Paolo Pasco game 4.
Ryan Sharpe — a student from Oakville, Ontario, Canada
Kelsi Tyler — a nonprofit program director from Austin, Texas
Paolo Pasco — a puzzle writer originally from San Diego, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $79,741)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo | $1,000 | $4,800 | $16,800 |
$27,601
4-day champion: $107,342 |
$16,800
20 R, 0 W |
| Kelsi | $1,800 | $3,400 | $4,800 |
$1,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
10 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ryan | $5,600 | $7,200 | $27,600 |
$21,599
2nd place: $3,000 |
$19,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| WARS & BATTLES | IN THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | IT'S A SIGN | NOT LIKE US | OPPOSITES | SESAME STREET |
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$200
[11]
Don't get your history from ABBA: Napoleon didn't surrender until 4 weeks after this disastrous battle
Waterloo
Paolo
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$200
[17]
The "Eliot Indian" this, the first version printed in America, was translated into an Algonquin dialect by a Puritan clergyman
a Bible
Paolo
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$200
[14]
This Los Angeles landmark situated on Mount Lee was originally built as an advertisement for real estate
the Hollywood Sign
Ryan
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$200
[27]
The Test Device for Human Occupant Restraint, or THOR, is commonly called this; prior to its development cadavers were used
a crash test dummy
Ryan
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$200
[28]
Benjamin Moore sells these 2 opposite paint types, one for indoors, one for outdoors
interior & exterior
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$200
[30]
(Elmo presents the clue.) Elmo is best friends with Zoe, but not her pet; Zoe thinks this pet is alive--it's not alive, it can't talk or do anything [Groans]
Rocco
Kelsi
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$400
[10]
A turning point of this war was the 11-month Siege of Sevastopol, which ended in September 1855
the Crimean War
Ryan
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$400
[16]
A reconstruction of this man's library includes 2,000 volumes he sold to Congress in 1815
Jefferson
Ryan
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$400
[13]
The iconic arch in the heart of downtown this Nevada city welcomes visitors to "The Biggest Little City in the World"
Reno
Ryan
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$400
[25]
In a 1987 film Andrew McCarthy falls in love with Kim Cattrall, one of these figures that's come under an ancient spell
a mannequin
Kelsi
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$400
[24]
Put these 2 words together to get a type of dark chocolate & a commonly cited oxymoron
bitter & sweet (bittersweet)
Paolo
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$400
[29]
(Oscar the Grouch presents the clue.) Throughout the years, lots of people have stopped by to visit Sesame Street, like Alex Trebek & Ken Jennings--why can't they leave a grouch alone?!--but the very first was this guy, who recited the alphabet for us
James Earl Jones
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$600
[3]
George Orwell fought on the Aragon front of this war & recounted his experiences in "Homage to Catalonia"
the Spanish Civil War
Kelsi
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$600
[7]
A 1906 proclamation by this city's mayor says police "have been authorized by me to kill any & all persons found engaged in looting"
San Francisco
Kelsi
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$600
[12]
As part of a 2001 restoration, thesignoutside this city's Ebenezer Baptist Churchwas fixed & lit for the first time in years
Atlanta
Ryan
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$600
[18]
Ryan Gosling falls in love with a life-size doll named Bianca who is not under an Egyptian curse in this film
Lars and the Real Girl
Paolo
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$600
[2]
Referring to Ursa Major, these 2 opposite geographic regions derive their names from Greek for "bear" & "opposite the bear"
Arctic & Antarctic
Kelsi
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$600
[26]
(Cookie Monster presents the clue.) Oh, hello there, me, Alistair Cookie, host of this segment where me present drama for viewers to devour, like "Me, Claudius" & "Chariots of Fur"
Monsterpiece Theater
|
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$800
[4]
At the Battle of Gaugamela, Alexander the Great delivered a devastating blow to the Persian forces of this king III
Darius (III)
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$800
[6]
A 1928 Northwest Airways ad offered early passenger service between Minneapolis-St. Paul & Cicero Field in this city
Chicago
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$1,000
[15]
A relic of its manufacturing heyday, a light-up Domino Sugarssignhas graced this city's Inner Harbor since 1951
Baltimore
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$800
[19]
Japanese roboticist Masahiro Miro first proposed this phenomenon where not quite human likeness gives us the creeps
the uncanny valley
Paolo
|
$800
[1]
This pair of adjectives can describe 2 types of sentences or 2 kinds of carbohydrates, based on their molecular structure
simple & complex
Paolo
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$800
[21]
(Grover presents the clue.) We know that on "Jeopardy!" you like for the answer to be a question, so here goes; a song we love starts "Sunny day, sweepin' the clouds away" & ends with this question
Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street?
Paolo
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$1,000
[5]
This leader of Germany's Afrika Korps was called der Wüstenfuchs at home
Rommel
Ryan
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$1,000
[8]
A 1776 broadside is the first printed report of Washington's crossing the Delaware to attack this N.J. town
Trenton
Ryan
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
In Paris' Montmartre neighborhood, the sign & red windmill atop this cabaret were first illuminated in 1889
the Moulin Rouge
Ryan
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$1,000
[20]
John Donne, Percy Shelley & Goethe all claimed to see these German-named ghostly doubles of loved ones
Doppelgängers
Kelsi
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$1,000
[23]
The word piano is a shortening of pianoforte, meaning these 2 opposites
loud & soft
Ryan
|
$1,000
[22]
(Bert & Ernie present the clue.) (Bert: With all due respect to Ken Jennings, over here on Sesame Street, thisis our favorite game show host.) (Ernie: He's hosted such classics as "Name That Sound" & "Mystery Mix-Up".)
(Guy) Smiley
Paolo
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| THE NORDIC COUNTRIES | AMERICAN POETRY | METAL MANIA | FOREVER YOUNG | SONGS IN GANGSTER MOVIES | "Q" UP THE ADJECTIVES |
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$400
[11]
The first of these theme parks opened in Denmark in 1968; others would be built around the world brick by brick
Legoland
Ryan
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$400
[19]
In the words of Joyce Kilmer, "Poems are made by fools like me, but only God can" do this
make a tree
Paolo
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$400
[26]
Discovered in the late 18th century, this radioactive metal was named for a then-recently discovered planet
uranium
Ryan
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$400
[28]
Later Detroit's first Black mayor, Coleman Young also served in WWII in this first Black flying unit in the U.S. military
the Tuskegee Airmen
Paolo
|
$400
[29]
"Goodfellas" ends with Sid Vicious' cover of this Sinatra signature song
"My Way"
Kelsi
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$400
[30]
It's the hyphenated adjective for a mattress fit for a female monarch, or, for any sleeper
queen-size
Paolo
|
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$800
[10]
A French army officer became king of Sweden in 1818, ruling as Karl XIV Johan & converting to this Protestant branch
Lutheranism
Ryan
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$800
[15]
This 1830 poem by Oliver Wendell Holmes helped save the title warship from being dismantled
"Old Ironsides"
Paolo
|
$800
[21]
South Africa is the leading producer of this precious silver-white metal rarer & denser than gold
platinum
Paolo
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$800
[27]
No. 7 of "Strategic Objectives" of this university: "Focus on mission-aligned hiring"
Brigham Young
Paolo
|
$800
[24]
An acoustic version of "Crazy" by this singer appears in Spike Lee's film "Clockers"
Seal
Kelsi
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$800
[25]
Charming & old-fashioned, like the town seen here
quaint
Ryan
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Called "The Chopin of the North", hecomposed works including "Norwegian Peasant Dances"
Grieg
Paolo
|
$1,600
[2]
In this famous anthology, Edgar Lee Masters gave voice to some 200 residents at rest, including Isa Nutter & Anne Rutledge
Spoon River ( Anthology )
Paolo
|
$1,200
[13]
Atomic number 29, this reddish metal has an antimicrobial effect on bacteria & is used to coat frequently touched surfaces
copper
Ryan
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$1,200
[16]
Malcolm Young was the non-schoolboy-uniform-clad Young in this band that always leaves us "Thunderstruck"
AC/DC
Paolo
|
$1,200
[4]
A radio station in "GTA: III" has songs such as "Push It To The Limit" from this Miami-set film directed by Brian De Palma
Scarface
Ryan
|
$1,200
[12]
In algebra it describes a polynomial equation of the second degree
a quadratic
Paolo
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$2,000
[6]
American diver Pat McCormick won 2 gold medals at the northernmost Summer Olympics, the 1952 Games in this city
Helsinki
Ryan
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$2,000
[3]
In the 1950s, helaunched the "City Lights Pocket Poet Series" with his own "Pictures of the Gone World"
Ferlinghetti
Kelsi
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$1,600
[14]
Alkali metals like sodium & cesium are so called because when they react with water, they form these, high-pH substances
bases
Ryan
|
$1,600
[17]
Last name of bros Theodore & Alwin(!); it precedes "& Young" in an accounting firm with more than 700 offices worldwide
Ernst
Paolo
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$1,600
[22]
Michael Madsen improvised his dance to Stealers Wheel's "Stuck In The Middle With You" in this caper film
Reservoir Dogs
Kelsi
|
$1,600
[8]
More commonly a noun, but if you know your elements, it's another word for mercurial
quicksilver
Paolo
|
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DD
$8,400
[5]
A series of clashes between the U.K. & Iceland over territorial rights in the North Atlantic were called these "fishy" wars
the Cod Wars
Ryan
|
DD
$3,400
[1]
A fan of repetition, she began her poem "Susie Asado", "Sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet tea"
Gertrude Stein
Kelsi
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$2,000
[20]
Named after the founder of the Greek city of Thebes, this metal is used in nuclear reactors & rechargeable batteries
cadmium
Ryan
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$2,000
[18]
John Youngblasted into space aboard this mission, the penultimate one to the Moon & the first to land in the lunar highlands
Apollo 16
Ryan
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$2,000
[23]
"That's Entertainment" by the mod band The Jam closes out "The Gentlemen" by this British director
Guy Ritchie
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$2,000
[9]
Latin for "every day" gives this adjective meaning... well, occurring every day
quotidian
Ryan
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Today it's used as a verb on social media; in previous centuries its meanings included an enemy & not a Quaker
unfriend