WE ASKED: Melissa Harris-Perry.
Amanda Watson — a medical student from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bhaskara Marthi — a researcher from Sunnyvale, California
Susan Cole — a legislative librarian from Bowie, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susan | $1,200 | $4,000 | $9,400 |
$18,400
2-day champion: $39,000 |
$14,400
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Bhaskara | $1,400 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$10,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
11 R, 1 W |
| Amanda | $1,800 | $5,600 | $9,200 |
$11,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| TV THEMES | MATH | GEOGRAPHIC TERMS | LADIES & GENTLEMEN | STEP RIGHT "UP" | CIRCUS PERFORMERS |
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$200
[16]
Their theme song from the 1960s said, "They're creepy and they're kooky, mysterious and spooky"
The Addams Family
Bhaskara
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$200
[2]
It's the example usually given of a Bernoulli trial, with 2 possible results of constant probability
a coin flip
Bhaskara
|
$200
[6]
In the bathroom it's a sink; on the map it's an area drained by a single river
a basin
Bhaskara
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$200
[9]
This current world leader studied physics at the University of Leipzig
Angela Merkel
Amanda
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$200
[8]
In a phrase meaning intimately, it precedes "and personal"
up close
Amanda
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$200
[10]
Seen here in a time lapse, one of the stars of Circus Xtreme, Gemma "The Jet" Kirby, shot to fame as a human one of these
a cannonball
Susan
|
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$400
[19]
An expanded version of this sitcom's theme song mentions "music and mythology, Einstein and astrology"
The Big Bang Theory
Amanda
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$400
[3]
The set of positive & negative whole numbers & zero is the set of these
integers
Amanda
|
$400
[4]
Peru's Huacachina, seen here, has been called the only true one of these fertile desert areas in the Americas
an oasis
Bhaskara
|
$400
[23]
James Dyson is famous for inventing a bagless one of these
a vacuum cleaner
Susan
|
$400
[11]
It comes before "Girl" in a Billy Joel title & "Funk!" in a Mark Ronson/Bruno Mars title
uptown
Susan
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$600
[29]
Big-shoed Pickelherring was a favorite German one of these merry-makers from days of yore
a clown
Amanda
|
|
$600
[20]
This soap opera has used "Nadia's Theme" as its main theme since it debuted in the 1970s
The Young and the Restless
|
$600
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a trigonometric animation on the monitor.) As the circle is drawn in blue, in red, the "Y" values translate to sine, & in yellow, the values of "X" translate to this
cosine
Amanda
|
$600
[1]
The word archipelago is from the Greek for "chief sea", meaning this arm of the Mediterranean
the Aegean
Bhaskara
|
$600
[24]
A bronze statue in Hong Kong honors this martial arts legend who would have turned 75 in 2015
Bruce Lee
Susan
|
$600
[12]
In boxing, it's the powerful punch seen here
an uppercut
Susan
|
$800
[28]
This performer, like Dan Meyer on "America's Got Talent", must learn to relax his pharynx & esophagus
a sword swallower
Amanda
|
|
$800
[21]
This Netflix series' theme song begins, "The animals, the animals, trap trap trap till the cage is full"
Orange Is the New Black
Susan
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$800
[7]
"You can't share 10 apples equally among no people" is one way to teach kids that this process is against math rules
dividing by zero
Amanda
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$800
[14]
Sort of the Prairies of South America, they derive their name from a Quechua Indian word
the Pampas
Amanda
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$800
[25]
In 2015 Forbes ranked this former mayor as the eighth-richest American
Bloomberg
Bhaskara
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$800
[13]
This 7-letter word can describe a neighborhood full of luxury homes, or an elegant or trendy boutique
upscale
Amanda
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$1,000
[27]
In 1928 the crowds went wild for the American debut of this family of high wire acrobats & its human pyramid
the Flying Wallendas
|
|
$1,000
[22]
"It's time to put on makeup, it's time to dress up right", it's time for this beloved show
The Muppet Show
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Euclid's "Elements" begins with a definition of this as "that which has no part"
a point
Amanda
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$1,000
[17]
It's smaller than a lake, but a lake doesn't have an organism called its own type of "scum"
a pond
Amanda
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$1,000
[26]
Books by this Italian educator whose name is on many schools include "The Absorbent Mind"
(Maria) Montessori
Susan
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$1,000
[18]
In a green world it means to create something from used goods that's often better than the original
upcycle
Amanda
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| STATE YOUR CASE | TRANSPORTATION | PREPOSITIONAL IDIOMS | WORLD HISTORY | A POETIC CATEGORY | "N"TERTAINMENT |
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$400
[22]
1954 saw Brown v. a board of education in this state
Kansas
Amanda
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$400
[28]
It was the nickname-inducing color of Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker triplane
red
Susan
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$400
[1]
It's whom you're "beside" if you're super-excited
yourself
Bhaskara
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$400
[6]
After he became Aussie P.M. in 2007, Kevin Rudd issued a formal apology to this group for the policies of past governments
the Aboriginals
Susan
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$400
[11]
This type of humorous verse shares its name with an Irish city
Limerick
Susan
|
$400
[16]
This TV ratings pioneer scored an 82 (years) before passing on in 1980
Nielsen
Amanda
|
|
$800
[23]
In 1819 "implied powers" were central in McCulloch v. this state
Maryland
Amanda
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$800
[29]
To be "built like" a truck of this brand, such as a Pinnacle or Titan model, means to be solid & rugged
Mack
Susan
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$800
[2]
It's what you're "under" if you're feeling ill
the weather
Bhaskara
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$1,200
[8]
Named for a mythic king, this brother of Henry VIII married Catherine of Aragon first before dying at age 15
Arthur (Prince of Wales)
Susan
|
$800
[12]
"The Song of" him includes the lines "by the shores of Gitche Gumee, by the shining big-sea-water"
Hiawatha
Susan
|
$800
[17]
Real-life historical people who came to life in this 2006 Ben Stiller film included Teddy Roosevelt & Sacajawea
Night at the Museum
Susan
|
|
$1,200
[24]
You have the right to know that Miranda v. this state was the talk of jurisprudence in 1966
Arizona
Bhaskara
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$1,600
[20]
Used for mid-air refueling, theKC-135 Stratotankershares its basic design with this first Boeing jet
the 707
Susan
|
$1,200
[3]
Perhaps the Walden ones, they're what you're "out of" & relieved about it
the woods
Susan
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$1,600
[9]
Treaties in 1858 & 1860 handed over to Russia large sections of this northeast Chinese region
Manchuria
Bhaskara
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$1,200
[13]
(I'm Melissa Harris-Perry.) At Wake Forest University, I hold the presidential chair named for this author who delivered a poem at Bill Clinton's inauguration
(Maya) Angelou
Susan
|
$1,200
[18]
HisTV roles include husband to "The Good Wife"
Chris Noth
Bhaskara
|
|
$1,600
[25]
In 1967 it was Loving v. this state in a decision on interracial marriage
Virginia
Susan
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Balseros are those who attempt to come to the U.S. on these, balsa in Spanish
rafts
Susan
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$1,600
[4]
If you're "in the altogether", you're in this condition
naked
Susan
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1429 Joan of Arc escorted the soon-to-be VIIth king of this name to Reims & stood by his side as he was crowned
Charles
Amanda
|
$1,600
[14]
A poem by this British poet laureate ends, "I hope to see my pilot face to face when I have crossed the bar"
Alfred Lord Tennyson
|
$1,600
[19]
This band with songs like "Animal" takes its name from illuminated palms on an In-N-Out Burger sign
Neon Trees
|
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$2,000
[26]
A case regarding the Voting Rights Act in 2013 pitted Shelby County of this state v. Holder
Alabama
Susan
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$2,000
[27]
To symbolize a pioneering spirit, in 1965 the 1st NASA mission patch ever featured one of these 19th century transports
a covered wagon
Amanda
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$2,000
[5]
If you're happy, you're this 3-word phrase from "Hey Diddle Diddle"
over the moon
Susan
Bhaskara
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
In an 1815 letter, he declared that the tie that bound South America "to Spain has been severed"
Simón Bolívar
Susan
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$2,000
[15]
This American poet to whom T.S. Eliot dedicated "The Waste Land" spent 12 years in a mental hospital
Ezra Pound
|
$2,000
[21]
Drs. Troy & McNamara were the often conflicted plastic surgeons on this FX TV show
Nip/Tuck
Amanda
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In 2005 he lost for Best Actor but won for directing, at 74 becoming the oldest winner ever in that category
Clint Eastwood