Suresh Krishnan game 2.
Collette Lee — a middle school math teacher from Paxton, Illinois
Kristine Rembach — a human rights lawyer originally from Ghent, New York
Suresh Krishnan — a networking engineer from Suwanee, Georgia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suresh | $2,400 | $5,800 | $7,000 |
$10,499
2-day champion: $21,099 |
$7,000
11 R, 0 W |
| Kristine | $600 | $800 | $8,500 |
$2,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Collette | $2,400 | $3,600 | $3,500 |
$6,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| INTO THE WOODS | COMPANY | FOLLIES | A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC | PASSION | MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG |
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$200
[30]
Johann Strauss Jr. wrote "Tales of" this city's woods; today, they're a UNESCO biosphere reserve
Vienna
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$200
[1]
The Dragon spacecraft built by this company launches from Cape Canaveral via a Falcon 9 launch vehicle
SpaceX
Collette
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$200
[15]
In 413 B.C. a failed Athenian campaign became a disaster when Nicias saw this astronomical event as a bad omen & put off leaving Sicily
a lunar eclipse
Kristine
Collette
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$200
[24]
A wood block beats out the ticking of the clock toward midnight in Prokofiev's score for the ballet about this heroine
Cinderella
Kristine
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$200
[6]
Devotion to a cause, or in another way, "To Phil & Judie: I could not have written the clue without you"
a dedication
Collette
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$200
[25]
For freeskating, this brand of inline skates offers the Twister 110 model
Rollerblade
Suresh
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$400
[16]
Also known as the Sea of Trees, Aokigahara Forest is at the base of this peak on Honshu
(Mount) Fuji
Suresh
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$400
[2]
In 1964 the Sanford Ink Company cut loose & introduced these permanent markers to the world
Sharpie
Suresh
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$400
[11]
"The March of Folly" by historian Barbara Tuchman is subtitled "From Troy to" this Asian country where the U.S. intervened
Vietnam
Kristine
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$600
[21]
Stephen Sondheim composed most of the score of "A Little Night Music" in 3/4 time, also known as this dance "time"
waltz time
Collette
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$400
[7]
Mais oui & toujours, it's French for "love", mon...
amour
Suresh
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$400
[26]
She made her feature film directorial debut with the roller derby film "Whip It" & co-starred as Smashley Simpson
Drew Barrymore
Collette
|
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$600
[17]
Old tree cutting practices are being used in Lower Woods Reserve in the UK to bring back its population of these after-dark songbirds
nightingales
Collette
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$600
[3]
Need some cash for your home or credit card balance? This company with a green leaf in its logo may bear fruit
Lending Tree
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$600
[12]
If he could have found time to name a successor before dying in 323 B.C., it would have saved a lot of war & trouble
Alexander the Great
Suresh
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$800
[22]
Disney's "Fantasia" featured this Mussorgsky work about a hilltop witches' Sabbath
a Night on Bald Mountain
Collette
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$600
[8]
We are obsessed, perhaps even crazed, about this suffix, from the Greek for "excessive desire"
mania
Collette
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$600
[27]
At the X Games in 1999, he became the first pro skateboarder to land a 900--it was epic!
Tony Hawk
Kristine
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$800
[18]
Asia's swampy Sundarbans Forest is the world's largest continuous expanse of these trees
mangroves
Suresh
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$800
[4]
Evan Moore heard a macaroon shop turn down a delivery order & created this speedy company he dubbed an "On-Demand FedEx"
DoorDash
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$800
[13]
On Oct. 25, 1854 into the Valley of Death rode this military group, led by the 7th Earl of Cardigan, who somehow rode out
the Light Brigade
Collette
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$1,000
[23]
This German title of a popular Mozart piece literally translates to "A Little Night Music"
Eine kleine Nachtmusik
Suresh
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$800
[9]
Zest is a 4-letter word starting with Z that fits the category; so is this
zeal
Collette
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$800
[28]
The iconic chariot race in this 1959 epic was shot on an 18-acre arena track in Rome
Ben-Hur
Collette
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$1,000
[19]
A Commonwealth cemetery in Polygon Wood holds many dead of this WWI battle in Belgium that kind of rhymes with "me, bruh"
Ypres
Kristine
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$1,000
[5]
Known for Kenosha red toolboxes, this hyphenated company filed its first patent in 1923
Snap-On
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$1,000
[14]
In 1938 this doomed policy of placating Nazi Germany got a boost when Georges Bonnet became France's foreign minister
appeasement
Suresh
|
DD
$1,600
[20]
Chopin was a master of these meditative piano pieces, a French word meaning "of the night"
nocturnes
Kristine
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$1,000
[10]
These 2 passionate words make up the title of a 1965 film about Michelangelo
agony & ecstasy
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$1,000
[29]
Though it sounds like you'll float in the air, this mode of transport allows you to merrily roll along thanks to its wheels
Hoverboard
Suresh
|
| ASTRONOMICAL ANAGRAMS | JOIN THE CLUB | ETYMOLOGY | A '90s KID | THE PRESIDENTIAL LINE OF SUCCESSION, TODAY | A NOVEL CHARACTER BREAKDOWN |
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$400
[24]
Tool of reflection or refraction:ECO PESTLE
telescope
Suresh
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$400
[25]
"Hey there, hi there, ho there!" was a greeting in the theme song for this TV club that began in 1955
the Mickey Mouse Club
Collette
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$400
[28]
Checkmate means the king is done for on a chessboard, as check refers etymologically to one of these Persian bigwigs
a shah
|
$400
[12]
Many a '90s mom thought all these alliterative stuffed animals would increase in value & pay for her kid's college education
Beanie Babies
Collette
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$800
[18]
This Californian is No. 2 in line
Kevin McCarthy
Collette
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$800
[9]
Time to Tolstoy with you; title woman is shunned by Russian society for her adultery; surprise! The guy gets no flak
Anna Karenina
Suresh
|
|
$1,200
[21]
On the spectrum it shows the universe expanding: HE DRIFTS
a red shift
Collette
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$800
[14]
Matthew McConaughey played Ron Woodroof, who started this title group to get meds to fellow HIV & AIDS patients
the Dallas Buyers Club
Kristine
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$800
[5]
In "Home On The Range", you'll hear this word that comes from the Latin for "heart" & "asunder"
discouraging
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$800
[1]
Some kids in the '90s really loved this guy's style, seenhereon Mark McGrath; not icy caps, but...
frosted tips
Kristine
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$1,200
[19]
Al Haig once said, "I am in control here in the White House" but like this man, Haig was batting fourth
Antony Blinken
|
$1,200
[10]
An inspector never stops inspecting; a 19th century Gerard; the fugitive saves his life, he lets the guy go but meets a tragic end
Javert
|
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$1,600
[22]
The solar surface as it looks to us:PROPHET SHOE
the photosphere
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$1,200
[15]
Once a kid in "The Breakfast Club", she'sa mom in TV's "Single Drunk Female"
Ally Sheedy
|
$1,200
[6]
The Dutch for "a twist in a rope" gave us this adjective for something twisted, like a rope or a fetish
kinky
Collette
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$1,200
[2]
Games for this alphanumeric console included '90s classics like "Golden Eye" & "Banjo-Kazooie"
the N64
|
$1,600
[26]
He's Attorney General No. 86 & presidential line successor No. 7
Merrick Garland
|
$1,600
[11]
An (Oliver) twisted old man; manager of the Artful Dodger; it's all in the execution
Fagin
|
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$2,000
[23]
A star's brightness:MUTINY OILS
luminosity
Kristine
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$1,600
[16]
Ry Cooder assembled legendary Cuban musicians into this "Club" that was featured in a documentary of the same name
The Buena Vista Social Club
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$2,000
[8]
Animals' ears are called these; the same-named parts of the heart get their name due to a resemblance to them
auricles
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$1,600
[3]
Every "Jeopardy!" staff member who was a kid in the '90s still keeps one of these digital pets from Bandai, seen here
Tamagotchi
Kristine
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$2,000
[27]
You can bank on giving a high 5 to this ex-Fed chair
Janet Yellen
|
$2,000
[13]
An arrested development & legal issues on his 30th birthday; a letter-perfect life no more at 31; how Kafka-esque!
Josef K.
|
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
In 1054 one happened in Taurus:RAVEN SOUP
supernova
Kristine
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$2,000
[17]
BRMC for short, this band gets its name from Marlon Brando's biker gang in "The Wild One"
the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
|
DD
$2,500
[7]
This holiday gets its name because it falls on the 50th day--nowadays the 50th day of the Easter season
Pentecost
Collette
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$2,000
[4]
Contestants of a certain age may recall this book series by K.A. Applegate with teens shapeshifting into beasts
Animorphs
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Of all the nations that border Italy, the one that didn't exist in 1990
Slovenia