Matt Collins — a graduate student in economic policy from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Blythe Rodgers — an attorney from Washington, D.C.
Liza Veeneman — a retired software developer from Aliso Viejo, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liza | $3,200 | $1,600 | $8,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
14 R, 3 W |
| Blythe | $1,800 | $3,000 | $20,000 |
$13,999
New champion: $13,999 |
$18,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Matt | $400 | $5,800 | $13,000 |
$3,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
16 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| NO. 1 AT THE BOX OFFICE | MAKING THE GRADE | AFFIX THE SUFFIX | "A"-LIST LITERARY CHARACTERS | GEOMETRY | PROTESTING TIPS & ETIQUETTE |
|
$200
[1]
This 1995 smash was inspired by the Pixar short film "Tin Toy"
Toy Story
Blythe
Matt
|
$200
[21]
Valvoline offers this product in viscosity grades including 5W20 & 20W50
motor oil
Liza
|
$200
[16]
To make "ox" an irregular plural
-en (oxen accepted)
Blythe
|
$200
[13]
In "Troilus & Cressida", this Greek refuses to fight after his pride is injured
Achilles
Matt
|
$200
[6]
This "unadorned" branch of geometry deals with figures in 2 dimensions
plane geometry
Liza
|
$200
[7]
You don't want contact lenses in if you encounter this spray named for its oleoresin capsicum ingredient
pepper spray
Blythe
|
|
$400
[2]
The son of a virtual world programmer ends up in the world that his dad (Jeff Bridges) created in this sequel
Tron: Legacy
Liza
|
$400
[23]
Geologically young & usually found near the earth's surface, lignite is the lowest grade of this product
coal
Matt
|
$400
[17]
To make "central" & "ceaseless" into adverbs
-ly
Liza
Blythe
|
$400
[27]
Willa Cather's daughter of Bohemian immigrants, now a Cornhusker
Antonia
Liza
|
$400
[9]
You can call me this, a half-line that extends in one direction indefinitely & has only one endpoint
a ray
Blythe
|
$400
[8]
No weapons, but bring an Arrow T72 one of these guns to put signs together
a staple gun
Liza
|
|
$600
[3]
"There was only one man left in the family, and the mission was to save him" was a tagline to this 1998 film
Saving Private Ryan
Liza
|
DD
$800
[24]
From an EF-0 to an EF-5, the enhanced Fujita scale is used to grade the intensity of these weather events
a tornado
Matt
|
$600
[18]
To make "fashion" & "comfort" into adjectives
-able
Matt
|
$600
[28]
This swordsman tries to keep the identity of his mistress, Madame de Chevreuse, secret from Athos & his other pals
Aramis
Blythe
|
$600
[10]
10-letter word for the side opposite the 90-degree angle in a right triangle
a hypotenuse
Liza
|
$600
[14]
Evade bans on loudspeakers: have a group in unison repeat 1 person's words, in "the human" this device
microphone
Blythe
|
|
$800
[4]
Eddie Murphy got the role of police detective Axel Foley in this 1984 blockbuster after Sly Stallone bowed out
Beverly Hills Cop
Blythe
|
$800
[26]
As determined by the USDA, it's the highest grade of lamb, veal & beef
prime
Liza
|
$800
[19]
To make "alphabet" & "digit" into verbs
-ize
Matt
|
$800
[29]
His mane is shaved off in "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe"
Aslan
Matt
|
$800
[11]
A geometric figure with a circular base that rises to a single point
a cone
Blythe
|
$800
[15]
Even under a romantic moon in an occupied park, don't approach an enticing stranger with ZZ Top's "Slip Inside My" this
"Sleeping Bag"
Blythe
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In the third entry in this series, from 2008, Troy & Gabriella might be headed for different colleges--time to sing!
High School Musical
|
$1,000
[25]
This 4-letter superior grade of paper is named for the type of financial document it was used to print
bond paper
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
To make "abnormal" & "similar" into nouns
-ity
|
$1,000
[30]
He's the title character in "The Return of the King"
Aragorn
Liza
|
$1,000
[12]
From the Latin for "agreeing", it means identical in shape & size, like the two objects seen here
congruent
Liza
|
$1,000
[22]
Though you may think they're a mockery of the First Amendment, respect FSZs, short for these
free speech zones
Matt
|
| I'M ON THE CASE | NEIGHBORS OF NIGER | SINGING SOLO | THE QUOTABLE NIETZSCHE | CALIFORNIA GIRLS | WHATEVER |
|
$400
[7]
Go through Marbury v. Madison to see how this Chief Justice established the power of judicial review
(John) Marshall
Blythe
Matt
|
$400
[18]
The largest neighborcountryin area
Algeria
Blythe
|
$400
[3]
"Kodachrome" &"Slip Slidin' Away"
Paul Simon
Liza
|
$400
[12]
"The 2 great European narcotics" are alcohol & this religion
Christianity
Blythe
|
$400
[1]
She was born in California in 1954 & was kidnapped in Berkeley 2 weeks shy of her 20th birthday
Patty Hearst
Blythe
|
$400
[23]
It can mean uncaring or informal, as in attire for Friday
casual
Matt
|
|
$800
[8]
Brush up on Earl Warren's opinion for the 5-4 majority in 1966 on this man v. Arizona, regarding police questioning
(Ernesto) Miranda
Matt
|
$800
[19]
Naturally, it's Niger's neighbor
Nigeria
Blythe
|
$800
[14]
"Irreplaceable" &"If I Were A Boy"
Beyoncé
Blythe
|
$800
[13]
& "God created" them, "and boredom did indeed cease from that moment"
women
Liza
Blythe
Matt
|
$800
[2]
This child star & future ambassador was born in Santa Monica in 1928
Shirley Temple
Matt
|
$1,200
[26]
Though "dis" word is used to mean "indifferent", in strict usage it only means objective or impartial
disinterested
Blythe
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Look into why these 2 Italian anarchists were tried in 1921 but not sentenced (to death) until 1927
Sacco & Vanzetti
Blythe
|
$1,600
[21]
Burkina Faso, seen here, was previously known as "Upper" this
Volta
Blythe
|
$1,200
[15]
"Fortress Around Your Heart" &"We'll Be Together"
Sting
Liza
|
$1,200
[28]
"The enlightened man says: I am body only, and nothing beside: and" this "is only a word for something in the body"
soul
|
$1,200
[4]
Ikuko Toguri, born in Los Angeles in 1916, was one of about a dozen women known by this WWII nickname
Tokyo Rose
Liza
|
$1,600
[25]
Mick Jagger's daughter might be this, too weary to care any more
jaded
Liza
|
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
Peruse the appeal that successfully fought the $100 fine this Tenn. high school teacher got in 1925 for teaching evolution
(John) Scopes
Matt
|
$2,000
[22]
It& Niger share a vast but shrinking lake
Chad
Blythe
|
$1,600
[16]
"Mad About You" &"Heaven Is A Place On Earth"
Belinda Carlisle
Liza
|
$1,600
[27]
"Man is a rope stretched between the animal and" this advanced conception of humanity
superman
|
$1,600
[5]
Bon appetit! This PBS star was born in Pasadena in 1912, long before she attended the Cordon Bleu
Julia Child
Matt
|
$2,000
[24]
"Alack the day" is an old expression of dismay; this adjective that comes from it means you won't bother to try
lackadaisical
Blythe
|
|
$2,000
[11]
See how on Earth the justices voted 7-1 in this man v. Ferguson in 1896, advancing the "separate but equal" doctrine
Plessy
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
Itunderwent a change of government in 2011
Libya
Blythe
|
$2,000
[17]
"Centerfield" &"The Old Man Down The Road"
John Fogerty
Blythe
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
This Oakland-born San Jose State grad is known for novels about the Chinese female immigrant experience
Amy Tan
Blythe
|
— |
David Phillips, whose exposé reporting inspired this word made popular by Teddy Roosevelt, was later shot dead
muckraking