Sarah Orzalli — a project coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
David Brown — a fundraising intern from Palo Alto, California
Patrick Geary — a preloader from Sheridan, Wyoming (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick | $1,400 | $1,400 | $6,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
10 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| David | $4,200 | $7,800 | $22,200 |
$22,200
New champion: $22,200 |
$21,800
31 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Sarah | $1,200 | $1,800 | $3,000 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,000
5 R, 0 W |
| THE AMERICAS | A SON OF JACOB | REALITY CHECKS | A USEFUL CATEGORY | THANKS A LATTE | NO BIG "E" |
|
$200
[1]
Mount Fairweather, the tallest in this Canadian province, is also partly in Alaska
British Columbia
David
|
$200
[2]
Latter-Day church founder Smith
Joseph
David
|
$200
[30]
Denise Stapley outwitted, outlasted & outplayed others to win $1 million on this show's 25th edition in 2012
Survivor
David
|
$200
[28]
Called a "torch" in England, this device was invented around 1896 with the advent of a portable battery power source
a flashlight
David
|
$200
[13]
A caffe latte is made with a shot or 2 of this strong, dark coffee mixed with steamed milk
espresso
Sarah
|
$200
[7]
When referring to our planet, this word takes a capital E; when referring to soil & dirt, not
Earth
David
|
|
$400
[10]
This state is bordered on its south by Texas & on its panhandle by New Mexico
Oklahoma
David
|
$400
[3]
President Harrison
Benjamin
David
|
$400
[16]
Gretchen Jones was under the Gunn & won $100,000 on this show; the other designers had to clean out their workspaces
Project Runway
David
|
$400
[24]
WWII fighting on insect-infested fronts led to the development of spray cans powered by this
aerosol
David
|
$400
[14]
If you want less zip from your latte, drink this type of coffee produced by the Swiss water process
decaffeinated coffee
|
$400
[8]
When this word is in a Wilde play title, it's upper case; not when it's just a word meaning "sincere"
Earnest
David
|
|
$600
[20]
Iztaccihuatl & Popocatepetl are 2 volcanoes that stand more than 17,000 feet high in this country
Mexico
Sarah
|
$600
[4]
Sandwich made with Russian dressing
Reuben
David
|
$600
[17]
$516.32 was the top prize for contestants on this Chuck Barris "talent" show
The Gong Show
|
$600
[15]
In 1907 a company took the name of this adjustable tool that could replace an entire set of wrenches
a crescent wrench
|
$600
[25]
Make a nice smooth latte using this No. 1 U.S. brand of soy milk
Silk
David
|
$600
[9]
Capitalize this as the progenitor of the human race, but not when meaning "the night before"
Eve
Patrick
|
|
$800
[21]
Central America's smallest country, it's been called Cuscatlan, "Land of the Jewel"
El Salvador
Patrick
|
$800
[5]
Hall of fame passer Fouts
Dan
Patrick
|
$800
[18]
John Anderson & John Henson host this ABC show that gives $50,000 to its winners (& hopefully some aspirin, too)
Wipeout
|
$800
[22]
Leading to major changes in sports record keeping, this device was improved in 1916 to measure down to 1/100 of a second
the stopwatch
Patrick
|
$800
[26]
You can use this spiced Indian tea to make a different type of latte
chai
David
|
$800
[11]
As a member of a "benevolent & protective order", big E; as an antlered ruminant, little e
Elk
David
|
|
$1,000
[23]
You'll find these much photographed falls in the Grand Canyon
Havasu Falls
|
$1,000
[6]
Comic actor Friedlander, he of the slogan-bearing caps
Judah
David
|
$1,000
[19]
David Hasselhoff helped put $1 mil. in the pocket of insurance salesman/opera singer Neal Boyd on this show
America's Got Talent
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
A common type of this home safety device invented in the 1960s works by identifying changes in air ionization
a smoke detector
David
|
$1,000
[27]
Starbucks adds a sweet syrup to make this type of latte named for cooked sugar
caramel
|
$1,000
[12]
Capitalize this word if it precedes "Guinea", but not if it precedes "plane" or "tide"
Equatorial
Sarah
|
| CNN HISTORIC REVOLUTIONS | THE CALENDAR | BARD "M"EN | NAME THE SONG | ARCHAEOLOGY | WITHIN LIMITATIONS |
|
$400
[1]
(With the first clue, here is Jim Bittermann.) The streets around Paris were boiling like a cauldron as the storming of the Bastille in this year marked the beginning of the French Revolution
1789
Sarah
|
$400
[23]
It takes about 365 1/4 days for the earth to orbit the sun, so we get one of these on the calendar every 4 years
a leap day (leap year accepted)
David
|
$400
[12]
He killed Macbeth
Macduff
David
|
$400
[8]
1966:"In the town where I was born lived a man who sailed to sea"
"Yellow Submarine"
David
|
$400
[6]
An 1847 study of the mound builders of Ohio was the first publication of this Washington, D.C. institution
the Smithsonian
Patrick
David
|
$400
[18]
Eagle claw
talon
David
|
|
$800
[2]
(Here is Anna Coren.) In June 1900 threatened foreigners were trapped in Beijing's Embassy District for more than 7 weeks before international relief forces rescued them during this Chinese rebellion
the Boxer Rebellion
Patrick
|
$800
[24]
The Babylonians jiggered their calendar so the year always began right after this season-starting moment
the spring equinox
Patrick
David
|
$800
[13]
We know Antonio's job (& where he works) from the title of this comedy
The Merchant of Venice
David
|
$800
[9]
1982:"She's just a girl who claims that I am the one"
"Billie Jean"
Sarah
|
$800
[7]
A coin of emperor Yongle found in Kenya shows this Asian nation was trying to become an economic power 600 years ago
China
David
|
$800
[19]
Slightly wet
moist
David
|
|
$1,600
[4]
(Ivan Watson has the clue this time.) Here in Istanbul in 1908 the original "Young Turks" occupied the city as part of a revolution against a dictatorial one of these Ottoman Rulers
a sultan
Patrick
David
|
— |
$1,200
[14]
He declared "A plague o' both" the houses of Montague & Capulet
Mercutio
David
|
$1,200
[10]
2012:"I'm gonna pop some tags, only got twenty dollars in my pocket"
"Thrift Shop"
David
|
$1,200
[25]
In 2009 the earliest known depictions of the Apostles from the 4th c. were found in these underground tombs in Rome
the catacombs
Patrick
|
$1,200
[20]
It means tiring work
toil
David
|
|
$2,000
[5]
(With the last clue, here is Alex Zolbert.) Tokyo became Japan's capital in 1868 with the restoration of imperial power under the Emperor Meiji, ending the era of these rulers
the shoguns
Patrick
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[15]
The name of this steward in "Twelfth Night" is an approximation of the Italian for "ill will"
Malvolio
David
|
$1,600
[11]
1971:"Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove"
"Black Dog"
|
$1,600
[26]
An upright slab with writing, like the Merneptah one Stanley Kowalski--er, Sir Flinders Petrie--found in 1896
a stela
Patrick
|
$1,600
[21]
A citizen army called for service in an emergency
militia
David
|
|
DD
$2,200
[3]
(Here is Dan Rivers.) On June 24, 1932 here in Bangkok a group called the Promoters staged a bloodless coup which ended Thailand's absolute monarchy & led to this type of monarchy named for a document
a constitutional monarchy
Patrick
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
You'll find this king of Sparta & hubby of Helen in "Troilus & Cressida"
Menelaus
David
|
$2,000
[17]
2003:"Shake it like a Polaroid picture"
"Hey Ya!"
David
|
$2,000
[27]
This financier of the King Tut excavation died 9 months before Tut's sarcophagus was discovered
Lord Carnarvon
|
$2,000
[22]
A follower of Lao Tzu's philosophy
taoist
Patrick
David
|
They're the only 2 Best Actor winners with the same last name; one was a winner for 1979 & 1988, the other for 2005
Dustin Hoffman & Philip Seymour Hoffman