Paul Nelson game 2.
Bobbi Hiltibidal — a retired paralegal from Topeka, Kansas
Shari Dwoskin — a law student originally from Montreal, Canada
Paul Nelson — a Senate staff aide originally from Iowa City, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul | $1,400 | $3,800 | $18,600 |
$15,200
2-day champion: $29,200 |
$15,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Shari | $2,000 | $7,000 | $11,000 |
$7,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
21 R, 4 W |
| Bobbi | $200 | $1,200 | $7,200 |
$11,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| AROUND THE FOREST | FUNNYMEN | D____A | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | RHYME SCHEME | CLOSE TO YOU |
|
$200
[1]
Though it sounds like what you eat on a pita, it's actually the dark organic material in soils found in some forest floors
humus
Bobbi
|
$200
[17]
He finally got some respect when he made his "Ed Sullivan Show" debut in 1967 & appeared more than a dozen times
Rodney Dangerfield
Shari
|
$200
[12]
A body of facts, or a Starfleet lieutenant commander
data
Paul
|
$200
[3]
As you might guess, an oliphant was a medieval horn carved out of this
ivory (a tusk accepted)
Paul
|
$200
[11]
To smile radiantly
to beam
|
$400
[24]
Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina
Alabama
Paul
|
|
$600
[5]
Birds & these creatures, which include flying foxes, are agents of pollination in tropical forests
bats
Shari
|
$400
[22]
(Hi, I'm Danny Pudi from the hit comedy Community.) I was honored to be the first recipient of Marquette's scholarship honoring this late "SNL" comedian who died in 1997
(Chris) Farley
Paul
|
$400
[13]
With deep red blooms, the Bert Pitt is an attractive garden type of this flower
a dahlia
Shari
|
$400
[6]
Made by Wurlitzer beginning in the early 1900s, the "unit orchestra" was one of these instruments
an organ
Shari
|
$400
[18]
A reverie
a dream
Shari
|
$600
[27]
Guam, Iceland, Jamaica
Jamaica
Paul
Shari
|
|
$800
[4]
Teak trees & bamboo are typical of the southeast Asian forests known by the name of this rainy season
monsoon
Shari
|
$600
[23]
Just months before his 2008 death, he recorded his 14th & last HBO stand-up special, "It's Bad for Ya"
George Carlin
|
$600
[14]
Term for any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland
diaspora
Paul
|
$600
[7]
About 6 feet long, it's sometimes called a bull fiddle
a bass
Shari
|
$600
[19]
It's generated when H2O hits 212
steam
Paul
|
$800
[25]
The Tropic of Cancer, the equator, the Tropic of Capricorn
the Tropic of Cancer
Paul
Shari
|
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Costa Rica.)Thistopmost layer of vines, treetops & other plants preserves the forest's moisture & also provides a food supply for monkeys & smaller creatures, some of which never come down their whole lives
canopy
Bobbi
|
$800
[29]
He toned down the funny for his role as singer James "Thunder" Early in "Dreamgirls"
Eddie Murphy
Shari
|
$800
[15]
Seat of power in Bangladesh
Dhaka
Shari
|
$800
[8]
Nothing says tropical vacation like this instrument
steel drums
Shari
|
$800
[20]
To say offensive things about God or religion
blaspheme
Paul
|
$1,000
[26]
The Mariana Trench, Hudson Bay, the International Date Line
Hudson Bay
Paul
Shari
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Thisforest dweller, also known as the ratel, does care to break into bees' nests to get the sweet stuff
the honey badger
Paul
|
$1,000
[28]
Alrighty then! At age 10 this "Yes Man" sent his resume to "The Carol Burnett Show"
Jim Carrey
Shari
|
$1,000
[16]
Record label for Lionel Hampton & Bill Haley
Decca
Bobbi
|
$1,000
[9]
In "The Magic Flute" the music for Papageno's magic bells is performed on this German-named instrument
a glockenspiel
Bobbi
|
$1,000
[21]
To swarm with a large number of moving, writhing things
teem
Shari
|
— |
| NEW YORK SENATORS | GHOST-POURRI | AFRICA | "A"DJECTIVES | BRITISH NOVELISTS | WHAT'S CHASING YOU?! |
|
$400
[9]
Later president, hewas a New York senator from 1821 to 1828
Van Buren
Bobbi
|
$400
[21]
A ghost tour may include hearing eerie tapping at the Wythe House in this Colonial Virginia city
Williamsburg
Shari
|
$400
[10]
For most of the 5th century, what is today this country was controlled by the Vandals
Tunisia
Paul
|
$400
[6]
It means "easy to approach"; you'll also find it a lot after "wheelchair"
accessible
Shari
|
$400
[1]
This author writes that while traveling back to London on a train, "the idea of Harry Potter simply fell into my head"
J.K. Rowling
Shari
|
$400
[23]
"30 Days of Night" & "Fright Night"
vampires
|
|
$800
[11]
In 1861 William Seward left the Senate to take on this post in the Cabinet
Secretary of State
Paul
|
$800
[22]
In the Bible, the ghost of Samuel told this king that he'd be defeated by the Philistines
Saul
Paul
|
$800
[15]
Most of the literature of this Horn of Africa country is written in either classical Ge'ez or modern Amharic
Ethiopia
Shari
|
$800
[7]
Resembling a seraph, a cherub or any Victoria's Secret model
angelic
Paul
|
$800
[2]
In 1929 this James Bond creator became a Moscow correspondent for Reuters
(Ian) Fleming
Shari
|
$800
[27]
"The Ghost and the Darkness"
lions
Bobbi
|
|
$1,600
[13]
When she replaced Hillary Clinton in 2009, she was the youngest senator, at age 42
(Kirsten) Gillibrand
Paul
|
$1,200
[28]
The ghost of this 19th c. Louisiana pirate is said to sail Galveston Bay searching for a lost love who fell overboard
(Jean) Lafitte
Bobbi
|
$1,200
[18]
What's now this country was united from many smaller chieftains by King Moshoeshoe I in the 1830s
Lesotho
Paul
|
$1,600
[16]
From the French for "right" comes this "skillful" word
adroit
Shari
|
$1,200
[3]
The biography "Pat and Roald" covers his life with wife Patricia Neal
Roald Dahl
Shari
|
$1,200
[26]
"Silver Bullet"
a werewolf
Paul
|
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
A New York senator from 1791 to 1797, helater presided over the Senate as vice president
(Aaron) Burr
Paul
|
$1,600
[29]
For centuries this ghostly ship has been seen sailing around the Cape of Good Hope
The Flying Dutchman
|
$1,600
[19]
Mauritania is home to large herds of these cattle, also called brahmins, which you'll find near the end of the alphabet
zebu
Paul
|
$2,000
[17]
It means "characteristic of an uncle"
avuncular
Paul
|
$1,600
[4]
This "Far from the Madding Crowd" author's first published work under his own name was 1873's "A Pair of Blue Eyes"
(Thomas) Hardy
Bobbi
|
$1,600
[24]
"Night of the Lepus"
big rabbits
Paul
Shari
|
|
$2,000
[14]
"Power, Pasta, and Politics" was this Brooklyn-born senator's account of his almost 20 years representing the Empire State
Alfonse D'Amato
|
$2,000
[30]
This beheaded fifth wife of Henry VIII haunts Hampton Court Palace; she's been heard shrieking Henry's name
Catherine Howard
Shari
|
$2,000
[20]
This capital of Angola once had "Sao Paulo de" before its name
Luanda
Bobbi
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
This 10-letter word means "greedy" & goes back to one of the 7 deadly sins
avaricious
Paul
|
$2,000
[5]
Born in Japan, he's published 6 novels, including "Never Let Me Go"
(Kazuo) Ishiguro
Shari
|
$2,000
[25]
"Them!"
giant ants
|
Based on a 1926 play & real-life events, it's now the longest-running American musical in Broadway history
Chicago