Luigi de Guzman game 2.First game of Season 39.Ken Jennings hosts.Return to a full studio audience.
Katherine May — a financial institution risk manager from Riverside, Illinois
Tim Faulkner — a paperboy from Kalamazoo, Michigan
Luigi de Guzman — an attorney from Arlington, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luigi | $3,400 | $14,000 | $38,400 |
$42,400
2-day champion: $65,801 |
$27,200
34 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Tim | $1,800 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$5,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,200
9 R, 2 W |
| Katherine | $1,400 | $2,200 | $1,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,400
8 R, 4 W |
| HERE COMES 39 | WORLD CAPITAL RHYME TIME | ALL KINDS OF DOORS | WRITERS & THEIR WORKS | CHUMP CHANGE | RALPH MACCHIO TALKS COBRA KAI |
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$200
[1]
39 of the 55 assembled delegates signed this document in Philadelphia on September 17, 1787
the Constitution
Tim
Katherine
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$200
[6]
A Hungarian exam
a Budapest test
Luigi
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$200
[17]
It can mean a high rate of personnel turnover, or an entryway like the elegant ones at New York City's Plaza Hotel
a revolving door
Luigi
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$200
[26]
One-name title of Alexandra Ripley's sequel to "Gone with the Wind"; Ashley finally proposes, but she says no
Scarlett
Katherine
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$200
[10]
Change a letter to get this big winner
a champ
Tim
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$200
[15]
(Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) But what does "Cobra Kai" even mean? Well, "kai" is a gathering, so "Cobra Kai" is "an assembly of cobras"--fiercefighterswho meet in this type of room & school to train
a dojo
Luigi
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$400
[2]
A popular tourist spot, Pier 39 in this California city features many attractions, including the Aquarium of the Bay
San Francisco
Luigi
Tim
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$400
[7]
A Korean parchment curled up for storage
a Seoul scroll
Luigi
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$400
[18]
The entryway at this London address features a Georgian era glossed-black door with lion's head knocker & a 10
10 Downing Street
Tim
Katherine
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$400
[27]
This novel by Andy Weir about a stranded astronaut was originally self-published
The Martian
Luigi
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$400
[11]
Drop a letter to get this dromedary dome
a hump
Tim
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$400
[22]
(Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) Just as Daniel once used this bird kick against Johnny to great effect, Johnny's student Miguel got similar results withit
the crane
Katherine
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$600
[3]
In 1972 this team retired catcher Roy Campanella's No. 39 on the same day as it retired his teammate's famous 42
the Dodgers
Luigi
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$600
[8]
A Lebanese matching jacket & trousers
a Beirut suit
Luigi
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$600
[19]
The 80-mile-long Door Peninsulaseparates Wisconsin's Green Bay from the rest of this Great Lake
Lake Michigan
Katherine
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$600
[28]
"The Sicilian" by this author is another novel set in his universe of the criminal Corleone clan
Mario Puzo
Luigi
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$600
[12]
Change 2 letters to get this bell sound
a chime
Tim
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$600
[23]
(Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) Running a car dealership has its perks, especially when you wanna teachthis4-word karate defense; it's great practice for the kids, & your fleet will look fantastic
wax on, wax off
Luigi
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$800
[4]
This Opus No. 39 by Edward Elgar has a theme often heard at school graduations
Pomp and Circumstance
Tim
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$800
[9]
Philippine flavoring from a tropical orchid
Manila vanilla
Katherine
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$800
[20]
This type of spider makes a hinged opening through which the unlucky descend to their doom
a trapdoor spider
Luigi
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$1,000
[30]
This poet wrote "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" on the back of an envelope when he was just 17
Langston Hughes
Luigi
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$800
[13]
Drop 2 letters to get this sports authority
an ump
Katherine
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$800
[24]
(Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) Johnny & I may not agree on a lot of things, but we did have a nice moment when we heard & sang "Take It On The Run" as wetest-drovea car--as I said, "What kind of man doesn't like" this '80s band?
REO Speedwagon
Tim
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$1,000
[5]
In the King James Bible, the Old Testament has 39 books, with Kings, Chronicles & this prophet each having a 1 & 2 book
Samuel
Luigi
Katherine
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$1,000
[16]
Sudanese darkness or sadness
Khartoum gloom
Luigi
Tim
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$1,000
[21]
Initiated in 1899, the Open Door Policy was based on the U.S. & other nations all having equal access to this Asian country
China
Luigi
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DD
$4,000
[29]
Like the narrator of "The Little Prince", the book's author, Antoine de Saint-Exupery, chose this as his profession
pilot
Luigi
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$1,000
[14]
Change 2 letters to get this metal fastener
a clamp
Katherine
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$1,000
[25]
(Ralph Macchio presents the clue.) We all wish Pat Morita was still with us to do the show; I've often said Pat brought a soulful magic to this"Karate Kid" role for which he earned an Oscar nomination
Mr. Miyagi
Luigi
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| ON THE ROAD AGAIN | 11-LETTER WORDS | DISCOVERIES | CANADIAN HISTORY | FINANCE & INVESTING | THAT'S SO SIR/REEL! |
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$400
[6]
Between 49th & 60th Streets in NYC, you'll find glamorous shops like Cartier on this avenue
Fifth Avenue
Katherine
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$400
[7]
A less serious offense, such as shoplifting, often punished with less than one year in prison
misdemeanor
Luigi
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$400
[12]
Around 1860 Dr. W.F. Daniell took cola nuts for intestinal issues, couldn't sleep & discovered that they contain this chemical
caffeine
Luigi
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$400
[21]
Normally a dozy institution, this 105-member upper house of Parliament was news in 2012 with a housing expenses scandal
the Senate
Luigi
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$400
[26]
The 3 headline indexes are the Dow Industrials, the S&P 500 & this stock exchange's Composite
NASDAQ
Luigi
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$400
[1]
Rushing around in "From Russia with Love" & "The Russia House"
Sir Sean Connery
Luigi
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$800
[8]
In a song by Phantom Planet, this 3-digit highway that takes you from L.A. to S.F. sort of rhymes with "California Here We Come"
the 101
Luigi
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$800
[17]
In 1949 Joseph Sobek created this soon-popular game played within 4 walls
racquetball
Luigi
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$1,200
[14]
Seen here is the first known illustration of a dinosaur bone; the lower part of this thigh bone, it baffled scientists on discovery in 1676
the femur
Luigi
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$800
[22]
In 1880 the Arctic Islands became part of these territories between the Yukon & Nunavut
the Northwest Territories
Luigi
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$800
[27]
In 2017 Oregon became the first state with automatic these savings accounts: employees are enrolled unless they opt out
IRAs
Katherine
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$800
[2]
Gus in "Cats" & also giving a magnetic performance in "X-Men"
Sir Ian McKellen
Luigi
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$1,200
[9]
An uphill bike race is held annually in Burlington, Iowa, on this alley seen here, named for a type of critter
Snake Alley
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$1,200
[18]
Type of criminal seen here& often portrayed in heist movies
a safecracker
Tim
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$1,600
[15]
Work at Rice University led to the discovery of buckyballs, named for resembling this Buckminster Fuller creation
a geodesic dome
Luigi
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$1,600
[24]
Asked to yield this city to the English in 1690, Count Frontenac said, "My only reply will be from the mouths of my cannons"
Quebec City
Luigi
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$1,200
[3]
The maitre d' at L'Idiot in "L.A. Story" & also giving a thoughtful performance in "X-Men"
Sir Patrick Stewart
Luigi
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$1,600
[10]
This 2,460-mile interstate stretches coast to coast, passing the Superdome & Tucson's Pima Air & Space Museum
I-10 (Interstate 10)
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$1,600
[19]
A homeless person may still have a place indoors to sleep; this is the term for someone sleeping on the streets
unsheltered
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$2,000
[16]
Discovered around 1980, these nasty proteins (hence the "pr" in the word) are a cause of fatal brain diseases
prions
Luigi
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$2,000
[25]
A World Heritage Site, these Newfoundland meadows contain the first evidence of Europeans in the New World
L'Anse aux Meadows
Katherine
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$1,600
[4]
Ruling in "The Cider House Rules" & (What's it all about?) "Alfie"
Sir Michael Caine
Luigi
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$2,000
[11]
You can see why the club-filled stretch of this Memphis street is called Neon Row
Beale Street
Tim
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$2,000
[20]
The original line of this separating 2 territories was the one dividing the New World between Spain & Portugal
demarcation
Luigi
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DD
$4,000
[13]
4 of these were discovered by 1807; astronomers sulked that they weren't full planets but got over it when Astraea was found in 1845
asteroids
Luigi
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DD
$6,000
[23]
Founded by a royal charter, the company named for this body of water employed "voyageurs" who explored Canada by canoe
Hudson Bay
Luigi
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$2,000
[5]
"Murder by Death" & "Star Wars", one year apart
Sir Alec Guinness
Luigi
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"This bell was named Marie... alone in the southern tower, with her sister Jacqueline, a bell of lesser size", says this novel
The Hunchback of Notre Dame