(Sofia: Get behind the wheel of one of these babies--stock car clues coming up onJeopardy!)
Janice Eisen — a writer and editor from Brookfield, Wisconsin
Brandon Sawyer — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Keith Parrish — a social studies teacher from Goldsboro, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith | $4,000 | $8,800 | $11,800 |
$4,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brandon | $600 | $3,200 | $9,600 |
$4,801
New champion: $4,801 |
$9,600
12 R, 2 W |
| Janice | $3,000 | $5,200 | $2,400 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE HISTORY CHANNEL | RANKS & TITLES | TV THEME SONGS | THAT'S THE SPOT | TRANSPORTS OF DELIGHT | "OG" |
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$200
[9]
Sparta provided Greece's toughest men & its most gorgeous woman, this one who later lived elsewhere
Helen of Troy
Janice
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$200
[13]
A Hindu prince who ranks just above a rajah is known by this title
maharajah
Brandon
Janice
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$200
[1]
The Presidents of the United States perform its theme, "Cleveland Rocks"
The Drew Carey Show
Janice
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$200
[20]
This stickier version of "Jurassic Park" is at 5801 Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles
La Brea Tar Pits
Brandon
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$200
[26]
This 3-wheeler that kids long to graduate from was patented by M.A. Cherry in the 1880s
tricycle
Brandon
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$200
[2]
Many consider this Conde Nast magazine the world's fashion authority
Vogue
Janice
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$400
[12]
The Spartans' region, Laconia, & their dislike of wasting words gave us this English adjective
laconic
Brandon
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$400
[15]
Used chiefly in reference to Hitler, it's German for leader
fuhrer
Brandon
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$400
[4]
Spell it out:he's "The Leader of the Club That's Made for You and Me"
M-I-C-K-E-Y M-O-U-S-E
Janice
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$400
[21]
This patriot of few regrets was hanged in 1776 on what is now 66th & 3rd in New York City
Nathan Hale
Janice
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$400
[27]
This term for a racing boat propelled by oars is a homophone for a bony body part
scull
Keith
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$400
[3]
They're the noisy footwear seen here
clogs
Keith
|
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$600
[14]
The sight of this Greek letter emblazoned on Spartan shields terrified other warriors, even illiterate ones
lambda
Keith
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$600
[16]
This term for a Muslim ruler or judge is also the first name of the NBA's Mr. Olajuwon
Hakeem
Brandon
Janice
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$600
[6]
"Won't You Be My Neighbor?" is the theme to this series that began on PBS in 1970
Mister Rogers' Neighborhood
Keith
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$600
[23]
In 1993 Joe Carter hit a World Series-winning home run at 1 Blue Jays Way in this city
Toronto
Brandon
|
$600
[28]
(Sofia of the Clue Crew reports from the Richard Petty Driving Experience at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway) Some NASCAR tires are inflated to higher pressure than your tires, around 50 PSI, which stands for this
pounds per square inch
Keith
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$600
[5]
In 1867 the last one of these Japanese warrior rulers resigned & power returned to the emperor
Shogun
Keith
|
|
$800
[18]
For a Spartan name to appear on a tombstone, a man had to die in battle; a woman had to die this way
in childbirth
Keith
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$800
[17]
It's the U.S. Air Force rank abbreviated A1C
Airman First Class
Janice
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$800
[7]
This 1960s TV sitcom's theme song reminded us that it took place in a "tropic island nest"
Gilligan's Island
Keith
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$800
[24]
At 110 stories, see the taller side of Sears at 233 S. Wacker Dr, in this city
Chicago
Janice
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$800
[29]
Bred in 17th century Virginia, this horse with a "fractional" name is the oldest all-American breed
quarter horse
Janice
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$800
[10]
A typical one of these Navajo homes has 8 sides & 1 door which faces east
hogan
Janice
|
|
$1,000
[22]
It's the mountain pass featured in the following:It was the time & the place that would forever crystalize the essence of Sparta in a single event that future generations will turn to again & again
Thermopylae
Keith
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
It was the title of the chief magistrate of independent Genoa
doge
Keith
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$1,000
[8]
Jan Hammer had only one Top 40 hit, but it was a big one: the No. 1 theme from this police drama
Miami Vice
Keith
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$1,000
[25]
A sign that says "Get In Here" greets you at the Fog City Diner, located at 1300 Battery St. in this U.S. city
San Francisco
Brandon
|
$1,000
[30]
The first of these under the brand name Indian appeared in 1901 with a 1.75-horsepower engine
motorcycle
|
$1,000
[11]
The moon's farthest point from the Earth is referred to by this term
apogee
Janice
|
| BEFORE & AFTER | AMERICAN MOVIE REMAKES | MISNOMERS | ESSAY QUESTIONS | MULTIPLE CHOICE | SHORT ANSWERS |
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$400
[11]
The Wicked Witch of the West's skywritten demand of the 1976 ladies' Olympic figure skating champion
Surrender, Dorothy Hamill!
Brandon
|
$400
[1]
"The Seven Samurai"
The Magnificent Seven
Janice
|
$400
[6]
The Pennsylvania Dutch weren't Dutch immigrants, they were of this background
German
Keith
|
$400
[26]
A George Orwell essay argues for using this voice rather than the passive
active
Keith
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$400
[21]
An 1845 Wagner opera is titledA. "Blechtrommel"B. "Tannhauser"C. "Doppelganger"D. "Schweinhund"
B. Tannhauser
Keith
Janice
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$400
[16]
When you convert a pair of jeans into shorts, by definition you've made a pair of these
cut-offs
Keith
|
|
$800
[12]
'50s pop duo Phil & Don who also collected classic fairy tales
The Everly Brothers Grimm
Keith
|
$800
[2]
"Trois Hommes et un Couffin"
Three Men and a Baby
Keith
|
$800
[7]
This old corset-stiffening substance is actually baleen
whalebone
Janice
|
$800
[27]
Mary Beton is the imaginary speaker in her essay "A Room of One's Own"
Virginia Woolf
Janice
|
$800
[22]
This word isn't in the Constitution's First Amendment:A. pressB. redressC. compressD. establishment
C. compress
Janice
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$1,200
[18]
The "Who Wears Short Shorts?" commercials plugged this hair remover
Nair
Keith
Brandon
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Beatles tune that's "dying to take you away" to a European bike race begun in 1903
The Magical Mystery Tour de France
Keith
|
$1,200
[3]
"La Cage aux Folles"
The Birdcage
Keith
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$1,200
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates) Milk, seltzer & chocolate syrup combine to make this drink
egg cream
Janice
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$1,200
[28]
In 1859 John Stuart Mill published an essay "on" this; 12 years later Bartholdi designed a "Statue of" it
liberty
Keith
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$1,200
[23]
6' 7" NFL linebacker Ted Hendricks was known asA. "The Mad Crow"B. "The Mad Heron"C. "The Mad Stork"D. "The Mad Cow"
C. "The Mad Stork"
Keith
|
$1,600
[19]
Shorter than Bermudas, these shorts were named for an island far southwest of Bermuda
Jamaica shorts
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Haley Joel Osment "dead people" flick that featured Emma Thompson as Elinor Dashwood
The Sixth Sense and Sensibility
Brandon
|
$1,600
[4]
"Abre los Ojos"
Vanilla Sky
Brandon
Janice
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$1,600
[9]
What's called India ink didn't come from India, but from this country
China
|
$1,600
[29]
Novelist Henry's brother, his works include "The Will to Believe and Other Essays..."
William James
Janice
|
$1,600
[24]
The element with atomic number 34 isA. SolariumB. SphagnumC. SubstratumD. Selenium
D. Selenium
Keith
|
$2,000
[20]
Bicycle shorts often come in this spandex fiber, a DuPont trademark introduced in 1958
lycra
Keith
Brandon
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Proverb about repeating a task until it becomes flawless that turns into a Bronson Pinchot sitcom
practice makes Perfect Strangers
Keith
Janice
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$2,000
[5]
"Le Retour de Martin Guerre"
Sommersby
Brandon
Janice
|
DD
$4,000
[10]
Properly, it's the cavy; it's not from the place & not related to the animal in this other name
Guinea pig
Janice
|
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$2,000
[25]
Paris' Pompidou Center was designed byA. Angelo ViolaB. Renzo PianoC. Tonio PiccoloD. Gianni Tuba
B. Renzo Piano
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
Title undies of a San Francisco Film Society program that featured Charlie Chaplin in "The Champion" & "The Knockout"
"Boxer Shorts"
Keith
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In April 1952 he wrote in a poem, "Cherry blossoms are blooming full today, now is the nation's springtime"
Emperor Hirohito