James Denison game 2.
Jonathan Rosales — a university fundraiser from Glendale, California
Katie Hoppenjans — a luxury travel marketer from Atlanta, Georgia
James Denison — a college professor and museum curator originally from Alexandria, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $36,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | $5,200 | $6,600 | $31,000 |
$45,599
2-day champion: $81,798 |
$21,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Katie | $4,400 | $6,200 | $8,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jonathan | $1,000 | $1,400 | $7,000 |
$3,300
2nd place: $3,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 2 W |
| FACTS ABOUT POETS | FORKLIFT CERTIFIED | OUT OF THIS WORLD MOVIES | CAPITONYMS | LARGE & IN CHARGE | SMALL BUT MIGHTY |
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$200
[27]
Boccaccio added the name "Divina" to the title of a work by this poet
Dante
Katie
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$200
[21]
In 2023 a forklift was used in an attempt to steal one of these machines outside of a credit union
an ATM
James
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$200
[25]
"He don't know talkin' good like me & you. So his vocabulistics is limited to I & am & Groot" is explained in this 2014 film
Guardians of the Galaxy
Katie
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$200
[16]
A month of the year, or majestically grand
August
James
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$200
[29]
Regarding this founder of the Holy Roman Empire, analysis of his left tibia shows he was "very tall, but not robust"
Charlemagne
James
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$200
[20]
The idea that small changes can lead to vastly different outcomes, aka this effect, causes quite a "flap" among mathematicians
the butterfly effect
James
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$400
[26]
This poet who wrote the children's book "Where the Sidewalk Ends" also wrote the song "A Boy Named Sue"
Shel Silverstein
Katie
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$400
[22]
Forklift prongs are known as these, also used for the points on your dinner fork
tines
James
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$400
[11]
Ed Harris considers using the Moon's gravity to slingshot astronauts safely back to Earth in this film
Apollo 13
James
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$400
[5]
A native of a part of the Czech Republic, or an eccentric art lover who's not into social conventions
a Bohemian
Katie
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$400
[30]
This 6'3" president loomed large in every way; to Tom Wicker, he "seems 20 feet tall--when he really measures no more than 10"
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Jonathan
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$400
[19]
These rodents, genus Cynomys, weigh just 2 to 4 pounds but are pivotal to the grasslands; their digging aerates & fertilizes the soil
prairie dogs
James
|
|
$800
[1]
He said he wrote poems like "Howl" in a "Hebraic-Melvillian bardic breath"--sort of like how I read clues
Ginsberg
Katie
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$600
[23]
Forklifts efficiently lift these flat wooden platforms that, as a standard, hold up to 4,600 pounds
pallets
James
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$600
[3]
Spock suffers this subtitle of "Star Trek II" & (spoiler?) dies, but shakes it off for the IIIrd one
The Wrath of Khan
James
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$600
[6]
The Roman god version of FedEx, or a chemical element
Mercury
James
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$600
[14]
The tallest current world leader is former basketball player Edi Rama, now a resident of Tirana & the 6'7" prime minister of this country
Albania
Katie
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$600
[17]
In Jewish mysticism, a "little ring" sent by God to this biblical king enabled him to control demons & speak with animals
King Solomon
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DD
$1,000
[2]
In 1761 the Wheatley family bought a girl from this slave ship & named her after it; she became the 1st major African-American poet
Phillis
Katie
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$800
[24]
This company also known for its Camrys is a major manufacturer of forklifts
Toyota
Jonathan
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$800
[4]
Before repeating whatever the computer said in "Galaxy Quest", she had a very different meeting with "Aliens"
Sigourney Weaver
Katie
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$800
[7]
Relating to the biblical sea-parting guy, or a decoration using tiles to form patterns
Mosaic
James
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$800
[13]
This czar-turned-emperor was of "enormous height" & "unusual physical strength"; no wonder Catherine I swiped right
Peter the Great
James
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$800
[15]
Thanks to this 2-word financial term that produces exponential growth, even a small sum of money can eventually grow into a fortune
compounding interest
Katie
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|
$1,000
[9]
In 1822 the adventurer Edward John Trelawny arranged the cremation of this Romantic poet after he drowned in Italy
Shelley
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$1,000
[28]
Forklift training is mandated & governed by this regulatory agency of the U.S. Department of Labor
OSHA
Katie
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$1,000
[10]
What's in the box?! Why, a clue about this extrasolar moon in "Avatar: The Way of Water"
Pandora
Jonathan
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$1,000
[8]
A Euro auto brand, or an official decree from a royal
Fiat
James
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$1,000
[12]
A queen at 6 days old, this daughter of James V was a foot taller than average for her time: 5'11" while she still had a head
Mary, Queen of Scots
James
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$1,000
[18]
A single gram of the 210 isotope of this, the most radioactive naturally occurring element, could kill 50 million people--yikes
polonium
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| TAKE ME TO THE RIVER | FACE, THE MUSIC | MUSEUM PIECES | THE SOCIAL BOOKSHELF | CRIME & PUNISHMENT | CROSSWORD CLUES "G" |
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$400
[26]
Rising in the Black Forest, this river waltzes through 10 countries, including Ukraine & Moldova
the Danube
James
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$400
[30]
This Lady Gaga song says, "Play the cards with spades to start"--which, come to think of it, sounds more like bridge
"Poker Face"
Jonathan
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$400
[10]
The Louvre's website says, apparently without irony, that this piece found on a Greek island "was welcomed with open arms" in 1821
the Venus de Milo
Katie
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$400
[28]
A Madeline Potter book tells the story of this marginalized group thought to have migrated to Europe from India & moved a lot since
the Roma
James
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$400
[29]
For defrauding Theranos investors: sentenced to more than 11 years in federal prison
(Elizabeth) Holmes
Katie
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$400
[15]
Total traffic jam(8 letters)
gridlock
Jonathan
|
|
$800
[25]
The Pampanga, Cagayan & Mindanao Rivers run through this country
the Philippines
James
|
$800
[2]
"I know she'll be the death of me / At least we'll both be numb", sang The Weeknd in this chart-topper
"Can't Feel My Face"
James
|
$800
[9]
Found on a Scottish island in 1831, the 12th century Lewis chessmennow reside in this museum a few hundred miles to the south
the British Museum
James
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$800
[18]
In 2016 the N.Y. Times called his "Hillbilly Elegy" a "discerning sociological analysis of the white underclass"
Vance
Katie
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$800
[27]
For jury tampering & mishandling of the Teamsters' pension fund: prison time, before he disappeared
Hoffa
Jonathan
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$800
[11]
Specs(7 letters)
glasses
Jonathan
|
|
$1,200
[24]
Burn on, big river; the Cuyahoga in this city made news after it caught fire in 1969, but that had happened at least a dozen times before
Cleveland
James
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$1,200
[1]
The classic musical "Bye Bye Birdie" gave us the song that says, "Gray skies are gonna clear up", so do this
put on a happy face
Katie
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$1,200
[5]
At Chicago's Field Museum, say hi to specimen FMNH PR 2081, better known by this female first name & looking good for 67 million years
Sue
James
Jonathan
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$1,200
[17]
In a 2019 book Patricia Hill Collins says this concept sits "at the crossroads of multiple... communities"
intersectionality
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[16]
For separate attempts to assassinate him, Lynette Fromme & Sara Jane Moore: life in prison; both were paroled
(Gerald) Ford
Katie
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$1,200
[12]
Early record player(10 letters)
gramophone
Jonathan
|
|
$2,000
[7]
If you include the Irtysh as part of the main course, this Siberian river flows over 3,300 miles (but only uses 2 letters to do so)
the Ob
Katie
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$1,600
[22]
Adele did this amazing title thing & "watched it pour as I touched your face"
"Set Fire To The Rain"
Katie
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$1,600
[3]
The Planes of Fame Air Museum boasts the only authentic still-flying model of the Japanese World War II fighter with this numeric nickname
the Zero
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$2,000
[19]
Works by this thinker include "Gender Trouble" & "Who's Afraid of Gender?"
(Judith) Butler
James
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$1,600
[20]
For war crimes & crimes against the Jewish people & humanity: death by hanging in Israel, in 1962
Adolf Eichmann
Katie
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$1,600
[13]
A slug or snail, by class(9 letters)
a gastropod
|
|
DD
$6,800
[6]
This end-of-the-alphabet river begins in the central African plateau & drains an area of 500,000 square miles
the Zambezi
James
|
$2,000
[23]
The Faceswere early '70s stars with future Rolling Stone Ron Wood on guitar & this soon-to-be solo superstar on lead vocals
Rod Stewart
James
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$2,000
[4]
Visiting the Rijksmuseum? Don't miss the blue & whiteware from this city, including dishes, vases & much more
Delft
James
|
DD
$6,000
[8]
Chapter 3 of "The Souls of Black Folk" by W.E.B. DuBois is about the views of this educator & rival
(Booker T.) Washington
James
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$2,000
[21]
Portrayed on screen by Charlize Theron: admitted to several murders, died by lethal injection
Aileen Wuornos
Jonathan
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$2,000
[14]
Chief ore from which to get the lead out(6 letters)
galena
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Studying a hormone in the venom of this reptile species that may allow it to eat infrequently led to the weight-loss drug Ozempic
the Gila monster