>1>Show #8775 - Friday, December 30, 2022>div>
>Ray Lalonde game 12.

Contestants

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> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15133" rel="external">Isaac Rabbani>, a graduate student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15134" rel="external">Kristin Jacobsen>, a retired naval officer from Burke, Virginia

> href="showplayer.php?player_id=15033" rel="external">Ray Lalonde>, a scenic artist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada (whose 11-day cash winnings total $311,500)

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Jeopardy! Round

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>THE AGELESS DIANA ROSS
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>U.S. TERRITORIES
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>THE FRIEND ZONE
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>TREE ANATOMY
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>TALK DERBY TO ME
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):

>4-LETTER "X" RATED WORDS
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<tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444365" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">22>td>
>Diana Ross first came to fame as the lead singer of this group that scored 12 No. 1 hits in the 1960s <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444368" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">19>td>
>Visited by Columbus on his second voyage west in 1493, this commonwealth became part of the U.S. in 1898 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444370" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>
>Time to self-help yourself & finish the 1936 book title "How to Win Friends &"... <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444376" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">27>td>
>The flat part of a leaf is called this, like the flat part of a sword <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444372" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>
>Jockey Eddie Arcaro was the first to win this Louisville race 5 times <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444378" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">25>td>
>Data in the form of words <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444374" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">29>td>
>A film honoring Diana's 75th birthday in 2019 featured clips from her 1983 concert for about 800,000 at this NYC locale <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444369" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">21>td>
>A Pacific island group is divided into the independent nation called this & a U.S. territory called "American" this <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444371" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>
>In the 1600s, you could have this kind of ship's captain, who was no use in storms; now we talk mostly about this kind of friend <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444377" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>
>Rounded projections from the roots of cypress trees are called these>, like big leg joints <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444373" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">20>td>
>It's the intentionally, even gleefully destructive contest seen here>td> <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444379" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">26>td>
>The highest part of something, especially one forming a point <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444375" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">30>td>
>This co-star> of TV's "black-ish" hosted the American Music Awards on a special evening when mom Diana got the Lifetime Achievement Award <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444360" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>
>U.S. ownership of Navassa Island in the Caribbean is disputed by this nation that traces its claims back to France <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444355" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">10>td>
>Promoting peace & human rights since 1917, the American Friends Service Committee is guided by the principles of this religious group <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444363" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">11>td>
>The head of a tree's foliage is also called this royal headgear <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444364" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>
>This skating contact sport is finding new life in recent years with current leagues & teams like the Liberty Belles & Hollywood Scarlets <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444350" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>
>To persuade gently & persistently <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444366" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">23>td>
>Diana's big screen debut as this jazz great in "Lady Sings the Blues" garnered her an Oscar nomination <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >DD: $1,000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444361" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>
>In 1927 the U.S. granted citizenship to residents of this territory in the West Indies whose 3 main islands all bear saintly names <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444356" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">9>td>
>The Druzhba ("Friendship") one of these takes millions of barrels from Russian oil fields to European refineries <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444357" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">6>td>
>Phloem, which carries nutrients from the leaves to the rest of the tree, is the soft inner layer of this tough stuff <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444358" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">7>td>
>In the 19th century Edward Stanley, the 14th Earl of Derby, was British prime minister 3 times as a leader of this political party <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444353" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">2>td>
>This feline carnivore is found in the northern climes of Eurasia & North America <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444367" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">24>td>
>We want the world to know, got to let it show that this hit released by Diana in 1980 became an LGBTQ pride anthem <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444362" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>
>On Aug. 6, 1945 this plane took off from a now-abandoned airfield on Tinian in the Northern Mariana Islands <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444351" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">4>td>
>Embroidery floss is the traditional material to make these>, popular in the 1980s & still <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444352" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">5>td>
>The terminal type of this structure at the end of a twig is all about growth, not leafing or flowering <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444359" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>
>Teddy's daughter, Ethel Roosevelt Derby helped preserve his legacy & was known as "The Queen of" this Long Island bay <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$1000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444354" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">3>td>
>French word for a mixture of butter & flour used to make sauces
Ray Kristin Isaac
$5,800 $2,200 $3,400

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Ray Kristin Isaac
$8,000 $3,800 $5,200

Double Jeopardy! Round

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>THERE'S A CENSUS EXCITEMENT IN THE AIR
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>ALLITERATION
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>SHAKESPEARE'S CONTEMPORARIES
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>I GOT A "B" IN HISTORY
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>THE FIRST FEATURE THEY DIRECTED
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

>A MEMORABLE NEW YEAR'S EVE
>(Ryan: I'm Ryan Seacrest, host of "New Year's Rockin' Eve", with clues about some memorable past events on December 31st.)
<tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444384" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">8>td>
>1900:
First count of Native Americans on these, not just in the general population		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 25>td>
DJ Alan Freed's claim to have coined this term in Cleveland helped it beat out New York City & Memphis as home to a museum <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 23>td>
The title character & kids are murdered in John Webster's "The Duchess of Malfi", considered one of the greatest plays of this type <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 19>td>
In World War I the soldiers of the USA's all-Black 92nd infantry division put this animal on their patch <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 29>td>
2018:
>"A Star Is Born"		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$400 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444395" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">16>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-30_DJ_16.jpg" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.>) December 31st festivities at this> location began in 1904; they became a "Rockin' New Year's Eve"> in 1972 in a broadcast featuring Dick Clark & Three Dog Night <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444385" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">12>td>
>1890:
14.8% are this, highest in history, finding the streets paved with gold		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 26>td>
Adam Sandler sang about her, "Put on my new plastic glove / Served some reheated Salisbury steak with a little slice of love" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 24>td>
With 1587's "Tamburlaine the Great", Christopher Marlowe, not Shakespeare, set the stage for the use of this verse in drama <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 20>td>
The 2020 killing of Iranian general Qassim Suleimani by a U.S. drone took place at the airport of this world capital <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 30>td>
2007:
>"Gone Baby Gone"		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   >$800 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444380" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">1>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-30_DJ_01.jpg" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.>) I hope Alex wouldn't mind me saying that this> city is not known for wild celebrations, but when Queen Victoria chose it as the capital December 31, 1857, it was on <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444386" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">13>td>
>2010:
The 45-64 population grew 32% since 2000, thanks to this post-WWII phenomenon		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 27>td>
A foamy soak <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 11>td>
Ben Jonson wrote a play in which 4 characters represent the 4 these, medieval bodily fluids <tr> <td>
>&#160;   DD: $4,000 4>td>
In exile in Jamaica in 1815, he wrote a letter outlining unity among the to-be-liberated nations of Spanish America <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 5>td>
1984:
>"This Is Spinal Tap"		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1200 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444396" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">17>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-30_DJ_17.jpg" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.>) Before a 2011 NASA mission mapping the Moon's gravity, Montana 4th graders named the two spacecraft>, & this one entered lunar orbit on New Year's Eve; Flow took a bit longer <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444387" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">14>td>
>1850:
All free people listed, not just this alliterative paterfamilias		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   DD: $6,500 7>td>
This 2022 buzzphrase doesn't mean leaving your job, but doing no more than it requires <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 21>td>
A Thomas Kyd play featuring a ghost & a play within a play is thought to have inspired this Shakespeare work published in 1603 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 2>td>
After continually losing elections for Israeli prime minister since 1948, >he won the office in 1977 in what's known as "the upset" <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 6>td>
1986:
>"She's Gotta Have It"		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $1600 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444397" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">18>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-30_DJ_18.jpg" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.>) On December 31, 1229, it was celebration time for the Spanish mainlanders as this> island, named for being the largest of its group, was conquered by King James of Aragon <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444388" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">15>td>
>Census talk! 1950:
The first post-enumeration survey revealed this shortfall, more than 3 million people		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 9>td>
In the 10th century Arab mathematician Abul-Wafa wrote about these, saying they're needed by businessmen who go into debt <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 22>td>
In Thomas Middleton's 1624 "A Game at Chess", the black pieces represented this country that threatened England <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 3>td>
This word meaning a spectacular mining find was given to the creek where gold was found in the Klondike in 1896 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 10>td>
2020:
>"One Night in Miami..."		 <tr> <td>
>&#160;   $2000 > href="suggestcorrection.php?clue_id=444407" title="Suggest a correction for this clue" rel="nofollow">28>td>
>(<a href="https://www.j-archive.com/media/2022-12-30_DJ_28.jpg" target="_blank">Ryan Seacrest presents the clue.>) On December 31, 1959, Paul Westerberg> entered the world in Minneapolis as the singer of this> band; he'd comment on his birth date with the line, "Income tax deduction, one hell of a function"
Ray Kristin Isaac
$22,800 $10,600 $20,100

>[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round

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<table> <tr>d class="category_name">U.S. BODIES OF WATER>tr>
>td>tr>
iv> 		<tr> <td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">Continuing a downward trend, in July 2022 it was at 27% capacity, its lowest level since 1937 when it was first being filled