WE ASKED:Meet the Presshost Chuck Todd.
Kalen Meine — a bartender from Littleton, Colorado
Alice Emerson — a communications manager from Oreland, Pennsylvania
Pidge Meade — a technical writer and actress from Pacifica, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pidge | $-1,000 | $1,000 | $15,200 |
$13,400
2-day champion: $31,001 |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Alice | $3,600 | $5,000 | $8,400 |
$8,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kalen | $2,400 | $5,200 | $15,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,600
17 R, 2 W |
| A BRIDGE TO SOMEWHERE | ONE-WORD FILM TITLES | THEY COME IN THREES | RUSSIAN FIRST NAME'S THE SAME | HOMOPHONIC DUOS | FAIR FARE |
|
$200
[6]
The Mackinac Bridgeconnects the Upper & Lower Peninsulas in this state
Michigan
Kalen
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$200
[1]
(I'm Mario Andretti.) In 1967 I drove a Ford Fairlane to win the Daytona 500; almost 40 years later I playeda Ford Fairlanewho was at the racetrack in this Pixar film
Cars
Kalen
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$200
[9]
We don't need the distances, but we do need these 3 sports in an Olympic triathlon
cycling, running and swimming
Pidge
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$200
[20]
Baryshnikov &Gorbachev
Mikhail
Alice
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$200
[14]
A discount on boating canvas
a sail sale
Alice
|
$200
[25]
This carnival treat is threads of spun sugar, often pink
cotton candy
Alice
|
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$400
[7]
Seven Mile Bridgeis a major link in this chain of islands stretching in a 150-mile curve out of Biscayne Bay
the Florida Keys
Alice
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$400
[2]
One of Al Pacino's lines from this 1983 film that's safe for us to quote is "Say hello to my little friend"
Scarface
Pidge
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$400
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a triangle on the monitor.) In geometry, based on the length of their sides, triangles are classified asequilateral, with 3 equal sides; scalene, with no equal sides; &this type that has 2 equal sides
isosceles
Kalen
|
$400
[21]
Shostakovich &Mendeleyev
Dmitri
Pidge
Alice
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$400
[15]
A question to identify a sorceress in a lineup
which witch
Alice
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$400
[26]
This fried treat is named for the cone-shaped utensil through which the batter is poured
a funnel cake
Alice
|
|
$600
[8]
We will largely note & long remember Sachs Bridgein this city used by both Union & rebel troops
Gettysburg
Pidge
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$800
[4]
Richard Harris played Marcus Aurelius in this Russell Crowe film
Gladiator
Alice
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$600
[11]
In August 1492 Columbus & his crews set sail on the ocean blue on these 3 ships
the Niña, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria
Kalen
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$600
[22]
Gromyko &Sakharov
Andrei
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$600
[16]
Photos of Harry or William
prince prints
Kalen
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$600
[27]
These cheese semi-solids are supposed to squeak when you bite into them
curds
Kalen
|
|
$800
[19]
The Marine Parkway-Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge connects the Rockaways to this NYC borough where Gil played
Brooklyn
Pidge
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Ice Cube gave rise to a catchphrase with the dismissive "Bye, Felicia" in this 1995 comedy
Friday
Pidge
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$800
[12]
The Caribbean's ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this
Curaçao
Alice
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$800
[23]
Gogol &Rimsky-Korsakov
Nikolai
Pidge
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$800
[17]
These keep prying fingers away from the smoke salmon
lox locks
Kalen
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$800
[28]
Dusted with sugar & cinnamon, these slender pastries have a Spanish name that may refer to their place of origin
churros
Kalen
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$1,000
[5]
Audrey Tautou is a waitress at a Paris bistro in this charming film
Amélie
Kalen
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$1,000
[13]
The 3 wise men, or magi, who followed a star to Bethlehem were Melchior, Gaspar & him
Balthazar
Alice
|
$1,000
[24]
Shcharansky &Karpov
Anatoly
|
$1,000
[18]
An umbilicus for a midshipman or admiral
a naval navel
|
$1,000
[29]
Roll a caramel apple in marshmallows, nuts & chocolate & you have this variation, also an ice cream flavor
rocky road
Alice
|
| FACTS ABOUT AUTHORS | THE FOREST FOR THE TREES | PSYCHOLOGY | SAME TITLE, DIFFERENT SONG | "MM" | IT HAPPENED ONMEET THE PRESS |
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$400
[11]
Her own "Age of Innocence" began on Jan. 24, 1862, when she was born into a wealthy & socially prominent New York family
Edith Wharton
Pidge
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$400
[6]
What's left of this forest where Robin Hood hid out is mostly pine trees
Sherwood Forest
Alice
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$400
[1]
A division of the American Psychological Association is devoted to these, such as to gambling
addiction
Alice
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$400
[16]
Justin Bieber(2015) &Beyonce(2016)
"Sorry"
Kalen
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$400
[21]
A French woman, fatale or otherwise
femme
Pidge
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$400
[26]
(Chuck Todd of Meet the Pressgives the clue.)President Carterused his January 20, 1980 appearance to announce the USA's boycott of these
the Olympics
Pidge
|
|
$800
[12]
Elizabeth Gilbert's experience as a bartender became an article for GQ Magazine & this 2000 movie
Coyote Ugly
Alice
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$800
[7]
Legend says pirates spitting out date seeds gave us Vai, a vast forest of these trees on Crete
palms
Alice
Kalen
|
$800
[2]
Those who have this most common type of schizophrenia often suffer from delusions of persecution
paranoid
Pidge
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$800
[17]
David Bowie(1975) &Irene Cara(1980)
"Fame"
Pidge
|
$800
[22]
To heat just below boiling
simmer
Pidge
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$800
[27]
(Chuck Todd of Meet the Pressgives the clue.) This controversial Wisconsin senator is seenherein a 1953 appearance; during another show, he rested a handgun unseen in his lap the whole program
McCarthy
Pidge
|
|
$1,600
[14]
As a boy, Kahlil Gibran wore a cross for 40 days for a splint; as a man he wrote this 1923 mystical work
The Prophet
|
$1,200
[8]
The Calif. forest named for this Sierra redwood, the world's largest tree, has more than 30 groves of them
sequoia
Alice
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$1,200
[3]
According to David Kessler & Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, the 5 stages of grief begin with this & end with acceptance
denial
Kalen
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$1,600
[19]
Ghost Town DJ's(1996) &Usher & Alicia Keys(2004)
"My Boo"
|
$1,200
[23]
A tip-top mountain spot
summit
Kalen
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$1,200
[28]
(Chuck Todd of Meet the Pressgives the clue.) In April 2015this mayor, Hillary Clinton's 2000 Senate campaign manager, praised Hillary but didn't quite endorse her yet
(Bill) de Blasio
Pidge
Kalen
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1945 she & Jean-Paul Sartre founded a monthly review called Les Temps Modernes
Simone de Beauvoir
Kalen
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$1,600
[9]
2/3 of Connecticut is largely forested with this tree, such as the "Charter" one famous in the state's history
oak
Kalen
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$1,600
[4]
This opposite of multitasking also starts with "M" & ends with "tasking"; it used to be called "paying attention"
monotasking
Kalen
|
$2,000
[20]
Fats Domino(1957) &New Order(1983)
"Blue Monday"
|
$1,600
[24]
It can mean completely under water, or fully involved in
immersed
Alice
Kalen
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$1,600
[29]
(Chuck Todd of Meet the Pressgives the clue.)This labor leader's appearance on July 9, 1961 had to be fitted in between a string of indictments
Hoffa
Pidge
|
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
She matched her initials with the pen name Currer Bell & ended up marrying a man named Arthur Bell Nicholls
Charlotte Brontë
Alice
|
$2,000
[10]
Superior National Forest has a 21-mile-long blue lake named for this silvery-white tree
a birch tree
|
$2,000
[5]
Abbreviated "SAD", this disorder can crop up at specific times of the year, like Christmas
Seasonal Affective Disorder
Kalen
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DD
$3,000
[18]
Petula Clark(1964) &Macklemore & Ryan Lewis(2015)
"Downtown"
Pidge
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$2,000
[25]
A small group that lives & works together, whether in Paris or not
a commune
Pidge
|
$2,000
[30]
(Chuck Todd of Meet the Pressgives the clue.)Shewas so impressed with how she looked when on "MTP" that she requested & was given a supply of the show's makeup
(Indira) Gandhi
Pidge
|
The world's busiest container port, its name is also an English verb with criminal overtones
Shanghai