Sarah Jett Rayburn game 1.
Sarah Jett Rayburn — a writer and stay-at-home mom from Hutto, Texas
Shawn Dugas — a library associate from Metairie, Louisiana
Tim Latham — an accountant from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $3,800 | $4,600 | $15,200 |
$30,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shawn | $1,400 | $5,600 | $8,000 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Sarah | $2,600 | $2,800 | $16,000 |
$31,000
New champion: $31,000 |
$16,000
14 R, 1 W |
| GET YOUR KICKS | THE NIFTY '50s | DOUBLE LETTER X2 | STATE FLAG SUBJECTS | IT'S THE WORLD ECONOMY | "STUPID" |
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$200
[27]
The grand battement is a high-kicking movement in this art form
ballet
Tim
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$200
[6]
On Nov. 3, 1957 Laika the dog became the first living creature to orbit earth, on the second of these Soviet satellites
Sputnik
Tim
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$200
[19]
Enjoy this beverage in a shop, house or klatch
coffee
Sarah
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$400
[25]
Thesetwo heavenly sights appear on Alaska's state flag
the Big Dipper and the North Star
Tim
Shawn
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$400
[24]
This activity accounts for half the GDP of the Bahamas
tourism
Shawn
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$400
[8]
The movie "Forrest Gump" gave us this 5-word adage
Stupid is as stupid does
Shawn
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$400
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a signal.) According to the U.S. Soccer Federation, a referee uses an arm raise at a 45-degree angle tosignalfor either a throw-in or a direct one of these
a free kick
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$400
[20]
After achieving a miraculous feat in 1954, he wrote "The Four Minute Mile"
(Roger) Bannister
Tim
Sarah
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$400
[18]
It's the woodwind instrument heard here
bassoon
Sarah
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$600
[23]
Controversially, the state flag of Mississippi bears this other flag in the canton
the Confederate flag
Tim
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$600
[16]
Along with pineapples, these fruits are the top agricultural export of Costa Rica
bananas
Shawn
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$600
[3]
A Lockheed aviation engineer is often credited with coining this principle abbreviated KISS
Keep it simple, stupid
Tim
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$600
[13]
This online platform says its "mission is to help bring creative projects to life"
Kickstarter
Tim
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$800
[12]
This first nuclear submarine was launched in 1954
the Nautilus
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$600
[9]
Destitute, to the point of having no cents of your surroundings
penniless
Tim
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$800
[22]
It's the only state that currently has different designs on the back &front; the reverse of its flag is seen here
Oregon
Shawn
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$800
[5]
Cambodia has one of the world's lowest rates of this, around 0.2%, but many workers struggle to make ends meet
unemployment
Sarah
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$800
[2]
Ryan Gosling takes Steve Carell in hand when Steve's marriage unravels in this 2011 film
Crazy, Stupid, Love
Sarah
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$800
[14]
This 9-letter word precedes "kick" to mean a runner's heightened pace at the end of a distance race
finishing
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$1,000
[7]
In 1952 & in 1956 Dwight Eisenhower beat this Democrat in presidential elections
Adlai Stevenson
Sarah
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$800
[11]
Occupationally, it's someone who fells trees
a woodcutter
Tim
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$1,000
[21]
On Missouri's flag, 2 of these large predators once plentiful there stand atop a scroll on which the state's motto appears
bears
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$1,000
[4]
This country with a GDP of $4.15 trillion is Europe's biggest economy
Germany
Tim
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$1,000
[1]
In "National Lampoon's Animal House", Dean Wormer tells Flounder, this 4-word state "is no way to go through life, son"
Fat, drunk, and stupid
Tim
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$1,000
[15]
In a Cole Porter classic, "I get no kick from" this beverage, but "I get a kick out of you"
champagne
Shawn
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Many workers united in 1955 when these 2 labor unions merged
the AFL and CIO
Shawn
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$1,000
[10]
As a verb, it means to support; in architecture, it's an external prop made to steady a structure
buttress
Tim
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| HERE'S LOOKING AT EUCLID | SPY TERMS | 20th CENTURY AUTHORS | LAND "HO"! | MOVIE VILLAIN QUOTES | OVERLAPPING WORD COMBOS |
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$400
[28]
Euclid was a teacher in this Egyptian city & made use of its famous library
Alexandria
Shawn
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$400
[30]
Also the title of a "Call of Duty" video game series, these "colorful" covert missions will be disavowed by your country
Black Ops
Tim
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$400
[7]
Sick of this character who talks to animals, Hugh Lofting tried to end the series with him "in the Moon"; didn't work
Doctor Dolittle
Shawn
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$400
[11]
The name of this N.J. city across the Hudson from Manhattan comes from Native American words meaning "land of the tobacco pipe"
Hoboken
Tim
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$400
[1]
Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman): "Do you really think you have a chance against us, Mr. Cowboy?"
Die Hard
Tim
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$400
[29]
A place to grind grain+the king of beasts =this amount
million
Tim
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$800
[24]
Despite this title, Euclid's famous treatise is about geometry, not about chemical substances
Elements
Tim
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$1,200
[17]
If you get caught up in this type of sweet "trap", a seductive agent has gotten information from you
a honey trap
Sarah
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$800
[8]
Norman Mailer's "Miami and the Siege of Chicago" reports on these events that happened in those cities in 1968
national conventions (Democratic and Republican)
Shawn
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$800
[13]
La Santa Sede is the local version of this official name of Vatican City
the Holy See
Tim
Sarah
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$800
[3]
In 1999, Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving): "I'm gonna enjoy watching you die, Mr. Anderson"
The Matrix
Tim
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$800
[20]
An explosive+a large body of water = this old name for a city of India
Bombay
Shawn
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$1,200
[25]
Children's author Crockett Johnson did apaintingillustrating Euclid's proof of this famous theorem
the Pythagorean
Tim
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$1,600
[18]
An exhibitor at the Westminster Dog Show, or a case officer directly responsible for an agent
a handler
Tim
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$1,200
[6]
Chronicler of Broadway life Alfred Runyon went by this middle name; it has more of a ring to it
Damon
Sarah
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$1,200
[14]
Sapporo is the major city on this island
Hokkaido
Tim
Shawn
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$1,200
[5]
Annie Wilkes (Kathy Bates): "I'm your number one fan"
Misery
Shawn
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$1,200
[21]
A ring around the sun+a country =this royal ceremony
a coronation
Sarah
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$1,600
[26]
Euclid offered a solution to the problem of incommensurables, or these types of numbers of which pi is one
irrational
Tim
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$2,000
[19]
If the CIA issues this type of "notice", they think you're unreliable & they're letting others know you're persona non grata
a burn notice
Tim
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$1,600
[9]
Known primarily for his crime novels, he started out writing western tales like "Hombre" & "3:10 to Yuma"
Elmore Leonard
Sarah
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$1,600
[12]
It's the state capital seen on the map here
Hobart
Sarah
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$1,600
[4]
Terence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons): "Not quite my tempo ...you're rushing... why do you suppose I just hurled a chair at your head?"
Whiplash
Tim
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$1,600
[22]
To total up numbers+a chemise =this domicile
address
Sarah
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DD
$6,000
[27]
Euclid put in some time on the elliptical & this German admirer of Euclid found it to be the shape of orbits
Johannes Kepler
Tim
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DD
$3,000
[16]
Anything related to espionage can be said to be this 3-word term, a translation of "de cape et d'épée"
cloak & dagger
Tim
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$2,000
[10]
John Fowles interrupts himself in this novel he wrote, commenting on the lives of the 1867 lovers at the heart of the action
The French Lieutenant's Woman
Sarah
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$2,000
[15]
Denmark & Germany long squabbled over the region known as Schleswig-this
Holstein
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$2,000
[2]
Max Cady (Robert De Niro): "Counselor! Come out, come out, wherever you are"
Cape Fear
Sarah
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$2,000
[23]
An antler+a snare =this stinging creature
a hornet
Tim
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John Moore-Brabazon, the first pilot licensed by England, had learned about engines working for this man, first half of a famous pair
(Charles) Rolls