Arthur Chu game 8.
Claire Tuley — a paralegal from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Chris Sánchez — a high school language arts teacher from Chaparral, New Mexico
Arthur Chu — a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio (whose 7-day cash winnings total $180,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | $4,000 | $12,000 | $44,200 |
$58,200
8-day champion: $238,200 |
$27,200
33 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Chris | $1,000 | $1,400 | $1,800 |
$3,598
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
6 R, 3 W |
| Claire | $1,800 | $2,400 | $6,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
7 R, 1 W |
| ALEX' HONKY-TONK SALOON | SITCOM BY EPISODES | DONE THAT | 5-LETTER WORDS | NAMING RIGHTS | BENIN THERE |
|
$200
[27]
A little poker, gents? First card is dealt face down, the next 4, face up for a game of 5-card this; good luck!
stud
Arthur
|
$200
[16]
"The Pawnee-Eagleton Tip Off Classic","Ms. Knope Goes to Washington","Leslie vs. April"
Parks and Recreation
Arthur
|
$200
[22]
He reached the South Pole by tractor in 1958, 5 years after summitting Everest
(Edmund) Hillary
Arthur
|
$400
[24]
Another word for poisonous, it can also describe a bad relationship
toxic
Arthur
|
$400
[26]
For $5 million in 2013 an L.A. movie house became TCL Chinese Theatre, but we bet many will still call it this, after its founder
Grauman's
Arthur
|
$400
[23]
On a December morning, your sinuses may be irritated by a harmattan, this, but it only lasts until March
a wind
|
|
$400
[25]
Doc?Doc Holliday? Now, you're the one that's the medico, but I think you got pulmonary phthisis, or this... I'll shut up & pour
tuberculosis
|
$400
[15]
"Sexual Harassment Panda,""The Death of Eric Cartman","Two Days Before the Day After Tomorrow"
South Park
Chris
|
$400
[21]
What did you do as a newborn? When she was less than a week old in 1542, she became the Queen of Scots
Mary
Chris
|
$800
[11]
From Yiddish, it's a clumsy person
klutz
Arthur
|
$600
[13]
In 2013 the Fighting Illini's assembly hall was renamed for this 2-word "agricultural" insurance co. of Bloomington, Ill.
State Farm
Arthur
|
$600
[17]
Vodun, still the faith of many in Benin, came from the area to the western hemisphere, where we call it this
voodoo
Arthur
|
|
$600
[18]
Come on, fellas! I thought we all agreed that force = mass x acceleration is part of his 2nd law of motion. Fellas!
Newton
Arthur
|
$600
[8]
"Busey and the Beach","Aquamansion","Sorry, Ari"
Entourage
Arthur
|
$600
[20]
In 1913 Niels Bohr theorized that these move in fixed orbits around an atom's nucleus
electrons
Claire
|
$1,000
[3]
& in other news, change a letter in the name of a sea creature & you get this short filler item in a newspaper
squib
|
$800
[12]
No longer just stadiums but teams are renamed: the Metrostars are now the New York Red Bulls in this sport
soccer
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Majestic elephants & this scavenger, Canis aureus, share W National Park, named for the shape of bends of the Niger River
the jackal
Arthur
|
|
$800
[4]
Look who'shere! Hey guys, in 1893, 6 million folks went to this guy's Wild West show in Chicago! Drinks are on me!
Buffalo Bill
Chris
|
$800
[6]
"Sandcastles in the Sand","Slapsgiving","Ted Mosby: Architect"
How I Met Your Mother
Claire
|
$800
[1]
The "1812 Overture" was just one of the pieces he composed in 1880
Tchaikovsky
Arthur
|
DD
$5,400
[19]
A recess in a wall, or a situation suited to a person; we hope you've found yours
niche
Arthur
|
$1,000
[2]
This Roundup herbicide company got the naming rights to the Insectariumat the St. Louis Zoo
Monsanto
Chris
Claire
|
$1,000
[14]
If a tree grows in Benin, it might be the karite, which produces the skin restorer called "shea" this
butter
Claire
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Come set a spell, son. You in town fer this eventrepresented musically here?
Camptown Races
Arthur
|
$1,000
[7]
"Jackie Jormp-Jomp","Christmas Attack Zone","Mrs. Donaghy"
30 Rock
Claire
|
$1,000
[10]
Bernardo O'Higgins became the first leader of this South American country in 1817
Chile
Arthur
|
— | — | — |
| U.S. GOVERNMENT | A 1980s BOOKSTORE | "M" IN THE MIDDLE | STATE BIRDS | ENTERTAINERS | CNN RELIGION |
|
$400
[30]
A former assistant U.S. attorney, Scott Harris became clerk of this body in 2013
the Supreme Court
Arthur
|
$400
[25]
In this thriller Jack Ryan is on a quest for an elusive Soviet sub somewhere under the Atlantic
The Hunt for Red October
Arthur
|
$400
[28]
The current officeholder
incumbent
Arthur
|
$400
[29]
New Mexico's state bird is this desert dweller
the roadrunner
Arthur
|
$400
[1]
Thiscomic known for verbal outbursts was also well-versed in physical comedy
W.C. Fields
Arthur
|
$400
[27]
(CNN's Sumnima Udas delivers the clue.) The earliest reference to a city in the Delhi area appears in the Mahabharata, a basic text of this religion
Hinduism
Arthur
|
|
$800
[24]
The gold at this Kentucky facility is held as an asset of the U.S. at a book value of just $42.22 an ounce
Fort Knox
Claire
|
$800
[6]
His book "Gracie: A Love Story" was a No. 1 nonfiction bestseller
George Burns
Arthur
|
$800
[21]
A mischievous child or a small demon
imp
Arthur
|
$800
[26]
This state bird of Maryland is black & orange
the Baltimore oriole
Chris
|
$800
[19]
He called the milk can escape "the best escape that I have ever invented"
Harry Houdini
Arthur
|
$1,200
[20]
(CNN's Dan Rivers delivers the clue.) Krung Thep is the local name for Bangkok, but that's only the first two syllables of the full name which includes "City of Angels", "Residence of the Emerald" & this religious figure
Buddha
Arthur
|
|
$1,200
[23]
The written description of the Great Seal approved in 1782 calls this ancient structure "unfinished"
a pyramid
Arthur
|
$1,200
[5]
"A Time to Kill" is a courtroom drama probing racial violence in this state
Mississippi
Chris
|
$1,200
[16]
This penal institution is for the correction of young offenders, especially minors
reformatory
|
$1,200
[13]
Texas adopted this mimic as its state bird in 1927; Tennessee mimicked the pick in 1933
a mockingbird
Arthur
|
$1,200
[17]
She walks all over "Mr. Schue" as Coach Sue Sylvester on "Glee"
Jane Lynch
Claire
|
$1,600
[12]
The CNN series "God's Warriors" presented the Christian, Muslim & Jewish versions of this -ism that upholds the basics
fundamentalism
Arthur
|
|
$1,600
[18]
It's the process by which a Congressional committee debates & amends a bill, & maybe increases its price
markup
|
$1,600
[4]
Evil is alive & inhabiting a 1958 Plymouth Fury in this Stephen King tale
Christine
Claire
|
$1,600
[11]
The name of this 2-hulled vessel comes from the Tamil for "tied wood"; it once consisted of logs lashed together
catamaran
Arthur
|
$1,600
[8]
The Eastern brown pelican is this state's bird
Louisiana
Arthur
|
$1,600
[9]
Thisthree-named man is an accomplished musician as well as a unique character actor
Harry Dean Stanton
|
$2,000
[15]
(CNN's Sara Sidner delivers the clue.) Exciting archaeological finds such as clay seals & the names of biblical figures have been unearthed in this 3000-year-old part of Jerusalem known as the city of this biblical king
David
Arthur
Chris
|
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
Financial need for a federal Pell grant is determined by this department
the Department of Education
Arthur
|
$2,000
[3]
This 1980 novel by Jean Auel is a saga of the dawn of modern humans
Clan of the Cave Bear
Chris
|
$2,000
[7]
To the British, it's a blackberry; to Americans, it can be any rough, prickly bush
bramble
|
$2,000
[2]
Both Montana & Nebraska have the western type of this bird
meadowlark
|
$2,000
[14]
In 2012 Forbes ran its first list of the highest-paid people in this job: $250,000-a-night man Tiesto led, with Skrillex No. 2
a disc jockey
Arthur
|
DD
$10,000
[22]
A 2013 CNN special on him, "A Man of Many Firsts", included his newsmaking line "Who am I to judge?"
Pope Francis
Arthur
|
From 1936 to 1987, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power helped operate this facility in another state
Hoover Dam