Karen Farrell game 8.
Kristin Carter — an attorney from Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sayeed Akhtar — a student from Fairfax, Virginia
Karen Farrell — a political consultant from Woodbridge, Virginia (whose 7-day cash winnings total $139,803)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen | $5,200 | $8,800 | $19,800 |
$19,800
8-day champion: $159,603 |
$19,000
28 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sayeed | $400 | $800 | $2,000 |
$1,981
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,000
5 R, 4 W |
| Kristin | $1,800 | $1,600 | $9,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
10 R, 1 W |
| "ALL" THE RIGHT MOVIES | STATUE OF NO LIMITATIONS | POTPOURRI | TALES OF THE CITY | SHUT UP | & DEAL THE CARBS |
|
$200
[28]
Ronald Reagan was in the 1940 biopic "Knute Rockne" this
All American
Kristin
|
$200
[23]
His D.C. statue signaling "V for victory!" stands outside the British embassy
Churchill
Karen
|
$200
[12]
When this board game launched in 1981, it came with 6,000 questions
Trivial Pursuit
Karen
|
$200
[26]
"The Murders in the Rue Morgue"
Paris
Karen
|
$400
[14]
Come out of your "shell" & say this 2-word term meaning to suddenly cease speaking
clam up
Kristin
|
$400
[27]
Chili con carne is always fun but be prepared to carbo-load as you down these "renal" items
kidney beans
Karen
|
|
$400
[24]
This Arnold Schwarzenegger comedy about a father's desperate search for a Christmas toy might ring a bell
Jingle All the Way
Karen
Sayeed
|
$400
[19]
Until 1987 no building in Philadelphia rose higher than the statue of this Colonial founder atop city hall
William Penn
Karen
|
$400
[15]
This line begins the nursery rhyme that also says, "Wasn't that a dainty dish to set before a king?"
Sing a song of sixpence
Karen
|
$400
[25]
"Bright Lights, Big City" & "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler"
New York City
Karen
|
$600
[10]
Another way to say stay quiet!: this word for your mother
mum
Karen
|
$600
[20]
If you're counting carbs, this legume that's the main ingredient in hummus may not be your best choice
a chickpea
Karen
|
|
$600
[7]
Diamonds & a winning lottery ticket, not $100 bills, are the goal in this 2002 action comedy
All About the Benjamins
Sayeed
|
$600
[4]
One of the 7 Ancient Wonders, the 40-foot statue of this god had a statue of Nike on his outstretched right hand
Zeus
Karen
|
$600
[16]
This 15-nation U.N. body is charged with the maintenance of international peace
the Security Council
Kristin
|
$600
[1]
"Peachtree Road" by Anne Rivers Siddons
Atlanta
Kristin
|
$800
[11]
Dumbfounded is a synonym for this other "dumb" word that means you've been surprised to the point of speechlessness
dumbstruck
Kristin
|
$800
[21]
Okay, these fruits are about 22% carbs, but Cavendish ones do help lower blood pressure & promote a healthy heart, so it's worth it!
bananas
|
|
$800
[8]
Annette Bening won a Golden Globe for her role in this 2010 film about children looking to connect with their sperm-donor dad
The Kids Are All Right
Karen
|
$800
[5]
A life-size statue of this girl pulling back an imaginary curtain in her attic hiding place is at a Boise Human Rights Memorial
Anne Frank
Karen
|
$800
[17]
Spirits are also known as eau de vie or this Latin phrase that also means "water of life"
aqua vitae
Sayeed
|
$800
[2]
James Joyce's "Ulysses"
Dublin
Karen
|
$1,000
[13]
A body part gets twisted into this alliterative, hyphenated term for being unable to utter a word
tongue-tied
Sayeed
|
$1,000
[22]
In Verona, Italy the symbol of carnevale festivities is il papa del these potato dumplings
gnocchi
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Robert Shaw was Henry VIII & Paul Scofield was Thomas More in this 1966 costume drama
A Man for All Seasons
Karen
|
$1,000
[6]
Some are up in arms over this marble statue carved around 150 B.C., saying she's really the sea goddess Amphitrite
the Venus de Milo
Karen
|
$1,000
[18]
Back in 1917 the president of Argentina announced an Oct. 12 holiday called not Columbus Day but this "Dia"
Dia de la Raza
Kristin
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
"Anna Karenina": these 2 cities about 400 miles apart
St. Petersburg & Moscow
Karen
|
— | — |
| STARTS & ENDS WITH THE SAME VOWEL | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE | HIP-HOP FEUDS | THE AGE OF EXPLORATION | 3-NAMED PEOPLE | FOREIGN COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES |
|
$400
[7]
The final stage of a chess contest
endgame
Karen
|
$400
[27]
Jesus tells him "The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice"
Peter
Karen
|
$400
[23]
The Source magazine began a feud with this Detroit rapper & film star, but he put a "Nail In The Coffin" on that
Eminem
Karen
|
$800
[18]
Purportedly seeking the Fountain of Youth, Ponce de Leon reached the American mainland in 1513 in what is today this state
Florida
Karen
|
$800
[13]
This actor's diary & pistol are at Ford's Theatre
John Wilkes Booth
Karen
|
$800
[26]
You'll find King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi in this country
Thailand
|
|
$800
[4]
An agreeable odor
an aroma
Karen
|
$800
[25]
Jesus laments that he would have gathered the children of Jerusalem as she gathers her brood under her wings
a hen
|
$800
[21]
In 2014 this "NCIS: Los Angeles" co-star ended a 17-year rift with Canibus, with the 2 rapping onstage in Brooklyn
LL Cool J
Sayeed
|
$1,600
[16]
In 1607this English explorer set forth to discover a passage by the North Pole to Japan & China
(Henry) Hudson
Kristin
|
$1,200
[6]
This Irish dramatist wrote, "A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth"
George Bernard Shaw
Karen
Sayeed
|
$1,200
[11]
Chile's University of Atacama was founded in 1857 as a school of this, the Atacama region's main economic activity
mining
Sayeed
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Margarine
oleo
Kristin
|
$1,200
[5]
Harry Potter likes the passage in Job that reads, "I am a brother to dragons and a companion to" these birds
an owl
Karen
Sayeed
|
$1,200
[19]
The mom of this "Empire State of Mind" & "Hard Knock Life" star told him to apologize to Nas after a very rough diss track
Jay-Z
Karen
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Stories of cannibals & courtesans, Kublai Khan & Prester John abound in this explorer's circa 1300 "Travels"
Marco Polo
Karen
|
$1,600
[14]
This Justice who died age 99 in 2019, is seen around 1975, the year he joined the Supreme Court
John Paul Stevens
Karen
|
$1,600
[12]
One of several Nobel laureates associated with this university is its professor Takaaki Kajita, a 2015 physics winner
the University of Tokyo
Kristin
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Adjective meaning fair, as in the distribution of property
equitable
Kristin
|
$1,600
[8]
This tall flightless bird was supposedly uncaring about its own young, as in Job & Lamentations
the ostrich
|
$1,600
[20]
Very little we can quote from his "No Vaseline"--let's just say this man was feeling "cold" toward his ex-NWA bandmates
Ice Cube
Sayeed
|
$2,000
[17]
A lake that forms the boundary between Vermont & New York bears the name of this explorer who visited in 1609
Samuel de Champlain
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
This inventor was one of the founders of the National Geographic Society & succeeded his father-in-law as its president in 1898
Alexander Graham Bell
Karen
|
$2,000
[24]
A university in the Netherlands is named for this Dutch humanist; a Brooklyn high school is called his "Hall"
Erasmus
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Condition due to lack of oxygen & surplus of carbon dioxide
anoxia (asphyxia)
Kristin
|
$2,000
[9]
The Lord told Moses, "I bare you on" these birds' wings
eagles' wings
Karen
|
$2,000
[22]
He has ended his feud with 50 Cent & also changed his physique, making his rap name less accurate
Fat Joe
|
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This book defines its own title as "concern for one's own safety in the face of dangers... was the process of a rational mind"
Catch-22