpaw	$400 [8] The airport named for this 19th century soldier & statesman is the gateway to Caracas Bolívar Brendan	$400 [16] Also the "Deadliest Catch" TV channel: "procedures used to obtain disclosure of evidence before trial" discovery David	$400 [19] After joining the Continental Army, they fought at the August 16, 1777 Battle of Bennington, the town where they formed the Green Mountain Boys Brendan	$400 [25] Ever since this American general went over to the Brits in 1780, his name has been synonymous with traitor Arnold Brendan
$600 [2] In April 2024 Lindsey Vonn had this surgery (the right, if you must know); in Dec., age 40, she returned to World Cup ski racing knee replaced Jim	$600 [21] How far can Gritty, mascot of this NHL team, throw a sheet cake into the faces of willing fans? Turns out at least 25' the Flyers Brendan	$600 [10] In 2006 this city's airport was renamed in honor of inventor Nikola Tesla Belgrade Brendan	$600 [4] Start of the alphabet: "a written or printed statement made under oath" an affidavit David	$600 [7] AKA "The Emerald Archer", this DC supe had a show based on him debut on October 10, 2012 the Green Arrow Brendan David	$600 [17] The title of this George M. Cohan song came to mean where Americans were fighting during World War I "Over There" Jim
$800 [22] In unblocking this major artery bringing blood to your brain, there's an "eversion" type where it's turned inside out the carotid Jim	$800 [27] Peruna, named for a Prohibition-era "medication" that had quite a kick, is the mascot of SMU, whose teams are called these the Mustangs Jim	$800 [9] Touch down at José Martí International & you're at the airport serving this capital Havana David	$800 [5] 3 words:"the time within which a lawsuit must be filed" statute of limitations Jim	$800 [13] Appointed by Reagan to replace Paul Volcker, he took office on August 11, 1987 & stayed at the job almost 20 years Greenspan Brendan	$800 [15] This term for a smart but not street-smart person was boosted in popularity by a 1961 Disney film with a high-flying chemist the absent-minded professor David
$1,000 [20] It's the medical term for surgical tying, as in the female sterilization procedure called the tubal kind ligation David	$1,000 [12] The Banana Republic is the preferred vacation destination for this hairy mascot of the Phoenix Suns who debuted in 1980 The Gorilla	$1,000 [1] Once one of the busiest in the Middle East, this city's airport was renamed for Rafic Hariri in 2005 Beirut David	$1,000 [14] "Latin, meaning in a judge's chambers. Often means outside the presence of a jury and the public" in camera Brendan	$1,000 [11] Originally a teacher's school, what's now this Ohio university began instruction back in 1914 Bowling Green Brendan	DD $1,000 [18] Its original sense had to do with dissolving metals to determine gold content; now it means an ultimate proof acid test Jim

Double Jeopardy! Round

REMEMBRANCE OF THINGS PAST	MAGICIANS	"S" IS FOR SMALL	COUNTRY, MUSIC	A LITERARY CATEGORY	POP CULTURE GEMS
$400 [29] On Jan. 31, 1968 South Vietnamese cities were attacked in what's called this, referring to the local holiday on which it took place the Tet Offensive Jim	$400 [30] In 1983 David Copperfield made this 225-ton national icon disappear! & for his next trick he brought it back! the Statue of Liberty Jim	$400 [28] It's a small quantity of something, perhaps "of tea", as referenced in "Carry On, Jeeves" a spot Jim	$400 [11] "I'm okay / I'm drinking rum & Red Bull" is one of jamaicans.com's 12 songs in this style to "get Jamaicans on the dance floor" reggae Brendan	$400 [19] Arthur Miller's play "A View from the Bridge" refers specifically to this bridge Brooklyn Bridge Brendan	$400 [27] In a 2006 film, Emma Roberts & Jojo discover Aquamarine, one of these mythic creatures, in the pool at the Capri Beach Club a mermaid David
$800 [18] During a transit boycott, Martin Luther King was elected president of the MIA, this city's Improvement Association Montgomery Brendan David	$800 [23] For 11 seasons this duo has been figuring out the tricks behind magic on the TV show "Fool Us" Penn & Teller Brendan	$800 [21] It's a small particle, like dust, or a tiny point; NASA described Earth as a "tiny, fragile" one "in the cosmic ocean" speck Brendan David	$800 [1] This nation "is not yet lost, so long as we still live", begins "Dabrowski's Mazurka", its national anthem Poland Jim	$800 [8] One of her poems says, "Dying / Is an art, like everything else. / I do it exceptionally well" Plath Brendan	$1,200 [7] In "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", Marilyn Monroe sings this gem of a song that namechecks Cartier, Tiffany's & Harry Winston "Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend" David
$1,200 [16] Check out the reach of this ex-empire, sprawling across continents circa 1600 the Ottoman Empire Jim	$1,200 [22] Upon his return to Nottingham in 1911, this escapist invited one & all to bring their own "padlocks, shackles & handcuffs" Houdini Jim	$1,200 [4] It's the faintest hint or inkling of something; you may have been subjected to the "hypnotic" kind suggestion Brendan	$1,200 [2] "Australia: Sound Of The Earth" features David Hudson, an aboriginal master of this wind instrument a didgeridoo Jim	$1,200 [5] This bestseller by Isabel Wilkerson was the basis for Ava DuVernay's 2023 film "Origin" Caste Brendan	$1,600 [13] This "gem" of a woman wrote & directed both "Promising Young Woman" & "Saltburn" Emerald Fennell Brendan
$1,600 [15] In 2000 this party split into factions over its possible presidential nominees, Pat Buchanan & John Hagelin Reform David	$1,600 [26] Hecelebrated the success of his street magic TV special by being buried alive near the Hudson River David Blaine Brendan	$2,000 [14] This word borrowed from French was not about consommé or vichyssoise; it had to do with suspicion soupçon Brendan	$1,600 [3] The Chineseguzheng, with movable bridges under each string, is a type of this end-of-the alphabet instrument a zither Brendan	$1,600 [6] "Outside Dorlcote Mill" is a chapter in this novel by George Eliot The Mill on the Floss Brendan	$2,000 [20] A novel by Sapphire was the basis for this film with Gabourey Sidibe in the title role Precious Brendan David
$2,000 [17] c. 60 B.C., Julius Caesar, Marcus Crassus & this "Great" guy formed the 1st Triumvirate; uh oh... that implies there'd be a 2nd one Pompey (the Great) David	$2,000 [25] David Mamet's "truest friend", he wrote a book that included a story on a master flatulist & a pig that could read minds Ricky Jay	DD $5,000 [12] From the Latin for "spark", it's a tiny amount; add -ting & it describes something that's sparkling a scintilla Brendan	$2,000 [10] Melodies in Indian music are classified by a system of these, sort of like scales but also including the ways they are to be used ragas Jim	$2,000 [9] This nymph has been holding Ulysses prisoner on the island of Ogygia when we meet him in the "Odyssey" Calypso Jim	DD $8,200 [24] Colin Firth played Vermeer in this 2003 film Girl with a Pearl Earring Brendan

Final Jeopardy!

TIME

Eponymously named & in use for more than 1,600 years, it was based in part on concepts from the Greek mathematician Sosigenes

the Julian calendar

David "What is aChronometerSun" — wagered $3,999

Jim "What is the Julian Calendar" — wagered $12,201

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