David Menchaca game 2.
Jim Stekelberg — a Ph.D. student in accounting from Granada Hills, California
Sally Greene — an education instructor from Moscow, Idaho
David Menchaca — a law student originally from Long Beach, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David | $1,400 | $2,600 | $15,400 |
$24,401
2-day champion: $40,301 |
$16,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sally | $3,400 | $9,400 | $12,200 |
$7,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Jim | $2,400 | $3,800 | $8,600 |
$9,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
10 R, 0 W |
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$200
[23]
In 1964 this band had 19 Top 40 hits; not a bad year, lads
the Beatles
David
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$200
[26]
A play on words, usually in a humorous way
a pun
Sally
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$200
[13]
In 1876 he patented the telephone
(Alexander Graham) Bell
David
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$200
[6]
Information for first responders & links regarding cybersecurity are found at dhs.gov, this department
Department of Homeland Security
David
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$200
[16]
Following this man's assassination, Jawaharlal Nehru said, "the light has gone out of our lives"
Gandhi
Sally
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$200
[1]
Look out below! It's this ice-covered land mass
Greenland
Jim
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$400
[22]
This band had the "satisfaction" of opening its first U.S. tour in San Bernardino & closing it at Carnegie Hall in '64
the Rolling Stones
Jim
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$400
[27]
3-letter creature, seen here
a doe
David
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$400
[14]
In the 1440s he came up with movable type
(Johannes) Gutenberg
David
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$400
[7]
Its .gov website says it "regulates interstate and international communications by radio, television... satellite & cable"
FCC
Sally
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$400
[17]
Howard Hughes said this "Gone With The Wind" actor's "ears make him look like a taxi-cab with both doors open
Clark Gable
Sally
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$400
[2]
The fourth-largest city in the United Kingdom, it lies on both sides of the River Clyde
Glasgow
Jim
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$600
[21]
Dave Davies played guitar in this band
The Kinks
David
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$600
[28]
It's any of the bench-like seats with a fixed back arranged in rows in churches
a pew
Sally
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$600
[15]
In the 1920s Jacob Schick produced the first successful electric one
razor
Sally
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$600
[8]
In 2011 the site for this volunteer org. touted its "50 years of promoting... friendship around the world"
the Peace Corps
Sally
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$600
[18]
Of this prior champ, Muhammad Ali said, "I just give lip service to being the greatest. He was the greatest"
Joe Louis
Sally
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$600
[3]
It's the suburb where you'd see the landmarks shown here
Giza
David
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$800
[11]
It took The Animals less than 30 minutes to record this 1964 hit about a certain place in New Orleans
"The House Of The Rising Sun"
David
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$800
[29]
In tennis, when a serve hits the net & drops into the proper court, it's called this & is replayed
a let
Sally
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$800
[24]
His 1869 inspiration was the stock ticker
Edison
Sally
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$800
[9]
bia.gov is the site for this bureau established in 1824, the oldest in the Interior Department
the Bureau of Indian Affairs (Bureau for Indian Affairs accepted)
Jim
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$1,000
[20]
MacArthur reportedly said of him, "he'll make a fine president, he was the best clerk who ever served under me"
Eisenhower
David
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$800
[4]
This cheesy town in South Holland is also noted for its stained-glass windows
Gouda
David
Sally
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$1,000
[12]
Then-session guitarist Jimmy Page played on this 1-named guy's "Sunshine Superman"
Donovan
Sally
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$1,000
[30]
To confer knighthood upon, or to insert new dialogue into a movie
dub
Jim
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$1,000
[25]
You know him for his 1876 hand-operated carpet sweeper
(Melville) Bissell
David
Sally
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$1,000
[10]
It's the "nw" in nwtrb.gov, overseeing the Department of Energy's disposal of high-level this
nuclear waste
Jim
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DD
$1,400
[19]
John Keats called this American "A philosophical Quaker full of mean and thrifty maxims"
Benjamin Franklin
Sally
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$1,000
[5]
(Sasrah of the Clue Crew reports from Panama)Covering nearly 170 square miles, this man-made lake acts as water storage, enabling the Panama Canal to continue operation through the dry season.
Gatun
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| THE BRITISH ARE GOING! | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES | ____ OF ____ | ZODIAC RHYME TIME | 20th CENTURY WRITERS | OPERA LOVERS |
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$400
[16]
In December 1963 Prince Philip was in Nairobi to hand over the documents making this country independent
Kenya
David
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$400
[3]
(Hi, I'm Kyra Sedgwick.) I made my professional debut on "Another World", so I have extra appreciation for this farce in which Dustin Hoffman goes to great lengths to land a part on a soap opera
Tootsie
Sally
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$400
[11]
"Divine" legal phrase for something caused by uncontrollable forces
an act of God
Jim
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$400
[26]
A bullish group of singers
a taurus chorus
Jim
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$400
[25]
He popularized the term "The Jazz Age" in a 1922 book title
Fitzgerald
Sally
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$400
[1]
After she declares her love for a toreador named Escamillo, she is stabbed to death by Don Jose
Carmen
David
|
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$800
[17]
Big news in 1997 included the British handover of this place
Hong Kong
David
|
$800
[4]
(I'm Andy Richter.) I'm crazy about 1934's "It's a Gift", the masterpiece of this comedian & his alcoholic, henpecked persona
W.C. Fields
David
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$800
[15]
Its 3 Capitol Hill buildings hold more than 63 million manuscripts
the Library of Congress
Sally
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$2,000
[27]
Slang for a football referee born in early October
a libra zebra
David
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$800
[24]
World Book says this "Main Street" author "died lonely and unhappy in Italy on Jan. 10, 1951"
Sinclair Lewis
Sally
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$800
[2]
"I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'" & "Oh Lawd, I'm On My Way" are arias in the opera about this title couple
Porgy & Bess
Sally
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1976 a Colonel Swynnerton was the last British military presence on this island at the tip of the Malay Peninsula
Singapore
David
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$1,200
[5]
(Hi, I'm Joshua Malina.) I don't think I'd like to live in the world that Jonathan Pryce inhabits in this fantasy movie from Terry Gilliam, but I sure enjoy watching it
Brazil
David
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$1,200
[14]
A path you're allowed to take on another's land
right of way
Sally
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$1,200
[21]
In 2005 Britain's National Portrait Gallery acquired the only known drawing of Ted Hughes by this writer, his wife
Sylvia Plath
David
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$1,200
[8]
At the end of a Berlioz opera inspired by Shakespeare, she & Benedict admit their love for one another
Beatrice
David
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DD
$2,000
[18]
In 120-degree heat in April 2009, British combat operations ended in this country, turned over to a U.S. brigade
Iraq
David
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$1,600
[6]
(Hi, I'm Julie Bowen.) A love triangle, a tank invasion & Daniel Day-Lewis; this adaptation of Milan Kundera's novel has it all
The Unbearable Lightness Of Being
|
$1,600
[12]
If your sample is 1 thousand people in a population of 1 million, your poll has this of 3.1%
a margin of error
David
Sally
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[22]
From 1962 until his death in 1967, he was Poet Laureate of Illinois
Carl Sandburg
David
|
$1,600
[9]
It's love at first sight for Sophie & Octavian in this "Knight Of The Rose" opera
Der Rosenkavalier
|
|
$2,000
[20]
This last British mainland colony in the Americas became independent in 1981, but the British Military stayed until 1994
Belize
Jim
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$2,000
[7]
(Hi, I'm Pat Sajak.) My favorite movie is this perfect little 1983 film about what happens when an oil company encounters the people of a Scottish town
Local Hero
David
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$2,000
[13]
A little south of the state of the same name, it's AKA the Sea of Cortez
the Gulf of California
Jim
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— |
$2,000
[23]
3's the charm for this playwright whose "Three Tall Women" earned him his third Pulitzer
Edward Albee
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$2,000
[10]
In a Gluck opera with the help of the love god Amor, Orfeo attempts to bring her back from Hades
Eurydice
David
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This nation, independent since 1960 is the largest island in the world with French as one of its official languages
Madagascar