Ben Ingram game 8.
Beth Morgan — a marketing consultant from Palo Alto, California
Stacie Larson — a public librarian from Orlando, Florida
Ben Ingram — an IT consultant originally from Florence, South Carolina (whose 7-day cash winnings total $157,733)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben | $4,400 | $6,400 | $14,000 |
$18,801
8-day champion: $176,534 |
$13,400
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Stacie | $1,000 | $3,000 | $5,000 |
$9,250
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,000
12 R, 4 W |
| Beth | $1,200 | $4,200 | $9,400 |
$18,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 0 W |
| 2013 POSTAGE STAMPS | FLANDERS | LADIES IN DIS-TRESS | CROSSWORD CLUES "L" | NONFICTION | PARTS OF THE WHOLE |
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$200
[15]
The "Yes, I Do" stamp in the series celebrating this life event is perfect for invitations
a wedding
Stacie
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$200
[3]
Present-day Flanders is basically the northern half of this country
Belgium
Stacie
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$200
[16]
Persis Khambatta was follicly challenged Lt. Ilia in this sci-fi franchise's first film
Star Trek
Beth
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$200
[4]
Sleepyheads' song(7)
a lullaby
Stacie
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$200
[21]
"Going Clear" is subtitled this religion, "Hollywood, and the Prison of Belief"
Scientology
Stacie
|
$200
[10]
Bait pedal, locking bar, spring
a mouse trap
Stacie
|
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$400
[24]
An express mail stamp honors this train station that opened on February 2, 1913
Grand Central Station
Ben
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$400
[6]
These flowers growing on a WWI battlefield inspired their mention in the poem "In Flanders Fields"
poppies
Ben
Stacie
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$400
[17]
She's back! This surviving member of the Nostromo must once again face off against aliens, this time without her hair
Ripley
Beth
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$400
[5]
Rent collector(8)
a landlord
Ben
|
$400
[22]
In her memoir "My Beloved World", this Supreme Court justice recalls growing up in a Bronx housing project
Sotomayor
Beth
|
$400
[11]
Cow catcher, smokestack, coupler
a train
Ben
|
|
$600
[25]
A spicebush swallowtail, one of these, graces a big stamp for use on large greeting card envelopes
a butterfly
Beth
|
$600
[1]
Students from around the world come to Mechelen to learn to play these at carillon school
(church) bells
Ben
|
$600
[18]
The shadowy totalitarian regime isn't responsible for this actress losing her hair in "V for Vendetta"--her friend "V" is
Natalie Portman
Beth
|
$600
[8]
Acrobat's garb(7)
a leotard
Beth
|
$600
[23]
"War Admiral" & "All Four of His Legs Are Broken" are chapters in this book by Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit
Ben
|
$600
[12]
Idea balloon, panel, signature
a comic strip (or cartoon)
Beth
|
|
$800
[28]
A commemorative stamp celebrating this 1863 document reads, "henceforward shall be free"
the Emancipation Proclamation
Beth
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Great painters from Flanders include this man, whose work is seen here
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Ben
|
$800
[19]
In 1955's "The Virgin Queen", this actress didn't lose her head but lost a lot off the top in the title role
Bette Davis
|
$800
[9]
RMN presidential predecessor(3)
LBJ
Ben
|
$800
[26]
Time called this handbook by Strunk & White one of the 100 best & most influential books written in English since 1923
The Elements of Style
Stacie
|
$800
[13]
Hammers, una corda pedal, music desk
a piano
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A series featuring classic muscle cars included theGT500 Mustangdesigned by this man
(Carroll) Shelby
Ben
Stacie
|
$1,000
[7]
The year 1280 saw rioting in this industry of which Flanders was Europe's center
textile (weaving accepted)
Stacie
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$1,000
[20]
This actress' character in "My Sister's Keeper" shaves her head in sympathy for her cancer-stricken child
Cameron Diaz
|
$1,000
[29]
Sliced & packaged turkey, salami or pastrami(9)
lunchmeat
Ben
|
$1,000
[27]
Thispastor has written the inspirational books "Become a Better You" and "Your Best Life Begins Each Morning"
(Joel) Osteen
Ben
|
$1,000
[14]
Prince of Wales handle, runner, rib
an umbrella
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| CITY PARKS | SUPERHERO ALTER EGOS | THIS & THAT | IT'S EXTINCT! | OCCUPATIONAL VERBS | "R" IS FOR RELIGION |
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$400
[28]
New York City's Ralph Bunche Park is just across the street from the HQ of this organization that Bunche helped plan
the United Nations
Ben
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$400
[15]
Dr. Bruce Banner
the Incredible Hulk
Beth
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$400
[25]
The Union Jack superimposes the crosses of St. George, St. Andrew & this patron saint of Ireland
St. Patrick
Beth
|
$400
[9]
The 200-pound Kenai Peninsula subspecies of this canine predator didn't survive the 20th century
a wolf
Stacie
|
$400
[1]
To sip a drink slowly, making it last longer
to nurse
Stacie
|
$400
[6]
In Tibetan Buddhism the dead are believed to spend up to 49 days in bardo before this happens
reincarnation
Beth
|
|
$800
[29]
A 1905 statue in Portland, Oregon's Washington Park was the USA's first of this Shoshone woman
Sacajawea
Ben
|
$1,200
[16]
Oliver Queen
Green Arrow
|
$800
[27]
It's all over the map--dotted Swiss is a type of this cotton fabric named for Mosul, Iraq
muslin
Stacie
|
$800
[22]
Solomon knows Gazella bilkis, or this biblical queen's gazelle, was declared extinct in 2003
(the Queen of) Sheba
Ben
|
$800
[2]
To alter something in a tricky way; it may be done to a baseball or to a photo
doctor
Ben
Stacie
|
$800
[7]
Early Protestants rejected the cult of the saints & the veneration of these objects associated with them
relics
Ben
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This 4,210-acre Los Angeles park features an observatory
Griffith Park
Ben
|
$1,600
[17]
Barbara Gordon
Batgirl
|
$1,200
[5]
This Poughkeepsie college was founded in 1861, but the Civil War delayed its opening until 1865
Vassar
Beth
|
$1,200
[23]
A type of sea cow discovered by members of this Dane's expedition in 1741 was extinct just 27 years later
(Vitus) Bering
Ben
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$1,200
[13]
TV cops get frustrated when a suspect in custody does this 2-word slang phrase meaning "get an attorney"
lawyer up
Beth
|
$1,200
[10]
This branch is also called liberal or progressive Judaism
Reform Judaism
Stacie
|
|
$2,000
[19]
This Chicago park's conservatory features 4 greenhouses, including the Orchid House with over 20,000 orchids
Lincoln Park
|
$2,000
[18]
Ben Grimm
the Thing
|
$1,600
[8]
A traditional token of love, this Irish ring depicts 2 hands clasping a crowned heart
a Claddagh ring
Beth
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a fossil on the monitor.) From the shape of the protrusions on its molars, this prehistoric mammal had a name meaning "breast tooth"
mastodon
Ben
|
$1,600
[14]
To steer, as a captain may steer a ship through rough waters
pilot
|
$1,600
[11]
The name of this anticipated event is derived from a word in the Latin Bible meaning "we will be caught up"
Rapture
Ben
|
|
DD
$4,000
[4]
You can see the 1905 Wright Flyer III in a park in this Ohio city
Dayton
Ben
|
— |
$2,000
[12]
In 1887 she got herself committed to an insane asylum to write an expose for the New York World
Nellie Bly
|
$2,000
[26]
The last of this bird in the wild was said to have been shot in Ohio on March 24, 1900; one in captivity made it to 1914
a passenger pigeon
Stacie
|
$2,000
[20]
As a noun it means a clergyman; as a verb it's to attend to another's needs
minister
Stacie
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$2,000
[21]
This Veda is the oldest & most important text of Vedic Hinduism
the Rigveda
Ben
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He quit pursuing a Ph.D. in 1926 to pursue drawing, but you might say he gave himself the degree anyway
Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel)