Celeste DiNucci game 5.
Theresa Kenny — a musician from Stony Point, New York
Matthew Mitchell — a literacy tutor from Richland, Washington
Celeste DiNucci — a grad student from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 4-day cash winnings total $60,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Celeste | $1,000 | $3,400 | $15,600 |
$23,199
5-day champion: $83,601 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matthew | $4,400 | $6,600 | $19,600 |
$7,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,200
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Theresa | $600 | $1,600 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
7 R, 1 W |
| INSECTS | I'VE ZINE THE MOVIE | TREE POTPOURRI | MAKE $$$ IN YOUR SPARE TIME! | LANDING ZONES OF NORMANDY | EDIBLE HOMOPHONES |
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$200
[12]
When placed on its back, the click family of this insect jumps into the air to right itself, making a click sound
a beetle
Matthew
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$200
[1]
Sydney Schanberg's magazine article "The Death & Life of Dith Pran" lived on to become this film
The Killing Fields
Matthew
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$200
[20]
Dendrochronologists study the climate of the past mainly by examining these in trees
trunk rings
Matthew
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$200
[26]
Get hit in a "sensitive area", preferably by a toddler; send the tape to this Tom Bergeron show to win $100,000
America's Funniest Home Videos
Celeste
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$200
[2]
A branch of the Sioux Indian tribe
Omaha
Theresa
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$200
[3]
To leave one's home & roots is to "pull up" these
stakes (steaks)
Matthew
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$400
[13]
A familiar sight on summer evenings east of the Rockies is the Photinus pyralis, a species of this
a firefly
Celeste
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$600
[9]
Annie Proulx said she was driving while she wrote most of the article that became this Wyoming-set film
Brokeback Mountain
Celeste
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$400
[21]
This symbol of Maine stands tall & green on the state's flag
a pine tree
Theresa
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$400
[30]
Numismatics, man! In 2005 one of these dating from 1792 sold for $437,000--that's 43.7 million times its face value
a penny
Matthew
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$400
[4]
The Bear River runs through this state into a lake
Utah
Theresa
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$400
[17]
I must have offended people to get this kind of reception when I arrived at the cookoff
chilly (chili)
Celeste
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$600
[14]
Some species of thrips are the only known animals that can reproduce by both bearing live young & doing this
laying eggs
Matthew
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$800
[10]
This Cameron Crowe film was a fictionalized account of his adventures writing for Rolling Stone
Almost Famous
Matthew
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$600
[22]
Acer saccharum is the sugar type of this tree
the maple
Matthew
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$600
[29]
Think hard & pick up this honor, worth 114,935 kronor in 1923 & 10 million in 2005
the Nobel Prize
Celeste
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$600
[5]
Bug, Glove or Coast
Gold
Matthew
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$600
[18]
Before the police could arrest him for his crimes with sheep, he "took it on" this
the lam (lamb)
Theresa
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$800
[15]
Just like chickens, insects have this 4-letter pouch where food is stored & partially digested
a crop
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DD
$1,000
[8]
The Life article that became this film described the bisexual bank robber as having the "good looks of an Al Pacino"
Dog Day Afternoon
Matthew
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$800
[23]
From his birthplace, Elvis may have known that Nyssa is the botanical name for this tree
the tupelo
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$800
[28]
Go halfsies in the lottery with Donna Goeppert, from Bethlehem in this state; in 2005 she won $1 million 2 different times
Pennsylvania
Matthew
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$800
[6]
Hellenically, Hera
Juno
Matthew
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$800
[19]
Produced by mating
bred (bread)
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$1,000
[16]
A long-horned grasshopper gets this name from the love call produced by rubbing its two front wings together
the katydid
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$1,000
[11]
A GQ article became this film where Piper Perabo learned that beautiful women plus booze equals money
Coyote Ugly
Matthew
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$1,000
[24]
This Aussie song mentions "a jolly swagman" "under the shade of a coolibah tree"
"Waltzing Matilda"
Celeste
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$1,000
[27]
If you see "Whitey" Bulger, ex-accomplice of "Rifleman" Flemmi, call this federal agency for a $1 million reward
the FBI
Matthew
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$1,000
[7]
This weapon is aflame in Genesis 3:24
Sword
Matthew
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$1,000
[25]
It's noted for its huge antlers
moose (mousse)
Celeste
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| PHYSICS | THE GRAMMYS 2006 | EXTREMELY BAD HISTORICAL POETRY | WORLD LEADERS | THEY PICKED UP THE CHEKHOV | OLD, ODD & OBSCURE WORDS |
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$400
[1]
All moving particles have waves associated with them, as light waves are with these particles of light
photons
Matthew
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$400
[26]
She deserves a little respect, picking up her 17th Grammy for her rendition of "A House Is Not A Home"
Aretha Franklin
Celeste
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$400
[19]
Da da da dada something something "want mealier" / This tiny president was "The Sage of Montpelier"
Madison
Celeste
Matthew
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$400
[6]
He transformed his country into the first Communist state in the Western Hemisphere
Fidel Castro
Matthew
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$400
[16]
This playwright adapted several Chekhov stories for his play "The Good Doctor" (Hint: Marsha Mason was in it)
Neil Simon
Celeste
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$400
[11]
"Skirl" is the shrill sound made by this musical instrument of the Highlands
a bagpipe
Celeste
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$800
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates a series of sinusoids on the monitor.) When a wave is canceled out by an equal & opposite wave, the result is "complete destructive" this, like what messes up radio transmissions
interference
Matthew
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$2,000
[27]
With Nicole Kidman to cheer him on, he won for Male Country Vocal Performance, his first Grammy ever
Keith Urban
Matthew
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$800
[20]
Roses are red / Violets are blue / This "House of Mirth" author / Was born in 1862
Edith Wharton
Celeste
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$800
[7]
In April 1969 he left the world stage & retired to his home at Colombey-les-Deux-Eglises
Charles de Gaulle
Matthew
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$1,200
[18]
In 1966 this ex-wife of Laurence Olivier appeared on Broadway for the last time, as John Gielgud's wife in "Ivanov"
Vivien Leigh
Theresa
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$800
[12]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew speaks from a library.) In "Robinson Crusoe" the name of this amphibian means "a loop to hold a sword"; today, it's the name of this type of fastener
a frog
Celeste
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$1,200
[3]
This color precedes "body" in the name of an object that absorbs all radiant energy falling on it
black
Celeste
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$1,200
[21]
In days of old, this knight was bold, in the 17th c. scene / On muddy ground, his cloak was found / Like his head in 1618
Sir Walter Raleigh
Matthew
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$1,200
[8]
This Caribbean leader's famous nickname was appropriate--he graduated from medical school in 1934
"Papa Doc" (Duvalier)
Celeste
Matthew
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$1,600
[24]
George C. Scott & Julie Christie shared the stage in this play in '73 with a very avuncular Nicol Williamson
Uncle Vanya
Celeste
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$1,200
[13]
An ichnite or ichnolite is a fossilized one of these, perhaps from a sasquatch?
a footprint
Celeste
Theresa
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$1,600
[4]
(Jon of the Clue Crew indicates a balance on a monitor.) With the torque pushing the bar clockwise equal to the torque pushing it counterclockwise, the bar is in the rotational type of this
equilibrium
Matthew
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— |
$2,000
[23]
Half brother of Sir Austen / Took appeasement to the hilt / He was the sittin' / PM of Britain / & no, his name was not Wilt
Neville Chamberlain
Theresa
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$1,600
[9]
This future king of Sweden received bricks, a trowel & a real yoke with 2 pails for his 5th birthday in 1951
King Carl Gustaf
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$2,000
[25]
A 2006 staging of this Chekhov classic was fruitful for leading lady Annette Bening
The Cherry Orchard
Theresa
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$1,600
[14]
It's probably been a while since you've seen a typewriter; remember this 6-letter term for the roller?
a platen
Celeste
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$2,000
[5]
A measure of energy that can't be converted into work, it's causing the universe to run down into bleak nothingness
entropy
Matthew
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— |
DD
$3,000
[22]
In 1492 / He sailed the ocean blue / He'd later lead the first fleet to reach India from Europe (Yep, that's bad poetry)
Vasco da Gama
Matthew
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$2,000
[10]
(Linda Park of Star Trekfame reads the clue.) I was born in Korea in 1978, the year before this dictator (no relation) was removed from power
Park Chung Hee
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DD
$7,000
[17]
In 1997 Amy Irving, Lili Taylor & Jeanne Tripplehorn were a triple threat in this play
Three Sisters
Celeste
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$2,000
[15]
An explanatory comment, or in old manuscripts, a chapter heading or initial letter written in red
a rubric
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To get the name of its country, add 2 letters to the end of this world capital city
Tunis