Alison Betts game 1.
Alison Betts — a writer and creative executive originally from San Jose, California
Brian Hardzinski — a public radio producer originally from Flower Mound, Texas
Lee Wilkins — a regulatory affairs coordinator from Auburn, Alabama (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | $600 | $800 | $3,200 |
$3,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$3,200
11 R, 8 W |
| Brian | $2,200 | $2,400 | $14,000 |
$28,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$13,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Alison | $5,600 | $9,000 | $14,600 |
$28,600
New champion: $28,600 |
$13,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| THE MANHATTAN PROJECT | "T.P." | UNREAL ESTATE | DOUBLE LETTERS IN THE MIDDLE | ABBREVIATED TELEVISION | A YEAR ENDING IN 4 |
|
$200
[26]
Nearly 5 million cubic yards ofearth, stone & topsoil would be moved after construction of this began in 1858
Central Park
Lee
Alison
|
$200
[28]
In the 1960s, Freedomlandin the Bronx was built to rival Disneyland as a history-focused one of these
a theme park
Lee
|
$200
[30]
Several of this author's works like "A Time to Kill" take place in Clanton, Mississippi
John Grisham
Lee
Alison
|
$200
[24]
Misquoting Shakespeare, a wise proverb tells us, "All that" does this "is not gold"
glitters
Lee
Alison
|
$200
[6]
Celebs show off their moves on "DWTS"
Dancing with the Stars
Alison
|
$200
[12]
Apple introduced its Macintosh computer
1984
Alison
|
|
$400
[15]
On April 27, 2006 construction formally began on this 1,776-foot landmark
One World Trade Center (the Freedom Tower)
Alison
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$400
[27]
Kyle MacLachlan was the clean-cut FBI agent investigating a murder in the very strange title town of this series
Twin Peaks
Lee
|
$400
[29]
On his third voyage, this man travels to the flying island of Laputa, where the people are so lost in thought they notice little else
Gulliver
Alison
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$400
[25]
A jolly good guy, or a grad student who has been awarded for special study
fellow
|
$400
[11]
In the '90s we had "ST: DS9"
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Brian
|
$400
[23]
Mark Zuckerberg launched what was then called The Facebook
2004
Brian
|
|
$600
[14]
Mafioso Fat Tony Lauria (a real-life Fat Tony!) repurposed this inn into the gay bar that made headlines in 1969
the Stonewall Inn
Lee
|
$600
[9]
It calls itself "the most highly recommended bed in America"
Tempur-Pedic
Lee
|
$600
[7]
Living in the town of Bayport on Barmet Bay, Frank & Joe are this pair of brothers who solve mysteries
the Hardy Boys
Alison
|
$600
[1]
One of these in economics refers to an unsustainable period in investments or property
a bubble
Lee
Alison
|
$600
[20]
A comedy with a bright disposition:"IASIP"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Alison
|
$600
[18]
The Continental Congress met for the first time
1774
Lee
Alison
|
|
$800
[13]
A structure called the"Vessel"has 2,500 individual steps & 80 landings, in the yards named this, the river it overlooks
Hudson
Alison
|
$800
[4]
Thisman had an "American Crisis" with George Washington in 1796, calling him "treacherous in private friendship"
Thomas Paine
Alison
|
$800
[5]
The English village of Puddleby-on-the-Marsh is where this animal lover has his medical practice
Doctor Dolittle
Brian
Alison
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$800
[2]
Poetic word for the day after today
morrow
Alison
|
$800
[21]
Don't space out (or do) with "FAM"
For All Mankind
|
$800
[16]
In the case of Brown v. Board of Education, racial segregation in public schools was declared unconstitutional
1954
Brian
|
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
On July 4th, 1929, Governor FDR dedicated anew building with this name, the infamous headquarters of Manhattan Democrats
Tammany Hall
Alison
|
$1,000
[10]
It precedes "Memo" in the title of a political news website
Talking Points
Brian
|
$1,000
[8]
The follow-up to "Anne of Green Gables" was "Anne of" this fictional Canadian town where Green Gables Farm is located
Avonlea
Alison
|
$1,000
[3]
No soaring weapon, it's a term for a Catholic prayer book
missal
Alison
|
$1,000
[22]
A period comedy:"TMMM"
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
|
$1,000
[17]
Shakespeare turned 50 & the Globe Theatre reopened after it burned down a year earlier
1614
Brian
|
| THE MANHATTAN PROJECT | MUSICIANS' MEMOIRS | FOOD TALK | WOMEN IN ANCIENT TIMES | COLORFUL GEOGRAPHY | SOME TIMELY WORDS |
|
$400
[30]
As you can imagine, the project was pretty hush-hush; even this guy didn't know about it until he suddenly became president
Truman
Alison
|
$400
[6]
His memoir subtitled "40 Songs, One Story" takes us from his Dublin boyhood to superstardom
Bono
Alison
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$400
[11]
This French term means to turn solid food into a paste or thick liquid, & you'll find a setting for it on many a blender
purée
Lee
Brian
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$400
[21]
In the 4th century Constantine's mother Helena traveled to this city where she had the Basilica of the Holy Sepulcher built
Jerusalem
Brian
|
$400
[28]
Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest point, lies in this range
the Green Mountains
Alison
|
$400
[12]
From Latin, it means "occurring before noon"
antemeridian
|
|
$800
[29]
Nuclear facilities were built in Oak Ridge, Tennessee & Hanford, Wash. but the main assembly plant was in this New Mexico locale
Los Alamos
Brian
|
$800
[9]
In the title of a 1970 No. 1 hit & of Sly Stone's long-awaited memoir, it precedes "Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin"
Thank You
|
$800
[25]
It's the Canadian comfort food seen here
poutine
Brian
|
$800
[2]
A papyrus dated to 35 B.C. calls her Philopatris, "she who loves her country", the country being Egypt
Cleopatra
Alison
|
$800
[4]
Varna & Burgas are leading Bulgarian ports on the western coast of this body of water
the Black Sea
Lee
Alison
|
$800
[7]
You've probably seen this adjective meaning delayed past the proper time on a birthday card or 2
belated
Alison
|
|
$1,200
[10]
In 1942 it was my kind of town--for the first controlled nuclear chain reaction
Chicago
Brian
Alison
|
$1,200
[14]
This Atlanta rapper with a stage name that's always in fashion got kudos for the honesty of his 2017 autobiography
Gucci Mane
|
$1,200
[19]
Itgets its name because its flavor resembles a combination of cinnamon, cloves & nutmeg
allspice
Lee
Alison
|
$1,200
[1]
For obvious reasons these Roman priestesses faced dire consequences if found unchaste, like Aemilia, Licinia & Marcia in 114 B.C.
the Vestal Virgins
Lee
|
$1,200
[5]
You can swim with the dolphins on this island in the Bahamas that shares its name with a 1980 Brooke Shields film
the Blue Lagoon
Brian
|
$1,200
[8]
This 6-letter word means to go back in fictional time & rewrite the past of a character or narrative for a new work
retcon
Brian
|
|
$1,600
[18]
The "Little Boy" atomic bomb used uranium-235; "Fat Man", this element that was only discovered around 1940
plutonium
Lee
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$1,600
[15]
In 2023 Barbra Streisand put the corners of her mind in a book, including how in 2023 she added back 2 scenes to this 1973 film
The Way We Were
Lee
|
$1,600
[20]
These greenish flower buds are dried, pickled & used as garnish or seasoning
capers
Lee
Brian
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Of this lyric poet's works, almost none have been found complete, one being the 28-line "Ode to Aphrodite"
Sappho
Alison
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
This eastern Alabama city was named for a line in an Oliver Goldsmith poem about the "loveliest village of the plain"
Auburn
Brian
|
$1,600
[13]
This alliterative adjective applied to instant decisions came from stopwatches that had 2 separate fast-moving hands
split-second
Brian
|
|
$2,000
[22]
A program chief & a friend of J. Robert Oppenheimer's from Berkeley days, this Nobel Prize winner was played on screen by Josh Hartnett
Ernest Lawrence
Lee
|
$2,000
[16]
In "Horror Stories", shesays she wrote the songs on "Exile in Guyville" broke, lonely, confused & angry, & people related
Liz Phair
Brian
|
$2,000
[23]
It's the technique of butterflying a whole bird before cooking: faster roasting, crispier skin
spatchcocking
Lee
|
$2,000
[24]
During his reign over Rome, he had acoinminted with the depictions of his 3 sisters, Drusilla, Livilla & Agrippina
Caligula
|
$2,000
[26]
This river rises in the Lesotho Highlands & crosses the Kalahari & Namib Deserts before emptying into the Atlantic
the Orange River
|
$2,000
[27]
In 2004 Colin Powell called Fidel Castro one of these, a person or thing incongruously out of place in time
an anachronism
Lee
|
2 space shuttles were named for craft commanded by this man who died far from home in 1779
(Captain) Cook