Last game of Season 34.
Jerry Tsai — a data scientist from Los Angeles, California
Karla Nickels — a retired business and property manager from Newcastle, Oklahoma
Rick Terpstra — an aspiring English teacher from Havertown, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick | $3,000 | $4,200 | $17,400 |
$16,599
2-day champion: $39,800 |
$16,400
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Karla | $1,600 | $2,400 | $5,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 0 W |
| Jerry | $4,000 | $5,200 | $18,200 |
$1,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| TRAVEL HAWAII | QUICK BOOKS | QUOTABLE WOMEN | THE WORST PICTURE RAZZIE | SOUNDS LIKE IT TO ME | KEEP ON TRUCKIN' |
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$200
[6]
A recovered anchor from the USS Arizona is on display at this memorial's visitor center
Pearl Harbor
Jerry
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$200
[1]
1903:A dog runs with the wolves
Call of the Wild
Karla
Jerry
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$200
[22]
Concerning her 1949 nude calendar photos, this actress said, "It's not true I had nothing on; I had the radio on"
Marilyn Monroe
Karla
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$200
[16]
2 numeric movies produced a tie in 2016: "Fifty Shades of Grey" & this not-so-great superhero quartet
The Fantastic 4
Rick
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$200
[2]
If your high-flying idea turns out to be a dud, it lands with this sound that rhymes with "dud"
thud
Jerry
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$200
[25]
This word is combined with "trailer" in a standard truck type used for hauling loads
a semi (or tractor)
Karla
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$400
[5]
You can travel Mountain Thunder Plantation on the "Big Island", in the area that gives this coffee its name
Kona
Jerry
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$400
[9]
1847:Heathcliff is a bad cat
Wuthering Heights
Karla
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$400
[20]
This primitive artist who began painting in her 70s said, "Painting's not important. The important thing is keeping busy"
Grandma Moses
Jerry
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$400
[17]
In 1982 this biopic starring Faye Dunaway brought home the prize, wire hangers & all
Mommie Dearest
Rick
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$400
[8]
Hearing this hyphenated sound "of tiny feet" means you have kids in the house, or mice
pitter-patter
Rick
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$400
[26]
In trucker jargon, a "dragon wagon" is one of these vehicles you don't want to have to call when out on the road
a wrecker (or tow truck)
Karla
Jerry
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$600
[3]
Thistower, in downtown Honolulu, was built to say welcome to tourists arriving in the 1920s and '30s
Aloha Tower
Rick
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$800
[12]
1939:On the Joad again
The Grapes of Wrath
Jerry
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$600
[19]
On August 10, 1945 this former First Lady wrote, "The times now call for mankind as a whole to rise to great heights"
Eleanor Roosevelt
Jerry
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$600
[15]
"Basic Instinct 2" (to the Razzies, "basically, it stinks, too") took Worst Pic & Worst Actress went to this star
(Sharon) Stone
Rick
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$600
[10]
After a few hours in the hot sun, I'm ready to drink a cold beverage this way, also an engine sound
chug
Rick
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$600
[27]
Many large trucks have this many gears, matching the number of "wheels" in a popular nickname for the vehicles
eighteen
Rick
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$800
[4]
In 2013 the beautiful Kilauea Point Lighthouse on the north end of Kauai was renamed to honor this late senator
(Daniel) Inouye
Jerry
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$1,000
[13]
1908:Oh, the Rat & the Toad should be friends
The Wind in the Willows
Jerry
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$800
[21]
This mademoiselle said, "As for you, archers, soldiers, gentlemen...who are besieging Orleans, depart in God's name"
Joan of Arc
Jerry
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$800
[18]
In 2000 Razzie found this Will Smith & Kevin Kline period piece to be very very not good
Wild Wild West
Jerry
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$800
[14]
Largeonescan measure more than 5 feet across
a gong
Rick
Jerry
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$1,000
[7]
This royal palace completed by King David Kalakaua in 1882 had electricity installed before the White House
Iolani Palace
Karla
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DD
$1,600
[11]
1813:Ms. Bennet confronts 2 specific things
Pride and Prejudice
Rick
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$1,000
[23]
She once remarked, "Freaks was a thing that I photographed a lot"
Diane Arbus
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$1,000
[28]
Come out to the coast, we'll have a few laughs...he starred in Worst Pics 3 years apart--"Hudson Hawk" & "Color of Night"
Bruce Willis
Rick
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$1,000
[24]
Hey! It's a 6-letter bray from Mr. Ed
whinny
Rick
Jerry
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— |
| CLASSICAL MUSIC TERMS | AROUND THE BODY | DEFUNCT SPORTS FRANCHISES | NORSE GODS | FOUND IN TRANSLATION | THE U.S. CONGRESS WITH NANCY PELOSI |
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$400
[16]
Italian for "plucked"
pizzicato
Jerry
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$400
[1]
It's the more common name for the female gonads
ovaries
Rick
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$400
[2]
Between 1879 & 1915, this N.Y. city had 3 different pro baseball teams somewhat redundantly called the Bisons
Buffalo
Rick
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$400
[10]
We can thank Freya, the goddess of love, for this day that takes its name from her
Friday
Rick
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$400
[13]
To restrict distribution of something scarce
ration
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$400
[29]
(Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) I was the 52nd Speaker of the House & the first woman to hold the post since Congress convened in 1789 with 59 representatives; today, our 115th Congress has this many House members
435
Rick
Jerry
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$800
[8]
4 letters--Italian for "high"
alto
Rick
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$800
[5]
Arranged in 2 rows, 8 small carpal bones make up this part of the body
the wrist
Jerry
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$800
[3]
In the 1950s Washington, D.C. had a NBA team called this, like the current NHL team but spelled -ols
the Capitols
Jerry
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$800
[14]
Hermod, whose name means "war spirit", performed this service for his fellow gods, like Mercury for the Roman pantheon
delivering messages (or messenger)
Jerry
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$800
[22]
A facetious, often bawdy tribute banquet
a roast
Rick
Jerry
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$800
[26]
(Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) While Congress has declared war on 11 occasions, the first was on June 17 of this year, against Great Britain
1812
Rick
Karla
|
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$1,200
[15]
French for "German"
allemande
Jerry
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$1,600
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents a diagram of a tooth on the monitor.) Between a tooth's enamel & the pulp is this hard, yellow, sensitive layer of tissue that makes up the bulk of the tooth
the dentin
Jerry
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$1,200
[9]
From 1974 to 1976, this city had a pro basketball team called the "Spirits of" it
St. Louis
Karla
Jerry
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$1,200
[19]
Known for his eloquence & knowledge, Bragi was the patron god of skalds, who composed & wrote these
poems
Rick
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$1,200
[23]
Irregular plural word for multiple layers of something
strata
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$1,200
[27]
(Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) Nonvoting members of Congress include Eleanor Holmes Norton representing Washington, D.C. & Jenniffer González-Colón serving this hurricane-devastated island
Puerto Rico
Karla
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$1,600
[17]
Italian for "deep bass"
basso profundo
Rick
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$2,000
[6]
The left one of these arteries originates over the heart & supplies blood to the head & neck
the carotid arteries
Jerry
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$1,600
[11]
The Stapletons briefly brought NFL action to this NYC island borough
Staten Island
Rick
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$1,600
[20]
Delling, whose name means "luminous one", was the personification of this daily moment
sunrise
Rick
Jerry
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$1,600
[24]
To lean or tilt to one side
list (or slant)
Rick
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$1,600
[28]
(Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) In February 2018 I took to the House floor speaking for over 8 hours in support of this program that temporarily protects the Dreamers in our country from being deported
DACA
Jerry
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$2,000
[18]
Italian for "from the head"
da capo
Jerry
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DD
$3,000
[4]
Named for the way they release secretions, they're the body's 2 main types of glands
exocrine and endocrine
Jerry
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DD
$2,000
[12]
In 1914 & 1915 the Terrapins repped this town in baseball's upstart Federal League
Baltimore
Rick
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$2,000
[21]
Thisgoddess of the dead has become synonymous with the world of darkness over which she reigned
Hel
Rick
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$2,000
[25]
Push the blue button in your GM car to get this helpful trademarked service
OnStar
Jerry
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$2,000
[30]
(Nancy Pelosi reads the clue.) In 2009, I proudly unveiled the Capitol portrait of this first African-American woman elected to Congress, who said she wanted to be remembered as a catalyst for change
Shirley Chisholm
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The last survivor of this battle that started a war died in 1854 & more men marched at his funeral than fought with him
the Battle of Lexington