Jared Watson game 4.Suresh Krishnan game 1.
Deborah Claymon — a writer from Saint Helena, California
Suresh Krishnan — a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia
Jared Watson — a quality control specialist from Greenville, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $56,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared | $5,600 | $3,800 | $12,800 |
$10,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$19,800
28 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Suresh | $3,400 | $3,000 | $7,600 |
$10,600
New champion: $10,600 |
$6,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Deborah | $-400 | $1,400 | $600 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$600
5 R, 5 W |
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$200
[18]
Nearly 200 Mexican troops crossed the U.S. border in September 2005 to help in the aftermath of this disaster
Hurricane Katrina
Jared
|
$200
[28]
A P.M.:"If the British Empire & its commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say: 'This was their finest hour"'
Churchill
Jared
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$200
[5]
The Farm Service Agency
Agriculture
Suresh
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$200
[6]
In mythology this Greek god disguised himself as a swan to seduce Leda, becoming the father of Helen of Troy
Zeus
Suresh
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$200
[15]
This rock band tops the list with more than 183 million album sales, & that's all the clue you get
The Beatles
Jared
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$200
[30]
To grab with your hands fumbles an S to applaud with your hands
clasp & clap
Suresh
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$400
[27]
Involved in hacking celebrities' phones, the British tabloid News of the World published its last issue July 10, 2011, this day of the week
Sunday
Deborah
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$400
[20]
A 1930s actress: "Goodness had nothing to do with it"
Mae West
Jared
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$400
[4]
The Wage & Hour Division
Labor
Jared
Deborah
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$400
[7]
Nursery rhymes collected under her maternal banner include "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep" & "Hickory, Dickory, Dock"
Mother Goose
Jared
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$400
[14]
The Eagles are No. 4 with 120 million album sales; this December 1976 release checks in with 26 million
Hotel California
Suresh
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$400
[29]
To gulp down devours an S & decides to sprawl in a luxurious way
swallow & wallow
Deborah
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$800
[22]
Thisgeneral turned around the Iraq War, leading a troop surge & later headed the CIA but was brought down by scandal
Petraeus
Jared
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$600
[16]
A physicist:"The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything"
Einstein
Jared
Suresh
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$600
[1]
The U.S. Secret Service (not Treasury, not since 2003)
the Department of Homeland Security
Jared
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$600
[8]
This gangly, black-feathered character often ran afoul of Porky Pig or Elmer Fudd in Warner Bros. cartoons
Daffy Duck
Jared
|
$600
[11]
She's racked up more than 68 million album sales, many for soundtracks like "Funny Girl"
Barbra Streisand
Jared
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$600
[24]
A human being, sans "S", takes power in Argentina as the name of husband & wife presidents
person & Peron
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$1,000
[23]
It was a first on January 5, 2023 when Francis I presided over this type of solemn event
a pope's funeral
Suresh
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$800
[17]
An Asian Communist Party leader:"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun"
Mao
Deborah
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$800
[2]
The Patent & Trademark Office
Commerce
Suresh
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$800
[9]
Including the common & the Arctic, there are 5 species of this waterfowl of Canada & the U.S. that's known for its hauntingcry
the loon
Suresh
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$800
[12]
Syd Barrett was in this band when it sold its first of tens of millions of albums in 1967, but Dave Gilmoursoon replaced him
Pink Floyd
Jared
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$800
[25]
To make a lot of money ships off an S to be suitable or decent
prosper & proper
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DD
$4,000
[21]
With French-speaking areas generally for & German-speaking areas against, this country voted to become the 190th U.N. member
Switzerland
Jared
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$1,000
[19]
A German philosopher:"I tell you: one must still have chaos in one, to give birth to a dancing star"
Nietzsche
Suresh
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$1,000
[3]
The Administration for Children & Families
HHS (Health & Human Services)
Suresh
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$1,000
[10]
This Tchaikovsky ballet premiered in 1877 but was not a success & was dropped from the repertoire
Swan Lake
Jared
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$1,000
[13]
"Straight Outta Lynwood" & "Alapalooza" are 2 of his 10 RIAA-certified gold albums
"Weird Al" Yankovic
Jared
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$1,000
[26]
A flat-topped mountain trims an S to get selfish as the Latin word that means "belonging to me"
mesa & mea
Deborah
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$400
[27]
Head up north on Highway 101 from San Francisco & you'll cross this strait that's under the same-named bridge
the Golden Gate Strait
Suresh
Deborah
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$400
[1]
At the start of this Hemingway book, Santiago hasn't caught a fish in a long time; it ends with his fish being eaten by sharks
The Old Man and the Sea
Jared
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$400
[25]
Using a magnetron, this machine generates its heat as a form of radiation
a microwave
Jared
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$400
[28]
Dos is Mattel's sequel to this card game
Uno
Jared
|
$400
[20]
An advocate for an end to slavery
an abolitionist
Jared
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$800
[29]
The final leg of this show had Derek & Claire get their Jack Daniel's on (at the distillery) before winning big after 16 cities
The Amazing Race
Jared
|
|
$800
[26]
From the Sea of Marmara, go northeast up the Bosporus Strait to reach this bigger sea
the Black Sea
Suresh
Deborah
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$800
[5]
2 childhood friends wind up on opposite sides of the law in this author's 2022 legal thriller "The Boys from Biloxi"
Grisham
Jared
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$800
[24]
Also meaning a severe reaction to a sudden development, it's produced by a blast
shock wave
Suresh
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$800
[23]
This Planters mascot is all class, with a monocle, spats & a top hat
Mr. Peanut
Jared
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$800
[19]
The arranger of the dances in a ballet
a choreographer
Suresh
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$1,200
[10]
(I'm Cari Champion.) After being the moderator between Stephen A. Smith & Skip Baylesson "First Take", which, trust me, is as easy as that sounds, I became an anchor on this ESPN flagship show--"This is..."
SportsCenter
Jared
|
|
$1,600
[21]
This strait is just above the Musandam Peninsula, the tip of the Arabian one
the Strait of Hormuz
Suresh
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$1,200
[2]
A sequel to the original classic, 2009's "Dracula the Un-Dead" was co-written by this author's great-grandnephew Dacre
(Bram) Stoker
Jared
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$1,200
[13]
This old term for what's now called a tsunami just means fluctuation caused by the gravity of the Sun & Moon
a tidal wave
Jared
Suresh
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$1,200
[7]
Thisproducer of "The Crazy Heart" & "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" soundtracks has a steak--er, star--on the St. Louis Walk of Fame
T Bone Burnett
|
$1,200
[16]
A store specializing in men's clothing & accessories like ties & hats
a haberdashery
Suresh
Deborah
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$1,600
[11]
Hello, Sharks... specifically, this Shark, an NBA owner who offered $1 million to a Korean BBQ chain for 5% equity
(Mark) Cuban
Jared
|
|
$2,000
[22]
Due northwest of the west end of Hispaniola is this passage between that island & Cuba; further S.E. are the same-named islands
the Windward
|
$1,600
[3]
2022's "The Candy House" is a companion novel to her Pulitzer Prize-winning "A Visit from the Goon Squad"
(Jennifer) Egan
Jared
|
$1,600
[14]
Detected on an E.E.G., gamma & delta are types of these
brain waves
Jared
|
$1,600
[8]
The name of this color of unbleached linen is French for "raw"
ecru
|
$2,000
[18]
Internal supporting structure of vertebrates
an endoskeleton
Jared
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$2,000
[12]
What's new pussycat? This Welsh legend's unplanned "Voice U.K." duet on "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" with Jennifer Hudson
Tom Jones
Jared
|
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
Head strait up from Calais & you'll be in the body of water called this strait
the Strait of Dover
Jared
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$2,000
[4]
Her novel "Kindred" tells of Dana, a young Black woman who is transported from the 1970s back in time to the pre-Civil War South
(Octavia E.) Butler
Jared
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$2,000
[15]
During pregnancy, heartburn can result from the body slowing down these, making food stay in the stomach longer
peristaltic waves
Deborah
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$2,000
[9]
Tereza loves Tomas, who also has a mistress named Sabina, in this novel by Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Deborah
|
DD
$2,600
[17]
The legally mandated process of dividing up voters into new legislative regions within a state
redistricting
Suresh
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A senator called the 1949 pact that formed this a "fraternity of peace" that "makes the obligation plain... for us & others"
NATO