Jerry Slowik game 6.
Rachel Samberg — an academic tutor and performer from New York, New York
Sarah Olson — a project coordinator from El Cerrito, California
Jerry Slowik — a writer from Arlington Heights, Illinois (whose 5-day cash winnings total $121,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jerry | $1,800 | $4,600 | $800 |
$1,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Sarah | $4,000 | $6,400 | $12,800 |
$10,600
New champion: $10,600 |
$13,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Rachel | $1,000 | $2,400 | $4,800 |
$7,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
8 R, 1 W |
| JANUARY HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES | JOINING THE TV CAST LATER | WORLD OF FACTS | JOE PARTY | BASS | "ACK" WORDS |
|
$200
[9]
Burnt offerings in mid-January are part of "Sending Off the Kitchen God Day" for the 1.4 billion folks in this country
China
Sarah
|
$200
[4]
Sam Waterston joined this show in 1994, 4 years after its debut; Sam stuck around for 16 more years
Law & Order
Jerry
|
$200
[1]
This river has been eroding rock for about 6 million years, creating the Grand Canyon
the Colorado
Jerry
|
$200
[20]
He married off his daughter Eunice to Sargent Shriver in 1953 at St. Patrick's with a cardinal officiating
Joe Kennedy
Jerry
|
$200
[12]
Sure, there's a hook, but the bass seenhereare really chasing this four-letter decoy
lure
Sarah
|
$200
[13]
To destructively search a house
ransack
Jerry
|
|
$400
[23]
January 3 is admission day in this state that celebrates being No. 49
Alaska
Jerry
|
$400
[5]
Zou bisou bisou... latecomer Jessica Pare eventually married a Don on this drama
Mad Men
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
Famous in World War II, Tobruk is a Mediterranean port in this North African country
Libya
|
$400
[21]
Tom has a party & Jerry tries to stop it in the short "Saturday Evening Puss", directed by William Hanna & him
Joseph Barbera
Jerry
|
$400
[14]
Open wide & tell us the name of this game fish, the state fish of Georgia & Mississippi
widemouth (or largemouth) bass
Sarah
|
$400
[15]
A quarterback sack is also one of these
tackle
Jerry
|
|
$600
[24]
January 20 is Philately Day! Also, it's this big day, thanks to the 20th Amendment
Inauguration Day
|
$600
[6]
Later arrivals to this NBC medical drama included Mekhi Phifer, Parminder Nagra & John Stamos
ER
Sarah
|
$600
[3]
Port Jackson is another name for this harbor, the principal port of New South Wales
Sydney
Sarah
|
$600
[22]
The Victrola plays the tunes in Joseph Moncure March's "The Wild Party", a poem from this decade
the 1920s
Rachel
|
$600
[16]
The markings of therockfishgive it the alternate name--this bass
striped bass
Jerry
Sarah
|
$600
[17]
In the '70s airline cockpits were stocked with maps of the Havana airport in preparation for this crime
hijacking
Jerry
|
|
$800
[25]
We bet you know that on Jan, 27, Monte Carlo honors St. Devota, the patron saint of this principality
Monaco
Rachel
|
$800
[7]
It took 3 years, but in 2004 we could report this drama introduced Lois Lane
Smallville
Jerry
|
DD
$600
[10]
In 1808 Prince John made this New World city the capital of the Portuguese empire
Rio de Janeiro
Sarah
|
$800
[27]
In 1886 this press lord was toastmaster at Delmonico's for a lavish Hungarian-American banquet
Pulitzer
Jerry
|
$800
[29]
A 1967 tournament of 106 fishermen evolved into this "classic" tournament with a half million dollar prize to the winner
Bassmaster Classic
|
$800
[18]
It's a book section for an author's thanks to colleagues, family members et al.
acknowledgment
Sarah
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Rice pudding is eaten on Thai Pongal, a January festival of this people of Sri Lanka & southern India
Tamils
|
$1,000
[8]
In 2006 Ed Helms joined in the "documentary" being "filmed" on this sitcom
The Office
Rachel
|
$1,000
[11]
The Gran Sasso D'l'talia ("Great Rock of Italy") contains the highest point in this mountain range
the Apennines
Sarah
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2009, the bicentennial of his death, this man who established the symphony form was celebrated all through Austria
(Franz Joseph) Haydn
Sarah
|
$1,000
[30]
This "stellar" bass family lends its name to "the most popular recreational sailboat in history"
sunfish
|
$1,000
[19]
To intentionally put 5/8/13 on a document you're writing 3 months later on 8/5/13 is to do this
backdating
Jerry
|
| A SLAYING SONG TONIGHT | THIS & THAT | TUNNELS | WORD ORIGINS | STONE COLD JANE AUSTEN | AMERICAN HISTORY |
|
$400
[17]
"Murder by Numbers" is the last track on this trio's album "Synchronicity"
The Police
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
Currently the top 10 baby names for girls include Emma, Sophia Isabella & this; Ms. Newton-John was ahead of her time
Olivia
Rachel
|
$400
[11]
Around 2180 B.C. a brick-lined walkway was built in Babylonia under this river to connect a palace & temple
The Euphrates
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
This type of flimsy dressing (or should we say undressing?) gown comes from the French for "neglected"
negligee
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
In 2013, a London lake got a 12-foot statue of this Austen character
(Mr.) Darcy
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) With Missouri as its starting point, the Great Plains, the Rockies & the present state capitals of Salt Lake City, Carson City & Sacramento were on the route of this 19th century service
the Pony Express
Jerry
|
|
$800
[18]
He wrote & sang the song that includes the line "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"
Johnny Cash
Jerry
|
$800
[13]
This state ranks 45th in population & 49th in area
Delaware
Rachel
|
$800
[22]
The Ahmed Hamdi tunnel, the first underwater tunnel to link Africa & Asia, runs from near Suez, Egypt to this peninsula
Sinai
Jerry
|
$800
[7]
Greek for "sun" & "turned toward" give these flowers their name
heliotrope
Sarah
|
$800
[3]
She's a wood... house! This title woman gets Harriet to reject a farmer's marriage proposal, but that turns out badly
Emma
Sarah
|
$1,600
[26]
With the consent of Massachusetts, this state was admitted to the union as part of the Missouri compromise in 1820
Maine
|
|
$1,200
[19]
Merry Clayton was called to the studio in curlers to sing, "rape, murder, it's just a shot away" on this Stones tune
"Gimme Shelter"
Jerry
|
$1,200
[14]
Contaminated needles are the most common cause of the C or chronic type of this liver disease
hepatitis
Jerry
|
$1,200
[23]
The dangerous job of tunnel digger is also called "sand" this animal
hog
Sarah
|
$1,200
[8]
The word for this crime against humanity was coined in the 1940s; it was used in the official indictment of Nazis in 1945
genocide
Rachel
|
$1,200
[4]
Glenda Jackson brings this novel to life inaudio book form
Sense and Sensibility
Sarah
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1911 Wisconsin's Victor Berger became the first congressman of this party of Eugene Debs
Socialist
Jerry
|
|
$1,600
[20]
His song "Kim", named for his ex-wife & the mother of his daughter, mentions double homicide & suicide
Eminem
Jerry
|
$1,600
[15]
Film director Bernardo Bertolucci was born in this city that's famous for its ham & cheese
Parma
Rachel
|
$1,600
[24]
On Nov. 27, 2000 this country's King Harald opened Laerdal tunnel, the world's longest road tunnel at 15.2 miles
Norway
|
$1,600
[9]
This type of fish is not a separate species but a Jewish delicacy whose name is Yiddish for "stuffed fish"
gefilte fish
Jerry
|
$1,600
[5]
It's a day in the "park" & the price is right--the price being Fanny--in dealing with the Bertram family in this novel
Mansfield Park
Sarah
|
DD
$5,600
[28]
In May 1857, 2 months after his famous Supreme Court decision, he was freed by Taylor Blow of St. Louis
Dred Scott
Jerry
|
|
$2,000
[21]
In a song by The Killers, "there ain't no motive for this crime" because this girl "was a friend of mine"
Jenny
|
$2,000
[16]
On July 9 members of this faith observe the anniversary of the martyrdom of the Bab
Bahá'í
|
$2,000
[27]
Connecting Midtown Manhattan with Weehawken, N.J., it's one of the world's busiest vehicular tunnels
Lincoln Tunnel
Jerry
Rachel
|
DD
$6,200
[10]
This purplish red is named for a town in northern Italy
magenta
Jerry
|
$2,000
[6]
This novel with a monastic title was sold to a publisher in 1803 but didn't appear until after Jane died in 1817
Northanger Abbey
Sarah
|
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In the '50s he won a Tony for Best Supporting Actor in a Musical & a Best Actor Oscar for playing the same role, a monarch
Yul Brynner