Celeste DiNucci game 2.
Steve Bingo — a library assistant originally from Seattle, Washington
Alex Hunnicutt — a computer programmer from Arlington, Texas
Celeste DiNucci — a grad student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste | $400 | $2,000 | $8,600 |
$7,401
2-day champion: $18,001 |
$7,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Alex | $3,900 | $3,500 | $12,300 |
$7,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Steve | $-1,400 | $0 | $400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
13 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE DAILY SHOW | MESOPOTAMIA | YOU, YOUR HEALTH & YOU | THIS WEEK IN GOD | PRODUCE PETE | BACK IN "BLACK" |
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$200
[1]
The April 9, 2005 wedding of these 2 people was the topic of "Bride of Chucky"
Prince Charles & Camilla
Alex
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$200
[6]
Gentler than Hammurabi's, the code of Ur-Nammu demands these, such as 1 mina, for inflicting injury
a fine
Celeste
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$200
[26]
Swollen lymph nodes called buboes are the main sign of this disease that devastated 14th century Europe
the bubonic plague
Celeste
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$200
[16]
No need to set my alarm--it's Saturday & time for my worship of Somnus, the Roman god of this
sleep
Steve
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$200
[11]
Pete's wife refuses to say why she was put in a kabocha shell, the Japanese type of this vegetable
a pumpkin
Alex
Steve
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$200
[21]
You won't need 21 guesses to name this rhyming type of short, leather-covered club
a blackjack
Alex
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$400
[2]
Our plan to make an enormous superpower with a grudge vs. the U.S. was outlined in "De-Weakening" this country
Iraq
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$400
[7]
What some Mesopotamians called the "Nether Sea" we call this gulf
the Persian Gulf
Alex
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$400
[27]
The American Academy of Dermatology told you to wear flip-flops to prevent this; Tinactin, stat!
athlete's foot
Steve
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$400
[17]
It's Sunday & time to say a few prayers to Cautha, the sun god of this ancient people of the Italian peninsula
the Etruscans
Alex
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$400
[12]
When he wants to reap, Pete always sickles down this cereal, Avena sativa, which he rolls or eats Irish-style
oats
Celeste
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$400
[22]
The scientific name of this medium-sized animal is Ursus americanus, if "medium-sized" means weighing up to 600 lbs.
a black bear
Steve
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$600
[3]
In 2005 the DNC was in the crosshairs when this Vermont man became "Chairman Now"
Howard Dean
Celeste
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$600
[8]
Utnapishtim, the Mesopotamian version of this Biblical man, is warned of the destruction of Shuruppak
Noah
Celeste
Alex
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$600
[28]
Mere contact on scratched skin of saliva from an animal with this disease, aka hydrophobia, can transmit it
rabies
Steve
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$600
[18]
It's Tuesday & it's raining; must be the work of Lei Kung, the thunder god of this religion founded by Lao Tzu
Taoism
Steve
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$600
[13]
When pickled, Pete especially likes the Tuscan pepper seen here, which is called this in Italy
pepperoncini
Celeste
Alex
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$600
[23]
Theoretically, its gravitational field is so intense that no electromagnetic radiation can escape
a black hole
Celeste
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$800
[4]
A White House man's involvement in the outing of this woman as a CIA agent was presented as "Rove Actually"
Valerie Plame
Steve
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$1,000
[10]
Nebuchadnezzar's spending on buildings & war left this empire open to conquest in 539 B.C.
the Babylonian Empire
Celeste
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$800
[30]
These blood-clotting aiders have an average life span of 9 to 14 days; healthy adults have over a trillion of them
a platelet
Celeste
Steve
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$800
[19]
It's Wednesday & it's time to light a candle to Ho Musubi No Kami, a fire god of this Japanese religion
Shintoism
Steve
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$800
[14]
Beetles no longer bother Pete's best fruit tree, which grows this treat sometimes called a Persian apple
a peach
Celeste
Steve
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$800
[24]
Ex-LAPD detective Steve Hodel thinks his own father killed Elizabeth Short, nicknamed this
the "Black Dahlia"
Steve
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$1,000
[5]
"Deconstructing Harriet" broke down her Supreme Court nomination (before it broke down)
Harriet Miers
Alex
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DD
$1,500
[9]
They settled Mesopotamia around 3500 B.C. & brought in some good ideas, like civilization & writing
the Sumerians
Alex
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$1,000
[29]
Wilson's disease, which can be misdiagnosed as schizophrenia, is caused by an excess of this element, Cu
copper
Steve
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$1,000
[20]
It's Thursday & I had to work 16 hours today! Guess I'll pray to Nyx, the Greek goddess of this
night
Steve
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$1,000
[15]
Pete pan-fries this Chinese legume that the French call mange-tout--eat it all, pod & all
snow peas
Celeste
Alex
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$1,000
[25]
Churchill called his case of depression this animal
the black dog
Alex
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| U.S. CITIES | PICK THE OSCAR WINNER | FIRST-PERSON NARRATORS | BLAME IT ON THE REIGN | ALL ABOUT THE BOOK | SOUNDS LIKE A SNACK CHIP |
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$400
[1]
President Taft wasn't a Communist, but he was from this city that's home to Reds
Cincinnati
Steve
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$400
[6]
"American Beauty":Kevin Spacey, Annette Bening, Chris Cooper
Kevin Spacey
Celeste
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$400
[11]
"...Conversing with the Houyhnhnms, and looking upon them with delight, I fell to imitate their gait and gesture"
Gulliver
Steve
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$400
[12]
...of Clovis I, who made this city the Frankish capital in the 6th century
Paris
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$400
[21]
A book's preface, or presenting one person to another for the first time
an introduction
Alex
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$1,600
[27]
It's been said that this painter changed her birth year to 1910 to coincide with the Mexican Revolution
Frida Kahlo
Celeste
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$800
[2]
The Sternwheel Regatta, a 10-day river festival, is held each summer in this West Virginia capital
Charleston
Steve
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$800
[7]
"Jerry Maguire":Cuba Gooding, Jr., Tom Cruise, Renee Zellweger
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Alex
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$1,200
[18]
"But though I was so terrified by the idea of the seafaring man with one leg, I was far less afraid... than anybody else"
Jim Hawkins
Celeste
Steve
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$800
[13]
...of this French monarch, who granted the American colonies cash before losing his head in 1793
Louis XVI
Alex
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$800
[22]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew presents an image of a page of a book.) A "gloss" is a marginal translation or explanation of a difficult term; the same root gives us this word for a list of such terms
a glossary
Alex
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$2,000
[26]
Marshalsea is a debtor's prison that figures prominently in this "little" 1857 Dickens classic
Little Dorrit
Celeste
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$1,200
[3]
Billy Joel could tell you this "town" near Bethlehem, Penn. has the oldest municipal band in the U.S.
Allentown
Celeste
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$1,200
[8]
"The Treasure of the Sierra Madre":Humphrey Bogart, Tim Holt, Walter Huston
Walter Huston
Alex
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$1,600
[19]
"I am now faced with the distasteful task of recording a definite drop in Lolita's morals"
Humbert Humbert
Steve
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$1,200
[14]
...of this man, who in 1703 founded what is now Russia's largest port on a Swedish fort site on the Gulf of Finland
Peter the Great
Celeste
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$1,200
[23]
It can also mean a local branch of an organization, such as the American Red Cross
a chapter
Alex
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$1,600
[4]
Once the starting point for Florida's Celestial Railroad, this community has a park named for Burt Reynolds
Jupiter
|
$1,600
[9]
"Shampoo":Warren Beatty, Goldie Hawn, Lee Grant
Lee Grant
Celeste
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$2,000
[20]
"I'm immortal, more or less. The light of the sun, the sustained heat of an intense fire--these things might destroy me"
Lestat
Celeste
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$2,000
[16]
...of this Mongol of Xanadu fame, who founded his capital on the site of modern-day Beijing
Kublai Khan
Steve
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$1,600
[24]
Often several pages, this customary section of appreciation may name editors, grant agencies, librarians & wives
the acknowledgements
Alex
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— |
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$2,000
[5]
This "town" on Martha's Vineyard was named in 1671 for a son of the Duke of York
Edgartown
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$2,000
[10]
"A Beautiful Mind":Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Harris
Jennifer Connelly
Alex
|
DD
$3,600
[17]
"It was when curiosity about Gatsby was at its highest that the lights in his house failed to go on..."
Nick Carraway
Steve
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DD
$3,000
[15]
...of this English monarch, who made a truce with Saladin, ceding him Jerusalem
Richard I (Richard the Lionhearted)
Celeste
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$2,000
[25]
Any randomly chosen book is likely to include this institution's cataloging-in-publication data
the Library of Congress
Celeste
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— |
Of the 3 men honored August 13, 1969, the one who spent part of July 20th miles from the other 2
Michael Collins