Brian Muth — a headmaster from Napa, California
Kate McCoy — a preschool teacher and tutor from Seaford, New York
David Skaar — a research scientist from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 3-day cash winnings total $102,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $5,400 | $9,600 | $23,600 |
$11,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$23,400
31 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kate | $1,000 | $2,600 | $1,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,400
6 R, 1 W |
| Brian | $2,800 | $5,000 | $17,600 |
$23,100
New champion: $23,100 |
$15,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN | COLOR-FULL WORDS | PETER, PETER | PUMPKIN EATER | HAD A WIFE & COULDN'T KEEP HER | C'EST LA "V" |
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$200
[1]
The title adventures concern a young boy named Huckleberry Finn & an escaped slave of this name
Jim
Brian
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$200
[6]
Astronomer John Herschel developed the process to make this type of architectural drawing
a blueprint
David
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$200
[16]
Jason Alexander & this "Columbo" actor co-starred in the 2000 play "Defiled" at L.A.'s Geffen Playhouse
Peter Falk
David
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$200
[11]
Alton Brown shreds 3 cups of fresh pumpkin to make one loaf of this
pumpkin bread
Brian
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$200
[26]
She wasn't Henry VIII's first wife, but she was the first that he beheaded
Anne Boleyn
Kate
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$200
[21]
As I hold the door for you oh-so-politely, I say "apres" this (yes, this means "you")
vous
David
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$400
[2]
Of the 1860s, the 1880s or the 1900s, the decade in which Mark Twain wrote the book
1880s
David
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$400
[7]
At night this good-natured elf secretly helps out with housework
a brownie
David
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$400
[17]
Christopher Knight, more recently of "Celebrity Circus", played Peter on this classic family sitcom
The Brady Bunch
David
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$400
[12]
Paula Deen puts a twist on tradition--instead of pumpkin pie, it's pumpkin gooey butter cakes for this holiday
Thanksgiving
Kate
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$400
[27]
Instead of becoming a pillar of the community, this biblical man's wife became just a pillar
Lot
David
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$400
[22]
If you want French people to be nice to you, learn this French phrase that means "Long live France!"
Vive la France !
Kate
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$600
[3]
The book was based on Mark Twain's recollections of his childhood in this state
Missouri
Brian
|
$600
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew points her remote, first at you, and then at her digital camera.) You don't see anything happening when you press your remote, but hold it up to a camera & you can see it's communicating to the TV using this spectrum of light
infrared
David
|
$600
[18]
This director saw Cybill Shepherd on the cover of Glamour & decided she'd be perfect for "The Last Picture Show"
Peter Bogdanovich
David
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$600
[13]
Emeril says to shell these & toast them before putting them in his mole verde sauce
pumpkin seeds
Kate
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$600
[28]
Her second husband divorcedher, also known as "Old Hatchet Face", soon after she started smashing saloons
Carrie Nation
David
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$600
[23]
A type of mineral water sparkles with the name of this French spa town, the capital of unoccupied France
Vichy
Brian
|
|
$800
[4]
This award-winning musical composed by Roger Miller was based on the book
Big River
David
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$800
[9]
During the Middle Ages, the Arabs reintroduced to Europe this process of converting hides to leather
tanning
David
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$800
[19]
Hercule Poirot could detect that this actor won Oscars for "Spartacus" & "Topkapi"
Peter Ustinov
David
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$800
[14]
Out of pumpkin? Tyler Florence says you can substitute the butternut type of this in his pumpkin soup
squash
Brian
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$800
[29]
Pauline, this emperor's sister, left her second husband in 1803 to do fun things like go to Paris & pose nude
Napoleon
Brian
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$800
[24]
The French term for a Peeping Tom isn't Tomas le Peepe, it's this
voyeur
Brian
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|
DD
$1,200
[5]
Along the way Huck meets 2 swindlers known as the Duke & this title used for heirs to the French crown
the Dauphin
David
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$1,000
[10]
Teaberry plant leaves have an oil with astringent properties that's used for this gum flavor
wintergreen
David
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$1,000
[20]
Sir Walter Scott wrote a tale called "The Talisman" in 1825; Stephen King & this man, a little more recently
Peter Straub
|
$1,000
[15]
Giada de Laurentiis adds 6 of these "wise" leaves to her pumpkin ravioli with toasted hazelnuts
sage
Brian
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$1,000
[30]
After a scandalous celebration, his wife Pompeia was no longer "above suspicion" & he divorced her
(Julius) Caesar
David
|
$1,000
[25]
It's true:"C'est" this is French for "it's true"
vrai
Kate
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| THE CIVIL WAR: A FILM BY KEN BURNS | FROM PAGE TO SCREEN | "G"EOGRAPHY | SPEED METAL | WEIGHTS & MEASURES | FISH MARKET |
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[1]
(Ken Burns reads.) In 1862thismilitary man garnered the nickname "Unconditional Surrender"
U.S. Grant
David
|
$400
[23]
"Lost Moon" by astronaut Jim Lovell launched this 1995 film
Apollo 13
David
|
$400
[7]
This Ecuadorian island group straddles the equator, but Isabela is the only one through which it passes
the Galápagos
David
|
$400
[2]
Alloy meaning you finished third
bronze
David
|
$400
[8]
In 1308 Edward II ordained that this measurement of length was to be the equivalent of 3 grains of barley
an inch
Brian
|
$400
[21]
A halberd is a shafted weapon with an axe-like blade & a spike
pike (in s pike )
Kate
|
|
$800
[17]
(Ken Burns reads.)Thispresident said, "If the Confederacy fails, there should be written on its tombstone, 'Died of a theory'"
Jefferson Davis
David
|
$800
[24]
Gustav Hasford's Vietnam War novel "The Short Timers" was recruited as the basis for this Kubrick movie
Full Metal Jacket
David
|
$800
[9]
Charged $8 to take a boat ride on this body of water, Mark Twain quipped, "Do you wonder that Christ walked?"
the Sea of Galilee
David
|
$800
[3]
The Getzen Company makes this type of musical instrument
brass
|
$800
[10]
A keel of this fuel is 21.2 tons, the approx. weight of the fuel carried on barges on the River Tyne in 17th century England
coal
David
|
$800
[22]
Calving & icebergs occur when glaciers melt
smelt (in glacier s melt )
David
|
|
$1,200
[18]
(Ken Burns reads.) In 1859 Robert E. Lee was called upon to lead a force of Marines to end John Brown's raid on thearsenalat this site
Harpers Ferry
Brian
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$1,200
[25]
Isaac Asimov's "The Positronic Man" became this Robin Williams film, also with "Man" in the title
Bicentennial Man
Brian
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$1,600
[14]
Until Moses had 'em hit the road, it was the land o' the Israelites in Egypt
Goshen
David
Kate
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$1,200
[4]
One tin solder is traditionally an alloy of tin & this heavy metal
lead
Brian
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$1,200
[11]
Now used in horse racing, its name is Old English for "the length of a furrow"
a furlong
David
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$1,200
[28]
Tahini is a yummy paste made from ground sesame seeds
ahi (in T ahi ni)
|
|
$1,600
[19]
(Ken Burns reads.) The surrender took place at Wilmer McLean'shome; years earlier & 130 miles away, his back yard had been part of this first Civil War battle
Manassas (or Bull Run)
David
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$1,600
[26]
The comic book "Hellblazer" crossed over to the big screen as this 2005 Keanu Reeves flick
Constantine
David
|
$2,000
[15]
"Where the West Lives!" is the slogan of this "valuable" Colorado city
Golden
David
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$1,600
[5]
An iron-carbon alloy of less than 2% carbon
stainless steel
David
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$1,600
[12]
The prefix mega means one million; this prefix means one billion
giga
Brian
|
$1,600
[29]
The highest British honor, the Order of the Garter, was founded by Edward III in 1348
gar (in Gar ter)
|
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DD
$2,000
[20]
(Ken Burns reads.) There were more than 20,000 Confederate & Union casualties at this Tennesseebattlewhose name means "place of peace" in Hebrew
Shiloh
Brian
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$2,000
[27]
Bari Woods' novel "Twins" became this 1988 film starring Jeremy Irons in a dual role
Dead Ringers
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
The ceiba, held sacred by the Mayans, is the national tree of this country
Guatemala
Brian
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$2,000
[6]
The Witwatersrand once produced 40% of the world's supply of this precious stuff
gold
Brian
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$2,000
[16]
When buying firewood, it might help to know that a full one of these measures 4' high by 4' wide by 8' long
a cord
Brian
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$2,000
[30]
In the fifth year of his reign, Ramses III of Egypt routed invaders known as "The Sea Peoples"
trout (in Egyp t rout ed)
David
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With inflation raging there at more than 2.2 million%, this nation issued $100 billion notes in 2008
Zimbabwe