Ashley Chan game 1.
Alex Cousins — a writer and editor from Buffalo, New York
Ashley Chan — a publicist from Lewisville, Texas
Bill McKinney — a VP of restaurants and bars originally from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $46,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $3,400 | $4,000 | $6,400 |
$2,400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
14 R, 3 W |
| Ashley | $1,800 | $6,000 | $15,600 |
$15,600
New champion: $15,600 |
$14,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Alex | $200 | $600 | $5,800 |
$5,199
2nd place: $3,000 |
$6,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| AMERICA BEFORE 1800 | BRIDGES | DODGEPODGE | PART OF A 7 ANCIENT WONDERS NAME | STOCKS | BLONDES |
|
$200
[5]
Of the 104 colonists who founded this first permanent English settlement in 1607, more than half were dead by year's end
Jamestown
Alex
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$200
[30]
A symbol of the city of Porto, the Dom Luís I Bridgewas designed by a disciple of this Frenchman
Eiffel
Ashley
|
$200
[23]
Synonyms for dodge include this one courtesy of Latin vadere, "to walk"
evade
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$200
[12]
People pay to join & then get profits from later participants in this "scheme", which always works out well for everybody
a pyramid scheme
Alex
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$200
[10]
Wanna buy some HOG, the ticker for this 2-wheeled company? Climb on board, chum
Harley-Davidson
Bill
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$200
[16]
"Blonde" was a recent biopic of this woman who starred in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes"
Monroe
Alex
|
|
$400
[9]
Early on, some referred to the United States by this name; in 1786, South Carolina picked it for its new state capital
Columbia
Ashley
|
$400
[29]
In March 2024, after it lost power, a cargo ship called the Dali tragically crashed into this bridge, causing it to collapse
the Key Bridge
Ashley
|
$400
[24]
It's the alliterative phrase for one who chooses to avoid compulsory military service illegally
draft dodge(r)
Bill
|
$400
[14]
It's a tomb for 2 (or more, if they want to join in on the fun)
a mausoleum
Bill
|
$400
[11]
Microsoft, Alphabet & 5 other stocks are part of what's known as this group that shares its name with a 1960 Western film
the Magnificent 7
Bill
|
$400
[17]
He sported a blond bowl cut in "A Kid in King Arthur's Court", a decade before becoming James Blond, er, Bond
(Daniel) Craig
Bill
|
|
$800
[4]
Beginning its meetings in Virginia in 1619, this House was the first representative legislative body in Colonial America
the House of Burgesses
Ashley
|
$600
[26]
On weekend nights, the famous Dragon Bridgein Da Nang in this countryspewsfire & water
Vietnam
Ashley
|
$600
[25]
In "Dodgeball", Ben Stiller tells real-life wife Christine Taylor & this actor, "Nobody makes me bleed my own blood"
Vince Vaughn
Ashley
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$600
[13]
A college in Philly, or a place of worship
Temple
Bill
|
$600
[15]
In 2022 Twitter had this happen to it in regard to the NYSE, which made Twitter a private company
delisting (delisted)
Ashley
|
$600
[18]
A mix that included hydrogen peroxide & ammonia gave Jean Harlow this hair color, also the title of a 1931 film that she starred in
platinum blonde
Ashley
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
In 1763 the Penns & Calverts brought in these 2 English astronomers to settle a boundary dispute
Mason & Dixon
Alex
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$800
[27]
Canada's 8-mile-long Confederation Bridge connects this province with mainland New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Bill
Alex
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$800
[2]
After being assistant marshal, he got out of Dodge (City) in 1879 & headed for Tombstone to join up with family
Wyatt Earp
Bill
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$800
[1]
Someone or something much bigger in size than others, like a certain X-Man
colossus
Alex
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$800
[21]
In part an homage to its HQ in Dallas, LUV is the stock ticker symbol for this company
Southwest Airlines
|
$800
[19]
In 2021 she sold her media company Hello Sunshine, valued at close to $1 billion, but continues to oversee it
Reese Witherspoon
Ashley
|
|
$1,000
[6]
During the winter of 1778-79, this Prussian nobleman wrote a "Blue Book" of military regulations for American troops
Baron von Steuben
|
$1,000
[28]
Spanning the Royal Gorgein Colorado, America's highest bridge is nearly 1,000 feet above this river
the Arkansas
Bill
|
$1,000
[7]
In 1865 Mary Mapes Dodge opened a literary can of Dutch boy & gave Hans Brinker this title footwear
the silver skates
|
$1,000
[3]
Virginia Woolf took us to one in a 1927 book title
a lighthouse
Bill
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$1,000
[22]
In 2023 a stalled IPO & co-founder Jack Ma's selling of shares led to this Chinese tech co. losing $21 billion in market value
Alibaba
Ashley
|
$1,000
[20]
Thislead singer bleached her hair blonde, providing inspiration for her band's name, Blondie
(Debbie) Harry
Alex
|
| NATIONAL BIRDS | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK | ABBREVIATED MAGAZINES | TOP ROW OF THE KEYBOARD WORDS | GEORGIA ON OUR MINDS | COLUMBIA 100th ANNIVERSARY |
|
$400
[25]
The bill of the keel-billed this, Belize's national bird, may be up to one-third its size
a toucan
Ashley
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$400
[19]
Wordsworth:"My heart leaps up when I behold a ____ in the sky: so was it when my life began; so is it now I am a man"
a rainbow
Bill
Alex
|
$400
[29]
For those who enjoy the outdoors:F&S
Field & Stream
Bill
|
$400
[24]
A traveling group of ballet dancers
a troupe
Ashley
|
$400
[12]
Georgia's Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest contains the southern end of this trail that goes way up to Maine
the Appalachian Trail
Alex
|
$400
[8]
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) "Ghostbusters", a hit for Columbia in the '80s & still a vitalfranchisefor us, was born when this actor sat down to write a ghost comedy at his family farmhouse where his great grandfather had held séances
Dan Aykroyd
Ashley
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Estonia's national bird is this most widespread species of swallow that normally nests in manmade structures
the barn swallow
|
$800
[18]
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow:"Ready to ride and spread the ____, through every Middlesex village and farm"
alarm
Alex
|
$800
[30]
"Where food and culture meet":BA
Bon Appétit
Bill
|
$800
[23]
It's a regional version of a complimentary word, as in "that's a real ____ dress you've got on"
purty
|
$800
[3]
About 20 miles outside Atlanta & more than 1,600 feet high, it's called the world's largest piece of exposed granite
Stone Mountain
Bill
|
$800
[7]
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) Our legacy of working with brilliant filmmakers continued withthis2019 Quentin Tarantino film, whose title could have been the title of this whole category
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1984 Denmark replaced the skylark with this not-so-vocal bird species, Cygnus olor
a mute swan
Bill
Ashley
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$1,200
[17]
Emily Dickinson: "Because I could not stop for death/ He kindly stopped for me/ The carriage held but just ourselves/ And ____"
immortality
|
$1,200
[14]
A trip to Cuba inspired the creation of this magazine for stogie fans:CA
Cigar Aficionado
Bill
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$1,200
[22]
Adjective for a county that allows the sale of alcoholic beverages
wet
Ashley
|
$1,200
[9]
This Georgia church where Martin Luther King Jr. once preached bears the name of a memorial erected by Samuel in the Bible
Ebenezer Baptist
|
$1,200
[4]
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) With competition from television, in the '60s, the industry went to big, epic productions & Alex Trebek would have insisted the category includethis1962 example, one of his favorite films ever
Lawrence of Arabia
Bill
|
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
Naturally, this type of condor is the national bird of Ecuador, Chile & Bolivia
the Andean condor
Ashley
|
$1,600
[15]
W.E. Henley:"I have not winced nor cried aloud / Under the bludgeonings of chance / My head is bloody but ____"
unbowed
|
$1,600
[2]
For savvy women with a sense of style & interest in global issues:MC
Marie Claire
Ashley
|
$1,600
[21]
I've heard it said, that Jennings fellow is quick with this, a witty remark
a quip
Alex
|
$1,600
[10]
Thiswoman from Savannah founded the Girl Scouts in 1912 & part of her home is now the Girl Scout National Center
(Juliette Gordon) Low
Ashley
|
$1,600
[5]
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) Cannes marked the anniversary with a screening of the 1940s gem "Gilda"; in my speech I honored the film's pioneering female producer, Virginia Van Upp, but the evening belonged to this luminous star
Rita Hayworth
Ashley
|
|
$2,000
[28]
Thestreamertail hummingbird, this country's national bird, can be found in the Blue & John Crow Mountains National Park
Jamaica
|
$2,000
[16]
Anne Sexton:"I have gone out, a possessed ____, haunting the black air, braver at night"
witch
Alex
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Has published articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners:SA
Scientific American
Alex
|
$2,000
[20]
"A fit of" often precedes this, a feeling of irritation or resentment
pique
|
$2,000
[11]
Georgia's governor since 2019, he's made national news for defending elections in the state as secure & fair
Brian Kemp
Ashley
|
$2,000
[6]
(Tom Rothman presents the clue.) With 12, Columbia is the studio that has won the most Academy Awards for Best Picture; one went tothis1957 classic that was nominated for 8 Oscars in all & won 7
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Alex
|
A prop central to the title character on this '60s sitcom began as a special Christmas edition whiskey decanter
I Dream of Jeannie