Matt Samberg — an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Jia-Rui Cook — a media relations specialist and science writer from Los Angeles, California
Anna-Lise Santella — an editor and musicologist from Trout Valley, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $21,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna-Lise | $200 | $2,400 | $3,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
7 R, 1 W |
| Jia-Rui | $3,000 | $3,000 | $10,600 |
$4,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Matt | $2,600 | $6,200 | $24,400 |
$21,400
New champion: $21,400 |
$23,400
30 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| SNAKES ON A PLATE | BASEBALL TEAMS BY STADIUM | A FRENCH TWIST | FLY GIRLS | HEATED WORDS | HISTORIC DAYS OF OUR LIVES |
|
$200
[7]
Put 2 & 2 together & you'll know "Larousse Gastronomique" says these snakes were a diet food in pre-18th C. France
the adder
Matt
|
$200
[12]
Fenway Park
the Boston Red Sox
Jia-Rui
|
$200
[1]
Does le vin rouge traditionally go with meat or fish? (Oh yeah...meat)
red wine
Matt
|
$200
[6]
Women aviators day, July 24, is celebrated on the birthday of this fly girl born in Kansas
(Amelia) Earhart
Matt
|
$200
[18]
It precedesescape, power &extinguisher
fire
Matt
|
$200
[26]
(The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Elvis, you are going too far with your latest nefarious scheme, it reminds me of...I know, father--this man's scheming that made him leader of Norway on February 1, 1942; I kind of admire him
Vidkun Quisling
|
|
$400
[8]
Wole Soyinka's novel "Aké" describes snake as tasting like rabbit or this... what doesn't?
chicken
Matt
|
$400
[13]
Wrigley Field
the Chicago Cubs
Matt
|
$400
[2]
Not tonight...I havea mal de tete
a headache
Anna-Lise
|
$400
[17]
Though certified as apilot, Nurse Ellen Church was hired as the world's first female one of these
stewardess (flight attendant)
Matt
|
$400
[19]
In computer slang, it's an act of angry criticism; in love, it describes an old sweetheart
flame
Anna-Lise
|
$400
[27]
(The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Now Will, your turbulent life & your confused paternity make me hope you can reach a point like March 24, 1522.You mean when this founder of the Jesuits spent the night in prayer before leaving his wild youth behind?You got it!
Ignatius of Loyola
Matt
|
|
$600
[9]
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi would like dining in Le Mat, Vietnam; restaurants there serve this "royal" snake he fought in a Kipling tale
a king cobra
Matt
|
$600
[14]
Coors Field
the Colorado Rockies
Anna-Lise
|
$600
[3]
The lawyer advised the client to go with an aliénation mentale defense
insanity
Jia-Rui
|
$600
[23]
In 2007 astronaut Peggy Whitson became the first female commander of the ISS, short for this
the International Space Station
Matt
|
$600
[20]
5-letter word meaning to affect painfully with hot liquid or steam
scald
Matt
|
DD
$600
[28]
(The Days Of Our Lives cast delivers the clue.) Carrie, I'm really sorry I missed your wedding--I know you marrying Austin was a once in a lifetime event.Yes, I felt like Mary I of England on July 25, 1554 marrying Philip II of this Catholic country
Spain
Matt
|
|
$800
[10]
Guam's Aquatic & Wildlife Resource Division offers a recipe for fried snake marinated in this fortified Spanish wine
sherry
Jia-Rui
|
$800
[15]
Turner Field
the Atlanta Braves
Matt
|
$800
[4]
Dormir et rever(both words, please)
to sleep & to dream
Anna-Lise
Matt
|
$800
[24]
In the 1910s stunt pilots Ruth Law & Katherine Stinson were the first women to master this circular maneuver
loop-the-loop
Anna-Lise
|
$800
[21]
To copy files to a writeable CD
burn
Matt
|
— |
|
$1,000
[11]
The Rawhide Steakhouse in Chandler, Arizona serves this snake battered & fried with ranch dip dressing
rattlesnake
Jia-Rui
|
$1,000
[16]
Tropicana Field
the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (Tampa Rays accepted)
Jia-Rui
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
Monique, do not attempt to entice me with your faux cils
false eyelashes
Jia-Rui
|
$1,000
[25]
In 1953 she became the first woman to break the sound barrier
Jacqueline Cochran
|
$1,000
[22]
Developed in 1893, it claims to be "the original heavy-duty hand cleaner"
Lava
Anna-Lise
|
— |
| EVERYTHING CHANGES AROUND HERE | SCIENCE | OFFICE HOLDERS | LUNAR FICTION | C.C: ME | BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[21]
What was once Peiping is today this city
Beijing
Anna-Lise
|
$400
[6]
Individual bones called these make up the spinal column
vertebrae
Anna-Lise
|
$400
[11]
U.S. representative from Arizona's 8th district, 2007-2012
(Gabrielle) Giffords
Jia-Rui
|
$400
[16]
No one actually goes to the moon in this French author's "From the Earth to the Moon"; not until the sequel
(Jules) Verne
Matt
|
$400
[26]
Within a year of picking up a cane & putting on a derby hat in 1914, he was the biggest star in movies
Charlie Chaplin
Matt
|
$400
[1]
The mall store with the very sexy seduction line of bras is also a spy
Victoria's Secret agent
Matt
|
|
$800
[22]
You may call it Bangladesh today, but before 1971 it had this "directional" name
East Bengal (or East Pakistan)
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Scientifically speaking, the mule is one of these, the offspring of 2 parents of different species
a hybrid
Jia-Rui
|
$800
[12]
Defense secretary, 2006-2011
(Robert) Gates
Matt
|
$800
[17]
A 1976 Ben Bova novel envisions moonbases in this year that also followed "Space" in a 1970s TV show title
1999
|
$800
[27]
Ce Ce is a nickname of this actress who named her daughter Coco
Courteney Cox
|
$800
[2]
Ronald Reagan's favorite candy brand hits the pool with an awkward dive
Jelly Belly flop
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[23]
What used to be Southern Rhodesia is now this country
Zimbabwe
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
At a constant temperature, the volume of a gas is inversely proportional to this
pressure
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
New York governor, 1995-2006
Pataki
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
In 1901 this Brit, a sci-fi pioneer, had his "First Men in the Moon" encounter insect-men called Selenites
H.G. Wells
|
$1,200
[28]
He's been seen in films ranging from "American Beauty" to "The Muppets"
Chris Cooper
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
3 or more people talk on the phone to play a first-person shooter game subtitled "Black Ops"
conference call of duty
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This Ohio metropolis was once known as Losantiville--&, informally, as Porkopolis
Cincinnati
|
$2,000
[10]
One process for desalting ocean water for agricultural use is reverse this
osmosis
Jia-Rui
|
$1,600
[14]
FBI director, 2001-present
Robert Mueller
Jia-Rui
|
$1,600
[19]
This 17th c. German astronomer wrote a speculative story about the moon, quite accurate except for giant snakes
(Johannes) Kepler
Matt
|
— |
$1,600
[4]
Henry James' 1881 novel about an American girl who heads to Europe & shows you her "p-p-p-poker face"
Portrait of a Lady Gaga
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Address your postcard to Tsaritsyn; no wait, Stalingrad; nah! Make it this to get it there today
Volgograd
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
The name of this, seen in the heavens, is a translation of the Latin Via Lactea
the Milky Way
Jia-Rui
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
Supreme Court justice, 1986- (he's been there the longest)
Antonin Scalia
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
This author of "The Moon Is A Harsh Mistress" also worked on the sadly never-made "Abbott & Costello Move To The Moon"
(Robert) Heinlein
Matt
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
The nervous system's response to a threat is either battle or flee the songs of Bret & Jemaine
fight or flight of the conchords
Jia-Rui
|
Among the many books he wrote were "The World Crisis", "The Second World War" & "Painting As A Pastime"
Winston Churchill