Steve Unite game 2.
Mariann Buonadonna — a homemaker from Barnegat, New Jersey
Christian Ruud — a judicial law clerk from St. Paul, Minnesota
Steve Unite — a writer from Studio City, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,404)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve | $1,800 | $5,600 | $22,400 |
$20,000
2-day champion: $42,404 |
$22,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Christian | $800 | $800 | $1,400 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
7 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mariann | $2,200 | $3,600 | $5,600 |
$2,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
16 R, 5 W |
| A CHRISTMAS SONGBOOK | LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW | GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN | DECK THE HALLS | O COME, ALL YE FAITHFUL | "WINTER" WONDERLAND |
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$200
[5]
"With a corncob pipe and a button nose and two eyes made out of coal"
"Frosty The Snowman"
Mariann
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$200
[1]
Flat snow crystals generally have this many sides or arms
six
Christian
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$200
[20]
This major mountain range of the United States also runs through Canada between Montana & Alaska
the Rockies
Steve
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$200
[14]
The Robot Hall of Fame honored this "Star Wars" character for his endearing "human foibles"
C-3PO
Christian
Mariann
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$200
[15]
Lumbini, Nepal is a pilgrimage site as the birthplace of this man about 2,500 years ago
Buddha
Christian
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$200
[10]
It happens on or about December 21
the winter solstice
Steve
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|
$400
[6]
"Come, they told me, pa rum pa pum pum; a newborn king to see, pa rum pum pum pum"
"The Little Drummer Boy"
Mariann
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$400
[2]
The National Weather Service defines this as snowy winds of 35 mph with 1/4 mile visibility lasting for 3 hours
a blizzard
Steve
|
$400
[21]
Africa's highest mountain, it's primarily made up of 3 extinct volcanoes
Kilimanjaro
Mariann
|
$600
[17]
This founder of the city of Quebec is in an Explorers' Hall of Fame online
Champlain
Steve
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$400
[27]
The Slipper Chapel in Norfolk, England is so named because penants walked the last mile this way
barefoot
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$400
[11]
Varieties of this cereal crop include Kawvale & Blackhull
winter wheat
Steve
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$600
[7]
"Where the treetops glisten and children listen, to hear sleigh bells in the snow"
"White Christmas"
Mariann
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$600
[3]
Buffalo, New York is familiar with the snowstorm-causing effect named for this type of body of water
a lake effect
Steve
|
$600
[22]
This 14,110-foot Colorado mountain peak discovered in 1806 inspired the song "America The Beautiful"
Pikes Peak
Mariann
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$800
[25]
Now home to the National Women's Hall of Fame, this N.Y. city was the site of the USA's first Women's Rights Convention
Seneca Falls
Mariann
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$600
[28]
"Labbayka Allahumma Labbayk" is recited during this religion's pilgrimage
Islam
Mariann
|
$600
[12]
Russian revolutionaries stormed it in November 1917
the Winter Palace
Christian
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|
$800
[8]
"And heaven and nature sing, and heaven and nature sing, and heaven and heaven and nature sing"
"Joy To The World"
Mariann
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$800
[4]
When air becomes "super" this adjective, relative humidity is above 100% & snow can form
supersaturated
Steve
|
$800
[23]
You don't need no stinkin' badges to treasure this main mountain system of Mexico
the Sierra Madre
Mariann
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
The Ecology Hall of Fame cites him as "the first American president to take seriously the...protection of nature"
Teddy Roosevelt
Christian
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$800
[29]
Devout members of this faith hope to walk Panchakosi Road at Varanasi &, if possible, to die there
Hinduism
Mariann
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$800
[13]
This 1935 Maxwell Anderson play was based in part on the Sacco & Vanzetti trial
Winterset
|
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$1,000
[9]
"No crib for a bed, the little Lord Jesus laid down His sweet head"
"Away In A Manger"
Steve
|
$1,000
[19]
Poli'ahu, the goddess of snow, lives on this highest Hawaiian mountain
Mauna Kea
Mariann
|
$1,000
[24]
The 20,320-foot mountain then known as Densmore's Mt. was renamed for this presidential candidate in 1896
McKinley
Steve
|
$1,000
[26]
He was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame for his process of condensing milk
(Gail) Borden
Steve
Christian
Mariann
|
$1,000
[30]
Bahá'i pilgrims go to the Shrine of the Báb on this Israeli mount for which a Catholic order is named
Mount Carmel
Steve
|
$1,000
[18]
This plant, Gaultheria procumbens, produces an oil used in medicine & as a flavoring
wintergreen
Mariann
|
| WHERE IN LONDON AM I? | SPORTS ABBREV. | WHO'S WHO IN THE WORLD | INSPIRED CHARACTERS | TRIOS | SPLIT INFINITIVES |
|
$400
[6]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from the Sherlock Holmes Museum.) I'm standing in front of the Sherlock Holmes Museum, a Victorian lodging house built in 1815, on this famous London street
Baker Street
Mariann
|
$400
[9]
In basketball, FT
free throw
Steve
|
$400
[20]
He's not just Prince of Wales but also Lord of the Isles & a liveryman of the Fishmongers' Company
(Prince) Charles
Christian
|
$400
[1]
The heroines of this 1860s novel were based on the author & her sisters Anna, Elizabeth & May
Little Women
Mariann
|
$400
[14]
Farouk, Latifah & Sprat
king, queen & jack
Steve
Christian
Mariann
|
$400
[18]
Line 12 of this Brit's Sonnet 142 reads, "Thy pity may deserve to pitied be"
Shakespeare
Mariann
|
|
$800
[7]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from a London square.) I'm in this London square associated with Virginia Woolf, who was at the center of a group that made this area famous
Bloomsbury
|
$800
[10]
We'll give you a break & just ask for the second "F": FIFA
football
Steve
|
$800
[22]
This "Supreme Temporal and Religious Head of Tibet" has a doctorate in Buddhist philosophy
Dalai Lama
Christian
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$800
[2]
Take his book "Dharma Bums" on the road & you'll notice that he based the narrator on himself
(Jack) Kerouac
Christian
|
$800
[15]
Grief for death, Herman's Hermits warbler Peter & Gawain or Bedivere
mourning, Noone & knight
Steve
|
$800
[19]
Condemning split infinitives is based on a false analogy with this language in which infinitives are a single word
Latin
Steve
|
|
$1,200
[8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a London street.) Read all about it! Behind me is this London street that has become synonymous with British journalism
Fleet Street
Steve
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$1,200
[11]
An umbrella organization: IOC
International Olympic Committee
Steve
|
$1,200
[24]
His entry features his books "Odin Den' Ivana Denisovicha" & "Arkhipelag Gulag"
Solzhenitsyn
Mariann
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
James Fenimore Cooper's novel "The Pilot" boasts a mysterious title character modeled on this naval hero
John Paul Jones
Christian
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$1,200
[16]
To experiment with, activist Medgar & Peter Sellers' "Being There" role
tinker, Evers & Chance
Steve
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$1,200
[21]
This split from the last line of the "Star Trek" TV series opening denotes how the crew jaunts into the unknown
to boldly go
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hyde Park.) Winston Churchill & George Bernard Shaw are among those who've come to say their piece at this spot in Hyde Park
Speaker's Corner
Mariann
|
$1,600
[12]
A cable channel: ESPN
Entertainment & Sports Programming Network
Steve
|
$1,600
[25]
Michael Nobel is a philanthropist born in this capital city in 1940
Stockholm
Steve
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$1,600
[4]
Duessa, who's executed in Book V on "The Faerie Queene", was inspired by this Scotswoman
Mary, Queen of Scots
Mariann
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Planet between Venus and Mars, thing measured by Beaufort & brilliant gem property
Earth, wind & fire
Steve
|
$1,600
[23]
The compact version of this book, aka the OED, says that split infinitive use is normal & useful
Oxford English Dictionary
Steve
|
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$2,000
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from a London park.) This famous London park is named for the title of the future George IV & was designed by his friend John Nash
Regent's Park
|
$2,000
[13]
In cycling, it's one rider against the clock: ITT
individual time trial
Steve
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
Lotte in his novel "The Sorrows of Young Werther" was based on a woman he loved who married a friend of his
Goethe
|
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When this man won, Richard Dreyfuss said goodbye to being the youngest ever to win the Best Actor Oscar
Adrien Brody