Kelvin Smith — a Ph.D. student from Birmingham, Alabama
Monica Ashar — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Jenny Wrigley — a yoga instructor from Olive Branch, Mississippi (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
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| Jenny | $2,000 | $7,400 | $12,800 |
$9,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Monica | $5,200 | $4,600 | $7,800 |
$12,801
New champion: $12,801 |
$9,000
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kelvin | $-400 | $1,200 | $4,000 |
$2,801
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
5 R, 2 W |
| LET'S EXPLORE | HERBS | LITERATURE FOR THE YOUNG | THE "RIGHT" STUFF | HEAVENLY BODIES | ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHTTRAVELS THROUGH TIME |
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$200
[1]
An Explorers Club member, this 2nd man to stand on the moon lent his name to a space exploration award given by the club
Buzz Aldrin
Monica
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$200
[23]
The curly-leaf variety of this herb is the one that's often used as garnish
parsley
Monica
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$200
[4]
Young Mia Thermopolis suddenly finds herself the Royal Highness of Genovia in this book
The Princess Diaries
Jenny
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$200
[2]
George S. Kaufman or Wendy Wasserstein, for example
a playwright
Jenny
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$200
[16]
Deneb & Sirius are both these
stars
Monica
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$200
[22]
(Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonightpresent the clue.)(Kevin) Studio execs are scratching their heads as this sleeper sci-fi movie is overshadowing "The Other Side of Midnight" as the summer hit of 1977(Nancy) It opened at Mann's Chinese Theater just before Memorial Day weekend & it's looking like a blockbuster
Star Wars
Monica
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[12]
On TV in the 1960s we learned that its mission was "to seek out new life and new civilizations"
Star Trek , the Enterprise
Jenny
Kelvin
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$400
[24]
Thisherb is essential both to bechamel sauce and to a bouquet garni
bay leaf
Jenny
Monica
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$400
[6]
These 2 siblings have solved such cases as "The Twisted Claw" & "The Hidden Harbor Mystery"
the Hardy Boys
Jenny
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$400
[3]
Jacob swindled Esau out of one
a birthright
Monica
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$400
[17]
Draco, Monoceros
constellations
Jenny
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$400
[28]
(Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonightpresent the clue.)(Nancy) It is August 15, 1939 & "E.T." is at the Hollywood premiere of "The Wizard of Oz"(Kevin) We interview Judy Garland, & ask how it felt literally bringing down the house on this character & then stealing her shoes
the Wicked Witch of the East
Jenny
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$600
[13]
Located at Pier 15 in this city's Embarcadero, the Exploratorium is the place to "feed your curiosity"
San Francisco
Jenny
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$600
[25]
Itcan be grated like horseradish, to which it is often compared
wasabi
Jenny
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$600
[7]
That's "some pig", this character in "Charlotte's Web"
Wilbur
Monica
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$600
[5]
Title 17 of the U.S. Code covers the duration of these
copyrights
Monica
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$800
[19]
Titania, Enceladus
moons
Jenny
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$600
[29]
(Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonightpresent the clue.)(Kevin) It's November 21, 1980, with an actors' strike pushing the TV season back, it's been 8 months since we saw this character get shot(Nancy) Tonight, 80 million viewers around the country will finally find out who done it--(Kevin) My money's on the sister-in-law
J.R.
Kelvin
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$800
[14]
CBS & the A.P. featured an article on public curiosity related to this fictional 7-year-old Latina's immigration status
Dora (the Explorer)
Monica
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$800
[26]
Vichyssoise is made with leeks & garnished with this other member of the onion family, the smallest one
chives
Jenny
Monica
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$800
[8]
A boy asks Santa for a reindeer's silver bell in this classic by Chris Van Allsburg
The Polar Express
Jenny
Monica
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$800
[10]
A builder of barges, a constructor of caravels
a shipwright (or boatwright)
Monica
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$1,000
[20]
Borrelly, Hyakutake
comets
Kelvin
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$800
[21]
(Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonightpresent the clue.)(Kevin) It's "E.T." for March 28, 1973 & last night, the Academy made him an offer he refused(Nancy) We sit down with Sacheen Littlefeather, who turned down the Oscar for this leading man
Marlon Brando
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$1,000
[15]
Lewis & Clark journeyed nearly 8,000 miles to the Pacific & back leading the group with this 3-word name
Corps of Discovery
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$1,000
[27]
There actually is an herb called this, a word for a flavor that is salty or spicy but not sweet
savory
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$1,000
[9]
She's the speedy filly young Ken McLaughlin calls "My Friend"
Flicka
Monica
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$1,000
[11]
Full of life & vigor; it's especially used of senior citizens
sprightly
Jenny
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DD
$2,000
[18]
Whirlpool, Sombrero
galaxies (or nebulas)
Jenny
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$1,000
[30]
(Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier of Entertainment Tonightpresent the clue.)(Nancy) The March 19, 1990 cover of Newsweek--"Rap Rage"--has rap gone too far?(Kevin) With this "Funky Cold Medina" & "Wild Thing" rapper pictured below the headline, we'll say it--no. No, it hasn't
Tone Loc
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$400
[7]
In 1844 a Vermont newspaper described these soothing chairs as "wooden narcotics"
rocking chairs
Jenny
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$400
[10]
One of her last transmissions was "Have been unable to reach you by radio. We are flying at 1,000 feet"
Amelia Earhart
Monica
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$400
[2]
To overeat, or a deep, narrow passage with steep, rocky sides
gorge
Monica
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$400
[13]
Bridge of the Gods & Grand Coulee Dam Bridge both span this mighty river
the Columbia
Monica
Kelvin
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$800
[22]
John Fogerty has a Louisville slugger-shaped guitar that he uses for live performances of this baseball song
"Centerfield"
Kelvin
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$1,600
[19]
Literally "storm & stress", this literary movement associated with Goethe made him famous
Sturm und Drang
Monica
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$800
[8]
Appropriately, Howard Hawks did use this type of folding armchair, with his name on the back & everything
a director's chair
Jenny
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$800
[20]
The FBI did not believe the old Giants stadium to be the final resting place of this union man, unseen since July 30, 1975
Jimmy Hoffa
Jenny
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$800
[3]
An acronym for a confusing situation, its first 2 letters stand for "situation normal"
snafu
Monica
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$800
[24]
Going from Delmarva peninsula to S.E. Virginia, you're likely on the bridge & tunnel system that spans this bay
the Chesapeake
Jenny
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$1,200
[21]
"My Oh My" is Macklemore & Ryan Lewis' tribute to Dave Niehaus, the longtime announcer for this A.L. West team
the Seattle Mariners
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$1,200
[9]
Thisleather armchair bears the name of the type of the men's organizations that used them
a club chair
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$1,200
[16]
This "Twelve Years a Slave" author left public view in 1857 but may have been working for the Underground Railroad
(Solomon) Northup
Kelvin
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$1,200
[4]
It's a slang synonym for zero, or a brand of lighter
zippo
Jenny
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DD
$1,000
[23]
The Matadi suspension bridge traverses this big river in a certain democratic republic
the Congo
Jenny
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$1,600
[18]
Don Henley hit No. 5 with this song whose title he got from a book about the Brooklyn Dodgers
"The Boys Of Summer"
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DD
$1,200
[12]
This 18th century British furniture maker was known for his rococochairs with a distinctiveback
Thomas Chippendale
Monica
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$1,600
[15]
In 1587 she became the first English child born in America but soon, she & her colony were lost
Virginia Dare
Jenny
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$1,600
[5]
It can mean nifty or foppish
dandy
Monica
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$1,600
[1]
Seen here, the BU Bridge spans this river
the Charles
Monica
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$1,600
[11]
Ben Franklin designed a chair with a built-in stepladder to be used in this room of his house
the library
Jenny
Monica
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$2,000
[17]
Theodosia, daughter of this ex-vice president, was on a ship that disappeared off the coast of Cape Hatteras in 1813
Aaron Burr
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$2,000
[6]
It's the French name for the type of shoe seen here, carved from a single block of wood
sabot
Jenny
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$2,000
[14]
Austin's Pennybacker Bridge offers a picturesque view of this river
the Colorado
Kelvin
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Only 4 men have been both VP & president & served in both houses of Congress; 2 of them shared this last name
Johnson