Sanders Kleinfeld — a publishing technology specialist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Rachel Anderson — an assistant professor of English from Grand Rapids, Michigan
Edie Chang — an engineer from Sacramento, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $9,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edie | $1,100 | $300 | $8,100 |
$3,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Rachel | $3,000 | $4,400 | $14,400 |
$2,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
20 R, 2 W |
| Sanders | $2,400 | $5,800 | $13,300 |
$26,597
New champion: $26,597 |
$13,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| GENESIS | THE GARDEN | OF "E" DEN | ADAM | EVE | THE SERPENT |
|
$200
[2]
First signed in 1864, these conventions were the genesis of the humane treatment of wartime wounded
the Geneva Conventions
Edie
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$200
[1]
One theory on this ancient wonder is that it was irrigated by the Euphrates
the Hanging Gardens of Babylon
Rachel
|
$200
[8]
When Mary Todd Lincoln was First Lady, the White House was still known as this "Mansion"
Executive
Sanders
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$200
[21]
In 1789 architect Robert Adam designed the University of this Scottish city
Edinburgh
Rachel
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$200
[26]
A popular British treat is Eve's pudding, which has sponge cake &, fittingly, this baked fruit
an apple
Rachel
|
$200
[16]
In this 1981 film Harrison Ford delivers the immortal line "I hate snakes"
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Rachel
|
|
$400
[4]
The Voice of America first hit the airwaves during this war
World War II
Rachel
|
$400
[3]
Travel like a god on the Odin Express at Tivoli Gardens amusement park in this Scandinavian capital
Copenhagen
Sanders
|
$400
[9]
From the Latin for "shoulder blade", they'rewhat's being worn here
epaulettes
Rachel
|
$400
[22]
He said to found a great empire only for customers seems to be a project "for a nation of shopkeepers"
Adam Smith
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
EVE Online is a multiplayer game in which players take on the role of pilots of these
spaceships
Sanders
|
$400
[17]
Kaa the serpent had his mesmerizing eyes set on Mowgli in this 1967 Disney favorite
The Jungle Book
Sanders
|
|
$600
[5]
This duo's expedition began in Missouri in May of 1804; they got back 2 years later
Lewis & Clark
Rachel
|
$600
[13]
Things get ruff at the Westminster Dog Show, held in this NYC arena each February
Madison Square Garden
Rachel
|
$600
[10]
The civil branch of this occupation is concerned with the building & maintenance of public structures
engineering
Edie
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$600
[23]
Though born in Zurich, Hans Adam II is the head of state of this tiny European principality
Liechtenstein
Rachel
Sanders
|
$600
[28]
The Duke of Wellington comes upon an inn in apaintingdetailingthe eve before this battle
Waterloo
Rachel
|
$600
[18]
A scary evil snake called a basilisk squares off against the young magician in this second Harry Potter film
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Rachel
Sanders
|
|
$800
[6]
On May 24, 1607 English colonists named their New World settlement this
Jamestown
Rachel
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$800
[14]
Garden Grove, California is where this reverend opened the 10,000-window Crystal Cathedral in 1980
(Dr. Robert) Schuller
Edie
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$800
[11]
It's the E in an IED, a regrettable addition to 21st century warfare vocabulary
explosive
Sanders
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$800
[24]
In 1945 this African American was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat from Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
|
$800
[29]
EVE, the Essay Verification Engine, helps guard against this, from the Latin for "kidnapping"
plagiarism
Sanders
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$800
[19]
In "Vol. 2" of this revenge 2-parter, Daryl Hannah kills off Michael Madsen with a deadly black mamba
Kill Bill
Edie
Sanders
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1862 he began to manufacture nitroglycerin in Sweden
(Alfred) Nobel
Edie
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
It's the garden where Judas kissed Jesus
the Garden of Gethsemane
Edie
|
$1,000
[12]
Cryptically named cryptogram machine used by the Nazis
Enigma
Sanders
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$1,000
[25]
Some words from Wordsworth serve as the epigraph to this novel by George Eliot
Adam Bede
Rachel
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$1,000
[30]
The mitochondrial Eve theory suggests everyone inherited their mitochondrial this from one woman in Africa
DNA
Sanders
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$1,000
[20]
James Earl Jones sports a Bettie Page haircut & turns into a giant evil snake in this Schwarzenegger film from 1982
Conan the Barbarian
|
| AROUND THE U.N. | HIS PRO TEAM RIGHT BEFORE... | SHORT STORIES | CAN YOU AD? | LIVING IN "L" | FROM THE GREEK |
|
$400
[9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from next to a big bell in New York.) The Japanese Peace Bell is rung twice a year: when the General Assembly opens, & on the first day of this season
spring
Edie
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$400
[26]
...before Michael Jordan played for the Wizards
the Bulls
Rachel
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$400
[17]
"The Musgrave Ritual" begins with Watson's complaint about this man's slovenly habits
Sherlock Holmes
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
He was an Esquire copywriter in 1953 when he designed his own men's magazine in his Chicago apartment
(Hugh) Hefner
Edie
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$400
[12]
It's paired with Newfoundland in the name of a Canadian province
Labrador
Sanders
|
$400
[4]
Give me 5!--this 5-event Greek-named athletic competition
the pentathlon
Sanders
|
|
$800
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the U.N. General Assembly.) When this man first stood at the podium in the General Assembly in 1960, he gave a speech lasting 4 hours 29 minutes
Fidel Castro
Sanders
|
$800
[27]
...before Joe Montana played for the Chiefs
the 49ers
Edie
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$800
[18]
The "prize" in this 1948 short story is death by stoning
"The Lottery"
Sanders
|
$800
[2]
(I'm Elisabeth Moss. I play copywriter Peggy Olson on Mad Men.) This woman was a copywriter for an ad agency before being named editor in chief of Cosmopolitan magazine
Helen Gurley Brown
Edie
|
$800
[13]
This Scottish body of water is the largest freshwater lake by volume in Great Britain
Loch Ness
Rachel
|
$800
[5]
Meaning "life ball", it's the part of the earth & its atmosphere that supports life
the biosphere
Sanders
|
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Assembly floor.) Many U.N. agencies, like the World Health Organization, are headquartered in this country that didn't get its General Assembly seat until 2002
Switzerland
Sanders
|
$1,200
[28]
...before Babe Ruth played for the Yankees
the Red Sox
Sanders
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
In this Joyce story, Gabriel goes to a party, then realizes his wife deeply loved a deceased man
"The Dead"
Edie
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$1,200
[3]
After being fired from an L.A. ad agency, he flew to England & animated "Monty Python"
Terry Gilliam
Rachel
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$1,200
[14]
In 1893 this Southeast Asian nation became a protectorate of France
Laos
Sanders
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$1,200
[6]
Meaning "to put under", it's an assumption or proposition put forth in science that can then be tested
hypothesis
Rachel
|
|
$1,600
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the speaker's podium.) In a 2003 speech to the General Assembly, where a predecessor once banged his shoe, he called the U.N. "irreplaceable"
(Vladimir) Putin
Edie
|
$1,600
[29]
...before Karl Malone played for the Lakers
the (Utah) Jazz
Edie
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$1,200
[19]
As luck would have it, his "The Luck of Roaring Camp" was published in 1868
Bret Harte
Edie
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$1,600
[10]
She was an ad copywriter before marrying John Gregory Dunne & writing essays, novels & screenplays
Joan Didion
|
$1,600
[15]
Founded in 1854, it's the oldest city in Kansas; some "citizens" would rather be living elsewhere
Leavenworth
|
$1,600
[7]
Sadly, this word literally means a hatred of mankind
misanthropy
|
|
$2,000
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from outside the U.N.) In 1945, there were 51 U.N. members including Yugoslavia; as of 2008, there are 192 including this newest entry, once part of Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Rachel
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$2,000
[30]
...before Wayne Gretzky played for the L.A. Kings (they're up north)
Edmonton Oilers
Edie
|
$2,000
[21]
A girl is seduced by a creepazoid in this 3-named woman's "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?"
Joyce Carol Oates
Sanders
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$2,000
[11]
This "Big Chill" director found advertising so loathsome, he refused to have a 2nd child until he escaped from it
Lawrence Kasdan
|
$2,000
[16]
Riga is its capital
Latvia
Rachel
|
$2,000
[8]
From Greek words for "first" & "glue", it's the accepted rules of behavior to follow on official occasions
protocol
Rachel
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This first name of a patron saint of a country comes from a Roman word referring to a social class
Patrick