Julia Collins game 5.
Hilary Gaughen — a veterinary technician from Lakeside, California
Aimee Seligstein — a recruiter originally from Memphis, Tennessee
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $73,110)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $3,800 | $9,400 | $20,600 |
$29,700
5-day champion: $102,810 |
$20,600
25 R, 1 W |
| Aimee | $600 | $4,200 | $14,800 |
$16,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Hilary | $800 | $-200 | $3,000 |
$5,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
8 R, 3 W |
| NBA NICKNAMES | ELEVATION DESTINATION | WORDS OF PAIN | RECENT HISTORY | PRODUCT DESIGN | PICK A NUMBER BETWEEN 5 & 477 |
|
$200
[9]
King James
LeBron James
Hilary
|
$200
[26]
Satellite tech officially set its height at 29,035', but the geological forces that made it still occur, so it's growing
Mount Everest
Aimee
|
$200
[15]
Painful mourning; how could Charlie Brown ever say it was "good"?
grief
Aimee
|
$200
[1]
A massive December 26, 2004 earthquake in the Indian Ocean triggered one of these that killed more than 200,000
a tsunami
Aimee
|
$200
[8]
These McDonald's staples introduced in 1983 come in bell, bone, ball & boot shapes
Chicken McNuggets
Hilary
|
$200
[2]
Number of Jay Z' title "Problems", or "Bottles Of Beer On The Wall"
99
Aimee
|
|
$400
[10]
His Airness
Michael Jordan
Julia
|
$400
[27]
A symbolic 1,776 feet tall, the office tower called "One" this is the tallest in the western hemisphere
World Trade Center
Julia
|
$400
[22]
In a movie title this term for prolonged pain precedes "and the Ecstasy"
agony
Julia
|
$400
[4]
(Justice Sandra Day O'Connor delivers the clue.) The Court's legacy of civil rights cases includes Brown v. Board of Education & also Grutter v. Bollinger, a decision I wrote for the court allowing this race-conscious practice in law school admissions
affirmative action
Julia
|
$400
[14]
Dining on this cephalopod dish inspired Philippe Starck to create the iconic lemon squeezer seen here
calamari
Hilary
|
$400
[3]
The second line in a haiku typically has this many syllables
7
Julia
|
|
$600
[11]
Black Mamba
Kobe Bryant
|
$600
[28]
Every year, about 300,000 people climb to the summit of this 12,388-foot mountain in Japan
Mount Fuji
Julia
|
$600
[23]
To tolerate, as in the phrase, "I do not" this "fools gladly"
suffer
Julia
|
$600
[5]
In 2014 she became the first woman to chair the Federal Reserve
(Janet) Yellen
Julia
|
$600
[19]
Henry Dreyfuss had 2 daughters, maybe helping him design the Princess model of this in the 1950s
a telephone
Julia
|
$600
[16]
Oh, craps! On the first dice roll I threw boxcars, this number
12
Aimee
|
|
$800
[12]
The Great Wall
Yao Ming
Hilary
|
$800
[29]
In 2013 a trio of parachutists leaped off the 92-story Chicago tower named for this colorful NYC developer
Donald Trump
Julia
Hilary
|
$800
[24]
2014 is the 30th anniversary of the U.N. convention against this form of cruelty
torture
Julia
|
$800
[6]
In July 2013 this general ousted Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi & pledged new elections
El-Sisi
|
$800
[20]
In 1997, the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art chose them ixermade by this company as an icon of American design
KitchenAid
Aimee
|
$800
[17]
It's the atomic number of iridium; it also used to be a famous TV address on the Sunset Strip
77
Hilary
|
|
$1,000
[13]
The Worm
Dennis Rodman
Julia
|
$1,000
[30]
The snows of this Tanzanian mountain fall mainly on the 19,340-foot Kibo summit
Kilimanjaro
Julia
|
$1,000
[25]
Elliott Smith sang "Miss" this word that denotes wretchedness; get to the depths of it
misery
Julia
Hilary
|
$1,000
[7]
In August 2009 Bill Clinton traveled to this country & helped win the release of 2 American journalists
North Korea
Julia
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
You can scramble the colors on the boxy lamp named for this Hungarian sculptor & toy creator
Rubik
Aimee
|
$1,000
[18]
In 1929 Congress limited the House of Representatives to this many members
435
Julia
|
| WAR STORIES | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | CATEGORY "RE"VISITED | BEST DIRECTOR OSCAR NOMINEES | SOCIETIES | TOUGH EUROPEAN CAPITALS |
|
$400
[18]
"Mister Roberts" &"The Naked and the Dead"
World War II
Hilary
|
$400
[16]
The kids' product Band in a Bucket includes this short tube you blow into to make a buzzy sound
a kazoo
Julia
|
$400
[11]
To withdraw; it's used especially of hair withdrawing from the forehead
recede
Hilary
|
$400
[1]
(A.O. Scott of The New York Timespresents.) Kathryn Bigelow won the Best Director Oscar for this film I reviewed as the best nondocumentary American feature made yet about the war in Iraq
The Hurt Locker
Hilary
|
$400
[23]
Founded in 1866, this "American" group 1st focused on livestock & horses but soon began helping dogs & cats too
the ASPCA
Julia
|
$400
[6]
Bratislava is the capital of this nation that Czeched out of a union with a neighbor
Slovakia
Aimee
|
|
$800
[19]
"Gods and Generals" by Jeff Shaara
the Civil War
Julia
|
$800
[17]
This instrument comes in 2 types: the Appalachian one is played with wooden hammers; the other, with fingers
the dulcimer
|
$800
[12]
To divide a political region into new electoral areas
redistrict
Julia
|
$800
[2]
He was nominated for 5 Best Director Oscars & won a record 4, including one for "The Quiet Man"
John Ford
|
$800
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Valley Forge National Historical Park in Pennsylvania.) The National Memorial Arch has the names of all the generals who were at Valley Forge; all were members of this secret order which in the 1990s donated over $1 million to refurbish the arch
the Masons
Aimee
|
$800
[7]
Sten Nordin is this city's mayor
Stockholm
|
|
$1,200
[20]
"Rise to Rebellion" by Jeff Shaara
the American Revolution
|
$1,200
[25]
In 1829 Cyrill Demian patented this portable reed organ & coined its name
an accordion
|
$1,200
[13]
In sales, it's the "R" in "MSRP"
retail
Julia
|
$1,200
[3]
For this 2003 film, Sofia Coppola became the first American woman nominated for a directing Oscar
Lost in Translation
Julia
|
$1,200
[28]
This group's Hubbard Medal recognizes outstanding achievement in discovery & exploration
National Geographic
Julia
|
$1,200
[8]
Tirana in this country is not far from the Adriatic Sea & Italy beyond
Albania
Aimee
|
|
$1,600
[21]
"The Last of the Mohicans"
the French and Indian Wars
Julia
|
$1,600
[26]
A portable version of this German-named percussion instrument used in a marching band is called a bell lyre
the Glockenspiel
|
$1,600
[14]
Correction, perhaps "of grievances" as in the First Amendment
redress
Aimee
|
$1,600
[4]
His Best Director nominations for "Blue Velvet" & "Mulholland Drive" were the only nominations for those films
(David) Lynch
Julia
|
$1,600
[29]
A 17th century Fox production (George Fox) was founding the Quakers or "Society of" these
Friends
Aimee
|
$2,000
[10]
The oft-pillaged city of Minsk is the capital of this country
Belarus
Aimee
|
|
$2,000
[22]
"Fields of Fire" &"Don't Cry, It's Only Thunder"
the Vietnam War
|
$2,000
[27]
Put this word after "contra" to get the lowest-pitched member of the woodwind family
bassoon
Julia
|
$2,000
[15]
It can mean to edit a text as well as to delete sensitive information from it
redact
Aimee
|
$2,000
[5]
The youngest Best Director nominee was this 24-year-old who directed 1991's "Boyz N the Hood"
John Singleton
Hilary
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Seen here, the symbol of this society is called the Sword of Hope
the American Cancer Society
Aimee
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
It's the closest mainland European capital to the United States
Lisbon (Portugal)
Aimee
|
The creator of this computer command called it "a 5-minute job"; in 2013 Bill Gates called it "a mistake"
Ctrl-Alt-Delete