Jason Rau — an electrical engineer from Carlsbad, California
Liz Belthoff — a homemaker and mom from Oradell, New Jersey
Tim Anderson — a Spanish professor from Rockford, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $3,000 | $7,000 | $14,200 |
$22,001
2-day champion: $40,001 |
$16,000
26 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Liz | $800 | $2,600 | $11,000 |
$20,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
13 R, 2 W |
| Jason | $400 | $3,000 | $7,600 |
$7,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| STATE OFthe ONION | WHAT'S IT CALLED? | TEXT ME | DAS BAIT | ZOMBIES ARE COMING! | BETTER FOLLOW ME |
|
$200
[6]
"Unable to rebound after the failure of its upper-peninsula franchise", it "has been forced to close its borders"
Michigan
Tim
|
$200
[11]
Lumps of charcoal for barbecuing
briquettes
Tim
|
$200
[16]
Enough texting; let's meet in person, F2F
face-to-face
Tim
|
$200
[19]
Effzett is a German brand of this fishing accessory, also a verb meaning "entice"
a lure
Tim
|
$200
[26]
Nazi zombies are in the "world at war" version of this video game sometimes shortened to CoD
Call of Duty
Liz
|
$200
[1]
This leader of the rejuvenated Labour Party followed John Major as British prime minister
(Tony) Blair
Tim
Jason
|
|
$400
[7]
"Herds of elk and grizzly are permitted to wantonly trample across the commodity-rich landscape"
Alaska
Tim
|
$400
[12]
A decorative pouch attached to the front of a man's breeches as a display of virility in the 15th & 16th centuries
a codpiece
Tim
|
$400
[17]
It's been fun, but GTG
got to go
Jason
|
$400
[22]
As bait it comes in buckets; kamerad would be the German for the more friendly meaning
chum
Tim
Liz
|
$400
[27]
The Governor lovingly kept his zombie daughter Penny in a cage on this AMC show
The Walking Dead
Jason
|
$400
[2]
This Northern general & war hero followed Southerner Andrew Johnson as U.S. president
Grant
Tim
|
|
$600
[8]
Its people "have slimmed down... by adhering to a strict diet of just one basket of cheese curds at every meal"
Wisconsin
Tim
|
$600
[13]
The little piece you turn to wind a watch; it precedes "winder" in a word for a rousing speech
a stem
Tim
|
$600
[18]
HHOK (it starts with a laugh)
ha ha, only kidding
|
$600
[23]
Nachtkriecher is our German version of this creature, also a teleporting X-man
a nightcrawler
Tim
|
$600
[28]
Rob Cummings, aka Rob Zombie, fronted this band, also the name of a 1932 Bela Lugosi flick
White Zombie
|
$600
[3]
This man who followed St. Peter as pope around 67 A.D. shares his name with a "Peanuts" character
Linus
Tim
|
|
$800
[9]
"The people... can be found on pages 12-187 of the quarterly L.L. Bean catalog"
Maine
Liz
Jason
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
A structure that supports a highway overpass. from French for "end"
an abutment
Tim
|
$800
[20]
NOYB, you nosy texter
none of your business
Tim
|
$800
[24]
If you get to the Elbe & realize you forgot your bait, you can pick sardelle, these Caesar salad fish, out of your lunch
anchovies
Tim
|
$800
[29]
The first page of "Pride & Prejudice & Zombies" says that a zombie "in possession of" these "must be in want of more"
brains
Jason
|
$800
[4]
On Jan. 1, 2007 this South Korean diplomat took over for Kofi Annan
Ban Ki-Moon
Tim
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Found in New England, it "exists solely for the purpose of describing how big other landmasses are"
Rhode Island
Liz
|
$1,000
[15]
4-letter word for an insect in a cocoon
a pupa
Tim
|
$1,000
[21]
To quote the Beach Boys, GOK
God only knows
Liz
|
$1,000
[25]
Many anglers use this product as bait; a German one might use Bavaria blu
cheese
Jason
|
$1,000
[30]
"R", played by Nicholas Hoult, is a highly unusual zombie looking for love in this 2013 film
Warm Bodies
Liz
|
$1,000
[5]
Following the 22-year reign of Tiberius, this fun-loving guy became Roman emperor
Caligula
Liz
Jason
|
| THEY'RE NO. 1! | EUROPEAN POETS & POETRY | AVIATION | 5-LETTER WORDS WITH 4 VOWELS | YES, "MASTER" | THE DEAD SEA SCROLLS |
|
$400
[12]
2009: blowing up with "Boom Boom Pow"
The Black Eyed Peas
Liz
|
$400
[7]
In 1901 French poet Sully Prudhomme became the first to win this literature prize
the Nobel Prize
Tim
|
$400
[26]
16 years after Wilbur died, he sent the flyer I to London's Science Museum, where it remained for 20 years
Orville Wright
Liz
|
$400
[1]
A line of people in London
a queue
Tim
|
$400
[6]
This Mattel toy line includes such action figures as Skeletor, Stratos & He-Man
Masters of the Universe
Jason
|
$400
[21]
The scrolls were discovered in 1947 & offered for sale in a June 1, 1954 ad in this financial paper; they sold for $250,000
The Wall Street Journal
Jason
|
|
$800
[13]
1985: crying about how "Everybody Wants to Rule the World"
Tears for Fears
Tim
|
$800
[8]
Seamus Heaney's 1999 translation of this 1,000-year-old Anglo-Saxon poem was a bestseller
Beowulf
Tim
|
$800
[27]
The "Henry Ford of aviation", he is best known for his 2-seat Cub
(William) Piper
Liz
|
$800
[2]
It's the repeating name in a 1963 hit for the Kingsmen--me gotta go
Louie Louie
Liz
|
$800
[17]
Up to 12 feet long, this largest pit viper is also the largest of the New World venomous snakes
a bushmaster
Tim
|
$800
[22]
See them yourself--in 2012 Google & the Antiquities Authority launched deadseascrolls.org.il, il short for this
Israel
Tim
Jason
|
|
$1,200
[14]
1979: pondering "What a Fool Believes"
The Doobie Brothers
Liz
|
$1,200
[9]
In 1923 German poet Rainer Maria Rilke published a collection of sonnets to this hero whose music charmed Hades
Orpheus
Jason
|
$1,200
[28]
The first aircraft to provide regular service between Europe & North America, it made 11 trips to Lakehurst, N.J.
The Hindenburg
Tim
|
$1,200
[3]
It's a garlic-flavored mayonnaise of Provence
aioli
Tim
|
$1,200
[18]
Founded in 1976, this firm sold its first admissions the following year, to an Electric Light Orchestra concert
Ticketmaster
Jason
|
$1,200
[23]
Most scrolls were written in Hebrew, a few in Greek & the rest in this common language of the Jews at the time
Aramaic
Liz
|
|
$1,600
[15]
1986: encouraging fans to "Walk Like an Egyptian"
The Bangles
Liz
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1776 Karl August, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, appointed this poet to his cabinet as privy councilor
Goethe
|
$1,600
[29]
It's the central section of a plane; the P-82 twin Mustang had 2 of them, each with a cockpit & pilot
a fuselage
Jason
|
DD
$1,200
[5]
A chapter of the Fraternal Order of Eagles is called this
an Aerie
Tim
|
$2,000
[20]
William Ernest Henley wrote, "I am" this 5-word phrase, "I am the captain of my soul"
("I am) the master of my fate"
Tim
|
$1,600
[24]
One scroll, a mash-up of a few Old Testament books, is devoted to the building & operation of this edifice
the Temple
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[16]
1966: "Reach Out, I'll Be There"; Levi Stubbs & this group
the Four Tops
Liz
|
$2,000
[11]
In 1837 he was killed in a duel by Baron Georges d'Anthes, who was expelled from Russia for the incident
Pushkin
Jason
|
— |
$1,600
[4]
The transmission of sound
audio
Tim
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
If you remember old record labels, you might know this title of the 1899 Francis Barraud painting seen here
His Master's Voice
Jason
|
$2,000
[25]
The best preserved of the scrolls contains all or part of all 66 chapters of this Old Testament prophet's book
Isaiah
|
This French engineer once asked, "Why should we disguise the industrial nature of iron, even in the city?"
Gustave Eiffel