Angel Gomez — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Alex Hovan — a graduate student from Champaign, Illinois
Jared Cohen — a private equity analyst from Narberth, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,223)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jared | $2,800 | $5,200 | $1 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Alex | $2,800 | $2,600 | $11,100 |
$18,100
New champion: $18,100 |
$11,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Angel | $600 | $3,600 | $8,800 |
$16,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
18 R, 7 W |
| GEOLOGY | FILM & TV SPACESHIPS | WHAT'S IN YOUR FOOD? | "B" WRITERS | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | THE POSSESSIVE CASE |
|
$200
[5]
Any recognizable prehistoric remains of plants or animals buried in the earth; it's from the Latin for "dug up"
a fossil
Jared
|
$200
[1]
The Robinson family traveled aboard the Jupiter II, trying to find a way back to Earth on this show
Lost in Space
Jared
|
$200
[9]
Whether firm, soft or silken, this soy product is an excellent source of protein
tofu
Jared
Alex
|
$200
[15]
This English minister made some real "Pilgrim's Progress" in the 1670s and 1680s
(John) Bunyan
Alex
|
$200
[12]
Those who raised $200,000 for W's re-election were called these, like players on the baseball team he once owned
Rangers
Alex
|
$200
[26]
13, to the guy who makes your bread
a baker's dozen
Angel
|
|
$400
[6]
Abraham Werner & his followers in the 18th c. were called Neptunists; they believed that all rocks were formed here
the ocean
Angel
|
$400
[2]
The Atlantia & the Pacifica were 2 of the other Battlestars on this TV show bearing another spaceship's name
Battlestar Galactica
Jared
|
$400
[10]
Being very high in this (for a fruit) has given avocados the nickname "butter pear"
fat
Alex
|
$400
[16]
This Scottish playwright's initials stood for James Matthew
(James Matthew) Barrie
Jared
|
$400
[17]
In 1955 Congress raised this from 75 cents to $1; today you get more than that from the tooth fairy
the minimum (hourly) wage
Alex
|
$400
[27]
It doesn't hold athletic equipment but, proverbially, the remains of those who have perished at sea
Davy Jones's locker
Angel
|
|
$600
[7]
In the 5th century B.C., Empedocles argued that everything that exists can be reduced to these 4 elements
earth, air, water & fire
Jared
Angel
|
$600
[3]
In "Star Trek III" Christopher Lloyd as a villain from this race commanded a spaceship called the Bird of Prey
the Klingons
Jared
Angel
|
$600
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew bakes up the next clue from the Boudin Bakery in San Francisco, CA.) San Francisco's sourdough bread gets its unique flavor from a combination of wild yeast & Lactobacillus, one of these, which thrive in the foggy climate
a bacterium
Angel
|
$600
[18]
This author of "Humboldt's Gift" received the gift of a Guggenheim fellowship
(Saul) Bellow
Alex
|
$600
[23]
This color paper is a publication that sets forth the government's position on a particular issue
a white paper
Angel
|
$600
[28]
According to a Jan & Dean song, it's "no place to play"
Dead Man's Curve
|
|
$800
[21]
In the 1830s Louis Agassiz proved that these moved, bringing with them the rocks & boulders that covered Europe
glaciers
Angel
|
$800
[4]
The Discovery is the spaceship sent to investigate a mysterious monolith's signal in this film
2001: A Space Odyssey
Angel
|
$800
[13]
A Burger King whopper contains 1,020 milligrams of this chemical element--& it's worth every milligram
sodium
Alex
|
$800
[19]
This author of "Erewhon" went "The Way of All Flesh" in 1903
Samuel Butler
|
$800
[24]
Sandburg wrote that this representative form of govt. "is a dream. Nothing happens unless first a dream"
a republic
Angel
|
$800
[29]
This historic San Francisco waterfront is famed for its Dungeness crab
Fisherman's Wharf
Angel
|
|
$1,000
[22]
According to plate tectonics theory, there are many plates, each consisting of the crust & the upper part of this
the mantle
Jared
|
$1,000
[8]
In this 1979 film, the mining ship Nostromo lands on a distant planet to investigate a suspected S.O.S.
Alien
Jared
|
$1,000
[14]
This ingredient makes a Caesar salad especially likely to come, see & conquer you with Salmonella
egg
Alex
|
DD
$1,200
[20]
In 1928 he moved to Paris & met fellow Irish writer James Joyce, with whom he formed a lasting friendship
(Samuel) Beckett
Alex
|
$1,000
[25]
In Chicago Joe Rostenkowski was boss of the 32nd of these political divisions
wards
Jared
|
$1,000
[30]
This association of British insurance underwriters began in 1688
Lloyd's of London
Angel
|
| THE 10 LARGEST COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD | THE EUROVISION SONG CONTEST | GROUPS | COMPETITORS TO NASA | WORLD WAR II | "V" FOR VICTORY |
|
$400
[6]
The one that borders no other countries
Australia
Jared
|
$400
[1]
The Eurovision Song Contest grew out of the San Remo Song Festival, a competition in this country
Italy
Alex
Angel
|
$400
[26]
Baptism, penance holy eucharist, confirmation, holy orders, matrimony, anointing of the sick
the Sacraments
Angel
|
$400
[19]
This state's spaceport risks encroaching on the habitat of the Mojave Desert tortoise
California
Jared
|
$400
[14]
"Yank" was the weekly magazine produced by this branch of our Armed Services
the Army
Angel
|
$400
[11]
Biologist Max Del Bruck shared a 1969 Nobel Prize for his work on the genetics of these microscopic parasites
viruses
Jared
|
|
$800
[7]
The one that spans 11 time zones
Russia
Angel
|
$800
[2]
This pop group was on the fast track to fame after winning the contest in 1974 with the song "Waterloo"
ABBA
Alex
|
$800
[27]
Boreas, Zephyrus, Notus, Eurus
winds
Angel
|
$800
[20]
Baikonur hopes to send people around the moon by 2009 for make benefit glorious nation of this, where it's located
Kazakhstan
Jared
|
$800
[15]
The German panzerschreck, like the American bazooka, was designed as an anti-this vehicle weapon
a tank
Angel
|
$800
[12]
Leapin' lizards! It's the athletic activity seen here
the vault
Alex
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The third largest
the United States
Jared
Angel
|
$1,200
[3]
More famous for songs like "Rocket Man", this songwriting duo wrote one of the songs for the U.K. effort in 1969
Elton John & Bernie Taupin
|
$1,200
[28]
Corinthian, Composite, Tuscan, Doric, Ionic
columns
Jared
|
$1,200
[21]
Esrange Space Center is located near Kiruna, way north of the Arctic Circle in this European country
Sweden
Alex
Angel
|
$1,200
[16]
Boris III brought this Balkan country into WWII
Bulgaria
|
$1,200
[13]
With French troops advancing on Germany in 1792, Beethoven moved to this neighboring capital city
Vienna
Angel
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The 2 that are in the British Commonwealth & north of the Equator
Canada & India
|
$2,000
[5]
They must have been "walking on sunshine" when they won in 1997 for the U.K. with "Love Shine A Light"
Katrina & The Waves
Alex
|
$2,000
[30]
Up, down, strange, charm, bottom, top
quarks
Angel
|
$1,600
[22]
This country might not run the Port of New York, but it will be home to the Ras Al-Khaimah Spaceport
the United Arab Emirates
Jared
|
$1,600
[17]
This heavy German offensive that began on December 16, 1944 took the Americans by surprise
the Battle Of The Bulge
Angel
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1997 Jules Feiffer left this newspaper after more than 40 years of cartooning there
Village Voice
|
|
$2,000
[10]
The only one in Africa
the Sudan
Jared
Alex
Angel
|
DD
$2,500
[4]
Though she's from Quebec, she won the contest in 1988 for Switzerland with "Ne Partez Pas Sans Moi"
(Celine) Dion
Alex
|
DD
$3,599
[29]
Infant, schoolboy, lover, soldier, the Justice, the Pantaloon, second childishness
Shakespeare's Seven Ages Of Man
Jared
|
$2,000
[23]
Take a boat down the Strait of Johor before you catch a space flight near Changi Airport in this city-state
Singapore
Angel
|
$2,000
[18]
On January 22, 1944 the Allies began storming this Italian beach
Anzio
|
$2,000
[25]
Believed by many to be a forgery, Paul's Epistle to the Laodiceans is found only in some editions of this Latin Bible
the Vulgate
Alex
|
The original one of these on Mass.'s Little Brewster Island was built in 1716; automation didn't come until 1998
a lighthouse