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foreign [Music] stage at Sony picture studios this is jeopardy today's contestants are an undergraduate student from Clemson South Carolina manav Jane a branch office administrator from Baltimore Maryland Renee Russell and our returning Champions a tutor from Toronto Ontario Canada Matea roach who's 17-day cash winnings total 396 182. now hosting Jeopardy Ken Jennings thank you Johnny welcome to Jeopardy 17 wins under the belt of our 23 year old Champion Mateo roach is it too soon to start making comparisons between her and some of our other great season 38 Super Champions in a word is she schneideresque or a modiovian well we crunched the numbers to find out when we compared Matteo's first 17 games with those of Matt and Amy we found that although she may average slightly fewer correct responses than they did at her best she is playing right at their level and when it comes to accuracy her 92 percent correct response rate is right between Matt's 90 and Amy's 95 so however you slice it we have had some amazing Champions this season and at just 23 Mattea is playing in the ballpark of any of them and hey Renee and monov who knows when the next big streak is going to begin could be today let's see what the categories are for the three of you in our Jeopardy round we start with old York then movies each of whose title contains an exclamation point then we have poets and poetry iron landmarks and finally rhymes with these champ Where Do We Begin landmarks for two these Falls along the Zambezi River are about twice as wide and twice as deep as Niagara Falls Mateo what are the Victoria Falls that's right landmark's four a National Trail in England stretches 84 miles from Newcastle to the Solway Firth along the line of this great fortification what is Hadrian's Wall yes Landmark six the 2700 foot Burge Khalifa in this city is quite impressive check it out what is Dubai right landmarks eight for a great view of Rio and guanabara Bay take a cable car to the summit of this Brazilian Peak blooming over Rio is Sugarloaf Mateo back to you I'll finish landmarks for a thousand Finn McCool sort of the Irish Paul Bunyan was said to have built this as a bridge to a Scottish Island what is Giant's Causeway that's correct um old York too Ivar the Boneless showed some spine when he led these Scandinavians on raids of York in the 9th century Renee who are the Vikings yes movies for two please Pierce Brosnan and Meryl Streep sang SOS on the soundtrack of this 2008 film Mateo what is Mamma Mia good old York four after this King wanted Hastings York was seething with discontent he would soon March in and build two castles there who's William the Conqueror yes old York six York came to be when members of Rome's ninth this set up camp and called it ibarakum Rome's ninth Legion Matea uh old York eight after battling the picts in 305 this great man was proclaimed emperor of Rome in York Mattea who is Constantine yes old York for a thousand York's Franciscan order of greyfriars was dissolved by Henry VII in 1538 as part of this period of religious upheaval manov what is the Reformation that's correct movies for 800. Tom Hanks wrote and directed this 1996 film about a band of one-hit wonders what is that thing you do yes movies for a thousand what the Dickens Mark Lester wanted a little more out of life in the title role of this 1968 film Mateo what is Oliver yes movies four looks like Steve mccroskey picked the wrong week to quit smoking drinking amphetamines and sniffing glue in this 1980 comedy Mateo what is airplane good I'll finish movies for six Steve Martin Chevy Chase and Martin Short collectively now turn your head and cough manav what is Three Amigos that's the movie and that takes you up to twenty four hundred dollars you're in a sound second place right now as we head into our first commercial break stay with us we'll be right back Jane an undergraduate at Georgia Tech from South Carolina has a fun weekly tradition with some of your college friends what do you do once a week yeah so I go to school in Atlanta and Waffle House is like one of the most popular fast food chains and so one Saturday during freshman year the dining hall was closed so we decided let's go eat at Waffle House and we had so much fun that we decided to go back to Waffle House every Saturday since it's been a really fun bonding experience it's kind of slowed down during the pandemic but we still love going to Waffle House every once in a while that's the kind of unpaid hype Waffle House can't buy you're getting some free hash browns I think Renee Russell from Baltimore is a branch office administrator who moved from the world of Middle School teaching into the very similar world of Casino Casino table games yes sir what do those have in common or or not people who act like middle schoolers and actual middle schoolers that's a great answer Mateo roach our return to Champion a tutor from Toronto as we know uh trivia was also part of a I don't want to say disastrous but interesting blind date recently right yeah it well I mean it wasn't that recently it was pre-pandemic and it wasn't disastrous but interesting is good I got set up on a date to go to RuPaul's Drag Race themed bar trivia um and if you were one of the top performing teams you had to compete in a lip sync for your life in the bar to see who would actually win so I had to do a lip sync to All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey on a first date well that's very fortuitous that's actually how we're going to resolve Today's Show after we get done with the double jeopardy round we move into the third karaoke segment uh manav where where do we go now let's go iron for 800 please this symbol for the chemical element comes from the word for iron in Latin Mattea what is Fe yes uh rhymes with these 200. two parallel ropes attached to a horizontal bar to make up this acrobatic apparatus what is trapeze right rhymes with these four to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound what is wheeze that's it rhymes with these six to identify someone vile or unethical ball or bag can follow this word Mateo what is sleaze that's correct rhymes with these eight idiomatically these may fall on deaf ears Renee what are please yes finish it off for one thousand please it's an ornate decoration just below a building's roof what is a freeze it is a freeze uh poets and poetry too Joy harjos when the world as we knew it ended refers to this date when two towers went down swallowed by a fire dragon what is 911 yes uh poets four in an Edna St Vincent Malay poem this Burns at both ends it will not last the night what is a candle good uh poets six poems by him include Harlem Crossing Jordan and the weary blues who is Langston Hughes that's the poet yes iron for a thousand Thomas Paine got the first patent for an Iron Bridge to span this river that meets the Delaware at Philadelphia it was never built Renee what is this Google you got it and you said it right I love you in Delaware uh iron for four please the iron type of these objects like the 60-ton hobo one in Africa scene here is made up mostly of iron Renee what is a meteorite that's right a 600 iron please answer here we go you can make a move here Renee uh let's go 2000 please all right you'll have 4 400 if you're correct here's your clue in iron at about 1 000 feet it was the tallest iron structure in the world when it was completed in 1889. what is the Eiffel Tower yes you're in second place iron for two please it's the beastly name for iron obtained directly from a blast furnace and poured into molds what is pig iron right uh poets for eight one of Joseph brodsky's best-known poems is elegy for this death be not proud poet Renee who is John Dunn you got it finished out please for one thousand the last clue a poem by Stevie Smith says I was much further out than you thought and not waving but doing this what is drowning not waving but drowning you got it you're in the lead with 9 800. Renee has 5200 Mona the strong showing and we'll go first in Double Jeopardy when we come back stick around the time has come as it always does for double jeopardy anything can happen with all the cash available in this round here are your categories players philosophy celebrity sibling surnames next we have double double letter words North America we're catching you short and finally ballet and Opera manav what strikes your fancy let's go it's celebrity sibling surnames for 1600. of British singer Lily and brother Alfie from Game of Thrones Mattea what is Alan yes philosophy four Plato thought there were ideal entities called forms this pupil disagreed in his book metaphysics Mateo who's Aristotle that's correct philosophy eight medieval questions about these not how many fit on a pin but do they have free will and with no bodies can they have knowledge Mattea what are souls no manov what are cells also not correct Renee these are questions about angels Mateo uh I'll continue with Philosophy for 12. qualia are events in this realm one of the two in Descartes dualist philosophy Mateo what is the mind good uh philosophy 16. answer you went to philosophy first Mateo how much will you risk just two thousand okay here's your clue it's the philosophical study of Art and of the judgments of Art and Beauty what is Aesthetics that's correct two thousand more for you I'll finish Philosophy for two in works like philosophical investigations this vienna-born thinker showed how thought is shaped by our language who's wittenstein you are correct um North America four TJ for short this Mexican border city is home to an estimated 2 million people Renee what is Tijuana right catching you short for 400. perlifehack.org repeat the information loudly if possible is one of seven simple ways to improve this type of retention Mateo what is memory no Renee what a short-term memory that's correct remember the category catch any short police 800. in early 2021 Short Selling had led to 20 billion dollars in losses by investors in this retailer serving your Funko and Playstation needs Renee what is GameStop that's the retailer catching is short for 1200 please the diamond as big as the Ritz is in F Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 collection of short Works called Tales of this era what is the Jazz Age you're right North America eight this U.S Commonwealth flies the flag scene here Mateo what is Puerto Rico you got it North America 12. donated by a governor general of Canada in the 1890s it's the oldest trophy won by pro athletes in North America Renee what is the Stanley Cup that is correct uh catching you short 16 please you might only need a 500 foot long Runway to land an aircraft with estall short for this that's short takeoff and Landing Renee short for 2000. Charlemagne's dad this man the third was called the short Charlemagne's kid also got the name his dad was Pepin the short back to you Renee double double letter 400 please of course there's a pumpkin spice version of this icy cold blended beverage from Starbucks what is the Frappuccino good North America's 16. proceeding the Aztec as the dominant force in central Mexico from about 900 to 1200 were this people whose name also ended Tech lot of with this zapotec no you got it North America too unique to North America is this large moth that only lives for a week or two after leaving the Cocoon that's the Luna Moth we're too Mateo a double double letter for eight hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon gives his Dragon this name but soon after gets a better look inside its mouth Renee what is toothless yes double double letter 12 please slightly different from accounting it's the work of those that track and record money transactions Renee what is bookkeeping yes three pairs of double letters there uh 1600 double double letter a tenant under contract is considered one of these Renee what is alessi you got it finish it out for 2000 please chicken is sauteed and then stewed to make this French named dish Renee what is fricassee correct again uh celebrity sibling surnames 400 please of Brittany and Jamie Lynn Renee what a Spears yes 800 celebrity of actresses Rooney and Kate Mattea what is Mara right uh celebrity surname's 12. of the sisters seen here you're looking at Zoe and Emily Deschanel Mateo uh Finnish celebrities for 2000 of football coaches Jim and John seen here Renee what is Harbaugh that's right belly and Opera 400 please Renee you've been making quite a run based on your knowledge of double letter words and football coaches and you're only 4 600 off the lead yeah not belly and Opera but uh tough one um let's go 5 000. all right you will have the lead if you're correct here's your clue my Verona on February 9 1965 nuriev and Fontaine danced this ever doomed couple in London who are Romeo and Juliet that's correct you're in the lead 800 Valiant Opera please Siegfried threatens at least two characters with a crossbow in this ballet what a bird brain Mateo what is Swan Lake yes action-packed Swan Lake uh ballet and Opera 12. Tonio the clown introduces this Opera at the end the audience is told that the comedy is over what is Pagliacci yes uh ballet and Opera 16. an opera with Hitmen I'm in this Verdi title Jester Wants Revenge on the Duke of Mantua and hires sparafu Chile to kill him the plot of Rigoletto and the last clue early in act two in an Adolf Adam classic ballet hilarion Mourns at the grave of this title woman that ballet is Giselle well Mateo managed to get the lead back in the waning seconds of the round but it is very close going into Final Jeopardy today let's see what the category will be books of the 1970s while you make your Wagers and we'll take a quick break and then you'll be back with the clue we are dealing with books of the 1970s in Final Jeopardy today which book let's find out here's the clue aptly members of a black family in this novel have biblical names pilate Hagar and the title one an ancestor of the protagonist 30 seconds good luck [Music] [Music] [Music] we'll start with man of Jean what was your response what is didn't come up with anything could have just put Waffle House you'll lose 100 taking you down to 500. all right now we come to Renee and Matea who both had amazing scores today Renee you were in second with 21 000 Which novel did you come up with what is roots I'm afraid that's not correct it'll cost you bigger small wages oh big wager leaving you with 1201 Mateo roach was in the lead she had 22 600 what was her response what is Song of Solomon by Tony Morrison that's great Solomon dead as the ancestor of Milkman dead in that novel so you're going to be adding to that score a lot wow 19 401 42 0001 today alone and an 18-day total of 438 183 dollars you look like you can't believe it you look happy she can't believe it but she'll be back tomorrow we hope you'll join us then thanks everyone [Applause] thank you [Music] [Applause] [Music] foreign [Music]

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Length: 19min 38sec (1178 seconds)

Published: Thu May 04 2023