Kevin Laskowski game 2.
Samantha Altschuler — an academic dean from Brooklyn, New York
Ryan Smith — a writer originally from South Pasadena, California
Kevin Laskowski — an Episcopal priest from Falls Church, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $1,400 | $5,000 | $12,200 |
$24,200
2-day champion: $39,400 |
$12,200
17 R, 3 W |
| Ryan | $4,600 | $6,600 | $5,100 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
18 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Samantha! | $2,200 | $2,300 | $10,300 |
$10,300
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,800
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| QUEEN VICTORIA | IN THE NAVY | IT'S A FAKE! | PIGEON FACTS & LORE | MOVIE AMUSEMENTS | NOT IF I "CU" FIRST |
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$200
[26]
Victoria was 18 when she became queen & 19 when her coronation took place here
Westminster Abbey
Kevin
Ryan
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$200
[21]
If a ship is flying the flag seen here, an officer is aboard of this high rank
an admiral
Kevin
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$200
[16]
In 1933 baseballer Clarence "Climax" Blethen bit himself in the butt sliding into a base with these in his pocket
dentures (false teeth)
Samantha!
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$200
[11]
Homing pigeons delivered the results to the participating cities in these events in 776 B.C.
the Olympics
Kevin
Samantha!
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$200
[1]
This movie franchise spawned a Velocicoaster, where you may feel like one of the hunted for a while
Jurassic Park
Kevin
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$200
[3]
Used in chili & curry, this spice is said to taste like caraway
cumin
Samantha!
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$400
[27]
So devastated was Queen Victoria by the death of this consort, thatshewore black mourning wear for 40 years
Albert
Samantha!
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$400
[22]
5 future presidents served in the U.S. Navy during WWII, including this one commanding the torpedo boat PT-109
John F. Kennedy
Kevin
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$400
[17]
Matthew 7:15 warns, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in" this 2-word attire, "but inwardly they are ravening wolves"
sheep's clothing
Kevin
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$400
[12]
In "On the Origin of Species", he agreed with other naturalists that all pigeons descended from the rock pigeon
Darwin
Samantha!
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$400
[2]
See if you're up to snuff with a trip through a supervillain lab on Minion Mayhem, inspired by this 2010 film
Despicable Me
Ryan
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$400
[6]
Instead of a vest or suspenders, a groom may wear this satin sash with face-up pleats
a cummerbund
Ryan
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$800
[29]
While she didn't have symptoms, Victoria was a carrier of this bleeding disorder & passed it on to several children
hemophilia
Kevin
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$600
[23]
More than a TV show, this primary law enforcement arm of the Navy includes thousands of agents working out of 191 locations worldwide
NCIS
Ryan
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$600
[18]
In humans "false" these don't connect to the sternum directly & are attached to the 7th pair by cartilage
ribs
Ryan
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$600
[13]
In 1850 Paul Julius Reuter started a news service using carrier pigeons where there was a 76-mile gap of this technology
telegraph
Kevin
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$600
[4]
Don't fret (or do) on the Emotional Whirlwind for too long on the ride based on this Pixar film
Inside Out
Ryan
Samantha!
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$600
[7]
If you're hiding something in England, it's not a skeleton in the closet, it's a skeleton in this place
a cupboard
Ryan
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$1,000
[30]
Queen Victoria was the last monarch of this ruling house; her ancestor George I was first
(the House of) Hanover
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$800
[24]
When a ship is named for an individual, this dedication is by tradition conducted by the eldest living female relative
the christening
Kevin
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$800
[19]
Time to raise this alliterative term for an attack planned to look like it was done by someone other than the perpetrators
a false flag
Kevin
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$800
[14]
This reclusive electrical genius claimed to be in love with a pigeon & believed the pigeon loved him back
Tesla
Kevin
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$800
[5]
There are no small parts in Nano Battle, based on the antics of this title Marvel duo
Ant Man & The Wasp
Ryan
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$800
[8]
It's this liqueur that gives a Blue Hawaiiancocktail its color
Curaçao
Samantha!
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DD
$1,500
[28]
In 1857 the Queen awarded the first Victoria Crosses for acts of valor during this recently ended war
the Crimean War
Samantha!
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$1,000
[25]
Thisbeloved song of the Navy was composed by the Academy bandmaster & sung as a football cheer in 1906
"Anchors Aweigh"
Samantha!
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$1,000
[20]
In 1605, false him became czar; in 1606 false him suddenly became ex-him, courtesy of a boyar & pals
Dmitry
Ryan
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$1,000
[15]
For saving nearly 200 World War I soldiers with a message, the pigeon Cher Amiwas awarded this French military decoration
the Croix de Guerre
Ryan
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$1,000
[10]
It's vroom, vroom when you get on the grid for the Lightcycle Power Run, just like in this film
Tron
Ryan
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$1,000
[9]
In humans, it's a tooth with a single projection point, aka canine
a cuspid
Ryan
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| U.S. CITIES | POETRY | IT'S PHYSICS! | THEY WON EMMYS FOR... | THAT'S A FACT | IN TOLERABLE |
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$400
[7]
We have a problem if you don't know that it's the fourth-largest U.S. city in population
Houston
Ryan
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$400
[24]
In the first line of Canadian officer John McCrae's WWI poem "In Flanders Fields", we see these flowers "blow between the crosses"
poppies
Ryan
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$400
[6]
When you're on a plane, it's the 4-letter opposing force of thrust
drag
Kevin
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$400
[1]
"The Sopranos" &"Nurse Jackie"
Edie Falco
Ryan
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$400
[19]
Used in coal mining, a BWE is a bucket-wheel this machine
an excavator
Ryan
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$400
[9]
It's a common location for piercing & a crease in one may be a sign of coronary heart disease
earlobe
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$800
[15]
In Colonial times Burlington & Perth Amboy served as twin capitals of what is now this state
New Jersey
Kevin
Ryan
Samantha!
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$1,200
[26]
In Herman Melville's poem "The Portent", this hanged abolitionist is "the meteor of the war"
John Brown
Ryan
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$800
[2]
This one of the simple machines, an adaptation of the inclined plane, can be used to split a log
a wedge
Ryan
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$800
[11]
"The West Wing" &"Mom"
Allison Janney
Samantha!
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$800
[20]
Oil still bubbles to the surface of Pearl Harborfrom this battleship, now a part of a national memorial
the USS Arizona
Kevin
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$800
[8]
A return of part of a payment; you might receive one for purchasing an "Energy Star" appliance
a rebate
Samantha!
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$1,200
[16]
Bar Harbor, Maine is located on Mount Desert Island, where the majority of this national park is also located
Acadia
Ryan
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$1,600
[27]
In his classic "She Walks in Beauty", "all that's best of dark & bright meet in her aspect & her eyes"
Lord Byron
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$1,200
[3]
It's the type of acceleration of a body traveling in a circular motion; the same-named "force" is directed towards the circle's center
centripetal
Ryan
Samantha!
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$1,200
[12]
"Third Rock From The Sun" &"The Crown"
John Lithgow
Samantha!
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$1,200
[21]
In 1610, Galileo discoveredthis2-letter moon of Jupiter, which is about 5 percent wider than ours
Io
Kevin
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$1,200
[10]
It's the higher end of the audio frequency range in broadcasting & sound recording
treble
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$2,000
[30]
It's home to Indiana University & the little 500 bike race that inspired the movie "Breaking Away"
Bloomington
Kevin
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$2,000
[29]
Emma Lazarus said in this poem that the title object was "not like the brazen giant of Greek fame"
"The New Colossus"
Kevin
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$1,600
[4]
Quarks are grouped in 3 pairs: up & down, top & bottom & let's call them this "rizzy" & "odd" pair
strange & charm
Kevin
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$1,600
[13]
"Monk" &"The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel"
Tony Shalhoub
Samantha!
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$1,600
[22]
This language is celebrated every July 26--in 1887, that was the publication day for "Unua Libro", or "First Book"
Esperanto
Kevin
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$1,600
[17]
The shape of planet Earth can be described as this kind of spheroid, meaning it's flattened at the poles
oblate
Kevin
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DD
$2,200
[28]
The name of this Iowa city across the river from Omaha honors the site where Lewis & Clark met with tribesmen in 1804
Council Bluffs, Iowa
Ryan
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DD
$2,500
[25]
This 1915 work was the poet's joke about a pal's frequent regret about the path they took on walks together
"The Road Not Taken"
Ryan
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$2,000
[5]
A CERN document calls it a material "composed of electrically neutral particles that can... flow without friction"
a superfluid
Ryan
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$2,000
[14]
"This Is Us" &"American Crime Story" as Christopher Darden
Sterling K. Brown
Samantha!
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$2,000
[23]
Winston Churchill was born at this Oxfordshire palace; a nice example of baroque architecture in England
Blenheim Palace
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$2,000
[18]
Do I have to explain it again? It means to rebuke or scold someone angrily & at great length
berate
Samantha!
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Born to immigrant parents, in 1916 he was the 1st Supreme Court nominee to undergo public Senate confirmation hearings
Louis Brandeis