Tom Nissley game 2.
Anthony Flores — a campaign consultant from Washington, D.C.
Alexis Hawley — an attorney originally from Winter Park, Florida
Tom Nissley — an online books editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom | $1,200 | $4,600 | $18,800 |
$23,201
2-day champion: $48,002 |
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Alexis | $3,200 | $2,200 | $10,600 |
$6,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Anthony | $2,400 | $5,200 | $11,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
18 R, 3 W |
| ART | ONE FACT AMONG THE FALSE GOSSIP | MALL-EDGE | THE CITY'S MAYOR | LET THE GAMES BEGIN | "D" BRIEFING |
|
$200
[11]
It can mean the closely woven durable cloth on which oil paintings are made or refer to the painting itself
a canvas
Tom
|
$200
[1]
She & Billy Ray are doing a Metallica tribute album! She voiced Penny in the film "Bolt"! She has 14 toes!
Miley Cyrus
Tom
Anthony
|
$200
[6]
You can donate old eyewear to the mall store called this "Hut", which gives it to a charity called One Sight
Sunglass Hut International
Tom
Anthony
|
$200
[16]
Richard Daley (1955 to 1976)
Chicago
Anthony
|
$200
[21]
Joint military exercises like the ones the U.S. conducts with South Korea also have this more playful name
war games
Alexis
|
$200
[26]
"Arid" sheets of plasterboard used in home construction
drywall
Tom
|
|
$400
[12]
In Britain the last name of this British painter (1776-1837) means "police officer"
(John) Constable
Tom
|
$400
[2]
She's dating the Jonas Brothers! She rejoined her friend Courteney Cox as Tina on "Dirt"! She's dating Wilford Brimley!
Jennifer Aniston
Alexis
|
$400
[7]
A&F is short for this store that sells collegiate-inspired clothing
Abercrombie & Fitch
Anthony
|
$400
[17]
Marion Barry (1978 to 1990)
Washington, D.C.
Anthony
|
$400
[22]
The first world mind sports games, Beijing 2008, included chess, checkers & this card game
bridge
|
$400
[27]
Necrolatry is the worship of this group who don't get around much anymore
the dead
Anthony
|
|
$600
[13]
Her dominant motifs, the animal bones & landscape of the Southwest, are seen here
Georgia O'Keeffe
Tom
|
$600
[3]
He invented the guitar! He played defective Allen Gamble in "The Other Guys"! He taught cowbell at USC!
Will Ferrell
Anthony
|
$600
[8]
Take a break from shopping & head to the food court for "sbaghetti" from this franchise that started as a Brooklyn grocery
Sbarro's
Anthony
|
$600
[18]
Tom Bradley (1973 to 1993)
Los Angeles
Tom
|
$800
[24]
These games for athletes with physical disabilities began in Rome in 1960
the Paralympics
Alexis
Anthony
|
$600
[28]
The shot put & the pole vault are 2 of the events in this track & field contest
the decathlon
Anthony
|
|
$800
[14]
This Belgian artist's painting "Threatening Weather" includes a cloud shaped like a tuba
Rene Magritte
|
$800
[4]
This dame is really from Des Moines! Between 1998 & 2007, this dame got 6 Oscar noms! This dame is having Kid Rock's love child!
Judi Dench
Anthony
|
$800
[9]
It's crystal clear that this store uses the logo seen here
Swarovski
Alexis
|
$800
[19]
Ed Koch (1978 to 1989)
New York City
Tom
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
These games held in Rio in 2007 & slated for Guadalajara in 2011, outlived the similarly named airline
the Pan Am games
Alexis
|
$800
[29]
This undemocratic type of government comes from the Latin for "to say"
a dictatorship
Tom
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The name of this heavily decorated & frothy 18th century style was coined by Maurice Quai as a term of ridicule
rococo
Tom
Alexis
|
$1,000
[5]
He grew up in Werewolfia, Wyo.! He played Jacob the werewolf in "New Moon"! He is, in fact, a werewolf!
Taylor Lautner
Alexis
|
$1,000
[10]
The Madewell brand was re-launched by this mall & catalog retailer, a favorite of Michelle Obama
J. Crew
Alexis
|
$1,000
[20]
Jerry Springer (1977 to 1981); yes, that Jerry Springer
Cincinnati
Anthony
|
$1,000
[25]
These are held wherever Scottish culture has spread, like Maxville, Ontario, home of the Glengarry ones
the Highland Games
Anthony
|
$1,000
[30]
Directional term meaning along the flight line away from a missile launching site
downrange
|
| CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY | COWBOY SONGS | AMERICAN POETRY | COLORFUL FOODS | LET'S GET SMALL | MANDARIN CHINESE |
|
$400
[18]
This French-speaking city is 150 miles down the St. Lawrence from Montreal, at the confluence of the St. Charles
Quebec City
Tom
|
$400
[26]
The song "The Streets of" this Texas town is also known as "The Cowboy's Lament"
"Laredo"
Tom
|
$400
[2]
Ogden Nash wrote that this explorer "discovered America and they put him in jail for it"
Columbus
Tom
|
$400
[1]
An annual Jackson, Mississippi festival celebrates the pairing of these legumes & rice
red beans
Tom
|
$400
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue on a monitor.) Round, rod-like & spiral are the three main shapes of these organisms
bacteria
Anthony
|
$400
[10]
Che is the word & character for vehicle: huo che, or "fire vehicle", is this transport that can take you across China
a train
Tom
Alexis
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Cape Spear, Canada's easternmost point, is a short drive from St. John's, the capital of this province
Newfoundland
Tom
|
$800
[27]
In Marty Robbins' "El Paso", the "music would play and Felina would whirl" in her cantina
Rosa's Cantina
|
$800
[3]
In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", he wrote that he had "promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep"
(Robert) Frost
Alexis
|
$800
[7]
You couldn't get a better example of a certain light-orange color than this
salmon
Anthony
|
$800
[14]
Preparing objects for a microscope may include sectioning & this, the dyeing of the object for study
staining
|
$800
[11]
Some English names have standard Chinese versions; this gospel writer is Yuehan
John
Anthony
|
|
$1,600
[21]
The 4th daughter of Queen Victoria lent 1 of her names to a province & another to this emerald-colored lake near Banff
(Lake) Louise
Tom
Anthony
|
$1,200
[28]
These apparitions were chasing a herd of red-eyed cows whose "hooves were made of steel"
the Ghost Riders (in the sky)
Anthony
|
$1,200
[4]
In "The Courtship of Miles Standish", Longfellow wrote, "Youngest of all was he of the men who came in" this ship
the Mayflower
Tom
|
$1,200
[8]
It's penicillium that gives these, like Gorgonzola, the color in their name
blue cheese
Tom
|
$1,200
[15]
Theseasexual reproductive cells can be used to identify different types of molds
spores
Anthony
|
$1,200
[12]
The "sh" in... [Deng "Sh"iaoping] ...has no exact equivalent in English; it's usually rendered with this letter
an X
Tom
|
|
$2,000
[22]
This "great" lake on the Arctic circle is the largest lake entirely within Canada
Great Bear Lake
Alexis
|
$2,000
[29]
This cowboy is a hifalutin', scootin', shootin' son-of-a-gun from Arizona
Ragtime Cowboy Joe
|
$1,600
[5]
This Poe maiden lived "in a kingdom by the sea"
Annabel Lee
Alexis
|
$1,600
[9]
Thisvariety of kale has a color in its two-word name
collard greens
Anthony
|
$1,600
[16]
This type of high resolution microscope with a particle in its name is used to magnify objects up to 1 million times
an electron microscope
Tom
|
$1,600
[24]
Because Chinese makes limited use of shi as this English verb, "he very tall" perfectly acceptable
is (the verb "to be")
Alexis
|
|
DD
$5,000
[19]
This province has 3 counties: Kings, Queens & Prince
Prince Edward Island
Tom
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
This poet wrote, "next to of course god america i love you land of the pilgrims' and so forth"
E.E. Cummings
Anthony
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Ahi is also called this type of tuna
yellowfin
Alexis
|
$2,000
[17]
From the Greek for oblong, this protozoan is only one cell big, but ten letters long
a paramecium
|
$2,000
[25]
To communicate you must master the 4 of these: a tip for learning the second, rising one, is to raise your eyebrows
tones
|
From the Latin for "greatest", this form of address was introduced by the narcissistic King Richard II
majesty