Christine Valada game 4.
Sara Kniffen — a graduate student from Vermillion, South Dakota
Ed Perez-Giz — a tutor from New York, New York
Christine Valada — a photographer and attorney originally from Walton, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $54,403)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine | $2,600 | $5,400 | $9,600 |
$14,300
4-day champion: $68,703 |
$10,200
16 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ed | $1,200 | $3,600 | $9,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sara | $1,200 | $2,800 | $2,400 |
$2,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| METAFICTION | MOBISODES | TEA 'N T | WHICH CAME FIRST? | I FEEL LIKE SUCH AN IDIOM | THE E.U. |
|
$200
[9]
"The Wind Done Gone" re-envisions this novel from the viewpoint of a slave of Scarlett O'Hara's
Gone with the Wind
Sara
|
$200
[25]
"Chris-tuh-fuh"'s girlfriend Adriana took a ride she ain't comin' back from on this show; join the club, Adriana
The Sopranos
Sara
|
$200
[17]
Wired magazine asked & answered the question "How much is all the tea" here "actually worth?" $1,590,653,400
China
Christine
|
$200
[12]
Floppy disk, abacus, adding machine
an abacus
Christine
|
$200
[6]
It means to be daring or risky
throw caution to the wind
Ed
|
$200
[1]
Most of the EU's important offices, including the Council of the European Union, are HQed in this Belgian city
Brussels
Ed
|
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$400
[21]
J. M. Coetzee's novel "Foe" reimagines this novel, but with a woman shipwrecked on the deserted isle
Robinson Crusoe
Ed
|
$400
[26]
In a 2-parter from the first season of this show, D.A.s Stone & Robinette take on the Masucci family
Law & Order
Christine
|
$400
[18]
A U.S. government security with maturity 1 year or less is called this, 5 letters total
a T-bill
Ed
|
$400
[13]
Silly Putty, yo-yo, Cabbage Patch Kids
a yo-yo
Sara
|
$400
[7]
To find a reasonable compromise
strike a happy medium
Sara
|
$400
[2]
A major trading crisis emerged in the EU in 1996 when British beef was banned due to this
mad cow disease
Christine
|
|
$600
[22]
This 1922 novel recasts the hero of Homer's "Odyssey" as an ad salesman in 1904 Dublin
Ulysses
Ed
|
$600
[27]
In a 1970s cop show, this David Soul character is kidnapped after romancing a mafioso's ex-girlfriend
Hutch
Christine
Ed
Sara
|
$600
[19]
A tea plant matures in 3 to 5 years & produces a growth of new shoots called this; a royal one is great in poker
a flush
Ed
|
$600
[14]
Phonograph, pinball machine, transistor radio
a phonograph
Christine
|
$600
[8]
This idiom, meaning to show extreme modesty, has its origin in the Bible's book of Matthew
hiding your light under a bushel (keeping your light underneath a bushel accepted)
Christine
|
$600
[3]
The EU was formed by the Maastricht Treaty, signed in 1992 at Maastricht in this Benelux country
the Netherlands
Ed
Sara
|
|
$800
[23]
This 1971 John Gardner work retells "Beowulf" from the perspective of the monster
Grendel
Christine
|
$800
[28]
Guest star Sylvester Stallone helps James Caan deal with some lowlifes on a 2005 episode of this show
Las Vegas
Ed
|
$800
[20]
In medical speak, "T & A" is this operation "& adenoidectomy"; keep it medical, folks!
tonsillectomy
Sara
|
$800
[15]
Velcro, safety pin, sewing machine
a safety pin
Christine
|
$800
[10]
To not spend more than absolutely necessary
to pinch pennies
Sara
|
$800
[4]
An early forerunner of the EU was the EEC, which stood for this
the European Economic Community
Ed
|
|
$1,000
[24]
Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea" tells the story of Bertha Mason, the madwoman locked in the attic in this Bronte work
Jane Eyre
Ed
|
$1,000
[29]
In the 9-episode arc that started this show, Vinnie (Ken Wahl) infiltrates a New Jersey mob family
Wiseguy
|
$1,000
[30]
Seen here, this instrument is used in mechanical drawing
a T square
Christine
|
$1,000
[16]
Telephone, typewriter, home video recorder
the typewriter
Christine
|
$1,000
[11]
It means to be physically overdeveloped to the point of hindrance
to be muscle-bound
Ed
|
DD
$1,600
[5]
Of the 27 full members of the EU, this nation is first alphabetically
Austria
Ed
|
| CLASSICAL MUSIC | MOVIES BY THE NUMBERS | MOST POPULOUS CITY IN THE STATE | A DATE | SEMITIC LANGUAGES | THE "EU" |
|
$400
[17]
Brahms' Opus 11 is one of these, but to play it at your beloved's window, you'd need to bring an orchestra
a serenade
Sara
|
$400
[1]
Richard Lester directed both "The Three Musketeers" & this 1974 follow-up
The Four Musketeers
Christine
|
$400
[6]
Washington
Seattle
Ed
|
$400
[11]
First, for you, a corsage... & for me, a boutonniere, which the Brits call this because that's where you put it
a buttonhole
Sara
|
$400
[12]
Jim Caviezel learned to speak this Semitic language for his role in "The Passion of the Christ"
Aramaic
Ed
|
$400
[19]
An expression substituted for one that might be considered offensive
a euphemism
Ed
|
|
DD
$600
[24]
Halloween concerts often include this, Opus 40 by Saint-Saens, with a xylophone imitating rattling bones
the Danse macabre
Christine
|
$800
[2]
In this 1955 film Marilyn Monroe says,"When it's hot like this, you know what I do? I keep my undies in the icebox!"
The Seven Year Itch
Sara
|
$800
[7]
Minnesota
Minneapolis
Sara
|
$800
[13]
For you, my dear, I've ordered grouper en papillote, which has been expertly baked in a sheath of this
paper (or parchment)
Christine
|
$800
[25]
Tigrinya is mainly spoken in these 2 "E" countries of East Africa
Ethiopia & Eritrea
Sara
|
$800
[20]
Archimedes exclaimed this after finding a method for determining the purity of gold
eureka
Ed
|
|
$800
[18]
LSO for short, it has recorded such works as Mahler's 8th, Sibelius' 2nd, "Layla" & "King Of Pain"
the London Symphony Orchestra
Ed
|
$1,200
[3]
In this 1984 film Molly Ringwald's family is preoccupied with her sister's wedding & forgets Molly's birthday
Sixteen Candles
Sara
|
$1,200
[8]
Vermont
Burlington
Christine
|
$1,200
[14]
Giving personal details makes you charmingly do this 5-letter word, also used for the white Zinfandel you're drinking
blush
|
$1,600
[27]
The Arabic hamza, seen here, represents this type of stop in which you close up a gap between your vocal cords
a glottal stop
Sara
|
$1,200
[21]
It's the controversial theory of improving the human race by selective breeding
eugenics
Christine
|
|
$1,200
[22]
In 1864 this opera composer wrote an "Homage March" for brass band to honor his patron King Ludwig
Wagner
|
$1,600
[4]
The tagline to this 1970 Jack Nicholson film declares, "He rode the fast lane on the road to no where"
Five Easy Pieces
Christine
|
$1,600
[9]
Missouri
Kansas City
Ed
Sara
|
$1,600
[15]
Night has fallen, but we can play glow-in-the-dark this game at the putting edge
mini-golf (or putt-putt)
Ed
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
People who spoke Semitic languages include these great seafarers whose alphabet led to ours
the Phoenicians
Sara
|
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|
$1,600
[23]
In 1829 Mendelssohn led the first "St. Matthew Passion" since the death of this composer of the work in 1750
Johann Sebastian Bach
|
$2,000
[5]
The title of this 1935 Hitchcock film starring Robert Donat & Madeleine Carroll refers to a spy organization
The 39 Steps
Christine
|
$2,000
[10]
Ohio
Columbus
Christine
Sara
|
$2,000
[16]
Our whirlwind tour ends when you come up & see these, made from acid-incised plates
my etchings
Christine
|
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1 of the 2 1-word plays, winners in 2001 & 2005, which both became movies; if you have one, you want the other
(1 of) Proof & Doubt