Varun Shekhar — a graduate student in engineering and law from Northville, Michigan
Curtis Morales — an analytics engineer from Washington, D.C.
Matthew Church — a medical student from Prince George, British Columbia, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew | $1,600 | $7,200 | $10,800 |
$2,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Curtis | $4,600 | $6,600 | $11,800 |
$1,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,800
18 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Varun | $800 | $1,200 | $9,500 |
$7,199
New champion: $7,199 |
$9,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| A LITTLE SOMETHING SWEET | D.C. TV | "M" STATE | BOMB | ADJECTIVES FOR YOUR RESUMÉ | GOD SAID UNTO THEE... |
|
$200
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew visits Durig Chocolatier in Switzerland.) As seen in the Durig workshops, Swiss chocolate comes in many exotic varieties, including one in which this potent potable is added directly to the molten chocolate
champagne
Matthew
|
$200
[28]
"Let Bartlet Be Bartlet" was an episode of this D.C.-set TV series
The West Wing
Curtis
|
$200
[18]
More than 100 million pounds of lobster were harvested there in 2011
Maine
Varun
|
$200
[24]
In 1970 anti-war radicals attempted to blow up a U.S. Army Mathematics Research Center at this college in Madison
the University of Wisconsin
Varun
|
$200
[9]
Like "Mr. Ripley" in the title of a Patricia Highsmith novel
talented
Varun
|
$600
[13]
"And, behold, I, even I, do bring a flood of waters upon the earth, to destroy all flesh"
Noah
Curtis
|
|
$400
[2]
This sweet treat is the subject of "wars" in a Food Network show judged by Candace Nelson, owner of Sprinkles Bakery
cupcakes
Varun
|
$400
[27]
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is, God help us, a heartbeat away from the most powerful office in the world on this HBO comedy
Veep
Curtis
|
$400
[19]
250 Statues of Liberty could fit inside this state's Mall of America
Minnesota
Matthew
|
$400
[25]
Seen here, one of these was tested on Eniwetok Atoll in 1952
a hydrogen bomb
Matthew
|
$400
[10]
Designating a quantity greater than zero
positive
Curtis
Varun
|
$800
[14]
"What hast thou done? The voice of thy brother's blood crieth unto me from the ground"
Cain
Curtis
|
|
$600
[3]
The sponge cakes with this anatomical name go into tiramisu
ladyfingers
Matthew
|
$600
[6]
Candice Bergen spent a decade playing this title Washington, D.C. reporter
Murphy Brown
Curtis
|
$600
[20]
Its motto is Latin for "if you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you"
Michigan
Matthew
|
$600
[16]
Early grenades took their name from the French word for this exotic fruit they resembled
the pomegranate
Curtis
|
$600
[8]
Rod Laver helped his bank account when he turned this status in 1963
professional
Varun
|
$1,000
[15]
"See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof"
Joshua
Curtis
|
|
$800
[4]
A special occasion dessert in Latin America, pastel de tres leches means cake of these
three milks
Matthew
Curtis
|
$800
[7]
On this ABC soap the president (Tony Goldwyn) is having an affair & has murdered a Supreme Court justice; what a...
Scandal
Curtis
|
$1,000
[22]
It's named for a British queen
Maryland
Curtis
|
$800
[17]
The Stuka, a key German weapon of World War II, was this type of aircraft that releases its bombs at low altitude
a dive bomber
Matthew
|
$800
[11]
Reliable; it's the first quality mentioned in the Boy Scout Law
trustworthy
Varun
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
These geographic-sounding almonds are encased in a pastel candy coating
Jordan almonds
Curtis
|
$1,000
[23]
On "The Americans" Matthew Rhys & Keri Russell live in the D.C. suburbs while working as spies for this Russian agency
the KGB
Matthew
|
DD
$2,400
[21]
In area it's the largest of the 8 "M" states
Montana
Matthew
|
$1,000
[26]
The expression hoisted on your own one of these refers to a type of ordnance once used to knock down walls
a petard
Curtis
|
$1,000
[12]
From the Latin for "suffering", it means capable of powerful emotion about something
passionate
Curtis
|
— |
| LONDON MONUMENTS | THAT'S BRAVE TALK | FILM COMPOSERS | SCIENTISTS | 12-LETTER WORDS | CABINET DEPARTMENT BY COPS |
|
$400
[8]
The Marble Arch in Paddington was once the front gate of this royal residence
Buckingham Palace
Matthew
|
$400
[21]
Shakespeare used this 3-word phrase in "The Tempest" 320 years before Aldous Huxley used it as a title
brave new world
Matthew
|
$400
[28]
Composer for such films as "Jaws" & "Superman", he served as conductor of the Boston Pops from 1980 to 1993
John Williams
Matthew
|
$400
[1]
Soon after this monk became an abbot on March 30, 1868, most of his experiments ceased
(Gregor) Mendel
Curtis
|
$400
[18]
It can be a religious group or the value of a piece of paper money
denomination
Matthew
|
$400
[6]
The U.S. Mint Police
Treasury
Curtis
|
|
$800
[9]
The base of his column in Trafalgar Square has 4 friezes, each representing a naval battle
Horatio Nelson
Curtis
|
$800
[22]
In an 1806 letter, this president said we must "convince the world that we are just friends and brave enemies"
Jefferson
Matthew
Curtis
|
$800
[29]
Carl W. Stalling composed scores for such cartoons as "8 Ball Bunny" & "Pied Piper Porky" for this studio
Warner Bros.
Varun
|
$800
[2]
During her first months at Gombe in 1960, this primatologist observed chimps eating meat & making tools
(Jane) Goodall
Varun
|
$800
[19]
From the Greek for "fire craft", it's the art of making fireworks
pyrotechnics
Matthew
|
$800
[15]
The Bureau of Diplomatic Security
State
Curtis
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Britain's largest bronze statue sits atop the arch near Hyde Park Corner celebrating this duke's victory over Napoleon
Wellington
Matthew
|
$1,200
[23]
In this story of a Trojan hero, Virgil wrote that "fortune favors the brave"
the Aeneid
Matthew
|
$1,600
[26]
On a commemorative stamp issued in 2004, the Pink Panther points to him
Henry Mancini
|
DD
$1,500
[3]
In the mid-1660s he laid the foundations of calculus & wrote the essay "Of Colours"
Newton
Varun
|
$1,200
[13]
For the 2 pieces of equipment used, it's another name for windsurfing
sailboarding
Matthew
Varun
|
$1,200
[7]
The U.S. Marshals Service
Justice
Matthew
|
|
$1,600
[11]
A Doric column designed by Christopher Wren that stands in the heart of London commemorates this 1666 tragedy
the Great Fire
Varun
|
$1,600
[24]
During this intra-Greek war, Pericles said, "the secret of happiness is freedom & the secret of freedom a brave heart"
the Peloponnesian War
Curtis
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
In March 2002, on his 16th nomination, he finally won his first Oscar, for "Monsters, Inc."
Randy Newman
Curtis
|
$1,600
[4]
Thissex-crazed--or at least interested--Indiana University professor got the big-screen bio treatment in 2004
(Alfred) Kinsey
Varun
|
$1,600
[14]
Type of cloud that's also called a thunderhead
a cumulonimbus
Varun
|
$1,600
[16]
The Bureau of Indian Affairs Division of Law Enforcement
Interior
Varun
|
|
$2,000
[12]
The arch seenhereis named for this--the body that, for hundreds of years, ran Britain's naval affairs
the Admiralty
Matthew
Curtis
|
$2,000
[27]
In "The Ballad of Reading Gaol", he wrote that "each man kills the thing he loves"; "the brave man with a sword"
Oscar Wilde
Curtis
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
This 17th c. French scientist's law states that a fluid in a container transmits pressure equally in all directions
Blaise Pascal
|
$2,000
[20]
It's the French name for a movie theater that specializes in classic or avant-garde films
cinémathèque
|
$2,000
[17]
The U.S. Forest Service Law Enforcement & Investigations unit
Agriculture
|
Joy, Nellie & Aranea are 3 of the many children of this title character
Charlotte