Sunny Wyers — an online worker from Los Angeles, California
Harry Stessel — a college teacher and potter from Westfield, Massachusetts
Martin Budak — a project manager from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | $1,800 | $2,600 | $14,100 |
$24,001
2-day champion: $44,802 |
$13,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Harry | $0 | $2,200 | $1,400 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
14 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sunny | $2,400 | $6,000 | $12,000 |
$19,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
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$200
[1]
Since 1847 this religion has been based in Salt Lake City, Utah
the Mormons
Harry
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$200
[16]
The top 10 video game titles of 2005 included 2 from Lucas Arts about this film series
Star Wars
Sunny
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$200
[2]
Georges Bizet was born on Oct. 25, 1838 in this capital & was admitted to its conservatory by age 10
Paris
Harry
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$200
[21]
Back in 1934 Lou Gehrig was the first athlete to appear on a box of this "Breakfast of Champions"
Wheaties
Martin
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$200
[8]
It's the primary source of nourishment for an embryo in an egg
a yolk
Harry
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$200
[26]
Later a home run king, in 1916 he had 23 pitching wins & a sparkling 1.75 ERA
Babe Ruth
Harry
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$400
[4]
Apis, a bull god of this ancient people, was believed to be the personification of the creator god Ptah
the Egyptians
Sunny
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$400
[17]
The top 10 most common phobias include the fear of heights, the fear of flying & the fear of these, aka arachnophobia
spiders
Sunny
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$400
[3]
Bizet said this Austrian & fellow prodigy's "music affects me too deeply and makes me really unwell"
Mozart
Martin
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$400
[22]
He's the spokes-character seen here
Cap'n Crunch
Sunny
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$400
[9]
The overall leader in the Tour de France bike race wears this item of clothing
a yellow jersey
Martin
Harry
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$400
[27]
Get a grip, dude! Warren Moon made the Hall of Fame despite an NFL record 161 of these; Len Dawson had 7 in one game
fumbles
Martin
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$600
[5]
The Loas in Voodoo are roughly equivalent to these in Catholicism
saints
Sunny
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$600
[18]
The top 10 highest cities in the world include La Paz, Bolivia & Lhasa in this region once ruled by the Dalai Lama
Tibet
Harry
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$600
[13]
Bizet penned this 1875 opera where the title gal leaves Don Jose for a bullfighter; big mistake
Carmen
Harry
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$600
[23]
With flavors like Raspberry Red, Lemony Lemon & Grapity Purple, it's hard for silly rabbits to resist this classic
Trix
Sunny
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$600
[10]
This black & white comedy film starred Peter Boyle as the manmade man
Young Frankenstein
Sunny
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$600
[28]
Wilt Chamberlain & this '60s Celtic are the only NBAers to average more than 20 rebounds per game
Bill Russell
Harry
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|
DD
$1,000
[6]
2 of the 3 religions practiced simultaneously by the majority of Taiwan's population
(2 of) Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism
Sunny
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$800
[19]
The top 10 most populous countries in the world include China, India & this country with over 300 million
the United States
Martin
Sunny
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$800
[14]
A teenaged Bizet won the Prix de Rome for "Clovis et Clotilde", this type of 7-letter choral composition
a cantata
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$800
[24]
In 2004 this cereal introduced a new flavor, Honey Graham--wonder how Mikey likes it
Life
Sunny
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$800
[11]
Slovenia broke away from it in 1991
Yugoslavia
Harry
Sunny
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$800
[29]
This "Great One" had a record 382 career playoff points; Mark Messier is No. 2 with 295
Gretzky
Harry
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$1,000
[7]
The Koran was revealed to Muhammad during this century
the seventh
Martin
Harry
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$1,000
[20]
The top 10 fastest fish in the sea include the tiger shark, the sailfish & the bluefin variety of this food fish
the tuna
Sunny
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$1,000
[15]
Bizet wrote, "As for" this Austrian "Surprise" symphony man, "he has sent me to sleep for some time past"
Haydn
Harry
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$1,000
[25]
In 1987 Bela Lugosi appeared on boxes of this cereal, the first in General Mills' "Monster Cereals"
Count Chocula
Sunny
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$1,000
[12]
He led the opposition to the coup that tried to overthrow Gorbachev in 1991
(Boris) Yeltsin
Sunny
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$1,000
[30]
This Cleveland RB of the '50s & '60s led the NFL in rushing 8 times; the most times for any other back is 4
Jim Brown
Martin
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$400
[1]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew stands on the Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.) St. Norbert & St. Sigmund are portrayed with this Good King; all three are Czech patron saints
Wenceslas
Martin
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$400
[2]
"Fonzie's Baptism"
Happy Days
Sunny
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$400
[23]
Robert Fulghum shared "uncommon thoughts on common things" in "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in" here
Kindergarten
Harry
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$400
[3]
In April 2006 she was given a 41-gun royal salute in Hyde Park to celebrate her 80th birthday
Queen Elizabeth (II)
Harry
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$400
[8]
In astronomy, this letter typically designates the brightest star in a constellation
alpha
Sunny
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$400
[18]
In 1945 the first atomic bomb was exploded in this state; how enchanting
New Mexico
Sunny
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|
$800
[13]
As Jim Phelps, Jon Voight falls off the Charles Bridge in this blockbuster 1996 movie
Mission: Impossible
Martin
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$800
[14]
"Uncle Martin's Wisdom Tooth"
My Favorite Martian
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$800
[24]
Her autobiography "Shelley: Also Known as Shirley" was a bestseller in 1980
Shelley Winters
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$800
[4]
Her work with mountain gorillas inspired the 1988 movie "Gorillas in the Mist"
(Dian) Fossey
Sunny
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$800
[9]
This is the end, my only friend, the end (of the alphabet, this 24th letter, the end)
omega
Harry
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$800
[19]
This state produces most of the world's bourbon whiskey
Kentucky
Sunny
|
|
DD
$1,500
[30]
A statue of this nature-loving Italian saint has stood on the bridge since 1855
Francis of Assisi
Martin
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$1,200
[15]
"Love and the Spaced-Out Chick"
Love, American Style
Martin
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$1,600
[26]
Gore Vidal's monumental novel about this president was a bestseller in 1984
Lincoln
Harry
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$1,200
[5]
Surrounded by family, this expatriate baroness & musical matriarch died in Vermont in 1987
Maria von Trapp
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$1,200
[10]
Letter number 4; Mississippi has a famous one
delta
Sunny
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$1,200
[20]
Country roads, take me home, to this state (admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863), I belong...
West Virginia
Martin
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$1,600
[28]
Originally called Stone Bridge, the Charles Bridge was built with this "stone", like the walls of the White House
sandstone
Harry
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$1,600
[16]
"The Seven Faces of Ensign Parker"
McHale's Navy
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Of all of Stephen King's bestsellers, this hefty novel from 1986 has the shortest title
It
Harry
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$1,600
[6]
(Hi, I'm Dana Delany.) As a pro-choice advocate, I was happy with the title "Choices of the Heart", in which I played this pioneering birth control advocate
Margaret Sanger
Harry
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$1,600
[11]
This type of radiation, & letter of the alphabet, hulked out Bruce Banner
gamma
Sunny
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$1,600
[21]
The 3 states on Michigan's southern borders
Indiana, Ohio, & Wisconsin
Martin
Sunny
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$2,000
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew rubs a statue on the Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic.) It brings luck to touch the statue of this saint of Nepomuk, who was martyred by being thrown from the bridge in 1393
Saint John
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$2,000
[17]
"The Unsinkable Mr. French"
Family Affair
Martin
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$2,000
[27]
The third book in her "Earth's Children" series, "The Mammoth Hunters" was a mammoth bestseller in 1985
(Jean) Auel
Martin
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$2,000
[7]
In 1977 this Danish queen, an artist & a Tolkien fan, illustrated an edition of "The Lord of the Rings"
Queen Margrethe
Martin
Harry
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$2,000
[12]
Number 9, Number 9, Number 9; it's seen here
iota
Sunny
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$2,000
[22]
The name of this Rocky Mountain state comes from 2 Indian words meaning "at the big plains"
Wyoming
Martin
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In 1946 he wrote, "Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful & murder respectable"
George Orwell