Dave Leach game 7.Dan McShane game 1.
Dan McShane — a baseball game logger from West Islip, New York
Molly Dahlberg — a tutor and opera singer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Dave Leach — a software analyst from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 6-day cash winnings total $98,054)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $1,000 | $2,300 | $9,400 |
$14,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
19 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Molly | $1,800 | $4,000 | $6,800 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
15 R, 3 W |
| Dan | $3,400 | $5,800 | $14,400 |
$18,801
New champion: $18,801 |
$17,000
19 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NEW MEXICO | SNAKES... WHY'D IT HAVE TO BE SNAKES? | DIRECTED & STARRED IN | FORM LETTERS | I WANT MY "BABY" BACK, "BABY" BACK | RIBS |
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$200
[16]
New Mexico's largest city, it was named for a viceroy of New Spain
Albuquerque
Dan
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$200
[11]
Holy jumpin' cats!Here's an African sand cat squaring off with a sand viper in this 3-million-square-mile sandpile
the Sahara
Molly
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$200
[2]
"Yentl"
Barbra Streisand
Dan
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$200
[14]
The simplest version of IRS Form 1040 adds these 2 letters
E-Z
Molly
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$200
[1]
A small piano about 5 feet long
a baby grand
Molly
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$200
[21]
In Genesis he wakes up to find himself minus one rib but plus one female
Adam
Dan
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$400
[17]
The animal seenherewas rescued in New Mexico's capitan mountains & became the living symbol of this mascot
Smokey the Bear
Molly
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$400
[12]
Sibon annulata, named for preying on these very slow movers, lives in central America, not France
snails
Dan
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$400
[3]
"Easy Rider"
Dennis Hopper
Molly
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$400
[26]
To get the 411, submit an eFOIA (Freedom of Information Act) form to this Justice Dept. main investigative body
the FBI
Dave
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$400
[7]
Louise Brown's arrival in 1978 made her the first successful one of these in vitro creations
a test tube baby
Dave
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$400
[22]
In architecture a ribbed ceiling with arches is called one of these, like a room in a bank
vaulted
Dan
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$600
[18]
In 1942 this comparatively isolated New Mexico place was chosen for an atomic research lab
Los Alamos
Dave
Molly
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$600
[13]
The modern-day Rikki-Tikki-Tavishereare watching one of these snakes emerging from a hole
a cobra
Dave
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$600
[4]
2010's "The Town"
Ben Affleck
Dan
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$600
[27]
In form VA4962, Verification of Eligibility for Burial in a National Cemetery, VA is this Cabinet department
Veterans Affairs
Dan
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$600
[8]
In 2007 the first of these, born 1 second after midnight January 1, 1946, filed for social security
a Baby Boomer
Dan
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$600
[23]
This cotton fabric with vertical raised ribs comes in wide wale & pinwale varieties
corduroy
Molly
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$800
[28]
Lilian Whiting used this phrase as the title of a 1906 book; it became New Mexico's official state nickname in 1999
"Land of Enchantment"
Dave
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$800
[19]
You can tell by itsstripesthat the deadly Australian snakehereis named for this big cat
a tiger
Molly
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$800
[5]
"The Horse Whisperer"
Robert Redford
Dan
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$800
[15]
302-AM is an application for a broadcast station license with this agency
the FCC
Dan
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$800
[9]
At diapers.com power outlet covers are listed among the "essentials" for this activity
babyproofing
Molly
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$800
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) The lowest two pairs ofribsin humans are known by this suspended adjective, as they don't attach in the front
floating
Dave
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DD
$2,300
[29]
Most of what is now New Mexico was ceded to the U.S. in 1848 through this treaty that ended the Mexican War
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Dave
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$1,000
[20]
The prominenthornon the nose shows why Bitis nasicornisis also known as this viper, after another African animal
a rhinoceros
Molly
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$1,000
[6]
"Throw Momma From The Train"
(Danny) DeVito
Dave
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$1,000
[30]
These 3 letters refer to a Cabinet department & precede 30106 in a sample move in/move out inspection form
H.U.D.
Dan
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$1,000
[10]
Thisyouthful fellow had a bad run-in with the authorities in 1934
Baby Face Nelson
Dave
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$1,000
[25]
The ribs of a boat's frame, they're "shiver"ed in a salty expression
timbers
Dave
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| WRITE NOW! | GAME DESCRIPTIONS | MUSIC APPRECIATION | ON A FIRST-NAME BASIS | THE TIMES THEY ARE A-CHANGIN' | ANAGRAMMAR |
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$400
[15]
As the story goes, this poem was written on December 24, 1822 on the way home with a turkey for dinner
"'Twas the Night Before Christmas" ("A Visit From St. Nicholas")
Molly
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$400
[1]
Send a one-hopper home to get the guy who tagged up; shoot it around the horn
baseball
Dave
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$400
[11]
This Italian term for the deepest male voice range can precede profundo or continuo
basso
Molly
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$400
[6]
Though spelled differently, it's the real first name of Diddy & Jay-Z
Shawn
Dave
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$400
[23]
Thousands have died in this country's 2011 uprising against the Assad regime
Syria
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$400
[18]
"He" is one:POOR NUN
a pronoun
Dave
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$800
[17]
H. Rider Haggard is said to have penned "King Solomon's" these in a little over a month to back up a boast he'd made
Mines
Dave
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$800
[2]
In a Namco game, eat fruit, dodge ghosts, get the hungry gal around the maze
Ms. Pac-man
Dave
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$800
[12]
It's the time signature of the Chopin piece heard here; listen to the left hand
3/4
Dave
Molly
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$800
[7]
Like late actor Nielsen, Gerald Ford had this given first name
Leslie
Dan
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$800
[24]
In 2011 The New York Times it was a-changin' as Jill Abramson became its first female executive this
editor
Dave
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$800
[19]
"Hasn't" is one:IRON CONTACT
a contraction
Molly
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$1,200
[29]
He wrote "The Kandy-Kolored Tangerine-Flake Streamline Baby" in one night for Esquire magazine
Tom Wolfe
Dave
Molly
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$1,200
[3]
Clear the zone; stay out of the crease when trying to score on the power play
hockey
Dan
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$1,200
[13]
In 1990, on this composer's 150th birthday, Itzhak Perlman was fiddling away in Russia in his honor
Tchaikovsky
Molly
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$1,200
[8]
Telly Savalas may not have had Mr. Onassis' money, but he did share this intellectual first name
Aristotle
Dan
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$1,200
[25]
A hunger strike by Anna Hazare forced India's govt. to agree to this type of "man" investigating corruption
an ombudsman
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$1,200
[20]
Surrounding words that give meaning:NEXT COT
context
Dave
Dan
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$2,000
[28]
Unable to sleep, Longfellow knocked out "The Wreck Of" this ship between midnight & 3 A.M.
the Hesperus
Dave
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$1,600
[4]
Roll dice & try to get your 15 counters off the board before the other guy; watch out for doubling
backgammon
Dave
Molly
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$1,600
[14]
The name of this instrument consisting of steel bars on a frame is from the German for "play of bells"
glockenspiel
Dan
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$1,600
[9]
In Spanish please, it's the real first name of Chuck Norris & Charlie Sheen
Carlos
Dan
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$1,600
[26]
This country's leader tried to squash rumors of his ill health with tweets from his account @chavezcandanga
Venezuela
Dave
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$1,600
[21]
Misplaced or not, it adds meaning:IF DO RE MI
a modifier
Dave
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DD
$2,500
[30]
For a magazine story, this author of westerns once did his day's writing on a traffic island on Sunset Blvd.
Louis L'Amour
Dave
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$2,000
[5]
As Master Chief, shoot at the Covenant, massacre the flood; rinse, repeat
Halo
Dan
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$2,000
[16]
In 1888 John Philip Sousa wrote this march that later became the official march of the Marine Corps
"Semper Fidelis"
Dan
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DD
$2,600
[10]
Paul McCartney's real first name; he shares it with 2 apostles
James
Dan
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$2,000
[27]
In 2011 the Kimberly Process regulating these "sanguine" items allowed Zimbabwe to sell certain gems
blood diamonds
Molly
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$2,000
[22]
"Highest" is one example:ELUSIVE TRAP
a superlative
Dan
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The Hebrew word for this Biblical unit of measurement is Ammah, aptly meaning "elbow" or "forearm"
a cubit