Show #7666 2018-01-01 (taped 2017-10-24) Regular

Contestants

Nick Spicher — a museum educator from Everett, Washington

Lisa McAndrews — an intellectual property attorney from White Plains, New York

Henry Ayoola — a Ph.D. student from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,800)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Henry $-1,200 $300 $1,100 $1,100
2nd place: $2,000
$5,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD)
Lisa $1,400 $800 $7,600 $1
3rd place: $1,000
$9,600
18 R, 4 W (including 1 DD)
Nick $5,400 $8,400 $10,000 $15,201
New champion: $15,201
$10,000
17 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

BEASTLY POETRY FILL-IN LET'S GET ORGANIZED POPCORN BAND STANDS ANNUAL EVENTS WHAT A Q____T!
$200 [1]
"The time to tickle a ____, is before, or right after, a blizzard"
a lizard
$200 [18]
catalog.loc.gov organizes the more than 17 million items in its collections into searchable form
the Library of Congress
Lisa
$200 [3]
Legend says in 1621 Native Americans introduced the Pilgrims to popcorn by bringing it to this celebration
Thanksgiving
Lisa
$200 [24]
Standing up to those who accused them of being creeps, Thom Yorke & this band played Tel Aviv in 2017
Radiohead
Lisa
$200 [7]
The 1926Rose Queen, Fay Lanphier, was also the reigning winner of this pageant, the only holder of both titles at once
the Miss America pageant
Henry
$200 [12]
A bed's coverlet
a quilt
Lisa
$400 [2]
"The Rum Tum Tugger is a curious ____"
cat
$400 [19]
The NLRB says employees can't be fired, threatened or disciplined for organizing one of these
a union
Nick
$400 [4]
Popcorn is mostly this type of carbohydrate that provides energy & also stiffens shirt collars
starch
Lisa
$400 [25]
In 1997 activist Tom Morello lived up to this, his band's name, by getting arrested for protesting sweatshops
Rage Against the Machine
Lisa
$400 [8]
At the Duke University Chapel, the blessing of the animals is timed to be near the feast day of this saint
St. Francis
Nick
$400 [13]
A knight's adventurous expedition
a quest
Nick
DD $500 [17]
"For the strength of the pack is the ____, and the strength of the ____ is the pack"
a wolf
Henry
$600 [20]
Every March Madness fan knows this diagram of the sequence of pairings in a sports tournament
a bracket
Lisa
$600 [5]
This product from Orville Redenbacher's is "a little sweet, a little salty--and a whole lot of yummy"
kettle corn
Henry Lisa
$600 [27]
MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer played protests at 2 of these--in Chicago in 1968 & Denver in 2008
the Democratic National Convention
Nick
$600 [9]
The Christmas tree lighting at this New York City site has been taking place since 1933 & was first televised in 1951
Rockefeller Center
Nick
$600 [14]
1,560 divided by 26 equals 60, 60 being this
the quotient
Nick
$800 [21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a military chart on the monitor.) In the U.S. Army, a major general commands a division; colonels, lieutenant colonels & captains each have assigned units & a lieutenant heads up this group of 16 to 40 soldiers, also the title of a 1986 Oscar-winning movie
a platoon
Lisa
$800 [6]
In 2003 Governor Blagojevich signed a bill that made popcorn this state's official snack
Illinois
Nick
$800 [28]
Roger Waters, known for using a huge inflatable one of these to convey political messages, had one fly away in 2008
a pig
Lisa
$800 [10]
A Santa Barbara show devoted to this flower presents several awards including Grand Champion Cymbidium of Show
an orchid
Nick
$800 [15]
A 90-degree arc
a quadrant
Henry Nick
$1,000 [22]
"Clemens, Samuel: see Twain, Mark" is one of these hyphenated notes that directs readers to info in an another place
a cross-reference
Nick
$1,000 [23]
In 1914 America got its first commercial popcorn brand, this one with an upbeat name
Jolly Time
Lisa Nick
$1,000 [26]
Run the Jewels, featuring El-P &this Atlanta activist, teamed with The New York Times for a Top 10 list of protest songs
Killer Mike
$1,000 [11]
One of the top professional rodeos in the U.S. is the annual Snake River Stampede in Nampa in this state
Idaho
Nick
$1,000 [16]
Quiet, but with the possibility of coming back to life
quiescent
Henry Lisa

Double Jeopardy! Round

SAVED BY THE BELA FLAGS MUSIC & LITERATURE BEFORE & AFTER 3-LETTER RESPONSES SIKH YOU SHALL FIND
$400 [26]
From 1931, one of this actor's memorable movie lines is "I never drink... wine"
Bela Lugosi
Nick
$400 [1]
This emblem on Canada's flag was changed from green to red to show the maturity of the country
a maple leaf
Lisa
$400 [6]
She sang "Summer Nights" with Travolta before becoming an author of legal thrillers & "Calico Joe"
Olivia Newton-John Grisham
Nick
$400 [7]
From 2013 to 2017 James Comey was its director
the FBI
Henry
$400 [21]
Sikhs refer to their religion as Gurmat, or "the way of" this type of teacher/leader
the guru
$400 [16]
These 2 words precede "and Where to Find Them" in the title of a 2016 movie
Fantastic Beasts
Lisa
$800 [27]
On Dec. 20, 1918 Bela Kun, a disciple of Lenin, founded this party in Hungary
the Communist Party
Nick
$800 [2]
To see this flag fly in its native land, you might travel above 20,000 feet
Nepal
Nick
$800 [12]
A "warlike" Pat Benatar hit meshes with an L. Ron Hubbard novel
"Love Is A Battlefield Earth"
Lisa
$800 [8]
A "tax"ing job, maybe at Ernst & Young
CPA
Henry
$800 [22]
In the Second Sikh War of 1848 to 1849 this colonial power was the ultimate victor
Great Britain
Lisa
$800 [17]
"Paranormal Activity" is an example of this alliterative genre that implies everything you see was discovered
found footage
Lisa
$1,200 [3]
The flag seenhererepresents the nation-state led by this person
Pope Francis
Henry Lisa
$1,200 [13]
A Black Eyed Peas man meets up with a Shakespearean style of writing
will.i.ambic pentameter
Lisa
$1,200 [9]
Tim Cook, for Apple Inc.
CEO
Henry
$1,200 [23]
It is recommended not to have anything metallic in this traditional Sikh headwear going through TSA security
a turban
Lisa
$1,200 [18]
Some of the best photography in the last 120-plus years can be found at this magazine's "Found" Tumblr site
National Geographic
Nick
$1,600 [4]
Not the Star of David, but a pentagram associated with King Solomon is on theflagof this North African monarchy
Morocco
Henry
$1,600 [14]
A song by Coolio from "Dangerous Minds" goes back in time to become a 1667 John Milton classic
"Gangsta's Paradise Lost"
Nick
$2,000 [11]
A decade after the publication of "Silent Spring", the domestic use of this chemical was banned in the United States
DDT
Lisa
DD $2,000 [24]
In the 17th century Gobind, the 10th leader, asked all Sikh men to add this word meaning "lion" to their names
Singh
Lisa
$1,600 [19]
Swampy is this type of animal looking for the water for his shower in the app "Where's My Water?"
an alligator
$2,000 [5]
These 2 of the 3 Benelux countries have similar red, white & blue flags
the Netherlands and Luxembourg
Henry
$2,000 [15]
A John le Carre espionage novel hits the "Speed Of Sound" with a British band
The Spy Who Came in From the Coldplay
DD $4,000 [10]
During a 3-day alumni reunion in 1916, it moved from Boston's Back Bay to Cambridge
MIT
Henry
$2,000 [25]
The Sanskrit words amrta, "nectar of immortality", & saras, "pool", give us this name for Sikhism's holy city
Amritsar
$2,000 [20]
"Find a Way" is a memoir by this woman about her grueling 52-hour swim from Cuba to Florida
Diana Nyad
Nick

Final Jeopardy!

PLACES IN 1950s NEWS

Pravda reported that Khrushchev, on his way to lunch, announced his decision to give this region to Ukraine

Crimea

Henry "What is Crimea?" — wagered $0
Lisa "What is Checyna" — wagered $7,599
Nick "What is Crimea?" — wagered $5,201

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