Cora Peck game 3.
Jeffrey Coogan — a freelance web designer from Staten Island, New York
Megan Maxwell — a paralegal from Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Cora Peck — a teacher and graduate student from Aliso Viejo, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $57,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cora | $0 | $5,800 | $11,600 |
$21,600
3-day champion: $78,801 |
$16,600
23 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Megan | $2,000 | $3,000 | $15,000 |
$19,003
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,000
20 R, 4 W |
| Jeffrey | $1,500 | $2,700 | $4,300 |
$8,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| ON OUR USO TOUR | ROLLING STONE | NOT TO BE CONFUSED | LIVRES EN FRANÇAIS | LAST NAME'S THE SAME | WELCOME "BACK" |
|
$200
[15]
(Alex airmails one to us from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The mission of the C-2A Greyhound is C.O.D.--the O.D. stands for "onboard delivery", of things like jet engines & other equipment, to the C, this type of ship
a carrier
Cora
Jeffrey
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$200
[1]
Memorialized on the 1994 Rolling Stone cover seen here, Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of this group
Nirvana
Megan
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$200
[26]
A pinata is a party decoration; a pina colada is a party cocktail made with coconut, pineapple & this liquor
rum
Cora
|
$200
[6]
1992:"Les hommes viennent de Mars, les femmes viennent de Venus"
Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus
Jeffrey
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$200
[21]
"Old Hickory" & the "American Idol" judge on the left
Andrew & Randy Jackson
Cora
|
$200
[16]
In car-speak, it's a loud, premature explosion in the intake manifold
a backfire
Megan
|
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$400
[11]
(Alex glides in from the Kadena Air Base, Japan.) The all-weather surveillance command-and-control AWACS E-3 is known by this name, also used for a soldier standing guard
a Sentry
Jeffrey
|
$400
[2]
This famous son seenhereis a real Wallflower
Jakob Dylan
Megan
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$400
[27]
The scapula is your shoulder blade; this is a small knife with a sharp blade used in surgery
a scalpel
Cora
|
$400
[7]
1976:"Entretien avec un vampire"
Interview with the Vampire ( Interview with a Vampire accepted)
Jeffrey
|
$400
[22]
President who fought in the Mexican War & Alan Alda character who served in Korea
Franklin & Benjamin Franklin Pierce
Cora
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$400
[17]
"Just when you thought it was safe" to do this began as ad copy for "Jaws 2"
go back in the water
Jeffrey
|
|
$600
[12]
(Alex drives a point home from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The Army has the Black Hawk, the Air Force has the Pave Hawk, and the Navy has the assault utility vehicle with this name
the Sea Hawk
Jeffrey
|
$600
[3]
The 1970 cover photo of this man was taken by his wife Linda
Paul McCartney
Megan
|
$600
[28]
The Yangtze is a river; Yahtzee is a game played with this many dice
5
Cora
|
$600
[8]
1966:"La vallee des poupees"
The Valley of the Dolls
Jeffrey
|
$600
[23]
"Father of the Constitution" & Adam Sandler flick where he goes back to school
James & Billy Madison
Cora
|
$600
[18]
It describes the final half of a golf course
the back 9
Cora
|
|
$800
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew airs her clue from the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The Atsugi military base on Honshu is officially an NAF, which stands for this
a naval air facility
Megan
|
$800
[4]
It will make benefit to name this actorseen on a 2006 cover
Sacha Baron Cohen
Megan
|
$800
[29]
Corundum is a mineral; this is a punny riddle or just something confusing
a conundrum
Megan
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$800
[9]
1996:"Les cendres d'Angela"
Angela's Ashes
Megan
|
$800
[24]
First 2-full term Democratic president since FDR & the mastermind of Parliament/Funkadelic
Bill & George Clinton
Cora
|
$800
[19]
Anatomical term for strength of character; c'mon, get some!
backbone
Cora
|
|
DD
$1,500
[14]
(Alex struts on the runway at the Atsugi NAF, Japan.) The F/A-18 was designed with both fighter & strike capabilities; pilots really love its maneuverability & its precision attack capability, traits it shares in common with this insect it's named for
the hornet
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[5]
Hipsdon't lie... well, no the rs, anyway
Shakira
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[30]
Oprah... well, everybody knows Oprah, but opah is a large, brightly colored one of these
a fish
|
$1,000
[10]
1956:"Les diamants sont eternels"
Diamonds Are Forever
Jeffrey
|
$1,000
[25]
The 29th president & a figure skater from Oregon, both of whom were tainted by scandal
Warren & Tonya Harding
Cora
|
$1,000
[20]
An explosive surge in a fire produced by the sudden inrush of oxygen mixing with superheated gases
backdraft
Jeffrey
|
| THE 1000s | OLD MOVIE QUOTES | FOR THE BIRDS | BRIT "B"ITS | CARPOOL TUNNEL SYNDROME | FROM A TO E |
|
$400
[1]
Around 1004 the Saracens just sacked this Italian city; they didn't put a "lean" on it
Pisa
Cora
|
$400
[2]
1942:"It doesn't take much to see that the problems of 3 little people don't amount to a hill of beans in this crazy world"
Casablanca
Megan
|
$400
[16]
This bird's distinctive feature is seenherefull of fish
a pelican
Cora
|
$400
[7]
After 3 terms & 10 years in office, he left the building, so to speak, & Downing Street in June 2007
Tony Blair
Cora
|
$400
[21]
Carpoolers learn patience in the Caldecott Tunnel, linking Alameda & Contra Costa Counties in this state
California
Megan
|
$400
[26]
Many of the more than 50,000 members of this Indian group live in Arizona & New Mexico
the Apache
Cora
|
|
$800
[12]
With the capture of Messina in 1061, the Normans began their conquest of this island
Sicily
Cora
Megan
Jeffrey
|
$800
[3]
1960:"Death is the only freedom a slave knows. That's why he's not afraid of it. That's why we'll win"
Spartacus
Cora
|
$800
[17]
Ah, to see the firsteggsof this bird in spring
robins
Megan
|
$800
[8]
It's the hearty nickname for the blokes seen here
Beefeaters
Cora
|
$800
[22]
Carpoolers traversing this Washington city via Highway 99 may pass through the Battery Street Tunnel
Seattle
Jeffrey
|
$800
[27]
It's the type of "rush" that prepares you for "fight or flight"
adrenaline
Megan
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Guido D'Arezzo revolutionized music, changing the 2-line stave into one of this many, one fewer than we have now
4
Megan
|
$1,200
[4]
1964:"Mr. President I'm not saying we wouldn't get our hair mussed. But I do say no more than 10-20 million killed, tops"
Dr. Strangelove
Cora
|
$1,200
[18]
You might recognize this little sucker from his colorfulbelly
the yellow-bellied sapsucker
Cora
Megan
|
$1,200
[9]
Depicting the Norman Conquest, it measures over 200 feet long & was probably stitched during the late 11th c.
the Bayeux Tapestry
Cora
|
$1,200
[23]
NYC stockbrokers from Secaucus can carpool through this "presidential" structure that opened in 1937
the Lincoln Tunnel
Cora
|
$1,200
[28]
Along with Lorraine, this French province was annexed by Germany in 1871
Alsace
Megan
|
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1022, 13 members of the Heretical Cathari Sect were burned in this city; the "maid" came in to clean up the ashes
Orléans
Megan
|
$2,000
[6]
1944:"Oh Mortimer don't be so inquisitive. The gentleman died because he drank some wine with poison in it"
Arsenic and Old Lace
Megan
|
$1,600
[19]
Name in common to the bird & plant seen here
a bird of paradise
Megan
|
$1,600
[10]
"The Old Lady of Threadneedle Street", it was founded in 1694 partly to finance William III's French wars
the Bank of England
Megan
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
An international tunnel takes carpoolers from this city, Canada's Auto Capital, to Detroit, the USA's Motor City
Windsor, Ontario
Cora
|
$1,600
[29]
This 1970s book, later a movie, told the true & gripping tale of survival in the Andes after a 1972 plane crash
Alive
Cora
|
|
$2,000
[15]
When St. Bruno founded this hermitage in 1084, the other monks were yellow-green with envy
Chartreuse
Megan
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
1944:"We were talking about automobile insurance, only you were thinking about murder"
Double Indemnity
Cora
|
$2,000
[20]
A tilt-rotor aircraft used by the U.S. military bears the name of this fish-eatinghawk
an osprey
Megan
|
$2,000
[11]
The Wars of the Roses ended in August 1485 with the battle at this field
Bosworth
Cora
|
$2,000
[25]
Pittsburgh's Fort Pitt Tunnel takes carpoolers to this river, not the Allegheny or the Ohio
the Monongahela
Megan
|
$2,000
[30]
Next time you fall on your behind, be grateful for this cushioning tissue of fat cells just below the skin
adipose
Megan
|
Fired from a job for laziness, he wrote, "I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer grass"
Walt Whitman