Show #7661 2017-12-25 (taped 2017-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Charlie Harless — a procurement analyst from Washington, D.C.

Natalie Ballas — a dentist from Tualatin, Oregon

Donna Brown — a customer service representative from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $45,600)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Donna $1,400 $8,600 $21,400 $11,400
2nd place: $2,000
$19,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Natalie $3,400 $5,400 $12,400 $12,400
New champion: $12,400
$9,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W
Charlie $-200 $1,000 $6,000 $8,500
3rd place: $1,000
$5,000
8 R (including 1 DD), 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

DOONESBURYPOLITICAL SYMBOLS MOUNTAINS NAMED FOR PEOPLE BROTHERS ONE-WORD BOOK TITLES THE CITRUS BOWL THE BEST VOCABULARY
$200 [1]
Thispresident, with a healthy appetite and rapidly changing views, was a symbolic foodstuff
Bill Clinton
Donna Natalie
$200 [22]
He was just a candidate for president when William Dickey renamed an Alaska mountain for him
McKinley
Charlie
$200 [9]
Finn & Kurt became stepbros on this TV show after their parents got hitched; at the wedding, the cast sang & sang
Glee
Natalie
$200 [2]
James Joyce's 15 stories about the metropolitan Irish around 1900
Dubliners
Donna Charlie
$200 [4]
Valencia & Seville
oranges
Natalie
$200 [14]
Pre-steak sauce, this alphanumeric term meant "first class" for ships at Lloyd's of London
A1
Natalie
$400 [25]
Here's this 1990s Speaker of the House, funny pages style
Newt Gingrich
Charlie
$400 [23]
A chap named Peter got his name on this tallest mountain in Washington state
Rainier
Natalie
$400 [10]
In a 1996 movie Chris Farley was this title colorful animal, screwing up his brother's gubernatorial race
black sheep
Donna
$400 [3]
The ex-Mrs. Butler rekindles her romance with Rhett
Scarlett
Natalie Charlie
$400 [5]
Persian & Key
limes
Natalie
$400 [15]
A payment to an insurance company; as an adjective, it means "more expensive"
a premium
Natalie
$600 [26]
An asterisk under a Roman warrior helmet indicated this president
George W. Bush
$600 [24]
Aoraki is another name for Mount Cook on this country's South Island
New Zealand
Charlie
$600 [11]
On "Game of Thrones", Gregor Clegane is "The Mountain" & his brother Sandor is known as this
the Hound
$800 [20]
In 18th century Scotland, David Balfour seeks the return of his stolen inheritance
Kidnapped
Donna
$600 [6]
Eureka & Meyer
lemons
Donna
$600 [16]
This 5-letter prefix can be followed by -dor, -did, -diforous, or, in a sweetener, -da
splen-
Donna
$800 [27]
Reagan was depicted as Ron Headrest, a play on this virtual '80s character played by Matt Frewer
Max Headroom
Donna
$800 [29]
The name of this Oregon mountain honors a British admiral
Mount Hood
Natalie
$800 [12]
In "Adaptation" this actor plays both Kaufman brothers
Nicolas Cage
Donna
$1,000 [21]
1516 Thomas More work about a place governed by reason
Utopia
Donna
$800 [7]
Rio Red & Star Ruby
grapefruits
Natalie
$800 [17]
Your social standing could be described as this, the uppermost part of the cabinet or dresser
top shelf (or top drawer)
Natalie
$1,000 [28]
Rather than draw a caricature, Garry Trudeau used a feather in place of this one-term vice president
Dan Quayle
Donna
$1,000 [30]
The presidential range in the White Mountains, mainly in this state, has peaks named for Washington, Jefferson & Adams
New Hampshire
Donna
$1,000 [13]
Howard Keel, Russ Tamblyn & their 5 male siblings yearn for wedlock in this 1954 MGM musical
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Natalie
DD $3,000 [19]
Astrophysicists build a machine to talk back to aliens from Vega that have reached out to Earthlings
Contact
Donna
$1,000 [8]
The bite-sized Nagami & Meiwa
kumquats
$1,000 [18]
This "P" word can mean an example of excellence--like one "of virtue"
paragon
Donna

Double Jeopardy! Round

TITANIC MY HEART WILL GO ON I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD ROSE "JACK" THERE IS ROOM ON THAT BOARD!
$400 [6]
Describing her divorce from this director, Linda Hamilton said, "'Titanic' was the mistress he left me for"
James Cameron
Charlie
$400 [11]
Your heart will go on, & your lungs & kidneys too if you're an organ donor, indicated in California by a pink sticker on this
your driver's license
Natalie
$400 [16]
Hisreign lasted 72 years
Louis XIV
Donna
$400 [24]
Around 1904 this painter's Blue Period gave way to his Rose Period
Picasso
Donna
$400 [1]
The personification of icy cold
Jack Frost
Natalie
$400 [19]
If you want to join the board of directors, we need to put your name in for a vote by these people
the shareholders
Donna
$800 [7]
Reba McEntire was first offered this unsinkable role; Kathy Bates eventually played her
Molly Brown
Donna
$800 [12]
You won't become a heart donor until this other organ of yours has zero function
your brain
Natalie
$800 [17]
This czar was known as the "Father of the Russian Navy"; the birth happened at the end of the 1600s
Peter the Great
$800 [25]
The pinkish hue of the precious metal with this name is achieved by increasing the copper-colored alloys in the mix
rose gold
Natalie
$800 [2]
Here's a statue of this mythical creature
the jackalope
Donna
$800 [20]
There should be 5 people on the board & we only have 2! One more is needed to hit this Latin-named majority
quorum
Natalie
$1,200 [8]
A 3-D version of "Titanic" was released in this year for the 100th anniversary of the real Titanic disaster
2012
Donna
$1,200 [13]
Donated hearts have extended the lives of Democrats like Governor Robert Casey & Republicans like this vice president
Dick Cheney
Natalie
$1,200 [18]
David Kalakaua, the last king of Hawaii, was succeeded on the throne by this sister
Lili'uokalani
Natalie
$1,200 [26]
It was called the Battle of Flowers when it was first held on January 1, 1890
the Tournament of Roses Parade
Natalie Charlie
$1,200 [3]
The name of this snack brand is 1890s slang for "excellent"
Cracker Jack
Charlie
$1,200 [21]
Last name of cereal heiress Marjorie, one of the first women for whom a major corp. made room on its board
Post
Donna
$1,600 [9]
The only 3 of the 14 Oscar nominations "Titanic" didn't convert were for makeup, Kate Winslet & this actress
Gloria Stewart
Charlie
$2,000 [15]
In 1967 the heart of young Denise Darvall went on as this surgeon performed the first human heart transplant
Christiaan Barnard
Donna
$1,600 [29]
Thisportrait is one of many Velazquez did of the fourth Spanish king of this name
Philip
$1,600 [27]
Rose of Lima is not only the patron saint of Latin America but of this Asian island nation as well
the Philippines
Donna
$1,600 [4]
In a thriller by Frederick Forsyth, an assassin has this nickname
the Jackal
$1,600 [22]
We need another body on this alliterative committee to figure out who much to pay the CEO
the compensation committee
DD $3,000 [10]
The single highest grossing day for "Titanic" was this holiday, a Saturday 58 days after the film's December opening
Valentine's Day
Charlie
DD $5,000 [14]
If your heart goes to someone else, it must fit neatly into this 2-word structure formed by 24 bones
your rib cage
Natalie
$2,000 [30]
Fuad I was the first modern-day king of this country following its independence from Great Britain
Egypt
Donna
$2,000 [28]
You can read his book "The Name of the Rose" as just a murder mystery, but there's a lot more to it
(Umberto) Eco
Donna
$2,000 [5]
The sport of birling developed in the camps of these people
lumberjacks
$2,000 [23]
If you're the vice president or chief justice, there's a spot for you on this D.C. institution's Board of Regents
the Smithsonian

Final Jeopardy!

AUTHORS

A prefatory poem he wrote to one of his novels tells of "the dream-child moving through a land of wonders wild and new"

Lewis Carroll

Charlie "Who is Lewis Carroll?" — wagered $2,500
Natalie "Who is Lewis Carroll?" — wagered $0
Donna "Who is C S Lewis?" — wagered $10,000

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