Seth Wilson game 1.WE ASKED: L.A. Mayor Eric Garcetti.
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois
Dorcas Alexander — an analytics consultant from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania
Siddharth Hariharan — a student from Herndon, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $28,135)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siddharth | $0 | $1,800 | $7,000 |
$9,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 1 W |
| Dorcas | $1,000 | $2,400 | $16,800 |
$3,799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
13 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Seth | $8,400 | $10,200 | $14,900 |
$29,800
New champion: $29,800 |
$16,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| GEORGE CLOONEY FILM ROLES | BODY LANGUAGE | COLLEGE FIRSTS | OFFICE SUPPLYING | YOUNG ADULT NOVELS | MAYOR GARCETTI'S LOS ANGELES |
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$200
[5]
CIA agent Bob Barnes, who has experience in the Middle East
Syriana
Seth
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$200
[16]
A young bovine
a calf
Dorcas
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$200
[6]
Morehead Planetarium, which opened in 1949 at this school in Chapel Hill, was the 1st planetarium owned by a college
the University of North Carolina
Seth
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$200
[21]
The Work Centre 5325, makin' copies! Copyin' for the office! Makin' '90s "SNL" references!
Xerox
Dorcas
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$200
[11]
She wrote "The Underland Chronicles" before her "Hunger Games" trilogy
(Suzanne) Collins
Seth
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$200
[26]
(His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Just north of Hollywood & Vine, the studios at Capitol Recordshave been used by Frank Sinatra, Green Day, Sam Smith & this band, who recorded their "Surfin' Safari" album in the tower
the Beach Boys
Seth
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$400
[1]
Fishing boat captain Billy Tyne
The Perfect Storm
Seth
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$400
[17]
You've got to hand it to this tropical tree
a palm
Siddharth
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$400
[7]
America's first Catholic college was this one founded in 1789 in Washington, D.C.
Georgetown
Seth
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$400
[22]
The 4-color mini ballpoint pen
Bic
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$400
[12]
The "Me" in the title of this novel set in Pittsburgh is Greg Gaines; the title also refers to Rachel, who has leukemia
Me and Earl and the Dying Girl
Seth
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$400
[27]
(His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) The Hollywood Sign was originally the Hollywoodland Sign, a $21,000 billboard in 1923, for this 2-word type of development owned by the publisher of the L.A. Times
real estate
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$600
[2]
Financial TV host Lee Gates
Money Monster
Seth
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$600
[18]
The 4 equal parts of a relay race
legs
Seth
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$600
[8]
In the 118-lb. class, Northern Illinois' Brenda Maxey became the first woman to win in an NCAA match in this sport, in 1984
wrestling
Seth
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$600
[23]
Carla in human resources brought in this alliterative brand's Smirk & Wink doughnuts
Krispy Kreme
Seth
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$600
[13]
Gene & Phineas are students at the fictional Devon School in New Hampshire in this classic by John Knowles
A Separate Peace
Seth
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$600
[28]
(His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Using the term "California romanza" to mean "freedom to make one's own form", this 3-named architect's first L.A. project, Hollyhock House, was completed in 1921
Frank Lloyd Wright
Siddharth
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$800
[3]
Everett, an escaped convict in the 1930s South
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Seth
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$800
[19]
To face & endure something unpleasant, even nauseating
stomach
Siddharth
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$1,000
[10]
The "elevation of female character" was J.J. Shipherd's goal when he made this "O" school in Ohio the first coed U.S. college
Oberlin
Dorcas
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$800
[24]
Scotch heavy duty shipping tape
3M
Seth
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$800
[14]
Liesel Meminger is sent to live with Hans & Rosa Hubermann in the town of Molching in this WWII-set novel
The Book Thief
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$800
[29]
(His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) At L.A.'s Griffith Observatory, the Astronomers Monumentfeatures 6 giants of the field: Hipparchus, Copernicus, Kepler, Newton, Herschel &this Italian genius
Galileo
Seth
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$1,000
[4]
Matt King, whose family has lived in Hawaii for generations
The Descendants
Seth
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$1,000
[20]
Nerve or impertinence; in a 1904 novel Lord Elmsdale says, "That chap's got some"
cheek
Dorcas
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DD
$2,000
[9]
In 1971 he became the first president to establish his library on a college campus
Johnson (LBJ)
Seth
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$1,000
[25]
"The world's best pencil"
Dixon Ticonderoga
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$1,000
[15]
This novel by Lois Lowry begins, "It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened"
The Giver
Seth
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$1,000
[30]
(His Honor, the Mayor Eric Garcetti delivers the clue.) Between 1921 & 1955 Italian immigrant Simon Rodiaconstructed a collection of 17structureshe called Nuestro Pueblo or "Our Town"; today, it's a National Historic Landmark known as this
the Watts Towers
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| SCIENCE CLASS | WHAT A COUNTRY! | DOUBLE "T" IN THE MIDDLE | CARROT | YELL IT LIKE IT IS | SCHTICK |
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$400
[4]
In 2013 the asteroid Chariklo became the 1st nonplanet found with these, 2 surrounding it with a 6-mile gap between them
rings
Siddharth
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$400
[5]
Following a 1990 reunion, its population is 81 million
Germany
Dorcas
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$400
[10]
The substance that the observable universe is made of
matter
Seth
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$400
[20]
Director Ben "Bugs" Hardaway inspired the name of this carrot lover
Bugs Bunny
Seth
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$800
[3]
Don't forget--it was the 3-word battle cry used by Sam Houston's men at the Battle of San Jacinto, won in just 18 minutes
"Remember the Alamo"
Dorcas
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$800
[28]
Pronouns abound in "Who's on First?", a classic comedy routine by this duo
Abbott & Costello
Seth
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$800
[16]
In the title of his 1859 book, Charles Darwin used this 2-word term to describe the process & means of evolution
natural selection
Dorcas
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$800
[6]
It's in between Ethiopia & Tanzania, "K"?
Kenya
Dorcas
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$800
[12]
Idiomatically, the "pick of" this is certainly the best
the litter
Siddharth
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$1,200
[22]
This sliced carrot dish isn't named for being a puppet of the Nazis but for being cooked in the water of a French city's spa
Vichy
Seth
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$1,200
[1]
In a 1920 speech this Russian leader made his position clear--"We shall not hesitate to shoot thousands of people!"
Lenin
Siddharth
Seth
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$1,200
[25]
With a snorting laugh, Lily Tomlin tormented callers as phone operator Ernestine on this '60s sketch comedy TV show
Laugh-In
Seth
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$1,200
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew drops an egg and it goes "splat".) To calculate the speed of a falling egg from a resting position, use V = G x T, where T is time, G is the acceleration of gravity, measured at 32 feet per second squared, & V stands for this
velocity
Siddharth
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$1,600
[8]
Urdu you think you are? Mamnoon Hussain, president of this country where that's the official language
Pakistan
Siddharth
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$1,200
[13]
Dog breed or volleyball lofter
setter
Dorcas
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$1,600
[24]
Purple carrots contain anthocyanins, which act as these particles to help prevent cell decay
antioxidants
Siddharth
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$1,600
[2]
On his campaign "scream", this Vermont gov. said, "There's not a lot I regret... I still use the speech once in a while"
Howard Dean
Seth
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$1,600
[27]
Hosting the 1968 Oscars, he quipped, "Welcome to the Academy Awards, or, as it's known at my house, Passover"
Bob Hope
Seth
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$1,600
[18]
A hydrogen atom has one of these as its nucleus, with a single electron orbiting it
a proton
Siddharth
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$2,000
[9]
Directors like Mungiu & Puiu have made this Balkan nation one of the centers of 21st century filmmaking
Romania
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$1,600
[14]
To leisurely occupy one's self around the house
putter
Seth
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$2,000
[23]
French word for a mixture of carrots, onions & celery sauteed in butter
a mirepoix
Dorcas
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$2,000
[11]
In 1955 this conservative thinker & editor wrote that Natl. Review "stands athwart history, yelling stop"
William F. Buckley
Dorcas
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$2,000
[26]
To the command "Your money or your life", this comic paused, then responded, "I'm thinking"
Jack Benny
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$2,000
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates with Sarah standing far in the background.) Abbreviated F.P., this optical illusion makes for some very odd visual-size relationships
forced perspective
Seth
|
DD
$4,400
[7]
Between Morocco & Tunisia, it's almost 3.5 times the size of Texas
Algeria
Dorcas
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$2,000
[15]
A shackle
a fetter
Dorcas
|
DD
$2,500
[21]
Carrots are a great source of beta-carotene, which the human body turns into this vitamin
vitamin A
Seth
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In 1948 he wrote he had an idea for a novel in which 2 guys hitchhike to California "in search of something they don't really find"
Jack Kerouac