Kirk Nelson — a structural engineer from Seattle, Washington
Benjamin Recchie — a science writer from Chicago, Illinois
Sam Hopkins — an M.B.A. student originally from Prairie Village, Kansas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $2,200 | $6,400 | $9,000 |
$13,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Benjamin | $4,000 | $3,800 | $9,000 |
$6
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 3 W |
| Kirk | $800 | $1,800 | $18,200 |
$18,200
New champion: $18,200 |
$17,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| LEGAL MATTERS | THE MOVIE MAP | THINGS & STUFF | THE VIETNAM WAR | PUNCTUATION EQUIVOCATION? | THE BIBLE BOOK IMMEDIATELY BEFORE |
|
$200
[25]
A group of lawyers is referred to as the bar; this piece of furniture is a group of judges
a bench
Benjamin
|
$200
[11]
Bill Murray as FDR:"Hyde Park on ____"
the Hudson
Sam
|
$200
[6]
The iceberg type of this food is also called crisphead
lettuce
Kirk
|
$200
[1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) On November 24, 1963, just two days after taking office, this man, who escalated the war, told his advisers, "I'm not going to lose Vietnam. I'm not going to let Vietnam go the way of China"
Lyndon Johnson
Kirk
|
$400
[20]
You fill these out to participate in an NCAA hoops March Madness pool (purely for fun, with no betting, of course)
brackets
Sam
|
$600
[24]
...Revelation (Hey...!)
Jude
Benjamin
|
|
$400
[16]
To knowingly assist someone in the commission of a crime is to "aid and " this 4-letter word
abet
Kirk
|
$400
[12]
J. Lo is the help:"Maid in ____"
Manhattan
Benjamin
|
$400
[7]
The lower the magnitude, the brighter the object; this one has a magnitude of a bright -26.51
the Sun
Kirk
|
$400
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) For more than a decade, U.S. & South Vietnamese forces fought Vietcong guerrillas for control of Vietnam's rice bowl, this fertile region near the Mekong River's mouth
the Mekong Delta
Sam
|
$600
[21]
An NHL game has at least 3 of these that are 20 minutes apiece
periods
Sam
|
$1,000
[26]
...Lamentations (the prophet said to be doing the lamenting)
Jeremiah
Sam
|
|
$600
[17]
The McNaghten case of 1843 is the standard in about half the states for a verdict of not guilty by reason of this
insanity
Kirk
|
$600
[13]
A Kurt Russell adventure:"Big Trouble in Little ____"
China
Sam
|
$600
[8]
This school of design & its sites in Weimar & Dessau have been designated World Heritage Sites
Bauhaus
Sam
|
$800
[4]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Reminders of the war are everywhere in Vietnam; a small lake in a quiet Hanoi neighborhood still holds wreckage of one of these giant U.S. bombers that attacked the city in December 1972
a B-52
Benjamin
|
$800
[23]
It can mean something shaped like a star
asterisk
Sam
|
— |
|
$800
[18]
People often represent themselves in this, aka conciliation court, where damages are below a specified amount
small claims
Kirk
|
$800
[14]
Nick Nolte as TJ:"Jefferson in ____"
Paris
Sam
Kirk
|
$800
[9]
This 17th c. Brit's "choice" meant customers at his stable had to take the horse nearest the door
(Thomas) Hobson's
Benjamin
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Hanoi, Vietnam.) Only a small part of Hanoi's infamous Hoa La prison remains standing today; during the war, inmates such as John McCain gaveit this ironic nickname, reflecting the lack of hospitality they found there
the Hanoi Hilton
Sam
|
$1,000
[22]
Preceding "off", it means "to hurry away"; preceding "down", it means "to write hastily
dash
Sam
Benjamin
|
— |
|
$1,000
[19]
This medical professional's type of jury conducts an inquest into the cause of a suspicious death
a coroner
Sam
|
$1,000
[15]
An Orson Welles classic:"The Lady from ____"
Shanghai
|
$1,000
[10]
This ex-president passed away on June 8, 1845 at the Hermitage
(Andrew) Jackson
Benjamin
|
$1,000
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Vietnam.) The climactic moment of the war came when, after more than 20 years of fighting, North Vietnamese tanks burst through the gates of Saigon's Presidential Palace on April 30th of this year
1975
Benjamin
|
— | — |
| SMALLER THAN TULSA | BERRIES | WORLD SERIES MVPs BY POSITION | ADD AN E | CODA | CHROME |
|
$400
[6]
This tiny principality is famed for its casino at Monte Carlo & a Grand Prix auto race
Monaco
Benjamin
|
$400
[18]
This shortcake fruit has an average of 200 seeds on each berry
a strawberry
Sam
|
$400
[1]
Derek Jeter(2000) &Edgar Renteria(2010)
shortstop
Sam
|
$400
[28]
A North Atlantic food fish ingests an E to become a system used for secrecy of communication
cod & code
Kirk
|
$400
[25]
Appropriately, "coda", the concluding part of a musical work, is Italian for this terminal part of an animal's body
the tail
Benjamin
|
$400
[20]
Due to its varied appearance, chromium takes its name from the Greek word for this
color
Benjamin
Kirk
|
|
$800
[7]
The main roads in this country follow the Valira Del Norte River toward France & the Valira River into Spain
Andorra
Sam
|
$800
[14]
This fruit was not named for a Hanna-Barbera pooch but is probably an alteration of "hurtleberry"
a huckleberry
Kirk
|
$800
[2]
Mike Schmidt(1980) &Pablo Sandoval(2012)
third base
Sam
|
$800
[12]
To expectorate, with an E added, adds to the bitter ill will
spit & spite
Sam
|
$800
[24]
His 1788 "Jupiter" Symphony features an extended coda combining 5 previously heard independent motifs
Mozart
Kirk
|
$800
[21]
Chromium is a metal that is frequently used in these combinations of 2 or more metals
an alloy
Kirk
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Foreign workers make up half the labor force of this principality nestled between Austria & Switzerland
Liechtenstein
Kirk
|
$1,200
[11]
They are dislodged from their vines using water reels & then float to the surface to be harvested
cranberries
Benjamin
|
$1,200
[3]
Johnny Bench(1976) &Steve Yeager(1981)
catcher
Kirk
|
$1,200
[13]
To converse in an informal manner, with an E, will violate rules in a game
chat & cheat
Kirk
|
$1,200
[29]
This rock band released the album "Coda" in 1982, shortly after the death of their drummer prompted their breakup
Led Zeppelin
Sam
|
$1,200
[17]
Chrome is popular because it's resistant to this slow deterioration
rusting (or corrosion)
Kirk
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This very old republic within northeastern Italy is famous for its colorful, collectible stamps
San Marino
Sam
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
This berry is known as framboos by the Dutch
the raspberry
Kirk
|
$1,600
[4]
Tom Glavine(1995) &Curt Schilling(2001)
pitcher
Kirk
|
$1,600
[19]
A synonym for fear adds an E to become cargo transported for pay
fright & freight
Kirk
|
$1,600
[30]
You'll often hear a coda at the end of a movement in one of these classical compositions, from Italian for "to sound"
a sonata
Benjamin
|
$1,600
[22]
This type of alliterative "steel" varies in chromium content from 10 to 26%
stainless steel
Sam
|
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
In 1530 the Holy Roman Emperor gave it to the order of St. John of Jerusalem as a base against the Turks
Malta
Sam
|
$2,000
[16]
In the book "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory", Violet Beauregarde turns into one of these berries
a blueberry
Sam
Benjamin
|
$2,000
[5]
Donn Clendenon(1969) &Willie Stargell(1979)
first base
Kirk
|
$2,000
[27]
A proposal formally made to a deliberative assembly takes on an E to get in touch with 1 of its many types of feelings
motion & emotion
Kirk
|
$2,000
[26]
As it comes at the other end of the song from the intro, a coda in popular music is often referred to as this
an outro
Benjamin
|
$2,000
[23]
Chrome is used as a refractory, meaning it has an unusually high one of these
melting point
Sam
Benjamin
|
In his will, this title guy tells his niece Antonia she should marry a man who knows not "about... chivalry"
Don Quixote de la Mancha