Greg Seroka game 2.
Eric Fleury — a professor of political science from Worcester, Massachusetts
Chip Brookes — a filmmaker and writer originally from Fairbanks, Alaska
Greg Seroka — a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $1,400 | $5,200 | $28,200 |
$35,200
2-day champion: $60,601 |
$18,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Chip | $600 | $3,200 | $12,400 |
$21,601
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
12 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Eric | $3,200 | $5,800 | $17,400 |
$30,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,400
19 R, 0 W |
| ALPHABETICALLY LAST | THEY SAVED THE HOLLYWOOD SIGN | WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF? | ARTWORK | I'M TELLING YOU 2 TIMES--"SH"! | USS INTREPID |
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$200
[27]
...of U.S. states
Wyoming
Chip
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$200
[13]
In 1978, the sign's 9letterswere each auctioned for $27,700 to fix them; "Y" was courtesy of this Playboy founder
Hugh Hefner
Greg
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$200
[4]
Arachnophobia
spiders
Eric
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$200
[18]
A portion of this painting is on the jacket of the hardcover edition of "The Da Vinci Code"
the Mona Lisa
Greg
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$200
[7]
It's this Wisconsin city of about 65,000 on Lake Winnebago, b'gosh
Oshkosh
Eric
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$200
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USSIntrepidin New York.) In February 1944, USS Intrepid's crew had to improvise asailto steer the ship after this vital apparatus was hit by a Japanese torpedo
the rudder
Greg
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$400
[28]
...word in the first spoken line in the first motion picture talkie
you
Greg
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$400
[14]
This "Singing Cowboy" of the movies & owner of baseball's Angels put his $27,700 to repair the second "L"
(Gene) Autry
Greg
Eric
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$400
[3]
Ergophobia
work
Greg
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$400
[19]
The Degas work seenhereis an 1880s pastel on paper called this; Tom Petty said it was the hardest part
Waiting
Chip
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$400
[9]
It's the Turkish delight seen here
shish kebab
Greg
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$400
[8]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USSIntrepidin New York.) In March 1965, USS Intrepidrecoveredastronauts Gus Grissom & John Young after their splashdownin the Atlantic following 3 Earth orbits in the first manned flight in this 2-man NASA program
Gemini
Greg
|
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$800
[30]
...of South American countries
Venezuela
Chip
Eric
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$600
[15]
Last name of Les, sponsor of the first "L" & the man whose Blue Book tells you how much your car is worth
Kelley
Greg
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$600
[1]
Belonephobia, which would make acupuncture out of the question
needles
Eric
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$600
[21]
A goddess stands on a scallop shell in this Botticelli masterpiece
Birth of Venus
Greg
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$600
[10]
Amana, Whirlpool & Kenmore make Energy Star-rated these appliances
dishwashers
Greg
Chip
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$600
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USSIntrepidin New York.) Proving that the aircraft carrier now ruled the seas, Avenger torpedo planes from the USS Intrepid helped sink the Musashi & the Yamato, the largest ever of this heavily armed, soon-to-be-obsolete class of warship
a battleship
Greg
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$1,000
[20]
...of the crew of Apollo 11 by last name
(Michael) Collins
Eric
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$800
[16]
This "School's Out" rocker said he donated one of the 2 Os in his last name
Alice Cooper
Chip
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$800
[5]
Leukophobia:This color
white
Greg
Chip
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$800
[22]
As the centerpiece for Pope Julius II's tomb, Michelangelo sculpted this biblicalfigure
Moses
Eric
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$800
[11]
It's the military rifle rating below expert & above marksman
sharpshooter
Chip
Eric
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$800
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USSIntrepidin New York.) USS Intrepid's elevators could move a plane between decks in seven seconds; they were designed after the moveable great stage at this New York City venue, which was guarded during the war to keep spies from stealing its hydraulic secrets
Radio City Music Hall
Greg
|
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
...of U.S. presidents by first name
Zachary Taylor
Chip
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$1,000
[17]
"W" was saved by who else? This "Moon River" singer, crossing Hollywood in style
Andy Williams
Greg
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$1,000
[6]
Samhainophobia:This holiday
Halloween
Greg
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$1,000
[23]
This Iowan put "Washington Crossing the Delaware" in the background of his own "Daughters of Revolution"
Grant Wood
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$1,000
[12]
This "animal" adjective meaning bashful due to doing something wrong is often found before "grin"
sheepish
Eric
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$1,000
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the USSIntrepidin New York.) In the biggest naval engagement in history, in October 1944, the USS Intrepid played a key role in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, Japan's desperate attempt to stop the U.S. invasion of this island nation it had conquered 2 years earlier
the Philippines
Greg
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| LET'S GO OLD SCHOOL! | HISTORY | LITERATURE | POP CULTURE | WORDPLAY | POTPOURRI |
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$400
[28]
Old school: this Roman Catholic university in D.C. was founded in 1789; new school: it opened a Qatar campus in 2005
Georgetown
Chip
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$400
[16]
A war was named for them, the Dutch ancestors of the Afrikaners
the Boers
Eric
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$400
[15]
A sea-witch tells this 19th c. title gal that her transformation will make each step feel like "treading upon sharp knives"
the Little Mermaid
Eric
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$400
[7]
The CW meets DC on TV with remarkably fleet-footed scientist Barry Allen, also known as this title superhero
the Flash
Greg
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$1,200
[22]
This 11-letter word means occurring every 4 years
quadrennial
Eric
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$800
[25]
You'll find an old name for a Chinese city in the name of this breed
Pekingese
Greg
|
|
$800
[27]
The main campus of this "colorful" university that moved to Providence in 1770 sits on College Hill
Brown
Eric
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$800
[10]
On Oct. 16, 1946 Joachim von Ribbentrop was the 1st of 10 top convicted Nazis to be executed in this city
Nuremberg
Eric
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$800
[14]
Britannica describes this type of literature as "pseudomedieval", with "a prevailing atmosphere of mystery & terror"
Gothic
Greg
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$800
[6]
Ah, memories of 1988--he sang, "The landlord say your rent is late, he may have to litigate, don't worry, be happy"
Bobby McFerrin
Greg
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$1,600
[23]
Liquid substances are neither solid nor gas; this synonym for liquid means anything that flows, either liquid or gas
fluid
Greg
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$1,200
[24]
Now, our writers are messing with me--Xiuhtecuhtli, Mictlantecuhtli & Xochiquetzal were gods of this civilization
the Aztecs
Greg
|
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1749 George Washington got his surveyor's license from the college of this duo
William & Mary
Greg
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$1,200
[11]
The severe form of pneumonia known by this acronym began in China & soon spread across the globe in 2003
SARS
Eric
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$1,200
[8]
This 1997 short story tells of ranch hands Jack Twist & Ennis del Mar, who tend sheep in Wyoming
Brokeback Mountain
Chip
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$1,200
[5]
A popular show on the Food Network is Guy Fieri's "Diners, Drive-Ins and" these
Dives
Greg
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$2,000
[9]
Add a letter to a devotional time of keeping watch to get this Roman poet
Virgil
Eric
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$1,600
[3]
This Democrat's U.S. Senate service, from 1959 to 2010, was the longest in history
(Robert C.) Byrd
Chip
|
|
$2,000
[20]
U.S. News & World Report ranks this 137-year-old Jesuit school in Omaha the No. 1 regional university in the Midwest
Creighton
Greg
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$1,600
[12]
In 1912 an expedition found a painted bust of this Egyptian queen whose name means "the beautiful one has come"
Nefertiti
Eric
|
$1,600
[17]
William Styron wrote the historical novel "The Confessions of" this leader of a slave rebellion
Nat Turner
Eric
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$1,600
[4]
A roadie known as Roger the Hat provided the manic, dare we say lunatic, laughter on this 1973 Pink Floyd album
Dark Side of the Moon
Eric
|
DD
$11,000
[26]
This term from a tale in mythology is now used to mean a trick to subvert from within
Trojan Horse
Greg
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$2,000
[2]
A surprise 2014 bestseller was Thomas Piketty's 700-page tome about income inequality, this "in the 21st Century"
Capital
Chip
|
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
In 1831 Methodists founded this Connecticut school whose name means a follower of Methodism
Wesleyan
Chip
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$2,000
[13]
On Friday the 13th in October 1307, this military order was suppressed & disbanded
the Templars
Greg
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$2,000
[18]
In the Rossetti family, Christina was the poet, though her artist brother went by this poetic name
Dante (Gabriel Rossetti)
Chip
|
$2,000
[1]
Debra Winger chose to be ignored & turned down the Glenn Close role in this affair-gone-wrong flick
Fatal Attraction
Chip
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Ironically, in the summer of 1955, he gave an interview about the dangers of racing on highways
James Dean