Show #7662 2017-12-26 (taped 2017-09-06) Regular

Contestants

Ami Li — a freelance writer from Lyme, Connecticut

Cary Bonnell — a project manager from Oblong, Illinois

Natalie Ballas — a dentist from Tualatin, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,400)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Natalie	$3,200	$4,200	$3,800	$3,800 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 12 R, 3 W
Cary	$2,200	$6,200	$11,400	$6,399 2nd place: $2,000	$11,400 20 R (including 1 DD), 6 W
Ami	$1,400	$1,800	$8,200	$14,200 New champion: $14,200	$9,800 16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)

Jeopardy! Round

GREEK LETTER PHRASES	TV MOVIES	STATES BY COUNTIES	"MORE" THAN A CATEGORY	FAMOUS FIRST NAMES AS VERBS	ON BOXING DAY
$200 [18] Computer software goes through a "secondary" quality control in this type of trial run a beta test Cary	$200 [15] In 2017 Abigail Breslin filled Jennifer Grey's dancing shoes as Baby in a TV remake of this film Dirty Dancing Natalie	$200 [2] Franklin, Berkshire, Plymouth Massachusetts Ami	$200 [1] In chapter 2 of a Dickens work, a hungry Oliver Twist says these 6 words "Please, sir, I want some more" Natalie	$200 [9] Ms. Grafton, or what she might do if you plagiarized one of her novels sue Cary	$200 [26] This team sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees in 1919; curses! the Boston Red Sox Cary
$400 [22] Cesar Millan says when dealing with a pack leader, or this type of canine, be even more assertive & calm than normal an alpha dog Natalie	$400 [16] "Confirmation", covering a major 1990s event, starred Wendell Pierceas this man Clarence Thomas Ami	$400 [3] Franklin, Allegheny, Lackawanna Pennsylvania Natalie	$400 [6] This title of Britney Spears' first hit completes the lyrics "When I'm not with you I lose my mind, give a sign, hit me..." "Baby One More Time" Natalie	$400 [10] To pursue, like NASCAR's Mr. Elliott does to make the Sprint Cup round of 16 chase Cary	$400 [27] In the Dec. 26, 1776 battle of this New Jersey city, a colonial army defeated a garrison of Hessian soldiers Trenton Cary
$600 [23] In 2017 this Welsh actress got in a TV "Feud" as Olivia de Havilland Catherine Zeta-Jones Ami	$600 [17] Laurence Fishburne led the first unit of African-American fighter pilots in this HBO movie named for them The Tuskegee Airmen Natalie	$600 [4] Alleghany, Rappahannock, Spotsylvania Virginia Ami	$600 [7] Martin Luther King Jr. attended this historically black college in Atlanta Morehouse Cary	$600 [11] To sing joyously, like Ms. Kane might at Yuletide carol Ami	$600 [28] I feel happy inside that this song was released in the U.S. on the day after Christmas 1963, launching U.S. Beatlemania "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" Cary
$1,000 [25] NASA intently studies the changing luminosity of this most massive star system within 10,000 light-years of Earth Eta Carinae Cary	$800 [19] This actor, an ex-TV P.I., was the specific general in A&E's "Ike: Countdown to D-Day" Tom Selleck Cary	$800 [5] Bibb, Cobb, Oglethorpe Georgia Natalie	$800 [8] The Constitution was established "to form" this, "establish justice, insure domestic tranquility" a more perfect union Natalie	$800 [14] To banter in a good-natured way, like Mr. Gad in a film comedy josh Natalie	$800 [29] In 1966 Maulana Karenga, a professor of Africana studies, gave the world this celebration Kwanzaa Cary
DD $1,600 [24] This transport business began as a crop-dusting operation in 1924 Delta Airlines Ami	$1,000 [20] Farrah Fawcett starred in this 1980s TV movie as a woman who ends years of abuse by incinerating her ex-husband The Burning Bed Cary	$1,000 [12] Pulaski, Pope, Champaign Illinois Cary	$1,000 [13] This cliche is sometimes followed by "the fewer, the better fare" the more, the merrier	$1,000 [21] To favor or to adorn, like Ms. Slick did with her vocal presence for Jefferson Airplane grace Ami	$1,000 [30] On Dec. 26, 1944 Patton's Third Army relieved Bastogne during this battle the Battle of the Bulge Cary

Double Jeopardy! Round

THE BOOK OF PALMS	HIS OWN MUSEUM	TREATIES	ABRUPT ABBREV.	FRANCE IN YOUR PANTS	ON BOXING DAY
$400 [14] Boys in this William Golding novel create a "rude shelter" of "palm trunks and leaves" Lord of the Flies Natalie	$400 [1] Oddly, the only U.S. museum devoted to this physicist is tucked inside a woolens shop in Princeton, New Jersey Einstein Ami	$400 [6] 1848's Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted the U.S. all of Mexico's territories north of this river the Rio Grande Ami	$400 [8] On a boat, HMS Her Majesty's Ship Natalie Cary Ami	$400 [16] Pardon me... would you have any of this Dijon mustard brand from Kraft Heinz? Oh, it's in your pocket? Never mind Grey Poupon Natalie	$400 [22] Later TV's Judge Mills Lane, "Maximum Mills" was the ref when this boxer got an earful of Evander Holyfield Mike Tyson Ami
$800 [15] The beginning of this Michener collection mentions the "coconut palms nodding gracefully" Tales of the South Pacific Cary Ami	$800 [2] His museum in Santa Rosa, California includes a re-creation of his studio & original "Peanuts" comic strip art Charles Schulz Ami	$800 [7] A Communist answer to NATO, it was agreed to in 1955 & lasted until 1991 the Warsaw Pact Cary	$800 [9] Included in a letter, SASE a self-addressed stamped envelope Ami	$800 [17] You're pulling out a bottle of the No. 5 parfum from this designer that goes for $340! Tres bien! Chanel Ami	$800 [26] The 1946 rematch of this "Brown Bomber" & Billy Conn was the first world heavyweight title fight available on TV Joe Louis Cary
$1,200 [21] Palm trees & insects feature in this Paul Theroux novel, a name of a region of Honduras & Nicaragua The Mosquito Coast Cary	$1,200 [3] Next door to each other in London are the homes and museums of these two musicians, who lived 200 years apart Handel and Hendrix Cary Ami	$1,200 [10] The Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819 between the U.S. & Spain ceded this territory of the southeast to the Yanks Florida Cary	$1,200 [11] Medically, EEG an electroencephalogram Natalie Cary	$1,200 [18] Makeup, skin & hair care products from this L'company with its HQ in Clichy? That's a lot to carry around! L'Oreal Ami	$1,200 [27] This UFC champion's crossover into boxing came up a bit short against Floyd Mayweather in August 2017 (Conor) McGregor Natalie
$1,600 [25] One cover of this James Jones book depicts burning wreckage beyond some palms From Here to Eternity Cary	$1,600 [4] In Austin, there's a museum devoted to short story writer William Sydney Porter, better known by this pen name O. Henry Cary	$1,600 [23] The 1901 Hay-Pauncefote Treaty with the U.K. gave the U.S. the sole right to build one of these in Central America a canal Ami	$1,600 [12] On a car radio, FM frequency modulation Cary	$1,600 [19] "V" love the '80s, so don't sit on your glacier sunglasses from this brand Vuarnet Natalie	—
—	$2,000 [5] Hats off to his surrealist who has not one but 2 museums in Brussels (René) Magritte Ami	$2,000 [24] This 1963 deal abbreviated NTBT says no trying out atomic weapons in the atmosphere, underwater or in space the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty	DD $2,000 [13] In a British courtroom, QC Queen's Counsel Cary	$2,000 [20] Mais oui! An original 1967 Carte Bleue from "Credit" this bank! Credit Lyonnais Cary Ami	—

Final Jeopardy!

CANADA

As a response to new developments there, this territory was carved out of the Northwest Territories in 1898

the Yukon Territory

Natalie "What is the Yukon Territory?" — wagered $0

Ami "What is the Yukon Territory" — wagered $6,000

Cary "What is The Yukon Territories?" — wagered $5,001

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