Mary Nadal — a stay-at-home mom from Las Vegas, Nevada
Patrick Geary — a preloader from Sheridan, Wyoming
Alan Baltis — a software developer and consultant from Lakewood, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | $2,800 | $3,800 | $8,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Patrick | $2,400 | $5,000 | $12,800 |
$23,800
New champion: $23,800 |
$10,400
11 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Mary | $800 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$11,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
18 R, 3 W |
| SEE FOOD | '60s SPEECHES | .orgANIZATIONS | THEOED"PAL" COMPLEX | AGE AIN'T NOTHIN' BUT A NUMBER | ANIMAL GROUPS |
|
$200
[11]
How about a gold spoonfulof this expensive delicacy
caviar
Alan
|
$200
[26]
"I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. but...we, as a people, will get to the promised land"
Martin Luther King
Alan
|
$200
[6]
uncf.org: where "a mind is a terrible thing to waste"
the United Negro College Fund
Mary
|
$200
[21]
The OED says it's "an official residence... of an emperor, king, pope, or other ruler"
a palace
Alan
|
$200
[15]
This ex-brat packer who plays Chris Traeger on "Parks & Rec" is 49 but literally looks better than men half his age
Rob Lowe
Mary
|
$200
[1]
Kangaroos & gorillas gather in these groups (as do Boy Scouts)
troops
Alan
|
|
$400
[12]
They're not onion ringsbut this seafood appetizer
calamari
Alan
|
$400
[27]
Quoting Shaw in '68: "some people see things as they are and say why? I dream things that never were and say, why not?"
RFK (Robert Kennedy)
Alan
Patrick
|
$400
[7]
pbk.org: it's an honor--society
Phi Beta Kappa
Mary
|
$400
[22]
"The roof of the mouth"
the palate
Mary
|
$400
[17]
This action star turned 73 in March 2013, or would have, but the calendar turned backward out of fear of him
Chuck Norris
Mary
|
$400
[2]
A stand of these pink wading birds can also be called a flamboyance
flamingoes
Alan
|
|
$600
[13]
Judging by their name, these potatoes would be perfect for Kate Middleton
duchess potatoes
|
$800
[29]
"I say segregation now, segregation tomorrow & segregation forever"
(George) Wallace
Mary
|
$600
[8]
kofc.org: these "Knights" who contribute more than $150 million to charitable needs & projects annually
the Knights of Columbus
Patrick
|
$600
[23]
"A range or selection of colours"
a palette
Alan
|
$600
[18]
In 2012 this "Inside the Actors Studio" host turned an amazing 86 years old... how marvelous!
(James) Lipton
Mary
|
$600
[3]
A prickle is a group of these large rodents--which makes sense, as "prickle" means sharp point or spine
porcupines
Alan
|
|
$800
[14]
For your next fiesta, you might whip up some guacamoleand these fried delights
taquitos
Mary
|
$1,000
[30]
"Duty, honor, country. those 3... words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be"
General Douglas MacArthur
|
$800
[9]
nrdc.org: the "Defense Council" for these
Natural Resources
Patrick
|
$800
[24]
"Designating the earliest of the three major divisions of the Stone Age"
Paleolithic
Alan
|
$800
[19]
She has spent 14 of her 49 years busting bad guys as Olivia Benson on "Law & Order: SVU" (& looks the same as when she began)
Mariska Hargitay
Mary
|
$800
[4]
A group of these reptiles is a lounge, & you might also find the "lounge" type in a nightclub
a lizard
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Some people grindthe seeds of this tropical fruit and use it like pepper or in salad dressings
papaya
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
"The aircraft oe., the United States of America treacherously invaded the air space of the Soviet Union"
Nikita Khrushchev
Patrick
|
$1,000
[10]
cfa.org: the "Association" of these people, lovers of felines
Cat Fanciers'
Patrick
|
$1,000
[25]
"A fence made of wooden... stakes fixed in the ground, forming an enclosure or defence"
a palisade
Patrick
|
$1,000
[20]
Perhaps this "Big Bang theory" character played by Jim Parsons could explain how Jim looks 25 but is actually 40
Dr. Sheldon Cooper
|
$1,000
[5]
An obstinacy is a group of these plains bovines, no matter where they roam
buffalo
Alan
|
| ASTROMANIA | WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS | HISTORICAL NOVELS | NATIONAL THINGS | ANIMAL GROUPS | AROUND THE U.S.A. |
|
$400
[21]
The majority of our solar system's asteroids, including Ceres, are found in a wide belt between Mars & this planet
Jupiter
Alan
|
$400
[1]
The name of the goddess Juno moneta gave us the words money & this, a place to produce money
a mint
Mary
|
$400
[11]
Pete Dexter's "Deadwood" tells the tale of this aging gunfighter who just wanted to be left alone to drink & play cards
Wild Bill Hickok
Alan
Patrick
|
$400
[6]
It's another name for rubella
German measles
Mary
|
$400
[16]
In 2008 this band of women offered up an album called "Doll Domination"
The Pussycat Dolls
Alan
Mary
|
$1,200
[25]
This town in Alaska says it's "where the spirit of Christmas lives year 'round"
North Pole
Mary
|
|
$800
[22]
In 2006 NASA's Stardust mission sent home samples from Wild 2, one of these long-distance travelers
a comet
Patrick
|
$800
[2]
Mary Anning, who hawked her fossil discoveries along the dorset coast, inspired this tongue twister
"She sells seashells by the seashore."
Alan
Mary
|
$800
[12]
Max Gallo has written 4 historical novels about him, including 2005's "The Immortal Man of Saint Helena"
Napoleon
Patrick
|
$800
[7]
Dairy product from Oikos or Chobani
Greek Yogurt
Mary
|
$800
[17]
Joe Walsh said these birds' goal after trashing hotel rooms was to cross the state line before a maid opened the door
The Eagles
Alan
|
$1,600
[24]
Having survived the storms of 1900 and 1915, the grand1894 opera houseof this seaport in Texas still puts on shows year-round
Galveston
Mary
|
| — |
$1,200
[3]
This word for an elegant type of handwriting is from the medieval Latin for "running"
cursive
Alan
|
$1,200
[13]
"Innocent Traitor" is "a novel of" this "lady", queen for less than 2 weeks
Lady Jane Grey
Patrick
|
$1,200
[8]
It's the asian pest seen here
a Japanese beetle
|
$1,200
[18]
In the '80s this "I ran (So Far Away)" band was known for the singer's majestic coiffure
Flock of Seagulls
Alan
|
$2,000
[23]
"Twilight" fans can see Bella's truck at this Washington city's Chamber of Commerce
Forks
Patrick
|
| — |
$2,000
[5]
An Italian character in Nicholas Rowe's 1703 play "The Fair Penitent" gave us this word for a womanizer
a lothario
Alan
|
$2,000
[15]
Houdini & Henry Ford are among the figures who appear in this E.L. Doctorow tale of the early 1900s
Ragtime
Alan
|
$1,600
[9]
Sleep in "luxory" on sheets made of this from the land of the pharaohs in thread counts as high as 1,500
Egyptian cotton
Mary
|
$1,600
[19]
Brian Setzer of this retro trio played Eddie Cochran in "La Bamba"
The Stray Cats
Alan
Mary
|
— |
| — |
DD
$4,200
[4]
A weather event off Cape Ann Oct. 30, 1991 popularized this phrase for when a lot of bad things happen at once
a perfect storm
Alan
|
DD
$3,400
[14]
Steven Pressfield's "Gates of Fire" is an epic novel about this battle lost by the Spartans in 480 B.C.
(the Battle of) Thermopylae
Patrick
|
$2,000
[10]
Named for Liszt's homeland, this set of piano pieces includes the music heard here
the Hungarian Rhapsodies
Mary
|
$2,000
[20]
"Don't Fear the Reaper", & don't fear recalling this band & its rockin' cowbell
Blue Oyster Cult
Mary
|
— |
Though they live elsewhere, Alan Page & Dan Dierdorf will both always be in this Ohio city where they were born
Canton, Ohio