WE ASKED: Meteorologist Ginger Zee.
Steve Belding — an engineer from Knoxville, Tennessee
Alex Lautanen Walker — a legal secretary from San Diego, California
Terry McElhennon — a customer service representative from New Bern, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terry | $600 | $800 | $11,200 |
$22,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
14 R, 3 W |
| Alex | $600 | $4,600 | $12,200 |
$18,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,200
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steve | $5,800 | $7,400 | $18,600 |
$24,401
New champion: $24,401 |
$22,200
27 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| AUTHORS | LODGE PODGE | COLLEGES BY TEAM NAMES | BARONS & BARONESSES | DOWNRIGHT BEASTLY | ON THE LETTERHEAD |
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$200
[16]
Thispoet wrote passionately about nature, love &, of course, himself
Whitman
Terry
Alex
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$200
[18]
He was elected U.S. senator from Massachusetts in 1952, ousting incumbent Henry Cabot Lodge
(John F.) Kennedy
Steve
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$200
[7]
Crimson Tide
Alabama
Terry
Steve
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$200
[24]
In 1992, 2 years after leaving Downing Street, she became Baroness of Kesteven
(Margaret) Thatcher
Steve
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$200
[1]
A soup strainer mustache is also known by this pinniped's name
a walrus
Terry
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$200
[12]
This type of sweater has an angular opening for the head
a V-neck
Terry
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$400
[17]
He's seenherein the 1950s at Oxford, Mississippi, not the other one
(William) Faulkner
Steve
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$400
[19]
In "The Song of Hiawatha", you'll find Pau-Puk-Keewis, "chief and king of all" these animals who live in lodges
beavers
Alex
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$400
[8]
The Hoyas
Georgetown
Steve
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$400
[25]
Baroness Bertha von Suttner, author of the 1889 novel "Lay Down Your Arms", pushed for the creation of this Nobel Prize
the Peace Prize
Steve
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$400
[2]
"Rodent" label for fierce competition to get ahead
the rat race
Terry
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$400
[5]
All hail this procedure of baby delivery by incision
C-section
Steve
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$600
[20]
He's the sometimes bitter Irish-born 18th century satirist seen here
(Jonathan) Swift
Terry
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$600
[22]
On TV, he & his buddy Barney were members of the Loyal Order of Water Buffalo Lodge No. 26
Fred Flintstone
Steve
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$600
[9]
The Commodores
Vanderbilt
Steve
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$600
[26]
On April 21, 1918 this commander of Germany's flying circus was shot down & killed over the Somme
the Red Baron
Alex
|
$600
[3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from outside a set of doors.) From their size, it's the beastly name for the large door that's used to bring equipment into a TV studio
elephant doors
Alex
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$600
[13]
It's sports page shorthand for the MLB team that plays its home games in Phoenix
the D-backs
Steve
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|
$800
[21]
In 2012thisauthorreceiveda Presidential Medal of Freedom
Toni Morrison
Steve
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$800
[23]
The Lodgeis the name of the prime minister of Australia'sofficial residence in this city
Canberra
Alex
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$800
[10]
The Yellow Jackets (of Division I)
Georgia Tech
Steve
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$800
[29]
This star of "Freaky Friday" & "True Lies" became a baroness when her husband Christopher Guest inherited his title
Jamie Lee Curtis
Terry
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DD
$1,000
[4]
These theoretical passageways are sometimes referred to as Einstein-Rosen bridges
wormholes
Alex
|
$800
[14]
Before a govt. commission, Richard Feynman showed how cold weather damaged these space shuttle parts
the O-rings
Steve
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$1,000
[27]
Hesaw a lot of 20th century innovations coming before anyone else
H.G. Wells
Terry
Steve
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$1,000
[28]
Thomas Lodge's "Rosalynde" was the source material for this Shakespeare comedy
As You Like It
Alex
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$1,000
[11]
The Terrapins
Maryland
Steve
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$1,000
[30]
In 1885 Nathan of this banking family became the first Jewish member of Britain's House of Lords
Rothschild
Alex
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$1,000
[6]
Alliterative term for an acting audition that's open to all comers & usually attracts many eager thespians
a cattle call
Steve
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$1,000
[15]
A steel girder with tapered flanges that is shaped in cross section like the letter in its name
an I-beam
Alex
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| NOM NOM NOM DE GUERRE | MOVIE BIOGRAPHIES | STARTS WITH "S" | WYOMING | DANGEROUS WEATHER | THE PULITZER PRIZE AT 100 |
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$400
[2]
A chef created the dish chicken Marengo in honor of this man's victory in an 1800 battle in Italy
Napoleon
Steve
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$400
[21]
1984:Tom Hulce as Mozart
Amadeus
Terry
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$400
[9]
The New York Times called the 7-story Equitable Building of 1870 "the city's first" this
skyscraper
Steve
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$400
[5]
When the Union Pacific railroad entered Wyoming in 1867, several towns sprang up, including this capital
Cheyenne
Alex
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$400
[3]
Onesthat fell in New Mexico really were the size of golf balls
hail
Terry
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$400
[1]
(I'm Josh Haner.) I won the Pulitzer for Feature Photography for "Beyond the Finish Line", a photo essay on the recovery of Jeff Bauman, a survivor of the tragedy at this event on April 15, 2013
the Boston Marathon bombing
Alex
|
|
$800
[4]
A soup called potage Solferino honors a bloody 1859 battle that led to the formation of this aid group
the Red Cross
Alex
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$800
[22]
1999:Jim Carrey as Andy Kaufman
Man on the Moon
Terry
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$800
[10]
This marker maker encourages creativity with its products, as seen here
Sharpie
Steve
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$800
[6]
Wyoming's average elevation is around 6,700 feet, second only to this neighbor
Colorado
Steve
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$800
[7]
The media dubbed Hurricane Sandy this 10-letter name, which sounds perfect for the Avengers
superstorm
Steve
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$800
[26]
Designed a year after the prizes began, the Pulitzer Prize gold medal depicts this founding father & newspaper printer
(Benjamin) Franklin
Steve
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|
$1,200
[19]
Reported named for Ancel Keys, these emergency field vittles were used when other food was scarce in WWII
K-rations
Alex
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$1,200
[23]
1965:Charlton Heston as Michelangelo
The Agony and the Ecstasy
Terry
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$1,200
[11]
From the Greek for "label", it's a course outline of a school class
syllabus
Alex
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
Thisresort area is about 6,000 feet up, but as it's surrounded by mountains over 10,000 feet, you can see how it got its name
Jackson Hole
Steve
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$1,200
[8]
(Hi, I'm ABC meteorologist Ginger Zee.) In 2013 I was chasing storms on I‑35 & I‑44, but was shocked by the devastation that I saw in the community of Moore in this state
Oklahoma
Terry
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$1,600
[29]
Hopefully, he kept it clean when he won a Drama Pulitzer for his play "Glengarry Glen Ross"
(David) Mamet
Terry
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|
$1,600
[20]
Tasty & durable, this type of milk from Gail Borden's company benefited Union troops
condensed milk
Terry
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$1,600
[24]
2005:David Strathairn as Edward R. Murrow
Good Night, and Good Luck.
Terry
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$1,600
[12]
2-word term for this tankthat relaxes the mind by reducing outside stimuli
sensory deprivation
Terry
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$1,200
[15]
This major river of north central Wyoming was named for the sheep fur trader Francois Larocque saw on its banks
Bighorn
Steve
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$1,600
[14]
During the 1952 "Great Smog" in this metropolis, folks in the Isle of Dogs area couldn't see their own feet
London
Alex
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$2,000
[30]
The music prize went to composers of classical music until 1997, when hewon for his jazz-tinged "Blood on the Fields"
(Wynton) Marsalis
Steve
|
|
$2,000
[28]
A French cook was involved in starting the 1838-39 Pastry War, in which this Mexican commander lost his leg
Santa Anna
Alex
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$2,000
[25]
1987:John Lone as Pu Yi
The Last Emperor
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$2,000
[13]
A laborer who loads & unloads ships in a port
a stevedore
Steve
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$2,000
[18]
In 1852 post chaplain William Vaux opened Wyoming's first school at this fort
Fort Laramie
Steve
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$2,000
[17]
A rapid shift of wind velocity or direction is called "wind" this, which pilots are always on the lookout for
shear
Steve
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DD
$3,000
[27]
Newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer's will endowed the prizes & this university's School of Journalism
Columbia
Steve
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In some countries the subtitle "A Contemporary Satire" was used for this 1945 parable
Animal Farm