IBM Challenge mini-documentary: "What is a Grand Challenge?"
Ron Roberts — a poker impresario from Pompano Beach, Florida
Molly Rosenbusch — a night court clerk from Twin Lakes, Idaho
Eureka Nutt — a paralegal from Canoga Park, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka | $2,600 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
12 R, 1 W |
| Molly | $1,000 | $5,000 | $18,800 |
$19,601
New champion: $19,601 |
$18,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ron | $800 | $2,400 | $3,200 |
$3,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| A MAN, A PLAN, A CANAL... ERIE! | CELEBRITIES & RACING | NEWSMAKERS OF 2010 | TAROT CARDS | AKA | SOMETHING "MORE" |
|
$200
[9]
This New York governor was the man & "DeWitt" behind the Erie Canal
(DeWitt) Clinton
Ron
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$200
[6]
(Alex reads from the cockpit of a race car at the Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race in Long Beach, CA.) I'm not praying--I'm just psyching myself up for this Toyota Pro/Celebrity Race because I'm gonna face a field that includes this movie star who played the lead... the lead in "Speed"
Keanu Reeves
Molly
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$200
[1]
In September 2010 he visited England & spoke in the hall where Thomas More was condemned to death
Benedict
Eureka
Molly
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$200
[11]
0:A dope
the Fool
|
$200
[20]
In "Peanuts" Charlie Brown's friend Patricia Reichardt was known by this name
Peppermint Patty
Eureka
|
$200
[13]
In 2007 Florida quarterback Tim Tebow became the first of this college level to win the Heisman Trophy
sophomore
Molly
|
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$400
[10]
The plan:To build a canal connecting Lake Erie with the upper part of this New York river
the Hudson
Molly
Ron
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$400
[7]
In 1975, he became the first actor to drive the Indy 500 pace car--a Buick V8, not Rockford's Pontiac Firebird
James Garner
Molly
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$400
[2]
This chief Facebooker is the subject of the biopic "The Social Network"
Zuckerberg
Ron
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$400
[12]
I:The Great Blackstone
the Magician
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$400
[21]
A 1962 "first name" promotion gave this bald advertising icon a first name--Veritably
Mr. Clean
Ron
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$600
[15]
American acting family that included siblings John, Lionel & Ethel
Barrymore
Eureka
|
|
$600
[22]
Part of the plan:To put the canal's western end at this city on Lake Erie
Buffalo
Ron
|
$600
[8]
A racer & actor, he did some of his own stunts in "The Great Escape" & isseenhereon the cover of Sports Illustrated
(Steve) McQueen
Ron
|
$600
[3]
33 miners trapped 2,000 feet down still celebrated this South American country's bicentennial
Chile
Eureka
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$600
[27]
VI:The world will always welcome these, as time goes by
Lovers
Ron
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$600
[24]
The policeman featured in this board game is Officer Edgar Mallory
Monopoly
Molly
|
$800
[16]
The American species of this massive shade tree is also called a buttonwood
a sycamore
Molly
|
|
$800
[23]
Another part of the plan:83 of these, to move boats up & down the canal's natural elevations
locks
Eureka
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$800
[18]
Patrick Dempsey has zoom-zoomed around with this automaker's racing team & lent his voice to ads for the car
Mazda
Molly
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$800
[4]
Anna Chapman & 9 fellow moles were returned to Russia in this alliterative type of trade right out of the Cold War
a spy swap
Eureka
|
— |
$800
[25]
Scooby-Doo's owner, his real name is Norville Rogers & he really needs a haircut
Shaggy
Molly
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
This U.S. city was founded in 1729 & named for Charles Calvert
Baltimore
Molly
|
|
$1,000
[28]
More of the plan:Hire Canvass White, who invented a type of this that hardened into a concrete-like stuff underwater
cement
|
$1,000
[19]
This "90210" star was badly injured in 2002 going 180 mph at the Kentucky Speedway
Jason Priestley
Molly
|
$1,000
[5]
In July 2010 this Brit quit as BP's CEO
(Tony) Hayward
Eureka
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
Art deco artist Romain de Tirtoff became known by this name, the French pronunciation of his initials
Erté
|
$1,000
[17]
This 250-room estate in Asheville, N.C. was modeled on 3 chateaux built in 16th century France
Biltmore
Molly
|
| SCIENCE | MOVIE REMAKES | CHILDREN'S BOOK TITLES | EAT | PRAY | "LOVE" |
|
$400
[1]
In November 2009 science news, a NASA probe found water here, & not a little bit, either
the Moon
Ron
|
$400
[8]
Derek Mears as Jason Voorhees slashed his way through this 2009 reboot
Friday the 13th
Molly
|
$400
[19]
Margery Williams' story of a stuffed toy that comes to life:"The ____ Rabbit"
Velveteen
Ron
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$400
[16]
It's the collective name for the heart, liver & gizzard of a turkey, used for gravy
giblets
Ron
|
$400
[30]
In Luke 22, Jesus assumes this position to pray, "Father... remove this cup from me"
he kneels
|
$400
[6]
It's an old name for the tomato
a love apple
Ron
|
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The flame appears to be underwater, but actually the water is cooling the candle's outer layer, preventing the wax from burning, because it can't do this, from the Latin for "to disperse to vapor"
evaporate
|
$800
[9]
Jaden Smith stepped into Ralph Macchio's gi for this 2010 remake
The Karate Kid
Ron
|
$800
[21]
By Judith Viorst:"Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, ____ ____ Day"
Very Bad
Molly
|
$800
[17]
Use 3 of these to prepare them Newburg style; the first step in the "Joy of Cooking" recipe: "Kill with a knife"
a lobster
Eureka
|
$800
[29]
This person opens the day in the House of Representatives with a prayer
the chaplain
Eureka
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$800
[7]
An amusement park ride for 2, or a 1987 Springsteen hit
Tunnel of Love
Molly
|
|
$1,200
[3]
About 65% of iron in humans is in the form of this, which transports molecular oxygen from the lungs through the body
hemoglobin
Ron
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$1,200
[10]
In this movie's 2005 incarnation, the role of the girl, Ann Darrow, was played by Naomi Watts
King Kong
Molly
|
$1,200
[22]
By Dr. Seuss:"The ____ Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"
500
Molly
|
$1,200
[18]
Does calling these veggies petits pois make them any tastier?
peas
Eureka
Molly
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$1,200
[28]
When using Tibetan prayer beads, get into this "flowery" position if your tendons will allow it
lotus
Ron
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$1,200
[13]
2-word term for fat bulges at the sides of the waist
love handles
Eureka
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The keys weigh much more than the paper clips & fall to the ground, but a pencil acts as this support, pulling the clips sideways, where gravity & friction stop the keys' descent
a fulcrum
Ron
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$2,000
[12]
This 2006 Oscar-winning film set in Boston was based on the Hong Kong crime film "Infernal Affairs"
The Departed
Molly
|
$1,600
[23]
By Maurice Sendak:"In the ____ Kitchen"
Night
Molly
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$1,600
[20]
For a well done filet mignon, do this "insect" cooking term that means to cut down the center almost completely
butterfly
Molly
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$1,600
[27]
A Jew who does this while davening, or praying, is said to shokel
bow (or sway or rock)
Ron
|
$1,600
[14]
Phyllis York, co-founder of this no-nonsense therapy, said, "We had... rotten kids; now they're wonderful"
Toughlove
Ron
|
|
$2,000
[5]
It's the largest number in the Fibonacci sequence that's also a day in a month
21
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
This Al Pacino film was a remake of the Italian movie "Profumo di donna"
Scent of a Woman
Molly
|
$2,000
[24]
A classic by Crockett Johnson:"Harold and the ____ Crayon"
Purple
Eureka
|
$2,000
[25]
You can make your panini with this Italian bread whose name comes from the Latin for "hearth"
focaccia
Eureka
Ron
|
$2,000
[26]
Legend says this German artist's 1508drawingof praying hands was inspired by his own brother
Albrecht Durer
|
$2,000
[15]
Canine proverb implying that one's feeling for a person includes caring about those close to him
love me, love my dog
|
In 1950, 2 years after his murder, some of his ashes were enshrined at the Self-Realization Fellowship in Los Angeles
Gandhi