Alex announcesAndy Westney(1980s),Shane Whitlock(1990s), andTom Nissley(2000s) as the winners of the Battle of the Decades Fan Favorite online polls.
Tina Nguyen — a food media writer from New York, New York
Carlos Ross — a customer service representative from Austin, Texas
Scott Claremon — a tax attorney from Sacramento, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,899)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $4,600 | $7,000 | $17,400 |
$32,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Carlos | $2,600 | $6,000 | $19,600 |
$34,801
New champion: $34,801 |
$12,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Tina | $1,600 | $2,800 | $16,200 |
$19,700
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| LITERARY TITLE COLORS | ALSO A BOWLING TERM | HOLY DAYS & OBSERVANCES | HOOK | LINE | STINKER |
|
$200
[1]
Lucy Maud Montgomery:"Anne of ____ Gables"
Green
Tina
|
$200
[16]
If you have a flat on the freeway, better hope you have one of these replacement tires
a spare
Carlos
|
$200
[6]
This 40-day period of fasting & penitence begins on Ash Wednesday
Lent
Tina
|
$200
[11]
A hook & ladder is another way of referring to this type of conveyance
a fire truck
Carlos
Tina
|
$200
[21]
This 1951 movie includes the line "I have always depended on the kindness of strangers"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Scott
Tina
|
$200
[26]
The rare hooded variety is one of about a dozen species of these stinkers in the mammal family Mephitidae
a skunk
Scott
|
|
$400
[2]
John Steinbeck:"The ____ Pony"
Red
Tina
|
$400
[17]
This word can precede end, infinitive & ticket
split
Carlos
|
$400
[9]
Id al-Fitr is a Muslim day of feasting immediately following this holy period
Ramadan
Scott
|
$400
[12]
No good cat burglar should be without one of these
a grappling hook
Scott
Tina
|
$400
[22]
In a Hitchcock film, this character delivers the line "A boy's best friend is his mother"
Norman Bates
Scott
|
$400
[27]
Recent research suggests malaria parasites alter this animal's behavior to make it seek out smelly, sweaty people
a mosquito
Tina
|
|
$600
[3]
James Patterson:"____ Market"
Black
Carlos
|
$600
[18]
This trough under the eaves of a roof is used to drain rainwater
a gutter
Carlos
|
$600
[8]
Holy Innocents' Day on December 28 commemorates the killing of children by order of this king
Herod
Carlos
|
$600
[13]
This 3-word phrase can mean out of trouble, free from obligation or, in slang parlance, excellent!
off the hook
Scott
|
$600
[23]
This movie spawned 1,000 imitators saying, "You've got to ask yourself one question: 'Do I feel lucky?' Well, do ya, punk?"
Dirty Harry
Carlos
|
$600
[28]
The hoatzin, or "stink bird", of this 4,000-mile-long river's basin is so smelly it's rarely hunted for food
the Amazon
Carlos
|
|
$800
[4]
Janet Fitch:"____ Oleander"
White
Carlos
|
$800
[19]
From the French, it's a narrow lane or passageway
an alley
Scott
Carlos
|
$800
[7]
It's the Jewish day of atonement
Yom Kippur
Carlos
|
$1,000
[15]
University of Texas cheerleader Harley Clark created the gesture known by this phrase
Hook 'em Horns
Scott
|
$800
[24]
As this 1994 movie reminded us, even in prison you either "get busy living or get busy dying"
The Shawshank Redemption
Scott
|
$800
[29]
The red trillium flower gives off a unique foul odor, earning it this "drenched pet" nickname
wet dog
Carlos
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Henry James:"The ____ Bowl"
Golden
Scott
|
$1,000
[20]
Beltsville Small White, White Holland & Bourbon Red are varieties of this largest North American game bird
a turkey
Tina
|
$1,000
[10]
Between late October & mid November Hindus celebrate this festival of lights
Diwali
Tina
|
DD
$1,200
[14]
Used on fishing boats, this long pole with an iron hook is a homophone of a social blunder
a gaff
Scott
|
$1,000
[25]
1931 film with the line "Listen to them. Children of the night. What music they make"
Dracula
Tina
|
$1,000
[30]
Stinkhorns are a type of these that attract flies to spread their spores by smelling like rotting meat
fungi (a mushroom accepted)
Carlos
Tina
|
| THE 5 W's | AFRICAN LEADERS | STARTS & ENDS WITH A VOWEL | WHAT'S ON TV? | STATE SHAPES | -OLOGIES |
|
$400
[29]
Why:Because blue frequencies of light are scattered more in the atmosphere than others
why is the sky blue
Tina
|
$400
[6]
Ethiopia's Haile Selassie was regarded as the messiah of the African race by this movement founded in Jamaica
Rastafarianism
Scott
|
$400
[30]
An agreeable fragrance from cooking
an aroma
Carlos
|
$400
[27]
James Spader's character is "the concierge of crime" on this devious new NBC show
The Blacklist
Carlos
|
$400
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of the U.S. Central Atlantic states on the monitor.) These 2 men are famous for surveying Maryland'snorthernborder, which became a symbolic dividing line, but they also laid out the state'seasternborder with Delaware
Mason & Dixon
Tina
|
$400
[28]
The study of ancient cultures by examining their material remains
archaeology
Carlos
|
|
$800
[23]
Where:This city that's home to Canada's largest stock exchange
Toronto
Scott
|
$800
[7]
Add a syllable to "Kenya" to get this last name of Kenya's first & current presidents, father & son
Kenyatta
Tina
|
$800
[15]
It's soft; it's pendulous; it's one of the 2 on your head
an earlobe
Carlos
Tina
|
$800
[1]
In 2013 he won the Emmy for Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his role on "The Newsroom"
Jeff Daniels
Scott
|
$800
[14]
Starting this project in 1817 forced the redrawing of the borders of Ill., Ind., Ohio, Michigan & Wisconsin
the Erie Canal
Tina
|
$800
[5]
With quite a large potential area to search, exobiology is the study of life here
outer space
Scott
|
|
$1,200
[24]
When:The 21st century year U.S. & coalition forces invaded Iraq
2003
Tina
|
$1,200
[10]
The first woman elected head of state in Africa is Ellen Johnson Sirleaf of this country founded in the 1800s
Liberia
Carlos
|
$1,200
[16]
Barbayanni, founded in 1860, is a popular brand of this Greek spirit
ouzo
Carlos
|
$1,200
[2]
In 2013 it was announced Peter Capaldi will be the next title time traveler in this 50-year-old show
Doctor Who
Scott
|
$1,200
[20]
The northern & southern borders of Oklahoma'spanhandleare vestiges of Congress's effort to regulate this
slavery
Scott
|
$1,600
[9]
The specific study of diamonds, pearls & amethysts
gemology
Scott
Tina
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Who:Thisother Mormon who sought the Republican presidential nomination in 2012
(Jon) Huntsman
Scott
|
$1,600
[11]
It's the first name of Nigerian president Jonathan, & it's what we wish him in battling Boko Haram rebels
Goodluck
Carlos
|
$2,000
[18]
In Italian this veal dish means "pierced bone"
ossobuco
Carlos
|
$1,600
[3]
3 homes are priced, toured & critiqued on both domestic & "international" versions of this HGTV show; which one will you pick?
House Hunters
Tina
|
$1,600
[21]
The 42nd parallel, which 5 states border from Utah to Oregon, was a dividing line in an 1819 U.S. treaty with this country
Spain
Tina
|
$2,000
[13]
Max Wertheimer founded & brought to the U.S. the Gestalt school of this -ology
psychology
Tina
|
|
$2,000
[26]
What:With the same last 3 letters as "pizzeria", this type of simple restaurant gets its name from Italian for "host"
trattoria
Tina
|
$2,000
[12]
Under president Siad Barre, who left in 1991, this East African land had its last real government for many years
Somalia
Scott
|
DD
$9,200
[17]
The name of this secret sect said to have formed in 1776 is from the Latin for "enlightened"... but I've said too much
the Illuminati
Carlos
|
$2,000
[4]
This animated spy on FX declares, "Lying is like 95% of what I do"
Archer
Tina
|
$2,000
[22]
The anti-secession vote in Virginia helped shape West Virginia's eventual border when it joined the Union in this year
1863
Carlos
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
Oral Roberts University has a college of it
theology
Tina
|
The inventor of this image format said the OED wrongly has 2 pronunciations of it--the right one is with a soft "G"
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