Vijay Balse game 2.
Miriam Carson — a teacher from Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
Todd Aiello — an actor and office worker from Chicago, Illinois
Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijay | $8,000 | $9,000 | $17,400 |
$27,601
2-day champion: $56,402 |
$15,200
16 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Todd | $1,000 | $4,600 | $13,800 |
$27,595
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,800
18 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Miriam | $1,400 | $4,000 | $7,600 |
$14,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
18 R, 4 W |
| THE DIEDS OF MARCH | FEMALE SINGERS | THE LURE OF FISHING | MEN & WOMEN OF LETTERS | WHAT AM I GOING TO WEAR? | "OID" VEY |
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$200
[12]
He died in Vienna March 26, 1827, during a thunderstorm like the one depicted in his Pastoral Symphony
Beethoven
Miriam
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$200
[3]
This "Hollaback Girl" took a cinematic turn, playing Jean Harlow in "The Aviator"
Gwen Stefani
Miriam
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$200
[26]
4-letter term for living creatures, such as worms, attached to a hook to entice fish
bait
Miriam
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$200
[7]
David Herbert
(D.H.) Lawrence
Vijay
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$200
[19]
1st popular in the 1960s, these pants are named for the area below the waistline where they embrace the body
hip-huggers
Miriam
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$200
[1]
It might be crewel to tell you that the Bayeux Tapestry is an example of this kind of needlework
embroidery
Miriam
|
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$400
[13]
Death defeated him March 16, 1971, 23 years after Truman did
(Thomas) Dewey
Vijay
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$400
[17]
"The Emancipation of Mimi" & "E=MC2are albums from this multi-octave gal
Mariah Carey
Todd
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$400
[27]
An auger is the device used to cut holes for this kind of fishing
ice fishing
Todd
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$400
[8]
Henry Louis
(H.L.) Mencken
Vijay
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$400
[20]
Every woman should have one of these, LBD for short
a little black dress
Todd
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$400
[2]
A humanoid robot
android
Todd
|
|
$600
[14]
This Scotsman died March 11, 1955, 10 years after he won a Nobel Prize for his 1928 discovery of penicillin
(Sir Alexander) Fleming
Todd
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$600
[18]
This "lady" took her stage name from a Queen song after she was likened to Freddie Mercury
Lady Gaga
Miriam
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$600
[28]
Possiblesubjectsfor an entomologist, or the fishing accessory seen here
flies
Miriam
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$600
[9]
Phyllis Dorothy
(P.D.) James
Vijay
|
$600
[23]
Complete the look of the powder blue tuxedo with a ruffled one of these detachable false shirt fronts
a dickey
Todd
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$600
[4]
For spreading this disease, food handler Mary Mallon spent the last 23 years of her life in detention
typhoid
Vijay
|
|
$800
[15]
Crispus Attucks, an African American, was one of 5 men killed in this Beantown event March 5, 1770
the Boston Massacre
Miriam
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$800
[21]
Last name Kilcher, she restyled herself as a country singer in 2008 with the album "Perfectly Clear"
Jewel
Todd
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$800
[29]
Often made of cork, it's a float attached to your line to suspend it at a set depth
a bobber
Miriam
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$1,000
[11]
Howard Phillips
(H.P.) Lovecraft
Vijay
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$800
[24]
Making a comeback for women in 2009, these 5-letter pants, aka genie pants & worn by MC Hammer, were too legit to quit
harem pants
Miriam
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$800
[5]
Take these anabolic lipids only under a doctor's supervision
steroids
Vijay
|
|
$1,000
[16]
This British statesman whose 1917 declaration supported a Jewish homeland died in England March 19, 1930
(Arthur James) Balfour
Vijay
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$1,000
[22]
With a name like a Wild West outlaw, she set off some alarms with her 2009 country-pop tune "Blue Jeans"
Jessie James
|
$1,000
[30]
This synonym for a fisherman is in the title of Izaak Walton's classic 1653 book on the subject
an angler
Todd
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Edward Morgan
(E.M.) Forster
Vijay
|
$1,000
[25]
The name of this Tyrolean get-up is German for "leather trousers"
Lederhosen
Miriam
|
$1,000
[6]
Because it carries 2 sets of chromosomes, a zygote is this type of cell
diploid
Vijay
|
| OPERA | A "D" IN GEOGRAPHY | A MOVIE BEFORE, THEN DINNER AFTER | I AM SAM | BEASTLY HOMONYMS | THE TOYOTA GRAND PRIX OF LONG BEACH |
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$400
[1]
In Rimsky-Korsakov's "The Maid of Pskov", this notorious 16th c. czar destroys the city of Novgorod
Ivan (the Terrible)
Miriam
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$400
[14]
O'Casey & Yeats were both born in this capital
Dublin
Miriam
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$400
[4]
Brat Pack detention in a 1985 film leads to a meal with 3 slices of toast, turkey, bacon & mayo
The Breakfast Club Sandwich
Todd
|
$400
[9]
Mathew Brady learned about daugerreotypes from this coded inventor
Samuel Morse
Todd
|
$400
[19]
Pulled behind a truck
towed (toad)
Miriam
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$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The Grand Prix was once an F1 event; 2009 is the first time it's part of this series, whose name is derived from a big May race with cars bigger & some say faster than F1
Indycar
Todd
|
|
$800
[2]
In "Maria Stuarda", this queen signs Mary Stuart's death warrant after being called a bastard
Queen Elizabeth I
Todd
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$800
[15]
This German city is on the Rhine River about 20 miles north of Cologne
Dusseldorf
Vijay
Miriam
|
$800
[5]
Charlton Heston goes crazy when he finds out a revolutionary new foodstuff is "haricots verts" in French
Soylent Green Beans
|
$800
[10]
The government ordered 1,000 pistols from him during the Mexican War
Samuel Colt
Miriam
|
$800
[20]
Bread begins as this
dough (doe)
Miriam
|
$800
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gets lowered in a racecar at the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) You or AAA change tires with a mechanical jack; at the Long Beach Grand Prix, they use this more powerful type, from the Greek for "wind", built into the car's body
pneumatic
Vijay
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This Gian Carlo Menotti TV opera features a crippled boy, his mother & 3 kings: Kaspar, Melchior & Balthazar
Amahl and the Night Visitors
Miriam
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$1,200
[16]
It occupies 18,600 square miles in the West Indies & shares its island home with another nation
the Dominican Republic
Miriam
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$1,200
[6]
War is afoot in this Marx Brothers classic about the daily changing of broth at a restaurant
Duck Soup du Jour
Todd
|
$1,200
[11]
He went to a J.C. Penney management training program; later he opened his own five-&-dime store in Arkansas
(Sam) Walton
Vijay
|
$1,200
[21]
Too sick, can't speak
hoarse (horse)
Todd
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) There's no smell of gasoline in the air; the cars run on 100% this 100% biodegradable fuel
ethanol
Todd
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
On Feb. 26, 1776 a fire destroyed Milan's Royal Ducal Theatre; this replaced it
La Scala di Milano
Todd
|
$1,600
[17]
This Scottish river flows into the North Sea at Aberdeen
the Dee
Miriam
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$1,600
[7]
Stephen King's tale of Nebraska young 'uns who go homicidal when a frankfurter is battered & put on a stick
Children of the Corn Dog
Todd
|
$1,600
[12]
His diary gives a picture of Restoration London from Jan. 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669
(Samuel) Pepys
Vijay
Miriam
|
$1,600
[22]
Trendy hair gel
mousse (moose)
|
$1,600
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The two basic types of United States auto racing are stock car & this type, named for the exposure of the wheels; with no fenders, drivers are more careful to avoid collisions than in NASCAR
open-wheeled vehicles
|
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$2,000
[25]
This Johann Strauss opera has appeared in several English versions, including "Night Birds" & "Rosalinda"
Die Fledermaus
|
$2,000
[18]
Once part of the French Protectorate of Somaliland, this nation gained its independence in 1977
Djibouti
Todd
|
$2,000
[8]
"Larger" than life animated tale from Roald Dahl served as a dessert that sounds like it should be for shoe menders
James and the Giant Peach Cobbler
Todd
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
In the 1610s this explorer was made a commandant of New France
(Samuel de) Champlain
Vijay
|
$2,000
[23]
Blood pumper
heart (hart)
Vijay
|
$2,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Toyota Grand Prix in Long Beach, CA.) The area between the track & the pit lane is called this 12-letter zone; it's the action the driver has to do from over 200 to 60 miles per hour, the top speed in the pits
the deceleration zone
Miriam
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Dialogue from this play: "He didn't say for sure he'd come." "And if he doesn't come?" "We'll come back tomorrow"
Waiting for Godot