Roger Craig game 1.First game of Season 27.
Roger Craig — a graduate student of computer science from Newark, Delaware
Scott Wells — a medievalist from Los Angeles, California
Meg Miller — a high school Latin teacher from Milton, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,299)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meg | $1,400 | $2,400 | $6,800 |
$6,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 0 W |
| Scott | $1,600 | $3,400 | $2,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Roger | $2,800 | $9,200 | $33,600 |
$37,000
New champion: $37,000 |
$22,600
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| AN OCEAN OF KNOWLEDGE | THE WORLD SERIES MVP's TEAM | GOVERNMENT BY COMMITTEE | FOOD & DRINK | THE ONIONDESCRIBES THE STATE | FEELS LIKE "FALL" |
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$200
[16]
These, like the spring type, are caused by the gravitational pull of the sun & the moon on the ocean
the tides
Roger
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$200
[27]
1975:Pete Rose
the (Cincinnati) Reds
Roger
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$200
[15]
This 2004 presidential nominee chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
(John) Kerry
Roger
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$200
[21]
1 1/2 oz. of vodka & 1/2 oz. of Kahlua make a "Black" this nationality
Russian
Roger
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$200
[6]
"In 1849, thousands arrived (here) to pan for gold, and once that didn't work out, to panhandle for gold"
California
Scott
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$200
[1]
Precipitation below 32 degrees Fahrenheit
snowfall
Meg
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$400
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a model of an ocean.) On the ocean floor, earthquakes squeeze together a large amount of water & push it to the surface, causing this, from the Japanese for "harbor wave"
a tsunami
Roger
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$400
[12]
2004:Manny Ramirez
the (Boston) Red Sox
Scott
Roger
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$400
[19]
The House Committee on these has its own these, such as 3(a)(2), meetings shall be open to the public
rules
Roger
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$400
[23]
The sizes of these are based on their minimum weight per dozen; jumbo are 30 oz. per dozen, peewee, 15
eggs
Roger
|
$400
[7]
"Home to hundreds of prestigious colleges... (it) is where the nation's best and brightest can't afford to go"
Massachusetts
Scott
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$400
[2]
Somebody who takes the blame for somebody else's mistake, or a Lee Majors TV show
a fall guy
Scott
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|
$800
[17]
(Lindblad/National Geographic Underwater Specialist Lisa Trotter delivers the clue.) To survive the frigid waters, Antarctic fish have proteins that act as this type of compound, like the one used in car engines, inhibiting ice crystal growth in their bodies
antifreeze
Roger
|
$600
[26]
1963 & '65:Sandy Koufax
the Dodgers
Roger
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$600
[13]
In the name of a Senate committee, small this is paired with entrepreneurship
business
Roger
|
— |
$600
[8]
"Like Hee Haw, but a state", this state "is the birthplace of country music, and the deathplace of all other music"
Tennessee
Meg
|
$600
[3]
This comic tumble is literally onto your rear, because the word comes from slang for that part of your anatomy
pratfall
Meg
|
|
$1,000
[22]
The Gulf Stream, a warm ocean current, was named for the mistaken belief that it was generated in this body of water
the Gulf of Mexico
Scott
|
$800
[25]
1971:Roberto Clemente
the Pirates
Roger
|
$800
[14]
John Barrasso of this "Cowboy State" is Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Wyoming
Scott
|
— |
$800
[9]
"This otherwise featureless state of expansive desert... boasts the world's most awe-inspiring hole"
Arizona
Roger
|
$800
[4]
An unforeseen difficulty, or a game show I hosted in the early '80s
Pitfall
|
|
DD
$1,200
[11]
The Sargasso Sea is named for sargassum, a genus of brown this that is strewn in its water
seaweed (or algae)
Roger
|
$1,000
[24]
1970:Brooks Robinson
the (Baltimore) Orioles
Roger
|
$1,000
[20]
For Herb Kohl, chairing the Senate Special Committee on this might get kind of old
Aging
Meg
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
It "is not just the former Soviet republic that everyone knows about--it is also in fact a small U.S. state"
Georgia
Roger
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$1,000
[5]
Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Haunted Palace" appears as part of this 1839 tale
The Fall of the House of Usher
Scott
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| BILL CLINTON & THE CLINTON FOUNDATION | MOVIE DIRECTORS | THE THINGS YOU SAY! | ELEMENTAL CLUES | GHOST WRITERS | IN THE SKY |
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$400
[24]
(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue.) My foundation & pharmaceutical companies negotiated price reductions in antiretroviral drugs as part of an initiative to combat this pandemic
HIV (or AIDS)
Meg
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$400
[20]
He not only co-wrote, directed & starred in 1973's "Sleeper", he also composed the score
Woody Allen
Meg
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$400
[1]
Profound utterances are called these marine gems "of wisdom"
pearls
Roger
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$400
[12]
Ra:One letter off from an arm bone
radium
Roger
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$400
[6]
You know her 1852 antislavery novel, but maybe not her 1870 "The Ghost in the Mill"
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Scott
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$400
[27]
On May 9, 1921 this "letter-perfect" airline opened its first passenger office in Amsterdam
KLM
Scott
|
|
$800
[16]
(Alex:Mr President?) My climate initiative brings together partners to make energy-saving retrofits to existing buildings, including this iconic skyscraper at 34th & 5th Avenue
the Empire State Building
Roger
|
$800
[2]
"This is" the 1984 mock rocumentary that was Rob Reiner's feature film directing debut
This is Spinal Tap
Scott
|
$800
[19]
Lettish & Turkish are languages; this -ish is a synonym for nonsense
gibberish
Roger
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$800
[15]
Rn:Ms. Chong might be able to help you with this one
radon
Roger
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$800
[7]
Marley & Co. weren't his only spirits; he also wrote about ghosts in "The Haunted House"
Dickens
Scott
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$800
[25]
In 1995 scientists found the first planet known to orbit a star similar to our sun in this winged horse constellation
Pegasus
Meg
|
|
$1,200
[17]
(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue.) Working with the American Heart Association, my foundation created an alliance to combat childhood obesity, which can lead to health problems like Type 2 this
diabetes
Scott
|
$1,200
[3]
He directed wife Gena Rowlands to 2 Oscar nominations: for "A Woman Under the Influence" & "Gloria"
John Cassavetes
Scott
Roger
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$1,200
[21]
"Speak" this "to power", meaning tell the mighty what they don't want to hear, was coined in a 1955 Quaker pamphlet
truth
Meg
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$1,200
[11]
Rh:Colossal!
rhodium
Scott
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$1,200
[8]
In addition to "A Study in Scarlet" & "The White Company", his stories include the spooky "The Brown Hand"
Arthur Conan Doyle
Scott
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$1,200
[26]
The Harrier is a V/STOL aircraft, the V standing for this, meaning the plane goes almost straight up on takeoff
vertical
Roger
|
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$1,600
[18]
(Ex-President Clinton gives the clue.) The Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting convenes leaders from all sectors to devise & implement innovative solutions; one event at this meeting is the Clinton Global Citizen Awards for leadership in various fields, including this one of charitable giving
philanthropy
Roger
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$1,600
[4]
After seeing "Eraserhead", executive producer Mel Brooks tapped this man to direct "The Elephant Man"
(David) Lynch
Roger
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$1,600
[22]
It's specifically defined as "claiming for oneself the attributes... of God"
blasphemy
Meg
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$1,600
[14]
Hf:50%, OK?
hafnium
Roger
|
$1,600
[9]
Before he disappeared in 1914, this "Dictionary" writer penned such ghost stories as "The Haunted Valley"
Ambrose Bierce
Scott
|
DD
$10,000
[28]
In 1939 this Russian took the 1st flight of a practical, single-rotor helicopter, & why not? He built the thing!
Igor Sikorsky
Scott
|
| — |
$2,000
[5]
This Finnish-born director hit it big with "Die Hard 2" & "Cliffhanger"; then came "Cutthroat Island"
Renny Harlin
|
$2,000
[23]
This word for fast, witty exchanges is from the French for "depart again"
repartée
Roger
|
DD
$12,400
[13]
Pd:A great place for live music
palladium
Roger
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$2,000
[10]
There's a ghost story within a story in "The Open Window" by H.H. Munro, better known by this single pen name
Saki
Roger
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— |
A Hollywood venue was renovated & renamed the Aquarius Theater to host this musical in 1968
Hair