Greg Johnson — a software engineer from Marietta, Georgia
Liz Fritz — an intake coordinator from Spring Hill, Kansas
Jon Rossiter — a college geography instructor from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon | $2,800 | $7,200 | $8,200 |
$4,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Liz | $2,400 | $3,800 | $12,000 |
$16,401
New champion: $16,401 |
$9,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Greg | $2,000 | $5,200 | $4,400 |
$8,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| THE NEWSPAPER TRADE | E BEFORE I | DICE ROLL NICKNAMES | FAMILIAR BRANDS IN SONG | LITERATURE | BROOKFIELD ZOO |
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$200
[1]
Beastly term for a new, inexperienced reporter
a cub
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$200
[18]
Goods transported by train, truck, ship or aircraft
freight
Greg
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$200
[4]
Ace-deuce
two-one
Greg
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$200
[9]
This deodorant aimed at girls is in the title of Nirvana's first Top 40 hit
Teen Spirit
Liz
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$200
[13]
Published in 1826, the second of the "Leatherstocking Tales" is "The Last of" these people
the Mohicans
Greg
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$200
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.) The giraffe got its species name, camelopardalis, because ancient Romans who saw one imported by this caesar in 46 B.C. thought it had the body of a camel & the spots of a leopard
Julius Caesar
Jon
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$400
[2]
No eulogy required after doing this to a lede, placing it deeper in the story so the reader has to hunt for the main point
burying
Liz
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$400
[19]
A nonbeliever
an atheist
Jon
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$400
[5]
Boxcars
double sixes
Greg
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$400
[10]
From "Uptown Funk":"Smoother than a fresh jar" of this peanut butter brand
Skippy
Liz
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$400
[14]
In 1964 this French author & existential philosopher turned down the Nobel Prize for Literature
Sartre
Jon
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$400
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.) The tamandua's long, narrow snout conceals a 16-inch tongue, which is perfect for scooping insects out of their nests, which gives rise to its other name, the lesser this
anteater
Jon
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$600
[3]
A "comma chaser" is aka this 2-word person who prepares & corrects a newspaper's text
a copy editor
Greg
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$600
[20]
Close observation, especially of a suspected criminal or spy
surveillance
Liz
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$600
[6]
Square pair
two fours
Jon
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$600
[11]
Naturally, this Snoop Dogg tune mentions Seagram's & Tanqueray
"Gin And Juice"
Liz
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$600
[15]
"Of all who give gifts these two were the wisest", says "The Gift of the Magi" by this author
O. Henry
Greg
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$600
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.) The great horned owl's powerful talons allow it to seize prey as large as skunks & raccoons, so it's perfectly adapted to be one of these hunting birds, from a word meaning "abductor"
a raptor
Jon
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1982 this paper was born, putting more color, maps & graphs on the newsstand & under the hotel room door
USA Today
Jon
|
$800
[21]
To bring back someone to his original function or position
reinstate
Liz
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$800
[28]
Studio 54
9
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$800
[12]
In song, Katy Perry kissed a girl & liked it, including the taste of this cherry lip balm
Chapstick
Liz
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$1,000
[17]
Works like the novel "Dead Souls" made him one of the founders of Russian realism
Gogol
Greg
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$800
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.) Sadly, black rhinos have been hunted to almost extinction for the supposed medicinal properties of their horns, which are really just this fibrous protein found in human hair & fingernails
keratin
Jon
|
|
$1,000
[8]
These "inches" are a traditional measure of an article's length; about 30 words to each is one approximation
columns
Jon
|
$1,000
[30]
It's the breed pictured here
a Holstein
Jon
|
$1,000
[29]
Puppy paws
a roll of 10 (two fives)
Greg
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$1,000
[22]
In 1973 Paul Simon begged, "Mama don't let them take my" this "away"; in 2009 they did
Kodachrome
Jon
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Rudyard's father J. Lockwood Kipling illustrated this 1901 novel with a very short title
Kim
Greg
|
$1,000
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago.) On the red list of threatened species, the Humboldt penguin undergoes severe population fluctuations caused by this recurring oceanic event that brings unwanted warm air to its home on the West Coast of South America
El Niño
Greg
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| WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO | SPORTS BOOK | EXPRSSIONS IN OTHER WORDS | SARGENT | PULLING RANK | PRIVATE |
|
$400
[5]
...this country, traveling from Denmark across the scenic Oresund Bridge
Sweden
Jon
|
$400
[6]
"Murder in the Rough"
golf
Liz
|
$400
[8]
In good shape, like that violin
fit as a fiddle
Greg
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$400
[25]
John Singer Sargent painted portraits of the wealthy & the elite, including this founder of Standard Oil
(John D.) Rockefeller
Jon
Greg
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$400
[15]
In 1951 Harry Truman pulled rank & relieved this old soldier, who slowly faded away
Douglas MacArthur
Greg
|
$1,200
[21]
A company called Vigilant Solutions claims the first central repository of data from scanning these on cars
license plates
Jon
|
|
$800
[2]
...Cruzeiro do Sul, a city in this country, traveling on a highway called Rodovia Transamazonica
Brazil
Jon
|
$800
[7]
"North Dallas Forty"
football
Greg
|
$800
[9]
Cozy like that beetle enveloped by the Persian floor covering
snug as a bug in a rug
Greg
|
$800
[28]
Sargent won acclaim for "Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose", painted outdoors in the style of this art movement
Impressionism
Greg
|
$800
[16]
In late 1944 Hitler overruled his staff & ordered a last-ditch attack that became this "protruding" battle
the Battle of the Bulge
Jon
|
$1,600
[22]
If you want to add to Britain's 6 mil. CCTV cameras, you need to ask the ministerial department called this office
the Home Office
|
|
$1,600
[3]
...this country for some R&R Switzerland was great--now on through St. Gotthard Pass
Italy
Greg
|
$1,200
[12]
"National Velvet"
horse racing
Liz
|
$1,200
[10]
Out there past ballplayer Griffey or actor Jeong
beyond our ken
Greg
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$1,200
[24]
Sargent was friends with this author of "Treasure Island" & painted the Scot kicking back in a wicker chair
Robert Louis Stevenson
Liz
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$1,200
[17]
In 1862 Abe Lincoln countermanded this general & future president's order expelling Jews from areas under his command
Grant
Jon
|
$2,000
[23]
Cell phone location tracking is one possible violation of privacy tracked by the EFF, short for this foundation
the Electronic Frontier Foundation
|
|
$2,000
[4]
...this Paris quarter where Boulevard St. Germain & Boulevard St. Michel intersect
the Latin Quarter ( le quartier Latin )
Greg
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$1,600
[13]
"Bang the Drum Slowly"
baseball
|
$1,600
[11]
Allow those you speak of to consume Gateau St. Honore
let them eat cake
Liz
Greg
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$1,600
[26]
Sargent painted this three-namedpatronof the arts, whose Boston museum includes a watercolor by Sargent
Isabella Stewart Gardner
|
$2,000
[19]
When General Patton wanted to censor this Pulitzer-winning sergeant's "Willie & Joe"cartoons, General Eisenhower said no
Bill Mauldin
Greg
|
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|
DD
$3,800
[1]
...see the sights in this capital; we've left the Mecca Highway & are now on the King Fahd Highway
Riyadh (Saudi Arabia)
Liz
|
$2,000
[14]
"The Tribes of Palos Verdes"
surfing
|
$2,000
[20]
The cauldron being looked at won't get hot enough to vaporize
a watched pot doesn't boil
Greg
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$2,000
[27]
Friends of this author of "The Portrait of a Lady" commissioned Sargent to paint a portrait of the man at age 70
Henry James
Greg
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
This prince & would-be king ignored advisors & fought the 1746 Battle of Culloden Moor; 'twas not a bonnie choice
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Jon
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— |
The website for this '60s act says, "First look to see if the information you are interested in is already publicly available"
the Freedom of Information Act