Kristin Morgan game 2.
Natalie Hudson — an attorney and taiko drummer from Houston, Texas
Parker East — a performance artist from Tallahassee, Florida
Kristin Morgan — a strategic analyst for NASA from Huntsville, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kristin | $2,800 | $5,000 | $13,000 |
$6,799
2-day co-champion: $13,499 |
$11,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Parker | $2,800 | $5,400 | $16,400 |
$6,799
New co-champion: $6,799 |
$12,200
20 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Natalie | $2,200 | $5,600 | $9,600 |
$6,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
15 R, 2 W |
| MOVIE TAGLINES | GEE! IT'S GEOLOGY | LETTER SECRET IDENTITIES | AMERICANA | VICTOR HUGO | WHERE IS THAT PLANET? |
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$200
[18]
1993: "An adventure 65 million years in the making"
Jurassic Park
Parker
|
$200
[1]
A flat, broad upland area; Tibet occupies the highest one in the world
a plateau
Parker
|
$200
[12]
Y is this currency used in Yokohama
yen
Natalie
|
$200
[21]
George "the Gipper" Gipp died 2 weeks after being named to this team made up of the best from around college football
All-American
Parker
|
$200
[6]
One of the effects of this Hugo novel was to shame the city of Paris into restoring a much-neglected cathedral
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Natalie
|
$200
[7]
After Google; before wind & fire
Earth
Natalie
|
|
$400
[17]
1997: "Protecting the Earth from the scum of the universe!"
Men in Black
Natalie
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$400
[2]
A maar is a big hole caused by this type of explosive activity
volcanism
Parker
|
$400
[13]
"Z" is the title of the 1969 movie that won an Oscar in this category
Best Foreign Film
Kristin
|
$400
[22]
This accused ax murderess was back in the news in 2012 after her lawyer's original journals were discovered
Lizzie Borden
Parker
|
$400
[14]
Wondering about the success of this novel featuring Jean Valjean, Hugo telegraphed his publisher, "?"; the reply was "!"
Les Misérables
Natalie
|
$400
[8]
Before flytrap; after blonde
Venus
Parker
|
|
$600
[19]
2009: "Some guys just can't handle Vegas"
The Hangover
Kristin
Parker
|
$600
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a geological diagram on the monitor.) The source of many wells & springs is a permeablelayerof rock called either a "water-bearing stratum" or this single-word name
an aquifer
Kristin
|
$600
[15]
E is the seventh tone in this major scale
F major
Natalie
|
$600
[23]
O. Henry called this fall holiday "the one day that is purely American"
Thanksgiving
Parker
|
$600
[27]
Hugo's "Toilers of the Sea" inspired a fad for anything related to this 10-armed cephalopod: dishes, hats, etc.
squid
Kristin
|
$600
[9]
After Freddie; before Morris
Mercury
Natalie
|
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1998 the main character was "On the air. Unaware"
The Truman Show
Natalie
|
$800
[4]
1,600 miles long, it's the deepest valley on the ocean floor; James Cameron made the first solo visit to its deepest part
Mariana Trench
Kristin
|
$800
[16]
X is a band from this city that provided the title of its debut album
Los Angeles
Parker
|
$800
[24]
Sandy Hook Light, the USA's oldest standing lighthouse, still operates in this state
New Jersey
Kristin
|
$800
[28]
After Hugo's death on May 22, 1885, his body lay in state for one night under this Paris landmark
Arc de Triomphe
Kristin
|
$800
[10]
After Veronica; before Blackmon
Mars
Parker
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
2000: "She brought a small town to its feet and a huge company to its knees"
Erin Brockovich
Parker
|
$1,000
[5]
A hollow stone nodule lined by mineral crystals growing inward
geode
Kristin
|
$1,000
[20]
B is the symbol of this chemical element
boron
Kristin
|
$1,000
[30]
A little bird told us this Tennessee city that's home to Dollywood got its name from a river & an ironworks
Pigeon Forge
Parker
Natalie
|
$1,000
[29]
In 1841, after 3 unsuccessful attempts, Hugo was finally elected to this literary group
Académie Française
Natalie
|
$1,000
[11]
Before missile; after jumpin'
Jupiter
Parker
|
| HISTORICAL ONLINE CHECK-INS | CALL ME ISRAEL | POSSESSIVE BOOK TITLES | 4-LETTER WORLD CAPITALS | 2012 IN MEMORIAM | THE "WARD" OF THE DAY |
|
$400
[1]
April 19, 1775: Just rode to Lexington & met Dawes; now off to Concord! (Samuel Prescott, you were tagged in this check-in)
Paul Revere
Kristin
|
$400
[25]
This state's flag flew at half-mast on the day of singer Israel Kamakawiwo'ole's 1997 funeral
Hawaii
Parker
|
$400
[13]
The finale of the Millennium trilogy:"The Girl Who Kicked the ____'s Nest"
Hornet
Kristin
|
$400
[8]
This capital city on the Dnieper river lends its name to a high-calorie chicken dish
Kiev
Kristin
|
$400
[3]
In May music fans mourned the death of Robin Gibb & this disco queen
Donna Summer
Kristin
Parker
|
$400
[20]
This word means "in the direction of the place where you live"
homeward
Parker
|
|
$1,200
[14]
December 1913: I'm in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, 'cause I'm governor now! Viva la revolucion!
Pancho Villa
Kristin
Parker
Natalie
|
$800
[26]
Born with the first name Israel, hebecame famous as his brother George's lyricist under this name
Ira Gershwin
Kristin
|
$800
[15]
Meta-fiction paying tribute to Melville:"____'s Wife"
Ahab
Parker
|
$800
[9]
The name of this city comes from the Quechua word rimac, & it's on the Rimac River
Lima
Kristin
|
$800
[4]
There's a little less laughter in Hollywood since the death of this comic
Phyllis Diller
Kristin
|
$800
[21]
Joseph Conrad's Lord Jim spends his life atoning for being one of these at a crucial moment
coward
Kristin
|
|
$1,600
[19]
1949: I'm in Taiwan, setting up a government with other nationalist Chinese leaders
Chiang Kai-shek
Parker
Natalie
|
$1,200
[27]
General Israel Putnam is said to have ordered, "Don't fire until you see the whites of their eyes" at this battle
Bunker Hill
Parker
|
$1,200
[16]
By Margaret Atwood:"The ____'s Tale"
Handmaid
Natalie
|
$1,200
[10]
Found on the Aare River, this Swiss capital was founded according to tradition in 1191
Bern
Natalie
|
$1,200
[5]
Though he passed away at 82, this entertainment icon will forever be remembered as "America's oldest teenager"
Dick Clark
Kristin
|
$1,200
[22]
It's the opposite of leeward
windward
Parker
Natalie
|
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
1485: @ Bosworth Field, leading my side against those wretched Tudors & I need a ride desperately
Richard III
Kristin
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1844 Israel Josaphat adopted this last name; with an added "S", it would become Europe's leading news agency
Reuter
Natalie
|
$1,600
[17]
A recent bestseller set in Paris in 1942 & 2002:"____'s Key"
Sarah
|
$1,600
[11]
Lome is the capital & largest city of this West African country whose name is also 4 letters long
Togo
Parker
|
$1,600
[6]
On his passing, Barbra Streisand said, "He was a true musical genius, but above all that, he was a beautiful human being"
Marvin Hamlisch
|
$1,600
[23]
Honest & direct
straightforward
Natalie
|
|
$2,000
[29]
480 B.C.: Crossing the Hellespont, supported by 700 ships; it's good to be the Persian king!
Xerxes
Parker
|
$2,000
[30]
Israel ben Eliezer, better known as the Ba'al Shem Tov, founded this Orthodox Jewish movement in the 18th century
Hasidism
Parker
|
$2,000
[18]
Subtitled "A Natural history of Four Meals":"The "____'s Dilemma"
Omnivore
Parker
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
Suva, the capital of this island nation, is a shipping & commercial center of the South Pacific
Fiji
Parker
|
$2,000
[7]
In summer 2012 The Monkees announced their first tour since the death of this bandmate in February
Davy Jones
|
$2,000
[24]
2-word equivalent of sommelier
wine steward
Kristin
|
This term for a type of decision is from Old French for "to speak the truth"
verdict