Erin Schmidt — a freelance writer and editor from Mishawaka, Indiana
Dylan Wint — a neurologist and psychiatrist from Las Vegas, Nevada
Sara Garnett — a graduate student of zoology originally from Okemos, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $75,403)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sara | $3,800 | $7,600 | $13,200 |
$3,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
18 R, 2 W |
| Dylan | $2,800 | $5,400 | $11,200 |
$7,199
New champion: $7,199 |
$13,800
20 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $800 | $800 | $8,800 |
$3,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
11 R, 1 W |
| CHESS? YES! | 3-LETTER WORDS | EXILED | SHOPPING ABBREV. | CELEBRITIES LOVE TV | "V" ARE THE WORLD |
|
$200
[21]
This piece that starts off in the corner is generally worth about 5 pawns
a rook
Dylan
|
$200
[16]
A female goat can be referred to as a nanny goat or this, just like a female deer
a doe
Dylan
|
$200
[11]
After declaring Napoleon III a traitor to France, this "Les Miserables" author went into exile for 19 years
Victor Hugo
Erin
|
$200
[26]
It revamped its stores in 2012:JCP
J.C. Penney
Dylan
|
$200
[6]
(I'm CNN correspondent Lizzie O'Leary.) Just like a lot of people, I'm watching this AMC show created by Matthew Weiner, who writes great characters like Betty Draper & Roger Sterling
Mad Men
Dylan
|
$200
[1]
The highest point in this country is Pico Bolivar
Venezuela
Erin
|
|
$400
[22]
To earn this title, a player must attain a minimum of 2500 rating points
Grandmaster
Dylan
|
$400
[17]
Cheers to you if you know that London dry is a common type of this
gin
Sara
|
$400
[12]
In 1302 this poet was exiled from Florence by political enemies & faced being burnt at the stake if he returned
Dante
Erin
|
$400
[27]
Take flight with this patriotic-sounding clothing store: AE
American Eagle
Sara
|
$400
[7]
(I'm BBC news anchor Katty Kay.) I can't get enough of Maggie Smith's Dowager Countess on this PBS show with lines like "Don't be defeatist, dear, it's very middle class"
Downton Abbey
Erin
|
$400
[2]
Stanley Park occupies 1,000 acres of this British Columbia city
Vancouver
Sara
Erin
|
|
$600
[23]
To fianchetto one of these pieces is to move it onto one of the board's long diagonals
a bishop
Sara
|
$600
[18]
In a patriotic song Columbia is the this "of the ocean"
gem
|
DD
$400
[14]
He's been in exile since 1959 after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese occupation
the Dalai Lama
Dylan
|
$600
[28]
It has a line called Pink:VS
Victoria's Secret
Sara
|
$600
[8]
(I'm columnist Clarence Page.) I like to watch this NBC sitcom, which I think is an inspired satire of small-town governance & political ambition
Parks and Recreation
Sara
|
$600
[3]
This major city on the Adriatic is vulnerable to floods, as was the case in 2008
Venice
Dylan
|
|
$800
[24]
A game in which each player is allotted 5 minutes or less is called this type, German for "lightning"
blitz
Sara
|
$800
[19]
This Hawaiian dish made from cooked taro root that's pounded to a paste is eaten with the fingers
poi
Dylan
|
$600
[13]
In the '70s this Oscar-nominated "Chinatown" director fled the United States
Roman Polanski
Dylan
|
$800
[29]
Clothes for the working woman: AT
Ann Taylor
Dylan
|
$800
[9]
(I'm CNBC reporter David Faber.) I enjoy getting a look at commerce far from Wall Street on this drama from David Simon about Baltimore's inner city drug trade
The Wire
Sara
Dylan
|
$800
[4]
Of Austria's 9 states, it's the smallest in area
Vienna
Dylan
|
|
$1,000
[25]
One of black's most popular defenses is called this, a term for a person from a Mediterranean island
Sicilian
Sara
|
$1,000
[20]
A unit of energy, it has also been used in slang to mean cool, great, wonderful
rad
|
$1,000
[15]
The government of Russia didn't like Peter Kropotkin's being lead thinker of this no-government philosophy
anarchy
Sara
|
$1,000
[30]
There's one at 5th & 58th in NYC: BG
Bergdorf Goodman
|
$1,000
[10]
(I'm Lewis Black.) I'm watching this gritty drama based on the works of Elmore Leonard & starring Timothy Olyphant as an old-school U.S. Marshal in the 21st century
Justified
Dylan
|
$1,000
[5]
This "City" was created in 1929 by the Lateran Treaty
Vatican City
Sara
|
| PARDON THE ERUPTION | OLYMPIC FACT SHEET | AMERICAN ARCHITECTS | EDIBLE BEFORE & AFTER | GEOGRAPHIC TITLES | 2 LETTERS, 1 WORD |
|
$400
[26]
In the 1780s fumes & lava from the Laki volcano in this North Atlantic nation killed most of its livestock
Iceland
|
$400
[11]
This was changed from 25 to 26.2 miles at London's 1908 Games so it would end in front of the royal family's box
the marathon
Dylan
|
$400
[6]
The Senate & House wings as we know them of this D.C. building were added by Thomas Walter in the 1850s
the Capitol
Dylan
|
$400
[21]
Boy George's group that's a double-decker creation with bacon, lettuce, tomato & turkey on 3 slices of bread
Culture Club sandwich
Erin
|
$400
[1]
Agatha Christie:"Death on the ____"
Nile
Sara
|
$400
[16]
It's not difficult
easy
Dylan
|
|
$800
[27]
Cleveland Volcano in this Alaskan island group just keeps on erupting; a June 19, 2012 belch sent ash 35,000 feet up
the Aleutians
Sara
|
$800
[12]
Including 1952's "Magnificent Magyars", it has won more men's soccer medals than any other current country
Hungary
Sara
|
DD
$400
[9]
His projects in the country of his birth include the Suzhou Museum
I.M. Pei
Dylan
|
$800
[22]
Dairy-filled pastry that frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
cream Puff the Magic Dragon
Sara
|
$800
[2]
Peter Mayle:"A Year in ____"
Provence
Erin
|
$800
[17]
A tent used by Native Americans
teepee
Erin
|
|
$1,200
[28]
When this volcano in the Sunda Strait erupted Aug. 27, 1883, the shock wave traveled around the world 7 times
Krakatoa
Dylan
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
In 1952 Lis Hartel, a paralyzed entrant in this sport, won silver with help from a friend named Jubilee
equestrian
Dylan
|
$800
[7]
Michael Graves, a leader of the post-modernism movement, designed hotels for this Orlando-area theme park
Disney World
Dylan
|
$1,200
[23]
A fried Asian appetizer that you use for personal grooming like Ban or Dry Idea
egg roll-on deodorant
|
$1,200
[3]
Paula McLain's portrait of the Lost Generation:"The ____ Wife"
Paris
Sara
Erin
|
$1,200
[18]
A short non-fiction literary composition, or to try
essay
Erin
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Materials in the atmosphere from the 1991 eruption of this volcano on Luzon caused the world's temp. to drop by 1 degree
Mount Pinatubo
|
$1,200
[13]
After teams from China, South Korea & Indonesia were disqualified in 2012, this sport mulled format changes
badminton
Dylan
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1904 in Buffalo he designed one of the USA's first all air-conditioned office buildings
Frank Lloyd Wright
|
$1,600
[24]
Charlie Brown's gal pal is a hamburger with Swiss cheese & onions served on grilled rye
Peppermint Patty melt
Erin
|
$1,600
[4]
Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows:"The ____ Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society"
Guernsey
Sara
|
$1,600
[19]
Shabby & rundown, or like a watermelon
seedy
Sara
|
|
$2,000
[30]
It sounds more like Italian food, but this volcano on an island north of Sicily is known as the "Lighthouse of the Mediterranean"
Mount Stromboli
|
$2,000
[15]
The numbered gates in the canoe slalom have 2 colors, red & green, which stand for these 2 directions on a river
upstream & downstream
Sara
|
$2,000
[10]
California's first licensed female architect, Julia Morgan, designed this tycoon's castle
Hearst
Erin
|
$2,000
[25]
Bourbon-&-peach liqueur that's a cozy dish from childhood, like meatloaf or macaroni & cheese
Southern Comfort food
Sara
|
$2,000
[5]
Ken Follett:"The Man from ____ ____"
St. Petersburg
|
$2,000
[20]
Before "one" it means this one, that one, whatever one
any
Dylan
|
One of its mascots is a restored 1930 Sport Coupe that's been in use at the school since 1961
Georgia Tech