Christopher Short game 5.
Helen Hostetter — a homemaker from Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
Mickey McLaurin — a research and grants administrator from Oxford, Mississippi
Christopher Short — a pub trivia editor from Crawfordsville, Indiana (whose 4-day cash winnings total $65,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher | $1,000 | $5,400 | $13,400 |
$2,400
5-day champion: $68,399 |
$15,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mickey | $3,800 | $3,400 | $11,800 |
$1,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Helen | $1,400 | $1,800 | $7,800 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
13 R, 3 W |
| THE GALAPAGOS ENVIRONMENT | DISNEY FILM BY CHARACTER | HIGHWAYS & BYWAYS | TV ALPHABET | WATERFALLS | "AZ" I WAS SAYING |
|
$200
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) With its fragile ecosystem in danger from events like a 2001 oil tanker wreck, the Galapagos turned to energy sources like this; 3 turbines for it were installed in 2007
wind power
Helen
|
$200
[2]
Jasmine, a princess(1992)
Aladdin
Helen
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$200
[19]
In the 1950s Paul Revere's ride was depicted on signs for this state's I-90 turnpike
Massachusetts
Christopher
|
$200
[12]
TNT
Turner Network Television
Christopher
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$200
[11]
Della Falls on this British Columbia island is named for the wife of Joe Drinkwater, who discovered it in 1899
Vancouver
Christopher
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$200
[1]
From 1934 to 1938 it was "home" to gangster Al Capone
Alcatraz
Helen
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$400
[25]
(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) From June to November here in the Galapagos, the south equatorial current encourages the rich growth of this, the collective name for nonmotile marine organisms
plankton
Christopher
Helen
|
$400
[3]
Mr. Smee, a first mate(1953)
Peter Pan
Mickey
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$400
[20]
Starting in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, the Inter-American Highway is a 3,400-mile section of this network of highways
the Pan-American Highway
|
$400
[13]
CBS
Columbia Broadcasting System
Christopher
|
$400
[17]
This natl. park's Ribbon Falls is also known as "Virgin's Tears", while its Silver Strand Falls is "Widow's Tears"
Yosemite
Christopher
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$400
[7]
This American Indian empire had a 365-day solar calendar that consisted of 18 months of 20 days plus 5 extra days
Aztec
Christopher
|
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$600
[26]
With their fins a Chinese delicacy, these are in danger in the Galapagos, upsetting the ecological balance
sharks
Helen
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$600
[4]
Mike Wazowski, friend to James P. "Sully" Sullivan(2001)
Monsters, Inc.
Christopher
|
$600
[21]
First used in 1821, this Old West trail connected Missouri with New Mexico
the Santa Fe Trail
Mickey
|
$600
[14]
UPN
United Paramount Network
Mickey
|
$600
[18]
Waihilau Falls in this island's Waimanu Valley has a single drop of almost a half mile
Hawaii
Christopher
Helen
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$600
[8]
In the Bible this husband of Ruth was the great grandfather of King David
Boaz
Christopher
|
|
$800
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) As Darwin's finches remove parasites from the tortoises, two of the best-known creatures of the Galapagos display this mutually helpful arrangement, from the Greek for "living together"
symbiosis
Christopher
|
$800
[5]
Stromboli, a puppet-show proprietor(1940)
Pinocchio
Christopher
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$800
[22]
This road was named for the Roman official who began its construction in 312 B.C.
the Appian Way
Helen
|
$800
[15]
VH1
Video Hits 1
Christopher
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
France's tallest waterfall, Gavarnie Falls, is fed by a Spanish lake in this mountain range
the Pyrenees
Christopher
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$800
[9]
The title of this 1969 Alfred Hitchcock film comes from the code name of a French spy ring
Topaz
Mickey
|
|
$1,000
[28]
(Alex Trebek gives the clue from Galapagos in Ecuador.) The flightless cormorant is native to & found only in the Galapagos Islands; it is said to be this to the islands; it's from the Greek "endemos", which means native
endemic
Christopher
Mickey
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$1,000
[6]
Timothy Q. Mouse, friend of the title character(1941)
Dumbo
Christopher
Mickey
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$1,000
[23]
This San Francisco waterfront road runs from the Giants' Stadium to Pier 39
the Embarcadero
|
$1,000
[16]
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network
Christopher
Mickey
|
$1,000
[30]
At 3,110 feet, Tugela Falls in this country's Kwazulu-Natal province is the world's second highest
South Africa
Helen
|
$1,000
[10]
An area called Nagorno-Karabakh has long been a source of dispute between this country & its neighbor Armenia
Azerbaijan
Christopher
Helen
|
| MATERIALS | BRITISH MONARCHS | "S"HOES | THAT'S GOTTA HURT! | THE NEW YORK TIMESOP-ED | KNOCK U OUT |
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$400
[1]
Nubuck is a type of this; you might see a Harley owner wearing a nubuck jacket
leather
Helen
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$400
[8]
Leaving no heir, she was the last Tudor monarch
Elizabeth I
Mickey
|
$400
[16]
This brand that is synonymous with cowboy hats also makes cowboy boots
Stetson
Mickey
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$400
[21]
A 747 running over the 26 bones, including 14 phalanges, in this body part
the foot
Helen
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$400
[26]
On Nov. 27, 2000 this man who conceded early in 1996 wrote "Why Gore Should Concede"
Bob Dole
Helen
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$400
[3]
It's a British unit of currency; knock "U" out & you get a small body of water
pound & pond
Mickey
|
|
$800
[2]
The 7,000-year-old sculpture Adonis of Zschernitz, discovered in 2003, is made of this earthy stuff
clay
Christopher
|
$800
[9]
Leaving no heir, she was the last Stuart monarch
Queen Anne
Mickey
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$800
[17]
This word precedes "-back" in the name of a type of pumps
sling
Helen
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$800
[22]
A 105-mph fastball to this 8-letter lower end of the backbone that may fuse with the sacrum
the tailbone
Mickey
Helen
|
$800
[27]
In November of 2010 Nicholas Kristof advocated this economic practice, such as lending a small sum to buy a rickshaw
microlending (or microfinance)
Christopher
|
$800
[4]
Something that discharges water; without the "U", it's a small stain
spout & spot
Christopher
|
|
$1,200
[13]
If you were publishing a codex 2,000 years ago, you could go with vellum or this coarser sheepskin material
parchment
Helen
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$1,200
[10]
In 978 he became "The Martyr"; don't confuse him with "The Confessor"
Edward
Mickey
|
$1,200
[18]
This brand's top-sider has been an American favorite since 1935
Sperry
Mickey
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$1,200
[23]
The Incredible Hulk clapping you on the deltoid muscle that covers this joint
the shoulder
Christopher
|
$1,200
[28]
"Fight the Philistines" was Anthony Lewis' 1990 column defending federal funding of this aesthetic body
the NEA (National Endowment for the Arts)
Mickey
|
$1,200
[5]
This person is an originator; take out "U" & you get how "absence makes the heart grow"
founder & fonder
Christopher
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Meaning "made up of layers", this type of flooring can impersonate wood or stone at a lower cost
laminate
Christopher
|
$1,600
[11]
She is the most recent who was not the child of a monarch
Victoria
Mickey
|
$1,600
[19]
There are slip-ons, slippers & these backless shoes whose name tells you how they slip on
slides
|
$1,600
[24]
A sledgehammer to this insulin-producing organ; the duodenum loops around it & both hate being hit by a sledgehammer
the pancreas
Christopher
|
$2,000
[29]
In a 1976 piece this former prime minister of her country stated simply, "We Dispossessed No Arabs"
Golda Meir
Helen
|
$1,600
[6]
A parasitic insect; remove the "U" to find a word meaning "to suffer defeat"
louse & lose
Mickey
|
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
In the 1930s Marvin Camras developed modern sound recording using this material before turning to tape
wire
Christopher
|
$2,000
[12]
The IV of his name, in 1830 he became the oldest to ascend the throne
William
Christopher
|
$2,000
[20]
This brand says its Shape-Ups line can increase muscle activity
Skechers
Christopher
|
$2,000
[25]
A bowling ball to this 3-pound reddish brown filtering organ that consists of 4 lobes
the liver
Christopher
|
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DD
$2,000
[7]
It can mean strong influence; knock out the "U" & you've blocked the flow of blood
clout & clot
Mickey
|
Pulitzer Prize winner Robert Frost remarked that this is what gets "lost in translation"
poetry