Zachary Tomanelli — an online organizer from Brooklyn, New York
Karen Ruckert — a civil rights attorney originally from Topeka, Kansas
Priscilla Emery — a records management consultant from Longwood, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Priscilla | $-200 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
9 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Karen | $2,600 | $5,800 | $16,400 |
$12,400
New champion: $12,400 |
$17,400
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zachary | $2,600 | $6,400 | $6,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
16 R, 3 W |
| LITERATURE CATS WOULD LOVE | TV CARTOONS | ETIQUETTE | CLEAN UP YOUR ACT | POLITICAL DEFINITIONS | ALSO ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM |
|
$200
[6]
There are 4 servings of seafood in this Dr. Seuss title, & kitty doesn't mind at all
One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
Priscilla
Karen
|
$200
[18]
The most despised man in Springfield, he offered his employees a free beer policy instead of a dental plan
Mr. Burns
Zachary
|
$200
[1]
On an invitation, this 4-letter abbreviation of a French phrase means "please respond", so please do
RSVP
Priscilla
|
$200
[23]
July 2, 2014 is the 50th anniversary of LBJ signing a milestone in equality:The ____ ____ Act
the Civil Rights Act
Zachary
|
$200
[13]
From the Latin for "fellowship", it's a temporary arrangement between political parties to form a government
coalition
|
$200
[8]
Idiomatically, it follows "at wit's"
end
Zachary
|
|
DD
$200
[29]
Kitty doesn't like the knitting so much in the Debbie Macomber book called "A Good" this, but loves the threads
Yarn
Priscilla
|
$400
[19]
Not exactly the brightest starfish in the sea, he's SpongeBob's neighbor & best friend
Patrick
Zachary
|
$400
[2]
When seeking a job, keep the cover letter to one page & this summary of your skills to one or 2 pages
a résumé
Priscilla
|
$400
[24]
Present a clue in charades, or for a kid, be have badly to express emotion:Act ____
act out
Karen
|
$400
[14]
It's the taking of an industry or business into state ownership
nationalizing
Karen
|
$400
[9]
Deodorant with an "Xtreme Fresh" version
Right Guard
|
|
$400
[7]
This Agatha Christie play that features Detective Sergeant Trotter is something most cats would love to have
The Mousetrap
Zachary
|
$600
[20]
A Kimmunicator is one tool that helped this Disney Channel girl fight crime
Kim Possible
Zachary
|
$600
[3]
Emily Post says to think of this "as an aerosol spray of infection", so if there's no tissue, use the inside of your elbow
a sneeze
Karen
|
$600
[25]
Whoopi in protective custody:"____ Act"
Sister
Zachary
|
$600
[15]
7-letter term for the examination that makes sure a potential running mate has no hidden baggage
vetting
Zachary
|
$600
[10]
Another name for the economy section of the airplane
coach
Zachary
|
|
$600
[28]
Kitty's ears perk up when she hears the title of this Daphne du Maurier tale of fierce finches & robins
"The Birds"
|
$800
[21]
"Big House Blues" was the first episode featuring this asthmatic Chihuahua & "eediot" cat
Ren & Stimpy
Zachary
|
$800
[4]
The family of the deceased should make sure that those chosen for this funeral job are physically up to the lifting
the pallbearers
Zachary
|
$800
[26]
"A diverse non-partisan group... committed to direct action to end the AIDS crisis":ACT-____
ACT UP
Karen
|
$800
[16]
The lower & effectively ruling chamber in the U.K. Parliament
the House of Commons
Karen
|
$800
[11]
The part of a stereo system that gets the electrical signals & converts them so you can listen
a receiver
Karen
|
|
$1,000
[30]
"Tell me more", said puss about the Paul Torday love story with the odd title this "in the Yemen"
Salmon Fishing
Karen
|
$1,000
[22]
Hokey smoke! This squirrel from Frostbite Falls was a snare drum major at Juilliard
Rocky
Karen
|
$1,000
[5]
During the wedding ceremony, this person holds the groom's wedding ring & the bride's bouquet
the maid of honor
Priscilla
Karen
|
$1,000
[27]
Act of ____:"O my God, I am heartily sorry"
an act of contrition
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[17]
Alluding to canines' sensitive hearing, this type of politics means speaking in a code meant for a specific group
a dog whistle
Zachary
|
$1,000
[12]
British term for a gambler
punter
|
| RIVERS | GO WITH THE "FLO" | TIME OF THE CAVEMAN | ACTORS IN BIOPICS | SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY | ART AT THE GETTY CENTER |
|
$400
[11]
The Brooklyn Bridge & the Williamsburg Bridge both span this river
the East River
Karen
|
$400
[16]
Flight crews tell you your seat cushion "may be used as" this device
floatation device
Karen
|
$400
[26]
The name of Homo habilis, a crude tool user from 1.5 million years ago, means this; got any odd jobs?
handy man
Zachary
|
$400
[3]
Jim Morrison in "The Doors"
Val Kilmer
Karen
|
$400
[17]
On Jan. 1, 1817, with a small force recruited in Haiti, he returned to Venezuela to drive out the Spanish
(Simón) Bolívar
Zachary
|
$400
[1]
(Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) After his self-mutilation & hospitalization, he entered an asylum in Saint-Remy in 1889, where he demonstrated the regenerative powers of the earth in his painting "Irises"
van Gogh
Priscilla
|
|
$800
[12]
It empties into the English Channel at Le Havre
the Seine
Priscilla
Karen
Zachary
|
$800
[18]
Rosy or ruddy, like a complexion
florid
Karen
|
$1,600
[28]
The Lascaux cave paintings show aurochs, a beast 6' at the shoulder from which these modern farm animals descend
cows
Karen
|
$800
[4]
Ritchie Valens in "La Bamba"
Lou Diamond Phillips
Karen
|
$800
[22]
Following the 1973 coup that included an air strike on the presidential palace, this general seized control of Chile
Pinochet
Priscilla
|
$800
[2]
(Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) A recent acquisition by the Getty is by Watteau from around 1720, with performers dressed as Pierrot, Harlequin & Scaramouche, characters in this Italian-named theatrical form
commedia dell'arte
Zachary
|
|
$1,200
[13]
In Mexico, what we call the Rio Grande is called this, also the title of a John Wayne movie
the Rio Bravo
|
$1,200
[19]
It's an Olympic gymnastics event
the floor routine (or floor exercise)
Karen
|
$2,000
[27]
One of the 1st hominids in Europe bears the name of this German city near where its fossils were found in 1907
Heidelberg
Karen
|
$1,200
[5]
Anne in "The Other Boleyn Girl"
Natalie Portman
Zachary
|
$1,200
[23]
This city named for Bolivia's first president was founded in 1538 on what had been a Quechua settlement
Sucre
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
(Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) Edouard Manet depicted national pride in the flag-lined "Rue Mosnier", but an amputee, perhaps a war veteran, shows the costs & sacrifices on this Fete de la Paix, a national holiday to celebrate France's recovery from this disastrous 1870-71 war
the Franco-Prussian War
Karen
|
|
$1,600
[14]
The longest river entirely in Spain, it rises in the Cantabrian Mountains
the Ebro
|
$1,600
[20]
Old English coin worth 2 shillings
a florin
Karen
|
— |
$1,600
[6]
Charlie Chaplin in "Chaplin"
Robert Downey Jr.
Zachary
|
$1,600
[24]
In April 1992 this Peruvian president of Japanese descent suspended the constitution & dissolved the legislature
Alberto Fujimori
|
$1,200
[8]
(Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) The carving "Head With Horns" may be a symbolic self-portrait by this artist who carved it while he was living in Tahiti; in spite of his pampered upbringing, he considered himself to be a savage, untamed by civilized French society
(Paul) Gauguin
Priscilla
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The name of this river that runs through Myanmar is thought to come from a Sanskrit term meaning "elephant river"
the Irrawaddy
|
$2,000
[21]
This steroid spray relieves stuffy noses
Flonase
Karen
|
— |
$2,000
[7]
Bobby Darin in "Beyond the Sea"
Kevin Spacey
Karen
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
In 1888 this country abolished slavery & freed about 750,000 slaves, many of whom worked on rubber plantations
Brazil
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[9]
(Alex presents the clue from the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles.) He was just 29 years old in 1870 when he painted "La Promenade", in which the dappled light filters through the foliage, an effect that would become a hallmark of his later work
(Pierre-Auguste) Renoir
Priscilla
Karen
Zachary
|
Lord Henry tells him, "What an exquisite life you have had!... It has not marred you. You are still the same"
Dorian Gray