Liz Murphy game 1.
Daniel Wilkinson — a graduate student originally from Woodbury, Georgia
Liz Murphy — a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania
Melanie Baker-Streevy — a United Methodist pastor from Parma, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melanie | $2,000 | $4,200 | $3,800 |
$6,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
10 R, 3 W |
| Liz | $2,000 | $2,800 | $12,800 |
$24,401
New champion: $24,401 |
$13,800
19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Daniel | $400 | $3,000 | $12,200 |
$16,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| ARCHAEOLOGY | BIG FAN | THAT'S NOT WHERE YOU THINK IT IS | THE NEW YORK TIMESBUSINESS | THE MOST WANTED LIST | ANAGRAMS OF COMPASS DIRECTIONS |
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$200
[1]
In 1974 farmers digging for water found an army of clay warriors "protecting" an emperor's tomb in this country
China
Daniel
|
$200
[21]
Idolizers of this singer:claymates
Clay Aiken
Liz
|
$200
[4]
Hollywood in this state isn't too far from Biscayne Bay
Florida
Liz
|
$200
[26]
The N.Y. Times questioned where the $123 billion the Federal Reserve loaned to this insurer actually went
A.I.G.
Liz
Daniel
|
$200
[11]
The FBI began publishing an official "Ten Most Wanted" list in 1950, while this man was director
J. Edgar Hoover
Daniel
|
$200
[16]
Oolong & Assam
teas
Melanie
|
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$400
[2]
This Andean civilization used knotted cords called quipus to store information
the Incas
Daniel
|
$400
[22]
Fans of this radio host:Dittoheads
Rush Limbaugh
Melanie
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$400
[5]
This state's Phoenix welcomes y'all! Perhaps you'll also visit its Oak Ridge or Thibodaux
Louisiana
Daniel
|
$400
[27]
This 185-nation agency agreed to lend $100 billion to healthy countries that are having trouble borrowing money
IMF (the International Monetary Fund)
Liz
|
$400
[12]
When arrested in 1967, James Ringrose gave FBI agents one of these Monopoly cards; it didn't work
"get out of jail free"
Liz
|
$400
[17]
To worry, perhaps over goulash
stew
Daniel
|
|
$600
[3]
In 1932 Danish archaeologists uncovered the remains of a church near Erik the Red's farm on this island
Greenland
Liz
|
$600
[23]
Nothing against Trekkies but Leonard Nimoy says true believers prefer this term
Trekkers
Daniel
|
$600
[8]
O Pioneers! To get from Lexington to Columbus in this state, take Highway 30, through Kearney
Nebraska
Liz
|
$600
[28]
The Times said that with stocks, the price-to-this ratio should average about 16; it was at 27 as of 2007
earnings
Liz
|
$600
[13]
Don Bussmeyer made the list in 1967 but didn't last long; he was caught shirtless, with this tattooed on his chest
his name
Melanie
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$600
[18]
A yell, or a brand of stain remover
shout
Melanie
|
|
$800
[6]
Excavations of this neighbor of Pompeii show it to have been a secluded retreat of the leisure class
Herculaneum
|
$800
[24]
Cheeseheads eat up this NFL team (love the hats)
the Green Bay Packers
Liz
|
$800
[9]
Paris is in the northeast corner of this state, near Detroit, Omaha & Pittsburg
Texas
Melanie
Liz
Daniel
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
This N.Y. attorney general, son of a former governor, warned against bonuses for bankers who took federal funds
Andrew Cuomo
Liz
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$800
[14]
Of the nearly 500 people on this list since its inception, only 8 have been these; the first made it in 1968
women
Melanie
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$800
[19]
On a plant it's also known as a prickle
thorn
Daniel
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1922 the remains of this 2-lettered Sumerian city & its cemetery were unearthed
Ur
Liz
|
$1,000
[25]
Change one letter in Barry Manilow's last name to get this term for one of his fans
a fanilow
Daniel
|
$1,000
[10]
Home to an intl. airport & a motor speedway, Ontario in this state was named by Canadian settlers around 1882
California
Melanie
|
— |
$1,000
[15]
The original "Slick Willie", this bank robber made the list in its second week; he got caught within 2 years
Willie Sutton
|
$1,000
[20]
To fill an appetite
sate
Melanie
|
| JAMES JOYCE | DUBLINERS | A PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST | AS A YOUNG MAN | ULYSSES | FINNEGAN'S "WAKE" |
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$400
[6]
Joyce's masterpiece "Ulysses" was modeled on this ancient work
The Odyssey
Liz
|
$400
[1]
U2 vocalist known for good works
Bono
Daniel
|
$400
[16]
He created theself-portrait seen herein 1986
(Andy) Warhol
Liz
|
$400
[21]
…as a pre-teen this "Le Nozze di Figaro" composer wrote a one-act German singspiel
Mozart
Daniel
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$400
[26]
This goddess of wisdom appears to Ulysses' son Telemachus & tells him to find out what happened to Dad
Athena
Daniel
|
$400
[11]
When Finnegan has to get up early at a Radisson, he appreciates one of these, even if it's automated
a wake-up call
Daniel
|
|
$800
[7]
Bloomsday, a celebration of Joyce & his works, is celebrated each year on the 16th of this month
June
Melanie
|
$800
[2]
Boomtown Rats vocalist known for good works
Bob Geldof
|
$800
[17]
If you can't remember the name of this painter, just put your lips together and blow
Whistler
Daniel
|
$800
[22]
…he was tutored by Aristotle & then beat Darius III at Issus
Alexander the Great
Liz
|
DD
$1,200
[27]
Ulysses is trying to return from Troy to this place, but not for his Cornell class reunion
Ithaca
Daniel
|
$800
[12]
Finn was BMOC at the ACC school that's located in Winston-Salem
Wake Forest
Daniel
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Joyce died in 1941 after an operation for a perforated duodenal one of these
an ulcer
Liz
|
$1,200
[3]
Plays the therapist on "In Treatment"
Gabriel Byrne
Liz
|
$1,200
[18]
This early Renaissance greatdidn't go to the School of Athens, he studied in Italy
Raphael
Melanie
|
$1,200
[23]
…in the 1300s B.C. he made Thebes Egypt's capital & changed his name to honor Amon
Tutankhamon
Daniel
|
$1,200
[28]
After two decades waiting for ol' Uly to haul his tush back home, she decides to marry the winner of an archery contest
Penelope
Melanie
|
$1,200
[13]
Finn's karaoke choice: this Everly Brothers song that says, "We fell asleep, our goose is cooked"
"Wake Up Little Susie"
Daniel
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Joyce & his family spent World War I in this Swiss city
Zurich
Liz
Daniel
|
$1,600
[4]
Shaven-headed woman who sang "Mandinka"
Sinead O'Connor
Daniel
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1872, this Frenchmanbecame a dad, later the father of modern art
Paul Cezanne
Melanie
Liz
Daniel
|
DD
$1,200
[24]
…He covered the Boer War for the Morning Post, got captured, escaped & became a national hero
Winston Churchill
Daniel
|
$1,600
[29]
This enchantress changes Ulysses' men into pigs but on the plus side, does warn the man about the sirens
Circe
Liz
|
$1,600
[14]
After Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces hit this U.S. territory where Finn was vacationing in '41
Wake Island
Liz
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1931 Joyce married this woman, his longtime companion
Nora
|
$2,000
[5]
Joycean actress & our favorite Fionnula
Fionnula Flanagan
|
$2,000
[20]
Seen hereis a self-portrait of this impressionist, better known for portraits of women
Renoir
Melanie
Liz
|
$2,000
[25]
…he ran his brother's senatorial campaign, then investigated Hoffa & the Teamsters
Bobby Kennedy
Liz
|
$2,000
[30]
Ulysses has to deal with these 2 sea monsters, who are rock & whirlpool-related
Scylla and Charybdis
Liz
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$2,000
[15]
Jonathan Edwards spurred Finn to prayer in this "super" revival of evangelical religion in the 1700s
the Great Awakening
Daniel
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The 1970s saw the coining of the term "runner's high" & the discovery of these opiate proteins that produce it
endorphins