Kara Spak game 6.(Oprah Winfrey: Clues aboutThe Oprah Winfrey Showon the nextJeopardy!)
Mark McDonnell — a triathlon coach and entrepreneur from Miami, Florida
Tegan Brown — an MBA student originally from Harvard, Massachusetts
Kara Spak — a newspaper reporter from Chicago, Illinois (whose 5-day cash winnings total $83,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kara | $3,600 | $9,800 | $13,800 |
$26,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Tegan | $0 | $-2,800 | $800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$800
5 R, 5 W |
| Mark | $-200 | $800 | $28,000 |
$27,601
New champion: $27,601 |
$24,000
28 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL QUOTATIONS | OPRAH'S AHA! MOMENTS | NEW ABBREV. | NOVEL HAIKU | BUSINESS BIGGIES | NUMBERS IN LATIN |
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$200
[16]
John Quincy Adams called this, which his father signed, "a light of salvation and redemption to the oppressed"
the Declaration of Independence
Mark
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$200
[5]
(Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) I told my audience about the thing I wanted most in my life, the role of Sofia in this movie; the moment I surrendered to the possibility it wouldn't happen was when I got the call from Steven Spielberg
The Color Purple
Kara
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$200
[21]
In computers "DOS" can either stand for disk operating system or this type of attack that keeps users from a site
denial of service
Mark
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$200
[6]
Harker is darker /I'm Transylvania dreamin' /Mina is yummy
Dracula
Kara
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$200
[11]
(Alex gives the clue from an industry shop-floor in Dearborn, MI.) This is the only one of America's Big Three automakers that did not get a federal bailout in 2009
Ford
Kara
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$200
[26]
Triple digits:centum
hundred
Kara
Mark
|
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$400
[17]
In a 1976 Playboy interview, he said, "I've committed adultery in my heart many times"
Jimmy Carter
Kara
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$400
[4]
(Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) We gave some moms a possibly life-saving aha! moment when we showed how easily kids can be lured by a stranger who asks them to find a lost one of these
a puppy
Kara
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$400
[22]
Skype uses VoIP, which stands for this "over Internet protocol"
voice
Mark
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$400
[7]
Just like the old man /In that book by Nabokov /Young Dolores Haze
Lolita
Kara
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$400
[12]
Though it's named for a big state, this firm founded in 1930 makes a lot of tiny electronic stuff
Texas Instruments
Kara
|
$400
[27]
A 2008 card-counting movie:viginti unus
21
Mark
|
|
$600
[18]
On April 12, 1945 he asked Eleanor Roosevelt, "Is there anything I can do for you?"
Harry Truman
Tegan
Mark
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$600
[3]
(Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) Several "aha!" moments on the show have come courtesy of this straight-talking Texan, like when he tells people who've been stepped on that "you teach people how to treat you"
Dr. Phil
Mark
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$600
[23]
You may have noticed the MSG network on your program guide; MSG stands for this New York City locale
Madison Square Garden
Kara
Tegan
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$600
[8]
Ultra-violence /Burgess hits the ol' milkbar /Ah, dystopia
A Clockwork Orange
Kara
|
$600
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Microsoft's headquarters.) After Microsoft moved to Bellevue, Washington, this company asked them to write the operating system for their new PC; MS-DOS would soon become an industry standard
IBM
Mark
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$600
[28]
A memorable election year:duo milia
2000
Mark
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$800
[19]
Against Bryan's "Cross of Gold" oratory, in 1896 he said, "I am a tariff man standing on a tariff platform"
William McKinley
Tegan
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$800
[2]
(Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) An aha! moment is grasping something for the first time--I could see it in this former "Growing Pains" actress when she realized her drunk driving arrest was a sign she needed to listen to her instincts
Tracey Gold
Kara
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DD
$1,000
[24]
Currently, she's the FLOTUS
Michelle Obama
Kara
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$800
[9]
London, not England /The ghost dog of the Klondike /Here, Buck! Speak! Sit! Stay!
The Call of the Wild
Mark
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$800
[14]
This cell phone company made the radio that relayed the first words from the moon
Motorola
Kara
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$1,000
[20]
In this collection of essays, James Madison wrote, "If men were angels, no government would be necessary"
The Federalist Papers
Kara
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$1,000
[1]
(Oprah reads the clue from a chair.) I'd always kept a journal, but often of complaints, not of gratitude; all of that changed for me with this book by Sarah Ban Breathnach
Simple Abundance
Kara
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$1,000
[25]
Debate raged in 2009 as to whether members of Congress had been briefed on "EIT"s, enhanced this techniques
interrogation
Kara
Tegan
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$1,000
[10]
Fiver & Bigwig /Tell me about the rabbits /Non-purple Hazel
Watership Down
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$1,000
[15]
A statue of the god Mercury inspired thelogoof this tire company
Goodyear
Kara
Tegan
Mark
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| THE LAW | THE GOOD HUMOR MAN | ISLAND HOPPING | SEX, DRUGS & ACCOUNTING | BORN & DIED: SCIENCE EDITION | ADD A LETTER |
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$400
[12]
An application to a judge to obtain an order; a lawyer might make one to dismiss or to suppress
a motion
Tegan
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$400
[26]
...who was known affectionately as "Uncle Miltie"
Berle
Mark
|
$400
[4]
Between 1892 & 1924 most immigrants to the U.S. came through facilities on this island
Ellis Island
Kara
|
$400
[1]
An audit of part of a taxpayer's complex records, or a free taste of a drug that doctors give patients
a sample
Kara
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$400
[22]
Russian-born Sept. 1849, must love dogs, his name rings a bell, died Feb. 27, 1936
Pavlov
Mark
|
$400
[17]
Add a letter to a word meaning "an assembly of witches" & you get this word that describes a hoof
cloven
Mark
|
|
$800
[13]
In federal court, as long as you've at least had a hearing before you skip, you can be tried in this Latin way
in absentia
Mark
|
$800
[27]
...who played Latka on "Taxi" & was portrayed by Jim Carrey on the big screen
Andy Kaufman
Mark
|
$800
[8]
This island nation is the only one named for a biblical king
Solomon Islands
Mark
|
$800
[2]
An agreement between a company & an outside auditor is called this, like something ending at the altar
engagement
Tegan
Mark
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$800
[23]
Born May 15, 1859 in Paris, physics was his main (radio)activity, died April 19, 1906
Pierre Curie
Kara
Mark
|
$800
[18]
Add a letter to a word for a product of Mount Etna & you get this term describing a very young insect
larva
Tegan
|
|
$1,200
[14]
This type of witness can give testimony no one else can offer, & may be held by the government as a result
a material witness
Mark
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$1,200
[28]
...who hosted the premiere episode of "Saturday Night Live" in 1975
George Carlin
Kara
Mark
|
$1,200
[9]
Most of this island was destroyed by a volcanic explosion in August 1883
Krakatoa
Mark
|
$1,200
[3]
Children's Benadryl comes in this form, like marketable securities
liquid
Tegan
|
$1,200
[24]
Jolted to life in Como, Italy Feb. 18, 1745, generated a lot of static, his electricity went out March 5, 1827
Volta
Mark
|
$1,200
[19]
Add a letter to a term for a resident of Haifa or Tel Aviv & you get this surname of a former British prime minister
Disraeli
Mark
|
|
$1,600
[15]
From the Latin for "to bargain", it's an agreement between opposing counsels, like to the admissibility of evidence
a stipulation
Mark
|
$1,600
[29]
...who provided the voice of Barry B. Benson in "Bee Movie"
Jerry Seinfeld
Kara
|
$1,600
[7]
Christopher Columbus discovered what is today the island nation of Dominica on this day of the week in Nov. 1493
Sunday
Mark
|
$1,600
[5]
Accountants try to do this, keep revenue & related expenses in the same time frame; it's also a singles dot-com
match
Kara
|
$1,600
[25]
Great Dane born Oct. 7, 1885, built atomic models, died Nov. 18, 1962
(Niels) Bohr
Mark
|
$1,600
[20]
Add a letter to a Judean military governor's surname & you get this low-impact exercise
Pilates
Mark
|
|
$2,000
[16]
At "Law & Order" arraignments, the scumbag's weasel lawyer tries to get bail, while "the people seek" this
remand
Tegan
|
$2,000
[30]
...who's an avid art collector & wrote the play "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"
Steve Martin
Kara
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
On January 10 this South Atlantic territory celebrates Margaret Thatcher Day
the Falkland Islands
Mark
|
$2,000
[6]
Some drugs can affect this, the sum of debit entries minus the sum of credit entries in an account
balance
Mark
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
Born in Siberia in 1834, we obey his periodic law, died in 1907 in St. Petersburg
(Dmitri) Mendeleev
Mark
|
$2,000
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Add a letter to a country in Asia & you get this former African capital
Lagos
Mark
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In 1998 these 2 baseball rivals shared top honors as Sports Illustrated's Sportsmen of the Year
Sammy Sosa and Mark McGwire