Responses for Show #6967 - Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Contestants

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Melissa Applebee, a high school teacher from Urbana, Illinois

Avishai Gebler, a rabbinical student originally from Sharon, Massachusetts

Allison Fraser, a stay-at-home mom from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,901)

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Jeopardy! Round responses

CHRISTMAS ON BROADWAY
FAMOUS PAIRS
NOBEL PRIZE-WINNING AUTHORS
PANHANDLE STATES
NAME BRAND NAMES
4 Ls
    $200 16
(Allison: Who is Bing Crosby?)

(Irving) Berlin

AllisonMelissa
    $200 1
Cheech & Chong

Allison
    $200 4
(William) Golding

Melissa
    $200 12
Texas

Allison
    $200 21
Debbie

Melissa
    $200 26
will call

Avishai
    $400 17
Billy Elliot

Allison
    $400 2
Masters & Johnson

Allison
    $400 5
(Octavio) Paz

Avishai
    $400 11
Nebraska

Triple Stumper
    $400 22
Jennie

Melissa
    $400 27
a volleyball

Avishai
    $600 18
"Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"

Allison
    $600 3
Tweedledee & Tweedledum

Avishai
    $1,200 13
Toni Morrison

Allison
    $600 6
(Melissa: What is gold?)
(Allison: What is butte?)

mesa

AllisonAvishaiMelissa
    $600 23
Jordan

Avishai
    $600 28
a yellow belly

Avishai
    $800 19
(Avishai: What is 42nd Street?)
(Allison: What is Miracle on 42nd Street?)
...
(Alex: Yes, they were getting the street wrong. They were eight blocks off.)

Miracle on 34th Street

AllisonAvishaiMelissa
    $800 9
Castor & Pollux

Avishai
    $800 14
Beckett

Allison
    $800 7
Idaho

Avishai
    $800 24
Björn

Allison
    $800 29
self-fulfilling

Allison
    $1000 20
A Christmas Story

Allison
    $1000 10
Dolce & Gabbana

Avishai
    $1000 15
(Sinclair) Lewis

Melissa
    $1000 8
Florida

Allison
    $1000 25
Ashley

Melissa
    $1000 30
All Hallows' Eve

Avishai

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

Allison Avishai Melissa
$3,200 $4,200 $600

Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:

Allison Avishai Melissa
$5,800 $6,200 $3,200

Double Jeopardy! Round responses

EARTH SCIENCE
THE 1920s
MULTIPLE ROLES, SAME ACTOR
SOCIETY
NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD
CHANGING METAMORPHOSIS
(Alex: Each correct response will be made up of some of the letters in the word "metamorphosis".)
    $400 9
the San Andreas Fault

Avishai
    $400 1
KLM

Triple Stumper
    $400 4
Dr. Strangelove

Allison
    $400 13
millennials

Avishai
    $400 23
(Melissa: What are monitor lizards?)
[Initially ruled incorrect; reversed before Final Jeopardy! because "the Komodo dragon is the largest of the monitor lizards".]

Komodo dragons

AvishaiMelissa
    $400 30
smother

Melissa
    $800 10
basalt

Allison
    $1,000 2
1928

Melissa
    $800 5
There Will Be Blood

Allison
    $800 15
Uber

Avishai
    $2,000 22
the Serengeti

Allison
    $800 29
remiss

Allison
    $1200 21
the Yucatán

Allison
    $1200 3
Lenin

Allison
    $1200 6
Dr. Evil

Avishai
    $1200 16
corporations

Avishai
    $1200 14
the Philippines

Melissa
    $1200 24
maestro

Allison
    $1600 28
the Mohs scale

Triple Stumper
    $1600 7
La Follette

Melissa
    $1600 11
Lily Tomlin & Bette Midler

Triple Stumper
    $1600 17
farm to table

Triple Stumper
    $1600 19
Banff

Allison
    $1600 25
(Alex: [*], with less than a minute to go.)

impasse

Allison
    $2000 27
tidals (tides accepted)

Avishai
    $2000 8
Aristide Briand

Triple Stumper
    $2000 12
Alec Guinness

Allison
    $2000 18
a certain age

Triple Stumper
    $2000 20
Canberra

Melissa
    $2000 26
stoma

Triple Stumper

Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:

Allison Avishai Melissa
$19,400 $12,600 $9,800

[wagering suggestions for these scores]

Final Jeopardy! Round responses

WORD ORIGINS
MelissaWhat is Debbie Downer
$9,601
AvishaiWhat is a grinch?
$12,600
AllisonWhat is scrooge
$5,900
grinch

Final scores:

Allison Avishai Melissa
$13,500 $25,200 $199
2nd place: $2,000 New champion: $25,200 3rd place: $1,000

Game dynamics:

Coryat scores:

Allison Avishai Melissa
$17,600 $12,600 $9,600
22 R
(including 2 DDs),
3 W		 18 R,
1 W		 13 R
(including 1 DD),
1 W

Combined Coryat: $39,800

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Game tape date: 2014-11-11
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