Arthur Chu game 9.
Dawn Volmert — a controller from Troy, Missouri
Semret Lemma — an MBA student from Arlington, Virginia
Arthur Chu — a compliance analyst and voiceover artist from Broadview Heights, Ohio (whose 8-day cash winnings total $238,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur | $3,000 | $7,200 | $22,400 |
$22,800
9-day champion: $261,000 |
$15,200
24 R (including 2 DDs), 6 W |
| Semret | $3,000 | $2,200 | $11,400 |
$22,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dawn | $1,600 | $3,000 | $7,400 |
$11,401
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
12 R, 3 W |
| CELEBRITY VETERANS | THE COOKIE AISLE | STATE BY COUNTIES | ACTUAL 911 CALLS | RUSSIAN TO JUDGMENT | LEADER OF THE "PACK" |
|
$200
[27]
This director based "Platoon" on his own experiences in Vietnam, for which he was awarded a Bronze Star & a Purple Heart
Oliver Stone
Arthur
|
$200
[26]
Nabisco had the technology to make a Mega Stuf version of this cookie
Oreos
Dawn
|
$200
[29]
Rio Arriba, Lincoln, Taos
New Mexico
Arthur
|
$200
[20]
Rocky the flying one, still at large: in 2012 a Canadian man reported this animal on his porch was acting in a suspicious manner
a squirrel
Arthur
|
$200
[30]
Exiled in Siberia in 1899, this man wrote (ironically) "The Development of Capitalism in Russia"
Vladimir Lenin
|
$200
[2]
Proverbially good things come in these
small packages
Arthur
|
|
$400
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Pima Air & Space Museum in Tucson, AZ.) Among the men who flew in the Avenger torpedo bomber in World War II was this Cool Hand Luke; color blindness in his famous blue eyes kept him from becoming a pilot, but not from flying in the Pacific as a tail gunner
Paul Newman
Arthur
|
$400
[9]
This brand's E.L. Fudge cookies come in an elfin shape
Keebler
Arthur
|
$400
[21]
Teton, Lincoln, Laramie
Wyoming
Dawn
|
$400
[25]
Oops! A burglar "butt-dialed" 911 in this "Sooner State", saying, "I got enough jewelry, we're good"
Oklahoma
Dawn
|
$400
[28]
In 2005 he quit pro chess & later founded the Other Russia, a coalition desiring a more open & democratic country
Garry Kasparov
Arthur
|
$400
[23]
In the 1930s Ballantine Ale was one of the first brands that came in these
a six-pack
Arthur
|
|
$600
[5]
This "Tonight Show" announcer was a fighter pilot in WWII & Korea
Ed McMahon
Dawn
|
$600
[6]
These nautical cookies come in chunky as well as chewy varieties
Chips Ahoy!
Dawn
|
$600
[24]
Coffey, Lincoln, Leavenworth
Kansas
Dawn
|
$600
[14]
In 2013 Connecticut police had to post online, missing "Breaking Bad" is not a 911 issue, please call this provider, not us
your cable company
Arthur
Semret
Dawn
|
$600
[22]
This first Russian port to trade with England was named for the heavenly title of Michael
Archangel
Dawn
|
$600
[18]
This rodent of the genus Neotoma is often seen carrying little trinkets back to its nest
a pack rat
Arthur
|
|
$800
[4]
This producer of "The Producers" first saw combat duty against German forces at the Battle of the Bulge
Mel Brooks
Semret
|
$800
[7]
This Italian-named cookie from Pepperidge Farm comes in mint, orange & raspberry
Milanos
Semret
|
$800
[17]
Petroleum, Lincoln, Big Horn
Montana
Semret
Dawn
|
$800
[13]
"Have it your way"! A woman upset with this chain was told "I'm not sending the deputies down there over a cheeseburger"
Burger King
Dawn
|
$800
[1]
Nicholas wooed Alexandra with these, Russian for "pancakes"
blinis
Arthur
Semret
Dawn
|
$800
[15]
In information technology, breaking up a message to transmit it more efficiently is this type of switching
packet switching
Arthur
|
|
$1,000
[3]
This star of "Maude" & "The Golden Girls" was one of the Marine Corps' first female recruits of WWII
Bea Arthur
Dawn
|
$1,000
[8]
This shortbread cookie has a literary heritage--it's named for a 19th century novel heroine
Lorna Doone
|
DD
$1,800
[12]
Nez Perce, Lincoln, Gem
Idaho
Arthur
|
$1,000
[10]
A man reported the theft of these pipes, like the one Alice's caterpillar smokes; the cops came & made a pot-growing bust
hookahs
Arthur
|
$1,000
[16]
The 2013 vote in this parliamentary house for a bill that banned telling minors about gay life was 436-0
the Duma
Arthur
|
$1,000
[11]
It sounds painful, but it's a clear plastic bubble in which a consumer product is sealed against a cardboard backing
a blister pack
Arthur
|
| RIP VAN WINKLE | PHOTOGRAPHY | WHO SANG IT FIRST? | MEDICAL HISTORY | SAME VOWEL WORDS | SPEECH! |
|
$400
[30]
As a result of his 20-year slumber, Rip discovered that this "had grown a foot long!"
his beard
Arthur
|
$400
[29]
It's the location where the iconic Pulitzer-winning photo seenherewas taken
Yankee Stadium
Semret
|
$400
[7]
"I Heard It Through The Grapevine" that before Marvin Gaye's version hit, this singer & her Pips took the song to No. 2
Gladys Knight
Semret
|
$400
[1]
In March 1942 Anne Miller, suffering from a streptococcal infection, became the first person saved by this drug
penicillin
Arthur
|
$400
[19]
2 U's:A mentor or teacher; Mike Myers played "The Love" one
a guru
Semret
|
$400
[25]
In 632 he gave his farewell sermon & revealed the last verse of the Koran
Mohammed
Semret
|
|
$800
[28]
This character is said to be "as much henpecked as his master"
Rip's dog
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
In 1929 this 2-word phrase was coined for Erich Salomon's spontaneous photo technique, later used by Allen Funt
candid camera
Semret
|
$800
[6]
This song was a hit for Ben E. King in 1961, for John Lennon in 1975 & for Ben again in 1986
"Stand By Me"
Arthur
Semret
|
$800
[8]
In the 19th century Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis "gave birth" to antisepsis in this medical field
obstetrics
Arthur
Semret
|
$800
[20]
3 O's:A type of louse, or a voracious reader
a bookworm
Arthur
|
$800
[24]
(Vice President Biden delivers the clue.) As vice president this man gave a speech to West Berliners just days after construction of the wall began, pledging protection of access to the city
LBJ (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
Arthur
|
|
$1,200
[27]
Washington Irving admitted that when he wrote the story, he'd never been to these mountains, the tale's setting
the Catskills
Semret
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1927 he became the official trip photographer of the Sierra Club
Ansel Adams
Semret
|
$1,200
[5]
Manfred Mann made "Blinded By The Light" a hit after it was introduced on a 1973 album by this rocker who wrote it
(Bruce) Springsteen
Semret
|
$1,200
[9]
Meaning "moulded vessel", this procedure to restore blood flow in a blocked artery was first performed in 1977
angioplasty
Dawn
|
$1,200
[26]
3 I's:Quarreling among people who should work together, as in a family
infighting
Arthur
|
$1,200
[23]
The Beatitudes as well as the Lord's Prayer are included in this speech
the Sermon on the Mount
Dawn
|
|
$2,000
[13]
Rip was a descendant of the Van Winkles who served under this one-legged governor of New Netherland
(Peter) Stuyvesant
Arthur
|
$1,600
[14]
To rate film speed, ASA has largely been replaced by this other 3-letter designation with "S" in the middle
ISO
|
$1,600
[4]
On their "Mother's Milk" album, the Red Hot Chili Peppers covered this Motown great's "Higher Ground"
Stevie Wonder
Semret
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1926 George Minot & William Murphy reported that a diet of this raw organ meat could cure pernicious anemia
liver
Arthur
|
$1,600
[15]
3 A's:A follower of the wine god, or an occasion of drunken revelry
bacchanal
Arthur
|
$1,600
[16]
In 1823 he said the Americas are "not to be considered as subjects for future colonization"
(James) Monroe
Arthur
|
|
DD
$8,000
[21]
The strange men playing 9-pins were said to be this British captain & his crew, who would visit the area every 20 years
(Henry) Hudson
Arthur
|
$2,000
[2]
This photojournalism magazine debuted on Nov. 23, 1936 with a cover photo of Fort Peck Dam, then being built
Life
Dawn
|
$2,000
[3]
In 2004 the White Stripes had a U.K. hit with a live version of her "Jolene"
Dolly Parton
Semret
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1798 this British doctor not only created the smallpox vaccine, he also coined the word "vaccine"
Edward Jenner
Arthur
|
$2,000
[22]
4 E's:Long after adolescence, it's old age
senescence
Arthur
|
$2,000
[12]
In 1588, in a speech to the troops at Tilbury, this ruler warned, "Let tyrants fear"
Queen Elizabeth I
|
Dating from 1973, this 4-letter suffix indicates a person or thing that has become associated with public scandal
-gate