Show #7885 - Friday, December 14, 2018

Contestants

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Noah Link, an organic farmer from Detroit, Michigan

Jackie Fuchs, an attorney and writer from Los Angeles, California

Faris Alikhan, a speechwriter from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,700)

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Jeopardy! Round

CENTURY 19 REAL ESTATE LISTINGS
ODD WORDS
TEAMS ON THE MOVE
MYTHICAL TAXONOMY
THINGS TO TAKE WITH YOU ON VACATION
SHORE LINES
    $200 10
No phantoms under this Paris landmark that featured Helavy's "La Juive" in 1875! Make Second Empire your style!
    $200 6
To Aussies, a loss by a sports favorite is a boilover; to us, this 5-letter word
    $200 26
This NFL team ditched L.A. for St. Louis in 1995 & came sheepishly back in 2016
    $200 1
Nessiteras rhombopteryx has been suggested as a scientific name for this Scottish creature
    $200 23
In case you hit the beach, bring this rated SPF 15 or higher
    $200 8
"From" here "to the shores of Tripoli; we fight our country's battles in the air, on land, and sea"
    $400 14
By 1827 the 2 wings of this D.C. govt. building were joined & it got its first copper-sheathed dome; own some history!
    $400 7
Defervescence is a decrease in this bodily measurement
    $400 4
The scientists in this 2015 sequel create the "Indominus rex" & it lives up to its name
    $400 22
Some repellent might prove useful if you encounter these critters of the genus Anopheles
    $400 15
In this song by the B-52s, "we were at the beach, everybody had matching towels"
    $600 13
The rotunda at the Univ. of Virginia, designed by him; completed in 1826 for $60,000 but a bargain at any price!
    $600 24
Hippodamous means relating to the training of these
    $600 5
Gigantopithecus canadensis was suggested by some for this North American fellow
    $600 16
If you don't mind the traditional tourist marking, carry this around your neck, but use a slash-proof strap against thieves
    $600 19
"We shall fight on the beaches", said Churchill in his June 4, 1940 speech on the evacuation from this port
    $800 11
Big families, welcome home! Bulfinch's 1805 redesign of this Boston man's "Hall" added a third floor!
    $800 25
Scrabble players know that aa, Hawaiian for "to burn", is a form of this substance
    $800 2
The Xenomorphs in this space horror film series have been called Internecivus raptus
    $800 17
In case of a flight delay, pack a few snacks, like these kidney-shaped nuts high in protein
    $800 20
A poem by her rhymes "your poor" with "the wretched refuse of your teeming shore"
    $1000 12
Completed in 1890, get in quick--this New York City venue will be demoed in 1925, though it may be replaced
    $1000 9
Inunction is a synonym for this, the application of oil as consecration
    $1000 27
After the 2005 season, this MLS city's original Quakes moved to Houston; in 2008 it got a new swarm
    DD: $800 3
Linnaeus "released" the name Microcosmus marinus for this legendary squidlike creature
    $1000 18
For Uganda & Oman, pack an adapter, as their standard wall socket voltage is this, twice what it is stateside
    $1000 21
A Steinbeck tale says, "Kino heard the little splash of morning waves on the beach" the day he found this title object

Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

Faris Jackie Noah
$3,200 $1,000 -$1,000

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Faris Jackie Noah
$6,200 $2,600 $400

Double Jeopardy! Round

GREAT BOOKS ON AUDIBLE
COUNTRIES' HIGHEST POINTS
CELEBRITIES
LAW PRACTICE
THAT HAPPENED!
JACK WHO OR WHAT?
    $400 12
Dan Stevens of "Downton Abbey" fame brings this novel to life
I had worked hard for nearly two years, for the sole purpose of infusing life into an inanimate body
    $400 1
Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps
    $400 27
He's the very talented & funny man seen here
    $400 14
Types of these written or oral requests for court rulings include ex parte, show-cause & one to dismiss
    $400 19
Lula got 2 4-year terms as prez of this S. Amer. nation from 2003 to 2011 & a 12-year term for money laundering & corruption in 2018
    $400 21
His wife could eat no lean
    $800 15
Here's Tim Robbins with this classic that pains a terrifying vision of the future
"Do you ever read any of the books you burn?" He laughed. "That's against the law!"
    $800 2
Mount Ararat
    $800 13
Truly law practice, as it's used in law schools, this fictitious "court" is held to argue hypothetical appellate cases
    $800 18
40,000 Allied troops perished in the WWI campaign on this Turkish peninsula
    $800 25
Terrible result for a semi-truck
    $1200 16
Take a listen to Scarlett Johansson if you are curious about this classic
I almost wish I hadn't gone down that rabbit-hole--and yet--and yet--it's rather curious, you know, this sort of life!
    $1200 3
In South America;
Juliana Top in the Wilhelmina Mountains
    DD: $3,000 6
Marvin v. Marvin gave us this word for financial support between non-married folks post-relationship
    $1200 10
This 3-word phrase preceded "To hell with Spain!" as a Spanish-American war rallying cry
    $1200 24
This guy, a type of weather personified, is seen here
    DD: $2,000 17
A natural storyteller, Nick Offerman brings his talents to this classic of American lit
...appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush, he surveyed the fence, and all gladness left him
    $1600 4
Mount Cook
    $1600 7
This Latin word follows "corpus" in a term meaning "body of the crime"
    $1600 9
In 1948 documents cached by this admiral around 1905 were found about 450 miles from the North Pole
    $1600 22
It's a fearless little terrier
    $2000 20
Thandie Newton reads this 19th century gothic novel
"Mr. Rochester!", I exclaimed, "Who is he?" "The owner of Thornfield," she responded quietly, "Did you not know he was called Rochester?"
    $2000 5
Mount Obama--this Caribbean nation known as "A&B" for short
    $2000 26
Solana Imani Rowe performs under this 3-letter name, as on "All The Stars" with Kendrick Lamar
    $2000 8
If you pass away without leaving a valid will, you've died this 9-letter way
    $2000 11
The "eyes of the army", per General Lee, he closed his eyes for the final time on May 12, 1864 near Richmond
    $2000 23
Time magazine coined this nickname for paint-flicking artist Pollock

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Faris Jackie Noah
$5,400 $13,200 $6,000
(lock game)

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Final Jeopardy! Round

BUSINESS & INDUSTRY
After it stopped U.S. operations in 2018, its website said, "Promise us just this one thing: don't ever grow up"

Final scores:

Faris Jackie Noah
$10,800 $14,200 $11,111
3rd place: $1,000 New champion: $14,200 2nd place: $2,000

Game dynamics:

Game dynamics graph

Coryat scores:

Faris Jackie Noah
$7,600 $11,400 $6,000
15 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W
(including 1 DD)		 16 R
(including 1 DD),
3 W		 11 R,
4 W

Combined Coryat: $25,000

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Game tape date: 2018-10-31
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