In Match 2, Melissa Chase got off to a great start and won handily against Amanda and Kim. Question now becomes if Kim can force a 5th match or if Melissa or Amanda can get 1 step closer to that $2,000,000 bounty. Here we go!
Johnny Gilbert: Tonight, the battle to win $2,000,000 continues on JEOPARDY! With...winner of the most Jeopardy! games - KIM POSSIBLE...
KIM POSSIBLE: 74 CONSECUTIVE WINS
....the winner of the first match, AMANDA LOPEZ....
BIGGEST MONEY WINNER: AMANDA LOPEZ
....and the winner of the 2nd match, MELISSA CHASE...
MELISSA CHASE: 20 JEOPARDY RECORDS
....but only one will be crowned THE GREATEST OF ALL-TIME!
JEOPARDY: THE GREATEST OF ALL-TIME
Johnny Gilbert: And now, here is the host of 'JEOPARDY!'....ALEX TREBEK!
Alex Trebek: Thank you, Johnny Gilbert and welcome to match #3 of Jeopardy!'s Greatest of All-Time tournament. As you heard, Amanda got us off to a great start Monday evening, winning a close one by 400 points. Last night, Melissa came on strong and won handily. Perhaps that augurs well for Kim. Maybe tonight's the night she makes the big move and gets herself into contention for that $2,000,000 top prize. Let's get to the board, shall we?
There's 1 Daily Double to help you in one of these categories...
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A MILLION BUCKS AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
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THE ALPS
I'M NOT WEARING ANY PANTS
PREQUELS & SEQUELS
BUY A VOWEL
Melissa, you won the draw. You select from the board.
Melissa: Let's start with The Alps for 800.
The Alps are the source of many major rivers including the Rhine, the Rhone & this 405-mile waterway that flows to the Adriatic
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is the Po?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Alps - 600.
Forming part of France's frontier with Italy, it's the highest peak in the Alps
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Mont Blanc?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: I'll take Prequels & Sequels - 600.
Elmore Leonard brought back former loan shark Chili Palmer in "Be Cool", his sequel to this bestseller
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Get Shorty?
Alex: Good, Kim!
Kim: Sequels - 800
Edited by the author's son Christopher & published in 1977, it's a history of Middle-earth before "Lord of the Rings"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Silmarillion?
Alex: Correct, Kim!
Kim: Sequels - 1000
In 1847 Herman Melville published this sequel to "Typee" subtitled "A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Omoo?
Alex: You are correct!
Kim: Comedians - 600
She does stand-up definitely for adults but voiced Vanellope Von Schweetz in the kids' movie "Wreck-It Ralph"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Sarah Silverman?
Alex: Sarah Silverman! Yes!
Melissa: Alps - 1000
Alex: Answer...
...DAILY DOUBLE.
Melissa: All the chips, please.
Alex: For 2,800 if you are right. Here is the clue:
Thought to be 5,300 years old, a mummified Neolithic "iceman" given this first name was found in the Alps in 1991
Melissa: What is Otzi?
Alex: You just doubled up!
Melissa: I'm Not Wearing Any Pants - 1000
Here's this early 17th-century British monarch wearing a trim doublet jacket with matching skirt & hose
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is James I?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Pants - 800
Worn by men & women, the chiton was a long tunic dating back to this ancient Greek period, also a word for "outmoded"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is archaic?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: Comedians - 600
This Brit played a high school director in "Hamlet 2" & got blown to bits as a director in "Tropic Thunder"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex; Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Steve Coogan?
Alex: Yes indeed!
Melissa: Comedians - 1000
In "Dolemite Is My Name", Eddie Murphy tells the story of this entertainer who had a stand-up act of his own back in the day
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Rudy Ray Moore?
Alex: You're on the board now!
Amanda: A Million Bucks Ain't What It Used To Be - 600
In 1957 a million bucks would have paid for a helluva baseball team; this man, No. 24 for the Giants, made $50,000
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Willie Mays?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: A Million Bucks - 800
In 1938 this first Superman comic cost a dime; now a million bucks will get you a third of one copy
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What are Action Comics?
Alex: Correct, Amanda!
Amanda: A Million Bucks - 1000
Probably the USA's only millionaire in 1799 was Elias Derby, who sent the 1st ship from New Eng. to Guangzhou, then called this
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is Canton?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Buy A Vowel - 1000
An eisteddfod winner adds a vowel & becomes a long, flat piece of pine
(Amanda rings in)
Alex; Amanda?
Amanda: What are bard and board?
Alex: You got it!
Amanda: Buy A Vowel - 800
A fluid for writing adds a vowel & becomes this barnyard clamor
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What are ink and oink?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Vowel - 600
A word meaning to move quickly afoot adds a vowel & becomes to wreck or destroy
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What are run and ruin?
Alex: Yes, Kim!
Kim: Pants - 600
Basically a belt plus a front flap, it was a simple garment for men in Ancient Egypt; Tarzan makes one from deerskin
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What's a loincloth?
Alex: Got it!
Amanda: Pants - 400
In the 17th century the belted plaid developed into this garment
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's a kilt?
Alex: A kilt it be!
Kim: Prequels & Sequels - 400
Set for release in 2020 is Suzanne Collins' "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes", a prequel to this series
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: My favorite book series! What are The Hunger Games?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Sequels - 200
After becoming heir to a chocolate factory, Charlie goes on another adventure, this time in a "great glass" one of these
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's an elevator?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Vowel - 400
A thing's physical magnitude adds a vowel & becomes a verb meaning to snatch
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What are size and seize?
Alex: Indeed!
Amanda: A Million Bucks - 400
In the first sale of a diamond for a mil, in 1969, the parent co. of this French jeweler outbid Richard Burton, then sold it to him
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Cartier?
Alex: Correct, Kim!
Kim: Comedians - 400
Played by this man, salesman-manager David Brent returned in 2016, trying to get his rock band off the ground
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Ricky Gervais?
Alex: You're back in control, Melissa.
Melissa: Alps - 400
The Alps are often treeless at the tops, but forests below are filled with larch, beech & these conifers related to pines
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What are spruces?
Alex: Yes indeed!
Kim: Alps - 200
The peak known as the Mönch ("monk") stands between the Jungfrau ("maiden") & the Eiger, this type of creature in English
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's an ogre?
Alex: An ogre! Right!
Melissa: Pants - 200
The name of this ancient garment from a single piece of cloth is related to the Latin word for "to cover"
(Kim rings in)
Alex; Kim?
Kim: What's a toga?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: Vowel - 200
Add a vowel to what brevity is the soul of & get a verb meaning to cool your heels
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What are wit and wait?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Comedians - 200
Alex: Here's Conan O'Brien with the clue...
Conan O'Brien: Strange but true: this comedian from Worcester, Massachusetts is my cousin, & when he came on my show he told me he's often mistaken for other celebrities, like Willem Dafoe & Jane Lynch
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Dennis Leary?
Alex: Yes, and now the last clue...
With a million bucks you could have seen 20 million movies at one of these early 1900s theaters, as the name told you
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's a nickelodeon?
Alex: Yes. That takes you to 7,200, Kim not too far behind at 6,400 and Amanda at 4,400. She will go first in Double Jeopardy!...right after this!
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Alex Trebek: Melissa out to an early advantage, but Amanda will go first in Double Jeopardy...but before we do that, here's a little insider info about Melissa Chase.
Profile - Melissa Chase:
Melissa (voiceover): My name is Melissa Chase and I have the most Jeopardy! records all-time, setting 20 single-day records during my 32 game, $2.4 million winning streak. I've watched Jeopardy! since I was a little kid and I was enthralled by Ken Jennings' spectacular run. I got to see Kim Possible pull the same feat, but do it miles better than he ever could. Now it's my turn to be a giant-killer. I'm up against 2 titans of the game of Jeopardy! and I'm willing to do whatever it takes to be crowned the GREATEST OF ALL-TIME, Murphy's law be damned! Let's roll!
Alex Trebek: And as I've said before, Amanda will go first in Double Jeopardy! These 6 categories await you...
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WHAT'S IN YOUR BRAIN
TV GREEN THUMB
GOVERNMENT IN CRISIS
CHARACTERS ON STAGE
WORD ORIGINS
ROAD TRIP!
Where to, Amanda?
Amanda: Let's do Word Origins - 1600.
Alex: Answer...
(Daily Double cue)
DAILY DOUBLE
...the first of the 2 Daily Doubles!
Amanda: All in, Alex.
Alex: To take over 2nd place if you're right...here's the clue for you...
This condition was thought to arise from an excess of black bile, the origin of its name
Amanda: What is melancholia?
Alex: You now have 8,800 points and you are in 2nd place behind Melissa. Go again.
Amanda: Origins - 2000
This fancy word for a scar is actually just Latin for "scar"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is cicatrix?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Let's go Characters on Stage - 1600
Alex: And for the clue, we go to Glenn Close.
Glenn Close: I kept the costumes from the first time I performed on Broadway in "Sunset Boulevard" & I brought them back with me when I returned to play this iconic role in the 2017 revival
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Norma Desmond?
Alex: Yes! That ties you with Kim for the lead.
Amanda: Characters - 2000
In the last line of "Waiting for Godot", he tells Vladimir, "Yes, let's go"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Estragon?
Alex: Yes! You're back in the lead now at 9,200. Go again.
Melissa: Government in Crisis - 1200
Parliament gained supremacy over the president in an 1877 crisis early in this ordinal French republic
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is the 3rd Republic?
Alex: The 3rd Republic! Yes!
Kim: Government - 1600
Alex: Answer there...
(Daily Double cue)
DAILY DOUBLE
...the other Daily Double!
Kim: All of it - 9,600.
Alex: Here's the clue, Kim...
This 1832-33 crisis ended when South Carolina backed down from its efforts to void federal law
Kim: What is nullification?
Alex: You now have 19,200!
Kim: I don't want to do that again! Government - 2000
In November 2019 Jeanine Áñez Chávez declared herself Bolivia's president, replacing this man who had resigned under pressure
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Evo Morales?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: TV Green Thumb - 1200
On "The Handmaid's Tale", this wife of Commander Waterford has some pivotal scenes in her greenhouse
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Serena?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Green Thumb - 1600
Played by Carolyn Jones in the '60s, she loved to cut the heads off her roses & rejoiced when her thorns came in sharp
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Morticia Addams?
Alex: Good!
Melissa: Green Thumb - 2000
Jean-Luc Picard once helped Boothby, played by this onetime TV Martian, to replant some flowers at Starfleet Academy
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Walston?
Alex: Ray Walston! Yes!
Kim: What's In Your Brain? - 2000
From a Latin word for "edge", this primitive "system" of nerves helps run basic behavior like feeding, fighting & fleeing
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What's the limbic system?
Alex: Correct!
Amanda: Brain - 1600
This pea-sized gland secretes a hormone regulating sleep; science has not confirmed Descartes' belief that it's the seat of the soul
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's the pineal?
Alex: Yes, Melissa!
Melissa: Road Trip - 2000
An "On the Road" trip will take you to Larimer Street in this city where Sal hangs with Dean before heading for the coast
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is Denver?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: Road Trip - 1600
Forget Route 66! We're going north to south on this numerical highway that turns into the "Blues Highway" down south
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is 61?
Alex: Correct!
Amanda: Road Trip - 1200
Dad, dry your eyes & get in the car--it's time to hit I-5 & road-trip your youngest to this southernmost U. of California campus
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is UC San Diego?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Road Trip - 800
We'll stop in Butler, Penn. & Florham Park, N.J. to go back to childhood of yore in attractions called "Little Red" this
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What are schoolhouses?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: Word Origins - 1200
This sled drawn by 3 horses has a Russian name
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's a troika?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Characters - 1200
A very long-titled play by Peter Weiss features the Marquis de Sade & this murdered French revolutionary
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Marat?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: Brain - 1200
Look at me! This "in the back of the head" brain lobe is responsible for processing visual information
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is the occipital?
Alex: Indeed!
Melissa: Brain - 800
The main parts of a neuron are the cell body, an axon & these, branching out to receive input
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What are the dendrites?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Green Thumb - 800
The plants on either side of the host & guests on this web series, also a 2019 TV movie, are the Boston, or sword, variety
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is Between Two Ferns?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: Government - 800
Last name of the man who dismissed prime minister Mohammad Mosaddegh in August 1953, with some outside help
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Pahlavi?
Alex: The Shah! Yes!
Melissa: Government - 400
Following the 2011 ouster of this longtime president, Egypt's armed forces suspended its constitution
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Hosni Mubarak?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Characters - 800.
Alex: Here's Glenn Close with the clue...
Glenn Close: 35 years before "The Greatest Showman", I sang down the house as Chairy, the wife of this man--but I did it for hundreds of performances on Broadway
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Barnum?
Alex: P.T. Barnum! You got it!
Melissa: Characters - 400
In "Our Town", this role sounds like part of the crew, but it's the narrator
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is the Stage Manager?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Word Origins - 800
This word for any pose in hatha yoga is from the Sanskrit
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is asana?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: Origins - 400
Greek for "sacred" & "carving" gives us this word for a writing system
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What are hieroglyphics?
Alex: Hieroglyphics! Yes!
Melissa: Road Trip - 400
You're nearing the eastern end of I-44 when you enter St. Louis & see this 630-foot-tall thing
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's the Gateway Arch?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Green Thumb - 400
This TV comedy wasn't about pesky garden plants, but rather about Mary-Louise Parker's budding pot business
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Weeds?
Alex: Yes, and now the last clue...
Sulci are grooves on the brain surface; this German pathologist noted wide sulci in a 1906 autopsy of a dementia patient
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Alzheimer?
Alex Trebek: Yes! That brings you to 19,400, Amanda at 17,600, Kim at 26,800. Remember that all these matches are 2 games, total points. Final Jeopardy for Game 1...US POLITICAL HISTORY. Clue in a moment.
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Alex Trebek: Final Jeopardy for this first game is US POLITICAL HISTORY and here's your clue.
These 2 now-defunct parties each gave the U.S. 4 presidents in the 19th century
30 seconds, players...good luck.
Alex: We come to Amanda first. She had 17,600 coming in. What did you write down? What are the Democratic-Republican and Whig? You are right. How much did you risk? Everything. Brings you to 35,200 as we come to Melissa - 19,400 going in. Do we find Democratic-Republican and Whig? We do. She went all in as well. Brings you to 38,800 as we come to Kim Possible. Democratic-Republican and Whig? We find them. I hope you risked a lot. HELLO! 26,800! 53,600 for you in game 1 of this match. Remember your scores from this game as they will be added to your scores from game 2 to make up your totals for this match. Game 2 comes up...after this!
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Alex Trebek: It'll be Amanda who'll make the first selection in the Jeopardy! round this time as we start game 2 of this match with these categories for your perusal...
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CHRISTOPHER PLUMMER PUDDING
GEMSTONES! MEET THE GEMSTONES!
CYBERSECURITY
JUST THE FACTS
AN "OK" CATEGORY
Amanda: Let's begin with January in History for 1000, Alex.
Angered at the U.N.'s support of Malaysia, this Indonesian president withdrew his country from the U.N. in January 1965
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Sukarno?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: January - 800
The January 1870 cartoon "A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion" was this man's first use of a donkey to symbolize Democrats
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Nast?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: January - 600
In Jan. 1900 he got out of Siberian exile; in Jan. 1918 he abolished Russia's assembly & established a dictatorship
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Vladimir Lenin?
Alex: Yes indeed!
Melissa: Gemstones! Meet the Gemstones! for 1000, please.
Let's get sanguine about this mineral AKA heliotrope, prized in the Middle Ages
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's a bloodstone?
Alex: The bloodstone! Yes!
Melissa: Gemstones - 800
We quote the ancient Wang Chung: "Take your baby by the wrist, & in her mouth" this purple quartz variety & February birthstone
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is amethyst?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Let's go to Cybersecurity - 800
A ransomware attack that encrypted 3,800 City of Atlanta computers demanded 6 of these digital items to unfreeze them
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What are Bitcoin?
Alex: Bitcoin! Yes!
Melissa: Back to Gemstones - 600
Alex: Answer...
(Daily Double cue)
DAILY DOUBLE
...the lone Daily Double of the round. You have 5,000 points with which to invest.
Melissa: All the chips, please.
Alex: For 10,000 points if you are right, here's the clue...
This birthstone is used in abrasives for polishing & grinding; the color pairs with gold as an official one for Florida State
Melissa: I'm gonna guess...what is garnet?
Alex: You are correct!
Melissa: Cybersecurity - 1000
Beware of these types of programs that track every stroke you make while typing in an effort to glean your password
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What are keystroke loggers?
Alex: We'll accept that. Keyloggers...
Melissa: Just the Facts - 1000
Tornadoes are rated from EF0 to EF5, the "E" standing for "enhanced" & the "F", for this Japanese-American meteorologist
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Fujita?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: "OK" Category - 1000
The best of the 4 possible positions used in transactional analysis is the title of this 1960s self-help book
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is I'm OK - You're OK?
Alex: You're on the board now, Kim!
Kim: OK - 800
This group was at one point the house band for "This American Life" on public radio
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is OK Go?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: OK - 600
"Subterranean Homesick Alien" is on this Radiohead album
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is OK Computer?
Alex: Good!
Melissa: Facts - 800
This largest moon of Pluto is about half the dwarf planet's size
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Charon?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Let's try Christopher Plummer Pudding - 600
Alex: Here he is with the clue.
Christopher Plummer: In 1968 I loaned this fellow Canadian the money for a plane ticket from London to L.A. so he could audition for the movie role that would change his life; the movie was "M*A*S*H"--& I got my money back
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Donald Sutherland?
Alex: Father of Keifer Sutherland! Yes!
Kim: Facts - 600
Chinese & Portuguese are the official languages of this special administrative region of China
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is Macau?
Alex: Welcome to the game, Amanda!
Amanda: Christopher Plummer - 1000
Alex: Here's Christopher!
Christopher Plummer: In the film "The Last Station" I play this Russian author caught between his worshipers & family; the title refers to the setting of my death scene
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Tolstoy?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: Plummer - 800. I just want to hear the voice!
Alex: Christopher?
Christopher Plummer: My dearest friend was this late actor; we often appeared onstage together & he won 2 consecutive Oscars in the 1970s, the first for playing newspaperman Ben Bradlee
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Jason Robards?
Alex: You are correct!
Kim: Cybersecurity - 600
Companies consider cybersecurity when instructing employees with a policy on BYOD, short for this
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is build your own device?
Alex: Correct!
Amanda: Plummer - 400
Alex: Christopher, take it away!
Christopher Plummer: I've played King Lear, Hamlet, Oedipus, Pizarro; but perhaps my most challenging role, if you could believe it, was in this 1965 movie that for a while was the top-grossing film of all time
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is The Sound of Music?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: One of my favorites! January - 400
In 1914 this motor company instituted a wage of $5 per day & shortened the work day to 8 hours
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is Ford?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: January - 200
It says that on the 1st of January 1863 "all persons held as slaves... shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Plummer - 200
Alex: One more time with Christopher Plummer...
Christopher Plummer: In 2012 at age 82 I became the oldest winner of a competitive acting Oscar; the record for a male actor had stood for 36 years, since this beloved 80-year-old comedian took the honors in 1976 for "The Sunshine Boys"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is George Burns?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Gemstones - 400
This variety of beryl shares its name with a 10-letter color
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Aquamarine?
Alex; Aquamarine! Yes!
Kim: OK - 400
A 2019 New York Times article says this 2-word phrase "marks the end of friendly generational relations"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: I finally get to say it! What is OK Boomer?
Alex: (chuckling) Thank you....thank you. Continue, Kim.
Kim: OK - 200
Your matching percentage on this dating site is determined by a complicated algorithm
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: I'm glad this wasn't around when I hooked up with Ron! What is OK Cupid?
Alex: Yes indeed!
Kim: Facts - 400
Real vanilla flavoring comes from certain climbing species of this tropical plant
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's an orchid?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Facts - 200
Of the 4 main blood groups, this one is the most common; that group negative is the universal donor
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is O negative?
Alex: Got it!
Kim: Cybersecurity - 400
A website with a site certificate is one that uses encryption; this letter after http is one sign of it
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is s?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Cybersecurity - 200
This type of hacker referred to by a colorful bit of headwear helpfully tests computer systems for vulnerability
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's a white hat?
Alex: Yes! And now the last clue...
Don't be deceived by this, a compound of sulfur & iron whose name comes from the Greek for "fire"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is pyrite?
Alex: Correct! That brings you to 6,000; Melissa in the lead at 15,200 and Amanda lagging behind at 1,400. She will go first in Double Jeopardy!...after this.
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Alex Trebek: Amanda got off to a slow start, didn't get much of a chance to answer in that Jeopardy! round. Let's see if that changes in Double Jeopardy! Here are the categories...
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PLANE SCIENCE
SAME FIRST & LAST LETTER
IT COMES THIRD
MUSIC & LEGEND
"I" WROTE
THE DAM BILL
Amanda: Let's start with Same First & Last Letter - 2000
It's a Hollywood term for a long prose synopsis of a screenplay
(Amanda rings in)
Amanda: What's a synopsis?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: First & Last Letter - 1600
This word for extreme malice was also the name of Jabba's nasty beast that Luke killed in "Return of the Jedi"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is rancor?
Alex: Yes, Kim!
Kim: First & Last Letter - 1200
A resident of Najaf or Kirkuk
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's an Iraqi?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: It Comes Third - 1600
Of the 7 countries that make up Central America, this one is alphabetically third
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is El Salvador?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Third - 2000
"Arrow of God", about a Nigerian priest dealing with missionaries, is the last book he wrote in what's called his "African Trilogy"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Achebe?
Alex: Chinua Achebe! Yes!
Kim: Third - 1200
Beethoven was going to dedicate his 3rd symphony to Napoleon; instead he called it this, for "the memory of a great man"
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is Eroica?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Dam Bill - 1600
A 1973 act of Congress approved funding for a replacement dam at American Falls on this river in the Northwest
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's the Snake?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: "I" Wrote - 1600
Books on Ben Franklin & Leonardo da Vinci are included in this author's "The Genius Biographies" box set
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Isaacson?
Alex: Walter Isaacson! Correct!
Amanda: "I" Wrote - 1200
"Berlin Stories" grew out of this British author's time in Germany during the Weimar Republic
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Isherwood?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Dam Bill - 1200
Construction began on Oroville Dam before it was fully funded by the Burns-Porter Act, a ballot initiative in this state
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is California?
Alex: Yes!
Kim: "I" Wrote - 2000
"Who Let the Dogs In?" is about the many outrageous politicians encountered by this witty Texas columnist
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Molly Ivins?
Alex: Correct, Amanda!
Amanda: Dam Bill - 2000
Alex: Answer...
(Daily Double cue)
DAILY DOUBLE
...the first of the 2 Daily Doubles! You have 7,000 points to invest here.
Amanda: All of 'em.
Alex: This will put you in 2nd place if you are right.
The 1935 bill authorizing this humongous concrete dam mentions the Columbia Basin Compact
Amanda: What is the Grand Coulee Dam?
Alex: You got it!
Amanda: Music & Legend - 2000
"Asturias" by this grade-"A" Spanish composer has the subtitle "Leyenda", meaning "legend"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Albeniz?
Alex: Yes, Kim!
Kim: Music - 1600
Alex: Answer there...
(Daily Double cue)
DAILY DOUBLE
...the other Daily Double! Kim, you have 13,600 with which to wager.
Kim: All in, please.
Alex: This will give you the lead if you are right. Here is the clue.
A pas de deux based on music by Samuel Barber premiered in 1975 with Baryshnikov as Jason & Carla Fracci as her
Kim: Who is Medea?
Alex: You now have the lead!
Kim: Plane Science - 2000
Alex: Here comes Sarah of the Clue Crew with this next one.
Sarah Whitcomb-Foss: All the planets orbit the Sun within seven degrees of this plane, whose name comes from an astronomical event
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is the ecliptic?
Alex: Yes!
Amanda: Plane - 1600
Plane trigonometry employs the law of these ratios between the side of a triangle opposite an angle & its hypotenuse
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What are sines?
Alex: The sines! Yes!
Melissa: Plane - 1200
Light waves with electric fields that vibrate in only a single plane have been this
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What is polarized?
Alex: Yes!
Melissa: Plane - 800
An earthquake happens when a slip occurs along this type of plane
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's a fault?
Alex: Fault lines! Yes! You're in command now.
Kim: Music & Legend - 1200
She's the title character singing in a Purcell opera after Aeneas has left her
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is Dido?
Alex: Dido it is!
Amanda: Same First & Last Letter - 800
The toast slainte literally means this
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is health?
Alex: Got it!
The Third Amendment is about this activity, a word actually from the Latin for "fourth"
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is the quartering of troops?
Alex: Correct!
Amanda: Music - 800
Philip Glass wrote an opera to be played as the soundtrack of Jean Cocteau's movie of this girl-&-monster tale
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is Beauty and the Beast?
Alex: Correct!
Kim: "I" Wrote - 800
Doctor Stockmann is the crusading title character in this playwright's "An Enemy of the People"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: Who is Ibsen?
Alex: Yes, Kim!
Kim: Dam Bill - 800
The Carey Act & the Reclamation Act helped this Wild West showman build Shoshone Dam, later named for him
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: Who is Buffalo Bill?
Alex: Correct!
Melissa: Dam Bill - 400
In May 1938 congress authorized building the Kentucky Dam, soon the largest dam run by this New Deal agency
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is the TVA?
Alex: Got it!
Amanda: "I" Wrote - 400
The security at this author's "Hotel New Hampshire" is Susie, a woman in an animal costume
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: Who is John Irving?
Alex: Correct!
Amanda: Music - 400
Grieg was displeased with his own "In the Hall of" this monarch from "Peer Gynt", writing, "it reeks of cow-turds & super-Norwegianism"
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What is The Mountain King?
Alex: Correct, Kim!
Kim: It Comes Third - 400
At equestrian 3-day events, the first day is for dressage, second for endurance riding & third for "stadium show" this
(Amanda rings in)
Alex: Amanda?
Amanda: What is jumping?
Alex: Good!
Amanda: First & Last Letter - 400
Those with a "fast" one of these tend to burn calories pretty quickly
(Kim rings in)
Alex: Kim?
Kim: What's a metabolism?
Alex: Correct! Now the last clue...
A ramp is one of these simple machines
(Melissa rings in)
Alex: Melissa?
Melissa: What's an inclined plane?
Alex: Yes indeed! Brings you to 22,000, Amanda at 20,400, Kim leading at 30,400. Here are your scores from game 1...
Amanda: 35,200 Kim: 53,600 Melissa: 38,800
...Final Jeopardy! category is...21ST CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS. Clue in a moment.
(commercial break)
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Alex Trebek: Final Jeopardy! category is 21ST CENTURY OSCAR WINNERS. Here's the clue for you...
These 2 foreign-born directors have each won 2 Best Director Oscars, but none of their films has won Best Picture
30 seconds, players...good luck.
(Jeopardy! Greatest Of All Time think cue)
Alex: Amanda, we come to you first. 20,400 coming in. What did you put down? Who are Lee and Cuaron? Ang Lee and Alfonso Cuaron...you are right! How much did you risk? 20,400. You double to 40,800. In game 1, you hand 35,200. Gives you a 2 game total of 76,000 as w come to Melissa. 22,000 coming into Final. We find Lee and Cuaron. Do we see a big wager? We do - 22,000. Gives you 44,000 for the game. You had 38,800 in game 1, a 2 game total of 82,800 as we move to Kim Possible. Do we find Lee and Cuaron? We do! How much did you risk? Didn't risk a thing! Didn't have to! 53,600 in game 1, 2 game total of 84,000 even! Congratulations, Kim! You've won Match 3! We're all even at 1 match apiece! Will either of our players set themselves apart in Match 4? Find out tomorrow! Won't you join us then? So long!
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We're all knotted up at 1 match apiece! Find out who puts themselves one step closer to that $2,000,000 jackpot in Match 4!