Ben Bishop game 5.
Kathy Sahlmann — a pharmacist from Erie, Pennsylvania
Geoff Moore — a screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
Ben Bishop — a student originally from Seattle, Washington (whose 4-day cash winnings total $114,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $3,400 | $7,400 | $9,000 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
20 R, 5 W |
| Geoff | $1,600 | $5,900 | $11,500 |
$18,001
New champion: $18,001 |
$10,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Kathy | $2,400 | $-600 | $7,800 |
$10,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 10 W |
| RED STATES | THE OLYMPIC GAMES | MIDDLE NAMES | PLANTS | A NUMBER FROM 1 TO 10 | AD "LIB" |
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$200
[2]
Like Grosse Pointe, Redford is a suburb of the largest city in this state
Michigan
Kathy
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$200
[19]
The first Olympic Games were established to honor this "king of the gods"
Zeus
Geoff
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$200
[3]
Commander of the Army of Northern Virginia:Edward
(Robert E.) Lee
Kathy
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$200
[26]
In 2006 the city of L.A. Iimited its planting of this tall tree because it's disease-prone, non-native & gives little shade
the palm
Ben
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$200
[1]
American Express Card numbers start with 3; MasterCard numbers, with this digit
5
Geoff
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$200
[8]
It rang for the last time in February 1846
the Liberty Bell
Kathy
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$400
[10]
Red is one of the many colors in the palette of this state's "Painted Desert"
Arizona
Ben
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$400
[20]
The Winter Games are always held, all or in part, in this month
February
Ben
Geoff
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$400
[4]
An MGM studio founder & executive: Burt
Louis Mayer
Kathy
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$400
[27]
This plant family native to America originally had leaves, but they evolved into spines
the cactus
Geoff
Kathy
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$400
[16]
Ballplayers in a battery
2 (pitcher & catcher)
Ben
Kathy
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$400
[9]
This moniker for Simon Bolivar is ironic, as he became a dictator after defeating the Spanish
the Liberator
Geoff
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$600
[14]
Redwood City, Redding & Redlands are all cities in this state
California
Ben
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$600
[21]
Sprinter Merlene Ottey, an 8-time Olympic medalist, represented this Caribbean nation in competition
Jamaica
Geoff
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$600
[5]
A Jacksonian Democrat: Knox
(James K.) Polk
Ben
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$600
[28]
Archaeologists have found that varieties of this grain, like Emmer & Einkorn, were grown in the 7th millennium B.C.
wheat
Geoff
Kathy
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$600
[18]
Number of times a person today can be elected president of Mexico
once
Geoff
Kathy
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$600
[11]
This Freudian term refers to all the instinctual desires & energies from the id, not just the sexual ones
the libido
Kathy
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$800
[15]
If you're visiting Glacier National Park in this state, be sure to check out Red Mountain & Red Eagle Mountain
Montana
Ben
Kathy
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$1,000
[23]
Her winning streak with Kerri Walsh hit 108 en route to Olympic gold but "Dancing with the Stars" proved an Achilles heel
Misty May-Treanor
Ben
Kathy
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$800
[6]
Had a real standard when it came to oil:Davison
(John D.) Rockefeller
Ben
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$800
[29]
Whether Anaheim or Poblano, these are technically fruits because they develop from the ovary of a flower
a chili pepper
Geoff
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$800
[24]
When writing, many Europeans cross it; most Americans don't
7
Ben
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$800
[12]
It can be the text of an oratorio or an opera
the libretto
Ben
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$1,000
[17]
2 of the 3 states whose borders are partially formed by the Red River of the South
Texas & Oklahoma (& Arkansas)
Ben
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DD
$1,500
[22]
Hugo Wieslander was in the record books as 1912 decathlon champ until 1982, when this man was reinstated
Jim Thorpe
Geoff
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$1,000
[7]
A civilly disobedient leader:Karamchand
(Mohandas K.) Gandhi
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
This tree's name comes from the Hindi word for "trader" because people displayed their wares in its shade
the banyan tree
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$1,000
[25]
In the 1930s Harlan F. Stone & Owen J. Roberts were 2 of the group called this many "old men"
9
Ben
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$1,000
[13]
Noun for one who lives a wild, hedonistic life without moral restraint
a libertine
Geoff
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| OTHER RED STATES | BEETHOVEN'S GOTTA LOTTA SONATAS | MY TV TOWN | THE LITTLE DRAMA BOY | TIMELINE 1600S | BRICKMAKING |
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$400
[6]
It's blood rushing to the face that causes this alliterative term for a newly married gal
blushing bride
Kathy
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$400
[4]
This nickname of a Beethoven sonata comes from a reviewer who said it reminded him of Lake Lucerne at night
Moonlight Sonata
Ben
Kathy
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$400
[1]
Bartender Sam Malone
Boston
Ben
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$400
[13]
In "Brighton Beach Memoirs", this playwright introduced young Brooklynite Eugene Jerome
Neil Simon
Kathy
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$400
[18]
Tokugawa Ieayasu took this title in 1603 & later turned the village of Edo into his capital
Shogun
Ben
Kathy
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$400
[23]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, OH.) The patterns in which the bricks are set on the kiln car determines their final appearance afterthis2,000-degree process
firing
Ben
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$800
[7]
After saying I knew the words to "30 Days In The Hole", I turned red & had this, the band who sang the song
Humble Pie
|
$800
[5]
Beethoven's piano sonata in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2, has this name for its stormy character, not the Shakespeare play
Tempest
Geoff
|
$800
[2]
Sheriff Andy Taylor
Mayberry
Geoff
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$800
[14]
No wonder he's out to kill Macbeth, after his little son is shish-kebabbed
Macduff
Geoff
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$800
[19]
This British king was executed at Whitehall Palace on Jan. 30, 1649
Charles I
Ben
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$1,200
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, OH.)Thisuneventful process you're looking at takes 20 to 72 hours; for history's first brickmakers, it was the final process
drying
Ben
Kathy
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$1,200
[8]
"Much to my" this 7-letter word, I find that when I look carefully at the word, I find a little smile
chagrin
Kathy
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$1,200
[24]
The violin sonata in F, Op. 24, has a happy, relaxed mood, earning it this seasonal nickname
the Spring Sonata
Kathy
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$1,200
[3]
Teenager Clark Kent
Smallville
Ben
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$1,200
[15]
7-year-old Brandon de Wilde, later of "Shane", debuted on stage in this "marital" Carson McCullers play
Member of the Wedding
|
$1,200
[20]
In 1618, 2 Catholic officials were thrown out of a window in this European city, sparking the 30 Years' War
Prague
Ben
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DD
$1,600
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, OH.) A brick commonly turns outredbecause of the oxidation of this metallic element in the earth
iron
Geoff
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DD
$2,000
[9]
This word meaning "extremely embarrassed" has lethal undertones; it's derived from the Latin for "death"
mortified
Kathy
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$1,600
[25]
This name for Beethoven's piano sonata No. 8 in C minor, Op. 13, is just sad
Pathetique
Geoff
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$1,600
[11]
Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli
Milwaukee
Kathy
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$1,600
[16]
In a play set at boarding school, a teacher's wife offers more to young Tom than the title "tea and" this
sympathy
Kathy
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$1,600
[21]
The Company of 100 Associates was established by this country in 1627 to develop New World interests
France
Ben
Kathy
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$1,600
[28]
(Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, OH.) Bricks are often made with holesin them; in addition to saving on raw material, it leaves spaces where this substance, brick's partner, can enter
mortar
Ben
|
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$2,000
[10]
This term for an awkward, unforeseen event comes from the French for "against time"
a contretemps
Geoff
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$2,000
[29]
Beethoven's piano sonata in F Minor, Op. 57, has this nickname, Italian for "with intense feeling"
Appassionata
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$2,000
[12]
"Green Acres" attorney Oliver Wendell Douglas
Hooterville
|
$2,000
[17]
When "The Diary of Anne Frank" debuted on Broadway in 1955, David Levin played this boy who's in hiding with Anne
Peter
Kathy
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$2,000
[22]
Construction of the Potala Palace began in this mountainous Asian capital in 1645
Lhasa
Geoff
Kathy
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$2,000
[30]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Beldin Brick Factory in Canton, OH.) Molding bricks produces a looser texture; they're more solid if this process is used, forcing the materials through a die to produce a desired shape
extrusion
Ben
Kathy
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The only woman to win a Golden Globe for directing, she won for a 1983 film that she had also co-written
Barbra Streisand