Show #7656 2017-12-18 (taped 2017-09-05) Regular

Contestants

Kate O'Connor — an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey

Ben Cosman — a research consultant from Rochester, New York

Denise Littlejohn — a project manager from West Hollywood, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,601)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Denise	$2,000	$4,200	$10,600	$17,600 2nd place: $2,000	$11,200 17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD)
Ben	$1,000	$1,000	$12,200	$12,200 3rd place: $1,000	$13,000 20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Kate	$1,800	$2,600	$11,200	$21,000 New champion: $21,000	$9,800 11 R (including 1 DD), 1 W

Jeopardy! Round

ALLITERATION ALL AROUND	SPORT'S STUFF	COMPLETES THE NONFICTION TITLE	THE PERKS OF BEING A WILDFLOWER	MISCELLANY	GDANSK
$200 [18] This phrase for the hottest part of summer comes from the Latin caniculares dies dog days Denise	$200 [7] Hook, cauliflower ear, peek-a-boo defense boxing Denise Ben	$200 [1] A 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner:"Black Flags: The Rise of" this insurgent group ISIS Ben	$200 [24] Being loved wherever I spring up, unlike this type of 4-letter plant that grows where it's not wanted a weed Denise	$200 [11] Traditionally, a first year wedding anniversary gift is either a clock or something made of this paper Ben	$200 [16] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Green Gate in Gdansk, Poland.) Originally designed to house royalty, Zielona Brama, also known as Green Gate, once served as offices for Lech Walesa, who formed this first Polish independent trade union Solidarity Denise
$400 [20] It's the slang term for 2 people trying to reach each other & repeatedly leaving messages asking the other to return the call telephone tag Denise	$400 [6] Chest protector, stirrups, mask baseball Denise	$400 [2] For job hunters:"What Color is Your ____?" parachute Ben	$400 [25] Getting to live in Hawaii, like a Vanda sanderiana one of these an orchid Denise	$400 [12] Inside the memorial seen here, you'll find a 19-foot-tall statue of this man Thomas Jefferson Kate	$400 [17] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Gdansk, Poland.) Legend says this Roman god, a symbol of Gdansk's ties to the sea, was angered by coins in his fountain, so he lashed out, & shards from the coins are now part of the local beverage Goldwasser Neptune Ben
$600 [21] These painful spots can arise on the horse or the horseman after a long ride saddle sores Denise	$600 [8] The pocket, the chain gang, cover 2 defense football Kate	$600 [3] "The ____ Life of Henrietta Lacks" immortal Ben	DD $600 [26] Being one of these long-lived types that survive from season to season, like some species of aster perennial Denise	$600 [15] Asperger syndrome is often considered a less severe form of this disorder autism Denise	$600 [19] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a street in Gdansk, Poland.) Hitler demanded the cession of Gdansk & its shipyards, but it was a free city due to this treaty named for a French locale; Poland refused, & the Nazis attacked, precipitating World War II the Treaty of Versailles Ben
$800 [22] This type of contest is seen here a demolition derby Kate	$800 [9] Butt-ending, delayed offside, power play hockey Ben	$800 [4] Carrie Fisher's first memoir:"Wishful ____" drinking Kate	$800 [27] The perks of being a wildflower: just being so beautiful, like afieldof Californiathese California poppies Ben	$800 [14] The board game has evolved into a video game that plays you in the 2017 "Welcome to the Jungle"sequelto this 1990s film Jumanji Denise	$800 [29] (Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from a shop in Gdansk, Poland.) Found in 40-million-year-old Baltic sands, this Baltic gold is used to maketreasuresfor which Gdansk is famous amber Denise
$1,000 [23] The idea that internet service providers should treat everyone's data equally net neutrality Ben	$1,000 [10] The pocket,5-step approach, hook bowling Ben	$1,000 [5] A neurosurgeon's bestselling memoir of his battle with lung cancer:"When Breath Becomes ____" When Breath Becomes Air	$1,000 [28] Inspiring poets like this Romantic whose heart filled with pleasure at the sight of daffodils William Wordsworth	$1,000 [13] Launched in 1973, this first U.S. space station fell from orbit & broke apart 6 years later Skylab	$1,000 [30] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Gdansk, Poland.) Born in Gdansk in 1927, he's shown here, next to his most famous character, Oscar, who's playing the tin drum Günter Grass

Double Jeopardy! Round

VICE PRESIDENTS	CAMERAS	STATE FLAGS	THEIR CONCERT TOUR	PHILIP K. DICK	"ELECTRIC" DREAMS
$400 [1] The Constitution mandates that the vice president preside over the Senate & do this if necessary break a tie Ben	$400 [26] On cameras they were once zirconium bulbs, but now they are electronic the flash Ben	$400 [12] Completes the state motto found on Kentucky's flag & seal:"United we stand..." divided we fall Ben	$400 [21] "I Am...";"The Mrs. Carter Show" Beyoncé Ben	$400 [13] Dick was a giant of this literary genre he said must have "a fictitious world ...predicated on our known society" science fiction Ben	$400 [3] Final penalty faced by Leon Czolgosz in 1901 the electric chair Kate
$800 [2] After serving in Vietnam, he became a reporter at a Tennessee newspaper Al Gore Denise	$800 [27] In 2008 this brand introduced a Po Go camera that partnered with Zink, zero ink printing technology Polaroid Ben	$800 [10] Seen here is the designer of what became this state's flag Alaska Denise Ben	$800 [22] "Licks";"50 and Counting" The Rolling Stones Denise	$800 [14] "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?", about a bounty hunter policing robots, was the basis of this 1982 film Blade Runner Ben	$800 [11] Jeff Immelt used his imagination at work for 16 years as head of this company, until 2017 General Electric Kate
$1,200 [4] The last veep to go on to win the top job was this one George H.W. Bush Kate	$1,200 [28] The hover camera is one of these that weighs half a pound & takes continuous video of you, using facial recognition a drone Kate	$1,200 [7] The Maryland flag displays the symbols of 2 families: the Crosslands & this one the Calverts Ben Kate	$1,200 [23] "Sweet Sweet Fantasy";"Adventures of Mimi" Mariah Carey Denise	DD $800 [17] Psychics called precogs can see future crimes before they happen in this PKD short story "Minority Report" Ben	$1,200 [16] The band MGMT sang, "Ooh girl, shock me like" this creature an electric eel Ben
$1,600 [5] This former New York governor was funky enough to be veep under 2 presidents, Jefferson & Madison George Clinton	$1,600 [29] For centuries this "camera" was just a box with a pinhole, but in the early 1800s it began to record images the camera obscura	$2,000 [9] The sailing ship on its flag represents the shipbuilding industry of New Castle County Delaware Kate	$1,600 [24] "No Jacket Required";"Not Dead Yet" Phil Collins Denise	$1,200 [15] Both PKD & Ursula K. Le Guin were class of 1947 at the same high school in this university city near Oakland Berkeley Denise Kate	$1,600 [19] The Flying V & the Jazzmaster are these electric guitars Ben
$2,000 [6] Thisthree-named vice president for FDR, who didn't think much of the job, lived to be 98, the oldest ex-veep ever John Nance Garner	—	DD $3,000 [8] On its flag, an elk & a moose stand beside a shield depicting a lake & a peninsula Michigan Kate	$2,000 [25] The $400 million grossing "Black Ice" seen here AC/DC Ben	$2,000 [18] This novel takes place in an alternate universe where the Axis won World War II The Man in the High Castle Ben	$2,000 [20] In 1976 Ric Silver created this line dance the electric slide Ben

Final Jeopardy!

ART

Perhaps bought from a Sears catalog, a window for an 1880s farmhouse inspired the name of this 1930 painting

American Gothic

Denise "What is American Gothic?" — wagered $7,000

Kate "What is American Gothic?" — wagered $9,800

Ben "What is Guernica?" — wagered $0

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