Vik Vaz game 2.
Deena Banks — a writer from La Mesa, California
Kelly Croissant — an emergency medical technician originally from Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Vik Vaz — a medical student from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vik | $2,200 | $4,800 | $14,000 |
$28,000
2-day champion: $51,201 |
$12,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Kelly | $400 | $3,400 | $7,800 |
$7,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
16 R, 5 W |
| Deena | $2,800 | $4,400 | $14,000 |
$12,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| PLEASE, SIR, I WANT SAMOA | THEIR FIRSTBILLBOARDNO. 1 HIT | LOOSE CHANGE | BEASTLY QUOTES | 'TIS TIME TO TESTIFY | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$200
[1]
The 5 stars of this constellation are featured on Samoa's national flag
the Southern Cross
Deena
|
$200
[11]
"Rock Around The Clock"
Bill Haley and His Comets (Bill Haley and The Comets accepted)
Kelly
|
$200
[21]
The 2004 Keelboat nickel featured these 2 explorers in full uniform on the keelboat's bow
Lewis & Clark
Kelly
|
$200
[2]
The Bible:"As a shepherd divideth his sheep from" these
goats
Kelly
Deena
|
$200
[16]
In 1966 this consumer advocate gained national attention testifying before Congress on auto safety
Ralph Nader
Vik
|
$200
[26]
Ordinary viral infection of the nose & throat that symbolized the conflict between the U.S. & Russia
the common cold war
Vik
Kelly
|
|
$400
[3]
Eastern Samoa is "American Samoa"; Western Samoa won its independence from this island country in 1962
New Zealand
Vik
|
$400
[12]
"I Get Around"
The Beach Boys
Kelly
Deena
|
$400
[22]
Introduced in January 2004, the U.S. quarter honoring this state depicts all 5 Great Lakes
Michigan
Kelly
|
$400
[7]
Ogden Nash:"The song of" these "never varies, and when they're moulting they're pretty revolting"
canaries
Vik
Kelly
|
$400
[17]
In 1991 the Senate testimony of law professor Anita Hill nearly derailed this man's Supreme Court nomination
Clarence Thomas
Vik
|
$400
[27]
"Singin' in the Rain" star who once worked as an office temp
Gene Kelly Girl (or Gene Kelly Services or Gene Kelly Resources)
Kelly
Deena
|
|
$600
[4]
This "line", roughly equal to the 180th meridian zigzags, so the Wallis Islands are west of it & Samoa is east
the International Date Line
Vik
|
$600
[13]
"Heart Of Glass"
Blondie
Deena
|
$600
[23]
Of the 7 real women to appear on U.S. coins, this queen was the first, in 1893
Queen Isabella of Spain
Vik
Kelly
Deena
|
$600
[8]
Arthur Conan Doyle: "The Curious Incident of" this "in the Nighttime"--it "did nothing"
the dog
Vik
|
$800
[19]
In 1987 Fawn Hall testified that she had altered & shredded documents for this man, her boss
Oliver North
Vik
|
$600
[28]
Long Russian novel smoked to prevent fighting between Native American tribes
War and Peace Pipe
Vik
|
|
$800
[5]
The international airport code for this city of American Samoa is PPG
Pago Pago
Kelly
|
$800
[14]
"Dancing Queen"
ABBA
Deena
|
$800
[24]
The mints in these 2 cities manufacture most of the coins for general circulation
Denver & Philadelphia
Kelly
|
$800
[9]
Carl Sandburg:"The fog comes on" these
little cat feet
Deena
|
$1,000
[20]
On June 25, 1973 he testified before the Senate & revealed the existence of a White House "enemies list"
(John) Dean
Kelly
|
$800
[29]
Aaron Burr dueling victim who closely advised Jimmy Carter
Alexander Hamilton Jordan
Deena
|
|
$1,000
[6]
It's the title of Margaret Mead's classic 1928 anthropological study of Samoan youth
Coming of Age in Samoa
Vik
|
$1,000
[15]
"Mrs. Brown You've Got A Lovely Daughter"
Herman's Hermits
Deena
|
$1,000
[25]
The reverse of this current U.S. coin depicts an olive branch, an oak branch & a torch
a dime (or ten-cent piece)
Kelly
|
$1,000
[10]
Robert Frost:"The way" this bird "shook down on me the dust of snow from a hemlock tree..."
the crow
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In 1947 playwright Bertolt Brecht returned to Europe after testifying before this House committee
the House Un-American Activities Committee
Vik
|
$1,000
[30]
Popular American dancer of 1920s Paris who arrives with one more loaf of bread than the usual 12
Josephine Baker's Dozen
Vik
Deena
|
| CLINT EASTWOOD MOVIE QUOTES | THE MIRACLE OF FLIGHT | A GREEN CATEGORY | "AR" MATEY! | COLONIAL AMERICA | THE FAMOUS MR. TED |
|
$400
[1]
Clint:"I know what you're thinking, punk. You're thinking, 'Did he fire six shots or only five?'"
Dirty Harry
Vik
|
$400
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew throws a paper airplane.) Air can easily get around the plane's thin wings, so there's less of this force resisting forward motion
drag
Deena
|
$400
[10]
The Pascal type of this vegetable is the typical, pale green crunchy type
celery
Kelly
Deena
|
$400
[15]
A cutting remark, or the sharp point projecting in the reverse direction of the main point of a fishhook
a barb
Kelly
|
$800
[5]
Its first edition contained "The Lunations, Eclipses" & "Judgment of the Weather" for the year 1733
Poor Richard's Almanack
Deena
|
$1,200
[24]
His website listed him as a Marine fighter pilot, baseball Hall of Famer & world-class angler, in that order
Ted Williams
Vik
|
|
$800
[7]
Meryl Streep:"Are you supposed to be in Iowa?"
The Bridges of Madison County
Kelly
|
$800
[21]
The parachute-like wing made by Francis & Gertrude Rogallo from their kitchen curtains led to this soaring sport
hang gliding
Deena
|
$800
[11]
A large green sandstone block at this prehistoric English site is called the "Altar Stone"
Stonehenge
Kelly
|
$800
[16]
This stringed instrument of India has 20 movable frets with 19 or 20 strings
a sitar
Vik
|
$1,200
[2]
Washington's steward, a French West Indian named "Black Sam", owned this NYC tavern off & on for 23 years
the Fraunces Tavern
Deena
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Dr. Seuss, good old Ted, with his books gave sheer bliss; though he'd write as LeSieg, his last name was this
Geisel
Vik
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Clint:"The United States Marines is lookin' for a few good men--you ain't it"
Heartbreak Ridge
|
$1,200
[22]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew compares two paper airplanes.) In paper airplanes, bending the rear section of the wing up or down has the equivalent effect of this device that moves up & down in a jumbo jet's tail
an elevator
Kelly
|
$1,200
[12]
At age 61 in 1941, he made his screen debut in "The Maltese Falcon" as Kaspar Gutman
Sydney Greenstreet
Deena
|
$1,200
[17]
A paved airport runway
a tarmac
Kelly
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1706 this Boston minister published "The Good Old Way", in which he decried the lessening of Puritan influence
Cotton Mather
Vik
|
— |
|
$1,600
[6]
James Cromwell:"I can't fill up a space shuttle with geriatrics!"
Space Cowboys
Kelly
|
$1,600
[23]
2 main types of aircraft are rotary wing, like helicopters, & this type of "wing", like your standard passenger planes
fixed wing
Vik
|
$2,000
[14]
Her "Rilla of Ingleside" & "Pat of Silver Bush" were not as successful as her "Anne of Green Gables"
Lucy Maud Montgomery
|
$1,600
[18]
On October 27, 1999 gunmen stormed this country's parliament, killing prime minister Vazgen Sarkisyan
Armenia
Vik
|
$2,000
[4]
In February 1733 this Oxford alumnus landed where present-day Savannah is now
James Oglethorpe
Vik
|
— |
|
$2,000
[9]
John Quade:"Well it appears that there can't be too many guys driving around this valley with an ape"
Every Which Way But Loose
Kelly
Deena
|
— |
DD
$6,000
[13]
This island nation off Senegal has no green in its flag but does have the Portuguese word for it in its name
Cape Verde
Deena
|
$2,000
[19]
Derived from a Serbian word for "highwayman", it refers to a 15th century horseman of the Hungarian light infantry
Hussar
Vik
|
— | — |
In a famous incident, it's the school at which William Webb Ellis disregarded the rules in 1823
Rugby