Elisabeth Houlik — an accountant from Allentown, Pennsylvania
Rich Hansen — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Fidelito Cortes — a writer from Port Jefferson Station, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fidelito | $600 | $5,200 | $24,000 |
$25,000
2-day champion: $45,000 |
$19,600
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Rich | $2,400 | $2,400 | $6,400 |
$9,155
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
13 R, 4 W |
| Elisabeth | $3,400 | $4,000 | $4,000 |
$1,500
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| SOME 4-LETTER WORDS | MAPPING THE NFL | ANDREW JACKSON | DAYS | OF SWINE | "ROSE"S |
|
$200
[7]
The skirt worn by the sugar plum fairy
a tutu
Elisabeth
|
$200
[1]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. with two cities marked.) Situated more than 2,700 miles apart, they're the northernmost & southernmost NFL teams
the Seahawks & the Dolphins
Fidelito
|
$200
[9]
As a 14-year-old fighting in this war, Jackson was captured & held as a P.O.W. in Camden, South Carolina
the Revolution
Elisabeth
|
$200
[21]
The American Tolkien society honors these fictional creatures with their own day on September 22
hobbits
Fidelito
|
$200
[25]
Male swine are called these, a term also used for wild pigs
boars
Fidelito
Elisabeth
|
$200
[15]
At the first one in 1902, Michigan beat Stanford 49-zip
the Rose Bowl
Elisabeth
|
|
$400
[6]
Another term for the uterus
the womb
Fidelito
|
$400
[2]
The rivalry between these two teamsgoes back to the 1930s
the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions
Fidelito
Rich
|
$400
[10]
Jackson was a delegate to this state's Constitutional Convention, & some say he proposed the state's name
Tennessee
Fidelito
|
$400
[22]
May 28, 1892 is the founding day of this conservation club
the Sierra Club
Fidelito
|
$400
[27]
Beginning in the 1980s these small Vietnamese pigs were popular as pets
pot-bellied pigs
Fidelito
|
$400
[17]
Izzy Stradlin was a founding member of this group in Los Angeles in 1985
Guns N' Roses
Fidelito
|
|
$600
[8]
A vulcanized piece of rubber used in a certain sport, it's also what the Brits call a computer mouse
a puck
Rich
|
$600
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of the US with a city marked.) Founded in Cleveland in 1937, this teammoved westin 1946, and since 1995, has grazed over here
the St. Louis Rams
Rich
|
$600
[11]
In the presidential election of 1824, Jackson won a plurality of electoral votes but lost to this man in the House
John Quincy Adams
Elisabeth
|
$600
[23]
The date Congress authorized it, October 1 is the birthday of this national park, menaced by fire in the summer of 2013
Yosemite
Elisabeth
|
$600
[28]
One of the fastest members of the pig family is this large African species that can reach speeds of 35 mph
warthogs
Fidelito
|
$600
[18]
This married couple died together in Sing Sing June 19, 1953
the Rosenbergs
Elisabeth
|
|
$800
[14]
To cheat, hopefully not by using the same-named chess piece
a rook
Rich
|
$800
[4]
Based on the location of its stadium, thisis the NFL's easternmost team
the Patriots
Elisabeth
|
$800
[12]
This Jackson pick for minister to Great Britain was rejected by the Senate but later became Jackson's second veep
Van Buren
Elisabeth
|
$800
[24]
On the Catholic calendar, Dec. 28 is Childermas, remembering the slaughter of the innocents in this biblical town
Bethlehem
Rich
|
$800
[29]
Because of their similarity to ours, these pig parts have been used for decades to replace those in the human heart
valves
Fidelito
Rich
Elisabeth
|
$800
[19]
It's a nickname of the Kentucky Derby
the Run for the Roses
Elisabeth
|
|
$1,000
[16]
It's a South African word meaning to travel by ox wagon: a "Great" one began in 1835
a trek
Rich
|
DD
$800
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows us a map of the U.S. with a city marked.) The team that ended up here in the 1990s originatedhereunder this name
the (Houston) Oilers
Elisabeth
|
$1,000
[13]
On June 6, 1833 Jackson became the first president to ride a train, the B&O, which stands for this
the Baltimore and Ohio
|
$1,000
[26]
October 29 in Turkey is this "Day", the kind of country Turkey became when the monarchy was overthrown
Republic
Rich
|
$1,000
[30]
2013 figures revealed this Midwest state is home to over 20 million pigs, more than 1/4 of the USA's total
Iowa
Fidelito
|
$1,000
[20]
In 1942shestarred in the musical "Star and Garter"
Gypsy Rose Lee
Fidelito
Elisabeth
|
| FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS | CASTLING | ARIAS | NAME THE TV ROLE | GOLDEN WORDS | 2013 BOOKS |
|
$400
[16]
Established in 1579, Vilnius University is the oldest university in this country
Lithuania
Elisabeth
|
$400
[21]
Today thought of as a prison in the bottom levels of a castle, originally it was the strongest building there
the dungeon
Elisabeth
|
$400
[11]
"Asile Hereditaire" in this Rossini opera is sung by a Swiss patriot remembering his father's slaying by Austrians
Wilhelm Tell
Fidelito
|
$400
[5]
"Mad Men":Jon Hamm
Don Draper
Elisabeth
|
$400
[6]
Meaning fashionably elegant, it can precede couture or ecole
haute
Rich
|
$1,200
[26]
In his "Life Code", this TV doctor tells readers how the world really works--the good, the bad & the ugly
Dr. Phil
Rich
Elisabeth
|
|
$800
[17]
Hey, y'all ex-comrades! In the local language, Tbilisi in this country derives from a word for "warm"
Georgia
Rich
|
$800
[22]
Hey you kids, go play in the tiltyard, where knights tried to unhorse each other using these
lances
Rich
|
$800
[12]
In a work by this composer, Siegfried sings about Nothung (that's a sword)
Richard Wagner
Fidelito
|
$800
[2]
"Seinfeld":Julia Louis-Dreyfus
(Elaine) Benes
Fidelito
Rich
|
$800
[7]
Once it meant a peg at the top of a tap to allow liquid to flow; now it means the whole tap
faucet
Rich
Elisabeth
|
$1,600
[27]
In Isabel Allende's coming of age story "Maya's Notebook", Maya's grandparents are emigres from this country
Chile
Fidelito
|
|
$1,200
[18]
This capital of Belarus is the administrative center of the Commonwealth of Independent States
Minsk
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[23]
This low wall at the top of the ramparts kept soldiers from falling off & protected against enemy fire
parapets
Elisabeth
|
$1,600
[14]
In "The Tales of" this author, he sings a little story about a dwarf named Kleinzach
Hoffmann
Fidelito
|
$1,200
[1]
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer":David Boreanaz
Angel
Rich
|
$1,200
[8]
This large kettle or vat is used for boiling
a cauldron
Fidelito
|
$2,000
[28]
"A Memory of Light" was the long-awaited 14th & final book in this late fantasy author's "Wheel of Time" series
Robert Jordan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In "Back In The U.S.S.R.". the Beatles sang girls here "really knock me out, they leave the west behind"
Ukraine
Fidelito
|
$1,600
[24]
A large, often iron & wood grate at the main entrance of a castle
the portcullis
|
$2,000
[15]
After Aeneas leaves, she sings, "When I Am Laid In Earth"
Dido
Fidelito
|
$1,600
[3]
"Star Trek":James Doohan
Scotty
Rich
|
$1,600
[9]
The "Great" species of this penguin-like seabird was last sighted in 1844
an Auk
Fidelito
|
— |
|
$2,000
[20]
These 2 neighboring beginning-of-the-alphabet countries both became part of the USSR in 1936
Azerbaijan and Armenia
Elisabeth
|
$2,000
[25]
The Arabic word kazir, meaning castle, gave us this word for Spanish structures like the one seenherein Segovia
an alcázar
Rich
|
DD
$3,800
[13]
This Mozart title man has already seduced Elvira & pursues her maid in "Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra", "O Come To The Window"
Don Giovanni
Fidelito
|
$2,000
[4]
"All in the Family":Sally Struthers
Gloria
|
DD
$3,800
[10]
It once referred to a mock scepter carried by a court jester; now it refers to a small, showy ornament of little value
a bauble
Fidelito
|
— |
With 3 each, "On the Waterfront" is tied with this film & its sequel for most Best Supporting Actor nominations
The Godfather