Dan Pawson game 5.
Chris Falcinelli — an owner of a tutoring and test-prep business from Brooklyn, New York
Katy Halpern — a stay-at-home mom from Dublin, California
Dan Pawson — a legislative aide from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $86,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $7,600 | $9,200 | $23,200 |
$23,000
5-day champion: $109,100 |
$16,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Katy | $400 | $3,200 | $7,600 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
13 R, 1 W |
| Chris | $1,600 | $3,600 | $11,400 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| EYE ON AFRICA | CRAIGS LIST | THE STAMP ACT | AN "A" IN AMERICAN HISTORY | IT'S ON THE TIP OF MY TONGUE | RHYME STOPPER |
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$200
[11]
If Bogie were still Running Rick's Cafe Americain like he did on film, he'd be living in this country
Morocco
Chris
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$200
[22]
Valerie Bertinelli has joined Kirstie Alley as a spokesperson for this weight-loss program
Jenny Craig
Katy
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$200
[17]
Introduced in 2007, the Forever Stamp "rings in" the 41-cent rate, depicting this American icon
the Liberty Bell
Dan
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$200
[6]
On March 6, 1836 Jim Bowie, weak as a kitten from illness, was killed by Mexican troops while lying in his cot there
the Alamo
Dan
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$200
[12]
You know, this place... London's West End... 775 rooms, 4 main wings, a 40-acre garden... Ah, geez...
Buckingham Palace
Dan
|
$200
[1]
A big lie, or a Burger King favorite
a whopper
Katy
|
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$400
[13]
On landing in Accra, the very first Peace Corps volunteers sang this country's national anthem on the tarmac
Ghana
Dan
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$400
[23]
In 2006 this actor was in Bond-age & left moviegoers shaken & stirred
Daniel Craig
Dan
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$400
[18]
The EID Stamp, featuring Arabic calligraphy, celebrates festivals of this religion
Islam
Dan
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$400
[7]
This 3-word Virginia village, site of a surrender, was made a National Historic Park in 1954
Appomattox Court House
Chris
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$400
[24]
Singing this way... Like Tyrolean mountaineers... Going from ordinary voice to falsetto & back... It's right there...
yodeling
Katy
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$400
[2]
Mayor James Harper equipped the NYC police with their first uniforms, with buttons made of this
copper
Katy
|
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$600
[14]
This nation has the dubious distinction as the birthplace of the Internet e-mail scams known as 419 Fraud
Nigeria
Dan
|
$600
[25]
As food editor of this newspaper, Craig Claiborne gave all the recipes that were fit to print for nearly 30 years
The New York Times
Dan
|
$600
[19]
The Crops of the Americas stamps included corn & this state flower of Kansas
the sunflower
Katy
|
$600
[8]
On New Year's Day 1801, she opened the executive mansion to visitors for the first time
Abigail Adams
Dan
|
$600
[26]
It's a weather term... Perhaps from a word for "long grass on damp ground", it describes a daze... I'm in one now...
fog
|
$600
[3]
A helicopter or a motorcycle
a chopper
Dan
|
|
$800
[15]
In the first Allied victory of World War I, Togo was captured from this European country
Germany
|
$800
[29]
This funny Scotsman is seen here& on late, late television
Craig Ferguson
Katy
Chris
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$800
[20]
A triangular stamp honoring the 400th anniversary of its settlement depicts the Discovery, the Godspeed & the Susan Constant
Jamestown
Katy
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$800
[9]
In 1942 Japanese forces captured Attu in this Alaskan island group & relocated its inhabitants
the Aleutians
Dan
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$800
[27]
Oh yeah, this car company... It makes the Explorer & the Excursion... I can't believe I'm blanking here...
Ford
Chris
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$800
[4]
He rode on the same last flight as Ritchie Valens & Buddy Holly
the Big Bopper
Katy
|
|
$1,000
[16]
The Drakensberg Mountains form part of South Africa's border with this small landlocked country
Lesotho
Katy
Chris
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$1,000
[30]
Craig Bierko played Max Baer in this 2005 film about Depression-era boxer Jim Braddock
Cinderella Man
|
$1,000
[21]
A 1-cent stamp that's part of the American design series shows a lamp named for this designer
(Louis Comfort) Tiffany
Chris
|
DD
$3,200
[10]
Secretary of State under Truman, he negotiated the treaty that led to the formation of NATO in 1949
(Dean) Acheson
Dan
|
$1,000
[28]
Oh man, this guy... Was director of scientific studies at the Ecole Normale in 1857... Him"-ization"... Help me out here!
(Louis) Pasteur
Chris
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$1,000
[5]
The cone-headed type of this is related to the katydid
a grasshopper
Dan
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| AMELIA EARHART | THE NATIONAL RECORDING REGISTRY | SCIENCE CLASS | LET'S GET SAUCED | DEATH OF AN AUTHOR | "Z" END |
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$400
[23]
In June 1928 Amelia became the first woman to fly across this body of water, though she was only a passenger
the Atlantic
Dan
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$400
[16]
The latest recording on the 2006 additions to the list is this Paul Simon album recorded with African musicians
Graceland
Katy
|
$400
[11]
This "Age" is divided into the Paleolithic, the Mesolithic, & the Neolithic
the Stone Age
Chris
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$400
[21]
You can tell from the name that a vin blanc sauce has this specific type of potent potable in it
white wine
Dan
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$400
[1]
She died on July 18, 1817 after dealing with some pride & prejudice in her day
Jane Austen
Katy
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$400
[5]
It was first dispensed as a peppermint candy in Vienna
Pez
Chris
|
|
$800
[24]
Amelia was promised her independence when she married George Putnam, of a prominent family in this business
publishing
|
$800
[17]
This singer made the list with his 1920 recording of "Swanee"
Al Jolson
Chris
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$800
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue.) We've rubbed the pigment of a radish on these cards; lemon juiceturns the pigment orange, indicating that it's an acid; milk of magnesiaturns it blue, indicating that it's this
a base
Dan
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$800
[22]
Chasseur sauce, aka this style sauce, gets its name because it was originally meant for badly shot game
hunter sauce
|
$800
[2]
On Sept. 28, 1891 he died in New York City after a whale of a life
(Herman) Melville
Katy
|
$800
[7]
The name of this, a thin pancake filled with cheese or fruit, is from the Yiddish
a blintz
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[25]
Amelia's first plane was bright yellow & named for this songbird
a canary
Katy
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$1,600
[19]
He's the populist pol heardherein a 1935 speech"Every man a king: every man sharing in the splendor and abundance of God's Earth."
Huey Long
Dan
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$1,200
[13]
As a visiting scientist to this Caltech lab, Carl Sagan contributed to the first missions to Venus
JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
|
$1,200
[28]
Go "Dutch" & tell me the name of this butter, egg yolk, & lemon juice sauce
hollandaise
Dan
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$1,200
[3]
No amount of electricity could reanimate her on Feb. 1, 1851
(Mary) Shelley
Dan
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$1,200
[8]
A schmancy hotel gives us this word for a fancy display that you might "put on"
the Ritz
Dan
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$1,600
[26]
In 1935 Amelia flew solo in about 18 hours from Wheeler Field, located here, to Oakland, California
Hawaii
Chris
|
$2,000
[20]
His 1963 "Live at the Apollo" album brought his soul to a wider audience
James Brown
Chris
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$1,600
[14]
Gustav Kirchhoff & Robert Bunsen used this prismed "scope" to see the bands of colored light each element produced
a spectroscope
Dan
Chris
|
$1,600
[29]
"The butter of Provence", this sauce gets its name from the French for garlic, "ail"
aioli
Katy
|
$2,000
[6]
It was this author, not the wallpaper, who went on Nov. 30, 1900
(Oscar) Wilde
Dan
|
$1,600
[9]
Adjective meaning artificial or synthetic
ersatz
|
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$2,000
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is in the pilot's seat of a cockpit mockup.) I'm at the National Geographic Society's Explorers Hall in a Lockheed Electralike the one in which Amelia Earhart took off from this large island on her last flight
New Guinea
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
The Fisk Jubilee Singers were coming for to carry this spiritual onto the Registry
"Swing Low, Sweet Chariot"
Chris
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$2,000
[15]
Named for a physicist, it's the amount of work done when 1 amp passes through 1 ohm of resistance for 1 second
a joule
Dan
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$2,000
[30]
Gherkins & anchovies go in this chilled, flavored mayonnaise that's big in Cajun shrimp dishes
remoulade
|
DD
$6,000
[4]
After Oct. 19, 1745 he would make no more modest proposals
(Jonathan) Swift
Dan
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$2,000
[10]
This unit of frequency is equal to one cycle per second
hertz
Dan
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Rated "R" for violence, this 2004 film set in ancient times is the highest-grossing "R" movie ever in the U.S.
The Passion of the Christ