Christopher Stephens — an administrative law judge from New York, New York
Damian Yu — an executive compensation consultant originally from West Vancouver, Canada
Rachel Winer — a graduate student in teaching from Burlington, Vermont (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | $0 | $600 | $9,400 |
$8,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
10 R, 1 W |
| Damian | $1,000 | $4,400 | $17,600 |
$9,999
New champion: $9,999 |
$15,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Christopher | $2,800 | $6,600 | $12,600 |
$6,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| CABINET DEPARTMENTS | TV'S FUNNIEST PHRASES | THE VATICAN | COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON | KIDNAPPED |
|
$200
[6]
This department's 5 main responsibilities include guarding against terrorism & protecting our borders
Department of Homeland Security
Christopher
|
$200
[13]
"We are two wild and crazy guys"
Saturday Night Live
Damian
|
$200
[11]
Carlo Maderno leng thened the nave to change the pattern of St. Peter's from a Greek to a Latin one of these
a cross
Christopher
|
$200
[1]
It's known as W&M for short
William & Mary
Damian
|
$200
[21]
Robert Louis Stevenson was born in 1850 in the new town section of this Scottish capital
Edinburgh
Rachel
|
$200
[26]
This heiress was abducted from her Berkeley apt. on Feb. 4, 1974; the FBI captured her on Sept. 18, 1975
Patty Hearst
Damian
|
|
$400
[7]
It traces its roots to Plymouth Colony, which passed a law that said the colony would support disabled soldiers
Veteran Affairs
Damian
|
$400
[17]
"No soup for you"
Seinfeld
Damian
|
$400
[12]
These are against the rules at the Vatican, so Benedict XVI had to leave his shorthair, Chico, back in Germany
pets
Rachel
|
$400
[2]
It's alphabetically first of the Seven Sisters colleges
Barnard
Rachel
Christopher
|
$400
[22]
The place where Stevenson & his wife spent their honeymoon in 1880 is now a state park in this state's Napa Valley
California
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
On Dec. 2, 1969 Cindy Birdsong of this Motown group was kidnapped at knifepoint but escaped by jumping out of a car
The Supremes
Damian
|
|
$600
[8]
OSHA, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, is a part of this department
the Department of Labor
Damian
Christopher
|
$600
[18]
"Nanu, nanu"
Mork & Mindy
Christopher
|
$600
[14]
The yellow & white Vatican flag bears the colors of Godfrey of Bouillon, a leader of the first of these in 1096
the Crusades
Christopher
|
$800
[4]
This university that hosts the Georgia Shakespeare festival is named for Georgia's colonial founder
Oglethorpe
Damian
|
$600
[23]
Stevenson's friend, poet W.E. Henley, was the model for this one-legged anti-hero of "Treasure Island"
Long John Silver
Damian
|
$600
[28]
This billionaire's grandson was kidnapped in 1973; ransom wasn't paid until the boy's ear was sent to a newspaper
(John Paul) Getty
Christopher
|
|
$800
[9]
The 1789 act that created it specified that its officers would include a comptroller & an auditor
the Treasury
Damian
|
$800
[19]
"Sock it to me"
Laugh-In
Christopher
|
$800
[15]
Seeking to bring the Vatican up to modern standards, the 11th pope of this name installed plumbing in the '30s
(Pope) Pius (XI)
Damian
Christopher
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
In 2010 Cam Newton became this university's third Heisman Trophy winner
Auburn
Christopher
|
$800
[24]
"Deacon Brodie, or the Double Life", a play co-written by Stevenson, led to this 1886 novel
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Christopher
|
$800
[29]
This 14-year-old was taken from her Salt Lake City home in June 2002 & found walking down a street 9 months later
Elizabeth Smart
Damian
|
|
$1,000
[10]
One of its agencies is COPS, short for Community Oriented Policing Services
the Justice Department
|
$1,000
[20]
"Missed it by that much"
Get Smart
Damian
|
$1,000
[16]
The 2006 feature film this "story", starring Keisha Castle-Hughes as Mary, was the first to premiere at the Vatican
The Nativity Story
|
$1,000
[5]
Truman State University is located in this state
Missouri
Christopher
|
$1,000
[25]
Around 1890 Stevenson bought 300 acres in what's now this country, where he was called tusitala, or "teller of tales"
Samoa
Christopher
|
$1,000
[30]
In December 1991 this bureau chief for the A.P. in Beirut was released by Hezbollah after 6 years, 7 months
Terry Anderson
|
| BORN & DIED | WRITERS ON FILM | LIKE SOME COFFEE? | CHAIRS | MY SON, THE DOCTOR | GET "SET" |
|
$400
[15]
Her story began in Atlanta November 8, 1900 & ended there as well in August 1949
Margaret Mitchell
Damian
|
$400
[2]
In "Capote", Catherine Keener portrayed this Southern novelist, on the cusp of publication
Harper Lee
Rachel
|
$400
[7]
Delonghi's Perfecta is a line of $1,000-plus machines for making cappuccino & this
espresso
Rachel
|
$400
[21]
One type is called a courting chair
a love seat
|
$400
[26]
This man who triumphed over polio in 1955 said his mother had no schooling & lived her ambitions through her kids
(Jonas) Salk
Damian
|
$400
[1]
These one-piece undergarments were noted for tightness; today's are comfier & often metal, not whalebone
a corset
Damian
|
|
$1,200
[17]
This world leader was born in September 1917 on Luzon; he died in September 1989 in Honolulu
(Ferdinand) Marcos
Christopher
|
$800
[9]
Christopher Plummer was nominated for an Oscar for playing this Russian author in 2009's "The Last Station"
Tolstoy
Damian
|
$800
[8]
This city's "Best" is a brand owned by Starbucks
Seattle
Damian
|
$800
[22]
Types of this chair include gungstol, Windsor & Boston
rocking chairs
|
$1,200
[28]
John & Helen Koop's son held this U.S. government post from 1982 to 1989
Surgeon General
Rachel
|
$800
[3]
You suffer one when you experience a reverse or defeat
a setback
Damian
|
|
$1,600
[18]
He was born December 5, 1839 in New Rumley, Ohio & died in battle, June 25, 1876 in the Montana Territory
Custer
Christopher
|
$1,200
[10]
"Devotion" starred Ida Lupino & Olivia de Havilland as these writing sisters
Charlotte & Emily Bronte
Damian
|
$1,200
[12]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from) The coffee berries are now in their green phase; when a phytohormone called ethylene increases, they'll turn red & fittingly be known as these, like a fruit
cherries
Damian
Christopher
|
$1,200
[23]
Dust bunnies may be collecting under Britain's coronation chair since this was returned to Scotland in 1996
the Stone of Scone
Damian
Christopher
|
DD
$1,600
[27]
In a scene from a 2010 HBO movie, this doctor talks about his mother's long, painful last illness
(Jack) Kevorkian
Damian
|
$1,200
[4]
Jewelers know ballerina, bead & bezel are types of these in rings
settings
Christopher
|
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Born in Sweden in 1823, he went out without a bang in San Remo, Italy in 1896
(Alfred) Nobel
Damian
|
$1,600
[11]
In "Gothic", Gabriel Byrne was this lord of poetry
(Lord) Byron
Rachel
|
$1,600
[13]
This coffee species seems to have originated in Ethiopia, across the Red Sea from the peninsula it's named for
Arabian (Arabica)
Damian
|
$1,600
[24]
Pilgrim hall museum in Mass. has a black ash chair that belonged to this oft-elected governor of Plymouth Colony
(William) Bradford
Rachel
|
$1,600
[29]
His mother, Grace, passed away in 1928, the year he observed that a certain mold inhibited bacterial growth
(Sir Alexander) Fleming
Damian
|
$1,600
[5]
A variety of apple is called this, also a shade of reddish brown
russet
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[19]
Born in Germany in 1685, he tuned out April 14, 1759 in London
Handel
Christopher
|
$2,000
[14]
Gwyneth Paltrow portrayed her in the early days of her marriage to fellow poet Ted Hughes
Sylvia Plath
Damian
|
$2,000
[20]
"Mom" knows ground pods of this Asian member of the ginger family are added to grounds to make Thai iced coffee
cardamom
Rachel
|
$2,000
[25]
This Finnish-American architect designed furniture including a 1948 piece called the "Womb Chair"
(Eero) Saarinen
Damian
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1854 the former Rosa Weigert gave birth to this chemotherapy pioneer known for his "magic bullet"
Paul Ehrlich
|
$2,000
[6]
Hyphenated term for land or commodities reserved by the government for a particular use
a set-aside
|
2 yrs. before his 1794 execution, he said, "I am no courtier, nor moderator... nor defender of the people: I am myself the people"
Maximilien Robespierre