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this is "jeopardy!" let's meet today's contestants -- a mother and writer from south plainfield, new jersey... a lawyer from los angeles, california... and our returning champion, a college instructor from squamish, british columbia, canada... and now here is the host of "jeopardy!" -- alex trebek! thank you, johnny, and welcome, ladies and gentlemen. you know, it never ceases to amaze me how important final jeopardy! is in resolving our matches.
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with andrew winning the game even though he didn't come up with the correct response, winning it by just $1. what's going to happen today with liz and todd? well, let's start finding out. good luck. here we go. let's take a look at the categories, shall we? sounds like fun. hey, there's a trend. well, maybe there isn't a trend. andrew, start us. i'll have some whiskey for $200, please. liz. what is oak? you are right. oscar for $200. andrew. what is "the incredibles?"
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todd. what is "birdman?" good. let's go with nato for $600. todd. what is quebec? right. nato for $800. liz. what is unwielding? no. [ beep ] "what is uniform?" todd, go again. nato for $1,000. [ beep ] n is november in the nato alphabet. back to you, todd. charlie, $800.
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yes. oscar for $600. here's al gore with the clue. andrew. what is "an inconvenient truth?" that's the title of the film. oscar for $800. todd. what is "raging bull?" you got it. oscar for $1,000. liz. who is faye dunaway? no. todd or andrew? [ beep ] "who is jessica lange?" todd, back to you. whiskey for $800. todd. who is jim beam?
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no. andrew. who is jack daniels? yes. whiskey for $400, please. andrew. what is bourbon? bourbon -- you got it. whiskey for $600. liz. what is new york? no. todd? what is pennsylvania? yes. whiskey for $1,000. andrew. what is rye? rye -- right you are. i'll take sierra for $200. andrew. what are the sierra madres? yes. and that adds to your total.
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we'll come back to talk to the players after this. (mailman) what are you guys doing? (receptionist) it-it gets boring between calls so i make phone music. (security guard) she has a gift. (receptionist) i'll bust out some sample beats for you. (mailman) why don't you try a new york lottery scratch-off game instead? it's fun.
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(avo) take a break from the expected. play scratch-off games from the new york lottery. i've been a turkey farmer my whole life... and i raise turkey for shady brook farms . we don't use growth-promoting antibiotics, that's just the way things should be done. that's important to me. my name is glenn,
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(female announcer) shady brook farms . no growth-promoting antibiotics, just honest, simple turkey. liz rapelye is from new jersey, and this young lady likes to collect tall, tacky, pointy things from all around the world. are we talking about slim, rude guys? no, i'm talking about little famous monuments, you know, that they sell in gift shops. my favorite is the statue of liberty with a little snow globe in the middle, which is great, and my washington monument that is also a thermometer. oh, so we're talking about souvenir stuff from the united states. what about abroad? i have the eiffel tower, and then i also have edinburgh castle from my trip to scotland. okay, good for you. it's not that tall, though. all right, todd grabarsky is from l.a., but he once had a difficult job in new york. whenever i travel to new york, i feel for these guys. you once did what? i worked as a bike messenger. that's scary. [ chuckles ]
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go the wrong way on one-way streets, and you don't always obey the laws, am i right? i'll plead the fifth on that, alex. [ laughter ] how long did you do that? a few months -- i was in between jobs, i was biking everywhere, so i figured why not make some cash while doing it? yeah. i hope you didn't do it during the winter months. [ laughs ] yeah? okay. andrew haringer is from squamish, british columbia; he's our champion. whenever i hear the word squamish, i think of, "hey, that must be a good place to go fishing." am i right? what other outdoor activities are there? yeah, sure. lots of salmon -- we've had record salmon runs the last couple of years. it's called canada's outdoor recreation capital, so there's amazing rock climbing, kitesurfing, mountain biking, hiking, all that stuff. and you're into all of that? well, not all of it, but a few of them, yeah. a lot of them. you look like you're in shape, too. all right, and you're in command of the board right now, and you have the most money with $4,000.
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todd. what are the gal*pagos? yes. sierra for $600. todd. what is chile? no. andrew? what is peru? no. [ beep ] country is argentina. todd, go again, though. cows for $800. andrew. what is angus? correct. sierra for $800. [ beep ] and the town is called truth or consequences. back to you, andrew.
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[ beep ] the other river is the tagus. back to you, andrew. charlie for $600. andrew. what is a laser? yes. charlie for $1,000. answer there -- daily double. and you're in the lead by a comfortable margin. let's make it a true daily double. all right, for $9,600, here is the clue for you in charlie. who is goodyear? charles goodyear, yes. he's the charlie, and we have a minute to go. cows for $200.
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udder -- that's it. cows, $400. [ beep ] she's known as a heifer. h-e-i. back to you, andrew. cows, $600. [ beep ] you haven't watched enough westerns -- locoweed. back you, andrew. cows for $1,000. developed in the same-named county in england, this breed is a big name in beef. [ beep ] that's a hereford. four clues still on the board, andrew. [ laughs ] charlie, $200. andrew. what is the berlin wall? good. [ beep beep beep ] and with that, you wind up at an even $10,000,
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in double jeopardy! liz, you're gonna pick first
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the board is ready to go for double jeopardy! and liz, here are the categories from which you make your selection. starting off with... notice "cur" in quotation marks. you have to identify the current country of the daniel referred to in the clue -- start us off. literary cast of characters for $1,200. liz. what is "sense and sensibility?" good. literary cast of characters for $1,600. liz. what is "the color purple?" correct. literary cast of characters for $2,000.
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that's correct. entertainment adverbs for $1,200. todd. what is dangerously? that's it. adverbs for $1,600. liz. what is faithfully? you're on the plus side. entertainment adverbs for $2,000. andrew. what is suddenly? correct. french history for $400. andrew. what is the hundred years' war? yes. french history, $800. it's the facility represented here during a 1789 event. liz. what is the bastille?
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andrew. who is chr\tien? no. todd or liz? [ beep ] "who is jacques chirac?" back to you, liz. entertainment adverbs for $800. todd. what is strictly? good. let's try dan nation for $1,200. andrew. what is peru? no. todd or liz? [ beep ] "what is the united states?" talking about hawaii. todd. try it again -- dan nation for $1,600. answer there -- the daily double. [ applause ] let's make it a true daily double, alex.
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what is south africa? right. [ applause ] $10,800 for you. you jump into the lead. sleepy hollow for $1,600. here's kelly with the clue. a family mausoleum in sleepy hollow cemetery contains this "queen of mean" hotel heiress, whose will left $12 million to her dog named trouble. andrew. who is helmsley? yes, leona helmsley. french history for $1,600. todd. what is the maginot line? you are right. sleepy hollow for $2,000. [ applause ] daily double. and you're in the lead with $12,400. let's go with $2,400.
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in an 1849 letter, washington irving wrote, "naming it" this "instead of the sleepy hollow cemetery was a blunder." irving also noted, "i shall one day lay my bones there," and was correct. todd? i don't know. [ beep ] "what is tarrytown?" tarrytown cemetery. you're in second place now with $10,000. still plenty of time. go again. french history for $2,000. liz. what is the edict of nantes? yes. literary cast of characters for $800. todd. what is "the hunchback of notre dame?"
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[ beep ] country of birth -- israel. todd, go again. dan nation for $800. liz. what is canada? yes. literary for $400. liz. i don't know. ah, that's too bad. todd or andrew? [ beep ] "what is 'the old man and the sea?'" back to you, though, liz. entertainment adverbs for $400. liz. what is mainly? good. "cur"ious thing for $400. liz. what is a pedicure? yes. sleepy hollow for $400. here's sarah. among sleepy hollow cemetery's notable residents
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todd. who is carnegie? yes. dan nation for $400. todd. what is ireland? that's right, with less than a minute to go now. "cur"ious for $2,000. liz. what's a mercury? that's it. sleepy hollow for $800. here's kelly with the clue. it was here in sleepy hollow's patriots park on september 23, 1780, where 3 militiamen captured john andr\, who held the plans of this man to turn over west point to the british. todd. who is arnold? benedict arnold is the one, yes. "cur"ious for $1,600. andrew. what is scurvy? that's it. sleepy hollow, $1,200.
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housed four generations of this family who founded standard oil. todd. what is rockefeller? correct. [ beep beep beep ] and with that, you move back into the lead with $13,600. but liz still very much alive now with $7,400. final jeopardy! category for the three of you is european cities. make your wagers. we'll reveal the clue when we come back. look, the wolf was huffing and puffing. like you do sometimes, grandpa? well, when you have copd, it can be hard to breathe. it can be hard to get air out, which can make it hard to get air in. so i talked to my doctor. she said... symbicort could help you breathe better, starting within 5 minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. symbicort helps provide significant improvement of your lung function. symbicort is for copd, including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort contains formoterol.
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30 seconds, players. good luck. [ think music plays ] it's a frequent destination for travelers from the united states. liz, we come to you first. you had $7,400. what did you write down? you wrote down zurich. sorry, that'll cost you. it's incorrect, and you lose $1,600 only. let's come down here to andrew haringer. and his response was "what is frankfurt?" frankfurt is on the main river.
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and you will double your score to $26,400 as we come to todd. did he get frankfurt? no -- picked amsterdam. and his wager? oh, he'd have won by $1. but in this game today, he finishes in third place. andrew, congratulations. you now have a 4-day total of $72,399. and you play again tomorrow. promotional consideration provided by...
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[ applause ] wheel... of... fortune! ladies and gentlemen, here are the stars of america's game -- pat sajak and vanna white. pat: thank you so much! thank you, jim. appreciate that. have a wonderful time at the puzzle board. give my best to the letters. hi. good to see you all. get ready. it's "toss up" time at the old corral. our first "toss up" is a "phrase." it's worth $1,000, and here we go. [ bell chimes ] janet. recipe for success. yeah, that's it. you got $1,000. [ applause ]

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