David Erb game 1.
Dana Schwartz — a writer from Los Angeles, California
David Erb — a puzzle designer from Seattle, Washington
Jen Feldman — a high school teacher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $27,850)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen | $3,400 | $4,400 | $8,800 |
$4,799
2nd place: $3,000 |
$8,800
12 R, 0 W |
| David | $1,800 | $5,000 | $30,000 |
$17,655
New champion: $17,655 |
$17,800
22 R (including 3 DDs), 2 W |
| Dana | $2,000 | $4,400 | $6,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 4 W |
| STRINGING YOU ALONG | 4 TIMES THE FUN | KEY OR PEELE | "ETTE" TU | WHODUNIT? | MAGAZINES' FIRST COVERS |
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$200
[27]
It's the official state modern musical instrument of Hawaii breezing into your life here
a ukulele
Jen
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$200
[26]
The states that meet at the "Four Corners" are Arizona, Colorado, Utah & this one
New Mexico
Jen
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$200
[18]
On his "History of Sketch Comedy" podcast, Key said his dad's laughter atthisSNL comic as Stevie Wonder was career-inspiring
Eddie Murphy
David
Dana
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$200
[29]
Think back--it's the "VC" in VCR
video cassette
David
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$200
[28]
"Sleeping Murder: Miss Marple's Last Case"
Agatha Christie
Jen
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$200
[30]
In 1977 he starred in "Slap Shot" & graced the cover of the first issue of US magazine in a story about his auto racing career
Paul Newman
David
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$400
[23]
The Rolling Stones' Brian Jones took up this instrument but you're just hearing the instrument & not Brian, Mick & co.
a sitar
Jen
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$400
[25]
In Norse mythology, Austri, Vestri, Nordri & Sudri are 4 of these diminutive beings who hold up the celestial skull of Ymir
dwarves
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$400
[13]
Keegan-Michael Key narrated this series based on a Seuss story that included episodes titled "Here", "There" & Anywhere"
Green Eggs and Ham
David
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$400
[5]
Your basic salad dressing, it's made with just 2 main ingredients plus seasonings
vinaigrette
Jen
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$400
[4]
"Detective Cross", on the job
James Patterson
|
$400
[9]
Spin magazine debuted in 1985 with a cover pic of this "Material Girl" by Herb Ritts, who shot many of her covers
Madonna
Dana
|
|
$600
[20]
"Let me hear"this Russian folk instrument "ringing out"
a balalaika
David
|
$600
[16]
It's the oldest of tennis' 4 grand slam tournaments & the only one played on grass
Wimbledon
Dana
|
$600
[14]
Jordan Peele was nominated for an Oscar in 2019 for producing this Spike Lee film about an undercover cop
BlacKkKlansman
Dana
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$600
[7]
When introduced by Chevy in 1953, itcame in white only with a red interior
Corvette
Jen
|
$600
[3]
"Devil in a Blue Dress", an Easy Rawlins mystery
Mosley
Jen
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$600
[10]
The first issue of this magazine in 1953 had Marilyn Monroe in black & white on the cover & a much more famous color photo inside
Playboy
David
|
|
$800
[21]
Greece is the word for this long-necked, plucked instrument with a round, wooden body
the bouzouki
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$1,000
[24]
It's the smallest in area & in population of the 4 countries that make up the United Kingdom
Northern Ireland
Dana
|
$800
[15]
In 2017 Keegan made his Broadway debut opposite Amy Schumer in "Meteor Shower", a comedy by this man, a "wild & crazy guy" himself once
Steve Martin
David
|
$800
[6]
Fantoccini are these controlled by wires, or a show using them
marionettes
David
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$800
[1]
It all came down to this. "The lady in the lake", I said. I lit a cigarette, & waited for the question I knew was coming
Chandler
Jen
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$800
[11]
This magazine debuted in 1997 with Christa Miller as its first alluring cover woman
Maxim
|
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$1,000
[22]
The petticoat-meltinginstrumentof the Renaissance, it went into a decline but was revived by later string players
a lute
Dana
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
Feudal Japanese society was divided into 4 distinct classes: merchants, artisans, farmers & these warriors
samurai
David
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$1,000
[17]
Jordan Peele's characters on this "magazine" sketch show included Killbrain the Fury & the Game (in an ad for Post-It Notes)
Mad TV
|
$1,000
[8]
Amy Vanderbilt, author of a "Complete Book of" this, has been called "the successor to Emily Post"
Etiquette
Jen
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$1,000
[2]
"The Brass Verdict": Mickey Haller & Harry Bosch continue to find Hollywood is just murder
Michael Connelly
|
$1,000
[12]
Time's first cover in 1923 featured Joe Cannon, who was retiring from the House of Reps after 46 years, 8 in this role
Speaker of the House
Dana
|
| I SERVED IN 2 PRESIDENTS' CABINETS | 8-LETTER WORDS | PHYSICAL SCIENCE | TIME TO BUY SOME STUFF | FORMER CAPITALS | OSCAR, MEET TONY |
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$400
[18]
A known known, hewas definitely Sec Def under Republican presidents in the 20th & 21st centuries
Rumsfeld
David
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$400
[17]
Scientifically, a prism separates white light into the colors of this
the spectrum
Dana
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$400
[12]
Despite repulsive electrical forces, atomic nuclei keep it together thanks to the force described with this adjective
the strong force
David
Dana
|
$400
[28]
In 1803 we liked the neighborhood & the square footage (530 million acres), so the U.S. paid $15 million to make this real estate deal
the Louisiana Purchase
David
|
$400
[24]
To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Constitution, in 1987 Congress met in this former national capital
Philadelphia
Dana
|
$400
[8]
A 1952 Tony & 1956 Oscar went to Yul Brynnerfor playing the monarch in this beloved musical
The King and I
Dana
|
|
$800
[19]
Before William Rogers was Nixon's secretary of state, he was attorney general in this administration Nixon was also part of
the Eisenhower administration
David
|
$800
[16]
Toxic bacterial poisoning, often from improperly canned foods
botulism
David
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$1,200
[7]
Term for a process with no assistance like gas expanding into a vacuum, or for one who does crazy things on the spur of the moment
spontaneous
Dana
|
$800
[10]
Don't get those knickers in a twist! In 2015 the royal undies of Elizabeth II's great-great grandma, this woman, fetched $16,000
Victoria
David
|
$800
[23]
In 1284 a parliament began meeting at Moot Hill in Scone; in 1452, it moved to this city
Edinburgh
|
$800
[1]
Joel Grey welcomed both Tony & Oscar for playing the "Cabaret" character who went by this job description
the MC (Master of Ceremonies)
Dana
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Seen here, she did hard labor in 2001 & motored over to Transportation in 2017
(Elaine) Chao
Dana
|
$1,200
[14]
A storymaker like Aesop, or just a liar
a fabulist
David
Dana
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$1,600
[6]
Rusting & photosynthesis are basic examples of these reactions, a word combining oxidation & reduction
redox reactions
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$1,200
[21]
The Martin D18E guitarthat this late frontman used on "MTV Unplugged" was bought in 2020 for $6 million
Cobain
Jen
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$1,600
[22]
In 1991 newly built Abuja took the capital status from this much larger city to its northeast
Lagos
David
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$1,200
[2]
Anne Bancroft scored a Tony & an Oscar for playing her in "The Miracle Worker"
(Annie) Sullivan
Jen
|
|
$1,600
[29]
By George, he was Nixon's man at Treasury as well as Labor & Reagan's at State
George Shultz
|
$1,600
[13]
A rêverie du jour
a daydream
David
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$2,000
[5]
Used in optics at least since Newton, this word with "err" within it refers to the failure of rays to come to a focus
aberration
David
|
$1,600
[25]
In 2016 the Antimagnetique ref 4113 watch from this Geneva-based company timed out & went for $2.5 million
a Rolex
David
|
$2,000
[27]
This European city has only been a national capital since the 1250s; before that, you visited the King in Coimbra or Guimarães
Lisbon
David
|
$1,600
[3]
2 decades after winning an Oscar, Lila Kedrova got a 1984 Tony for the same role in this play, without "the Greek" in the title
Zorba
David
|
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$2,000
[30]
Or 3: James Schlesinger was Defense Secy. for Nixon & Ford & Carter named him the first secy. of this new department
the Department of Energy
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$2,000
[15]
With the same first 4 letters as a word for a lack of knowledge, it means personal humiliation
ignominy
|
DD
$8,000
[11]
Pascal's law says in fluid in a closed container, a change in this goes without loss to every part; Pascal tested it with a full barrel
pressure
David
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$2,000
[26]
Let's have a side of this British painter; his "Three Studies of Lucian Freud" fetched $142 million
Bacon
Jen
|
DD
$5,000
[4]
Busan replaced this city as a national capital from 1950 to 1953
Seoul
David
|
$2,000
[9]
Jose Ferrer got the inaugural Best Actor Tony in 1947 & an Oscar in 1951 for playing this swashbuckling character
Cyrano de Bergerac
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Among those who attended his 1864 funeral were Ralph Waldo Emerson, Bronson Alcott & Franklin Pierce
Nathaniel Hawthorne