Show #6966 2014-12-22 (taped 2014-11-11) Regular

Contestants

Carly Shevinsky — a lab tech from Ramona, California

Bert Ifill — a semi-retired educator from Silver Spring, Maryland

Allison Fraser — a stay-at-home mom from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,500)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Allison $1,600 $3,600 $11,600 $20,401
2-day champion: $40,901
$8,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Bert $3,800 $7,000 $10,200 $15,700
2nd place: $2,000
$12,200
21 R, 6 W (including 1 DD)
Carly $1,400 $1,000 $200 $200
3rd place: $1,000
$2,200
9 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

"HO"! "HO"! "HO"! THE OLD WEST PAGING ALL PRIMATES TIME FOR A MAJOR PRO CHAMPIONSHIP! INTERNATIONAL CUISINE YOU CAN BUY IT ON eBAY
$200 [13]
They're around the last turn--that means they're in this part of the course
the home stretch
Carly
$200 [20]
The letters delivered by this 1860-61 service were carried in a mochila, a leather pouch that draped over the saddle
the Pony Express
Allison
$200 [9]
In the books not Cheetah the chimp but Nikma the monkey was the companion of this man
Tarzan
Allison
$200 [23]
July:Tennis
Wimbledon
Carly
$200 [1]
India's tandoori chicken is named for a clay one of these
an oven
Allison
$200 [5]
No returns on this item: a gravel yard in Poland, about 60 miles from this capital
Warsaw
Bert
$400 [15]
A tramp or vagrant
a hobo
Carly
$400 [21]
Due to its reliability, this arms maker's model 1873 rifle was called "the Gun that Won the West"
Winchester
Allison Carly
$400 [12]
In book titles this monkey "Goes Camping" & hangs "at the Aquarium"; what could possibly go wrong?
Curious George
Allison
$400 [28]
May:Open-wheel racing
the Indy 500
$400 [2]
Spanakopita is a rich Greek this green veggie pie
spinach
Allison
$400 [6]
An assortment of barbecues & grills, including this kind, from the Japanese for "fire pot"
hibachi
Bert
$600 [17]
A submarine sandwich, or a "Stardust" songwriter
a hoagie
Allison
$600 [22]
This deputy U.S. Marshal believed Frank Stilwell killed his kid brother Morgan on 1882; bad news for Frank
Wyatt Earp
Bert
$600 [14]
Shift the ape convinces a donkey to don a lion's skin so as to be Aslan in "The Last Battle" of this series
The Chronicles of Narnia
Allison
$600 [29]
April:The PGA
the Masters
Bert
$600 [3]
Southeast Asian dish seenherewaiting for its peanut sauce
satay
Bert
$600 [7]
Not just trucks but also cars, including the 911 & 912 Targa from this automaker
Porsche
Bert
$800 [18]
The Hulkster knows this traditional Navajo dwelling usually opens to the east to greet the sun
a hogan
Allison
$1,000 [25]
This Chiricahua Apache leader's surrender to Gen. Nelson Miles in 1886 ended major military action with Native Americans
Geronimo
Carly
$800 [16]
Chee-Chee was an organ grinder's monkey rescued by this doctor
Doctor Dolittle
Allison
$1,000 [27]
June:Horse racing
the Belmont Stakes
Bert
$800 [4]
Cuisses de Grenouille a la Provencale are these sauteed in butter & topped with parsley
frog's legs
Allison
$800 [8]
This Bavarian shorts & suspenders combo; go for a pair "rarely worn"
Lederhosen
Carly
$1,000 [19]
German painter renowned for his portraits of Henry VIII's court
(Hans) Holbein
Bert
DD $2,000 [24]
He was appointed sherrif of Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1880 & spent the next 20 years in & out of law enforcement
Pat Garrett
Carly
$1,000 [26]
A gorilla kept at a mall narrates "The One and Only" him
Ivan
$1,000 [10]
Similar to shabu shabu, this one-pot meal of beef strips, vegetables & noodles is Japan's "friendship dish"
sukiyaki
Allison Bert
$1,000 [11]
Pretty much every musical instrument from A (accordion) to Z (this stringed one)
a zither
Bert

Double Jeopardy! Round

SENATORS MYTHOLOGY KEEP ON TRUCKIN' ORIGINATOR OF THE ROLE SANTA CLAUSE
$400 [2]
From 1965 to 1968 these 2 siblings served in the Senate at the same time
RFK & Ted Kennedy
Bert
$400 [1]
This son of Zeus had many oracles, but Pythia at Delphi was the greatest
Apollo
Bert
$400 [12]
This company almost synonymous with heavy duty American trucks builds them in Macungie, Penn.
Mack
Allison
$400 [7]
Will Freeman in "About a Boy"
Hugh Grant
Allison
$400 [16]
The name of this state capital founded by the Spanish in 1610 means "holy faith"
Santa Fe
Allison
$400 [21]
In the sentence "Because of you, I moved to Guam." the first clause is this type, also a person who works under you
subordinate
Carly
$800 [3]
In 1987 he took over Barry Goldwater's seat
Senator John McCain
$1,200 [9]
She gave Jason the ointment that protected him from the bulls of Hephaestus & then married him
Medea
Allison Bert
$800 [24]
To a trucker "hammer" & "granny" refer to these 2 types of highway lanes
the fast lane & the slow lane
Bert
$800 [10]
Oscar Madison from "The Odd Couple"
Walter Matthau
Bert
$800 [17]
Selective breeding at the King Ranch produced the Santa Gertrudis, a new heat-resistant breed of this
cattle
Bert
$800 [22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a sentence on the monitor.) In this sentence, "'I'm home,' he said", "he said" is a reporting clause, meaning it identifies this
the speaker
Carly
$1,200 [4]
In office since 2001, Debbie Stabenow is the first woman from this state to serve in the Senate
Michigan
Bert
$1,600 [13]
In Greek, here's the name of this gal, the personification of the dawn
Eos
Bert
$1,200 [25]
A good reminder before backing up your truck at any time is the acronym "G.O.A.L."--"get out and" do this
look
Bert
$1,200 [11]
Buffy from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Kristy Swanson
Bert
$1,200 [19]
Pedro de Mendoza visited what's now this South American country in 1536 & founded Santa Maria del Buen Aire
Argentina
Carly
$1,200 [23]
Clause-watchers know a non-restrictive clause is preceded by a dash, a parenthesis or this
a comma
Bert Carly
$1,600 [5]
Elected in 1974, this Democrat from Vermont is currently the longest-serving senator
Patrick Leahy
Bert
$2,000 [14]
Heracles used the blood of this many-headed monster to poison his arrows
the Hydra
Allison
$1,600 [28]
A high center of gravity & excessive speed on a curve can both lead to this deadliest type of trucking accident
a rollover
Bert
$1,600 [15]
John Constantine from "Constantine"
Keanu Reeves
Carly
$1,600 [20]
The Banana Slugs play sports for this campus of the University of California
Santa Cruz
Bert
$1,600 [27]
The simple sentence "I heard it through the grapevine." is also a main clause or this 4-syllable type of clause
independent
$2,000 [6]
Defense expert & 1976 presidential hopeful Henry "Scoop" Jackson was a Democratic senator from this West Coast state
Washington
Bert
DD $4,000 [8]
During Odysseus' absence, she wove a never-finished shroud
Penelope
Allison
$2,000 [18]
Chief Gillespie from "In the Heat of the Night"
(Rod) Steiger
Allison Bert Carly
DD $2,000 [26]
In the early 1980s an offensive by the FMLN severely damaged Santa Ana in this Central American country
El Salvador
Bert

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN AUTHORS

Celebrated in April, National Robotics Week honors this man who coined the word "robotics" in a 1941 story

Isaac Asimov

Carly "Who is Asimov?" — wagered $0
Bert "Who was Isaac Asimov" — wagered $5,500
Allison "Who was Isaac Asimov" — wagered $8,801

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