Sam Kavanaugh game 2.
Steven Green — a software engineer from Millbrae, California
Kirsten Rose — a librarian from Williamstown, Massachusetts
Sam Kavanaugh — a teacher from Minneapolis, Minnesota (whose 1-day cash winnings total $38,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $3,200 | $5,000 | $20,800 |
$7,999
2-day champion: $46,000 |
$11,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Kirsten | $200 | $-600 | $3,000 |
$5,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
7 R, 4 W |
| Steven | $1,600 | $3,200 | $16,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$18,000
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE WALL | "HOME" ENTERTAINMENT | LET'S DANCE! | ON SECOND THOUGHT | GRAB A SEAT | LADIES & GENTLEMEN... THE BEATITUDES! |
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$200
[13]
A section of it runs for some 5,500 miles from Liaoning province to Gansu
the Great Wall of China
Sam
|
$200
[8]
Joe Pesci & Daniel Stern were the bumbling burglars foiled by Macaulay Culkin in this 1990 film
Home Alone
Sam
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$200
[16]
Though sounding a bit Ru Paul-ian, "Roll away to a half sashay" is actually a call made during this "shapely" dance
a square dance
Sam
|
$200
[7]
This type of updated work is from Latin for "see again"
revision
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$200
[2]
A Jason Aldean country song is called "Ask Any Ol'" this backless seat at a drinking establishment
a barstool
Sam
|
$600
[15]
"Blessed are they that" do this 5-letter word: "for they shall be comforted"
mourn
Kirsten
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$400
[22]
It was originally made of barbed wire on the night of August 12-13, 1961
the Berlin Wall
Steven
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$400
[9]
Jonathan Taylor Thomas & Zachery Ty Bryan played Tim Allen's kids on this sitcom
Home Improvement
Sam
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$400
[20]
This "avian" party dance topped a 2017 list of what brides told DJs not to play
the "Chicken Dance"
Sam
|
$400
[1]
In a verb meaning to edit or censor, this writing tool follows both "blue" & "red"
pencil
Kirsten
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$400
[3]
The Koken brand of these chairs was the first with the hydraulic lift; how about a shave with that, mister?
a barber chair
Steven
|
$800
[14]
"Blessed are the meek: for they shall" this 3-word phrase
inherit the earth
Sam
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$600
[21]
A rabbinic belief is that the divine presence never departs from this wall in Jerusalem
the Western Wall
Sam
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$600
[10]
The title of this Amazon series starring Julia Roberts refers to a facility that helps soldiers transition into civilian life
Homecoming
Steven
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$600
[25]
"They all want me, they can't have me" in this '90s hit song that became its own dance craze; hey!
the "Macarena"
Sam
|
$600
[17]
There's a diner foodstuff in this verb meaning to go over something again & again &...
rehash
Steven
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$600
[4]
An idiom for a futile action in the face of disaster is "rearranging" these "on the Titanic"
the deck chairs
Sam
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$1,000
[28]
"Blessed are" these people: "for they shall be called the children of God"
the peacemakers
Steven
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|
$800
[23]
Sacsayhuaman is a walled fortress near Cuzco, ancient capital of this empire
the Inca
Steven
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$800
[11]
Will Ferrell is the square stepdad & Mark Wahlberg is the cool biological father in this 2015 comedy
Daddy's Home
Steven
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$800
[26]
A song that was No. 1 in the summer of 1960 begins, "Come on, baby, let's do" this dance
the twist
Kirsten
Steven
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$800
[18]
In Hollywood-speak, better take one more of these at that script of yours or you'll get one of these, a "no" from a studio
a pass
Steven
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$800
[5]
Perfect for Hamlet's dad, it's the type of chair seen here
a ghost chair
Sam
|
— |
|
DD
$1,200
[24]
A book about Frank Calvert & Heinrich Schliemann is called "Finding the Walls of" this city
Troy
Steven
|
$1,000
[12]
In 2019 Solange released this album that was full of nostalgia of her native Houston
When I Get Home
|
$1,000
[27]
Introduced to the U.S. from Cuba around 1914, this dance is done quick-quick-slow in 4/4 time; let's get ready to...!
rumba
Sam
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$1,000
[19]
These 2 similar words have similar meanings; the one starting "A" can mean to make any change; the "E" is to change the text
amend and emend
Sam
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$1,000
[6]
It's "E"asy to name this chair that's molded to fit the body's shape & named for the married couple who designed it
an Eames chair
Steven
|
— |
| BREAKING UP IS HARD TO DO | RUSSIAN LITERATURE | NO. 1 HITS OF THE '80s | A WAR BY ANY OTHER NAME | PHYSICS | 5-SYLLABLE WORDS |
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$400
[25]
The first attempt to break up this communications company was in 1949; it finally happened in the '80s
AT&T
Steven
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$400
[22]
As this Chekhov play ends, trees on the Ranevskaya estate are being cut down to build a housing development
The Cherry Orchard
Kirsten
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$400
[1]
Not being much of a friend in 1981, Rick Springfield wished that he had this guy's "girl"
Jessie
Kirsten
|
$400
[6]
In the South, the American Civil War is sometimes called the War of Northern this 10-letter word
aggression
Kirsten
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$400
[11]
Astrophysicists debate how fast the universe is doing this; it's somewhere around 70 kilometers per second per megaparsec
expanding
Sam
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$400
[14]
To think an opponent is not as good as he actually is; it can lead to overconfidence
underestimate
Steven
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1989 these 2 actors decided to rekindle their relationship; actress Dakota Johnson resulted
Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith
Kirsten
|
$800
[23]
Hehad some revolutionary ideas in his 1902 tract, "What Is To Be Done?"
Lenin
Sam
|
$800
[2]
It completes Billy Ocean's 1988 title request &/or demand, "Get Outta My Dreams..."
"Get Into My Car"
Kirsten
|
$800
[7]
The Beaver Wars in Canada were also known as the French & this Native American league wars
the Iroquois wars
Steven
|
$800
[9]
Sheldon Glashow gave this adorable name, C-quark for short, to a particle discovered in 1974
charm
Sam
|
$800
[15]
At the University of Washington, Spanish 101 is elementary, 201 is this & 301 is advanced
intermediate
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[16]
In 2000 this company was ordered to split Windows & Internet Explorer into 2 companies but appealed successfully
Microsoft
Steven
|
$1,200
[28]
His imprisonment & subsequent exile to Siberia led to the writing of "The House of the Dead"
Dostoevsky
|
$1,200
[3]
He's seenherein 1982 around the time of his first No. 1 hit
John Cougar Mellencamp
Sam
Kirsten
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$1,200
[8]
This country's 17th century civil wars are also known as "The Great Rebellion"
England
Sam
|
$1,600
[12]
Per a Richard Feynman lecture, a collision where bodies stick together is an example of conservation of this
momentum
Sam
Kirsten
Steven
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$1,200
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a model of a synapse on the monitor.) Defusing across synapses after being released by neurons, these substances stimulate other parts of thebrain& body to action
neurotransmitters
Sam
|
|
$1,600
[18]
This country was partitioned in 1772, with Austria getting Auschwitz; it was back together in 1918
Poland
Steven
|
$1,600
[29]
Just 10 days before he became a dead soul, this author burned sequels he had written for his "Dead Souls"
Nikolai Gogol
|
$1,600
[4]
Lipps, Inc. sang, "Well, I talk about it, talk about it, talk about it, talk about it... won't you take me to" this title place
Funkytown
Steven
|
$2,000
[27]
The Great Narragansett War is another name for this king's war
King Philip
Steven
|
$2,000
[13]
Magnetism is "action at" this; Einstein added "spooky" to dismiss the weird phenomenon quantum entanglement
distance
Steven
|
$1,600
[20]
It's a synonym for adulterous, as in an affair
extramarital
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[19]
After other failed attempts, a 1911 federal lawsuit finally split this oil trust into more than 30 companies
Standard Oil
Steven
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
In '82 there was no denying it: "Oh", this guy, "You're so fine, you're so fine, you blow my mind, hey" this guy! "Hey," this guy!
Mickey
Kirsten
|
DD
$6,000
[21]
The Ramadan War of 1973 is also called this, after a holiday of a different religion
the Yom Kippur War
Sam
|
DD
$5,800
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows two waves on the monitor.) In transverse waves, each particle moves perpendicular to the wave's direction; in this 12-letter type, reminiscent of lines on a map, each particle moves parallel to the wave
longitudinal
Sam
|
$2,000
[26]
A wondrous change, specifically Jesus' appearance in glory observed each August 6
transfiguration
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This character featured in a 1992 Time magazine cover story on "Hollywood & Politics" returned to television in 2018
Murphy Brown