Eric Floyd game 1.
Eric Floyd — a college student from Calhoun, Georgia
Jen Kaufmann — a mom from Oak Brook, Illinois
Meagan Shelton — a college student from Durant, Oklahoma (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meagan | $0 | $800 | $24,200 |
$5,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Jen | $800 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
9 R, 1 W |
| Eric | $5,000 | $10,600 | $23,800 |
$23,800
New champion: $23,800 |
$23,600
29 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| CITY QUOTES | COUNTRY SINGERS ON FILM | EXPLORERS | "HIGH" ANXIETY | '20s TRANSPORTATION | STUPID ANSWERS |
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$200
[8]
Radio comedian Fred Allen said this part of L.A. is "A great place to live--if you're an orange"
Hollywood
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$200
[1]
Look for Kathy Mattea as a woman with a concealed gun in this Mel Gibson flick about a river boat gambler
Maverick
Meagan
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$200
[7]
Recent evidence indicates that he probably reached the island of Samana Cay, not Watling Island, on October 12, 1492
Christopher Columbus
Jen
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$200
[4]
The betrayal of one's own country
high treason
Eric
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$200
[21]
Cadillac pioneered the use of this shiny coating, making it standard on their cars in 1929
chrome
|
$200
[24]
This common loon is Minnesota's state bird
common loon
Meagan
Eric
|
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$400
[9]
A character in a Joyce story says, "I feel a ton better since I landed again in dear dirty" this city
Dublin
Eric
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$400
[2]
(Hi, I'm Randy Travis at the Hollywood Bowl.) I played outlaw Cole Younger in a 1994 feature about these 2 brothers
Frank & Jesse James
Eric
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$400
[10]
In the 1290s, while in the service of Kublai Khan, this traveler from Venice visited the islands of Indonesia
Marco Polo
Eric
|
$400
[16]
Marshal Will Kane faces off against killers in this 1952 Oscar winner
High Noon
Eric
|
$400
[22]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the National Air & Space Museum.) The Spirit of St. Louisabove me made history in 1927 when it flew from this U.S. state to Paris in 33 1/2 hours
New York
|
$400
[25]
In Abbott & Costello's classic baseball bit, it's who's on first
Who
Jen
|
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$600
[14]
It's the "Stormy, Husky, Brawling City of the Big Shoulders"
Chicago
Eric
|
$600
[3]
This "long tall Texan" played a bootmaker involved with Lauren Bacall in Robert Altman's "Ready to Wear"
Lyle Lovett
Jen
|
$600
[11]
On Sept. 6, 1909--5 months to the day after reaching the North Pole--he announced his triumph
Peary
Meagan
Eric
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$600
[17]
Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur, along with the days in between
(Jewish) high holy days
Eric
|
$600
[23]
In 1924 this American company incorporated with Germany's Zeppelin to make rigid airships
Goodyear
|
$600
[26]
This old-fashioned cocktail is made with bourbon, bitters & sugar
old-fashioned
Meagan
|
|
$800
[15]
According to the Harper Book of Amer. Quotations, Sally Quinn called this city the "News Capital of the World"
Washington, D.C.
|
$800
[5]
This wife of Johnny Cash is just 2 years older than Robert Duvall, but she played his mom in "The Apostle"
June Carter Cash
Meagan
Eric
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$800
[12]
(Jeff Probst reports from the South Pacific.) This British naval explorer visited the Marquesas Islands in 1774
Cook
Eric
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$800
[18]
The period of European art from about 1490 to 1520
High Renaissance
Eric
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$800
[30]
1926 saw the first flight over the North Pole by Byrd & the first liquid-fueled flight launched by this man
(Robert) Goddard
Eric
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$800
[27]
This scary movie spoof from 2000 was written by Shawn & Marlon Wayans & directed by brother Keenen
Scary Movie
Jen
|
|
DD
$1,200
[20]
This city is "where the Lowells talk to the Cabots, and the Cabots talk only to God"
Boston
Eric
|
$1,000
[6]
When this man starred in the film "Honeysuckle Rose" at age 47, Roger Ebert said he didn't look a day over 60
Willie Nelson
Eric
|
$1,000
[13]
In 1604 this "Father of New France" founded the settlement of Acadia
Champlain
Eric
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$1,000
[19]
It's the term for a British Commonwealth country's embassy in another Commonweath country
high commission
|
$1,000
[29]
In 1929 the first Academy Award for Best Picture went to this transportation-themed film
Wings
Eric
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$1,000
[28]
Francis Pastorius, a German lawyer, founded this town that's now a part of Philadelphia
Germantown
Eric
|
| NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE | WHAT, KIM AGAIN? | OFFICIAL SEALS | MOUNT RUSHMORE | DON'T WORRY, BE HOPI | THAT'S "SWEET" |
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$400
[1]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the House of the Seven Gables.) At the House of the Seven Gables you can see the bureau in which Hawthorne kept his manuscript of this novel about Hester Prynne
The Scarlet Letter
Eric
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$400
[16]
Rudyard Kipling's Kim is an orphan in this country
India
Jen
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$400
[8]
Maybe we can send the Clue Crew out to pick up candles for the menorah on this country's seal
Israel
Jen
|
$400
[26]
The 2 who served as president in the same century
Jefferson & Lincoln
Eric
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$400
[21]
The Hopi snake dance is performed to get this to help the crops
rain
Jen
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$400
[6]
Sugar & vinegar give this Chinese-style dish its characteristic flavor
sweet and sour
Eric
|
|
$800
[2]
In Hawthorne's touching story "Feathertop", one of these frightening farmyard figures comes to life
scarecrow
Meagan
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$800
[17]
Born & raised in Philadelphia, this "Philly" star cut her TV eye teeth in Pine Valley on "All My Children"
Kim Delaney
|
$800
[12]
Like Coca-Cola at Christmas, Greenland has turned to one of these animals for decoration
polar bear
Eric
|
$800
[27]
The order in which the heads were completed; it was also the order in which the men served
Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Roosevelt
Meagan
Jen
Eric
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$800
[22]
Piki, a Hopi staple food, is a thin bread with ground this as the main ingredient
corn
Eric
|
$800
[7]
They're little endearments whispered by lovers
sweet nothings
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Characters from the novel appear at the House of the Seven Gables in the "Spirits of the Gables" show during this month
October
Meagan
|
$1,200
[18]
Writing in this genre, Kim Stanley Robinson has won Hugo & Nebula Awards
science fiction
Eric
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$1,200
[13]
The Saudi flag has only one of these weapons on each side; the seal has 2
sword
Meagan
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$1,600
[29]
In the order of presidents, the first guy skipped over in getting his face on the mountain
John Adams
Eric
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$1,200
[23]
As Hopi means this kind of people, the Eagles could have had a Hopi easy feeling
peaceful
Jen
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$1,200
[9]
You can diet & still indulge on this line of reduced-fat candy bars from Hershey
Sweet Escapes
Meagan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Harley College, the setting for Hawthorne's novel "Fanshawe", is based on this Maine college, his alma mater
Bowdoin
Eric
|
$1,600
[19]
Kim Cattrall gets plenty of male as the lusty Samantha on this HBO show
Sex and the City
Jen
|
$2,000
[15]
The Falkland Islands have one of these animals on top of their seal, showing its importance in the economy
sheep
Eric
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$2,000
[30]
Of the 4 presidents on Mount Rushmore, the one who's buried closest to it
Lincoln
Meagan
|
$1,600
[24]
The Hopi guardian spirits were recreated in masks & these dolls by tribesmen
Kachina dolls
Meagan
Eric
|
$1,600
[10]
It's jazz lover Woody Allen's 1999 film about a fictional jazz guitarist
Sweet and Lowdown
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Hawthorne based his novel "The Blithedale Romance" on his own experiences at this utopian "Farm"
Brook Farm
Meagan
|
$2,000
[20]
She duetted with Kenny Rogers on "Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer"
Kim Carnes
Eric
|
DD
$2,800
[14]
On the Swaziland seal, this animal's as big as the elephant; on the U.K. seal, it's as big as the unicorn
lion
Meagan
|
DD
$7,800
[28]
The one not on the face of a currently minted U.S. coin
Theodore Roosevelt
Meagan
|
$2,000
[25]
The Hopis were the westernmost of these "village" people
Pueblo
Meagan
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$2,000
[11]
Alexandra Del Lago is a fading screen star in this Tennessee Williams play
Sweet Bird of Youth
Eric
|
It's the only prime time TV show--comedy or drama--to win the Emmy for Best Series 5 times
Frasier