Ask Alex #14: Movie.
Tanya Hayes — an auction house manager from New York, New York
Kathy Gillespie Hennelly — a business technology teacher from Cinnaminson, New Jersey
Dan Smith — a student from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $54,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dan | $-400 | $1,400 | $12,600 |
$15,200
3-day champion: $69,200 |
$13,200
22 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kathy | $2,400 | $2,200 | $3,800 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
11 R, 3 W |
| Tanya | $200 | $3,800 | $7,000 |
$500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
13 R, 5 W |
| CAN'T GET ENOUGH OPERA | CY YOUNG AWARD WINNERS | NEWLY DISCOVERED CHEMICAL ELEMENTS? | "NORTH" & "SOUTH" | EAST & WEST | THIS IS ONE SLIMY CATEGORY |
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$200
[10]
Samuel Barber's "Antony and Cleopatra" was commissioned for the 1966 opening of this company's new opera house
The Metropolitan Opera
Kathy
Tanya
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$200
[26]
This Dodger won the Cy Young Award in 1963, 1965 & 1966, then retired from baseball
Sandy Koufax
Kathy
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$200
[5]
A privately owned apartment gains its strength from this element
condominium
Dan
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$200
[3]
Continent between 35 & 85 degrees west longitude
South America
Dan
Kathy
Tanya
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$200
[2]
It's the state immediately to the east of North Dakota
Minnesota
Kathy
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$200
[1]
Rains made a mess ofthis1969 concert, but didn't dampen the spirits at Max Yasgur's place
Woodstock
Tanya
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$400
[15]
Sounds hot: a biblical opera based on the book of Daniel is called "The Burning Fiery" this
Furnace
Dan
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$400
[27]
In 2008 Cliff Lee won the A.L. Cy Young for this team, just like C.C. Sabathia did the year before
the Cleveland Indians
Dan
Kathy
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$400
[6]
A decorative fish dwelling is often made from this
aquarium
Dan
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$400
[4]
Guy who thought the Iran-Contra scheme was a "neat idea"
Ollie North
Kathy
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$400
[11]
It's the country immediately to the east of Haiti
the Dominican Republic
Kathy
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$400
[22]
The picture seenhererepresents this idiom, meaning a source of unpredictable problem
opening a can of worms
Dan
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$600
[16]
Gertrude S., a character in "The Mother of Us All", is really this Gertrude S. who wrote the opera's libretto
(Gertrude) Stein
Dan
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$600
[28]
In 1969 the "Miracle Mets" won the World Series & this star pitcher, "Tom Terrific", won the Cy Young Award
Tom Seaver
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$600
[7]
Most high-quality lecterns are made from this element
podium
Dan
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$600
[19]
Annual Austin, Texas music festival
South by Southwest
Tanya
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$600
[12]
It's the country immediately to the west of Egypt
Libya
Kathy
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$600
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew is at ILM.) Referred to in Ghostbustersas a Class-5 full-roaming vapor, Slimer, now here at Industrial Light & Magic was an homage to this late SNL actor
John Belushi
Dan
Tanya
|
|
$800
[17]
When Mozart's "Il Re Pastore" premiered, it starred Tommaso Consoli, one of these surgically altered singers
a castrato
Dan
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$800
[29]
He won 7 Cy Young awards, more than any other pitcher, & he did it with 4 teams: the Red Sox, Blue Jays, Yankees & Astros
Roger Clemens
Tanya
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$800
[8]
Ingesting this element produces a mental disorder or a state of great excitement
delirium
Dan
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$800
[20]
Bob & Doug McKenzie could tell you this 3-word term for Canada, eh
the Great White North
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$800
[13]
It's the province immediately to the west of Alberta
British Columbia
Kathy
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$800
[24]
The sliminess of this vegetable seenherein cross-section is what helps it to thicken soups & stews
okra
Tanya
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Critics were carried away when Dwayne Croft played Nick Carraway in the 1999 opera based on this novel
The Great Gatsby
Tanya
|
$1,000
[30]
With a 31-6 record in 1968, this Detroit Tiger is the only Cy Young Award winner with more than 30 wins
Denny McLain
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Homeostatis is a state of this element
equilibrium
Dan
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$1,000
[21]
"Dense" term for the former Confederacy & its once-consistent support of the Democratic Party
the Solid South
Tanya
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$1,000
[14]
It's the state immediately to the west of South Australia
Western Australia
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$1,000
[25]
Seen here are the fruiting bodies of the slime type of this
mold
Dan
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| LITERARY QUOTES | OPENING ACTS | NATURE CALLS | BRITISH ROYAL HOUSES | CAN I BUY YOU A SANDWCH? | "B" PREPARED |
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$400
[1]
This wit penned the line "I can resist everything except temptation"
Oscar Wilde
Dan
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$400
[6]
Cannibal & the Headhunters were one of 5 opening acts when these guys headlined Shea Stadium in August 1965
The Beatles
Kathy
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$400
[7]
The Asian tiger variety of this insect is invading the U.S. & transmits dengue fever, encephalitis & dog heartworm
mosquito
Dan
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$400
[9]
Mary I
Tudor
Tanya
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$400
[26]
Today's special is this classic: roast beef on a crusty roll, au jus for dunking
a French dip
Dan
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$400
[16]
Ammunition pellets like gold dot or hot-cor
bullets
Dan
|
|
$800
[2]
Novel in which you'd find "Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't, you feel mighty free..."
Huckleberry Finn
Tanya
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$800
[12]
As one of Buffalo Bill's opening acts, she shot a cigarette out of the hand of Kaiser Wilhelm II
Annie Oakley
Kathy
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$800
[8]
Sarah Palin could tell you it's 3 times as heavy as caribou & its name is from an Algonquian word
moose
Tanya
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$800
[10]
Charles I
Stuart
Dan
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$800
[27]
How about this one with chicken or turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato on 3 slices of toast
a club sandwich
Kathy
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$800
[17]
In journalism, when a reporter gets her name on a story, it's called this
a by-line
Dan
|
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$1,200
[3]
He wrote in "Remembrance of Things Past", "The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic"
Marcel Proust
Dan
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$1,200
[13]
This guy's last time as an opening act was at a 1974 NYC show; Anne Murray insisted on headlining & got badly broooced
Springsteen
Dan
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$1,200
[21]
When disturbed, this slow-moving 3-toed mammal lashes out with a sound from which it gets its S. Am. name, the Ai
a sloth
Dan
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$1,200
[11]
George V
Windsor
Tanya
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$1,200
[28]
Direct from Cleveland, a Polish boy is one of these Polish sausages on a bun topped with BBQ sauce & coleslaw
a kielbasa
Dan
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$1,200
[18]
This subfamily of mammals also includes buffaloes, bison & kudus
bovine
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|
DD
$1,600
[4]
This fictional character says the Houyhnhnms "live under the government of reason"
Gulliver
Dan
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$1,600
[14]
On a 1967 tour, Jimi Hendrix was the opening act for this "Prefab Four"--wonder what the parents thought
The Monkees
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$1,600
[22]
The bay, pink, brown & white are the most popular commercial varieties of this animal
shrimp
Kathy
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$1,600
[24]
John
Plantagenet
Tanya
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
The name of this hot pressed sandwich made with a variety of fillings is Italian for "little bread"
panini
Dan
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$1,600
[19]
Dr. John B. Watson originated this school of psychology, influencing B.F. Skinner
behavioral
Dan
|
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$2,000
[5]
A WWI poem by Canadian John McCrae ends, "we shall not sleep, though poppies grow in" these "Fields"
Flanders
Tanya
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$2,000
[15]
Comic Pat Henry (ne Scarnato) was this singer's longtime opening act & died in Las Vegas 1 day after a gig with him
Frank Sinatra
Dan
Tanya
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$2,000
[23]
Typically used for mating combat, the horns of the desert species of this animal can weigh 30 pounds
the bighorn sheep
Tanya
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$2,000
[25]
Victoria
Hanover
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$2,000
[30]
A chopped olive salad tops the layers of meat & cheese in this specialty sandwich of New Orleans
a muffuletta
Kathy
Tanya
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$2,000
[20]
It's a musical note equal in length to 2 whole notes
a breve
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The first known use of this word is a 1763 entry in John Adams' diary describing a club meeting in a friend's attic
caucus