Clip of this game shown in the eleventh Season 1 episode ofHouse of Cards.
D.J. Perry — a burrito architect from Houston, Texas
Claudia Gray — a substitute teacher from Monrovia, California
John Baker — a home inspector from Dixon, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $1,200 | $3,800 | $13,400 |
$7,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,200
18 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Claudia | $1,000 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$8,000
New champion: $8,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| D.J. | $2,000 | $3,600 | $13,600 |
$399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGANS | DAY SONGS | ALSO A BIRD | PENINSULAS | CUTS LIKE A KNIFE | AN "R_____T" CATEGORY |
|
$200
[6]
1864:"Don't swap horses in the middle of the stream"
(Abraham) Lincoln
D.J.
|
$200
[12]
"Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." is the title track of their album that also had the acoustic "Sound Of Silence"
Simon & Garfunkel
Claudia
|
$200
[1]
To take liquid down the throat
swallow
D.J.
|
$200
[7]
This island's westernmost point lies on the Dingle Peninsula in County Kerry
Ireland
Claudia
|
$200
[26]
The official instrument of execution in France in 1792, it was still an option for the job until 1981
the guillotine
D.J.
|
$200
[17]
It's a type of jet-propulsion device, but powered by fuel it carries rather than taking in gases from around it
a rocket
John
|
|
$400
[22]
1976:"He's making us proud again"
Ford
John
D.J.
|
$400
[13]
Prince wrote this song that was the Bangles' first Top 10 hit
"Manic Monday"
D.J.
|
$400
[2]
An antiwar politician
a dove
Claudia
|
$400
[8]
Cities on this Mexican peninsula include Ensenada & La Paz
Baja California
John
D.J.
|
$400
[27]
You need a lighter to illuminate the writing of a pen reminding you to buy a Flex 3 razor? Don't worry, this co. makes all 3
Bic
Claudia
|
$400
[18]
The last name of Secretary of War Elihu Root is found within this last name of the president he served
Roosevelt
John
D.J.
|
|
$600
[23]
1888:"Grandfather's hat fits Ben"
Benjamin Harrison
Claudia
|
$600
[14]
Katy Perry topped the charts with this song subtitled "(T.G.I.F.)"
"Last Friday Night"
D.J.
|
$600
[3]
Stretch your neck out to get a better view
crane
John
|
$600
[9]
Once an island formed by 2 volcanoes, Banks Peninsula is now part of this country's South Island
New Zealand
Claudia
|
$600
[28]
If Death took a holiday, he'd leave behind this implement with a curved cutting blade & a shaft called a snath
a scythe
John
|
$600
[19]
The Moral Majority & the Christian Coalition are groups identified as part of this alliterative movement
the Religious Right
Claudia
D.J.
|
|
$800
[24]
1900:"The full dinner pail"
McKinley
D.J.
|
$800
[15]
"Thursday" is one of the tunes on this late singer's classic album "I Got A Name"
Jim Croce
Claudia
|
$800
[4]
Moving briskly
a swift
|
$1,000
[11]
Yalta & Balaklava are located on this peninsula
the Crimean
D.J.
|
$800
[29]
Itcan be used as a weapon, a tool, or a 2010 movie title
a machete
John
|
$800
[20]
William the Conquerer's father was this Duke of Normandy
Robert
|
|
$1,000
[25]
1964:"In your heart, you know he's right"
(Barry) Goldwater
Claudia
|
$1,000
[16]
The Monkees mention "status symbol land" & "creature comfort goals" in this hit
"Pleasant Valley Sunday"
John
Claudia
|
$1,000
[5]
In bowling, 3 strikes in a row
a turkey
John
|
DD
$1,200
[10]
This triangular peninsula juts into the northern end of the Red Sea
the Sinai Peninsula
Claudia
|
$1,000
[30]
Likely a French invention, this knife that fits on the barrel of a gun first appeared around 1640
a bayonet
John
|
$1,000
[21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates a science experiment.) It's a substance used to test for another substance. Whenmixedwith orange juice, the type that tests for vitamin C turns clear
reagent
John
|
| THE WRIGHT STUFF | THE "RONG" STUFF | PLAY CHARACTERS | WHAT'S YOUR PLEASURE? | FRENCH FILMS | PHYSICS |
|
$400
[3]
The Kill Devil Hill Monument National Memorial in this state became the Wright Brothers National Memorial in 1953
North Carolina
John
D.J.
|
$400
[2]
Louis or Lance
Armstrong
John
|
$400
[1]
Hoke Colburn is the black chauffeur who drives her around
Miss Daisy
D.J.
|
$400
[17]
A gourmand
eating (or food)
Claudia
|
$400
[26]
To portray Edith Piaf in 2007's "La Vie en Rose", she shaved back her hairline & removed her eyebrows
(Marion) Cotillard
John
|
$400
[8]
In 1935 he argued in the "EPR Paper" (he was the "E") that quantum mechanics wasn't a complete theory
Einstein
D.J.
|
|
$800
[4]
In 2000 Will Wright gave us this computer game that lets the user control the daily life of families of virtual people
The Sims
John
D.J.
|
$800
[22]
It's another word for a crowd
throng
John
|
$800
[13]
In "The Tempest" he isn't a little mermaid but a sprite who serves Prospero
Ariel
D.J.
|
$800
[18]
A bibliophile
books
Claudia
|
$800
[27]
Jean Dujardin stars in this 2011 black & white film set in silent-era Hollywood
The Artist
Claudia
|
$800
[9]
From the Greek for "icy cold", it's the science of extremely cold temperatures
cryogenics
Claudia
|
|
$1,200
[5]
The title of this book by Barack Obama was taken from a Jeremiah Wright sermon
The Audacity of Hope
|
$1,200
[23]
Both men & women wear this Pacific islands garment seen here
a sarong
D.J.
|
DD
$800
[16]
Patrons at Harry Hope's saloon eagerly awaiteth Theodore "Hickey" Hickman's arrival in this O'Neill play
The Iceman Cometh
John
|
$1,200
[19]
An oenophile
wine
Claudia
|
$1,200
[28]
This 2001 film starring Audrey Tautou as a shy waitress working in a Paris cafe received 5 Oscar nominations
Amelie
John
|
$1,200
[10]
(Jimmy demonstrates a science principle with a Slinky.) The bottom of a dropped Slinky remains stationary & then falls; in slow motion, you can see the bottom is in equilibrium between the downward pull of gravity & the upward pull of this force that tends to stretch, stress or elongate
tension
John
|
|
$1,600
[6]
This author's "12 Million Black Voices" is a pictorial history of African Americans
Richard Wright
John
|
$1,600
[24]
10-letter "anatomical" term meaning stubborn or obstinate
headstrong
D.J.
|
$1,200
[14]
Olga, Masha & Irina are the title characters in this Chekhov play
Three Sisters
D.J.
|
$1,600
[20]
A dendrophil
trees
D.J.
|
$1,600
[29]
1959's "Black Orpheus" retold the tale of Orpheus & Eurydice set during this South American city's Carnival
Rio de Janeiro
Claudia
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1865 physicist Rudolf Clausius coined this term for the measure of disorder or randomness in a system
entropy
John
D.J.
|
|
$2,000
[7]
This follows Wright in the name of an Ohio Air Force base
Patterson
John
|
$2,000
[25]
This hoofed mammal can really hoof it, hitting 60 MPH
pronghorn
John
|
$1,600
[15]
At the end of this play, Vladimir asks, "Well? Shall we go?" Estragon: "Yes, let's go." ("They do not move")
Waiting for Godot
John
|
$2,000
[21]
A logophile
words
John
D.J.
|
$2,000
[30]
This French New Waver directed the autobiographical film "The 400 Blows"
Francois Truffaut
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
2 light waves whose phases have a fixed relationship, as in a laser, are said to be this, like a clear sentence
coherent
D.J.
|
From the French for "to set in the woods", this word refers to a type of attack
ambush