Julia Collins game 7.
Nick Lemek — a firefighter from Omaha, Nebraska
Mary Twellman — a retired teacher from Bowling Green, Missouri
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 6-day cash winnings total $124,810)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $2,800 | $8,000 | $25,100 |
$20,100
7-day champion: $144,910 |
$22,800
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Mary | $-600 | $-1,200 | $10,000 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nick | $1,400 | $4,200 | $6,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
9 R, 0 W |
| THE NEW YORK TIMESYOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST | ARMY BRATS | IT'S THE END "FER" YOU! | THE TV CHESSBOARD | DAM LIES | STATISTICS |
|
$200
[1]
(I'm Ben Brantley.) The first show I reviewed for The New York Times was an ill-fated 1993 sequel to this beloved musical; there wasn't much to like--even the dog who played Sandy was rather wooden
Annie
Julia
|
$200
[12]
The father of this "Stormin'" commander in the first Gulf War served in the military during WWI & WWII
Norman Schwarzkopf
Nick
|
$200
[19]
A pine, fir or spruce
a conifer
Mary
|
$200
[9]
Desperate sellers come to the Vegas shop run by the Harrisons & ask, "What's it worth?" on this History Channel show
Pawn Stars
Julia
|
$200
[4]
Russia's Bratsk Dam lies in this region where there's frost most days of the year
Siberia
Mary
|
$200
[18]
Positive news: in 2013 NYC had fewer than 350 of these, compared to more than 2,100 in 1991
murders
Mary
|
|
$400
[2]
(I'm Mark Bittman.) Today locally grown food is the rage, but in 1991 my first Times article was about how overnight mail brings fresh food from far off, like these crustaceans sent from Maine
lobsters
Julia
|
$400
[13]
RG2 was stationed on Okinawa when this son & future football star was born
R(obert) Griffin III
Nick
|
$400
[20]
Troy Aikman did this from Oklahoma to UCLA--good move
transfer
Julia
|
$400
[10]
In 2010 this suspenders-wearing host signed off from his CNN talk show after 25 years
Larry King
Julia
|
$600
[6]
BC Hydro operates the Mica Dam, which lies on this U.S.-Canadian river
the Columbia
Julia
Mary
|
$600
[28]
A Logitech survey found that about half the time, that TV remote you can't locate is actually here
in the couch cushions
Nick
|
|
$600
[3]
(I'm Andrew R. Sorkin.) I wrote my first article for the Times in 1995 when I was still in high school about "Why You Still Can't Buy a Flaming Pink Computer"; this Apple model came along 3 years later
the iMac
Nick
|
$600
[14]
He grew up on bases before he was a Georgia congressman, House speaker & candidate for president
Newt Gingrich
Julia
|
$600
[21]
A box or chest for valuables; fill it now!
coffer
Julia
|
$600
[11]
KITT was the talking car on this '80s adventure show
Knight Rider
Nick
|
$800
[25]
The Aswan High Dam created this reservoir named for an Egyptian president
Lake Nasser
Mary
|
$800
[27]
According to a Pew report, today 20% of Americans 18-29 have this status; in 1960 it was 59%
married
Nick
|
|
$800
[7]
(I'm Amy Harmon.) My first Times byline was in 1997, about the 50th anniversary of a mysterious event in this New Mexico city; "The X-Files" & Art Bell's radio show were other signs of the '90s interest in UFOs
Roswell
Mary
|
$800
[15]
This redheaded daughter of a U.S. Army judge scored same-year Oscar nominations for "The Hours" & "Far from Heaven"
Julianne Moore
Julia
|
$800
[22]
To steal, purloin or filch
pilfer
Mary
|
$800
[16]
Kelly Bishop played Lauren Graham's often critical mother on this early 2000s show
Gilmore Girls
Julia
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
The Euphrates Dam in this country created Lake Assad
Syria
Mary
|
$1,000
[26]
2000-2010 figures show the fatality rate in this job is 31 times that for all workers, 1/3 of deaths from falling overboard
fishermen
Julia
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[8]
(I'm Frank Bruni.) In June 2004 I started a pretty good gig as the Times restaurant critic with a review of the squab liver & buttered breadcrumb pasta topping at Babbo, run by this exuberant master of Italian food
Mario Batali
Julia
|
$1,000
[24]
Robert E. Lee was the son of this soldier, seen here with one of the beasts that gave him his nickname
"Lighthorse" Harry Lee
Julia
|
$1,000
[23]
A geological formation conducting ground water
aquifer
Nick
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1993 Halle Berry played this title Alex Haley heroine, daughter of a plantation owner & a slave
Queen
|
— | — |
| RECENT HISTORICAL FICTION | AMERICANA | ABBREVIATED ABC | I DIRECTED MY WIFE IN THAT FILM | GEOGRAPHIC ANAGRAMS | SCIENCE & SCIENTISTS |
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$400
[5]
Melanie Benjamin's "The Aviator's Wife" fictionalized the life & marriage of Anne Morrow & this man
Charles Lindbergh
Mary
|
$400
[7]
These kitschy front yard birds have their own "scientific" name, Phoenicopteris ruber plasticus
pink flamingos
Mary
|
$400
[25]
ABC is not only the American Broadcasting Company but also this Commonwealth one
the Australian Broadcasting Company
Nick
|
$400
[13]
Joanne Woodwardin "The Glass Menagerie"
Paul Newman
Mary
|
$400
[30]
From Kyoto we flew to this city
Tokyo (from Kyoto)
Mary
|
$400
[15]
This German-born engineer oversaw the production of Saturn rockets in Huntsville, Alabama
Wernher von Braun
Julia
Mary
|
|
$800
[6]
"The Painted Girls" is a novel of 2 sisters in Paris, one of whom models for a dancer sculpture by this artist
Degas
Julia
|
$1,200
[2]
Florida's Lake Worth was named for William Worth, a U.S. military leader during these nearby native wars
the Seminole Wars
Mary
|
$800
[29]
Used as shorthand when administering CPR, ABC is "airway", this function & "circulation"
breathing
Julia
|
$800
[17]
Paulette Goddardin "The Great Dictator"
Charlie Chaplin
Mary
|
$800
[11]
As soon as I got to this country it started to rain
Iran (from rain)
Mary
|
$800
[16]
This zoological class includes spiders & scorpions
arachnids
Julia
|
|
$1,200
[8]
"The Dovekeepers" blends together stories centered on the siege at this Judean desert stronghold 2,000 years ago
Masada
Mary
|
$1,600
[3]
This cowboy of folklore met his first wife, Slue-Foot Sue, while she was riding a catfish on the Rio Grande
Pecos Bill
Julia
|
$1,200
[28]
To standardize the rules, the ABC or American Congress of this popular participation sport was founded in 1895
bowling
|
$1,200
[18]
Leslie Mann in"The 40-Year-Old Virgin"
Judd Apatow
Julia
|
$1,200
[12]
Today I received mail from this African country
Mali (from mail)
Julia
|
$1,600
[23]
Fritz Haber won a Nobel Prize for producing this gas from hydrogen & nitrogen
ammonia
Julia
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2011's "Caleb's Crossing", a man strives to become the first Native American to graduate from this college
Harvard
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
After Noah Webster's death, the company named for these brothers bought the rights to his dictionary
the Merriam Brothers
Mary
|
$1,600
[27]
The 1980s introduction of ABC, or activity-based costing, revolutionized this "A" field
accounting
Julia
|
$1,600
[19]
Kate Winslet in"Revolutionary Road"
Sam Mendes
Julia
|
$1,600
[14]
After my trip to Tobago, I'll visit this world capital
Bogotá (from Tobago)
Nick
|
$2,000
[24]
In 1867 he came up with the idea of using carbolic acid to kill germs in surgical wounds
(Joseph) Lister
Mary
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Made into a successful TV miniseries, this Philippa Gregory novel dramatized the life of the wife of Edward IV
The White Queen
|
$2,000
[4]
This minister wrote anecdotal bios of Ben Franklin & William Penn as well as the one about George Washington
Parson Weems
Julia
|
$2,000
[26]
The Caribbean ABC islands are Aruba, Bonaire & this one
Curaçao
Julia
|
$2,000
[20]
Gena Rowlands in"A Woman Under the Influence"
John Cassavetes
Mary
|
$2,000
[21]
I cannot believe this Chinese city is properly called Guangzhou
Canton (from cannot)
Julia
|
DD
$3,500
[22]
He was in charge of Italy's radio service during World War I
Marconi
Julia
|
Messrs. Gusenberg, Gusenberg, May, Weinshank, Clark, Heyer & Schwimmer famously died on this day in 1929
February 14 (or Valentine's Day)