Show #7431 - Monday, December 26, 2016

Contestants

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Stephanie Schlatter, a stay-at-home parent from Toledo, Ohio

Wren Allen, a botanical artist from Santa Fe, New Mexico

Sam Scovill, a G.I.S. technician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (whose 3-day cash winnings total $56,201)

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Jeopardy! Round

GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE
(Alex: It's coming up soon.)
LITERARY TERMS
ON "EDGE"
PICK YOUR BATTLE
MORE THAN AN ATHLETE
YOU'RE THE BALM
    $200 7
This legendary animator was grand marshal in 1966; he died later that year
    $200 10
From the Greek for "rival", it's the main character working against the hero or heroine
    $200 15
A serious & often public promise to do something
    $200 21
On the high seas:
Ankara,
Puebla,
Midway
    $200 1
He took "Heat" leaving the Cavs, but that televised "decision" raised $2.5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America
    $200 2
Bag balm was originally used to moisturize these cow parts alluded to in the ointment's name
    $400 8
This beloved L.A. personality did the honors in 2014
    $400 11
It means "all knowing" & refers to a narrator who knows what all the characters do & think
    $400 16
It can precede fund or hog
    $400 22
During World War I:
Culloden,
Sedan,
Verdun
    $400 3
We're off to see this team's John Wall, an NBA Cares Community Assist Award winner for his work aiding homeless kids
    $400 24
In the alphabet soup of cosmetics, CC cream is for color correction; BB cream is this balm
    $600 9
He got the nod in 1953 as a senator from California; he rode again in 1960
    $600 12
It's the final outcome of the conflict in a story, or a plan made on New Year's
    $600 18
To remove dirt or sand from the bottom of a river or lake
    $600 23
The arrows flew:
Dien Bien Phu,
Crécy,
Balaklava
    $600 4
Seen here, he was one of the first U.S. athletes to speak out against South Africa's apartheid laws
    $600 25
A certain feline is on the label of this balm that "works where it hurts"
    $800 17
She was grand marshal as a child star in 1939 & also got the call in 1989 & '99
    $800 13
David Foster Wallace used way more of these than most novelists, calling them "a second voice in your head"
    $800 19
To grow enough feathers to start to fly
    $800 28
Won by the Rebs:
Fredericksburg,
Gettysburg,
Sharpsburg
    $800 5
The SEC's 2013 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, he became the first openly gay man to be drafted into the NFL
    $800 26
Brut makes an after-shave balm with shea butter & this 4-letter sunburn soother
    $1000 30
In 1955, shortly after becoming chief justice of the U.S., he served as grand marshal
    DD: $1,000 14
It can mean a decorative border of vines, or, in literature, a short anecdote
    $1000 20
This plant is found in wet areas all over the world
    $1000 29
Starring Napoleon:
Marathon,
Marengo,
Megiddo
    $1000 6
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the 1980 Marathon of Hope run by this one-legged Canadian hero, who covered 3,339 miles in 143 days to support cancer research
    $1000 27
In the Bible, Jeremiah wonders, "Is there no balm in" this place; "is there no physician there?"

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 14):

Sam Wren Stephanie
$1,400 $800 $0

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Wren Stephanie
$4,400 $5,400 $3,000

Double Jeopardy! Round

TIME: THE 1980s
NONFICTION
4-LETTER WORDS
GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES
BIRDS IN THE BIBLE
DIRECTED BUT DIDN'T STAR IN
    $400 14
This Iranian cleric was on the cover of the Jan. 7, 1980 issue
    $400 23
To cover with a thin layer of gold
    $400 7
The lowest point in both the western & southern hemispheres is Laguna del Carbon in this nation's Patagonia region
    $400 5
In this address Jesus asks, "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not...yet your heavenly father feedeth them"
    $400 2
2014's "Lost River", featuring girlfriend Eva Mendes
    $800 15
"Viet Nam as It Really Was" declared the Jan. 26, 1987 cover, accompanied by a photo from this film
    $800 24
The United Kingdom's Wight or Man
    DD: $1,000 8
The world's northernmost national capital is this one that's on an island
    $800 6
Job 39 asks "Doth" this large predatory bird "mount up at they command and make her nest on high?"
    $800 12
"Unbroken"
    DD: $1,200 16
"The Odd Couple" on the July 25, 1988 cover was Texan Lloyd Bentsen & this man from Massachusetts
    $1200 19
It's the gusto with which all the reindeer shouted, "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history"
    $1200 9
Northwestern China has Eurasia's continental pole of inaccessibility, the farthest point from any of these
    $1200 1
The osprey, vulture & cormorant are among birds said to be unclean in this 3rd book of the Old Testament
    $1200 13
2016's "Money Monster":
this Oscar-winning actress
    $1600 17
"Moving Away from Marx" informed the September 23, 1985 issue with this Chinese leader & successor of Mao on the front
    $1600 22
This 1-word title of "A Brief History of Humankind" comes from a scientific name & means "wise"
    $1600 20
From the Middle English for "stray animal", it has come to mean a forsaken or orphaned child
    $1600 10
For Africa's lowest point, Lake Assal, this measurement is about 35%
    $1600 3
This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains
    $1600 27
In 2015 the non-Shakespearean "Cinderella"
    $2000 18
The March 21, 1983 cover showed "Detroit's Comeback Kid", Lee Iacocca of this company
    $2000 25
This recent presidential candidate wrote a book called "God, Guns, Grits and Gravy"
    $2000 21
William Ernest Henley wrote, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my" this
    $2000 11
Of the 15 now independent former Soviet republics, this non-"stan" is the smallest in area
    $2000 4
In the wilderness God provided the Israelites manna & large quantities of this small plump game bird
    $2000 26
"Into the Wild"

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Sam Wren Stephanie
$6,600 -$2,200 $7,000

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

MOONS & PLANETS
The name of this moon refers to the mythical group that its planet’s name belonged to

Final scores:

Sam Wren Stephanie
$13,200 -$2,200 $13,201
2nd place: $2,000 3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $13,201

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Sam Wren Stephanie
$6,400 -$2,200 $8,000
19 R
(including 2 DDs),
5 W		 14 R,
8 W		 12 R,
2 W
(including 1 DD)

Combined Coryat: $12,200

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