Julia Kozicki — an attorney from Noblesville, Indiana
Rich Beimer — a writer and actor from Clarksville, Tennessee
Bhibha Das — a postdoctoral research associate originally from Mt. Zion, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,380)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhibha | $1,800 | $600 | $3,000 |
$3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 2 W |
| Rich | $2,200 | $5,400 | $14,200 |
$6,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$21,800
29 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Julia | $3,200 | $4,400 | $16,000 |
$28,401
New champion: $28,401 |
$15,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
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|
$200
[11]
A 1906 natural disaster in this city saw its $7 mil. city hall crumble but that's not my fault! Get it?! Insurance humor!
San Francisco
Bhibha
|
$200
[1]
On Olive Garden's menu, these sauteed in garlic are called Sicilian scampi
shrimp
Rich
|
$200
[30]
(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) The large, deferred payment due at the end of a type of low-interest mortgage loan is known as this "inflatable" term
balloon
Bhibha
|
$200
[7]
A tall structure rising from a tower or roof, especially the tapering point of a church's steeple
a spire
Rich
|
$200
[16]
A musical:"My ____ Lady"
Fair
Julia
|
$200
[29]
The letter O is derived from a letter of the Phoenician alphabet named for this sense organ
the eye
Rich
|
|
$400
[12]
The ruins of this Italian city were found by a 16th c. architect; the well-preserved bodies won't help your resale
Pompeii
Julia
|
$400
[3]
French for goat, it's a white cheese made from goat's milk that comes in many shapes & varieties
chèvre
Rich
|
$400
[28]
(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) Payment in the form of additional shares in a company is a stock this; unlike a cash one, it's usually not taxed until sold
a dividend
Rich
|
$400
[2]
Honey is an animal product & can be excluded from a strict this type of diet
vegan
Julia
|
$400
[17]
"My ____ Foot "
Left
Rich
|
$400
[21]
In hematology, O represents the blood group of individuals who lack these 2 letter-named antigens
A & B
Rich
|
|
$600
[13]
Okay, the Louvre, Picasso was questioned on the Aug. 21, 1911 theft of this painting, but we don't cover for bad security!
the Mona Lisa
Rich
|
$600
[4]
(I'm Dr. Oz.) For a bedtime snack try popcorn with parmesan; the dairy & carbs activate the effect of this amino acid that's more associated with turkey
tryptophan
Bhibha
|
$600
[27]
(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) In May 2007 I broke the news that an unsolicited $60 a share offer for Dow Jones was made by News Corp., controlled by this man
Rupert Murdoch
Rich
|
$600
[8]
To surpass, or a Microsoft spreadsheet program
excel
Julia
|
$600
[18]
"My ____ ____ Greek Wedding"
Big Fat
Rich
|
$600
[22]
Inspiring the title of a Cirque du Soleil show, O is a homophone of the French word for this
water
Bhibha
Rich
|
|
$800
[14]
On March 23, 2001 this Russian craft hit the atmosphere & what didn't burn landed in the Pacific; you broke it, you bought it
Mir
Rich
|
$800
[5]
Used as a stuffing, duxelles is a mixture of chopped onions, shallots, herbs & these sauteed in butter
mushrooms
Julia
|
DD
$1,000
[26]
(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) These funds get their name from the practice of balancing long and short positions to reduce risk; today, with minimum investments often as much as $1 million, they're more aggressive
hedge funds
Julia
|
$800
[9]
If you're in trouble you've been "left in" this, also a decisive defeat in games like cribbage
the lurch
|
$800
[19]
"My ____ Is an Alien"
Stepmother
Bhibha
Rich
|
$800
[23]
In Greek, the short O sound is represented by omicron ("little O"), long O by this "great O"
omega
Rich
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Hmm... Ptolemy I & II developed the library here; it had 500,000 scrolls & now it's just... gone? How do I write my report?
Alexandria
Bhibha
|
$1,000
[6]
For an authentic Greek salad, you need feta cheese & these almond-shaped Greek olives
kalamata
Julia
|
$1,000
[25]
(David Faber gives the clue from the set of The Faber Report.) As of 2011 this 2-word tax on profits from the sale of an asset such as a stock generally maxed out at 15%; D.C. loves to fight about it
capital gains
Julia
|
$1,000
[10]
This synonym for "kingdom" comes from the Latin for "regal"
realm
|
$1,000
[20]
"My ____ Laundrette"
Beautiful
Rich
Julia
|
$1,000
[24]
OED says the normal sound of long O, as in "no", is one of these gliding speech sounds
a diphthong
Rich
|
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|
$400
[30]
Basil Rathbone played this deerstalker-donning detective 15 times on film (& despaired at being typed by the role)
Sherlock Holmes
Julia
|
$400
[10]
According to its license plates, Minnesota is the Land of these
10,000 Lakes
Rich
|
$400
[16]
An organism's natural environment
habitat
Rich
|
$400
[29]
The Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy:service of value to this in the United States
aviation
Bhibha
|
$400
[28]
In 1966 this president chose Robert C. Weaver to be the first HUD Secretary
LBJ
Bhibha
|
$400
[1]
Though he rose to fame as O. Henry, he was born William Sydney this, also a type of strong, dark beer
Porter
Rich
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1989 this movie character's trademark brown fedora was donated to the Smithsonian
Indiana Jones
Bhibha
|
$800
[9]
A Feb. 3, 2011 tweet said that a pro-democracy crowd had taken over the 6th of October Bridge in this capital
Cairo
Bhibha
|
$800
[6]
This Cuban dance is performed in slow double time
the habañera
Rich
|
$800
[23]
Clio Awards:for these seen on TV
commercials
Rich
|
$800
[27]
HUD secretary under Nixon, he earlier served as American Motors president & sired a candidate for U.S. president
George Romney
Julia
|
$800
[2]
As a 33-year-old teller, Henry was indicted for this crime, stealing money in his trust; he fled to Central America
embezzlement
Rich
|
|
$1,200
[18]
"There must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found", because it made this animated guy "dance around"
Frosty the Snowman
Rich
|
$1,200
[11]
Mysterious lights have been seen over the much-rumored military base 90 miles from Vegas known as this
Area 51
Rich
|
$1,200
[7]
Generic term for a seller of men's clothes
haberdasher
Rich
|
$1,200
[22]
The Bulwer-Lytton contest:the worst this for a novel
first line
Rich
|
$1,200
[26]
HUD Secretary in the 1990s, he's now governor of New York
Andrew Cuomo
Julia
|
$1,200
[3]
After returning to the U.S., Henry did 3 years in prison in this Ohio city named for an explorer
Columbus
Rich
|
|
$1,600
[17]
In "Curious George" Will Ferrell voiced Ted, otherwise known as the man with this
the yellow hat
Rich
|
$2,000
[13]
This massive Chinese structure is No. 1 in megawatt generation
the Three Gorges Dam
Rich
|
$2,000
[15]
This Old Testament prophet has his own namesake book
Habakkuk
Julia
|
$1,600
[21]
The Maurice Podoloff Trophy:this NBA distinction
MVP (most valuable player)
Julia
|
$1,600
[25]
Moon Landrieu, HUD Secretary from 1979 to 1981, is the father of this current Louisiana senator
Mary Landrieu
Julia
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1905 O. Henry perfected the surprise ending in his Christmastime tale "The Gift of" them
the Magi
Rich
|
|
$2,000
[14]
In 2011 this title hat worn by John Wayne sold for a record $179,250 at auction
the green beret
|
DD
$13,000
[12]
Aconcagua is one of what are alliteratively known as the "7" these
Summits
Rich
|
DD
$7,000
[8]
The name of this early species in the genus Homo means "handy" in Latin
habilis
Rich
|
$2,000
[20]
The Eisner & Kirby Awards:for these printed items
comics
Julia
|
$2,000
[24]
After leaving HUD in 2003, he was elected U.S. senator from Florida
(Mel) Martinez
Julia
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1910 O. Henry died in this "Bagdad on the Subway", the setting for many of his stories
New York
|
On December 6, 1884 this was capped with a 100-oz., 9-inch-high pyramid-shaped block of aluminum, a metal that was rare at the time
the Washington Monument