Show #8124 2019-12-26 (taped 2019-10-16) Regular

Karen Farrell game 1.

Contestants

Karen Farrell — a political consultant from Woodbridge, Virginia

Usha Shankar — an educator from Pleasantville, New York

Alex Hookway — an actuary from Columbus, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)

Scores

Player First Commercial End of Jeopardy! End of Double Jeopardy! Final Coryat
Alex $-1,200 $3,200 $6,800 $4,852
2nd place: $2,000
$6,800
13 R (including 2 DDs), 7 W (including 1 DD)
Usha $800 $2,600 $1,000 $0
3rd place: $1,000
$1,000
11 R, 5 W
Karen $5,000 $7,000 $16,200 $17,200
New champion: $17,200
$16,200
20 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

THESE WOMEN MAKE THE CLOTHES SUBTRACT A LETTER COOKING VERBS "B" MY BABY TO THE OLD TOWN ROAD GONNA TAKE MY HORSE
$200 [22]
She was "DF", daughter of a haberdasher, before she was "DK", powerhouse designer
Donna Karan
Karen
$200 [8]
Reel in a letter from a popular food fish to get a place where you get your nails done
salon from salmon
Karen
$200 [7]
While cooking meat keep it moist by doing this, pouring juices or melted fat over it
baste
Usha
$200 [2]
He made February 1, 1931 a big day for Nikolai & Klavdia Yeltsin
Boris Yeltsin
Karen
$200 [1]
Acorn Street in Beacon Hill is one of the last roads in Boston still paved with this material
cobblestone
Alex Usha Karen
$400 [25]
On this sitcom, all of Pawnee comes out for the memorial of beloved miniature horse Li'l Sebastian
Parks and Recreation
Alex
$400 [21]
Rei Kawakubo made clothes that had the ease of boys' clothes, so she named her line "Comme des" these, French for boys
Garçons
Karen
$400 [9]
Kick out a letter from a British contact sport to get a July birthstone
rugby & ruby
Usha
$400 [6]
From the French for "jumped", it means to fry food quickly in just a little fat or oil
sauté
Usha
$400 [17]
Isaac & Maria D'Israeli welcomed this bundle of joy December 21, 1804
Benjamin Disraeli
Karen
$600 [28]
Called the longest street in the world, this Toronto st. is more than 200 years old, but its name sounds like the opposite of "old"
Yonge Street
$600 [16]
In this film, Kevin Costner first meets the Sioux after they repeatedly try to steal his horse, Cisco
Dances with Wolves
Alex
$600 [13]
In addition to a clothing line, this designer offers a Tory Track hybrid smartwatch
Tory Burch
Karen
$600 [10]
Medically, it's the kneecap; excise a letter & it's a saffron-flavored Spanish rice dish
patella & paella
Usha
$600 [3]
Some Frigidaire wall ovens beep when this early-stage recipe instruction is finished & the food can go in
pre-heating
Karen
$600 [18]
She was born to magazine publisher Marvin Pierce in 1925, 16 years before she met "Poppy"
Barbara Bush
$1,000 [26]
London's Portobello Road in the district called this "Hill" has had an antique market for decades
Notting Hill
Alex
$800 [23]
As Mongo, Alex Karras takes down a horse with one punch in this 1974 Mel Brooks comedy
Blazing Saddles
Alex
$800 [14]
This daughter of Chinese immigrants designed her own wedding dress, leading to her own bridal boutique
Vera Wang
Karen
$800 [11]
Swipe a letter from a liquid used to form a glossy coating & watch it disappear
varnish & vanish
$800 [4]
Please explain better that you know this verb means to melt butter to sort out impurities
clarify
Karen
$800 [19]
In 1886 gun maker Friedrich Krupp had a daughter named this; we're not sure if she was a big baby
Bertha
Usha
DD $1,600 [27]
This city calls Elfreth's Alley, between 2nd Street & the Delaware River, "America's oldest residential street"
Philadelphia
Alex
$1,000 [24]
In this long cinematic "Story", Atreyu loses his horse Artax in the swamp of sadness, devastating many a child of the '80s
The NeverEnding Story
Karen
$1,000 [15]
Hericonic wrap dress evolved from her design of a wrapped top with a matching skirt
Diane von Furstenberg
Karen
$1,000 [12]
Pluck a letter from these lovely flowers and they become small, stalky, maned animals
peony & pony
Karen
$1,000 [5]
As its name indicates, this verb involves bringing to 212 degrees, but only for a brief period
parboil
Alex Usha
$1,000 [20]
On May 18, 1872 he was born to Lord & Lady Amberley & proud Grandpa Lord John Russell
Bertrand
Usha

Double Jeopardy! Round

THAT'S ECUADORABLE ART IN THE VATICAN WORDS SHAKESPEARE ONLY USED ONCE THE "BAR" EXAM ORTHODONTIA THE SINGER OR BAND IN QUESTION
$400 [8]
8,000 feet up in a valley in these mountains, the scenic city of Cuenca is on the UNESCO World Heritage list
the Andes
Alex
$400 [7]
A famous scene on the Sistine Chapel ceiling shows "The Creation of" him
Adam
Usha
$400 [23]
In conspiring against Othello, this character utters the only instance of "favourably"
Iago
Alex
$400 [1]
If a vehicle flips over, this piece of steel in the form of an inverted "U" can prevent the occupants from being crushed
the roll bar
Alex Karen
$1,200 [15]
A reverse overjet is a type of this problem caused by jaw misalignment
underbite
Alex Usha
$1,200 [26]
A Motown legend: "What's Going On", also the name of one of his albums
Marvin Gaye
Alex Karen
$1,200 [10]
Fanesca, an Ecuadorian Eastersoup, is made with fish, representing Jesus, and 12 grains or beans representing these
the Apostles
Usha
$800 [6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) Commissioned in 1711 as a gift to encourage the Pope's support for the building of an observatory, a series of astronomical paintings show the then-known planets, including Mars, Saturn &this giant, with its bands of color
Jupiter
Usha
$800 [22]
In this play Sir Toby belches out Shakespeare's only use of "implacable"
Twelfth Night
Karen
$800 [2]
4-part harmony is integral to this style of unaccompanied singing
a barbershop quartet
Usha Karen
$1,600 [13]
This nonmetal braces brand calls itself "the world's most advanced clear aligner"
Invisalign
Usha
$1,600 [24]
These punk rockers: "Should I Stay Or Should I Go"
The Clash
Alex Karen
$1,600 [11]
More than 70% of Ecuadorians belong to this ethnic group, a Spanish word for someone of mixed race
mestizo
Alex
$1,200 [3]
Among the Sistine Chapel tapestries is "The Miraculous Draught of Fishes" depicting the calling of him, AKA Simon
Peter
Alex
$1,200 [19]
This island play that involves a lot of sorcery is the only place he used "sorceries"
The Tempest
Karen
$1,600 [17]
This unit of measure of air pressure is based on dynes per square centimeter
a millibar
Alex Usha
$2,000 [14]
A problem called tongue thrust often causes this problem, noticed when a child asks for a second story so she can sleep
a lisp
Usha
$2,000 [25]
A country singer: "How do You Like Me Now?!" & "Who's Your Daddy?"
Toby Keith
$2,000 [12]
This port on the west bank of the Guayas River is Ecuador's largest city
Guayaquil
Alex
$1,600 [4]
A museum founded by Pope Gregory XVI is dedicated to the antiquities & art of these darn ancient Italian people
the Etruscans
Karen
$1,600 [20]
This character complains to Antony about Cleopatra's "contestation"
Octavius
Alex Karen
$2,000 [18]
12th century Holy Roman Emperor Frederick had this nickname
Barbarossa
Karen
DD $3,000 [9]
Ecuador took possession of these islands in 1832, 3 years before they got a visit from a famous scientist
the Galapagos
Alex
$2,000 [5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) A statue at the Chiaramonti Museum features the torso of an unknown tragic poet. Thehead--believed to be from a different source, because it's a little small for the body--is that of this Greek playwright who wrote "Medea"
Euripides
$2,000 [21]
In this character's fight with Hermia in "A Midsummer Night's Dream", she utters the bard's only use of "bashfulness"
Helena
Karen
DD $3,000 [16]
This primate, seen here, lives in coastal countries of North Africa
A Barbary ape
Alex

Final Jeopardy!

19th CENTURY HISTORY

Wanting more French influence in the area he called Latin America, Napoleon III installed an emperor in this country

Mexico

Usha "What is French Guyana?" — wagered $1,000
Alex "What is French Guiana?" — wagered $1,948
Karen "What is Mexico?" — wagered $1,000

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