Justin Vossler game 1.
Doug Groshart — a mechanical engineer and musician from San Luis Obispo, California
Justin Vossler — a high school history teacher from Homer, New York
Deborah Elliott — an educator from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $76,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deborah | $2,400 | $6,200 | $13,400 |
$25,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
19 R, 3 W |
| Justin | $2,200 | $5,800 | $13,600 |
$27,100
New champion: $27,100 |
$13,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Doug | $-800 | $-200 | $3,400 |
$3,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
6 R, 1 W |
| PARTS OF SPEECH... IN SONG! | AN ECO-CATEGORY | FURNITURE | A PSYCHOTIC EPISODE | GETTING GEOGRAPHICA"L" | HISTORICAL CHESS PIECES |
|
$200
[6]
"I believe in miracles, where you from? You sexy thing":believe
verb
Deborah
|
$200
[21]
Adjective used officially to describe a species that is more than threatened with going extinct
endangered
Justin
|
$200
[11]
A duchesse bed is a canopy bed that doesn't have these--not 4, not any
posts
Deborah
|
$200
[26]
Jerome Valeska's laugh in the "Blind Fortune Teller" episode had many wonder if this villain had arrived in "Gotham"
the Joker
Justin
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$200
[1]
This British port on the River Mersey was founded in 1207 when King John granted a charter
Liverpool
Deborah
|
$200
[16]
14th c. knight Sir John Hawkwood served England, Florence, Pisa & Milan as this type of paid soldier
a mercenary
Justin
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$400
[7]
"Drop kick me, Jesus, through the goalposts of life, end over end, neither left nor to right":through
a preposition
Deborah
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$400
[22]
Old-growth types of these are typically older than 200 years & have dense canopies
trees (or forests)
Justin
|
$400
[12]
This type of sofa includes a piece such as a chaise completing an "L" shape
a sectional
Deborah
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$400
[27]
"The clown was put on Earth... to introduce me to the sweet language of murder"--Dandy, on this: "Freak Show"
American Horror Story
Justin
|
$400
[2]
This Asian country on the Mediterranean is 40% Christian
Lebanon
Justin
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$400
[17]
A 2007 biography of this young French warrior & saint calls her a pawn, ultimately sacrificed
Joan of Arc
Deborah
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$600
[8]
"Baby baby baby oh, like baby baby baby no, like baby baby baby oh, thought you'd always be mine":mine
a pronoun
|
$600
[23]
This term used of settlers in the Old West is also used for members of the first species to populate a new area
pioneers
Doug
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$600
[13]
The office chair evolved in the mid-19th century, as seen here, when this British scientist fastened wheels to his chair
Charles Darwin
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$600
[28]
Maybe the Governor on this AMC show was a big "Futurama" fan, what with keeping all those human heads in tanks
The Walking Dead
Justin
|
$800
[4]
This Swiss lake is also known as the "Lake of the Four Cantons"
Lucerne
Deborah
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$600
[18]
Don Juan Enguera, Bishop of Vich, was a "grand" this, holding the line against heresy in Spain
inquisitor
Justin
|
|
$800
[9]
"Hi! My name is (what?), my name is (who?), my name is Slim Shady":hi
an interjection
Deborah
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$800
[24]
These "feminine" beetles come inside for winter & excrete a yellow residue when scared, so leave them be till spring
ladybugs
Deborah
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$800
[14]
When painting this "knotty" wood, knots won't show if you putty creases--use 2 coats of primer & 2 coats of latex
pine
Justin
Doug
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$800
[29]
"I was following my path... God led you to me", said the Trinity killer to this fellow title serial killer
Dexter
Deborah
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This island whose name means "Big Light" represents around 35% of the area of the Philippines
Luzon
Justin
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$800
[19]
This learned 17th century Swedish queen was known as "The Minerva of the North"
Christina
Deborah
|
|
$1,000
[10]
"If you really need me, just reach out & touch me, come on sugar, let me know": just
an adverb
Deborah
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$1,000
[25]
This trout species named for a small body similar to a stream has battled back from acid rain deposition in U.S. streams
brook trout
Justin
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$1,000
[15]
Taking its name from a Turkish architectural feature, this 5-letter couch often has 1 arm & a partial back
a divan
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$1,000
[30]
On HBO's "Oz", this Oscar winner found his tempo as a neo-Nazi who oh-so-casually threatened his cellmate's family
J.K. Simmons
|
$1,000
[5]
The ridge crest of this tallest Canadian mountain is about 10 miles across
Mount Logan
|
$1,000
[20]
This English king's greatest achievement was Westminster Abbey, consecrated in 1065 just days before his death
Edward the Confessor
Deborah
|
| OUR ANCIENT RELATIVES | THE COMPOSER PORTRAYED | STAMP COLLECTING | "MENT" GARNISH | THE 21st CENTURY | STRAIGHT FROM THE KING JAMES BIBLE |
|
$400
[6]
From the Latin for "two footed", this term is used to describe & distinguish early humanoids from 4-6 million years ago
biped
Doug
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$400
[21]
Robert Alda in "Rhapsody in Blue"(1945)
Gershwin
Doug
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$400
[26]
You need 3 "M"s to spell this kind of stamp issued to honor something special
commemorative
Deborah
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$400
[1]
The ninth one says people retain rights that aren't enumerated in the U.S. constitution
amendment
Justin
|
$400
[11]
He died on April 2, 2005 & was canonized a little more than 9 years later
Pope John Paul II
Justin
|
$400
[16]
Exodus 1:1:"Now these are the names of the children of ____, which came into Egypt"
Israel
Doug
|
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$800
[7]
A gorilla is a hominid; change the last letter in "hominid" to get this specific term applying to our ancestors
hominin
Deborah
Justin
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$800
[22]
Bill Shirley in "I Dream of Jeannie"(1952)
Stephen Foster
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$800
[27]
It's the postmark that indicates a stamp has been used
the cancellation
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$800
[2]
The anointing of the sick is one of these
a sacrament
Deborah
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$800
[12]
After 13 years & $2.7 billion, in 2003 scientists finished the project of fully mapping this
the human genome
Justin
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$800
[17]
Song of Solomon 2:1:"I am the ____ of Sharon, and the lily of the valleys"
rose
Justin
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa has evidence of human use of this 1 million years ago, perhaps the earliest use found
fire
Deborah
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$1,200
[23]
Hugh Grant in "Impromptu"(1991)(Judy Davis as George Sand)
Frederic Chopin
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Every collection knows the French identify their airmail labels with this 2-word phrase
par avion
Justin
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$1,200
[3]
In the photo here, it's the residue that stays behind in the bottle
sediment
Doug
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$1,200
[13]
This Wikileaks founder avoided extradition to Sweden by staying in the Ecuadorian embassy in London beginning in 2012
(Julian) Assange
Doug
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$1,200
[18]
Revelation 17:3:"I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast... having seven heads and ten ____"
horns
Deborah
Justin
|
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$1,600
[9]
The oldest Homo sapiens fossils date from 195,000 years ago & were found in this Horn of Africa nation
Ethiopia
Justin
|
$1,600
[24]
Fernand Gravet in "The Great Waltz"(1938)
Strauss
Deborah
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$1,200
[28]
The Philatelic Beacon is a newsletter for those who like to collect stamps that depict these structures
lighthouses
Justin
|
$1,600
[4]
An obstacle
impairment (or impediment)
Deborah
|
$1,600
[14]
Colloquial name for the Massachusetts health system signed into law in 2006
Romneycare
Deborah
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
Lamentations 4:9:"They that be slain with the ____ are better than they that be slain with hunger"
sword
Justin
|
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$2,000
[10]
This early "upright man" pioneered the use of tools & hunted game 2 million years ago
Homo erectus
Deborah
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$2,000
[25]
Kevin Kline in "De-Lovely"(2004)
Cole Porter
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$2,000
[30]
An FDI stamp is one of these, a term commonly associated with new stamps
first day of issue
|
$2,000
[5]
A wall to hold back water; you can walk along the famous London one seen here
embankment
|
$2,000
[15]
A 2011 tsunami caused a disaster at this Japanese nuclear power plant
Fukushima
Justin
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$2,000
[20]
Daniel 3:23:"And these three men...fell down bound into the midst of the burning ____ ____"
fiery furnace
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In 1932 a 4,700-pound piece of the object that gave this capital its "small" name was moved to city hall
Little Rock