Rebecca Rider game 3.
Alex Stoy — a student from Tarzana, California
Jim Craner — a website developer from Riverton, Illinois
Rebecca Rider — an office supply sales assistant from Fresh Meadows, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $46,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rebecca | $1,600 | $6,000 | $19,200 |
$33,800
3-day champion: $80,200 |
$19,200
22 R, 0 W |
| Jim | $1,600 | $3,200 | $16,800 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Alex | $5,500 | $5,500 | $4,300 |
$8,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| GIRTH OF A NATION | THANK "Q" VERY MUCH | PAPER | GOOD EATS | THE U.S. CONSTITUTION | & HERE'S YOUR HOST... |
|
$200
[11]
15,147 miles of South American borders & coastline
Brazil
Rebecca
|
$200
[1]
A medical fake
a quack
Alex
|
$200
[17]
Term for the name & address of an organization as printed on its official stationery
letterhead
Jim
|
$200
[22]
The blue, soft-shelled type of this is a Maryland specialty
crab
Rebecca
|
$200
[3]
Article II, section 2 gives the president this military title
Commander in Chief
Alex
|
$200
[16]
This "Idol" host with a variety of showbiz interests made $61 million from May 2010 to May 2011
Ryan Seacrest
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[12]
861 miles of border with France, Germany, Luxembourg & the Netherlands
Belgium
Jim
Alex
|
$400
[2]
Let's go swim in this empty pit where building stone was dug
quarry
Alex
|
$400
[18]
Wish you weren't here--in 1998 $24,000 was paid for one of these travel mementos from the Titanic
a postcard
Jim
|
$400
[23]
Paper-thin slices of this ham from Parma, Italy are often paired with figs or melon
prosciutto
Jim
|
$400
[4]
This Founding Father signed the Constitution as "Presidt and deputy from Virginia"
(George) Washington
Rebecca
Alex
|
$400
[27]
This Comedy Central political pundit explored running for "the president of the United States of South Carolina"
Stephen Colbert
Rebecca
|
|
$600
[13]
3,099 miles of coastline, including Siglufjordhur & Cape Reykjanes
Iceland
Alex
|
$600
[8]
A strict isolation to prevent the spread of disease
quarantine
Jim
|
$600
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) Rarely used in the Computer Age, it's the "elemental" method I used to make this copy
carbon copying
Rebecca
|
$600
[24]
Spanish for "roasted meat", it's a Mexican specialty of thin beef strips, eaten on its own or in tacos or burritos
carne asada
Rebecca
|
$600
[5]
The term of office for the president & vice president shall end at this time on the 20th of January
noon
Jim
|
$600
[28]
When he's not snuffing out torches, this new talk show host hopes guests "Say Yes" to an "Ambush Adventure"
Probst
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[14]
It doesn't need to diet; it has just 75 miles of border, all with Spain & France
Andorra
Alex
|
$800
[9]
A significant or sudden advance is said to be this kind of "leap"
quantum
Alex
|
$800
[20]
This word for a small, folded promotional paper pamphlet is from the French for "stitched together"
a brochure
Rebecca
|
$800
[25]
This Southern favorite is a thin cut of beef dredged in flour, cooked in hot oil 'til crisp & topped with country gravy
chicken fried steak
Jim
|
$800
[6]
Each house of the legislature may expel a member by this fractional vote
2/3
Alex
|
$800
[29]
The 2012 version of this Phil Keoghan-hosted show promised "9 countries, 25,000 miles, $2 million"
Amazing Race
Jim
|
|
DD
$1,500
[15]
5,108 miles of border, all with China & Russia
Mongolia
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
This Army corps deals with fuels, laundry and logistics to name a few
Quartermaster
Alex
|
$1,000
[21]
Colorful name for an authoritative government report on a major issue
a white paper
Jim
Alex
|
$1,000
[26]
Cinnamon & cocoa season the Cincinnati style of this dish, which is topped with cheese & served on spaghetti
chili
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[7]
The 13th Amendment abolished slavery; it & the next 2 are the amendments named for this roughly 12-year period
Reconstruction
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[30]
Hosting 171 episodes of this Discovery Channel show--somebody had to do it, & it was Mike Rowe
Dirty Jobs
Alex
|
| SHAKESPEAREAN PREQUELS? | DISNEY MOVIES BY SONG | 15 LETTERS OR MORE | SOCIOLOGY | BORN IN THE 1400s | THE "EL" YOU SAY |
|
$400
[11]
"The Moor, The Marrier" looks at his wooing of his future wife, to see how "she loved me for the dangers I had pass'd"
Othello
Jim
|
$400
[17]
"Someday My Prince Will Come"
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Jim
|
$400
[6]
On a film, the director of photography sometimes goes by this name
cinematographer
Jim
|
$400
[12]
Sociological term for a system with the mother as head of the family
matriarchal
Rebecca
|
$400
[26]
Her, "la pucelle D'orleans"
Joan of Arc
Rebecca
|
$400
[1]
This Texas city lies across the Rio Grande from its sister city Juarez, Mexico
El Paso
Alex
|
|
$800
[13]
"Tybalt and Mercutio Aren't Dead" is the prequel to this play
Romeo & Juliet
Rebecca
|
$800
[18]
"Let's Go Fly a Kite"
Mary Poppins
Alex
|
$800
[7]
Term for someone who sails or flies completely around the world
circumnavigator
Jim
|
$1,200
[22]
This German social scientist co-wrote "The Communist Manifesto" & edited Marx' "Das Kapital"
(Friedrich) Engels
Rebecca
|
$800
[27]
This "magnificent" sultan, around 1494
Suleiman
Rebecca
|
$800
[2]
This painter's "View of Toledo" influenced the expressionists of the 20th century
El Greco
Rebecca
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In the not-so-tragic "Thane!", Macbeth hangs out with Malcolm & Donalbain, sons of this king
Duncan
|
$1,200
[19]
Sung by Amy Adams, "True Love's Kiss" & "That's How You Know"
Enchanted
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[9]
Here the water is illuminated by plankton producing this, from words meaning "life" & "light"
bioluminescence
Jim
|
$1,600
[24]
This pollster founded his American Institute of Public Opinion in Princeton in 1935
Gallup
Jim
|
$1,200
[28]
This explorer aka Giovanni Caboto, sort of the Columbus of the North Atlantic
(John) Cabot
Jim
|
$1,200
[3]
It's the most densely populated country on the mainland of the Americas
El Salvador
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[15]
In "Ere the Storm" we see the details of the plot Antonio uses to depose his brother, this man, the Duke of Milan
Prospero
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[20]
"You Can Fly, You Can Fly, You Can Fly" & "The Second Star to the Right"
Peter Pan
Jim
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
Drawn only partly from Hemingway's own experiences, "A Farewell to Arms" is described as this 20-letter type of novel
semiautobiographical
Jim
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
"Counterculture" was a term popularized by Theodore Roszak to describe this decade's revolt against authority
the 1960s
Jim
|
$1,600
[29]
In 1449 came this future ruler of Florence
Lorenzo de' Medici
Alex
|
$1,600
[4]
The name of this warm Pacific current refers to the Christ child since it usually occurs around Christmas
El Niño
Jim
|
|
$2,000
[16]
King Lear marries off these 2 daughters to the Dukes of Cornwall & Albany in "The Sisters Royal"
Regan & Goneril
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[23]
Performed by Hayley Mills & Hayley Mills, "Let's Get Together"
The Parent Trap
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[10]
Serotonin is this type of chemical that carries signals from one nerve cell to another
a neurotransmitter
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[25]
In his 1899 work "The Theory of the Leisure Class", Thorstein Veblen coined the term "conspicuous" this
consumption
Jim
Alex
|
$2,000
[30]
This Italian painter, whose work is seen here
Sandro Botticelli
|
$2,000
[5]
The largest exposed granite monolith in the world, it rises 3,600 feet above the valley floor in Yosemite
El Capitan
Jim
|
On a state seal since 1850, this one-word motto is found in a story about Archimedes
Eureka