Vijay Balse game 3.
Karen Hoffman — a library page from McHenry, Illinois
Kirby Nelson — a foreign service officer originally from Eatonville, Washington
Vijay Balse — a chemical engineer originally from Bombay, India (whose 2-day cash winnings total $56,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vijay | $2,400 | $4,600 | $20,800 |
$14,399
3-day champion: $70,801 |
$25,400
27 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kirby | $2,800 | $4,400 | $13,600 |
$6,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
16 R, 2 W |
| Karen | $3,000 | $5,600 | $10,000 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
13 R, 0 W |
| 19th CENTURY SCIENCE | KING & COUNTRY | FOOD AKA | ANAGRAMMED FLORIDA CITIES | YOU'VE GOT BAGGAGE | WORDS CONTAINING ROMAN NUMERALS |
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$200
[5]
In 1877 American astronomer Asaph Hall discovered Deimos & Phobos, 2 tiny moons of this planet
Mars
Vijay
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$200
[1]
As part of the "Million Dollar Quartet", Elvis jammed with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins & this "Man in Black"
Johnny Cash
Karen
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$200
[11]
Whether one of these is called Denver or Western, it's made with green pepper, onion & ham
an omelet
Kirby
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$200
[21]
I MAIM
Miami
Karen
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$200
[26]
A rigid container designed for a Homburg or a porkpie
hatbox
Karen
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$200
[16]
You'll see the Roman numeral for 40 in this, which separates a car's wheels
a xl e
Vijay
|
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$400
[6]
Around 1820 it was demonstrated that this element was effective in treating goiter
iodine
Vijay
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$400
[2]
Elvis had a No. 16 country hit with "Always On My Mind" in 1973; almost 10 years later, this redhead took it to No. 1
(Willie) Nelson
Vijay
|
$400
[12]
Checkerberry is also called mountain this, the beverage it's often boiled to make
tea
Vijay
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$400
[22]
ON A LORD
Orlando
Karen
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$400
[27]
Alforja in Spanish, it hangs on the side of a cowboy's horse
a saddlebag
Kirby
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$400
[17]
The legal end to a marriage containing 501
di vorce
Vijay
Karen
|
|
$800
[8]
Developed in the 1860s & '70s, this first synthetic plastic would soon be used to make toiletries, dentures & film
celluloid
Kirby
|
$600
[3]
After the King's 1977 passing, this "Okie from Muskogee" had a hit with "From Graceland To The Promised Land"
Merle Haggard
Kirby
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$600
[13]
1 of the 2 U.S. cities that are aliases for strip steak
New York (or Kansas City)
Kirby
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$600
[23]
PAT MA
Tampa
Karen
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$600
[28]
A small trunk named for its placement at the end of a bed
a footlocker
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$600
[18]
This word for an add-on at the start of a word ends with the Roman numeral 9
pref ix
Vijay
Kirby
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|
DD
$1,000
[7]
He was teaching at the University of Lille when he began his studies of fermentation
(Louis) Pasteur
Vijay
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$800
[4]
The King's 1970 hit "Kentucky Rain" was co-written by this country star who hit No. 1 with "I Love A Rainy Night"
Eddie Rabbitt
Kirby
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$800
[14]
Bean threads are also called cellophane or glass these
noodles
Karen
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$800
[24]
JAVELIN LOCKS
Jacksonville
Vijay
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$800
[29]
A French word for a small briefcase that bears the name of an embassy official
attaché
Kirby
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$800
[19]
An old term for the South containing 11
Di xi e
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The first skeletons of this early human were discovered in a French cave in 1868
Cro-Magnon
Karen
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$1,000
[9]
In 1969 the King released a version of "Gentle On My Mind", for which this singer had won a 1967 country Grammy
Glen Campbell
Kirby
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$1,000
[15]
(Kelly of the clue shows a potted herb.) Talk about international flare, when it's in the garden, it's called Chinese parsley; when theleavesare used, it's Spanish cilantro; & these edsused in cooking are called this from Middle English
coriander
Karen
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$1,000
[25]
CLEAN SOAP
Pensacola
Vijay
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$1,000
[30]
Sing a song about one of these, a sailor's bag for small articles
a ditty bag
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$1,000
[20]
An internal organ containing 4
the l iv er
Kirby
|
| 1960s OSCAR NOMINEES | MY FAIR LADY | WEST SIDE STORY | LYIN' IN WINTER | A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS | ZORBA, THE GREEK TUTOR |
|
$400
[7]
Playing the lusty Greek peasant Zorba earned him an Oscar nomination
(Anthony) Quinn
Kirby
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$400
[1]
According to legend, fish would forget to swim when Xi Shi, one of the "Four Great Beauties" of this country, walked by
China
Vijay
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$400
[5]
Much of Peter Schneider's book "The Wall Jumper" takes place in the western section of this city
Berlin
Vijay
|
$400
[16]
In February 2002 Jeffrey Skilling, CEO of this company, implied whistleblower Sherron Watkins was a liar
Enron
Vijay
|
$400
[21]
An expert in EVAs, or extra-vehicular activities, Sherwood Spring exited one of these to perform an EVA in 1985
a Space Shuttle
Vijay
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$400
[26]
To begin, Zorba wants to teach you these 2 Greek letters, the beginning & the ending
alpha & omega
Kirby
|
|
$800
[8]
He received an Oscar nomination for playing the all-powerful Henry II in "The Lion in Winter"
(Peter) O'Toole
Vijay
|
$800
[2]
She'sseenheregetting swept off her feet by Paris
Helen (of Troy)
Karen
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$800
[6]
Nicholas Meyer's "The West End Horror" takes this Victorian detective into the theatrical world
Sherlock Holmes
Kirby
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$800
[17]
Non-aggression between these 2 countries ended in Dec. 1940 when Operation Barbarossa was okayed by Hitler
the Soviet Union & Germany
Kirby
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$800
[22]
Yakov Springer, a weightlifting coach, was one of 10 men murdered on September 6, 1972 in this city
Munich
Vijay
|
$800
[27]
OK, clearly we're not communicating in Greek, so let me try "Milas Anglika?", which means "Do you" do this
speak English
Vijay
|
|
$1,200
[9]
She wasn't even nominated for "West Side Story", though she did get a nomination that year for "Splendor in the Grass"
(Natalie) Wood
Vijay
|
$1,200
[3]
Beautiful Lady Caroline Lamb, wife of a future British P.M., had an affair with this lord famous as both a poet & a rake
(Lord) Byron
Vijay
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$1,200
[13]
In 1953 a reviewer called this late Nobel-winning author's Augie March "a West-Side-Chicago Tom Jones"
(Saul) Bellow
Vijay
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$1,200
[18]
In Jan. 2008 this former Olympic golden girl was sentenced to 6 months for lying about steroids & check fraud
(Marion) Jones
Vijay
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$1,200
[23]
In 1605 Thomas Winter was caught up in a plot to blow up Parliament with this more famous guy
Guy Fawkes
Kirby
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$1,600
[29]
Even Zorba needs a break, so give me pente, meaning I need a recess this many minutes long
five
Vijay
|
|
$1,600
[10]
The screenplay to "My Fair Lady", based on Shaw's play & on a musical by him & Loewe, earned him an Oscar nomination
(Alan Jay) Lerner
Vijay
|
$1,600
[4]
In II Samuel David spies on this hottie while she's bathing
Bathsheba
Kirby
|
$1,600
[14]
This Bret Easton Ellis novel set on L.A.'s West Side has as an epigraph "There's a feeling I get when I look to the west"
Less Than Zero
Karen
|
$1,600
[19]
In January 1898 the Parisian newspaper L'Aurore printed his letter accusing military & civilian authorities of lies
(Émile) Zola
Vijay
|
$1,600
[24]
Bernard Fall wrote "Hell in a Very Small Place: The Siege of" this place lost by the French to the Viet Minh
Dien Bien Phu
Vijay
|
$2,000
[30]
The phrase "Ti ora ine", which means this, may help you at Cretan casinos; you must remember clocks are hard to find there
What time is it?
Kirby
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Paul Scofield was nominated for best actor (& won) for playing him in "A Man for All Seasons"
Thomas More
Vijay
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
A courtesan of Athens is said to have been the model for Praxiteles'statueof this Greek goddess
Aphrodite
Vijay
|
$2,000
[15]
Pearl Cleage, who used to work for mayor Maynard Jackson, set "Baby Brother's Blues" in this city's West End
Atlanta
Vijay
|
$2,000
[20]
On Jan, 26, 2006 he told Oprah that "demons" had led him to invent events in his autobiography
James Frey
Karen
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$2,000
[25]
Lloyd Bentsen, Robert Rubin & Lawrence Summers all held this cabinet position
Secretary of the Treasury
Kirby
|
DD
$5,000
[28]
Zorba imparts the beauty of the Greek language, but some lessons are tricky, like the one teaching that "ne" means this
yes
Vijay
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If you want to visit this country, you can fly into Sunan International Airport or... or not visit this country
North Korea