Kevin Laskowski game 1.
Carolyn Gramling — a science writer from Washington, D.C.
Kevin Laskowski — an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia
Adam Hersh — an attorney from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $4,400 | $5,800 | $7,200 |
$14,300
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,200
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kevin | $2,000 | $2,800 | $20,200 |
$15,200
New champion: $15,200 |
$18,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Carolyn | $400 | $1,200 | $5,600 |
$300
3rd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
11 R, 2 W |
| WORDS WITH DIACRITICAL MARKS | HERE'S MY WRITING SAMPLE | I'M ON A U.S. STAMP | TIME FOR A COCKTAIL? | CHARACTER "THE" EPITHET | POLYNESIAN CULTURES |
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$200
[10]
The name of this chili pepper literally means "from the capital of Veracruz"
a jalapeño
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$200
[23]
"'Don't be afraid. He hasn't come for you.' And to Javert he said: 'I know what you're here for"'
Hugo
Carolyn
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$200
[29]
In 1965, a five-centstamphonored the 700th birthday of this poet--how divine
Dante
Adam
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$200
[14]
Coextensive with New York County, it was acquired for trade goods worth about 60 guilders
Manhattan
Kevin
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$200
[16]
Corncob pipe & all, this very cool animated guy came to TV in a Dec. 7, 1969 special
Frosty the Snowman
Carolyn
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$200
[27]
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) Polynesia encompasses the many islands & cultures inside atriangle, stretching from New Zealand in the southwest to Hawaii in the north, to this island also known as Rapa Nui
Easter Island
Adam
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$400
[9]
Herr Hitler of the Third Reich used this title meaning "leader", Herr Bismarck of the Second did not
Führer
Adam
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$400
[22]
"My biggest problem is my brother, Farley Drexel Hatcher. He's two-and-a-half years old. Everybody calls him Fudge"
Judy Blume
Kevin
Carolyn
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$400
[28]
A labor organizer & co-founder of the National Farm Workers association, he got the honor in 2003
Chavez
Adam
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$400
[15]
The one dubbed Andrew ravaged the Bahamas & South Florida in 1992
a hurricane
Carolyn
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$400
[17]
Iconic poster personality seen here
Rosie the Riveter
Adam
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$400
[26]
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) My character, Moana, is a wayfinder, one of the master navigators who steered ancient Polynesians across the Pacific by observing natural signs such as ocean swells & celestial objects like this group of stars
the Big Dipper
Adam
Kevin
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$600
[6]
It can refer to an embassy staff member with special duties, perhaps a cultural or naval one
an attaché
Adam
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$600
[4]
"The self-same moment I could pray; and from my neck so free / The albatross fell off, and sank like lead into the sea"
Coleridge
Adam
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$600
[1]
This "Wizard of Westwood" was honored with the Medal of Freedom in 2003 & a U.S. stamp in 2024
(John) Wooden
Adam
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$600
[11]
Helen Gurley Brownbecame this publication's first female editor in the 1960s
Cosmopolitan
Adam
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$600
[18]
Waste bin curmudgeon with a pet worm, slimey
Oscar the Grouch
Adam
Carolyn
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$600
[24]
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) A Polynesian trickster figure whose many feats include stealing fire, lifting the sky & fishing up islands like the Hawaiian one named for him is the basis of this hero voiced by Dwayne Johnson
Maui
Carolyn
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$800
[7]
We should get a good table, I know this person, the head waiter at the restaurant we're going to
the maître d'
Adam
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$800
[5]
"There, comrades, is the answer to all our problems. It is summed up in a single word--man"
George Orwell
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$800
[2]
If you want my 3 cents, a 1948 stamp had her picture as well as stating "founder of the American Red Cross"
(Clara) Barton
Adam
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$800
[12]
Celebrated Cardinals pitcher Bob or Dodgers outfielder Kirk
Gibson
Kevin
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$800
[19]
Eugene Kolkey first sketched this cereal mascot, based on fellow adman Raymond Anthony Wells
Tony the Tiger
Kevin
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$800
[25]
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) Pearls are French Polynesia's number one export; the prizeblack varietyis cultivated on many islands but named for this famously beautiful one
Tahiti
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$1,000
[8]
At the 2024 Olympics, swimmerLéon Marchandwas acclaimed as "Le héros" this national word
français
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$1,000
[21]
"Yeager was standing erect with his parachute rolled up... and staring at them quite levelly out of what was left of his face"
Tom Wolfe
Adam
Kevin
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$1,000
[3]
Fannie Lou Hamer & this fellow civil rights icon, assassinated at his home in 1963, were honored together in 2009
Medgar Evers
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DD
$1,000
[13]
Byname of the 1550s British queen who imposed Catholicism on her subjects with a lethal fervor
Bloody Mary
Kevin
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$1,000
[20]
"The Cimmerian" is another epithet for this sword-wielding Robert E. Howard character
Conan the Barbarian
Kevin
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$1,000
[30]
(Auliʻi Cravalho presents the clue.) The letter "G" represents an "ungh" sound in the language ofthisU.S. territory whose capital is pronounced "PAHNG-oh PAHNG-oh"
American Samoa
Adam
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| THE MODERN HOBBYIST | RAP, SCHOOLS OLD & NEW | BOD-"E" | ANIMAL QUOTES | FIRST ENCOUNTERS | MAKING A GOOD IMPRESSIONIST |
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$400
[14]
Start yappin' on your own this; Esquire's Best of 2021 included "You're Wrong About" & "My Favorite Murder"
podcast
Adam
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$400
[9]
The Beastie Boys promised, "No! sleep! 'til" this borough! Even if you don't know the song, you have a 1-in-5 shot
Brooklyn
Carolyn
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$400
[19]
Meibomian glands secrete lubricating fluids for these coverings, which are closed via a cranial nerve
your eyelids
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$400
[1]
Joe Biden quoted his mom with an old favorite: "Joey, if it looks like" this "& walks like" this... "it's" this
a duck
Carolyn
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$400
[30]
Thomas Jefferson & John Adams became off-&-on friends after meeting at the Continental Congress in this city in 1775
Philadelphia
Kevin
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$400
[26]
2024 marks 150 years since the first Impressionist exhibition, by a group calling itself by this word for nameless or unknown
Anonymous
|
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$800
[15]
A product from this Hungarian man led to the creation of blindfolded speedcubing, which is quite the feat
Rubik
Kevin
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$800
[10]
In this title place, "I'm a doll but I still wanna party, pink 'Vette like I'm ready to bend, I'm a ten so I pull in a Ken"
Barbie World
Carolyn
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$800
[20]
This sex hormone is created primarily in the ovaries
estrogen
Kevin
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$800
[2]
"Poor Richard's Almanack" included prudent gems like "He that lies down with dogs, shall rise up with" these
fleas
Carolyn
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$800
[24]
Henry VIII met this first wife when he was only 10 as she prepared to marry his brother Prince Arthur
Catherine of Aragon
Adam
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$800
[27]
An Impressionist masterpiece is Renoir's"Luncheon of the Boating Party", in French, this meal "des canotiers"
déjeuner
Adam
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$1,200
[16]
They sound like part of a fishing rod, but making these short videos on Instagram can be a lot of fun
Reels
Adam
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$1,200
[11]
MC Hammer used Rick James' "Super Freak" in this 1990 Top 10 hit with a "tactile" title
"U Can't Touch This"
Adam
Kevin
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$1,600
[22]
One main function of this tube that connects the middle ear with the back of the throat is to equalize air pressure
Eustachian
Kevin
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$1,200
[3]
The Bible says it's "easier for" this "to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
a camel
Adam
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$1,200
[5]
Before he was a journalist, he was a naval courier & on a delivery to the White House, met Mark Felt, later "Deep Throat"
Woodward
Adam
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$1,200
[25]
This Impressionist's wife, Camille, was a frequent subject of his paintings, including"Woman with a Parasol"
Monet
Kevin
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$1,600
[17]
Freeze lightis a type of photography using long this
exposure
Kevin
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$1,600
[12]
"911 Is A Joke" is a track on their 1990 album "Fear of a Black Planet"
Public Enemy
Kevin
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$2,000
[23]
It's the innermost layer of the heart
the endocardium
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$2,000
[8]
In "Richard III" Richard claims, "The world is grown so bad that wrens make prey where" these "dare not perch"
eagles
Carolyn
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$1,600
[6]
He'd reminisce about his first meeting with fellow mobster Lucky Luciano when they were just kids & Lucky was shaking down Jews
Meyer Lansky
Kevin
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$1,600
[28]
Degas & this American had an artistic bond; there are even a few of his brushstrokes in her "Little Girl in a Blue Armchair"
Cassatt
Kevin
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$2,000
[18]
Thishobby is dubbed the world's largest treasure hunt; download an app & find stuff hidden near you
geocaching
Carolyn
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$2,000
[13]
2023 rap songs with movie title titles included "The Gods Must Be Crazy" & Ken Carson's recalling this Megan Fox-Amanda Seyfried film
Jennifer's Body
Kevin
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DD
$3,000
[21]
The major glands of this type include the pituitary & thyroid
endocrine
Kevin
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DD
$3,000
[4]
Huey Newton wrote this "is a fierce animal, but he will not attack until he is backed into a corner; then he will strike out"
a (black) panther
Adam
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$2,000
[7]
First meeting by letter, poet Robert Browning would later meet Elizabeth Barrett in person, at her home on this London street
Wimpole Street
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$2,000
[29]
Alfred Sisley liked to give his impression of places around Paris, like this island that Georges Seurat more famously painted
La Grande Jatte
Carolyn
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The mention of a new railway section between Rothal & Allahabad in India leads to an argument & then a bet in this novel
Around the World in Eighty Days