Ashok Poozhikunnel game 2.
Alison Shapiro — a publicist from Santa Monica, California
Michele Myers Beuerlein — a research assistant from Cincinnati, Ohio
Ashok Poozhikunnel — an underwriter from Wheaton, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashok | $4,000 | $8,800 | $24,600 |
$18,001
2-day champion: $39,601 |
$22,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Michele | $2,200 | $3,400 | $5,000 |
$10,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
10 R, 2 W |
| Alison | $800 | $4,800 | $9,000 |
$12,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| NEWSPAPERS | AFRICAN CITIES | MEN'S HAIRSTYLES | FILMS BY SUBTITLE | HISTORICAL QUOTES | "CAT" OR "DOG"? |
|
$200
[4]
The dominant paper in our nation's capital, it's among the top 10 U.S. papers in circulation
The Washington Post
Ashok
|
$200
[1]
Several bridges, including El Tahrir, cross the Nile in this capital
Cairo
Ashok
|
$200
[26]
What you're seeing is the hairstyle created when 500,000 of these pass through your body
volts
Alison
|
$200
[22]
"International Man of Mystery"
Austin Powers
Ashok
|
$200
[9]
Concerning this failed operation, JFK said, "the Cuban people have not yet spoken their final piece"
the Bay of Pigs
Ashok
|
$200
[7]
On "Jeopardy!", it consists of 5 clues
the category
Alison
|
|
$400
[18]
Early in their careers, Mark Twain & Bret Harte wrote pieces for this California city's Chronicle
San Francisco
Ashok
|
$400
[2]
This port is the southernmost of South Africa's 3 capitals
Cape Town
Alison
|
$400
[27]
Don't wig out--this monarch from 1643 to 1715 had dozens of wig makers working for him
Louis XIV
Ashok
|
$400
[23]
"How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb"
Dr. Strangelove
Michele
|
$400
[10]
As reported by Hernan Cortes in a 1522 dispatch, these people said that "by no means would they give themselves up"
the Aztecs
Michele
|
$400
[8]
Trivial or undignified verse
doggerel
Michele
|
|
$600
[19]
This Georgia newspaper is known as The AJC for short
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Alison
|
DD
$400
[3]
The name of this largest Moroccan city combines 2 Spanish words
Casablanca
Alison
|
$600
[28]
In a painting by Matthias Stom, this biblical figure is in theprocessof becoming dis-tressed
Samson
Alison
|
$600
[15]
"The First Avenger"
Captain America
Ashok
|
$600
[14]
In a 1959 American kitchen exhibit in Moscow, he told Khrushchev, "In America, we like to make life easier for women"
Nixon
Michele
|
$600
[11]
To jump on top of another person, often in a group
dog pile
Alison
|
|
$800
[20]
Daniel Hertzberg & James B. Stewart of this paper shared a 1988 Pulitzer for their stories about insider trading
The Wall Street Journal
Alison
|
$800
[5]
Wooden 2-story verandas in this Liberian capital are an architectural link to the U.S. South
Monrovia
Ashok
Alison
|
$800
[29]
In 1786 Gilbert Stuartpainted Chief Joseph Brant, who was--go figure--head of this tribe
Mohawk
Michele
|
$800
[24]
"The Ballad of Ricky Bobby"
Talladega Nights
Alison
|
$800
[16]
After the fall of France in 1940, this general told his country, "France has lost a battle. But France has not lost the war"
(Charles) de Gaulle
Ashok
|
$800
[12]
Asserting an opinion in an authoritative manner
dogmatically
Michele
|
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1840 Horace Greeley began publishing "The Log Cabin", a weekly campaign paper in support of this Whig candidate
William Henry Harrison
Ashok
|
$1,000
[6]
Named for a 19th century queen, this capital of the Seychelles has fewer than 30,000 people
Victoria
Ashok
|
$1,000
[30]
The hairdo of this comic-strip prince has gone in & out of fashion
Prince Valiant
Alison
|
$1,000
[25]
"The Far Side of the World"
Master and Commander
Ashok
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1888 this chancellor told the Reichstag, "We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world"
(Otto von) Bismarck
Ashok
|
$1,000
[13]
High-deductible health insurance only useful in case of utter disaster
catastrophic
Ashok
|
| LET ME PREFACE THAT | COMPLETE DOME-INATION | POTPOURRI | MUSICAL NUMBERS | I'M BURNIN' FOR YOU | 10-LETTER WORDS |
|
$800
[15]
"Those awful young women capering at the hotel-door, they are the real little Daisy Millers that were"
(Henry) James
Ashok
|
$400
[4]
This New Orleans venue reopened Sept. 25, 2006
the Superdome
Alison
|
$400
[10]
Large specimens of this marsupial can leap over barriers 6 feet high
kangaroos
Michele
|
$400
[19]
Adam Ant:"Goody ____ Shoes"
Two
Alison
|
$400
[16]
Pierre Cauchon, Bishop of Beauvais, presided over the trial of this woman who went up in smoke May 30, 1431
Joan of Arc
Michele
|
$400
[21]
In Olympic gymnastic events, it precedes "all-around men" & "all-around women"
individual
|
|
$1,200
[1]
"'Jude the Obscure' is simply an endeavour to give shape... to a series of... personal impressions"
Thomas Hardy
Alison
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
This Wisconsin city claims to have built the USA's only granite dome
Madison
Alison
|
$800
[11]
One of the N.Y. Times' headlines on this landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision was "Cardinals Shocked"
Roe v. Wade
Ashok
|
$800
[20]
Steely Dan:"Hey ____"
Nineteen
Alison
|
$800
[17]
Nicholas Ridley, who supported Lady Jane Grey, got burned when this "Bloody" British queen took the throne
Mary
Alison
|
$800
[22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Newseum in Washington, D.C.)Thisinvention sped up the flow of news from behind the beyond; in 2001, this one sent the only real-time images of U.S. surveillance personnel being freed from China
a videophone
|
|
$1,600
[2]
"Some of the characters in these pages are chosen from the most criminal and degraded... Sikes is a thief"
Charles Dickens
Alison
|
$1,200
[6]
Thissacred structure dates from the late 600s A.D.
the Dome of the Rock
Alison
|
$1,200
[9]
Because of the way he became president, John Tyler's opponents nicknamed him "His" this
"Accidency"
Ashok
|
$1,200
[23]
T-Pain featuring Wiz Khalifa & Lily Allen:"____ O'Clock"
5
Ashok
|
$1,200
[18]
William Tyndale, who completed his English translation of this in 1525, was burned in Brussels in 1536
the New Testament
Ashok
Michele
Alison
|
$1,200
[25]
This "botanical" interchange is where 2 highways meet
a cloverleaf
Ashok
|
|
$2,000
[3]
"Erewhon is pronounced as a word of three syllables, all short"
Samuel Butler
Michele
|
$1,600
[7]
Syracuse Univ.'s domed stadium is named for this air-conditioning company that paid $2.75 million for the rights
(the) Carrier (Corporation)
Ashok
|
$1,600
[12]
In 2011 bell ringers for this charity started accepting digital donations to its red kettle
the Salvation Army
Alison
|
$1,600
[24]
Public Enemy:"____ Is A Joke"
911
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1612 Edward Wightman became the last person to be burned in England as this religious criminal
a heretic
Ashok
|
$1,600
[26]
The gangster who actually moves his finger to carry out a hit while the guy who planned it might be elsewhere
a triggerman
Ashok
|
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
"The tribe... was a mighty people, called the 'Mahicanni,' or, more commonly, the 'Mohicans'"
(James Fenimore) Cooper
Ashok
|
$2,000
[8]
The structure seen here, in this city, is technically not a dome since it uses masts & cables for support
London
Michele
|
$2,000
[13]
After Elizabeth's death in 1603, the crown passed to King James, the first of this royal house to rule England
Stuart
Ashok
|
$2,000
[30]
The Proclaimers:"I'm Gonna Be (____ Miles)"
500
Michele
|
$2,000
[29]
France's Philip IV--known as "The Fair"--had Jacques de Molay, the last grand master of this order, burned in 1314
the Knights Templar
Ashok
|
$2,000
[27]
This term for a shabbily clothed, dirty child is the name of a demon in the poem "Piers Plowman"
ragamuffin
|
For a 1912 play they were dubbed Blick, Flick, Glick, Snick, Plick, Whick & Quee; 25 years later, they got new names
the Seven Dwarfs