Sarah McNitt game 4.
Geoff Norcross — a public radio host from Portland, Oregon
Jen Aprahamian — a computer science teacher from Los Angeles, California
Sarah McNitt — a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $46,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $2,400 | $5,200 | $13,200 |
$23,199
4-day champion: $69,199 |
$13,200
15 R, 1 W |
| Jen | $800 | $3,600 | $1,600 |
$3,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,000
6 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Geoff | $2,400 | $5,400 | $24,500 |
$22,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$22,200
30 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| THE REALLY OLD COLLEGE TRY | IT BORDERS TENNESSEE | 3-LETTER WORDS | NONFICTION | LIQUIDS | SPORTS SIBLINGS |
|
$200
[5]
In 1638 the first class was in at this university, which consisted of 1 master in a single frame house & a college "yahd"
Harvard
Geoff
|
$200
[13]
Its state quarter features the title of its state song & a thoroughbred race horse
Kentucky
Jen
|
$200
[1]
To choose, be it "in" or "out"
opt
Geoff
|
$200
[19]
Annie Glenn, Rene Carpenter & Trudy Cooper are 3 of a title group: the "club" of these men's wives
astronauts' wives
|
$200
[26]
This element that's liquid at room temperature forms amalgams with some metals, but not iron
mercury
Geoff
|
$200
[6]
Hoopsters Marc & Pau
Gasol
Geoff
|
|
$400
[8]
This university was formed around 1209 by people fleeing "town & gown" riots in Oxford
Cambridge
Geoff
|
$400
[17]
The only full-length statue of George Washington made from life is in the rotunda of the capitol of this state
Virginia
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
Palindromic protection when eating lobster
a bib
Geoff
|
$400
[20]
The Countess of Carnarvon tells the story of "Lady Almina and the real" this PBS title home
Downton Abbey
Sarah
|
$400
[27]
For Colavita to label this liquid "extra virgin", it must be collected from the first pressing
olive oil
Geoff
|
$400
[7]
Pro pigskin coaches Jim & John
Harbaugh
Sarah
|
|
$600
[12]
Around 1257 the apparently unbashful theologian Robert de Sorbon founded the Sorbonne at the Univ. of this
Paris
Geoff
|
$600
[18]
One of the world's biggest artificially created lakes, the Lake of the Ozarks in this state has a shoreline of more than 1,000 miles
Missouri
Geoff
|
$600
[3]
I don't mean to inquire impertinently, this verb--oh, wait. I do
pry
Sarah
Jen
|
$600
[21]
(I'm New York Timesreporter James Risen.) In 2003 I co-authored "The Main Enemy: The Inside Story of the CIA's Final Showdown with" this rival spy organization that no longer exists
KGB
Jen
Geoff
|
$600
[28]
Due to its bright red color, a palm tree resin used as a colorant & medication is called dragon's this
blood
Geoff
|
$600
[9]
Formula 1's Michael & Ralf
Schumacher
Geoff
|
|
$800
[15]
Franz Joseph inaugurated the newmain buildingof the University of this capital--the oldest university in the German-speaking world
Vienna
Sarah
|
$800
[24]
Lurleen Wallace & George Wallace were governors of this state
Alabama
Geoff
|
$800
[4]
Not strict; it's also used as a shorthand term meaning lacrosse
lax
Sarah
|
$1,000
[23]
Nik of this "flying" family wrote the memoir "Balance", about "life on the line"
the Wallendas
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
"Ex" marks the spot for this thick white liquid produced by the rubber tree
latex
Jen
|
$800
[10]
Boxers Vitali & Wladimir
Klitschko
|
|
$1,000
[16]
I come to wive it wealthily at the University of this, founded in 1222 by about 1,000 ex-University of Bologna students
Padua
Sarah
|
$1,000
[25]
Natchez was the capital of this state from 1817 to 1821
Mississippi
Geoff
|
$1,000
[14]
Synonym for a dandy or popinjay
a fop
Geoff
|
DD
$1,400
[22]
It's the rhyming title of the book about "how a gang of fame-obsessed teens ripped off Hollywood"
"The Bling Ring"
Jen
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) This liquid, C3H8O3, is not only used in antifreeze; when water is added, it's also a skin softener
glycerin
|
$1,000
[11]
Legens of the ice Maurice & Henri
Richard
Sarah
|
| THE MAYO CLINIC SAYS... | BATTLE NATIONS | SPECIAL 2 Ks | MARKS | ANGELS | GUYS, CAPITALISM WORKS! |
|
$400
[7]
It is "a progressive disease that destroys memory" & "is the most common cause of dementia"
Alzheimer's
Sarah
|
$400
[1]
Marathon was fought in this present-day country in 490 B.C.
Greece
Geoff
|
$400
[8]
Robin the Boy Wonder & Ed McMahon are prime examples of this role
a sidekick
Geoff
|
$400
[17]
As of March 2013 this then-28-year-old techie was worth a tidy $13.3 billion; he likes this
Zuckerberg
Jen
|
$400
[23]
In Matthew 2, "The angel of the Lord appeareth to" this new dad "in a dream, saying... take the young child... into Egypt"
Joseph
Geoff
|
$400
[2]
In July 2012 he said as president, he'd show "the good things that can happen (with) more free enterprise"--he didn't get to
(Mitt) Romney
Geoff
|
|
$800
[9]
It "is a disorder that results from the surges in electrical signals inside the brain, causing recurring seizures"
epilepsy
Sarah
|
$800
[22]
Ancient Callipolis is now this Turkish site of a World War I clash
Gallipoli
Sarah
|
$800
[10]
It describes both a type of dive & a type of truck accident
jackknife
Jen
Geoff
|
$800
[18]
In 2013 this NBA owner offered to let fans design his team's next uniform at his blogmaverick.com
(Mark) Cuban
Geoff
|
$800
[24]
This longtime evangelist, Franklin's dad, wrote that angels "think, feel, will, and display emotions"
(Billy) Graham
Geoff
|
$800
[3]
Better known as a novelist, she defended the morality of laissez-faire in "Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal"
Ayn Rand
Geoff
|
|
$1,200
[11]
"Certain foods, health conditions and habits are among the causes of" this, "also called halitosis"
bad breath
Geoff
|
$1,200
[28]
Go to this country to meet your 1815 battle site Waterloo
Belgium
Sarah
|
$1,200
[14]
Something that operates with perfect precision, especially a timepiece, "runs like" this
clockwork
Geoff
|
$1,200
[19]
Told of his true paternity in a 1980 film, this actor says, "No. No. That's not true. That's impossible!"
Mark Hamill
Sarah
|
$1,200
[25]
This woman "of the d'Urbervilles" says, "I don't believe in anything supernatural" but gets a harp-playing angel of a suitor
Tess
Geoff
|
$1,200
[4]
The 1930s pitted free market fan F.A. Hayek at the LSE, this school, vs. Cambridge's pro-government action J.M. Keynes
the London School of Economics
Geoff
|
|
$2,000
[13]
This "palsy causes sudden weakness in your facial muscles (which) makes half of your face appear to droop"
Bell's palsy
Sarah
|
$1,600
[29]
Country that hosted the 1847 Battle of Chapultepec
Mexico
Geoff
|
$1,600
[15]
Meet this couple, early 20th century airplane designer Anthony & his wife
the Fokkers
Geoff
|
$1,600
[20]
Are we not men? We are Mark & Bob Mothersbaugh, who began playing in this robotic New Wave band in 1974
Devo
Sarah
|
$2,000
[27]
In a 2003 HBO film Emma Thompson was an angel in America as Al Pacino played this McCarthy-era lawyer
Roy Cohn
|
$1,600
[5]
Capitalism was called "the perfect system" in this business magazine that calls itself a "capitalist tool"
Forbes
Jen
|
|
DD
$2,500
[12]
"You can get it through kissing, but you can also be exposed through a cough or sneeze"
mono (mononucleosis)
Geoff
|
$2,000
[30]
Home team France might rather forget this October 1415 English victory
the Battle of Agincourt (or Azincourt)
|
$2,000
[16]
One of the periods of play in polo
a chukker
|
$2,000
[21]
Mark Consuelos can say "All My Children"; he has 3 with this daytime talk show host
Kelly Ripa
Geoff
|
DD
$3,000
[26]
Luke I says "The angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named" this, to visit Mary
Nazareth
Geoff
|
$2,000
[6]
The Uncle Miltie of economics, he wrote in "Capitalism and Freedom" that the former creates the latter
Friedman
Geoff
|
This 1949 drama that ends with a requiem asks, "Why did you do it? I search & search & I search, & I can't understand it"
Death of a Salesman