First game of Season 25.New title graphics.New theme music and new "Think!" music.Jeopardy! Round dollar values no longer "pop in".
Kurt Davies — a waiter from Carrboro, North Carolina
Greg Lindsay — a freelance journalist from Brooklyn, New York
Emily Thorsley — an administrative assistant from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $3,000 | $6,400 | $19,200 |
$13,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$19,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Greg | $2,200 | $6,600 | $12,200 |
$20,200
New champion: $20,200 |
$8,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Kurt | $2,000 | $2,200 | $9,500 |
$14,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| ZOOLOGY | MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL | RHYME TRAP | 25 | YEARS | A LOOK BACK WITHJEOPARDY! |
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$200
[6]
In the Amazon one species of this flying mammal hangs out (literally) in a tent that it makes out of a big leaf
a bat
Kurt
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$200
[11]
On Nov. 1, 2007, after a 12-year run in the Bronx, this Yankees manager became the manager of the Dodgers
(Joe) Torre
Emily
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$200
[1]
A beret
a cap
Kurt
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$200
[21]
At age 25, he won the Raymond Orteig Prize of $25,000 for the first solo flight between New York & Paris
Lindbergh
Emily
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$200
[16]
A House of Representatives vote of 323-89 helped make Hawaii the 50th state in this year
1959
Greg
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$200
[26]
We made ourdebutin September of 1984, & so did this spare heir seen here
Prince Harry
Greg
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$400
[7]
Until adulthood this "paternal" spiderlike arachnid molts, a process that takes about 20 minutes
daddy longlegs
Emily
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$400
[12]
In the 1960s only 3 men exceeded 50 home runs in a season: Maris & Mantle in 1961 & this S.F. Giant in 1965
(Willie) Mays
Greg
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$400
[2]
Sugar maples contain it
sap
Emily
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$400
[22]
From 1937 to 1949, he successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title a record 25 times
(Joe) Louis
Greg
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$400
[17]
Gerald Ford moved out of the White House in this year
1977
Kurt
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$400
[27]
1989 saw ourfirst college tournament, & in this country, studentproteststhat began the Velvet Revolution
Czechoslovakia
Emily
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$600
[8]
Many fish use camouflage as protection, like the sargassum fish, which has evolved to resemble this
seaweed
Emily
Greg
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$600
[13]
This current Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher has led the major leagues in strikeouts 9 times
Randy Johnson
Greg
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$600
[3]
Proverbial place "of luxury"
a lap
Kurt
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$600
[23]
Chapter 25 of this biblical book begins, "Then again Abraham took a wife, and her name was Keturah"
Genesis
Emily
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$600
[18]
There was no ice-scape for more than 1,500 in April of this year when the Titanic sank
1912
Emily
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$600
[28]
For our tenth anniversary, there wasno joyin Mudville ashedeclared the World Series canceled due to a labor dispute
(Bud) Selig
Emily
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|
$800
[9]
The hair of this Arctic ruminant may reach a length of 4 feet
a musk ox
Emily
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$800
[14]
This Seattle Mariner's 2004 batting average of .372 is the highest of the 21st century
Ichiro Suzuki
Greg
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$800
[4]
Ann Miller's dance specialty
tap
Emily
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$800
[24]
In 1919 this beverage company was sold to Atlanta banker Ernest Woodruff for $25 million
Coca-Cola
Greg
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$800
[19]
Barbara Tuchman's "The Guns of August" has also been published as "August" this fateful year
1914
Greg
|
$800
[29]
Things unveiled in 1999 included mystaron the Hollywood Walk of Fame &this London structure
the Millennium Dome
Kurt
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|
DD
$1,000
[10]
The collared species of this rodent known for its migrations has dark fur except in the winter, when it's totally white
a lemming
Emily
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$1,000
[15]
This reliever with an intimidating fastball & mustache entered Cooperstown in 2008
(Rich "Goose") Gossage
Greg
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$1,000
[5]
A globe is a round one
a map
Kurt
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$1,000
[25]
It averages a height of 25 feet for its length of more than 1,500 miles
the Great Wall of China
Emily
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$1,000
[20]
Mary Lou Retton won Olympic gymnastic gold in Los Angeles in this year
1984
Greg
Kurt
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$1,000
[30]
In 2004, we put out a 20th anniversarybook, & after handing sovereignty back to Iraq's government, hestarted his memoirs
(Paul) Bremer
Greg
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| COLONIAL WILLIAMSBURG | REEL LIFE | ONGOING MILITARY CONFLICTS | EXPRESS YOURSELF | AT THE DRUGSTORE | PEEKABOO, "ICU"! |
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$400
[26]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from Duke of Gloucester St. in Colonial Williamsburg.) I'm on Duke of Gloucester Street in Williamsburg, whichthisU.S. president called "the most historic avenue in all America" when he visited in 1934
FDR
Kurt
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$400
[7]
2004:Jamie Foxx as this musical marvel
Ray Charles
Kurt
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$400
[1]
This country vs.Chechen rebels
Russia
Kurt
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$400
[6]
Thoreau said, "If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different" this
drummer
Emily
Greg
Kurt
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$400
[16]
Containing "1/4 moisturizing lotion", this brand of cleansing bars "won't dry your face like soap can"
Dove
Emily
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$400
[21]
Our judges estimate the degree of this 10-letter word meaning "trouble" to be 2.5
difficulty
Emily
|
|
$800
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew indicates piece of women's apparel.) 18th century women didn't mind looking hippy; they extended their skirts with panniers, known in English as these
hoops
Greg
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$800
[8]
1988:Sigourney Weaver as this battlesome zoologist
Dian Fossey
Emily
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$800
[2]
This country vs.rebel groups in Darfur
Sudan
Emily
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$800
[12]
A "sop to" this mythic canine is a conciliatory bribe; so you'd better bring 3
Cerberus
Emily
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$800
[17]
Metamucil, a product designed to add this to the diet, also helps lower cholesterol
fiber
Kurt
|
$800
[22]
Sink your teeth into this word or its synonym premolar
bicuspid
Emily
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew tends bar in Raleigh Tavern, Williamsburg, VA.) Williamsburg's Raleigh Tavern is the place where, in 1776, students from William & Mary met to form this Greek letter society, an emblem of high achievement
Phi Beta Kappa
Emily
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$1,200
[9]
2002:Salma Hayek as this Mexican artist
Frida Kahlo
Kurt
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$1,200
[3]
This Asian country vs.Tamil separatists
Sri Lanka
Greg
Kurt
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$1,200
[13]
Philip Roth titled his 1973 work this, synonymous with the U.S. concept of a mythical magnum opus
Great American Novel
Emily
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$1,200
[18]
Originally making honey & candles, this brand now focuses on "Earth friendly, natural personal care" products
Burt's Bees
Kurt
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$1,200
[23]
Here we go 'round the mulberry family for this tree, vine & shrub genus
Ficus
Emily
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|
$1,600
[29]
(Kelly and Jon of the Clue Crew are both a bit stuck in Williamsburg, VA.) In Colonial times, pig stealers were exposed to public derision at the pillory &those, a term that reminds us of Wall Street
stocks
Greg
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$1,600
[10]
1952:Marlon Brando as this south-of-the-border soldier
Zapata
Emily
|
DD
$1,700
[4]
This South American country vs.the ELN, AUC & FARC
Colombia
Kurt
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$1,600
[14]
In "The Second Coming", Yeats wrote that this "cannot hold; mere anarchy is loosed upon the world"
the center
Greg
|
$1,600
[19]
Good news for allergy sufferers: like Claritin, this rival brand from McNeil is now available over-the-counter
Zyrtec
Emily
Kurt
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$1,600
[24]
On Jan. 28, 2008 Ed Schafer was sworn in as the 29th head of this cabinet department
Agriculture
Emily
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|
DD
$6,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from inside the Capitol Building in Williamsburg, VA.) Founded in Jamestown in 1619, this group that met here in Williamsburg's capitol in the 1700s was the first representative legislative body in America
the House of Burgesses
Greg
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$2,000
[11]
1994:Jennifer Jason Leigh as this Round Table wit
(Dorothy) Parker
Emily
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$2,000
[5]
This country vs.Lashkar-e-Taiba & other Kashmiri separatists
India
Greg
Kurt
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$2,000
[15]
Adam Smith wrote of one of these hard-to-see body parts when describing laissez-faire
an invisible hand
Emily
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$2,000
[20]
This compound used in combination with chondroitin may ease arthritis pain & stimulate new cartilage growth
glucosamine
Greg
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$2,000
[25]
From the Latin for "visible", it means obvious & easily seen
conspicuous
Greg
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A statue of this man is being erected inside the Vatican's walls near where he was locked up in 1633
Galileo