Eric Smith — a bartender from Tucson, Arizona
Peggah Ghoreishi — a penguinologist from Chicago, Illinois
Dave Algase — an information professional and writer from Saline, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,218)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $1,400 | $-400 | $6,000 |
$9,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
14 R, 6 W |
| Peggah | $400 | $3,500 | $1,100 |
$787
3rd place: $1,000 |
$800
9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Eric | $3,600 | $5,000 | $21,000 |
$17,000
New champion: $17,000 |
$22,200
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| ABOUT [TYPE]FACE | AROUND THE WORLD | 1999 TELEVISION PREMIERES | CANINE CONVERSATIONS | STUPID ANSWERS | I'M DYIN' UP HERE! |
|
$200
[1]
This company created the Verdana typeface for use on its Windows operating system
Microsoft
Eric
|
$200
[2]
Countries with flags of only these 2 colors include Greece, Honduras & Israel
blue & white
Dave
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$200
[25]
This show about an animated fellow "Who lives in a pineapple under the sea"
SpongeBob SquarePants
Eric
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$200
[16]
A fierce situation in which survival belongs to those with the toughest & thickest skin is this kind of "world"
dog-eat-dog
Dave
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$200
[10]
This weekly mag took the time to put newsmaking people like Selena Gomez & Kate Upton on its Nov. 20, 2017 cover
People
Peggah
Eric
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$200
[5]
On April 21,1918 he caught a fatal bullet while piloting his Fokker triplane over northern France
the Red Baron (Richthofen)
Dave
Eric
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|
$400
[3]
In 1932 this London newspaper started using the New Roman typeface named for it
The London Times
Peggah
|
$400
[6]
Europe's oldest, the university of this "meaty" Italian city was founded in 1088
Bologna
Eric
|
$400
[26]
This series introducing Tony, Carmela, Meadow & A.J.
The Sopranos
Eric
|
$400
[17]
To placate someone in a minor way by giving them something
to give a dog a bone (throw them a bone)
Peggah
|
$400
[14]
One of the band's 4 faces, Keith Moon was the man who drummed for this quartet that had a hit with "Squeeze Box"
The Who
Dave
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$400
[15]
The men of this Spaniard's 1521 expedition described Aztec human sacrifices atop the pyramids
Cortez
Eric
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|
$600
[19]
Now considered the standard for screenplays, Courier was used by IBM for the Selectric brand of these
a typewriter
Eric
|
$600
[7]
The only land border between the Netherlands & France is on this 34-square-mile Caribbean island split between them
Saint Martin
|
$800
[27]
Starring David Boreanaz, this spin-off from "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
Angel
Eric
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$600
[18]
A long, rambling tale that is amusing because of its absurd or pointless ending
a shaggy dog story
Dave
|
$600
[13]
To give a break to those who fight conflagrations, this strip of cleared land helps stem the spread of a prairie fire
a firebreak
Eric
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$600
[20]
In 1819 famed aeronaut Sophie Blanchard ignited fireworks over Paris; bad idea in a balloon filled with this
hydrogen
Peggah
Eric
|
|
$800
[24]
Lucida Bright was designed for this magazine that has brought the lab to the layman since 1845
Scientific American
Dave
Eric
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$800
[8]
A memorial that depicts an albatross on this Chilean cape is dedicated to the sailors who lost their lives in the Southern Ocean
Cape Horn
|
$1,000
[28]
This drama starring Ms. Brenneman as Ms. Gray, who presided over family court cases
Judging Amy
Dave
Peggah
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$800
[23]
Fabric pattern seenherethat's popular for jackets & suits
houndstooth
Dave
Eric
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$800
[11]
Bordering Angola & Botswana, what is now Namibia was administered by this South African country until 1990
South Africa
Peggah
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$800
[21]
About 40 attendees didn't survive this 1846-47 "party" in a Sierra Nevada mountain pass
the Donner Party
Peggah
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Change one letter in the word "future" to get this font created in the '20s & used by tech companies like Cisco
Futura
Dave
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$1,000
[9]
Occupied in parts by three nations, this former kingdom is home to the ninth highest peak on Earth
Kashmir
Eric
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— |
$1,000
[29]
You have no stake in a conflict or issue if you've got no this
no dog in that fight
Peggah
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$1,000
[12]
On the periodic table of elements, which ranks as a great scientific tool, horizontal rows are also called these
periods
Peggah
Eric
|
DD
$1,300
[22]
4 of the 7 members of the team that first conquered this Alp in 1865 fell to their deaths during the descent
the Matterhorn
Peggah
|
| THE HALL OF FAME POSITION | CULTURE CLUB | MAMMAL FACTS | NATIVE AMERICANS: THE REALITY | THE WRECK OF THE F. SCOTT FITZGERALD | "T" TIME |
|
$400
[5]
Kareem, Moses, Wilt
center (in basketball)
Eric
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$400
[20]
2-word term for the trauma experienced when suddenly moving from one society to another
culture shock
Dave
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$400
[6]
They're eared seals that roar & (except the California type) have manes
a sea lion
Eric
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$400
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) The Americans exhibit highlights Native Americans' role in American identity; one legend is Pocahontas' famous 1607 rescue of this man, a story some doubt, as he didn't tell it until 1624, though he had written about his time in Virginia before then
John Smith
Eric
|
$800
[28]
"I just couldn't make the grade as a hack", Fitzgerald explained after his MGM contract as one of these wasn't renewed
a screenwriter
Dave
|
$800
[11]
This sledding sport probably originated on the slopes of Montreal
tobogganing
Dave
|
|
$800
[4]
Dizzy, Lefty, Pud, Cy
pitcher
Eric
|
$800
[24]
During fermentation, live & active cultures convert pasteurized milk to this; look for the "live & active cultures" seal on it
yogurt
Peggah
|
$800
[7]
It's also known as the Cape anteater & it earns that name by eating tens of thousands a night
an aardvark
Dave
|
$800
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Soon after this 1876 battle, the U.S. had almost all the region's Native Americans confined to reservations, yet that one setback looms large & made the Sioux & other Plains people the iconic image of Native Americans
the Battle of Little Bighorn
Eric
|
$1,200
[25]
PBS News Hour titled a medical article "F. Scott Fitzgerald's Life was a Study in Destructive" this addiction
Alcoholism
Dave
|
$1,200
[10]
In 2018 this choir dropped "Mormon" from its name
Tabernacle
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Magic, Isiah, John(okay, John Stockton)
point guard
Dave
Peggah
|
$1,600
[21]
A throat culture can check for an ailment common in kids & caused by the group a type of this bacterium
strep
Dave
|
$1,200
[16]
The Sumatran species of this ape is much more endangered than the Bornean
an orangutan
Eric
|
$1,200
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Stick & ball games are common among many Native peoples, but the only nation with its own sports team on an international level is the Iroquois team, competing in this centuries-old sport
lacrosse
Eric
|
$1,600
[26]
Fitzgerald's career as an inept Army officer was brightened when he met this future wife while stationed in Alabama
Zelda
Dave
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$1,600
[8]
It's the name for the set ofdrumsseen here
timpanis
Dave
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Tony Esposito, Vladislav Tretiak, Ken Dryden
goalie (in hockey)
Eric
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$2,000
[22]
You may be accused of cultural this 13-letter word if you wear a Sikh-style turban & you aren't Sikh
appropriation
Eric
|
$2,000
[18]
Ballena asesina is a Spanish name for this swimmer
killer whale (orca)
Dave
Peggah
|
$1,600
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Disputes over treaties between tribes & the U.S. may seem far in the past, but this mile marker says otherwise; it was part of the 2016protestby the Standing Rock Tribe that claimed this pipeline violated an 1868 pact
the Dakota Access Pipeline
Dave
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$2,000
[27]
Fitzgerald was 44 when he died of a heart attack before he could finish this "Last" novel about a Hollywood producer
The Last Tycoon
|
$2,000
[9]
This word for a prehistoric cave dweller can also mean a brutal, primitive person
a troglodyte
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Lawrence "L.T." Taylor, Ted "The Mad Stork" Hendricks, Harry "no cool nickname" Carson
linebacker
Eric
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
This term for the struggles between liberals & conservatives, especially in media, comes from the German "kulturkampf"
a culture war
Eric
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
The 350 or so species of these include the numbat
a marsupial
Eric
|
$2,000
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.) Despite the legal veneer of the Indian Removal Act, forcing 100,000 Native Americans from the fertile southeast to the more arid lands west of the Mississippi, caused thousands of deaths from starvation, exposure & disease, leading to this term
the Trail of Tears
Eric
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In her 20+ years working for this company, Audrey Sherman of Saint Paul has been granted more than 130 patents
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