2014 College Championship final game 2.
Terry O'Shea — a sophomore at Princeton University from Bridgewater, New Jersey (subtotal of $19,800)
Tucker Pope — a junior from Texas A&M University from Lubbock, Texas (subtotal of $14,800)
Kevin Shen — a junior from the University of California, Berkeley from Cupertino, California (subtotal of $8,765)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin | $1,200 | $3,400 | $0 | $0 |
$9,000
12 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Tucker | $1,200 | $2,800 | $13,200 | $0 |
$14,400
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Terry | $-600 | $4,600 | $13,000 | $18,000 |
$13,000
19 R, 2 W |
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$200
[24]
...to make this fermented cabbage dish with a German name that's popularly served with hot dogs
sauerkraut
Kevin
|
$200
[9]
The largest delta in the world is the one of this river that reaches the sea in Bangladesh & India
the Ganges
Terry
|
$200
[19]
To cut with an axe, or to cut through a computer's defenses
hack
Tucker
|
$200
[6]
On a penny since 1909:"E ____ ____"
pluribus unum
Tucker
|
$200
[14]
This Pennsylvanian popularized chocolate candy bars under his last name, & luckily not his middle name, Snavely
(Milton) Hershey
Kevin
|
$200
[1]
"You're far from plastic, talk about gettin' blasted, I hate these blurred lines"
Robin Thicke
Terry
|
|
$400
[25]
...for sashimi & fillets of this fish, though some prefer it from a can
tuna
Terry
|
$400
[10]
This country's 250 million people spread out across a vast archipelago of more than 18,000 islands
Indonesia
Terry
|
$400
[20]
Obscure from view, or an animal skin
hide
Tucker
|
$400
[7]
The 2012 nickel:The name of this building
Monticello
Tucker
|
$400
[15]
He's the much loved (& much hated) Lord Protector seen here
Cromwell
Tucker
|
$400
[2]
"If you liked it then you shoulda put a ring on it, ohohoh, ohohoh, ohohoh, ohohoh"
Beyoncé
Kevin
|
|
$600
[26]
...for a Waldorf salad, originally just this fruit, celery & mayo; the walnuts came later
apples
Terry
|
$600
[11]
Maghrib means "west" in this, the main language in the Maghrib
Arabic
Terry
|
$800
[22]
A command to a dog, or a low-down mean dog of a person
heel
Kevin
|
$600
[8]
A Canadian note:"Dix ____ dollars"
ten
|
$600
[16]
The surname of this Russian mystic, a favorite at the court of Nicholas II, means "debauched one"
Rasputin
Terry
|
$600
[3]
"I got the eye of the tiger... dancing through the fire, 'cause I am a champion & you're gonna hear me roar"
Katy Perry
Tucker
|
|
$800
[27]
...to make festive skewers of tomatoes, basil & fresh chunks of this cheese
mozzarella
Terry
|
$800
[12]
For 70 million travelers flying to more than 90 countries a year, this U.K. airport is one of the world's busiest
Heathrow
Tucker
|
$1,000
[23]
The fruit of a rose plant, or very au courant
hip
Terry
|
$800
[29]
The $50 bill:The last name of this president
(Ulysses) Grant
Tucker
|
$800
[17]
Scholars think it was during the 66-year rule of this "great" pharaoh that Moses led the Hebrews out of Egypt
Ramses the Great
Terry
|
$800
[4]
"Ducks say quack & fish go blub, & the seal goes ow ow ow, but there's one sound that no one knows... what does the fox say?"
Ylvis
Kevin
|
|
$1,000
[28]
...for this Spanish summertime soup containing pureed tomatoes, peppers, onions & garlic
gazpacho
Kevin
|
$1,000
[13]
The Hermitage Museum in this city houses a collection of more than 3 million works of art & artifacts
St. Petersburg
Tucker
Terry
|
DD
$1,200
[21]
A big basket, or to impede
hamper
Tucker
|
$1,000
[30]
The $100 bill:"This note is ____ ____ for all debts, public and private"
legal tender
Tucker
|
$1,000
[18]
One of Henry VIII's grandnieces was this lady who was the titular queen of England for 9 days
Jane Grey
Terry
|
$1,000
[5]
"I'm beginning to feel like a rap god, rap god, all my people from the front to the back nod, back nod"
Eminem
Tucker
Terry
|
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$400
[1]
Bracton College in "That Hideous Strength" by C.S. Lewis is home to the tomb of this magician
Merlin the magician
|
$400
[4]
The Winged Victory of Samothrace:This museum, non?
the Louvre
Terry
|
$400
[2]
Abner Doubleday, once thought to have invented baseball, became a major general during this war
the Civil War
Kevin
|
$400
[3]
Owen Hunt & Cristina Yang, playing doctor
Grey's Anatomy
Kevin
|
$400
[26]
A statement made under oath in court
testimony
Terry
|
$400
[21]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) The Sanford Underground Research Facility located deep in the Black Hills conducts experiments to detect this type of matter that makes up over one-fourth of the universe
dark matter
Kevin
|
|
$800
[5]
Professor Chronotis teaches at St. Cedd's College in this author's "Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency"
Douglas Adams
|
$800
[7]
Ryman Auditorium:This southern city
Nashville
Tucker
|
$800
[11]
Practice twirling that baton & you can perform with the marching band as one of these
a majorette (or a drum major)
|
$800
[12]
Kurt Hummel & Blaine Anderson; sing out your response
Glee
Terry
|
$800
[27]
I like those wedding invitations that say "cocktail reception to follow" this
ceremony
Terry
|
$800
[22]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) One of Sanford's most ambitious experiments Is an effort to tell why all things on the universe exist; the search is for rare radioactive decay, &this metal--atomic number 29--is being reformed to shield the equipment
copper
Tucker
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Camden College is the setting for "The Rules of Attraction" by this 3-named chronicler of amoral youth
Bret Easton Ellis
|
$1,200
[8]
Ganymede:Circling this planet
Jupiter
Kevin
|
$1,200
[16]
Sirius & Adhara are the 2 brightest stars in this constellation
Canis Major
Kevin
|
$1,200
[13]
Agent Booth & Dr. Brennan, who finally got married on a 2013 episode
Bones
Terry
|
$1,200
[28]
Don't try to ride a wild Chicoteague one
pony
Terry
|
$1,200
[23]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) Despite being 4,850 feet deep, the Davis Campus is a modern lab with state-of-the-art clean rooms; a typical U.S. indoor cubic foot of air has millions of particles this size, 1/1,000th of a millimeter--but here, only 3
micrometer
Kevin
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Miskatonic University makes its "initial" appearance in this author's 1922 serial "Herbert West--Reanimator"
(H. P.) Lovecraft
Tucker
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
TARP programs:This Cabinet department
Treasury
Kevin
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1990 support by Margaret Thatcher helped John Major become leader of this party & prime minister of the United Kingdom
Tories (or Conservatives)
Tucker
|
$1,600
[14]
Michael Westen & Fiona Glenanne were always in on the action
Burn Notice
Tucker
|
$1,600
[29]
Add "-ism" to this kind of friend & you get a political practice in which friends are favored
cronyism
Terry
|
$1,600
[24]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) The double-walled titaniumcylinderacts as a thermos, so this gas, the "X" in the LUX experiment, stays liquid; scientists hope that some elusive dark matter will bump into an atom of it
xenon
Kevin
|
|
$2,000
[20]
A college called Salomon's House in Sir Francis Bacon's "New Atlantis" may have inspired the 1660 founding of this society
the Royal Society
|
$2,000
[10]
The amygdala:This organ
the brain
Tucker
|
$2,000
[18]
In music a major one of these is defined as having a half step between the 3rd & 4th & between the 7th & 8th degrees
scale
Tucker
Terry
|
$2,000
[15]
On HBO, Thomas-John & Jessa Johansson
Girls
|
$2,000
[30]
The leadership or dominance of one nation over others
hegemony
|
DD
$7,000
[25]
(Sarah gives the clue from the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota.) Doing physics experiments deep in the Earth protects the results from being contaminated by these rays, from the Greek for "universe"
cosmic
Kevin
|
1713's Treaty of Utrecht concluding the War of the Spanish Succession granted this small 2.3-square-mile area to Great Britain
Gibraltar