Liz Murphy game 2.
Peter Latouf — a state fair coordinator from Utica, Michigan
Evelyn Chester — a park ranger from Washington, D.C.
Liz Murphy — a foreign service officer originally from Scranton, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz | $5,600 | $7,400 | $17,000 |
$20,801
2-day champion: $45,202 |
$16,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Evelyn | $800 | $2,800 | $6,200 |
$12,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Peter | $800 | $2,800 | $10,400 |
$13,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| FICTION | SOUNDS LIKE A SNEEZE | THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST 100 DAYS | PADDLE | FASTER | I HEAR BANJOS |
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$200
[1]
In a departure from legal thrillers, he tackled football in "Playing for Pizza"
John Grisham
Liz
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$200
[10]
Double talk railroad term in the title of a 1941 hit song with Tex Beneke on vocals
choo choo
Liz
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$200
[12]
Sworn in on Air Force One
LBJ
Liz
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$200
[19]
On "ER" it's not uncommon to hear this 5-letter word just before defibrillator paddles are discharged
clear
Peter
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$200
[17]
At about 17,000 mph, the world's fastest winged vehicle is this one when in orbit
the Space Shuttle
Evelyn
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$200
[6]
The classic bluegrass song "Dueling Banjos" is featured in this disturbing 1972 film
Deliverance
Liz
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$400
[2]
A newspaper article, "Pastor Tells Eerie Tale of 'Haunted' Boy", partly inspired this 1971 bestseller
The Exorcist
Liz
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$400
[23]
This yellow Pokemon character evolves into Raichu
Pikachu
Peter
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$400
[13]
Shot outside the Washington Hilton
Reagan
Liz
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$400
[20]
Duke Kahanamoku was among those who pioneered the paddle type of this sport
surfing
Peter
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$400
[18]
Driving the Thrust SSC, Andy Green broke the land-speed record going 763 mph at Black Rock Desert in this state
Nevada
Evelyn
Peter
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$400
[7]
In 2009 this comic actor released a banjo album--"Ramblin' Guy" isn't one of the tracks
Steve Martin
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$800
[4]
Evan Hunter wrote the popular 87th precinct novels under this pen name
Ed McBain
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$600
[24]
Barack Obama picked this Nobel Prize winner as his Energy Secretary
(Steven) Chu
Peter
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$600
[14]
Meets with Yitzhak Rabin & wife; meets with Anwar Sadat & wife
(Jimmy) Carter
Liz
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$600
[21]
In the 1800s Robert Fulton developed the first steamboat, propelled by one of these
paddlewheel
Evelyn
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$600
[28]
Clocked at 36 mph, one of the world's fastest insects is the Australian this seen here
a dragonfly
Evelyn
|
$600
[8]
He penned the lyrics "I come from Alabama with my banjo on my knee"
Stephen Foster
Liz
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|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala subtitled her "East into Upper East" "Plain Tales from New York and" this world capital
New Delhi
Liz
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$800
[25]
These people who established a dynastic reign over China in the 1600s were descended from the Tungu
the Manchu
Peter
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$800
[15]
Signs the Tennessee Valley Authority act into law
FDR
Evelyn
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$800
[22]
2 main grips for the paddles in this sport are the pen hold & shake hands grips
table tennis (ping-pong)
Liz
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$800
[29]
Olympian John Howard set a 152.2 mph speed record on one of these in 1985--he started by being towed behind a car
a bicycle
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$800
[9]
This banjo-heavy minstrel show favorite became the South's unofficial anthem during the Civil War
"Dixie"
Liz
Peter
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$1,000
[5]
"Brain", "Coma", and "Contagion" are among his medical thrillers
Robin Cook
Liz
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$1,000
[26]
To avoid or shun; a bumper sticker says to do it to "obfuscation"
eschew
Evelyn
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$1,000
[16]
Signs the U.N. charter in San Francisco
Truman
Liz
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$1,000
[27]
Go to the Met in NYC & you can see a ceremonial dance paddle called a "rapa" from Rapa Nui, aka this island
Easter Island
Liz
|
$1,000
[30]
Flying a Westland Lynx turboshaft in 1986, Trevor Egginton set the record for one of these at 249 mph
a helicopter
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$1,000
[11]
Skilled banjo player Uncle Dave Macon was an early star on this popular radio show aka "The WSM Barn Dance"
"The Grand Old Opry"
Liz
|
| LANDS DOWN UNDER | AFI'S TOP 100 MOVIE QUOTES | THAT'S MY KID! | THE NUMBER 7 | 8-LETTER WORDS | WAKING THE BABY MAMMOTH |
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$400
[2]
The St. Bernard tunnel connects Switzerland southward down under the Alps to this country
Italy
Liz
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$400
[7]
No. 42:"Plastics"
The Graduate
Evelyn
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$400
[21]
47 B.C.:Cleopatra(think again)
Julius Caesar
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$400
[16]
In superstition, the unfortunate result of breaking a mirror
seven years of bad luck
Peter
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$400
[1]
The name of this arboreal rodent can also mean to hide something away, like money
squirrel
Liz
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$400
[22]
(Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)Baby mammoth did not eat much solid food until roughly a year old. Lyuba's last meal was probably this, residue of which might actually be found in her intestines
(mother's) milk
Evelyn
|
|
$800
[3]
The third-highest mountain in the world, Kanchenjunga, is shared by Nepal & this nation to its south
India
Liz
|
$800
[8]
No. 94:"I feel the need--the need for speed!"
Top Gun
Evelyn
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$800
[23]
40 B.C.:Cleopatra(don't think again)
Mark Antony
Evelyn
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$800
[17]
The scene where the subway blows Marilyn's skirt up is in this 1955 film
The Seven Year Itch
Evelyn
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$800
[12]
Relating to ships, as in a type of mile
nautical
Peter
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$800
[27]
(Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)Mammoths often had ahump on their shoulders, which consisted of this type of tissue, and served as a calorie reserve during harsh winters
fat
Peter
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$1,200
[4]
Head south on the causeway linking Malaysia to this island nation that was once a part of it
Singapore
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$1,200
[9]
No. 51:"You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?'Well, do ya, punk?"
Dirty Harry
Evelyn
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$1,200
[24]
1904:Alexandra Feodorovna, a royal
Czar Nicholas II
Liz
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$1,200
[18]
7 is the international dialing code for Kazakhstan & this big neighbor
Russia
Peter
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$1,200
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the USS John C. Stennis)Carrier pilotslike to have this to get airborne, by increasing lift if it's 10% of takeoff air speed, it reduces takeoff distance by about 20%
a headwind
Evelyn
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$1,200
[28]
(Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)It's fortunate that Lyuba's body retained at least some ofher hair; recent research shows that woolly mammoth's wool can be a better source than bones for sequencing this
DNA
Liz
Peter
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$1,600
[5]
Botswana shares the Kalahari desert with this country directly to its south
South Africa
Evelyn
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$1,600
[10]
No. 39:"If you build it, he will come"
Field of Dreams
Evelyn
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$1,600
[25]
1849:The former Elizabeth Barrett
Robert Browning
Evelyn
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$1,600
[19]
Stephen Covey's "The Seven Habits of" these "People" has sold more than 15 million copies since 1989
highly effective
Liz
Evelyn
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
A French term for the skipping of a stone on water gave us this word meaning "Rebound", often used of bullets
ricochet
Peter
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$1,600
[29]
(Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)Lyuba's well preserved body was revealed when this permanently frozen subsollmelted, exposing her small form near the Yuribey River
permafrost
Peter
|
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
Mexico's southern border is with these two nations
Belize & Guatemala
Evelyn
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$2,000
[11]
No. 98:"Nobody puts Baby in a corner"
Dirty Dancing
Liz
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$2,000
[26]
1615:Pocahontas(& don't say John Smith, you'll be sad if you do)
(John) Rolfe
Peter
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$2,000
[20]
The 7 lucky gods of this country's folklore include Ebisu, god of fisherman, & Hotei, god of happiness
Japan
Liz
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$2,000
[15]
(Jon of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Mica minerals are known for their excellence in this property; see how this one breaks cleanly along planes
cleavage
|
$2,000
[30]
(Paleontologist Dan Fisher delivers the clue)When Lyuba was transported for testing, researchers were required to wear haz-mat suits as protection from viruses or pathogens from this geologic epoch, marked by a succession of ice ages
the pleistocene epoch
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Though he reigned for only 2 years, this king has the second-longest role in a single Shakespeare play, speaking 1,164 lines
Richard III