Meredith Robinson — a retired naval officer from Gales Ferry, Connecticut
Fidelito Cortes — a writer from Port Jefferson Station, New York
Sarah Zucker — an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $3,600 | $8,800 | $7,000 |
$4,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Fidelito | $1,200 | $4,200 | $21,400 |
$20,000
New champion: $20,000 |
$19,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Meredith | $3,400 | $4,000 | $4,800 |
$7,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
9 R, 2 W |
| ASSUME THE PREPOSITION | WHERE IS IT? | REJECTED SPORTS TEAM NAMES | OSCAR-NOMINATED WARNER BROS. CARTOONS | FRAGRANCES | THE BATTLESHIP U.S.S. IOWA |
|
$200
[11]
This preposition starts the text of the King James Bible
In (the beginning)
Meredith
|
$200
[6]
Maracaibo:this country
Venezuela
Fidelito
|
$200
[16]
Even if they were Fulbright ones, no one would want to play for a team called these studious fellows
the scholars
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
"Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt", starring this long-eared fellow
Bugs Bunny
Sarah
|
$200
[21]
C'mon, get this, the bestselling women's fragrance in the Clinique line
Happy
Sarah
|
$200
[26]
(Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of theU.S.S. Iowa.) Shortly after itwas commissioned in 1943, F.D.R. came aboard the Iowa and traveled to Tehranfor an important meeting with these two other world leaders
Stalin & Churchill
Sarah
|
|
$400
[12]
Get on the barge, Marge: they called "all" this
aboard
Sarah
|
$400
[7]
The Great Barrier Reef:this ocean
the Pacific
Meredith
|
$400
[17]
The small, fixed amounts your health insurance company requires you to come up with for outpatient visits
the co-pays
Fidelito
|
$400
[2]
"Tweetie Pie", co-starring this foe
Sylvester
Sarah
|
$400
[22]
Tattoo artist Kat von D has a scent called Saint as well as this alter ego
Sinner
Meredith
|
$400
[27]
(Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of the USSIowa.) When it was recommissioned for the Korean War, the Iowa's wide decks made it ideal for retrievers like the Piasecki HUP-1, this kind of transport used to rescue downed pilots
helicopters
Fidelito
|
|
$600
[13]
In Latin it means "under"; in English it's a sandwich
sub
Sarah
|
$600
[8]
Eau Claire, on the Chippewa River:this state
Wisconsin
Sarah
|
$600
[18]
This item seenhereis a proposed non-intimidating team logo
a fez
Sarah
|
$600
[3]
"Walky Talky Hawky", starring this, I say, this rooster
Foghorn Leghorn
Sarah
|
$800
[24]
Tom Ford goes boho chic with a fragrance called "White" this, an essential oil long associated with hippies
Patchouli
Fidelito
|
$600
[28]
(Alex delivers the clue from the atop the forward battery of theU.S.S. Iowa.) In 1986, President and Mrs. Reagan stood on the bow of the Iowa in New York Harbor to watchthe celebrations marking the restoration and the centennial of this monument
the Statue of Liberty
Fidelito
|
|
$800
[14]
In a Tom Hanks movie title, it comes between "Joe" & "the Volcano"
Versus
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
The International Court of Justice:this city
The Hague
Meredith
|
$800
[19]
These "rising" fungi are used to make bread & beer
yeast
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
"Swooner Crooner", starring th-th-this character as th-the supervisor of an egg factory
Porky Pig
|
$1,000
[25]
The garden where the love of Shah Jahan & Mumtaz blossomed inspired the name of this classic fragrance by Guerlain
Shalimar
|
$800
[29]
(Alex delivers the clue from the box launchers of the U.S.S.Iowa.) One of the modernizations to the Iowa in the 1980s was the addition of these armored box launchers & their deadly cargo of the Tomahawk variety of these
a cruise missile
Sarah
Fidelito
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The pair that precedes "the call of duty" in the standard for receiving the Medal of Honor
above & beyond
Meredith
|
$1,000
[10]
Fordham University, original campus: this borough
the Bronx
Meredith
|
$1,000
[20]
Holden Caulfield said, "you never saw so many" of these insincere people (they could have been Hollywood's team)
phonies
Sarah
|
$1,000
[5]
"For Scent-imental Reasons", starring this early example of Eurotrash
Pepe LePew
Fidelito
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
People have been obsessed by this designer's Obsession since 1985
Calvin Klein
Sarah
|
$1,000
[30]
(Alex delivers the clue from the foredeck of theU.S.S. Iowa.) In the Pacificduring World War II, the Iowa's 16-inch guns were fired many timesagainst Japanese positions, like those on Enewetak Atoll, in these islands that are today an independent republic
the Marshall Islands
Meredith
|
| U.S. CITY NAME ORIGINS | PICK UP THE HOMOPHONE | 19th CENTURY BRIT LIT | ROCKET MUSIC | HEY, LAD-"E" |
|
$400
[15]
This Arizona city got its name from chuk-son, an Indian word meaning village of the dark spring at the foot of the mountains
Tucson
Fidelito
|
$400
[18]
To put in the ground, or a small, juicy fruit
bury/berry
Fidelito
|
$400
[4]
He set many of his works, beginning with "Far From the Madding Crowd", in an area of England called Wessex
Thomas Hardy
Fidelito
|
$400
[1]
In his 1972 hit "Rocket Man", he sings, "it's lonely out in space"
Elton John
Sarah
|
$400
[9]
"Flying may not be all plain sailing, but the fun of it is worth the price", said this woman, who would know
Amelia Earhart
Fidelito
|
|
$800
[16]
Raleigh & Durham were named for people; this third leg of "the Triangle" got its name from a small church
Chapel Hill
Sarah
Fidelito
Meredith
|
$800
[19]
To accumulate a lot of stuff, or a "Golden" mongol group
hoard/Horde
Meredith
|
$800
[5]
"Ivanhoe" was an immediate success when released in 1819, & this author soon became a baronet
Sir Walter Scott
Sarah
|
$800
[2]
A movie bio of Andy Kaufman got its title from this R.E.M. song
"Man on the Moon"
Meredith
|
$800
[10]
In 1892 this founder of Christian Science moved to a house called Pleasant View in Concord, New Hampshire
Mary Baker Eddy
Fidelito
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Three Forks, Wash. changed its name to honor this sleeping car inventor who had given it an endowment
(George) Pullman
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[20]
A painter's material, or to solicit votes
canvas/canvass
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[6]
"A Novel Without a Hero" is the subtitle of this Thackeray work
Vanity Fair
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[3]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield made a video of this Bowie song while floating around the International Space Station
"Space Oddity"
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[11]
She earned Oscar nominations for her screenplays for "When Harry met Sally" & "Sleepless in Seattle"
Nora Ephron
Sarah
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This city that developed around Northwestern University was named for one of the school's benefactors
Evanston
Sarah
|
$1,600
[21]
A group of female deer, or to sleep lightly
does/doze
Sarah
|
$1,600
[7]
This author's 1860 novel "The Woman in White" was loosely based on a French case
Wilkie Collins
Sarah
Fidelito
|
$1,600
[14]
Little Feat was glad to see you with its song rhymingly called "Rocket In" here
"Rocket In My Pocket"
Meredith
|
$1,600
[12]
She & Harriet Beecher Stowe corresponded by letter, discussing such things as her portrayal of Jews in "Daniel Deronda"
George Eliot
Fidelito
|
|
DD
$7,000
[25]
Once called Buffalo City, this Wild West Kansas town was named for the commander of the nearby fort
Dodge City
Sarah
|
$2,000
[22]
An old bowed musical instrument, or a small glass container for medicine
viol/vial
Fidelito
|
DD
$4,400
[8]
Amy is the real name of this Dickens title character who was born in the Marshalsea debtor's prison
Little Dorrit
Fidelito
|
$2,000
[17]
This No. 1 hit by the Starland Vocal Band mentions "sky rockets in flight"
"Afternoon Delight"
Sarah
|
$2,000
[13]
She was the queen consort of Louis VII of France & Henry II of England
Eleanor (of Aquitaine)
Fidelito
|
2 of the 4 men on Mount Rushmore were born in Virginia; these 2 states were the birthplaces of the other 2 men
New York & Kentucky