Sarah McNitt game 6.
Emily Gadek — a web and social media editor from Palm Springs, California
Priscilla Emery — a records management consultant from Longwood, Florida
Sarah McNitt — a study-abroad advisor originally from Ann Arbor, Michigan (whose 5-day cash winnings total $89,398)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah | $2,200 | $5,000 | $11,400 |
$11,098
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Priscilla | $1,600 | $4,200 | $11,000 |
$18,000
New champion: $18,000 |
$11,800
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $2,600 | $5,000 | $9,400 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
13 R, 2 W |
| ENTERTAINMENT BY THE NUMBERS | RETAIL THERAPY | "C" THE WORLD | OBAMA-RAMA | RHYME LINE | & THE FISH WAS THIS BIG! |
|
$200
[13]
C-3PO's robot buddy
R2-D2
Emily
|
$200
[6]
You can save 5% on purchases at this discount retailer with its REDcard
Target
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
This city's international film festival was first held in 1946
Cannes
Sarah
|
$200
[11]
(Robert Gibbs delivers the clue.) From 2009 to 2011 I served as President Obama's press secretary; in 2008, while our families were vacationing together in this, his native state, he served as babysitter for my 5-year-old son
Hawaii
Priscilla
|
$200
[18]
To bellyache or snivel
whine
Sarah
|
$200
[26]
Up to 15 feet long, this fish has no teeth as an adult but does have a weapon for a nose
a swordfish
Priscilla
|
|
$400
[17]
A Disney team built a 40-foot squid with 50-foot feelers for this 1954 sci-fi adaptation
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Sarah
|
$400
[7]
Banana Republic is owned by this company that started as a single store selling jeans
Gap
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
In Ajaccio on this island, you can visit the birthplace & home of Napoleon
Corsica
Sarah
|
$400
[12]
President Obama's father, Barack Sr., was born in this country & was eventually a senior economist in its government
Kenya
Sarah
|
$400
[19]
Fork prong
a tine
Priscilla
|
$400
[27]
Don't struggle clumsily; identify the summer type of this, which can grow to almost three feet long
a flounder
Emily
|
|
$600
[23]
The part-Borg, all-beauty Seven of Nine was played by Jeri Ryan on this "Star Trek" incarnation
Star Trek: Voyager
Sarah
|
$600
[8]
What's not to like about this online shoe store that's "powered by service"? It offers free shipping & free returns
Zappos
Sarah
|
$600
[3]
In these maps from1965&1998, you can see the urban growth of this African city on a river
Cairo
Emily
|
$600
[14]
Obama threw out the first pitch of the 2009 All-Star Game wearing the jersey of this, his favorite major league team
the Chicago White Sox
Priscilla
|
$600
[20]
A sort of secondary wife; in the Bible Saul had one named Rizpah
a concubine
Priscilla
|
$600
[29]
Gail Choy-Kaleiki wasn't an old man but she pulled an 1,800-pound blue one of these out of the sea in 1970
a marlin
Priscilla
|
|
$800
[24]
Before the movie, this 1950s jury drama was a TV production that won Franklin Schaffner the 1st directing Emmy
12 Angry Men
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
"Jeopardy!" has the Clue Crew; this electronics retailer has the Geek Squad
Best Buy
Priscilla
|
$800
[4]
You'll find this prosperous country just south of Nicaragua
Costa Rica
Priscilla
|
$800
[15]
"Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream" is the subtitle of this bestseller, Obama's second book
The Audacity of Hope
Emily
|
$800
[21]
Sturdy string made of strands
twine
Sarah
|
$800
[28]
A general term for a small fish; most American ones are less than 6 inches, but one in the Colorado River can run 6 feet
minnow
Sarah
Priscilla
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Andy Samberg & Andre Braugher cop out in this sitcom about police officers in New York City
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Sarah
|
$1,000
[10]
Carl Buchan turned a chain of hardware stores into this second-largest home improvement retailer worldwide
Lowe's
Emily
|
DD
$800
[5]
This former district of south central Scotland gave its name to a terrier & a breed of draught horse
Clydesdale
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[16]
In 2008 Obama said, "I'm running for president because I want to tell them" these 3 words, his campaign slogan
Yes we can
Emily
|
$1,000
[22]
Conifer of Norfolk Island
a pine
Emily
|
$1,000
[30]
If you're doing this type of "Fishing in America", remember that New Jersey's record for a lake one is over 32 pounds
trout
Sarah
|
| HIGH MAINTENANCE | HISTORY | POETIC LICENSE | BELLA ITALIA | MUSICAL RAP SHEET | INCOMPLETE "PASS" |
|
$400
[16]
A window washer is supported by this platform to get that high-rise glass shiny
a suspended scaffold
|
$400
[1]
This Moscow fortress dates back to 1156 but has had more administrative than military use since the 1600s
the Kremlin
Priscilla
|
$400
[26]
"Idwell in possibility, a fairer house than prose" begins one ofherpoems
Emily Dickinson
Emily
|
$400
[6]
In Venice fondamenta are walkways along the side of these waterways
canals
Sarah
|
$400
[21]
Bob Marley admitted in a title that he did this but swore it was in self-defense
shot the sheriff
Sarah
|
$400
[9]
To faint, or to distribute something by hand
pass out
Emily
|
|
$800
[17]
Fixing this device atop the Burj Khalifa to improve signal reception inside? It's 2,700 feet up, oh, & it sways
an antenna
Priscilla
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows us a map of Argentina and the adjacent Atlantic Ocean including a group of islands.) In 1982, British forces made a 200-mile war zone & landed near Port San Carlos in this territory to attack its capital over land, a winning strategy
the Falklands
Emily
|
$800
[27]
His7-part1798poem tells of a senseless killing at sea--many deaths, much suffering & redemption
Coleridge
Sarah
Emily
|
$800
[7]
This Sicilian capital was founded by the Phoenicians & known to the ancient world as Panormus
Palermo
Priscilla
Emily
|
$800
[22]
Title "Blues" suffered in a Glenn Frey song
"The Smuggler's Blues"
|
$800
[10]
To do like the Lord did for the houses of the children of Israel when he smote the Egyptians; hence a holiday name
pass over
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[18]
It took a "difficult access team" of rappelers to assess earthquake damage to the top of this 555-foot D.C. landmark
the Washington Monument
Emily
|
$1,200
[3]
Growing up in this militaristic ancient Greek city-state might include the diamastigosis, or flogging ordeal
Sparta
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[28]
In1844, shenoticed "colors seen by candlelight will not look the same by day"--her hubby wrote a bit too
Elizabeth (Barrett) Browning
Sarah
|
$1,600
[14]
Europe's southernmost glacier lies in this mountain range that runs more than 800 miles from north to south
the Apennines
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[23]
"Robbing people with a 6-gun" was the crime in this Bobby Fuller song later done by The Clash
"I Fought The Law"
Sarah
|
$1,200
[11]
This "P.M." phrase means to be approved in an inspection
pass muster
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Lightning rods had to be repaired in the head of this 98' statue on a 26' pedestal on Rio's Mount Corcovado
Christ the Redeemer
Emily
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1973 U.S. officials misread a Soviet message & went to level 3 in this system, 1 below the Cuban Missile Crisis
DEFCON
Sarah
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[8]
Just a short drive from Milan, this lake in Lombardy is the deepest lake in Italy at 1,350 feet
Lake Como
Sarah
|
$1,600
[24]
Alice bails out her friends after they're arrested for the heinous crime of littering in this Arlo Guthrie song
"Alice's Restaurant"
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[12]
To hand leadership responsibilities to a new generation
pass the torch
Emily
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Some like to work atop utility poles fixing these objects that reduce voltage so your home can use electricity
transformers
|
$2,000
[5]
In 1962 FRELIMO, the front for the liberation of this African country, began its war for independence
Mozambique
Sarah
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
This Roman piazza known for its al fresco dining & drinking was built on the site of the Stadium of Domitian
the Piazza Navona
|
$2,000
[25]
Cher, not Shakespeare, shot this title New Orleans fortune teller after catching her with her man
"Dark Lady"
|
$2,000
[13]
To ace an exam, so you resemble a triumphant sailing fleet
to pass with flying colors
Priscilla
|
Twice the host country, this nation of 4 1/2 million leads the world in total winter Olympic medals
Norway