WE ASKED:NYTcrossword puzzle editor Will Shortz.
Kiyana Holderbaum — an instructional designer from Long Beach, California
Julie Graves — a public health doctor from Houston, Texas
Claudia Corriere — a church musician and homemaker from Kennesaw, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudia | $3,400 | $6,200 | $16,200 |
$21,200
2-day champion: $29,000 |
$15,600
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Julie | $3,800 | $5,600 | $14,300 |
$16,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Kiyana | $2,400 | $2,000 | $6,400 |
$10,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
8 R, 1 W |
| FILL IN THE BLANK CANVAS | MOVIE CAMEOS | ANAGRAMMED FORMER WORLD LEADERS | NUT-TRITION | CEREMONIES | THE NEW YORK TIMESCROSSWORD |
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$200
[16]
Van Gogh's "Self-Portrait with Pipe and Bandaged ____"
ear
Kiyana
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$200
[11]
(Dan Patrick reads the clue.) My good friend Adam Sandler has cast me in 9 of his films, including "Grown Ups 2" in which I played agym teacherdressed as this 1980s Celtics legend
Larry Bird
Claudia
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$200
[21]
A sari wearer:HI, GRAND INDIA!
Indira Gandhi
Julie
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$200
[6]
Almonds are an excellent source of fiber & this bone-building element--got milk?
calcium
Julie
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$200
[1]
This Christian sacrament, a holy ceremony, is also called Eucharist
communion
Claudia
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$200
[26]
(Will Shortz delivers the clue.) Monday had a presidential theme; one clue was to this "supply-side fiscal policy popularized in the 1980s"
Reaganomics
Claudia
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$400
[17]
Jonathan Buttall is thought to be Gainsborough's model for "The ____ Boy"
Blue
Claudia
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$400
[12]
In "Twilight" this author has a cameo as a customer in a diner with a veggie plate
(Stephenie) Meyer
Claudia
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$400
[22]
In Italy:VIRILE SLOB COUSIN
Silvio Berlusconi
Claudia
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$400
[7]
These biggies from the Amazon basin have many health benefits, but with their high selenium content, too many can be harmful
Brazil nuts
Julie
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$600
[3]
Vice presidents are often sent to this type of ceremony overseas; Al Gore attended Mitterrand's in 1996
funerals
Julie
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$400
[27]
(Will Shortz delivers the clue.) On Tuesday we had some hidden Bobs; you'll find Dylan in this "classic board game with a peppermint forest"
Candy Land
Kiyana
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$600
[18]
Seurat got to the point in "A ____ Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte"
Sunday
Claudia
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$600
[13]
(Al Michaels delivers the clue.) Well, I didn't win an Oscar playing myself in this 1996 movie but Cuba Gooding Jr. did for his performance as a wide receiver for the Cardinals
Jerry Maguire
Kiyana
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$600
[23]
Uh oh! Panama!:GENUINE AMORAL
Manuel Noriega
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$600
[8]
A key ingredient in pesto, these nuts are an excellent source of vitamin E
pine nuts
Claudia
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$800
[4]
Giant scissors are mainly used for this type of ceremony at the grand opening of a new facility
a ribbon cutting
Kiyana
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$600
[28]
(Will Shortz delivers the clue.) On Wednesday you had to know compound words where each half could also have "dead" before it--there was airline, seahorse & this response to "top on official stationery"
letterhead
Claudia
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$800
[19]
Duchamp caused a scandal with his "Nude Descending a ____, No. 2"
staircase
Julie
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$800
[14]
Julia Roberts played this title crusader in a 2000 film while the real woman had a cameo as a waitress
Erin Brockovich
Julie
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$800
[24]
He Laboured over Britain:BRAINY LOT
Tony Blair
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$800
[9]
Pistachios get their green color mostly from lutein, which is essential to this one of the 5 senses
vision
Julie
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DD
$1,000
[2]
A ceremony on November 19, 1863 dedicated a cemetery in this town
Gettysburg
Claudia
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$800
[29]
(Will Shortz delivers the clue.) On Thursday we rolled the D-I-C-E, as in these, "racy books named after a Victorian garment"
bodice ripper
Julie
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$1,000
[20]
Dali gave it a name that stuck: "The Persistence of ____"
memory
Claudia
Kiyana
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$1,000
[15]
From "Rebecca" on, this director appeared in all of his films; he sat next to Cary Grant on a bus in "To Catch a Thief"
(Alfred) Hitchcock
Claudia
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$1,000
[25]
Late Israeli leader:SOLAR HERNIA
Ariel Sharon
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$1,000
[10]
Have some hazelnuts before bed; they're high in this sleep-aiding amino acid that's also found in turkey
tryptophan
Kiyana
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$1,000
[5]
An accolade, a ceremonial tap on the shoulder with a sword, is followed by the words "I dub thee" this
knight
Julie
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$1,000
[30]
(Will Shortz delivers the clue.) On Friday there's no theme, so you just have to know this 10-letter "TV host who followed Jimmy Fallon on late night"
Seth Meyers
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| THE ROMANTIC POETS | HONEST "ABE" | PALACES | INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING HALL OF FAMERS | MINNEAPOLIS | ST. PAUL |
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$400
[21]
This title character of a Coleridge poem must wander the world recounting the tale of his days at sea
the Ancient Mariner
Claudia
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$400
[1]
To mark a product incorrectly
mislabel
Claudia
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$400
[9]
This "seasonal" palace has been called "St. Petersburg's most famous building"
the Winter Palace for the Romanovs
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$400
[8]
Inducted in 1977, this American who'd been laden with gold at Munich 5 years earlier
Mark Spitz
Claudia
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$400
[7]
In 2001 General Mills bought this other Minneapolis-based baking giant for $10.5 billion; that's a lot of dough, boy
Pillsbury
Julie
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$400
[5]
In Acts 9 Paul gets a call from the Lord near this Syrian city
Damascus
Claudia
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$800
[22]
Keats was inspired to write an ode to this bird by the song of one that nested in Charles Brown's garden
a nightingale
Julie
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$800
[2]
William Blackstone called it "the great and efficacious writ, in all manner of illegal confinement"
habeas corpus
Claudia
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$800
[10]
Lhasa's Potala Palacewould be a nice place for this religious leader, who fled in 1959, to come home to, if he ever can
the Dalai Lama
Julie
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$1,200
[15]
1993:This 4-time Olympic gold medalist who did much of his swimming following a dive
Greg Louganis
Kiyana
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$800
[16]
Minneapolis is the home town of this pop icon; his Paisley Park Studios are about a half hour away
Prince
Claudia
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$800
[6]
Paul & Barnabas preached to big crowds in Antioch, where Acts 11 says the Disciples were first called these
Christians
Julie
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$1,200
[23]
After part of "Childe Harold's Pilgrimage" was published, this lord "awoke one morning and found myself famous"
Lord Byron
Kiyana
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$1,200
[3]
A young pine or fir stem tossed in Highland Games
the caber
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$1,200
[11]
Istana Nurul Iman, the palace of the sultan of this country, features an air conditioned stable & a mosque for 1,500 people
Brunei
Julie
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$1,600
[26]
This princeshownas a young man, later chairman of the Monegasque Swimming Federation
(Prince) Albert
Claudia
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$1,200
[28]
Foshay Towerwas Minneapolis' tallest when opened in this year; Mr. Foshay's business promptly collapsed, but the towerstands
1929
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$1,200
[17]
Paul's New Testament letters include 2 to these Greeks who gave their name to an order of classical architecture
the Corinthians
Claudia
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$1,600
[24]
His first major work was "The Lay of the Last Minstrel", a poem set on & north of England's northern border
Sir Walter Scott
Claudia
Julie
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$1,600
[4]
This word for the science of baseball analytics comes from the name of a research society
sabermetrics
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$2,000
[13]
Overlooking Granada, Spain, it has a name from Arabic for "Red", probably from the bricks of the outer walls
the Alhambra
Julie
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$2,000
[27]
This U.S. champ who helped bring the swimming movie to Hollywood with films like "Bathing Beauty"
Esther Williams
Claudia
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$1,600
[29]
Drive your toy truck to this 12-mile-long lake in the western suburbs
Minnetonka
Julie
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$1,600
[18]
The lord calls Paul a "chosen vessel... to bear my name before" these non-Jews
gentiles
Claudia
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$2,000
[25]
The play in verse about this Greek god "Unbound" is often regarded as Shelley's greatest work
Prometheus
Julie
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$2,000
[20]
Early scientific instrument used to measure the altitude of celestial objects
an astrolabe
Claudia
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Ponder the tragic life of Crown Prince Rudolf in his lavish suite in this capital's Schonbrunn Palace
Vienna
Julie
|
DD
$2,500
[14]
This oceanographer & inventor, 1910-1997
(Jacques) Cousteau
Julie
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$2,000
[30]
Before the Twins, fans rooted for this minor league team named for the many locals who worked grinding flour
the Millers
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$2,000
[19]
Paul was born Saul in this Asia minor city around 4 B.C.
Tarsus
Kiyana
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While working for a plastics company, Don Featherstone created this iconic lawn decor, basing it on photos in National Geographic
a pink flamingo