Erik Nelson game 2.
Melissa Noble — an attorney from Sacramento, California
Mengmeng Zhang — a systems manager from Fort Worth, Texas
Erik Nelson — a graduate student from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $2,400 | $5,400 | $18,000 |
$25,801
2-day champion: $51,002 |
$17,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mengmeng | $1,600 | $4,000 | $12,900 |
$6,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,400
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Melissa | $200 | $2,600 | $1,000 |
$1,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,000
12 R, 4 W |
| THE OLD TESTAMENT | MILITARY MOVIES | THE HIGHEST-SCORING SCRABBLE WORD | FORMER NAMES ON THE MAP | FAMOUS QUESTIONS | YOU JUST HAVE TO "ASK" |
|
$200
[13]
This strongman's last prayer was that God give him the strength to collapse the temple of his Philistine captors
Samson
Melissa
|
$200
[12]
2007:James McAvoy is trying to get evacuated at Dunkirk & return to Keira Knightley
Atonement
Erik
|
$200
[6]
Copper, zinc, brass
zinc
Melissa
|
$200
[1]
In 2007 this island reverted back to its pre-WWII name of Iwo To
Iwo Jima
Erik
|
$200
[26]
"The sparrow" is the answer to the nursery rhyme murder query "Who killed..."
Cock Robin
Melissa
|
$200
[7]
It's a title Sherlockian dog
the Hound of the Baskervilles
Melissa
|
|
$400
[15]
After the golden calf was destroyed, Moses was directed to make this; it was later set up in the tabernacle
the Ark of the Covenant
Erik
|
$400
[14]
1930:World War I trench warfare seen from the German perspective
All Quiet On The Western Front
Erik
|
$400
[22]
Fake, cake, bake
fake
Melissa
|
$400
[2]
When Myanmar won its independence from the U.K. in 1948, it was still known by this name
Burma
Erik
Mengmeng
|
$400
[27]
Try this opening line on a girl in China & she may say "ox" or "rat"; in the U.S. she may say "Libra" or "Taurus"
What's your sign?
Melissa
|
$400
[8]
Here's the 411: "FAQ" typically stands for this
frequently asked questions
Melissa
|
|
$600
[16]
In Leviticus, Israelite woman Shelomith had a son with a man of this North African people
the Egyptians
Erik
|
$600
[19]
1962:A young British officer leads the revolt against the Ottoman Empire
Lawrence of Arabia
Melissa
|
$600
[23]
Pickle, lettuce, onion
pickle
Mengmeng
|
$600
[3]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Most of the territory of the republic of New Granada became this modern-day country from which an isthmus became independent in 1903
Colombia
Erik
|
$600
[28]
Clara Peller's classic query in a Wendy's ad
Where's the beef?
Erik
|
$600
[9]
Johnny, hand me this, my small flat glass bottle that holds my "medicine"
my flask
Erik
|
|
$800
[17]
When this wicked Phoenician princess married King Ahab, Ahab adopted her worship of Baal
Jezebel
|
$800
[20]
1970:Rod Steiger plays Rod Steiger playing Napoleon in his most famous & last battle
Waterloo
Mengmeng
|
$800
[24]
Abdomen, foot, jaw
jaw
Melissa
|
$1,000
[5]
(Jon of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) What were formerly Northern & Southern Rhodesiaare today these two countries
Zimbabwe & Zambia
Mengmeng
|
$800
[29]
Henry Stanley's famous interrogative in 1871 Africa
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
Erik
|
$800
[10]
The 2 U.S. states that fit the category
Alaska & Nebraska
Erik
Melissa
|
|
$1,000
[18]
The book of this farmer-turned-prophet is the first alphabetically in the Old Testament
Amos
Erik
|
$1,000
[21]
1981:Misfits take over & complete their own basic training; "That's the fact, Jack!"
Stripes
Mengmeng
|
$1,000
[25]
Economics, chemistry, physics
chemistry
Melissa
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
Europeans once referred to China as this, still seen in the name of an airline
Cathay
Erik
|
$1,000
[30]
George & Martha are the boozy twosome in this Albee play
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Melissa
|
$1,000
[11]
Gordie Howe got his first pair of skates growing up in this Canadian city
Saskatoon
Mengmeng
|
| ARCHAEOLOGY | THAR HE BLOWS! | BIRTH OF A PRESIDENT | POPULATION-POURRI | AUTHORS ON AUTHORS | TELL ME "Y" |
|
$400
[16]
Many of these subterranean Christian cemeteries in Rome have been found using written ancient guides
catacombs
Melissa
|
$400
[14]
On Sept. 29, 1947 the sax of this "Bird" sang in his Carnegie Hall debut
(Charlie) Parker
Mengmeng
|
$400
[2]
May 29, 1917 in Brookline, Massachusetts
JFK
Erik
|
$400
[8]
This Down Under city is home to more than 20% of its continent's population
Sydney
Mengmeng
|
$400
[1]
In a sonnet Wordsworth told this "Paradise Lost" poet "Thou should'st be living at this hour"
(John) Milton
Erik
|
$400
[25]
Annual keepsake containing photos of the students & faculty; will you sign mine?
a yearbook
Erik
|
|
$800
[17]
In 1947 2 shepherd boys found these in 8 large clay jars in a cave 7 miles south of Jericho
the Dead Sea Scrolls
Erik
|
$800
[15]
From 1967 to 1992 this Doc was in & trumpeting himself as the bandleader of "The Tonight Show"
Doc Severinsen
Melissa
|
$800
[3]
October 14, 1890 in Denison, Texas
Eisenhower
Mengmeng
|
$800
[9]
Of 25 million, 100 million or 200 million, the one closest to Mexico's population
100 million
Melissa
|
$800
[4]
In 1922 Virginia Woolf wrote of his "Ulysses", "Never have I read such tosh"
(James) Joyce
Mengmeng
|
$800
[30]
The capital of Jiangsu province is located on a bend in this river
the Yangtze
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[18]
This Egyptologist first became associated with Lord Carnarvon in 1906 while excavating the Theban necropolis
(Howard) Carter
Erik
|
$1,200
[29]
In 1997 this trumpeter became the first jazz composer to win a Pulitzer in music; Branford must've been proud
Wynton Marsalis
Mengmeng
|
$1,200
[11]
March 15, 1767 in either North Carolina or South Carolina--no one knows for sure
Andrew Jackson
Erik
|
$1,200
[10]
As a result of this calamity, the population of Ireland decreased by 25%, or 2 million people, in the 1840s
the Potato Famine
Erik
|
$1,200
[5]
Herman Melville wrote that this "is a sweet flower; may it flourish in every hedge"
the Hawthorne
|
$1,200
[21]
Popular branches include raja, kriya & hatha
yoga
Mengmeng
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In the 1940s chemist Willard Libby discovered this method of dating ancient artifacts
carbon-14 dating
Erik
|
$1,600
[26]
This trumpeter seenheresure could get cheeky
Dizzy Gillespie
Erik
|
$2,000
[13]
November 2, 1865 in Corsica (now Blooming Grove), Ohio
Warren G. Harding
Melissa
|
$1,600
[24]
This Eastern European city first mentioned around 1147 is the most populous in Europe, with over 10 million people
Moscow
Erik
|
$1,600
[6]
E.M. Forster said "Most of human life has to disappear" from the work of this "Portrait of a Lady" author
(Henry) James
Mengmeng
|
$1,600
[22]
The end of a spar perpendicular to a sailing ship's mast, it was a convenient place to hang your mutineers
the yardarm
Erik
|
|
$2,000
[20]
In the 1869 work "Ithaka, der Peloponnes und Troja", he announced his theory that Troy was at Hissarlik
(Heinrich) Schliemann
Mengmeng
|
$2,000
[27]
Gorelick is the last name of this guy who brings the sax-y back; he also has a UW accounting degree
Kenny G
Mengmeng
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
June 12, 1924 in Milton, Massachusetts
George Herbert Walker Bush
Erik
|
DD
$3,500
[28]
Of cities in titles of Shakespeare's plays, this Mediterranean capital has the highest population
Athens
Mengmeng
|
$2,000
[7]
This author was also a friend of Shakespeare but called his pal Donne "the first poet in the world in some things"
Ben Jonson
|
$2,000
[23]
If you're munching kebabs in Armenia's capital, you're in this city
Yerevan
Mengmeng
|
His "A Little Pretty Pocket-Book" from 1744 was one of the 1st books published specifically for children
John Newbery