Show #9218 2024-12-04 (taped 2024-10-02) Regular

Contestants

Gloria Nastas — a retired healthcare policy analyst from Troy, Michigan

Kimberley Debus — a unitarian universalist minister from Takoma Park, Maryland

Stevie Ruiz — an assistant front office manager from Montauk, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,987)

Scores

Player	First Commercial	End of Jeopardy!	End of Double Jeopardy!	Final	Coryat
Stevie	$3,000	$7,600	$18,000	$18,000 2-day champion: $35,987	$17,000 24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W
Kimberley	$600	$3,000	$8,600	$5,100 2nd place: $3,000	$12,600 10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD)
Gloria	$0	$1,200	$1,600	$3,195 3rd place: $2,000	$1,600 9 R, 3 W

Jeopardy! Round

A BIT OF EVERYTHING	WORLD HISTORY	FAST FASHION	AMERICAN TV SHOWS IN SPANISH	THE MIDWEST	VERY DEMURE, VERY MINDFUL
$200 [26] In 2024, Sage, a miniature one of these, was the top dog at the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show a poodle Stevie	$200 [23] Building on 1936's Axis Agreement, in 1939 these 2 European nations signed the Pact of Steel Italy & Germany	$200 [22] The H that begins this brand's short name was originally Hennes, Swedish for "Hers"; ABBA member Anni-Frid was a face of it in the '70s H&M Stevie	$200 [7] "Bob Esponja" SpongeBob SquarePants Stevie	$200 [6] You can visit the Little White Schoolhousein Ripon, Wisconsin, where this political party was born in 1854 the Republicans Stevie	$200 [19] It precedes "& proper" in an idiom describing one shocked by rude behavior prim Stevie
$400 [14] In 1873 New York was the first state to proclaim this May holiday; Waterloo near Cayuga Lake claims the title of its birthplace Memorial Day Kimberley Gloria	$400 [24] An 1864 convention in this city was the first of several to define the proper treatment of POWs & civilians during wartime Geneva Gloria	$400 [4] If you say this retailer has lured big fashion names starting with Isaac Mizrahi to its "Design for All" collabs, bull's-eye! Target Gloria	$400 [8] "Cómo Conocí a Tu Madre" How I Met Your Mother Gloria	$400 [5] The black-tailed type of this rodent can live in Midwest "towns" of more than 100 acres with thousands of individual members prairie dog	$400 [20] Don't add an E to the end of this synonym for mindful; you'd be an unlawful crime-stopper, which is too much minding vigilant Stevie
$600 [17] No business like shoe business, but after a bad earnings call in June 2024, this Oregon co. lost $28 billion in value in a day Nike Stevie	$600 [12] This African kingdom, spelled with a "K" & not a "C" like 2 current nations, began around 1390 & lasted until 1914 Kongo	$600 [1] The 1989 story that coined "fast fashion" profiled Express, the first specialty brand from this Ohio company, once LTD on the NYSE Limited Stevie	$600 [9] "Para Toda La Humanidad" For All Mankind	$600 [11] Part of Hitchcock's thriller "North by Northwest" was filmed at this iconic national memorial near Rapid City Mount Rushmore Gloria	$600 [21] It often precedes a demure "bride" & also comes before "like a rose" in a Dean Martin song blushing
$800 [16] Announcing his run for pres. on Oct. 3, 1991, he said, "We can make America great again... we can build a community of hope" Bill Clinton Kimberley	$800 [25] Sir Thomas Hardy was flag captain of the HMS Victory for this commander mortally wounded in an October 1805 battle Nelson Kimberley	DD $1,000 [2] Kanye West has a lyric about girls who "rock" this fashion brand "but just turned 30" Forever 21 Stevie	$800 [10] "El Rey de la Colina" King of the Hill Gloria	$800 [27] Starting in 1892 farmers could put their money in a Bloomington, Ill. bank named for this "Belt" stretching across 8 states the Corn Belt Gloria	$800 [29] Meaning pretend shy & often found after "playing", it describes the person here coy Kimberley
$1,000 [18] In the KJV, the Egyptians might have been tempted to shave their heads when "all the dust of the land became" this third plague lice Stevie	$1,000 [15] Thisman & his crew explored the eastern Canadian coast in the 1530s, laying the basis for French claims to the region Jacques Cartier Gloria	$1,000 [3] One of the pioneers of fast fashion is this end-of-the-alphabet chain, perennially listed among Spain's most valuable brands Zara Stevie	$1,000 [13] "Las Chicas de Oro" The Golden Girls Kimberley	$1,000 [28] Mimicking the name of a prehistoric site in England, this monument is just outside of Alliance, Nebraska, along Highway 87 Carhenge Stevie	$1,000 [30] This 2-word French term means fully informed & up-to-date au courant Stevie

Double Jeopardy! Round

WORLD OF DANCE	"ISM"s	A REAL SOB STORY	GEOLOGY	MOVIE CREATURES	PLAINS, RAINS & AUTOBAHNS
$400 [16] Bamboo poles are used inperformingthe tinikling, performed on Cebu & the others islands of this country the Philippines Gloria	$400 [6] It's what being performed here a baptism Kimberley	$400 [21] The sisters in "Little Women" sob a lot; this sister sells her hair & then cries about how it looks Jo (March)	$400 [26] This layer of the Earth makes up more than 80% of its volume the mantle Stevie	$400 [12] On Dagobah this green creature tells a neophyte with a ship stuck in the muck, "size matters not" Yoda Stevie	$400 [1] Passenger cars ride for free on Germany's Autobahn, but since 2005, trucks must pay a maut or this a toll Stevie
$800 [17] Thisdance of Andalusia is Spanish for "a wading bird" flamenco Gloria	$800 [7] This term for opposition to war & violence to settle disputes can be traced back to an international conference in 1901 pacifism Stevie	$800 [22] (Jason Kelce presents the clue.) Crying is no biggie to me & check it out in some classic lit--Alexei Alexandrovich was weeping, "kissing her hands and saying", "How happy we are now", & Alexei Vronsky was there too, in this novel Anna Karenina	$800 [27] A Spanish word for a cooking pot gives us this term for a type of volcanic crater a caldera Stevie	$800 [8] We slept with one eye open after watching Mike Wazowski in this animated film from 2001 Monsters, Inc. Stevie	$800 [2] The Central Magdalena Valley of this nation gets more than 100 inches of annual rainfall; is that why their coffee's so good? Colombia Gloria
$1,200 [18] In 1894, Native Americans were filmed doing this circle dance meant to reunite the living with the dead the Ghost Dance	$1,200 [13] Simple-living duo Joshua Fields Millburn & Ryan Nicodemus are proponents of this, where less is more minimalism Stevie	$1,200 [23] Michelle Zauner's essay on loss for The New Yorker became this memoir; spoiler alert: there is sobbing near dry goods Crying in H Mart	—	$1,600 [10] A pop-up storybook gives birth to the monster that terrifies Essie Davis & son in this 2014 movie The Babadook Stevie	$1,200 [3] A95 runs between Garmisch-Partenkirchen & this Bavarian city, hosts of the Olympics 36 years apart Munich Kimberley
$1,600 [19] The Adumuis the traditional jumping dance of these nomadic people of Kenya & Tanzania the Maasai	$1,600 [14] Leonora Carrington, whose work is seen here, was one of the leading women painters of this art movement surrealism Stevie Gloria	$2,000 [25] Little Nell sobs herself to sleep in this "Old" Dickens novel The Old Curiosity Shop Kimberley	—	DD $2,000 [9] Ricou Browning's ability to hold his breath underwater came in handy playing a creature in this 1954 film the Creature from the Black Lagoon Stevie	$1,600 [4] This U.S. city near the Pacific coast gets quite a bit of rain in winter & some seems to be moving in here Olympia, Washington Stevie
$2,000 [20] An East Asian dance is called the Thousand-Handthis, named for an enlightened being on the path to Buddhahood Bodhisattva Kimberley	$2,000 [15] It's a relapse into criminal behavior, especially after serving time for a crime recidivism Kimberley	DD $4,000 [24] She sobs a lot, but imprisoned unjustly & sexually harassed by Frollo, she has just cause Esmeralda Kimberley	—	$2,000 [11] Partly from Greek for "stranger", this word is used by fans to describe the chestbursters & facehuggers from a film franchise xenomorph Stevie	$2,000 [5] A historic 1759 battle site, southern Quebec's Plains of Abraham overlook this river the St. Lawrence Kimberley

Final Jeopardy!

THE 20th CENTURY

This country's national radio launched in 1925; 14 years later, it fell into a long silence following a piano nocturne

Poland

Gloria "What is Poland?" — wagered $1,595

Kimberley "What is England?" — wagered $3,500

Stevie "What is Poland?" — wagered $0

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