Pranjal Vachaspati game 3.
Kyle Murphy — an I.T. support specialist from Charlotte, North Carolina
Dan Marsh — a supply chain analyst from Corinth, Mississippi
Pranjal Vachaspati — a Ph.D. student originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,589)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pranjal | $600 | $3,400 | $20,600 |
$25,599
3-day champion: $67,188 |
$17,400
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Dan | $3,800 | $5,000 | $7,800 |
$8,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Kyle | $800 | $0 | $4,400 |
$8,798
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
11 R, 4 W |
| THE 1970s | TV CHARACTERS | THE LETTER OF THE LAW | PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES | POETS & POETRY | NEW TO THEOED |
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$200
[20]
The Sears Tower in this city began its 23-year reign as the world's tallest building
Chicago
Dan
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$200
[21]
Jeff Albertson is the real name of the Comic Book Guy on this sitcom, though its creator preferred "Louis Lane"
The Simpsons
Kyle
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$200
[15]
M:If it can go wrong, it will
Murphy's law
Pranjal
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$200
[2]
With a machine gun part of its design, the WWI Fokker Eindecker has been called the first true example of this type of plane
a fighter plane
Dan
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$200
[7]
This poem that sure is wocky ends, "All mimsy were the borogoves, and the mome raths outgrabe"
"The Jabberwocky"
Kyle
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$400
[28]
The practice of financing "a project or venture by raising money from a large number of people"
crowdfunding
Pranjal
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$400
[22]
On Sept. 26, 1973 this supersonic aircraft made its first transatlantic crossing
the Concorde
Dan
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$400
[8]
In 2015 fans mourned Yvonne Craig, who played this motorcycle-riding crimefighter on '60s TV
Batgirl
|
$400
[14]
B:Handgun violence prevention act passed in 1993
Brady (Law)
Kyle
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$400
[3]
A true story of how a train got stuck in snow for days inspired Agatha Christie to write this mystery
Murder on the Orient Express
Pranjal
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$600
[4]
Joyce Kilmer's most famous work ends, "Poems are made by fools like me but only God can make" this
a tree
Pranjal
Dan
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$600
[16]
He's hot: "A pitcher with a very fast delivery"
a fireballer
|
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$600
[23]
The feathery cut of this actress who played Charlie's Angel Jill was a popular hairstyle
Farrah Fawcett
Dan
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$600
[9]
(Hi, I'm Breaking Badcreator Vince Gilligan.) I was going to kill off this character at the end of Season 1, but once we cast Aaron Paul, we killed that idea instead
Jesse Pinkman
Kyle
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$600
[11]
O:Physics law describing the relation between voltage, current & resistance
Ohm's law
Kyle
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$600
[1]
Under the hood, this automobile device converts mechanical energy to electrical energy & charges the battery
the alternator
Dan
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$800
[25]
In 1668 John Dryden became the first person to officially hold this royal writing position
the poet laureate
Pranjal
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$800
[17]
This acronym for a president's wife
FLOTUS
Pranjal
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$800
[24]
In 1979 the first $1 coins bearing the face of this woman were struck at U.S. mints
Anthony
Pranjal
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$800
[10]
Pied Piper's Richard Hendricks got an unusual bit of inspiration for Tech Crunch-winning computer code on this HBO show
Silicon Valley
Pranjal
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$800
[12]
B:Chemistry law saying pressure of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with volume
Boyle's
Pranjal
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$1,000
[6]
In the 1930s Wiley Postmade record round-the-world flights in this Lockheed model with the same name as a 1970s Chevy
a Vega
Pranjal
Kyle
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$1,000
[26]
Spawning the Romantic Movement, 1798's "Lyrical Ballads" was penned by Wordsworth & this other poet
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
Pranjal
Kyle
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$1,000
[18]
"A person who believes that the U.S. government is involved in a conspiracy to conceal" 9/11 info
a truther
Kyle
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|
$1,000
[27]
He was elected president of Egypt in 1970, leading his country until his death in 1981
Anwar Sadat
Pranjal
Kyle
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$1,000
[19]
This somewhat hallucinatory 1990s title character lawyered up at Cage & Fish on Fox
Ally McBeal
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$1,000
[13]
M:1996 federal law requiring law enforcement to notify communities of sex offenders
Megan's Law
Dan
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DD
$1,400
[5]
The largest U.K. train station at 24.5 acres, it shares its name with an 1815 battle location
Waterloo (Station)
Dan
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— | — |
| "S" FIRST & LAST | HISTORICAL FICTION | MISCELLANEOUS | ON BROADWAY | WHAT AILS YA | A SUMMER COLD |
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$400
[1]
Summertime garment seen here
a sundress
Dan
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$400
[7]
Seen through a young girl's eyes, "Fever 1793" recounts the yellow fever epidemic that swept this Penn. city
Philadelphia
Pranjal
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$400
[30]
In "A Charlie Brown Christmas", Linus drops this & says "Fear not..." while explaining what the season is all about
his (security) blanket
Dan
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$400
[2]
This "tale as old as time" headed to Broadway with Susan Egan premiering as Belle
Beauty and the Beast
Dan
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$400
[29]
Vaporized mist is a solution to this inflammation of the mucous membrane lining the voice box
laryngitis
Dan
|
$400
[28]
On July 16, 1967 this capital of Florida topped out at a surprisingly chilly (for them) 57 degrees
Tallahassee
Dan
|
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$800
[13]
A patient who's acutely ill is deemed to be in this condition
serious
Pranjal
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$800
[22]
The subject of Roddy Doyle's "A Star Called Henry" is a teenage soldier in this rebel "Army" in 1916 Dublin
the I.R.A.
Kyle
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$800
[20]
The book "Twist of Faith" tells the story of Anne Beiler, founder of this pretzel store
Auntie Anne's
Pranjal
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$800
[3]
This classic that returned to Broadway in 2015 features the songs "Sunrise, Sunset" & "Anatevka"
Fiddler on the Roof
Dan
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$800
[12]
Pressure on the middle nerve, which serves the thumb & palm side of the hand, can lead to this "syndrome"
carpal tunnel
Kyle
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$800
[27]
Legendary as the site of exile, this Russian region had a weird July in 2014; 90 degree temperatures, then snow
Siberia
Dan
|
|
$1,200
[26]
A plethora or overage
a surplus
Kyle
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$1,200
[14]
"Gods and Generals" by Jeff Shaara fictionalizes the events culminating in this Civil War battle
Gettysburg
Kyle
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$1,200
[18]
Neil Armstrong got this document on his 16th birthday
a pilot's license
Pranjal
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$1,200
[4]
"Bright Star" shines on Broadway with music by Edie Brickell & this "L.A. Story" funny man
Steve Martin
Dan
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$1,600
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation of a spine on the monitor.) Girls are more likely to have this disorder than boys; an original abnormal curve can later lead to anadditional curvedue to compensation
scoliosis
Pranjal
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$1,200
[16]
In July 2015 average temps. in Montego Bay in this nation ranged from 96 to--yipes!--75, so hope you brought a shirt
Jamaica
Pranjal
|
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$2,000
[23]
Hungarian-born billionaire George
Soros
Pranjal
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$1,600
[15]
"Pitcairn's Island" was the third novel in a trilogy that began with this one about a nautical rebellion
Mutiny on the Bounty
Pranjal
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$1,600
[8]
This "ordinal" term was created to refer to places once under Soviet control
a second-world country
|
$1,600
[5]
"The Sound of Music" & this 1957 Broadway show each have a song called "Maria"
West Side Story
Kyle
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Muscles slowly waste away, replaced by scar tissue & fat with this disease that Jerry Lewis vowed to destroy
muscular dystrophy
Pranjal
|
$1,600
[17]
In July 1960 this city founded in 1796 & divided by the Cuyahoga River was a bit chilly, averaging 67 degs. over the month
Cleveland
Pranjal
|
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DD
$4,000
[19]
Hester re-dresses. Arthur confesses--that's a very brief one of these for "The Scarlet Letter"
a synopsis
Pranjal
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$2,000
[25]
This second wife of Napoleon is "The Second Empress" in Michelle Moran's novel
Marie Louise
Dan
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$2,000
[24]
New York Times crossword guru Will Shortz said this Post product was his favorite cereal, until the formula changed
Alpha-Bits
|
$2,000
[6]
"Long" after playwright Eugene O'Neill's death, this tale of family dysfunction returned to Broadway in 2016
Long Day's Journey into Night
Pranjal
|
$2,000
[11]
This term for an absence of automatic breathing follows "reflex", "deglutition" & "sleep"
apnea
Kyle
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$2,000
[21]
M.K. could stand for mighty kold or this observatory that dealt with a very un-Hawaiian-like 24 degrees in July of 2011
Mauna Kea
Pranjal
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Letters mailed to "God, Jerusalem" are placed in this alliterative landmark
the Wailing Wall