Jamie Ding game 10.
Jeff Bienstock — a musical theater writer from Brooklyn, New York
Donna Vaughan Singer — a radio news anchor from Long Island, New York
Jamie Ding — a bureaucrat and law student from Lawrenceville, New Jersey (whose 9-day cash winnings total $245,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $8,800 | $14,400 | $26,000 |
$27,008
10-day champion: $272,810 |
$22,400
32 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Donna | $600 | $1,400 | $3,800 |
$7,598
2nd place: $3,000 |
$3,800
6 R, 1 W |
| Jeff | $1,600 | $3,400 | $4,400 |
$5
3rd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| IT'S OPENING DAY! | THIS SIDE OF PARADISE, NEVADA | PLOT HOLES | UNIQUE SCHOOLS | SCRUM ONE, SCRUM ALL | WHAT IS THAT THING?! |
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$200
[7]
Of course he hit a 3-run homer in 1923 to power New York to a 4-1 Opening-Day win in the first game played at Yankee Stadium
(Babe) Ruth
Jamie
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$200
[20]
Go north & west from Paradise to another state & walk the Mesquite Flat Dunes of this hot & dry 3.4-million-acre national park
Death Valley
Donna
Jeff
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$200
[29]
With Javert on his mind, he "was seeking a hole in which he might hide until he could find one where he might dwell"
Jean Valjean
Jamie
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$200
[30]
Widespread lack of reindeer knowledge was a reason Charles Howard created a school for folks trying to cosplay as this fella
Santa Claus
Jamie
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$200
[26]
In 1 Samuel, this man took on a foe "whose height was six cubits and a span" & got to smoting
David
Jamie
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$200
[21]
Ew! that thing is this mollusk-containing adjective meaning soft & moist, like a hand I don't want to shake
clammy
Donna
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$400
[19]
He hit career homer 714 on his first swing on Opening Day 1974
Hank Aaron
Donna
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$400
[13]
About 30 miles southeast of Paradise, you'll find this marvel, constructed in the early 1930s
Hoover Dam
Jamie
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$400
[4]
In a 1937 fantasy novel, this "well-to-do" guy lived in a hole "in the neighbourhood of the Hill"
Bilbo Baggins
Jeff
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$400
[27]
Learn how to swim with just a single tail at the Los Angeles school named for this mythical creature
mermaid
Jamie
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$400
[8]
The last words of Gen. John Sedgwick, at Spotsylvania during this war: "They couldn't hit an elephant at this distance"
the U.S. Civil War
Jamie
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$400
[22]
Ugh! that thing is bulging & swollen, i.e., this word from Greek for the edible part of an onion
bulbous
Jamie
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$600
[2]
Because of one of these actions, MLB's 1995 Opening Day didn't happen until April 25
a strike
Jeff
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$600
[16]
Travel 2,100 miles from Paradise, Nevada to another unincorporated Paradise in this Midwest state's Upper Peninsula
Michigan
Jamie
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$600
[3]
He lives in a comfy hole "in the middle of the wild wood" & on a snowy night, it's a good thing for Rat & Mole that he does
Mr. Badger
Jeff
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$600
[6]
Norland College in Bath, England trains people to work in this profession, Fran Fine's title trade on TV
nanny
Donna
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$600
[11]
Choose your fighter! Kenshi! Maybe Kitana! Or perhaps Baraka! They are all in this video game series! Now finish him! Or her! OK, it!
Mortal Kombat
Jamie
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$600
[14]
Keep that thing outside! That thing emits a this type of odor that comes from the glandular secretions of male deer
musky
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$800
[12]
No surprise, this all-time MLB hit king holds the record with 31 Opening-Day hits
Pete Rose
Jamie
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$800
[18]
Try your luck at Harrah's Casino in Vegas or travel north on U.S. 95 & cut west to get to the Harrah's on this lake
Tahoe
Jamie
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$800
[1]
He "approached the hole he had dug, ...with the aid of the torch... the treasure was there"; start counting, Monte Cristo!
(Edmond) Dantès
Jamie
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$1,000
[10]
You won't want to get very, very sleepy in class at HMI, where the "H" represents this technique
hypnotism (hypnosis)
Jamie
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$800
[23]
Slaying was on the to-do list of this man of myth; specifically, the Nemean lion &--oh hail, no!--the Hydra
Heracles
Jamie
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$800
[9]
That thing is really this word meaning twisted & covered in knots; Shakespeare uses it (about a tree) but not the ‑ly ending version
gnarled
Jamie
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$1,000
[17]
In 1940 Bob Feller threw an Opening-Day no-hitter as this city's team beat the White Sox 1-0
Cleveland
Jeff
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$1,000
[24]
Go west & down under from Paradise to Surfer's Paradise in this precious-sounding two-word locale near Brisbane
the Gold Coast
Jeff
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$1,000
[5]
This "colorful" camp is where "you take a bad boy and make him dig a hole every day in the hot sun... (to) turn him into a good boy"
Camp Green Lake
Jamie
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DD
$4,400
[15]
Tucked away off the Appian Way is a school dedicated to this ancient combat profession
gladiator
Jamie
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$1,000
[28]
In football's Iron Bowl, Alabama faces this rival; Tim Cook & "Celebrity Jeopardy!" vet Charles Barkley are alums
Auburn
Jamie
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$1,000
[25]
I must admit that thing does have this appealing type of milky luster that calls to mind an October birthstone
opalescent
Jamie
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| GLOBAL FOOD | HISTORY | WRITING TEAMS | LET'S SCIENCE THIS | I PLAY BASSOON | IN TAME IMPALA |
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$400
[30]
The white pearl albino variety of this product from the Caspian Sea can run about $15,000 per pound
caviar
Jamie
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$400
[5]
This ruling dynasty of English monarchs that came to power in 1485 originated in Wales
the Tudor Dynasty
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$400
[29]
Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio, the team behind this franchise about Jack Sparrow, tell you writing secrets at wordplayer.com
Pirates of the Caribbean
Jamie
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$400
[28]
The thickest of the Earth's layers, it extends through about 1,800 miles of hot, viscous rock
the mantle
Jeff
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$400
[1]
Mozart wrote 2 works for bassoon: a concerto & a sonata with this large string instrument; it has a wide range like the bassoon's
cello
Jamie
Donna
Jeff
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$400
[27]
One topic on an agenda, or a pair of lovers, as in "John & Mary are" this
an item
Jamie
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$800
[14]
In emulation of Muhammad, these desert fruits, tamr in Arabic, are commonly eaten to break one's fast during Ramadan
a date
Jeff
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$800
[6]
In 1521 Magellan claimed these Asian islands for Spain, which held them until losing a war in 1898
the Philippines
Jamie
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$800
[23]
Betty Comden from Brooklyn & Adolph Green of the Bronx wrote the words to this--the "helluva town" song, not the "be a part of it" 1
"New York, New York"
Jamie
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$800
[22]
In 1995 scientists at CERN manipulated positrons to orbit antiprotons, creating the first atoms of this once sci-fi stuff
antimatter
Jamie
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$800
[2]
Rachel Gough's long tenure as principal bassoon here, the LSO, includes a concerto written for her as part of its 2004 centennial
the London Symphony Orchestra
Jamie
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$800
[26]
This type of tree is evergreen, so winter, spring, summer or fall, you've got a frond
a palm
Donna
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$1,200
[24]
A few years ago people in Tokyo voted this instant dish the greatest Japanese invention of the 20th century
(Top) ramen
Jeff
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$1,200
[18]
17th century Muslim pirates who gave 10% to their wealthy backers operated off this North African coast named for a local people
the Barbary Coast
Jeff
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$1,200
[8]
In 2025 these 2 guys signed a $1.5 billion deal to make 50 more episodes of their Comedy Central show
Parker & Stone
Jamie
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$1,600
[3]
The radiation named for this man is theoretically emitted by the space-time around a black hole
Stephen Hawking
Jamie
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$1,200
[19]
Anthony Parnther performed the solos when Amy Ryan played a bassoonist on this TV series about Upper West Side crime solvers
Only Murders in the Building
Jeff
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$1,200
[21]
In the 14th century, the increased power of weapons led tochainmailgiving way to this type of armor
plate
Jamie
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$1,600
[7]
With its creamy texture & mild taste, ricotta cheese is traditionally made in Italy from this milk component
whey
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$1,600
[13]
Rivals of Rome, the Parthians ruled a vast empire from their kingdom south of the Caspian Sea in what is today this nation
Iran
Jamie
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$1,600
[11]
Richard Levinson & William Link created this rumpled cop for a 1960 "Chevy Mystery Show", long before Peter Falk played him
Columbo
Jeff
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$2,000
[15]
Water freezes at 273.15 this, & you don't need to add "degrees"
Kelvin
Jamie
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DD
$1,200
[12]
A landmark in 20th c. music, it opens with an unusually high bassoon solo, adding to audience confusion at the wild 1st performance
The Rite of Spring
Jeff
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$1,600
[16]
Scholars debate whether Hamlet says, "O that this too too" solid or sullied "flesh would" do this
melt
Jeff
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$2,000
[20]
The name of this Mexican soup that's from the Nahuatl word for hominy can be spelled with an S or a Z
pozole
Jamie
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$2,000
[4]
This Native American people who share their name with one of the Finger Lakes were the largest in the Iroquois Confederacy
the Seneca
Donna
Jeff
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$2,000
[10]
He teamed up with Ben Elton to write "Blackadder" before becoming the master of Brits in love with films like "Notting Hill"
Richard Curtis
Jamie
Jeff
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DD
$3,400
[25]
1 shift, 2 shift, these 2 terms for increase & decrease in light wavelengths from an object moving toward & away from you
red shift, blue shift
Jeff
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$1,600
[9]
A bridging figure from the classical to this emotional age, Carl Maria von Weber wrote bassoon works for virtuoso G.F. Brandt
the Romantic Era
Jeff
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$2,000
[17]
It's amarine snailvery hard to pry off a rock
limpet
Jeff
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When it was founded in northern Minnesota in 1902, this company had one goal--to mine for corundum; it has since expanded
3M