Show #7697 2018-02-13 (taped 2017-11-27) Regular

WE ASKED: Jay Leno.

Contestants

Emily Deckenback — a midwife from San Bruno, California

Frank Lang — a utility locator from Mesa, Arizona

Marty Cunningham — an accountant and voice artist from Arvada, Colorado (whose 3-day cash winnings total $65,900)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Marty	$600	$1,800	$9,000	$17,000 2nd place: $2,000	$14,000 15 R, 5 W (including 3 DDs)
Frank	$2,400	$4,400	$16,000	$22,999 New champion: $22,999	$16,000 27 R, 5 W
Emily	$200	$1,000	$3,800	$3,600 3rd place: $1,000	$3,800 8 R, 2 W

Jeopardy! Round

JAY LENO'S GARAGE	HORMONES	IMAGINARY FOLKS' JOBS	WOOD	AIRPORTS NAMED FOR PEOPLE	SYNONYMOUS ANAGRAMS
$200 [1] (Jay Leno presents the clue.) First produced in 1955, the Citroen DS remains to this day the most innovative car ever designed... in 1962 it saved the life of this French president when its hydropneumatic suspension kept his car under control at 70 MPH when assassins shot out a tire Charles de Gaulle Frank	$200 [6] In female mammals prolactin initiates the secretion of this milk Marty	$200 [11] Atticus Finch & Denny Crane attorney Frank	$200 [16] Wood suitable to be used for building, or a word used when a tree is falling timber Frank	$200 [19] If you are in Wroclaw in this country, you might observe the airport named for Copernicus Poland Emily	$200 [26] TAP pat Marty Frank
$400 [2] (Jay Leno presents the clue.) In the 50s and 60s France's Panhard PL 17 delivered excellent performance along with the then-remarkable future of 40 MPG thanks to a tiny but powerful 2-cylinder engine & weight-saving features like trim & bumpers made out of this lightweight material aluminum Marty	$400 [7] The 1990s weren't baseball's sex hormone era, but sex hormones are these compounds of 17 carbon atoms steroids Emily	$400 [12] Folk hero Paul Bunyan lumberjack Marty	$400 [17] These often round spots in wood planks are the remaining stumps of onetime tree branches a knot Frank	$600 [22] Ajaccio on this French island has named its airport for Napoleon Corsica Emily	—
$600 [3] (Jay Leno presents the clue.) Considered the most sophisticated & expensive steam car ever built, the Doble generates tremendous power; in fact in 1925thisaviator, movie mogul & original owner got it up to 132.5 miles per hour Howard Hughes Marty	$600 [8] Glucagon, which raises glucose levels in the blood, works in opposition to this other pancreatic hormone insulin Frank	$600 [13] Lola in the song "Copacabana" a showgirl Frank	$600 [18] This term for the fibers within a piece of finished wood can refer to direction, size or arrangement grain Marty	$800 [24] Venice's airport is named for this Italian traveler Marco Polo Emily	—
$800 [4] (Jay Leno presents the clue.) The jet-engine 1963 Chrysler Turbine car was a tour de force of futuristic design & as a 14-year-old, I went to this 1964 New York City expedition of space-age technology specifically to see one the World's Fair Frank	$800 [9] Acromegaly, a disorder in which the hands & feet enlarge, is caused by overproduction of this human growth hormone Emily	$800 [14] Buffy's Watcher, Mr. Giles, at Sunnydale High librarian Frank Emily	$800 [20] (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Prized for its hard, reddish wood and used in furniture, this national tree of Belize appears on itsflag mahogany Marty	DD $1,000 [21] Cities in Greece & Macedonia both have airports named for this man Alexander Marty	—
$1,000 [5] (Jay Leno presents the clue.) With a top speed of more than 240 MPH, a central driving position & touches like an engine bay literally lined with heat-reflectivegold, it's no surprise that this British company's F1 has been called the greatest car of the 20th century McLaren Marty Frank Emily	$1,000 [10] Darkness triggers production of this hormone isolated in 1958, so turn out the lights at bedtime melatonin Frank	$1,000 [15] Dudley Do-Right a Canadian Mountie Marty	$1,000 [23] This construction toy created by John Lloyd Wright turned 100 in 2016 & is all wood after an unfortunate era of plastic Lincoln Logs Frank	$1,000 [25] Konrad Adenauer Airport serves this city where Konrad worked as chancellor of West Germany Bonn Frank	—

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORD PUZZLES	NASDAQ COMPANIES	OLD NAMES ON THE MAP	NOVEL "T"s	PRESIDENTIAL QUOTES	SAD!
$400 [6] Don't zigzag; make thisto your destination a beeline Frank	$400 [16] A share of stock in this company, then just a bookseller, cost about $1.50 in June 1997; 20 years later? Over $1,100! Amazon Frank	$400 [26] After North Vietnamese troops captured it in 1975, it was renamed Ho Chi Minh City Saigon Frank	$400 [11] Quoting this novel, "About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire" Twilight Frank	$400 [1] Harry Truman, who defied these surveys, mused, "What would Jesus Christ have preached if he'd taken" one? polls Frank	$400 [21] Tom Hanks just wants some time with his girl after ages on an island in this 2000 movie, but she's moved on Cast Away Emily
$800 [7] Sitcom star start stand-up comedy Frank	$800 [17] The news (corp) had been good & then bad for this founder in his long bid to take over European broadcaster sky Rupert Murdoch Marty	$800 [27] "The King and I" is set in the 1860s in this country Siam Frank	$800 [12] It begins, "When he was nearly thirteen, my brother Jem got his arm badly broken at the elbow" To Kill a Mockingbird Emily	$800 [2] In his 2nd inaugural address, he said, "I know that the acquisition of Louisiana has been disapproved by some" Jefferson Frank	$800 [22] When Andy gives Woody to Bonnie in the third movie in this series, the handkerchiefs start a-flutterin' Toy Story Frank
$1,200 [8] Overseas overtures foreign policy Marty	$1,200 [18] Let's see... I need some gas, a patio set & 27 boxes of cereal at this retailer whose roots trace back to 1976 Costco Marty Frank	$1,200 [28] Zimbabwe was formerly known as this & also Southern this Rhodesia Marty	$1,200 [13] Spoiler alert! Thomas Hardy's novel about this woman ends with her arrest & death Tess of the D'Urbervilles Marty	$1,200 [3] In accepting his 1988 nomination, he called on govt. & the private sector to bring about "a kinder and gentler nation" George H.W. Bush Frank	$1,200 [23] All the singing in the world from Ewan McGregor can't bring this actress back to life at the end of "Moulin Rouge!" Nicole Kidman Frank
$1,600 [9] This time, it really matters high stakes Frank Emily	$1,600 [19] In 2002 this Nasdaq co. put in a winning bid of $1.5 billion to buy PayPal, which would be quite handy for it eBay Frank	$1,600 [29] For most of the 1980s, Cambodia was known by this name Kampuchea Frank	DD $2,000 [14] In Audrey Niffenegger's bestseller, Clare Abshire DeTamble is this title spouse the time traveler's wife Marty	$1,600 [4] In 1996 Bill Clinton declared, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America" Hope Marty	$1,600 [24] After his death, Gerard Butler's love letters sent to Hilary Swank end with this afterthought, the movie's title P.S. I Love You Frank
$2,000 [10] Tuna fisherman's catch a skipjack Frank	$2,000 [20] Buy a Driveluxe GPS from this company & you'll get free lifetime updates of North American maps Garmin Frank	$2,000 [30] Prior to 1925 this world capital was known as Kristiania Oslo Marty	$2,000 [15] Referring to this Zora Neale Hurston novel, Alice Walker said, "There is no book more important to me" Their Eyes Were Watching God Frank	DD $2,000 [5] In 1832 Andrew Jackson complained that this institution "is trying to kill me, but I will kill it" the bank Marty	$2,000 [25] Lifelong friends Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey sit on the sand one last time at the end of this uber-chick flick Beaches Marty

Final Jeopardy!

CLASSIC TV HOMES

In 2017 the Bel-Air estate used in this '60s TV show was listed for $350 million

The Beverly Hillbillies

Emily "What is the Brady Bunch?" — wagered $200

Marty "What is The Beverly Hillbillies?" — wagered $8,000

Frank "What is The Beverly Hillbillies" — wagered $6,999

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