Show #7652 2017-12-12 (taped 2017-08-30) Regular

Contestants

Sarah Woodring — a crafter from Sturgis, Kentucky

Ian Shin — a professor from Lewiston, Maine

LaKedra Pam — a physician from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
LaKedra $6,200 $8,400 $15,600 $7,999
2-day champion: $32,800
$16,600
22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Ian $800 $2,200 $11,600 $4,001
2nd place: $2,000
$9,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Sarah $-200 $2,200 $2,000 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$2,200
10 R (including 1 DD), 4 W

Jeopardy! Round

HOLIDAY SONGS ANAGRAMMED STATE CAPITALS GOOD CAUSES MAN MAKES THE CLOTHES "DOUBLE" FEATURE ROBERT SIEGEL SIGNS OFF
$200 [11]
This "jolly happy soul" with a corncob pipe was first brought to life in song by Gene Autry in 1950
Frosty the Snowman
LaKedra
$200 [6]
MEALS
Salem
LaKedra
$200 [1]
The group "Helping" these animals works to save them from poaching for their horns, an illegal commodity in Asia
rhinos
LaKedra Sarah
$200 [21]
His short-sleeve cotton shirt with a polo player logo came onto the field of play in 1972
Ralph Lauren
Sarah
$200 [29]
Damage to the cornea may be the culprit if you experience this in one eye
double vision
Sarah
$200 [16]
(Robert Siegel reads the clue.) One memento I've kept is a framed chip of this; I was rushed to the scene in November 1989 to cover its stunning fall
the Berlin Wall
LaKedra
$400 [12]
This Adam Sandler favorite made the Top 40 twice & Neil Diamond did a version
"The Chanukah Song"
LaKedra
$400 [7]
OXEN HIP
Phoenix
LaKedra
$600 [3]
Sister Donna Markham is the president of these Charities USA, which helps millions of poor people a year
the Catholic Charities
Ian
$400 [22]
Wallets and watches, as well as clothes, are part of the line of this designer
(Michael) Kors
Ian
$400 [28]
It's the musical symbol indicated here
a double sharp
$400 [17]
(Robert Siegel reads the clue.) I always had fun interviewing the other Robert Siegel, who edited the Onion & wrote the movie "The Founder" about this hamburger tycoon
Ray Kroc
Ian
$600 [13]
You better not do these 2 things because "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
cry and pout
LaKedra Ian
$600 [8]
DOMAINS
Madison
LaKedra
$800 [4]
Here's the logo of the NRDC, this Defense Council
natural resources
Ian
$600 [23]
Known for his A-line silhouette, this Frenchman also had a sense of smell, with a 1964 fragrance simply called "Y"
Yves Saint Laurent
Sarah
$600 [27]
This film noir classic is named for a clause in an insurance policy
Double Indemnity
Sarah
$600 [18]
(Robert Siegel reads the clue.) On January 20, 1981, the day Ronald Reagan was sworn in, I was in West Germany covering this other big story, the end of a 14-month crisis
the Tehran hostage crisis (or the release of the hostages in Iran)
Ian
$800 [14]
"Hark!" these beings "Sing" in a 1739 carol
the herald angels
LaKedra
$800 [9]
FRINGED LIPS
Springfield
LaKedra
DD $1,000 [2]
J. Robert Atkinson, blinded in an accident, founded this inst. after transcribing books for his own library
the Braille Institute
LaKedra
$1,000 [24]
Known for his United Colors brand, this man also served as a senator in Italy
(Luciano) Benetton
LaKedra
$800 [26]
This hotel chain is known for its warm chocolate chip cookies
DoubleTree
Sarah
$800 [19]
(Robert Siegel reads the clue.) I've done interviews about the craft of acting with giants from George Clooney to Stacy Keach; I fed Stacy the line "The queen, my lord, is dead" & he recited a speech from this tragedy
Macbeth
$1,000 [15]
This title promise was requested by Jim Lovell & Frank Borman during their 14-day space mission in December 1965
"I'll Be Home For Christmas"
LaKedra
$1,000 [10]
I NEED MOSS
Des Moines
LaKedra
$1,000 [5]
Supporting the global Jewish community & championing human rights, it's BBI for short
B'nai B'rith
LaKedra
$1,000 [25]
George Orwell called it "a vast system of mental cheating"
doublethink
LaKedra Ian
$1,000 [20]
(Robert Siegel reads the clue.) I was NPR's first journalist based overseas, sent to London in 1979 not for "All Things Considered" but to prepare for the launch of this show at the other end of the day
Morning Edition
Ian

Double Jeopardy! Round

MAMMAL PLANET ____ING ON POETRY SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT "IM" THE LAW EUROPEAN HISTORY 5, 5
$400 [11]
An NSA deputy director said that the "no. 1. threat" to the U.S. electrical grid is from these climbing rodents
squirrels
Ian
$400 [3]
"And, if God choose, I shall but ____ thee better after death"
love
LaKedra
$400 [1]
The sit-down at an Italian restaurant between Michael & Sollozzo ends in gunfire in this film
The Godfather
LaKedra
$400 [16]
An "alien" type of this person has not been naturalized
an immigrant
Ian
$400 [10]
This post-medieval rebirth of classical learning revolutionized art & science
Renaissance
Sarah
$800 [20]
Colorful expression for what the personhereis said to have
a green thumb
Sarah
$1,200 [28]
The heart rate of this animal AKA a woodchuck decreases from 75 beats a minute to 4 during hibernation
a groundhog
Ian Sarah
$800 [4]
"Something there is that doesn't love a ____"
wall
$800 [2]
Before she was a pretty woman, this actress mopped the floor of the title joint in "Mystic Pizza"
Julia Roberts
LaKedra
$800 [17]
If you do it to a witness, you attack his credibility; Congress can also do it to a president
impeach
LaKedra
$800 [12]
During World War I, the fact that this wife of the tsar was a German princess by birth helped make the royals unpopular
Alexandra
Ian
DD $1,000 [21]
Named for a frontiersman, it has a blade curved to a sharp point at the end
a Bowie knife
Sarah
$1,600 [27]
Resembling the leopard, this New World cat is a great swimmer & can hunt in water, but prefers an ambush from land, disabling its prey with a bite from its powerful jaws
a jaguar
Ian
$1,200 [5]
"I stood in Venice on the Bridge of ____, a palace and a prison on each hand"
Sighs
Ian
$1,200 [7]
Danny Aiello awkwardly proposes to this actress in an Italian restaurant in "Moonstruck"
Cher
Ian
$1,200 [18]
This type of expert witness is appointed by the court & is expected not to take sides
an impartial witness
LaKedra
$1,600 [14]
England had 3 kings in 1483: Edward IV, Edward V & Richard III, all members of this dynastic house
York
$1,600 [22]
A quiet beach or Grandma's kitchen might be this mental refuge in times of stress; find yours
a happy place
LaKedra
$2,000 [26]
Sleeping dolphins shut down one of these at a time; when the right one naps, the left eye stays open & vice versa
brain hemispheres
LaKedra
$1,600 [6]
"With his cruel bow he laid full low the harmless ____"
albatross
Sarah
$1,600 [8]
In the final scene of this film, Secondo makes a frittata for brother Primo in the Paradise restaurant
Big Night
Sarah
$1,600 [19]
The court might do this, take your stuff as evidence; hopefully, you'll get it back after the trial
impound
Sarah
$2,000 [15]
After landing at this town south of Rome in Jan. 1944, Allied troops were pinned in the area until they broke through in May
Anzio
Sarah
$2,000 [23]
In a recording studio, it's an electronic cue to help the musicians keep time
a click track
$2,000 [24]
"Oh, weep for ____! Though our tears thaw not the frost"
Adonais
$2,000 [9]
Mookie throws a trash can through the window of Sal's famous pizzeria in Brooklyn in this 1989 film
Do the Right Thing
Ian
$2,000 [25]
2 "IM"s in a row are in this sentencing statement regarding the awful results of a crime
a victim impact statement
DD $3,000 [13]
Following a military coup, in the mid-1970s this nation granted independence to all of its colonies except Macau
Portugal
Ian

Final Jeopardy!

FRENCH CITIES

The name of this city in the Département du Nord comes from the Flemish for "church of the dunes"

Dunkirk

Sarah "What is [illegible]" — wagered $1,999
Ian "What is Bordeaux?" — wagered $7,599
LaKedra "What is Normandy?" — wagered $7,601

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