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>Rachel Clark, a director of client strategy from Washington, D.C.
>Matthew Ott, an accountant from La Crescenta, California
>Daniel Ciarrocchi, a writer from Baltimore, Maryland
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>Jeopardy! Round
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<td id="clue_J_1_1" class="clue_text">In this Bible book, the children of Israel "were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the Desert of Sinai"
>Exodus>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_2_1" class="clue_text">In the 1990s this Chicago Bulls guard was the MVP of the NBA Finals a record 6 times
Jordan>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_3_1" class="clue_text">This 1885 book is subtitled "Tom Sawyer's Comrade"
>>Huckleberry Finn>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_4_1" class="clue_text">Referring to the extensive quarries there, it's "the Granite State"
(Daniel: What is Vermont?) >r />New Hampshire>r />r />>r>>Daniel | >Matthew | >table>
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<td id="clue_J_5_1" class="clue_text">In 1919 this school was established as the Southern Branch of the University of California
UCLA>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_6_1" class="clue_text">It's a vibration of the soft palate while you sleep
snore>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_1_2" class="clue_text">The barchan type of this is crescent-shaped & is formed by a constant wind coming from one direction
(Daniel: What's a sandstorm?) >r />a sand dune>r />r />>r>>Daniel | >Rachel | >table>
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<td id="clue_J_2_2" class="clue_text">In June 2002 this Lakers coach became the all-time leader in playoff victories by winning his 156th game
Phil Jackson>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_3_2" class="clue_text">In a J.M. Barrie play, she & her brothers Michael & John get sprinkled with fairy dust & fly off into the night
Wendy>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_4_2" class="clue_text">King Louis XIV was known as "Louis the Great", "Louis the Grand Monarch" & "Le Roi Soleil", meaning this
Sun King>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_5_2" class="clue_text">Colleges in this state include Black Hills State University & Oglala Lakota College
South Dakota>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_6_2" class="clue_text">Come one, come all to ye olde inn & enjoy our bill of fare & flagons of ale as in days of this
yore>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_1_3" class="clue_text">Canteens empty! I'm going to perish in the Chihuahuan Desert!>--but look, it's this 1,900-mile-long river!
the Rio Grande>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_2_3" class="clue_text">In 2001 the Vancouver Grizzlies relocated to this U.S. city
Memphis>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_3_3" class="clue_text">This feline friend of Winnie-the-Pooh appears in "The House at Pooh Corner", but not in the original book
Tigger>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_4_3" class="clue_text">Stockbroker Jordan Belfort's nickname, it's the title of Scorsese's 2013 biopic of him
"The Wolf of Wall Street">r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_5_3" class="clue_text">Opened in 1865, this N.E. college was started by a scientist for an increasingly industrialized America
[Buzzy reads "N.E." as "New England".] (Matthew: What is Smith? College?) >r />m class="correct_response">MIT>r />r />>r>>Matthew | >table>>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_J_6_3" class="clue_text">A germ cell, perhaps for a plant
>m class="correct_response">a spore>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_1_4" class="clue_text">The Namib Desert of West Africa is home to a mountain variety of this member of the horse family
[ERRATUM: The Namib Desert is in southwestern Africa, not in the region of West Africa.] >r />m class="correct_response">the zebra>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_2_4" class="clue_text">In 1995 this Houston Rockets center scored a then-record 131 points in a 4-game NBA Finals
>m class="correct_response">Hakeem Olajuwon>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_3_4" class="clue_text">He illustrated his own "Where the Wild Things Are" as well as several of the "Little Bear" books for kids
>m class="correct_response">Sendak>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_4_4" class="clue_text">This French tennis player & shirt tycoon was "the Crocodile"
>m class="correct_response">Lacoste>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_5_4" class="clue_text">This university in West Virginia is named for the Supreme Court Chief Justice who raised the court to a position of power
>m class="correct_response">Marshall>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_6_4" class="clue_text">U.S. Navy rank abolished for good in 1986
>m class="correct_response">Commodore>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_1_5" class="clue_text">La Guajira desert is connected by gas pipeline to nearby Barranquilla in this South American country
(Buzzy: Barranquilla, a big city in [*].) >r />m class="correct_response">Colombia>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_J_2_5" class="clue_text">The NBA's Coach of the Year Trophy is named for this longtime Celtics coach
>m class="correct_response">Auerbach>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_3_5" class="clue_text">In Janell Cannon's "Stellaluna", one of these flying animals is adopted by a family of birds
>m class="correct_response">a bat>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_4_5" class="clue_text">A Yat, as in "Where y'at?", is a person from this Southern U.S. city
>m class="correct_response">New Orleans>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_J_5_5" class="clue_text">The Daily Wildcat is the college newspaper from this Southwestern university
>m class="correct_response">Arizona>r />r />
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<td id="clue_J_6_5" class="clue_text">Classical music greats Horowitz & Rostropovich each put out an album of tunes they used as these crowd-pleasers
>m class="correct_response">encores>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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Scores at the first commercial break (after clue 15):
Daniel |
Matthew |
Rachel |
$2,000 |
$2,200 |
$3,800 |
Scores at the end of the Jeopardy! Round:
Daniel |
Matthew |
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$2,400 |
$3,000 |
$9,700 |
Double Jeopardy! Round
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<td id="clue_DJ_1_1" class="clue_text">Sitcom is short for this
>m class="correct_response">situational comedy>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_2_1" class="clue_text">Chronologically, he was the first who fits the category
>m class="correct_response">Jefferson>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_3_1" class="clue_text">Julie Taymor directed the 2006 opera "Grendel", which retold this classic tale from the monster's point of view
>m class="correct_response">>Beowulf>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_4_1" class="clue_text">In 2001 it merged with Time Warner
>m class="correct_response">AOL>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_5_1" class="clue_text">This, used to filter food from water by certain whales, is a keratinized structure, much like hair or nails
>m class="correct_response">baleen>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_6_1" class="clue_text">This interjection used after someone sneezes means "health" in German
>m class="correct_response">>Gesundheit>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_1_2" class="clue_text">Mecha is a genre of anime typically featuring giant these resembling people
>m class="correct_response">robots>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_2_2" class="clue_text">He was preceded & succeeded as president by the same man
>m class="correct_response">Benjamin Harrison>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_3_2" class="clue_text">Andre Gretry, "the Moliere of music", composed a 1784 opera about this crusading king
(Matthew: Who's Richard III?) >r />m class="correct_response">Richard I>r />r />>r>>Matthew | >Rachel | >table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_4_2" class="clue_text">Yasir Arafat was the head of it from 1969 to 2004
>m class="correct_response">the PLO>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_5_2" class="clue_text">The most intelligent of all invertebrates is thought to be O. vulgaris, the common type of this cephalopod
>m class="correct_response">octopus>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_6_2" class="clue_text">It's how you say "good morning" in German
>m class="correct_response">>guten Morgen>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_1_3" class="clue_text">Some people describe a sentimental film as a "three-" this accessory picture
(Daniel: What is... act?) >r />m class="correct_response">handkerchief>r />r />>r>>Daniel | >Rachel | >table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_2_3" class="clue_text">He beat Clinton-->DeWitt Clinton-->in 1812
>m class="correct_response">Madison>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_3_3" class="clue_text">Rossini's opera about this tragic title character is subtitled "Il Moro di Venezia"
>(Daniel: What's Madame Butterfly?) >r />m class="correct_response">Otello>r />r />>r>>Daniel | >table>>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_4_3" class="clue_text">Russia's Tupolev Tu-144 was the world's first type of this speedy jet
(Matthew: What's a MiG?) >r />m class="correct_response">an SST>r />r />>r>>Matthew | >table>>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_5_3" class="clue_text">Males of this small marine creature carry the fertilized eggs in a brood pouch beneath a prehensile tail
>m class="correct_response">a seahorse>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_6_3" class="clue_text">In German, what's mine is mein & what's yours is this rhyming word
(Matthew: What's jein ["YINE"]?) >r />m class="correct_response">>dein>r />r />>r>>Matthew | >table>>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_1_4" class="clue_text">This 2000 film is the most recent Best Picture Oscar winner in the sword-&-sandal genre
>m class="correct_response">>Gladiator>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_2_4" class="clue_text">For refusing to shine the boots of a British officer as a child, he got a saber across the face
>m class="correct_response">Jackson>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_3_4" class="clue_text">The name of this Italian opera house means "theater at the stairway"
>m class="correct_response">La Scala>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_4_4" class="clue_text">Headquartered in Atlanta, this agency, established in 1946, grew out of a U.S. anti-malaria program
>m class="correct_response">the CDC>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_5_4" class="clue_text">The loggerhead species of this reptile often feeds on jellyfish in the open seas
>m class="correct_response">turtle>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_6_4" class="clue_text">The OED calls these German fashion statements "leather shorts as worn in alpine regions"
>m class="correct_response">>Lederhosen>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_1_5" class="clue_text">Video games with wide-open worlds & roles are named for this playground spot
>m class="correct_response">a sandbox>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_2_5" class="clue_text">He whipped 2 former presidents in the same election by an electoral score of 435-88-8
>m class="correct_response">Wilson>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_3_5" class="clue_text">The full title of this Wagner opera includes the words "and the Singer's Contest on the Wartburg"
>m class="correct_response">>Tannhäuser>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_4_5" class="clue_text">The Honda Fourtrax Recon is this type of transport that can give you a real lift in the desert
>m class="correct_response">an ATV>r />r />
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<td id="clue_DJ_5_5" class="clue_text">This name for a common sea snail is also that of a blue-violet flower
>m class="correct_response">periwinkle>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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<td id="clue_DJ_6_5" class="clue_text">German term for a novel about the education & coming of age of a young protagonist
>m class="correct_response">>Bildungsroman>r />r />>r>d class="wrong">Triple Stumper>table>
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Scores at the end of the Double Jeopardy! Round:
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$4,800 |
$8,800 |
$22,300 |
>[wagering suggestions for these scores]
Final Jeopardy! Round
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<td id="clue_FJ" class="clue_text">A book by historian Thomas Carlyle that Dickens said he'd read 500 times has this title subject that Charles would write about himself
>[The rendering of the responses are guesses.] (Buzzy: This was actually [*], which Dickens, of course, wrote about in >A Tale of Two Cities.)>r>>Daniel | >What is architecture? | >r>>$3,199 | >r>>Matthew | >What is poverty? | >r>>$8,800 | >r>>Rachel | >What is | >r>>$0 | >table>>the French Revolution
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Final scores:
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>$1,601 |
$0 |
$22,300 |
>Game dynamics:
Daniel |
Matthew |
Rachel |
$4,800 |
$7,000 |
$17,400 |
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