Show #7199 2015-12-24 (taped 2015-12-01) Regular

Alex uses acaneduring the closing credits chat.

Contestants

Christina Pulawski — a fund raising professional and consultant from Chicago, Illinois

Markus Kolic — a database developer and stay-at-home dad from Dighton, Massachusetts

Chandreyi Ghosh — a housewife from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,401)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Chandreyi $1,600 $4,600 $7,000 $7,000
2nd place: $2,000
$7,000
15 R, 3 W
Markus $5,800 $8,200 $15,300 $15,300
New champion: $15,300
$12,800
21 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W
Christina $1,000 $2,600 $1,400 $2,799
3rd place: $1,000
$1,400
8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

FOUND IN GERMANY BANKING GOING STRAIGHT WINE, WOMEN & SONG COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE "SANTA" GOES AROUND THE WORLD
$200 [1]
For Neptune it's about 60,000 Earth days long
a year
Markus
$200 [11]
U.S. banks earn money by giving loans at interest rates regulated by this body created in 1913
the Federal Reserve
Markus
$200 [4]
He followed "Stripes" & "Ghostbusters" with a star turn in the Somerset Maugham drama "The Razor's Edge"
Bill Murray
Chandreyi
$200 [13]
Elected Senator from Massachusetts in 2012, she championed the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Elizabeth Warren
Markus
$200 [21]
By Strunk & White:"The ____ of Style"
Elements
Christina
$200 [22]
This state capital is 40 miles west of Las Vegas (New Mexico)
Santa Fe
Chandreyi
$400 [2]
A long tall tale, or a material to make sweaters
yarn
Chandreyi
$400 [12]
The Americans with Disabilities Act says these must have Braille, even the drive-up ones
an ATM
Christina
$400 [5]
Jackie Gleason got serious in "The Hustler" just a few years removed from being Ralph on this show
The Honeymooners
Markus
$400 [17]
5-letter plural term for the sediment left in your glass
dregs
Chandreyi
$400 [27]
By Spencer Johnson:"Who Moved My ____?"
Cheese
Christina
$400 [23]
Columbus' ship would've been at home on this Arizona river, a tributary of the Bill Williams River
Santa Maria
Christina
$600 [3]
A burst of uncontrollable anger
rage
Christina
$600 [14]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a check on the monitor.) A check contains lots of numbers: then umber of the checkitself, anaccount number&this9-digit number that identifies the bank involved in the transaction
the routing number
Markus
$600 [8]
This "Liar Liar" searched for the truth in the 2007 mystery "The Number 23"
Jim Carrey
Markus
$600 [18]
Eric Clapton's 1974 cover of this song helped make Bob Marley famous worldwide
"I Shot The Sheriff"
Chandreyi
$600 [28]
Hillary Clinton's memoir about her time in the State Department:"Hard ____"
Choices
Markus
$600 [24]
An Orange County city, an El Salvador volcano or a hot, dusty wind that bears down on Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Christina
DD $1,000 [6]
This 4-letter word comes from the Hebrew for "with certainty"
Amen
Markus
$800 [15]
This type of check is accepted without question & is signed by the banker it's named for
a cashier's check
Markus
$800 [9]
Michael Chiklis got laughs as "The Commish" before going straight (& crooked) as Vic Mackey on this cop show
The Shield
Markus
$800 [19]
Going from Portland to Eugene, Oregon takes you through this valley known for Pinot noir
Willamette
Markus
$1,000 [29]
An autobiography by Nabokov:"Speak, ____"
Memory
$800 [25]
A California county, an ex-NBC soap opera, or a Philippine municipality near the Jaro River
Santa Barbara
Chandreyi
$1,000 [7]
This adjective literally means having a skin disease caused by mites
mangy
Markus
$1,000 [16]
Founded with "Italy" in its name, it now has a more patriotic name & a red, white & blue logo
Bank of America
Chandreyi
$1,000 [10]
She came to prominence as a standup comic before earning an Oscar nomination for "The Color Purple"
Whoopi Goldberg
Chandreyi
$1,000 [20]
Hans Zimmer said all the music in "Inception" was derived from her rendition of "Non, je ne regrette rien"
Edith Piaf
Markus
$1,000 [26]
It's the Italian name for the patron saint of sight, or for the area seenhereon the Bay of Naples
Santa Lucia

Double Jeopardy! Round

DUDE, WHERE'S MY STAR? COLORFUL HISTORY CAN I GET A WITNESS? VAN THE MAN AT THE "END" BIG IDEAS
$400 [23]
The brightest star in this constellation is Al Tarf, Arabic for "the end" (of one of the crab's legs)
Cancer
Chandreyi
$400 [1]
Since the late 1700s orange has symbolized this religious group in Ireland & Northern Ireland
Protestants
Markus
$400 [6]
When Kirsten Dunst testified at a 2009 burglary trial, she was naturally described as this most important type of witness
star witness (or key witness)
Markus
$400 [8]
Van Morrison's music is often classified with American acts like the Righteous Brothers under "blue eyed" this
soul
Markus
$800 [22]
This title for certain Christian clerics is sometimes preceded by "The"
reverend
Christina
$1,200 [16]
The development of this, a 2-word term coined by John McCarthy, is empowering humanoid robots
artificial intelligence
Chandreyi
$800 [24]
We only have one labor for you: name this constellation that had a star go nova in 1934
Hercules
Markus
$800 [5]
On June 20, 1756 dozens of Europeans defending Calcutta were thrown into this dungeon; few survived
the Black Hole
Chandreyi
$800 [7]
Your witness is unavailable during trial? Get a transcript of this, in which he testified under oath out of court
deposition
Christina
$800 [12]
Van's first solo single was the 1967 pop classic about this "girl"
Brown Eyed Girl
Chandreyi
$1,200 [19]
It can be an explanatory caption that accompanies an illustration
legend
Chandreyi
$1,600 [17]
The "cultural" type of this "‑ism" says don't judge other societies by our standards because each has its own valid codes
relativism
Markus
$1,200 [25]
The brighter the star, the lower the magnitude; this one, the brightest in Ursa Minor, is of the second magnitude
Polaris
Christina
$1,200 [2]
In 1776 Benjamin Franklin sailed to France with this dark blue dye to sell to help fund the war effort
indigo
Chandreyi
$1,200 [9]
Call Dr. Drew! A witness who's taken apart in cross-examination may be brought back for a redirect called this
rehabilitation
$1,200 [13]
Van filmed 3 2009 L.A. shows so this bedridden, ailing one of "Charlie's Angels", a big fan, could watch
Farrah Fawcett
Chandreyi
$2,000 [21]
Surpass
transcend
Markus
$2,000 [18]
Cosmologist Sir Martin Rees wrote, "Countless other universes may exist" & for that idea he uses this 10-letter word
multiverse
DD $2,500 [26]
Antares is the brightest star in this constellation; don't get stung
Scorpio
Markus
$1,600 [3]
Founded in Munich in 1921, this paramilitary group intimidated & assaulted Nazi opponents
the Brownshirts
Chandreyi Markus
$1,600 [10]
Since 1971 none of the 8,500 in witness security who obeyed the rules were killed, thanks to this service guarding them
the U.S. Marshals
Chandreyi Markus Christina
$1,600 [14]
Van rose to prominence in this "Gloria"-ous band with a pronoun for a name
Them
DD $3,000 [20]
From the Latin for "soldier's pay", it's a fixed & regular payment, such as an allowance
stipend
Markus
$2,000 [4]
In 1978 former Italian premier Aldo Moro was abducted & killed by this terrorist group
the Red Brigades
Chandreyi
$2,000 [11]
Whittaker Chambers' testimony led to a perjury conviction in 1950 for this man believed to be a communist spy
Alger Hiss
Markus
$2,000 [15]
"It's a marvelous night for" this lunar frolic, the title of one of Van's albums
Moondance
Markus

Final Jeopardy!

AMERICAN BUSINESSMEN

Ironically, this man worth tens of millions when he died in 1990 said his parents named him with a socialist logo in mind

Armand Hammer

Christina "Who is Armand Hammer?" — wagered $1,399
Chandreyi "Who is Hammer" — wagered $0
Markus "Who was Santa Claus (Merry Christmas!)" — wagered $0

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