Show #6967 2014-12-23 (taped 2014-11-11) Regular

Contestants

Melissa Applebee — a high school teacher from Urbana, Illinois

Avishai Gebler — a rabbinical student originally from Sharon, Massachusetts

Allison Fraser — a stay-at-home mom from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,901)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Allison	$3,200	$5,800	$19,400	$13,500 2nd place: $2,000	$17,600 22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W
Avishai	$4,200	$6,200	$12,600	$25,200 New champion: $25,200	$12,600 18 R, 1 W
Melissa	$600	$3,200	$9,800	$199 3rd place: $1,000	$9,600 13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY	FAMOUS PAIRS	NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS	PANHANDLE STATES	NAME BRAND NAMES	4 Ls
$200 [16] Dream no more--"White Christmas", featuring the songs of this beloved composer, finally came to Broadway in 2008 (Irving) Berlin Allison Melissa	$200 [1] In 2014thispair launched a brand new "Up in Smoke" tour Cheech & Chong Allison	$200 [4] His experience teaching unruly boys helped inspire his book "Lord of the Flies" (William) Golding Melissa	$200 [12] Amarillo is the largest city in this state's panhandle Texas Allison	$200 [21] Snack cakes:Little ____ Debbie Melissa	$200 [26] Go pick up those tickets left in your name at this stadium arena will call Avishai
$400 [17] This musical about a boy born to dance features a catchy protest number, "Merry Christmas Maggie Thatcher" Billy Elliot Allison	$400 [2] This couple who studied "human sexual response" tied the knot in 1971 & untied it 22 years later Masters & Johnson Allison	$400 [5] The last name of this Mexican poet, a winner in 1990, means peace (Octavio) Paz Avishai	$400 [11] Chimney Rock, a landmark on the Oregon Trail, is located on the North Platte River in this state's panhandle Nebraska	$400 [22] Turkey:____-O Jennie Melissa	$400 [27] Hey, Spike! Don't let this sports object touch the ground on your side while in play a volleyball Avishai
$600 [18] In 1989 "Meet Me in St. Louis" came to Broadway along with this Yuletide tune introduced by Judy Garland in the movie "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" Allison	$600 [3] In the original illustration, they're the pairseen here Tweedledee & Tweedledum Avishai	$800 [14] For his work with the French Resistance during WWII, this Irish playwright was awarded the Croix de Guerre Beckett Allison	$600 [6] Oklahoma's panhandle has the state's highest point, "Black" this type of flat-top formation of the Southwest mesa Allison Avishai Melissa	$600 [23] From Nike since 1985:Air ____ Jordan Avishai	$600 [28] Colorful body part slang for a coward a yellow belly Avishai
$800 [19] "Here's Love" was Meredith Willson's stage adaptation of this classic film with a street that crosses Broadway in its title Miracle on 34th Street Allison Avishai Melissa	$800 [9] In Greek myth these immortal twins were placed together in the sky as the constellation Gemini Castor & Pollux Avishai	$1,000 [15] He said his novel "Main Street" was his first "to rouse the embattled peasantry" (Sinclair) Lewis Melissa	$800 [7] Much of the northern part of its panhandle is covered by the Coeur d'Alene Mountains Idaho Avishai	$800 [24] Baby carriers from Sweden:Baby ____ Björn Allison	$800 [29] An idea becoming real due to someone simply believing in it is this kind of "prophecy" self-fulfilling Allison
$1,000 [20] Songs from this show based on a movie include "Red Ryder Carbine Action BB Gun" & "Ralphie To The Rescue" A Christmas Story Allison	$1,000 [10] Domenico & Stefano are the first names of these 2 Italian designers, D&G for short Dolce & Gabbana Avishai	DD $1,200 [13] This woman is truly "Beloved", winning a Pulitzer in 1988 & a Nobel in 1993 Toni Morrison Allison	$1,000 [8] In the 1860s people living in this future state's panhandle voted to be a part of Alabama--didn't happen Florida Allison	$1,000 [25] A Wisconsin-based chain started in 1945:____ Furniture Ashley Melissa	$1,000 [30] Not-as-popular name for October 31 All Hallows' Eve Avishai

Double Jeopardy! Round

EARTH SCIENCE	THE 1920s	MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR	SOCIETY	NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD	CHANGING METAMORPHOSIS
$400 [9] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) It wasn't until after the 1906 San Francisco earthquake that scientists discovered that this fault ran 800 miles from Northern California all the way to the Salton Sea the San Andreas Fault Avishai	$400 [1] In 1924 this airline made its first intercontinental flight from Amsterdam to Batavia KLM	$400 [4] Film with Peter Sellers as Group Captain Mandrake, President Muffley & the title man Dr. Strangelove Allison	$400 [13] Generation Yers are also called these, because they came of age around the year 2000 millennials Avishai	$400 [23] Indonesia has a national park with over 5,000 of these 300-pound lizards Komodo dragons Avishai Melissa	$400 [30] To suffocate, perhaps with a pillow smother Melissa
$800 [10] The most abundant rock on the Earth's surface is MORB, mid-ocean-ridge this volcanic rock basalt Allison	DD $1,000 [2] In 2012 the top 1% of earners had their biggest share of U.S. household income since this year just before a crash 1928 Melissa	$800 [5] Paul Dano played Eli & Paul Sunday opposite Daniel Day-Lewis in this film There Will Be Blood Allison	$800 [15] Taxi drivers cheered in September 2014 when a German court banned this app Uber Avishai	$1,200 [14] A death march memorial can be found in Roosevelt Park, a part of this country's Bataan National Park the Philippines Melissa	$800 [29] I would be this in my duty as host if I didn't tell you it meant careless in doing one's job remiss Allison
$1,200 [21] Some believe an asteroid strike at Chicxulub, a crater in this peninsular region of Mexico, killed off the dinosaurs the Yucatán Allison	$1,200 [3] In his 1922 "Testament" he worried about his heirs as Soviet leader; he died in 1924 & his worries were right Lenin Allison	$1,200 [6] In 3 films Mike Myers was both Austin Powers & this nemesis Dr. Evil Avishai	$1,200 [16] 2010's Citizens United Supreme Court decision extended the legal doctrine that these are persons corporations Avishai	$1,600 [19] Canada's first national park, it was created in 1887 in Alberta & was originally called Rocky Mountains Park Banff Allison	$1,200 [24] Title of respect for a musical conductor maestro Allison
$1,600 [28] If a mineral is scratched by topaz but not quartz, its hardness lies between 7 & 8 on this scale the Mohs scale	$1,600 [7] "Fighting Bob", this man from Wisconsin, got 1/6 of the vote as a third-party presidential candidate in 1924 La Follette Melissa	$1,600 [11] In 1988 these 2 actresses played 2 sets of twins in "Big Business" Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler	$1,600 [17] Tom Colicchio says this 3-word phrase du jour just means buying better food from small-scale producers farm to table	DD $2,000 [22] A Tanzanian national park on this plain features grassland & migrating antelope & zebras the Serengeti Allison	$1,600 [25] From the French, it means deadlock; we have reached an... impasse Allison
$2,000 [27] In myth Aristotle drowned himself, unable to fathom reversing currents that are actually this type caused by lunar gravity tidals (tides accepted) Avishai	$2,000 [8] Secretary of State Frank Kellogg & this French minister signed a pact with 13 other nations denouncing war Aristide Briand	$2,000 [12] This Brit played 8 victims in "Kind Hearts and Coronets" Alec Guinness Allison	$2,000 [18] The phrase "a woman of" this, no longer young but not old either, dates back to the 1750s a certain age	$2,000 [20] See wombats in the wild at Namadgi National Park, just southwest of this capital city Canberra Melissa	$2,000 [26] Your skin has pores; thesurface of a leafhas these minute holes for the same purpose stoma

Final Jeopardy!

WORD ORIGINS

In the mid-1960s, a decade after it first appeared in a holiday tale, this word came to be used for any mean killjoy

grinch

Melissa "What is Debbie Downer" — wagered $9,601

Avishai "What is a grinch?" — wagered $12,600

Allison "What is scrooge" — wagered $5,900

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