Show #7646 2017-12-04 (taped 2017-08-29) Regular

Contestants

Kyle Becker — a research scientist from Nashville, Tennessee

Alice Pelletier — a technical services associate from Brooklyn, New York

Lisa Kristina — a freelance musician from Chicago Heights, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,100)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Lisa $4,400 $5,000 $7,800 $15,600
3rd place: $1,000
$7,800
15 R, 4 W
Alice $800 $5,200 $9,200 $17,700
2nd place: $2,000
$8,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W
Kyle $200 $1,400 $12,400 $18,401
New champion: $18,401
$14,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA ETIQUETTE DISNEY PRINCESS NAMES WEATHER IDIOMS HEALTH & MEDICI THE NFLer's MAIN POSITION
$200 [20]
(Hi, I'm Rob Fowler of News 2.) This literary character from Charleston tells Scarlett he may go back to his hometown because he misses "the calm dignity life can have when it's lived by gentle folks"
Rhett Butler
Alice
$200 [10]
At NYC's International Debutante Ball, all girls are expected to wear gloves & gowns, both of this color
white
Kyle
$200 [15]
French for "beautiful"
Belle
Lisa
$200 [5]
Stated otherwise, this metaphor might be "pouring down Manx & Affenpinschers"
raining cats and dogs
Lisa
$200 [1]
This "Magnificent" Medici died in 1492, afflicted with "fevers" in his "veins...limbs, intestines, nerves, bones & marrow"
Lorenzo (the Magnificent)
Lisa
$400 [26]
Randy Moss &Fred Biletnikoff got handsy
a wide receiver
Alice
$400 [21]
(Hi, this is Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) Harriet Beecher Stowe lived next door to this other great American author at the time he wrote "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court"
(Mark) Twain
Kyle
$400 [11]
Millennials prefer texts & think it's a waste of the recipient's time to leave this, except maybe to say happy birthday
voicemail
Lisa
$400 [16]
Algonquian for "mischievous one"
Pocahontas
Alice
$400 [6]
Standing in the relative peace of the beach, you'd experience this idiom of impending turmoil
the calm before the storm
Lisa Alice
$400 [2]
Several Medici were diagnosed with this, actually a variety of joint problems; it gave one the nickname "il gottoso"
gout
Lisa
$600 [25]
Carson Palmer &Warren Moon
quarterbacks
$600 [22]
(Hi, I'm Mike Davis from 10TV.) I'm at the Columbus, Ohio house of James Thurber, who went on to write "The Secret Life of" this daydreamer
Walter Mitty
Lisa
$600 [12]
U.S. flag code says a flag in bad shape should be "destroyed in a dignified way, preferably by" this method
burning
Alice
$600 [17]
"Magnolia" or literally "wood" & "orchid" in Chinese
Mulan
Alice
$600 [7]
A pal who supports you only when it's easiest to do so
a fair-weather friend
Lisa
$600 [3]
A 2007 exhumation showed the Pico della Mirandola, a Medici court philosopher, was murdered with this, atomic no. 33
arsenic
Alice
$800 [27]
Thurman Thomas &Curtis Martin
running backs
$800 [23]
(Hi, I'm Mark Allan from WDTN.) In his poem "Sympathy", Paul Laurence Dunbar wrote "I know why the caged bird sings"... giving this other African-American poet the title of her 1969 memoir
(Maya) Angelou
Kyle
$800 [13]
Anna Post says sending a wedding invitation means you expect this, so it's not nice to invite people you know can't come
a gift
Lisa
$800 [18]
From the Persian via Arabic, it's a fragrant flower
Jasmine
Alice
$800 [8]
Involving the fourth & fifth months, it suggest that enduring travails can lead to joy
April showers bring May flowers
Lisa
$800 [4]
When this Medici queen of France was infertile at first, a treatment was to apply manure mixed with ground antlers
Catherine de Medici
Lisa
$1,000 [24]
(Hi, I'm Ellen Leyva with ABC7 Eyewitness News.) This southern California author has been especially successful with his Los Angeles-based quartet that includes "L.A. Confidential" & "The Black Dahlia"
James Ellroy
$1,000 [14]
The United Spinal Association says a wheelchair is part of the user's "personal" this--don't invade by touching it
space
Lisa
DD $2,000 [19]
From the Latin for "dawn", just like a Roman goddess
Aurora
Alice
$1,000 [9]
To take attention from another; it literally happened to a guy who came up with a stage audio effect
to steal one's thunder
Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

COUNTRIES BY FIRST LETTER OTHERWISE FAMOUS PAINTERS AVIATION POP CULTURE DOUBLE TALK QE II's PMs DROP THE MIC
$400 [1]
Heading southwest across South America, it's B, B, C--Brazil & these 2
Bolivia & Chile
Lisa Kyle
$400 [21]
JFK published "Profiles in" this; in 2017 W. published "Portraits of" this, his tribute to America's warriors
courage
Lisa
$400 [26]
In 1938 this future billionaire flew around the world in the then-record time of 3 days & 19 hours
(Howard) Hughes
Kyle
$400 [9]
"Start spreadin' the news, I'm leavin' today, I want to be a part of it", this song
"New York, New York"
Alice
$400 [6]
He was the first prime minister to serve Queen Elizabeth II, in 1952 when she was 25 & he 77
Churchill
Kyle
$400 [16]
Drop the "mic" from the start of a teeny organism to get this long garment
a robe
Kyle
$1,200 [3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of north Africa.) From west to east across the top of north Africa, the first letters of the four highlighted countries spell out this word
male
Kyle
$800 [22]
This singer signs hispaintings Benedetto; that's Anthony Benedetto
Tony Bennett
Lisa
$1,600 [28]
In 1961 this "Across the Globe" airline initiated in-flight movie service with "By Love Possessed" with Lana Turner
TWA
$800 [10]
In CB slang it's what a trucker says to interrupt a conversation or request to use a channel
breaker, breaker
Kyle
$800 [7]
He served the second-longest tenure as PM for Elizabeth II--10 years, from 1997 to 2007
(Tony) Blair
Kyle
$800 [17]
Drop it from the end of a type of vinegar to get this light wood
balsa
Kyle
$1,600 [4]
Drink an I, P, A going northwest into central Asia: India & these 2
Pakistan & Afghanistan
Kyle
$1,200 [23]
Novelist-artist Douglas Coupland popularized this term for the post-Baby Boom generation
Generation X
Alice
DD $3,000 [27]
The day before flying at Mach 1 in 1947, he broke 2 ribs when he fell off a horse
Chuck Yeager
Kyle
$1,200 [11]
Jessie J, Nicki Minaj & Ariana Grande collaborated on this catchy 2014 hit
"Bang Bang"
Alice
$1,200 [8]
In 1963 when Sir Alec Douglas-Home began his 1-year stint, he dropped his hereditary one of these
title (or peerage)
Lisa
$1,200 [18]
From the end of an adjective for pottery to get this last name of actor Michael
Cera
Lisa Kyle
DD $2,000 [2]
Crossing Iberia, you see P, S, A, for Portugal & these 2 nations
Spain & Andorra
Kyle
$1,600 [24]
The art of this former talk show host who did 2 stints on "The View" often benefits desmoid tumor research
Rosie O'Donnell
$1,600 [12]
Now all grown up, the pairherecame to fame in the 1990s starring on this sitcom
Sister, Sister
Alice
$1,600 [14]
1950s PM Anthony Eden resigned following the nationalization of this Egyptian facility & loss of U.K. control there
the Suez Canal
Alice
$1,600 [19]
From the start of a doctored drink to get this opener
key
$2,000 [5]
A clockwise tour of southeast Asian bordering countries is B, L, T--Burma followed by this pair
Laos & Thailand
Kyle
$2,000 [25]
Favorite subjects of this Royal Highness include Beinn a' Bhuird, a mountain near Balmoral
Prince Charles
Alice
$2,000 [13]
Theodore Bikel played the Soviet captain who runs his submarine aground off New England in this 1960s comedy film
The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming
$2,000 [15]
So far, nine Conservative Party prime ministers have served Her Majesty; hewas the last of the four Labour prime ministers
(Gordon) Brown
Kyle
$2,000 [20]
From the end of a strong verbal or written attack to get this long stick
a pole
Lisa

Final Jeopardy!

CHILDREN'S BOOKS

For this series of picture books that started in 1987, each crowd scene takes about 8 weeks to illustrate

Where's Waldo?

Lisa "What is Where's Waldo?" — wagered $7,800
Alice "What is Where's Waldo" — wagered $8,500
Kyle "What is Where's Waldo?" — wagered $6,001

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