Brian Meacham game 3.
Chuck Narikiyo — an attorney from Waipahu, Hawaii
Emily Barkley-Levenson — a graduate student of cognitive neuroscience from West Hollywood, California
Brian Meacham — a film preservationist originally from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian | $5,800 | $5,000 | $12,800 |
$25,599
3-day champion: $61,099 |
$12,000
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $600 | $4,400 | $12,800 |
$6,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,800
15 R, 0 W |
| Chuck | $2,000 | $5,400 | $19,000 |
$12,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,000
23 R, 1 W |
| THE 112th CONGRESS | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES | PUMP UP THE JAM | COMMUNITY COLLEGE ALUMNI | "V" 8-LETTER WORDS | PACIFIC OCEAN LIFE |
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$200
[6]
In 2010 this Arizonan won a fifth 6-year term to the Senate
John McCain
Emily
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$200
[1]
This 2009 film is the all-time top-grossing movie in the U.S. & the world
Avatar
Brian
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$200
[16]
"Let me take you down, 'cause I'm going to..." California, which produces 3/4 of this jam item in the United States
strawberry
Chuck
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$200
[18]
An Observatory at Corning CC, her alma mater, is named for Eileen Collins, the first woman to command this NASA vehicle
the Space Shuttle
Emily
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$200
[11]
It's a synonym for speed
velocity
Chuck
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$200
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) To be hard to see from both above & below, many sharks have dark backs & paler bellies; this was named "counter-shading" by Abbot Thayer, an artist who helped the military develop this during World War I
camouflage
Chuck
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$400
[7]
This house minority leader has routinely won 80% of the vote in her re-elections to California's 8th district
Nancy Pelosi
Brian
Chuck
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$400
[2]
It's all a dream (or a dream within a dream within a dream) for Leonardo DiCaprio & Ellen Page in this film--or is it?
Inception
Brian
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$400
[27]
This jam fruit named for a New Zealand bird is rich in vitamin C
kiwi
Chuck
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$400
[19]
Richard Carmona rose from Bronx Community College to med school to this job atop the U.S. public health service
the Surgeon General
Emily
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$400
[12]
Prohibited, German style
verboten
Emily
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$400
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) Mature green sea turtles are herbivores; that's why their body fat is green; young ones who haven't developed their color yet feed on creatures like jellyfish, so they're classified as these
carnivores
Chuck
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$600
[8]
In 2000 this Virginian won his primary by 263 votes; now he's house majority leader
Eric Cantor
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$600
[3]
Disney retold the story of Rapunzel in this 2010 animated film
Tangled
Brian
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$600
[28]
A cultivar of this jam fruit is Elberta, a freestone that originated in Georgia in 1870
peach
Chuck
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$600
[20]
A long time ago in Modesto, Calif., far, far away, this producer/director went to community college & studied history
George Lucas
Emily
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$600
[13]
Word for word
verbatim
Chuck
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$600
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) The teeth of many rays, which evolved from the scaly pieces that make up their skin, are adapted to their diet; eagle rays have flat teeth for crushing these protective structures
shells
Chuck
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$800
[9]
Now Senate majority leader, he beat John Ensign by 428 votes in 1998
Harry Reid
Brian
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$800
[4]
Cher played Christina Aguilera's Mentor in this musical
Burlesque
Chuck
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$800
[29]
Good in jam (& pulled out of pies with a thumb), Japanese these are native to China, but were 1st cultivated in Japan
plums
Brian
Emily
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$800
[21]
Curt Jones studied chemistry at CC before inventing these delicious flash-frozen beads of ice cream
Dippin' Dots
Brian
Emily
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$800
[14]
Revenge, Italian style, especially between families
vendetta
Chuck
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$800
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) Sea turtles dive to hundreds of feet by storing air in special passages; unlike the lungs, the passages don't have a network of blood vessels, so nitrogen doesn't get into the bloodstream to cause this, as in humans
the bends
Brian
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DD
$2,400
[10]
In the Senate, Mark Kirk replaced Roland Burris, who had replaced this man
Barack Obama
Brian
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$1,000
[5]
Tina Fey was the voice of reporter Roxanne Ritchi, who covers the title villain-turned-hero of this 2010 movie
Megamind
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$1,000
[30]
Greeks & Phoenicians spread the popularity of this 3-letter jam fruit throughout the old world; enjoy a San Pedro!
fig
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$1,000
[22]
This PBS "News Hour" anchor edited the student newspaper at Victoria College in Beaumont, Texas
Jim Lehrer
Emily
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$1,000
[15]
When you make an active decision, you do it of your own this
volition
Brian
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$1,000
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reads from the Maui Ocean Center.) The distinctive head of the hammerhead shark gives the fish added lift in rising to the surface; this pair of fins that serves the same purpose is relatively underdeveloped
the pectoral fins
Chuck
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| TOP OF THE CHARTS | COUNT IT "OFF" | 1, 2, 3, 4 | THE OPENING VERSE | TIME FOR A SOLO | FADE OUT |
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$400
[6]
Bemoaning a "Heart of Glass"
Blondie
Emily
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$400
[20]
Rice or noodles traditionally accompany this beef dish named for a 19th century Russian diplomat
Stroganoff
Brian
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$400
[11]
By distance from the Sun:1. Mercury2. Venus3. Earth4. this planet
Mars
Brian
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$400
[1]
...of a Burns poem rhymes "newly sprung in June" with "sweetly play'd in" this
tune
Emily
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$400
[16]
Get some goggles & recline in one of these beds: go for the high pressure for a greater proportion of UVA rays
a tanning bed
Chuck
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$400
[30]
This Egyptian whose reign ended around 1322 B.C. would never be old enough to drink legally in the United States
King Tut
Chuck
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$800
[7]
Doin' some "Jive Talkin'"
The Bee Gees
Chuck
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$800
[21]
In 1966 this was named the official ballet company of the New York City Center
the Joffrey Ballet
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$800
[12]
By career homers:1. Barry Bonds2. Hank Aaron3. Babe Ruth4. "Say Hey" to him
Willie Mays
Chuck
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$800
[2]
...of "To Autumn" by Keats says this season "has o'er-brimm'd" the bees' "clammy cells"
summer
Emily
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$800
[17]
Grab the 2 handles on your sled & race in this singles sport, a winter Olympic event since 1964
the luge
Chuck
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$800
[29]
On Nov. 28, 1859 he became a Legend of Sleepy Hollow himself
(Washington) Irving
Chuck
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$1,200
[8]
Suggesting, "Come See About Me"
The Supremes
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$1,200
[22]
The most frequent type of exchange between Ben Roethlisberger & Rashard Mendenhall
a handoff
Chuck
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$1,200
[13]
By area:1. Asia2. Africa3. North America4. this continent
South America
Brian
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$1,200
[3]
...of Yeats' "Leda and" this bird mentions "her nape caught in his bill"
a swan
Brian
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$1,200
[18]
I'm practicing tricks on my Screaming Eagle one of these toys from Duncan
a yo-yo
Chuck
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$1,200
[26]
On Nov. 26, 1504, 12 years after saying "Goodbye, Columbus", this queen made her royal exit
Isabella
Chuck
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$1,600
[9]
Desiring "Money For Nothing"
Dire Straits
Brian
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$1,600
[23]
2-word term for a public school official who investigates unauthorized absences from school
a truant officer
Emily
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$2,000
[15]
By atomic number:1. hydrogen2. helium3. lithium4. this element
beryllium
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DD
$2,000
[4]
"The Courtship of Miles Standish" mentions this man, "friend, and household companion" of Miles
John Alden
Brian
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$1,600
[19]
Try acting out in prison & you may get sent to this solitary place; Humble Pie sang about "30 Days" in it
the hole
Emily
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$1,600
[27]
In 1521 this Spanish explorer could've used a Fountain of Youth after an arrow wound led to his death in Havana
Ponce de Leon
Emily
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$2,000
[10]
Insisting, "I Can't Go For That (No Can Do)"
Hall & Oates
Chuck
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$2,000
[24]
A box for valuables; flush ones in a treasury are said to be "filled"
a coffer
Chuck
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DD
$3,000
[14]
By electoral votes:1. California2. Texas3. New York4. this state
Florida
Brian
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$2,000
[5]
...of this poet's "Prairie" begins, "I was born on the prairie" (Galesburg, Illinois, 1878)
(Carl) Sandburg
Chuck
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$2,000
[25]
I like making this type of solo monologue; my favorite begins, "Is this a dagger which I see before me"
a soliloquy
Emily
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$2,000
[28]
The diary closed for this English government official on May 26, 1703
(Samuel) Pepys
Brian
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Completed in 1858, it was to be named St. Stephen, but was nicknamed this, honoring the chief commissioner of the works
Big Ben