Suzanne Tetreault — a lawyer from Vienna, Virginia
Jordan Brand — an anesthesiologist from Westchester, New York
Jesse Achtenberg — a documentary filmmaker from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse | $2,800 | $2,400 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
11 R, 2 W |
| Jordan | $3,600 | $8,000 | $13,000 |
$24,405
New champion: $24,405 |
$16,000
25 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Suzanne | $3,000 | $3,800 | $12,200 |
$16,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| U.S. STATES' LARGEST ISLANDS | MOVIE SPOILERS | GEMS & JEWELRY | THE AUTHOR TWITTERS | APPLE SAUCE | FAMILIAR PHRASES |
|
$200
[2]
Antelope Island in the Great Salt Lake
Utah
Jesse
|
$200
[11]
There's a Washington, D.C. memorial to an ape general when Mark Wahlberg returns to Earth in this 2001 film
Planet of the Apes
Jordan
|
$200
[1]
This red gem is the traditional gift for a 40th wedding anniversary
ruby
Jordan
|
$200
[21]
Da, "War and Peace" published in complete form 2day. Liking 1869. Is very good year
Tolstoy
Jordan
|
$200
[26]
While living in London in the 1750s, this Philadelphian asked his wife to send him barrels of Newtown pippins
Franklin
Jordan
|
$200
[16]
To avoid responsibility is to do this
pass the buck
Suzanne
|
|
$400
[4]
Martha's Vineyard
Massachusetts
Suzanne
|
$400
[12]
Bruce Willis is dead & doesn't know it in this 1999 thriller
The Sixth Sense
Suzanne
|
$400
[3]
Nacre is mother-of-this
pearl
Jordan
|
$400
[22]
Only 25 when "The Naked and the Dead" makes me famous. Feel like I'm gonna win 2 Pulitzers b4 I'm thru
(Norman) Mailer
Jesse
Jordan
|
$400
[27]
Most trees in apple orchards are not grown from seeds; they are produced using this process
grafting
Suzanne
|
$400
[17]
A proverb says, "a new broom" does this
sweeps clean
Suzanne
|
|
$600
[8]
Kodiak Island
Alaska
Suzanne
|
$600
[13]
Faye Dunaway's daughter is also her sister in this Jack Nicholson classic from 1974
Chinatown
Suzanne
|
$800
[6]
This gem is named for being the color of sea water
aquamarine
Jordan
|
$600
[23]
What am I doing?! Screaming! Itz 1945 & I'm U.S. soldier @ bombing of Dresden! (Will write 1969 novel about it)
Vonnegut
Jordan
|
$600
[28]
The most damaging disease attacking apple trees is apple scab, a type of this spore-bearing organism
a fungus
Jordan
|
$600
[18]
It's the literal interpretation of a phrase meaning to relax or be have informally
let your hair down
Jordan
|
|
$800
[9]
Padre Island
Texas
Jesse
|
$800
[14]
The disabled Kevin Spacey seems to be the killer Keyser Soze in this 1995 film
The Usual Suspects
Jesse
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
L. Frank Baum had this birthstone, the same as the name of a city he created
the emerald
Suzanne
|
$800
[24]
Made dean of St. Pat's @ Dublin. Will pen "Travels". Pls publish "Journal to Stella" after my death
Jonathan Swift
|
$800
[29]
Washington State produces more apples than any other state; this state where the Empire apple developed is 2nd
New York
Suzanne
|
$800
[19]
When insulted, you might turn a deaf ear or turn this, as advised in Luke & Matthew
the other cheek
Jordan
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Isle Royale
Michigan
Jesse
|
$1,000
[15]
In this 1992 IRA thriller starring Stephen Rea, the "girl" is really a guy
The Crying Game
Jordan
|
$1,000
[7]
The most prized of these fiery gems are the black ones found in New South Wales, Australia
an opal
Jordan
|
$1,000
[25]
Czech out my short story "A Hunger Artist"! Tweet done. Max Brod, pls burn my laptop
(Franz) Kafka
Jordan
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1935 Gillett's Seedlings was renamed this for the Ohio township where it was developed, not for an Italian city
the Rome beauty
Jesse
Suzanne
|
$1,000
[20]
This3-word phrase means to stretch the limits
push the envelope
Jesse
|
| BALLET DANCERS | THAT'S FOUL! | "E" IN SCIENCE | WHAT'S NEXT ON THE LIST? | THE '70s | CHANGE A LETTER |
|
$400
[26]
Nicknamed Misha, he was nominated for a 1989 Tony Award for Best Actor in a drama for "Metamorphosis"
Baryshnikov
Jordan
|
$400
[1]
In football, if you hit an opposing defender below the waist from behind, you'll get hit with this personal foul
clipping
Jordan
|
$400
[15]
Term for a substance that can't be broken down into simpler substances by chemical means
element
Jesse
|
$400
[11]
Books of the Bible:Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers...
Deuteronomy
Jordan
|
$400
[13]
This "Great" king ran the Danes out of his country in 878, beginning a period of peace in Wessex
Alfred the Great
Jesse
|
$400
[6]
Change a letter in "good" & you get this word meaning "incite"
goad
Jordan
|
|
$800
[27]
This British-born ballerina danced until 1979, when she was 60 years old
Dame Margot Fonteyn
|
$800
[2]
If a baseball player fields a fair ball with his hat, all runners get to advance this many bases (hint: it's a lot)
3
Suzanne
|
$800
[16]
Abnormal electrical activity in the brain causes this seizure-inducing neurological disorder
epilepsy
Jesse
|
$800
[12]
British monarchs:George V, Edward VIII, George VI...
Elizabeth II
Jesse
|
$800
[14]
In 476 Germanic chieftain Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustulus & this half of the Roman Empire fell
the Western Empire
Jordan
|
$800
[7]
Change one letter in "bathe" & you get this wood-shaping tool
lathe
Jordan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
He was born in Kiev around 1889 to parents who were celebrated dancers from Poland
Nijinsky
Jordan
|
$1,200
[3]
You'll get a foul if you pull your elbow off the elbow pad in this "over the top" sport
arm wrestling
Jordan
|
$1,200
[17]
It's defined as the capacity or power to do work
energy
Suzanne
|
$1,200
[23]
Liz Taylor's marriages:Todd, Fisher, Burton...
Burton
|
$1,200
[20]
In the early 1770s Carl Scheele discovered this gas, but Joseph Priestley published his paper first & got the credit
oxygen
Jordan
Suzanne
|
$1,200
[8]
Change a letter in "ballet" & you get this lodging for a soldier
billet
Suzanne
|
|
$1,600
[29]
This Russian ballerina's London home, Ivy House, was famous for its ornamental lake with swans
Anna Pavlova
|
$1,600
[4]
Karch Kiraly knows it's a foul to touch the net in this sport in which he's an Olympic gold medalist
beach volleyball (or indoor volleyball)
Jesse
|
$1,600
[18]
Marine invertebrates like starfish & sand dollars are this type of animal, from the Latin for "urchin skin"
echinoderms
Jordan
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Vice presidents:Nixon, Johnson, Humphrey...
Spiro Agnew
Jordan
|
$1,600
[21]
In the 1870s Geronimo enraged the U.S. govt. by going "off" this, an expression now used to mean "out of control"
the reservation
Jordan
|
$1,600
[9]
Change a letter in "half" & you get this word meaning "robust"
hale
Jordan
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1953 she was given the title Wa-Xthe-Thomba, "woman of two worlds", in honor of her Osage heritage
Maria Tallchief
Jesse
|
$2,000
[5]
It'll cost you a point if you touch the playing surface with your free hand while playing this racket sport
ping-pong (or table tennis)
Suzanne
|
$2,000
[19]
Chemical formula C10H15NO, it's used to treat asthma
ephedrine
Jordan
|
$2,000
[25]
World's tallest building:The Eiffel Tower, surpassed by the Chrysler Building, surpassed by...
the Empire State Building
Jordan
|
$2,000
[22]
In 1079 this Persian astronomer & poet calculated the year to be 365.2421 days, an extremely accurate figure
Omar Khayyám
|
$2,000
[10]
Change a letter in "homely" & you get this word that means just the opposite
comely
Suzanne
|
Dying in 2009 at age 113, British WWI vet Henry Allingham was the last original surviving member of this group, formed 1918
the Royal Air Force