(Sofia: Pick up somedefensive driving tips, today onJeopardy!)
Peter Sprigg — a cultural analyst from Gaithersburg, Maryland
Wendy Gluckman — a small business consultant from Bogart, Georgia
Daniel Mendelsohn — a lawyer from Santa Monica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | $1,800 | $3,400 | $11,000 |
$21,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Wendy | $4,000 | $10,000 | $17,000 |
$22,001
New champion: $22,001 |
$17,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Peter | $3,400 | $3,400 | $8,200 |
$12,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
15 R, 3 W |
| THEY'RE INDIGENOUS | KILLER MUSICALS | INSURANCE | 5 DWARFS | COOL! | THAT'S LIKE, SO TOTALLY "RAD" |
|
$200
[11]
Australia is home to the Torres Strait islanders & to the larger indigenous group usually called this
Aborigines
Wendy
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$200
[1]
As act one of this musical draws to a close, the lookout says, "Dear mother of God--iceberg right ahead!"
Titanic
Peter
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$200
[18]
It's a payment on an insurance policy or a ranking, especially for a brand of saltine
Premium
Wendy
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$200
[12]
It's the Japanese art of tree dwarfing
bonsai
Peter
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$200
[26]
"Fowl" term for an abrupt withdrawal from the use of an addictive substance
cold turkey
Daniel
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$200
[2]
It's the "Centennial State"
Colorado
Wendy
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$400
[13]
The Aleuts are the closest relatives of these people
Eskimos/Inuits
Wendy
|
$400
[3]
"The Capeman", this songwriter's musical about a killer, opened to protests, not to "Sounds of Silence"
Paul Simon
Daniel
|
$400
[19]
Insurers deal with this, the probability of loss; it's also the name of a Parker Brothers game
Risk
Peter
|
$400
[17]
The steenbok of Africa is a dwarf variety of this animal
antelope
Peter
|
$400
[27]
In 1947 Herbert Swope coined this 2-word phrase describing the political struggle between the U.S. & USSR
"Cold War"
Daniel
|
$400
[7]
It's the crisp, edible root of the plant Raphanus sativus, of the mustard family
radish
Peter
|
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$600
[14]
In 2001 Borneo's Dayaks were still engaged in this practice--the bloody, not the corporate kind
headhunting
Wendy
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$600
[4]
The Richard Rodgers musical "Rex" starred Nicol Williamson as this king who made some women lose their heads
Henry VIII
Daniel
|
$600
[20]
You're showing it if you're old enough to know it's the date a policy becomes payable
maturity
Wendy
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$600
[23]
Variations of these long-eared critters include the 28-pound Flemish giant & the 2-pound Netherland dwarf
rabbits
Daniel
|
$600
[28]
Cartoons featuring this mute penguin included "Snow Place Like Home" & "Polar Fright"
Chilly Willy
Daniel
|
$600
[8]
I predict you'll know the name of this French astrologer who lived from 1503 to 1566
Nostradamus
Wendy
|
|
$800
[15]
The Havasupai were & are mainly based in what's now this U.S. state
Arizona
Peter
|
$800
[5]
In a 1966 musical, Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside, husband of this title "Auntie", falls off an Alp
Auntie Mame
Daniel
|
$1,000
[22]
It's discrimination in issuing property insurance based on the property's location
redlining
Wendy
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$800
[24]
A companion to the Dog Star Sirius, the Pup was the first star identified as one of these colorful objects
white dwarf
Daniel
Peter
|
$800
[29]
The Weathermaker of 1928 was an air conditioner from this company adapted for home use
Carrier
Wendy
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$800
[9]
It's the straight line extending from the center of a circle to the circumference
radius
Peter
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Indigenous Hawaiians use this 5-letter word for non-indigenous Hawaiians
haole
Wendy
|
$1,000
[6]
The murder mystery musical "Something's Afoot" parodies the plot of this author's "Ten Little Indians"
Agatha Christie
Wendy
|
DD
$3,000
[21]
Constitutions have amendments, wills have codicils, policies have these (like horses)
riders
Wendy
|
$1,000
[25]
In Dickens' "Old Curiosity Shop", Quilp the dwarf has his evil eye on this "Little" character
Little Nell
Daniel
Wendy
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$1,000
[30]
In Arctic or subarctic tundra, it's perennially frozen subsoil, also called pergelisol
permafrost
Wendy
|
$1,000
[10]
This electronics chain first opened in 1921 on Brattle Street, near the site of the Boston Massacre
RadioShack
Peter
|
| DUELS | MOTOR SPORTS | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | LET'S MAKE A DALE | SHORT STORIES | ACRONYMBLE |
|
$400
[16]
In 1804, 3 years after his son had been killed in a duel, this man was fatally shot on the same spot by Aaron Burr
Alexander Hamilton
Daniel
|
$400
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) To keep the rubber on the road, racecar tires adapt an early U.S. slogan & say "Don't Put" this "on Me"
tread
Wendy
|
$400
[6]
The U.S. state known as the "Land of Shining Mountains" borders this country
Canada (the state is Montana)
Daniel
|
$400
[11]
In the '70s governors of this state included Dale Bumpers & a future president
Arkansas
Wendy
|
$400
[1]
Rats cut through an Inquisition prisoner's ropes, allowing him to escape this Poe title torture
"The Pit and the Pendulum"
Daniel
|
$400
[21]
Certain Americans of British ancestry:WASP
White Anglo-Saxon Protestant
Peter
|
|
$800
[17]
Button Gwinnett was killed in a duel over command of GA.'s military in May 1777, 10 months after signing this
Declaration of Independence
Daniel
|
$800
[27]
The day A.J. Foyt became the first 4-time winner of this race, Janet Guthrie became the first woman to drive in it
Indianapolis 500
Daniel
|
$800
[7]
This European grand duchy was founded in 963 when Count Siegfried acquired land in the area
Luxembourg
Daniel
|
$800
[12]
Dalia Messick became Dale to make it in the male-dominated comics world & created this female reporter
Brenda Starr
Peter
|
$800
[2]
(Hi-Ho, Kermit the Frog here!) Published in 1865, this "Celebrated" story catapulted Mark Twain to fame
"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
Wendy
Peter
|
$800
[22]
A senior citizen's group:AARP
American Association of Retired Persons
Daniel
Peter
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1598 this playwright & "To Celia" poet narrowly escaped the gallows for killing an actor in a duel
Ben Jonson
Daniel
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.) Winston Cup stock car racing is named for a brand of this product, which I won't use when filling up
cigarettes
Wendy
|
$1,200
[8]
The Czech Republic is bordered on the north by Poland, on the east by Slovakia & on the west by this country
Germany
Daniel
|
$1,200
[13]
Dale Gardner made his first space flight on this shuttle in 1983; he quit the program after it exploded in 1986
Challenger
Peter
|
$1,200
[3]
This James Thurber character envisions himself as the world's greatest pistol shot, among other things
Walter Mitty
Peter
|
$1,200
[23]
A government organization:OSHA
Occupational Safety and Health Administration
Peter
|
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In 1806 this future president killed Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson denounced him in the press
Andrew Jackson
Daniel
|
$1,600
[29]
Seating over 140,000, this state's Talladega Superspeedway claims the title of biggest motor sports facility
Alabama
Wendy
|
$1,600
[9]
The name of this most populous country in Africa contains the name of one of the countries it borders
Nigeria (for Niger)
Wendy
Peter
|
$1,600
[14]
After you've won friends & influenced people next follow his advice on how to stop worrying & start living
Dale Carnegie
Peter
|
$1,600
[4]
While in prison for embezzlement, he published his 1st short story, "Whistling Dick's Christmas Stocking"
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter)
|
$1,600
[24]
For Internet geeks:WYSIWYG
What You See Is What You Get
Wendy
|
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$2,000
[20]
In 1829 Arthur Wellesley, who sported this title, challenged Lord Winchelsea to a duel; both missed their targets
Duke of Wellington
|
$2,000
[30]
This other name for Grand Prix racing refers to the specifications of the Federation Internationale de L'Automobile
Formula 1
Wendy
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
With over 20 million, this country had more casualties during World War II than any other
Soviet Union
Wendy
|
$2,000
[15]
This minstrel tunes up in the tales of Robin Hood
Allan-a-Dale
Wendy
|
$2,000
[5]
His 1921 collection "The Trembling of a Leaf" contained "Miss Thompson", which was later dramatized as "Rain"
Somerset Maugham
|
$2,000
[25]
To a nuclear physicist:GUT
Grand Unified Theory
|
The 1979 sequel to this miniseries is set in Henning, Tennessee, beginning in 1882
Roots