Sam Ott game 2.First game of Season 20.New title graphics.Champions return until they lose ("sky's the limit" rule) effective beginning this game.
Sharon Fenick — a patent attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Nick Thurkettle — a writer and teacher from Van Nuys, California
Sam Ott — a graduate student from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $3,400 | $3,800 | $7,000 |
$12,401
2-day champion: $26,001 |
$8,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nick | $2,800 | $1,800 | $6,200 |
$7,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
11 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sharon | $200 | $3,400 | $2,600 |
$5,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,600
9 R, 2 W |
| PHOTOGRAPHERS | TV ON TV | STAND BY YOUR BRAND | 19th CENTURY LITERATURE | MODERN-DAY QUOTES | "Q" ME |
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$200
[1]
Documentary photographer Garry Winogrand left behind some 500,000 of these he never printed
negatives
Sharon
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$200
[17]
On this TV show, Al Bundy's favorite TV show was "Psycho Dad"
Married... with Children
Sam
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$200
[26]
These popular jam cookies are said to be named for either a Massachusetts city or an English scientist
Fig Newtons
Sharon
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$200
[16]
It may ring a bell that he had "a huge head sprouting red hair; between the two shoulders an enormous hump"
the Hunchback (of Notre Dame)
Sharon
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$200
[11]
In a recent interview with Martin Bashir he claimed, "I've had no plastic surgery on my face, just my nose"
Michael Jackson
Sam
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$200
[6]
In 1901 the American Cereal Company changed its name to this
Quaker (Oats)
Sam
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$400
[2]
Working for this Luce magazine in the '50s, Gordon Parks mastered dramatic black & white shots like the one seen here
Life (magazine)
Sam
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$400
[22]
When this sitcom character went on "Jeopardy!", his categories included CIVIL SERVANTS, BAR TRIVIA & CELIBACY
Cliff Clavin
Sam
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$400
[27]
The name of this Swedish car company means "I roll" in Latin
Volvo
Sam
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$400
[18]
The title wrongdoing in this novel is the murder of a pawnbroker & her sister by Raskolnikov
Crime and Punishment
Sam
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$400
[12]
On giving up her Miss America title in 1984 she said, "The past just came up and kicked me"
Vanessa Williams
Sam
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$400
[7]
It's a 4-letter term for a clever or sarcastic remark
a quip
Nick
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$600
[3]
Dick Avery, Fred Astaire's character in "Funny Face", is based on this real-life photographer
Richard Avedon
Sam
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$600
[23]
(Hi, I'm Joshua Malina.) Pre-"West Wing", I was Jeremy, the geeky TV associate producer on this series also created by Aaron Sorkin
Sports Night
Sharon
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$600
[28]
"The most famous person who never existed", she was invented by admen to represent the average housewife
Betty Crocker
Sharon
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$600
[19]
The year before her death, 29-year-old Emily Bronte published this, her only novel
Wuthering Heights
Nick
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$600
[13]
In 1989 Leona Helmsley infamously said, "Only the little people" do this
pay taxes
Nick
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$600
[8]
Term for a magazine that comes out 4 times a year
quarterly
Sam
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$800
[4]
Julia Margaret Cameron's photos illustrated this poet's "Idylls of the King", & her photo of him is seen here
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Sam
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$800
[24]
"Captain Video" was this character's favorite TV show on "The Honeymooners"
Ed (Norton)
Nick
Sharon
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$800
[29]
Roy Allen & Frank Wright formed this soft drink company in 1922
A&W
Sharon
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DD
$800
[20]
"Knitting", "Still Knitting" & "The Knitting Done" are chapters in this 1859 novel
A Tale of Two Cities
Nick
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$800
[14]
Describing life after the 1996 election, he said, "Elizabeth's back at the Red Cross and I'm walking the dog"
Bob Dole
Nick
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$800
[9]
With 160 inches of rain a year in some places, it's Australia's wettest state
Queensland
Sam
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$1,000
[5]
This photographer who died in 2002 launched his career with early pictures of his pal Richard Gere
Herb Ritts
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$1,000
[25]
On "Saturday Night Live", Beldar, Prymaat & Connie Conehead appeared as contestants on this game show
Family Feud
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— |
$1,000
[21]
Published in 1849, "Redburn: His First Voyage" was based on this author's first voyage as a cabin boy
Herman Melville
Sam
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$1,000
[15]
Kenneth Lay of this co. admitted, "In hindsight, we made some very bad investments in noncore businesses…"
Enron
Sam
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$1,000
[10]
Before oil was discovered there, this country's main income came from pearl diving, fishing & camel breeding
Qatar
Nick
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| BALLET | SINGERS | NAME THE DECADE | HUNGARIAN 101 | A FISH CALLED… | RWANDA |
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$400
[26]
In 1661 Louis XIV established a ballet academy in a room of this current art museum
the Louvre
Sam
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$400
[1]
This man was the lead vocalist on the 1970 No. 1 hit "Bridge Over Troubled Water"
Art Garfunkel
Nick
Sharon
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$400
[6]
Castro overthrows Batista
the 1950s
Sam
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$400
[17]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew delivers the clue) Hungarian words put the stress on the firstszótag, this
a syllable
Sam
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$400
[11]
The "walking" type of this fish, the Clarias batrachus, can travel across dry land in search of water
catfish
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$400
[10]
It's the official language shared by Rwanda & Senegal
French
Nick
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DD
$1,000
[27]
Agnes de Mille's ballet "Fall River Legend" was based on the case of this accused murderess
Lizzie Borden
Sam
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$800
[2]
He's the lead singer heard on the following
Peter Wolf
Nick
Sharon
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$800
[7]
U.S. Social Security becomes law
the 1930s
Sam
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$800
[18]
The same word, het, means "week" & also this number
seven
Sharon
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$800
[12]
The prey of this snakelike fish is stunned by a shock of up to 600 volts
an electric eel
Sam
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$800
[22]
Rwanda & this neighboring nation were ruled by Belgium until 1962
Burundi
Sam
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$1,200
[28]
During his long association with the NYC Ballet, he choreographed "West Side Story" & other musicals
Jerome Robbins
Nick
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$1,200
[3]
When I see you, I can tell you'rethisdistinctive singer
Macy Gray
Sam
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$1,200
[8]
The man seenheregets a hero's welcome, including several parades
the 1960s
Sam
Nick
Sharon
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$1,200
[19]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) In Hungarian, it's a chili or bell pepper; in English, it'sa ground spice
paprika
Nick
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$1,200
[13]
Popular fly fisherman quarry seen here
a rainbow trout
Sam
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$1,200
[23]
She established a gorilla research center in Rwanda in 1967
Dian Fossey
Nick
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$1,600
[4]
Ms. Lopez sang, "Don't be fooled by the rocks that I got… I'm still" her
Jenny from the Block
Sam
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$1,600
[9]
France's king & queen make a royal visit to the guillotine
the 1790s
Sam
Nick
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$1,600
[20]
Hungarians call this land associated with vampires "Erdely" & resent losing it to Romania in 1920
Transylvania
Nick
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$1,600
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Like Santiago, you'd have quite a story to tell if you caught the 1,056-pound black type of this
a marlin
Sam
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$1,600
[24]
Now with a population of about 300,000, this city became the capital upon Rwanda's independence
Kigali
|
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$2,000
[5]
In July 2003 thousands of mourners paid tribute to this late "Queen of Salsa"
Celia Cruz
Sam
Nick
|
DD
$1,800
[16]
The Gallipoli campaign results in half a million casualties
the 1910s
Sam
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$2,000
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports.) The four Hungarian O's are divided into these twoopposite qualities, & which one you use can change a word's meaning
long & short
Sam
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$2,000
[15]
Thisfilet favorite is the one & only
sole
Sam
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$2,000
[25]
This contemporary & rival of Sir Richard Burton became the first European to visit the area of Rwanda in 1858
John Speke
Sam
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12-year-old David Mullany gave this toy its name, a euphemism for striking out in baseball
Wiffleball