Larissa Kelly game 3.
Judith Koveleskie — a librarian from Greensburg, Pennsylvania
Deborah Gronich Tate — a freelance writer from Austin, Texas
Larissa Kelly — a grad student from El Cerrito, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $80,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larissa | $3,600 | $6,400 | $16,000 |
$28,000
3-day champion: $108,600 |
$16,000
21 R, 2 W |
| Deborah | $4,200 | $6,600 | $13,800 |
$26,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Judith | $1,200 | $3,400 | $13,200 |
$16,201
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| 20th CENTURY NOVELS | GAMES | CLOTHES-MINDED | HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | ALABAMA | THE "HEART" OF DIXIE |
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$200
[1]
Mick, a sensitive tomboy, is one of the longing-filled characters in the 1940 novel "The Heart Is" this
The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
Judith
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$200
[2]
When you're playing this party game, you could call it "Attach the Terminal Vertebrae to the Jackass"
Pin the Tail on the Donkey
Deborah
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$200
[7]
These parts of an evening gown bear the name of a pasta
spaghetti straps
Judith
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$200
[30]
Although this tree-planting holiday originated in America, it is now celebrated in other countries
Arbor Day
Larissa
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$200
[19]
Alabama first became a state in 1819 & then left the Union in this year
1861
Larissa
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$200
[23]
Zantac & Pepcid are used to counteract it
heartburn
Larissa
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$400
[9]
A young girl's trial testimony against her rapist inspired his novel "A Time to Kill"
(John) Grisham
Larissa
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$400
[3]
When you're playing this board game trademarked in 1948, you'll draw up to 7 letter tiles
Scrabble
Deborah
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$400
[8]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Japan.) This sash that ties the kimono varies in style with seasons & occasions, & can cost much more than the kimono
an obi
Larissa
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$400
[29]
It's the Jewish Day of Atonement
Yom Kippur
Larissa
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$400
[20]
Students at the Alabama Institute for the Deaf & Blind know that this woman is on their state quarter
Helen Keller
Larissa
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$400
[24]
The answer is, in a mouse about 600, in an elephant about 30 & in a human about 70
heartbeats per minute
Larissa
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$600
[10]
In the Stephen King book, Annie Wilkes loves company, but only author Paul Sheldon's
Misery
Deborah
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$600
[4]
In checkers this piece can move forwards & backwards
the king
Deborah
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$600
[11]
4-letter term for a fancy fabric woven with metallic threads & popular for evening wear
lamé
Deborah
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$600
[28]
The name of this American holiday is from the Swahili for "first fruits"
Kwanzaa
Judith
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$600
[21]
The anthem "Sweet Home Alabama" is by this Southern rock band
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Deborah
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$600
[26]
The Jarvik-7, one of these, was first used in 1982 on 61-year-old Barney Clark
an artificial heart
Judith
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$800
[14]
In 1955 he got an offer he couldn't refuse: the publication of his first novel, "The Dark Arena"
(Mario) Puzo
Larissa
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$800
[5]
(Cheryl of the Clue Crew reports from Las Vegas.) James Bond loves to play a high-stakes version of Baccarat known by this 3-word French name
Chemin de Fer
Judith
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$800
[12]
Trading on its century-old name, this company abbreviated A&F sells hip casual clothes
Abercrombie & Fitch
Deborah
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$800
[17]
On February 15, we remember this ship that was sunk in 1898
the Maine
Deborah
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$800
[16]
This man whose last name is on an Ohio Air Force base also taught flying at what's now Alabama's Maxwell AFB
Wilbur Wright
Judith
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$800
[27]
Technically it's a myocardial infarction
a heart attack
Judith
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$1,000
[15]
The 8,000-copy first printing of this Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel sold out in a week
A Hundred Years of Solitude
Larissa
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$1,000
[6]
Join in & tell us that this is the lowest-rated suit in contract bridge
clubs
Deborah
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$1,000
[13]
He studied medicine & served in the Italian army before becoming a clothing designer & opening his Emporio shops
(Giorgio) Armani
Larissa
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
On Nov. 29 this state celebrates the birthday of Nellie Tayloe Ross, the USA's first woman governor
Wyoming
Deborah
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$1,000
[22]
If you're visiting the White House--the first White House of the Confederacy, that is--you're in this city
Montgomery
Larissa
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$1,000
[25]
Elvis might have said thank you, thank you very much for this 1956 No. 1 hit
"Heartbreak Hotel"
Judith
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| CLASSICAL MUSIC | ACTOR'S RESUME | ROMANCE & HISTORY | POTPOURRI AROUND THE WORLD | CHEMISTRY | IN THE DICTIONARY |
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$400
[26]
Vivaldi & Hummel wrote concertos for this pear-shaped guitarlike instrument
a mandolin
Larissa
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$400
[18]
"Wall Street","Fatal Attraction","You, Me and Dupree"
Michael Douglas
Judith
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$400
[1]
Her marriage to Napoleon was almost nipped in the bud when she dallied with a dapper captain in the 1790s
Josephine (de Beauharnais)
Larissa
Judith
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$400
[4]
The Ninety-Nines, an organization of women pilots, bestows memorial scholarships named for this woman
(Amelia) Earhart
Larissa
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$400
[23]
2007 Nobel laureate Gerhard Ertl has studied the conversion of this monoxide to this dioxide, as in cars
carbon
Deborah
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$400
[8]
By definition, a number that's infinitesimal is close to, but greater than, this
zero
Deborah
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$800
[27]
Tchaikovsky simultaneously composed early sketches for the "Pathetique" symphony & this lively ballet suite
the Nutcracker
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$800
[19]
"L.A. Confidential","3:10 To Yuma","American Gangster"
Russell Crowe
Larissa
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$800
[2]
This future president's romance with Ann Rutledge is now believed to be a myth
Lincoln
Judith
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$800
[14]
On Feb. 19 2008 this longtime leader announced he'd give up his presidency
(Fidel) Castro
Larissa
Deborah
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$800
[24]
Molecules of these 2 elements are the major constituents of air
nitrogen & oxygen
Larissa
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$800
[9]
Meaning "having imagined while asleep", it's one of the few English words that end with "mt"
dreamt
Judith
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$1,200
[28]
Giuseppe Gazzaniga & this composer based their "Don Giovanni" operas on the same libretto
Mozart
Larissa
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$1,200
[20]
"Sense and Sensibility","Four Weddings and a Funeral","Music and Lyrics"
Hugh Grant
Judith
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$1,600
[5]
Dorothea Jordan, who found fame in this profession, found time to have 10 children with the future King Wm. IV
an actress
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$1,200
[15]
The Virgin Islands celebrate Thanksgiving in October to give thanks to the end of this weather "season"
hurricane season
Deborah
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$1,200
[25]
Alnico magnets are so named because they're alloys of aluminum, nickel & this
cobalt
Deborah
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$1,200
[10]
Reniform means shaped like this bodily organ; you might have a reniform pool
the kidney
Larissa
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$1,600
[29]
Joseph Joachim, a friend of this German composer, lived to make a 1903 recording of his works
Johannes Brahms
Judith
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$1,600
[21]
"Contact","The Accused","The Brave One"
Jodie Foster
Deborah
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$2,000
[13]
Mme. de Maintenon was governess to this king's out-of-wedlock children before she became his mistress c. 1670
Louis XIV
Larissa
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$1,600
[16]
Many Indian foods are accompanied by these popular relishes of spices & fruits often made from mangoes
chutneys
Deborah
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$1,600
[6]
It's the most abundant protein in the human body; the animal kind is boiled to make gelatin
collagen
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$1,600
[11]
Arabic for "peace", it's a salutation in the East, as well as a low bow
salaam
Judith
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$2,000
[30]
His first mature orchestral work, 1894's "Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun", was based on a poem by Stephane Mallarme
Debussy
Larissa
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$2,000
[22]
"Bram Stoker's Dracula","Sid and Nancy","Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"
Gary Oldman
Larissa
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DD
$3,000
[3]
Lord Byron's lover Marianna Segati was married to a "Merchant of" this city who was Byron's landlord
Venice
Judith
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$2,000
[17]
Many of this country's postage stamps reproduce paintings in Prince Hans-Adam's art collection
Liechtenstein
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$2,000
[7]
A chemical in its Scotchgards persisted in the environment, so this company pulled the products
3M
Judith
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DD
$2,000
[12]
It's a synonym for "ashen" or a term for a region within an imposed boundary; don't go "beyond" it
the pale
Judith
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Its preface says, "The English have no respect for their language, & will not teach their children to speak it"
Pygmalion