Joon Pahk game 5.
Adam Perrotta — a writer originally from Saratoga Springs, New York
Bret Jacobs — a financial consultant from Irvine, California
Joon Pahk — a college physics teacher from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 4-day cash winnings total $129,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joon | $3,800 | $7,000 | $19,300 |
$16,800
5-day champion: $146,200 |
$21,600
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bret | $1,200 | $5,400 | $8,200 |
$16,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
12 R, 2 W |
| Adam | $1,600 | $1,800 | $8,000 |
$7,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| HISTORY | SPLITSVILLE | IN THE PINK | HOW IS THAT PREPARED? | NAME CALLING | NATIONAL GEOGRAPHICBRAIN GAMES |
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$200
[1]
Disappointment with the Livonian War & suspected treasons in 1582 may have led this czar to order his 1st executions
Ivan the Terrible
Bret
Adam
|
$200
[2]
This singer had 2 days of wedded bliss with a childhood friend before moving on to K-Fed
Britney Spears
Joon
|
$200
[11]
pinkribbonshop.com promotes awareness of this disease, "one pink ribbon at a time"
breast cancer
Adam
|
$200
[20]
Eggs over easy
fried
Bret
Adam
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$200
[15]
Hey little short person, you don't mind if I call you this, do you?--like the ones in the east of the Land of Oz
munchkin
Joon
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$200
[26]
The top & bottom hueshereare the same; the braintricks itselfby using these areas of comparative darkness as cues
shadows
Adam
|
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$400
[3]
In 1449 Henry VI instituted the (hopefully non-evil) office of sheriff here, now an industrial city in central England
Nottingham
Joon
|
$400
[5]
Rumors of Tony Parker's infidelity swirled when this Desperate Housewife filed for divorce in 2010
Eva Longoria
Joon
|
$400
[12]
Juan & Eva Peronused to appear on the balconies of the Casa Rosada or "pink house", seenherein this world capital
Buenos Aires
Bret
|
$400
[21]
Snickerdoodles
baked
Adam
|
$400
[16]
You spend too much time watching TV; you're a sofa spud, or, in other words, this more popular term
a couch potato
Joon
|
$400
[30]
This 12-letter ability in which several jobs are managed at once is a misnomer; your brain can really only focus on one
multitasking
Joon
|
|
$600
[4]
"Black Thursday" happened on Oct. 24 of this year; 5 days later, share prices had fallen 80%
1929
Bret
|
$600
[8]
This Bon Jovi guitarist said his divorce from Heather Locklear & his addiction made for "a gang tackle from hell"
Richie Sambora
Adam
|
$600
[13]
This product says it's "the only leading medicine that relieves five stomach problems"
Pepto-Bismol
Joon
|
$600
[22]
Yakitori
grilled
Bret
|
$600
[17]
I could call you a dunce or I could call you this, the type of shark seen here
a hammerhead
Joon
|
$600
[29]
Virtual reality & psychology are used to rewire the brain of war vet Jerry, who suffers from PTSD, short for this
post-traumatic stress disorder
Bret
|
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Delegates from 34 countries attended this body's final session April 18, 1946
the League of Nations
Joon
|
$800
[9]
This "House" and "Tron: Legacy" co-star didn't live happily ever after with her Italian prince, filing for divorce in 2011
Olivia Wilde
|
$800
[14]
Rapper Cam'ron had a pink one of these alliterative super-SUVs, but sold it as it got too much attention
Range Rover
|
$800
[23]
Peking duck
roasted
Adam
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$800
[18]
Not so computer savvy, are you? You're just a this--like a non-sorcerer in Harry Potter
a muggle
Joon
|
$800
[28]
Your brain runs on only about 12 of these power units, using shortcuts to focus on what counts
watts
Bret
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In 62 A.D. this Roman emperor had his wife Octavia put to death, then he got remarried the same year... coincidence?
Nero
Joon
|
$1,000
[10]
Divorcing Reese Witherspoon put him in "the darkest, saddest place I had ever been"
Ryan Phillippe
Adam
|
$1,000
[25]
Jack London wrote that one type of drinker "sees, in the extremity of his ecstasy, blue mice and" these creatures
pink elephants
Bret
|
$1,000
[24]
Chicago hot dog, for purists
steamed
Adam
|
$1,000
[19]
I can't tell if you're just a fool or drunk, but you're definitely this, also the name of the character seen here
Jughead
Bret
|
$1,000
[27]
Recalling the exactdetailsof a robbery uses this "equine" brain part that decides what short-term info to keep
the hippocampus
Joon
|
| GET YOUR WORDSWORTH HERE! | OLD (REALLY OLD) PHOTOS | AMERICAN ISLANDS | "SIT" OR "STAND" | MAGAZINES | LATINOS IN HOLLYWOOD |
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$400
[10]
From Westminster Bridge, William mused, "Earth has not anything to show more fair" than this city
London
Joon
|
$400
[4]
The poetic & artistic Rosettiswere snapped by this Victorian children's author, also a serious photographer
Lewis Carroll
Bret
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$400
[22]
It's the USA's largest volcanic island
Hawaii
Joon
|
$400
[2]
Crunches are a version of these
sit-ups
Joon
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$400
[1]
In 1922 DeWitt & Lila Wallace published the first issue of this magazine that condenses articles
Reader's Digest
Joon
|
$400
[21]
Last name of Fernando, a star in Argentina before moving to the U.S.; his son Lorenzo & grandson A.J. act, too
Lamas
Joon
|
|
$800
[11]
Wordsworth belonged to the school of poets named for this watery district of northern England
Lake District (or Country)
Joon
|
$800
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a photograph on the monitor.) Long exposures made quickly-moving objects disappear; here, in 1838, a man standing still getting a shoe shine is the first known human to be photographed; he was in this capital where photography was largely invented
Paris
Joon
|
$800
[23]
Theodore Roosevelt Island, now a memorial, lies in this river & is accessible by footbridge from Virginia
the Potomac
Joon
|
$800
[3]
The operation that took out Osama Bin Laden was monitored from this White House room
the Situation Room
Bret
|
$800
[9]
Jann S. Wenner is the editor & publisher of this music magazine
Rolling Stone
Joon
|
$800
[27]
Though the daughter of Hondurans, this "Ugly Betty" star voiced a Viking girl in "How To Train Your Dragon"
America Ferrera
Bret
Adam
|
|
$1,200
[12]
W.W. lamented childlike wonder: "Nothing can bring back the hour / Of splendour in" this, "Of glory in the flower"
the grass
Joon
Adam
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$1,200
[18]
In the 1870s, Red Cloud& a delegation of his Oglala people of this tribe came to Washington
the Sioux
Joon
|
$1,200
[24]
Treasure Island is a manmade island built in this bay for the 1939-1940 Golden Gate Exposition
San Francisco Bay
Bret
|
$1,200
[6]
Anoushka Shankar played this instrument on her father's album "Full Circle: Carnegie Hall 2000"
the sitar
Joon
|
$1,200
[17]
The second word in the French name of this cooking magazine has an accent mark over the "E"
Bon Appétit
Joon
|
$1,200
[30]
Sheco-founded an organization called Voto Latino to get people to the polls, even in Sin City
Rosario Dawson
|
|
$1,600
[15]
It sounds a little backwards, but "The child is father of" this
the man
|
$1,600
[19]
That's not Napoleon--it's P.T. Barnum's attraction Charles Stratton, known by this name
Tom Thumb
Adam
|
$1,600
[25]
Manisses, or "Island of Little God", was the Narragansett Indian name for this state's Block Island
Rhode Island
Joon
|
$1,600
[7]
It can refer to a flag or a popular old song
a standard
Joon
|
$1,600
[14]
Rodale publishes this healthy living magazine whose 10-letter name implies it can forestall disease
Prevention
Joon
|
$1,600
[29]
This director's first version of "El Mariachi" was shot for $7,000; the Holywood version cost slightly more
(Robert) Rodriguez
Joon
Adam
|
|
$2,000
[16]
"All at once I saw a crowd / A host, of golden" these flowers
daffodils
Joon
|
$2,000
[20]
Britain's Roger Fenton is known as the first war photographer, capturingquiet momentsin this 1850s conflict
the Crimean War
Joon
|
DD
$2,500
[26]
The University of Texas Medical Branch is on this island
Galveston
Joon
|
$2,000
[8]
A truce or cessation of hostilities
a stand-down
Bret
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
The documentary "The September Issue" showed Anna Wintour prepping for this magazine's 2007 Fall Fashion issue
Vogue
Adam
|
$2,000
[28]
Born Margarita Carmen Cansino, this bombshell was a trained dancer & sometimes partnered Fred Astaire
Rita Hayworth
Adam
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The son of an Oscar winner, this prince is also a 5-time Olympian
Prince Albert