Nick Anspach — a professor of political science from York, Pennsylvania
Diana Hsu — a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts
Catherine Ono — a software developer from Santa Clara, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | $3,600 | $6,600 | $11,400 |
$13,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
14 R, 0 W |
| Diana | $800 | $4,400 | $16,000 |
$24,001
New champion: $24,001 |
$16,600
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nick | $2,000 | $4,000 | $5,000 |
$10,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,000
17 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| SCIENCE | "S"EVEN LETTER WORDS | U.S. LIBRARIES | SINGERS' SHARED FIRST NAMES | POLITICS & CURRENT AFFAIRS BOOKS | BACK PEDDLING |
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$200
[1]
These variations in the level of the oceans have the most variation at the new moon
tides
Diana
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$200
[14]
A hypodermic instrument to inject fluids into the body
a syringe
Catherine
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$200
[11]
AKA "The Rock", the John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library is one of the main libraries of this R.I. Ivy League school
Brown
Diana
Nick
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$200
[26]
Chesney & Loggins
Kenny
Diana
|
$200
[3]
Longtime friend & coworker Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote the foreword to a book of speeches by this late justice
Scalia
Catherine
|
$200
[20]
"Jack's back", promised this fast food franchise
Jack in the Box
Nick
|
|
$400
[2]
Development of an organism from gamete to fetus is the focus of this -ology
embryology
Diana
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$400
[15]
Use this tube & enjoy a view of the threadfin butterfly & other reef fish
a snorkel
Diana
Nick
|
$400
[12]
Check it out--located at 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue, its cornerstone laying was November 10, 1902
the New York Public Library
Diana
|
$400
[27]
Nicks & Wonder
Stevie
Diana
|
$400
[4]
"Escape from Camp 14" is the story of Shin Dong-Hyuk's escape to freedom from a prison in this country
North Korea
Catherine
|
$400
[22]
Old MacDonald might have used this insurance company that "gets you back where you belong"
Farmers
Diana
|
|
$600
[8]
This type of cloud that can ruin a picnic grows from cumulus clouds & the word grows from "cumulus" too
cumulonimbus
Nick
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$600
[16]
It's a malicious computer program that gathers info about a user & then transmits it to an outside entity
spyware
Catherine
|
$600
[13]
The iconic Geisel Libraryat UC San Diego houses a vast collection of items associated with this author
Dr. Seuss
Nick
|
$600
[28]
Trevi & Gaynor
Gloria
Catherine
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$600
[5]
This host of "Hardball" gives a behind-the-scenes portrait of a presidential brother in "Bobby Kennedy"
Chris Matthews
Nick
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$600
[23]
"I want my baby back baby back baby back...ribs" enticed you to this eatery
Chili's
Diana
|
|
$800
[9]
Crossword puzzle addicts know "ase" is a common ending for these, catalyzing proteins produced by cells
enzymes
Catherine
|
$800
[17]
A long-handled pan used for frying food
a skillet
Catherine
|
DD
$600
[19]
Housing millions of records, the Family History Library in this city attracts genealogists from all over the world
Salt Lake City
Diana
|
$800
[29]
Bolton & Buble
Michael
Nick
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$800
[6]
"The Weapon Wizards" is a study of the strategies that have helped make this Mideast nation a high-tech superpower
Israel
Nick
|
$800
[24]
These cheesy little crackers are "the snack that smiles back"
Goldfish
Diana
|
|
$1,000
[10]
First predicted in 1930, this particle with no charge goes through miles of matter without reacting with a proton or neutron
neutrinos
Catherine
|
$1,000
[21]
A cancerous growth of the soft tissues, usually appearing at first as a painless swelling
a sarcoma
Diana
|
$800
[18]
The Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts house his presidential library--shh, no talking!
Calvin Coolidge
Diana
|
$1,000
[30]
Maines & Merchant
Natalie
Nick
|
$1,000
[7]
"Kingfish" explores the life of this Louisiana governor some call a demagogue & some a visionary
Huey Long
Catherine
|
$1,000
[25]
An ad for the 1973 Pinto said, "When you get back to basics, you get back to" this company
Ford
Catherine
|
| APPALACHIAN APPELLATION | TOP TV SHOWS 1968 | IDIOM ORIGINS | X-MEN MARK THE LITERARY SPOT | BACH | TO THE FUTURE |
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$400
[17]
Weel Lunk, "Place of the Skull", for a white man's noggin stuck on a pole, may have given Wheeling in this state its name
West Virginia
Nick
|
$400
[26]
"Julia" starred Diahann Carroll as a nurse & single mother, widowed when her husband died in this conflict
the Vietnam War
Nick
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$400
[9]
Can you pass the acid test? It dates back to the use of nitric acid to test the content of this precious metal
gold
Diana
|
$400
[1]
"The ____ Cometh" by Eugene O'Neill
Iceman
Catherine
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$400
[6]
J.S. Bach's work, like the concerto heard here, exemplifies this classical style that flourished from 1600 to 1750
baroque
Nick
|
$400
[15]
This section of Disneyland was originally designed to imagine the far future of 1986
Tomorrowland
Diana
Nick
|
|
$800
[22]
"Mine No. 5" in Butcher's Hollow (or "Butcher's Holler", as Loretta Lynn said it) produced this material
coal
Nick
|
$800
[30]
Your answer, should you choose to say it, will be this series about a team of secret government agents led by Jim Phelps
Mission: Impossible
Nick
|
$800
[10]
On the water you might find yourself between the devil, a seam in a ship, & this
the deep blue sea
Diana
Nick
|
$800
[2]
"The Feminine ____" by Betty Friedan
Mystique
Diana
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$1,200
[8]
Bach was tasked with writing new works for each festival; cantata 63 is for Christmas & 65 is for this, 12 days later
Epiphany
Catherine
|
$800
[16]
"The Future of God" was penned by this Indian-born spiritualist
Deepak Chopra
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Baxter Peak on Mount Katahdin is the highest point in this New England state
Maine
Diana
|
$1,200
[29]
Produced as a sister show to "Petticoat Junction", this comedy centered on a city couple who move to a farm
Green Acres
Diana
|
$1,200
[11]
Something badly maintained is "going to" this 3-letter word, referring to a vessel for stew where leftovers go
pot
Catherine
|
$1,200
[3]
"Going ____" by Sarah Palin
Rogue
Nick
|
$1,600
[14]
The name of this Bach piece refers to a tuning system of the keyboard, not to its good mood
"The Well-Tempered Klavier"
Diana
|
$1,200
[19]
"Future Noir" is a book about the making of this groundbreaking 1982 Ridley Scott film
Blade Runner
Diana
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The observation point seenherehas great views of Clingmans Dome in these mountains on the Tennessee-North Carolina border
the Great Smoky Mountains
Catherine
Nick
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$1,600
[28]
Hit spinoffs from "The Andy Griffith Show" included "Mayberry RFD" & "Gomer Pyle", with this actor as the title U.S. Marine
Jim Nabors
Nick
|
$1,600
[12]
The Iroquois sealed deals by putting tomahawks in the ground under a white pine, possibly the origin of this phrase
bury the hatchet
Diana
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$1,600
[4]
"The New ____" by Emma Lazarus
Colossus
Nick
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$2,000
[18]
J.S. got his first formal keyboard lessons from his brother Johann Christoph, a pupil of this "Canon in D Major" composer
Pachelbel
Diana
|
$1,600
[20]
Some misfires from this 1970 book by Alvin Toffler: paper clothes & the world's urban population doubling by 1981
Future Shock
|
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
As early as the 1920s, American Jews were summering in this alliterative area of the Catskills
the Borscht Belt
Nick
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$2,000
[27]
John Cabot's explorer son, or the actor who as Mr. French helped look after Buffy & Jody on "Family Affair"
Sebastian Cabot
|
$2,000
[13]
The activity of wrestling with steer led to this phrase about taking charge
take the bull by the horns
Nick
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$2,000
[5]
"Look Homeward, ____" by Thomas Wolfe
Angel
Nick
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
Count Keyserling may have commissioned this work, 30 takes on one theme, named for the count's harpsichordist
the "Goldberg Variations"
Nick
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$2,000
[21]
This "Cloud Atlas" author gave a new novel to Norway's Future Library but you can't read it until 2114
David Mitchell
|
Though it draws elements from "Hamlet", Disney says this was their first all-animated feature based on an original story
The Lion King