Julia Collins game 9.
Michelle Flaherty — a shelter advocate and caregiver from Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania
Marlon Morris — a sales representative from Maywood, Illinois
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 8-day cash winnings total $170,610)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $2,000 | $2,600 | $16,400 |
$28,100
9-day champion: $198,710 |
$15,000
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Marlon | $-1,000 | $-1,800 | $2,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
6 R, 4 W |
| Michelle | $2,800 | $8,000 | $14,000 |
$4,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| PLAYING AT THE CASINO | MULTIPLE MEANINGS | LAW ENFORCEMENT TV | SCRAMBLED MAMMALS | THAT'S "SUPER"! | THE NEW YORK TIMESCOOKING |
|
$200
[4]
Some say to split 2 8s you're dealt in this game, as 16 isn't so good, but don't split 10s!
blackjack
Michelle
|
$200
[22]
It can mean fixed, rapid or to abstain from food
fast
Michelle
|
$200
[13]
Mark Harmon is a former marine gunnery sergeant who works for this title force
NCIS
Michelle
|
$200
[21]
It has a spotty reputation:PAROLED
leopard
Marlon
|
$200
[8]
The first one was played on January 15, 1967 at the Los Angeles Coliseum
the Super Bowl
Julia
|
$200
[1]
(Melissa Clark of The New York Timespresents the clue.) You can make it from other herbs & nuts but this sauce traditionally calls for pine nuts & fresh basil, pureed with olive oil & garlic
pesto
Julia
|
|
$400
[5]
Derniere douzaine, rouge & noir are part of European layouts on this wheel...! of...! fortune!
roulette
Julia
|
$400
[24]
As a noun, it's any decorative item that's put on a sewn item; as a verb, to remove excess fabric with scissors
trim
Michelle
|
$400
[14]
"Criminal Minds" features the profilers of this government agency
FBI
|
$400
[23]
You big ape!TUNA ORGAN
orangutan
Julia
|
$400
[9]
It's the product & the corporation whose logo is seen here
Super Glue
Michelle
|
$400
[2]
(Melissa Clark of The New York Timespresents the clue.) For Valentine's Day or any other day, you can take chocolate ganache, roll it into balls, then coat the balls in cocoa powder, & you'll have these fancy candies
truffles
Julia
|
|
$600
[10]
The shooter must place at least one bet--pass or don't pass--before the first play in this game; get the point?
craps
Michelle
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
A long-billed game bird, or to shoot at something from a hidden position
snipe
Michelle
|
$600
[15]
A little nepotism? Tom Selleck is the New York police commissioner & son Donnie Wahlberg is a detective on this series
Blue Bloods
Julia
|
$800
[26]
What's gnu?EDIBLE STEW
wildebeest
|
$600
[16]
Here's a crossword clue: One-word movie song title(34 letters)
"Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
Julia
|
$600
[3]
(Melissa Clark of The New York Timespresents the clue.) In my "A Good Appetite" column I shared that the trick to making this basic sauce & condiment at home is to add a little bit of water to theegg yolksbefore dripping in the oil; I find it makes for a stronger emulsion
mayonnaise
Michelle
|
|
$800
[11]
Change 1 letter in the name of a Nevada city to get this game where 20 balls are chosen among 80
keno
Michelle
|
— |
$800
[18]
This drama follows the elite squad of NYPD detectives who investigate sexually based crimes
Law & Order: SVU
Michelle
|
$1,000
[25]
A sharp dresser:UPPER ICON
porcupine
|
$800
[17]
To Freud it's the part of the personality that represents the conscience
the superego
Michelle
|
$800
[6]
(Melissa Clark of The New York Timespresents the clue.) In the Times' Diner's Journal, I told readers to get real & get this gadget that sounds like a musical instrument; you can evenly slice up potatoes, cucumbers, whatever in just a couple of minutes and it's so easy
a mandoline
Julia
|
|
$1,000
[12]
A 5-card stud spin-off, this 3-word game sees the player getting dealt 3 cards; the dealer's 2 are community
Let It Ride
Marlon
|
— |
$1,000
[19]
On this FX show, Diane Kruger is from the El Paso PD & Demian Bichir is with the Chihuahua State Police
The Bridge
Michelle
|
— |
$1,000
[20]
Antares, the brightest star in the constellation Scorpius, is classified as a red one of these
supergiant
Julia
Marlon
|
$1,000
[7]
(Melissa Clark of The New York Timespresents the clue.) To add flavor to soups & stews & for easy removal from the pot, try tying your herbs together or wrap them up--you're making abundlecommonly known by this 2-word French name
bouquet garni
|
| PLAYING AT THE CASINO | 19th CENTURY FRANCE | POINTY ON THE MAP | AUTHORS' FICTIONAL PLACES | KHAN TEST | ON THE "Q...T" |
|
$400
[8]
In 2013 the Mohegan Sun said, "Welcome to paradise" to see this pop-punk trio; I hope they had the time of their lives
Green Day
Julia
Michelle
|
$400
[3]
At dinner on Nov. 30, 1809, he told his wife that he had to find a new one who could produce an heir
Napoleon Bonaparte
Julia
|
$400
[12]
This peninsula has a pointy northeastern tip on the Strait of Hormuz
the Arabian Peninsula
Michelle
|
$400
[2]
Brobdingnag
Jonathan Swift
|
$400
[13]
In 2001 Irene Khan of Bangladesh became the first woman & Asian to head this largest human rights org.
Amnesty International
Michelle
|
$400
[17]
For example, Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, Eugene Wright & Joe Morello
a quartet
Julia
|
|
$800
[9]
This MGM Grand illusionist might make the nearby Statue of Liberty disappear; he's done it to a bigger one
David Copperfield
Michelle
|
$800
[4]
Attending the 1867 Paris World's Fair, Jules Verne became fascinated with a navy exhibit on a submersible & wrote this novel
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
Julia
Marlon
|
$800
[20]
If you find yourself in Skagen, you're near the tip of Denmark & only 40 miles from this country
Sweden
Michelle
|
$800
[14]
Lake Wobegon
Garrison Keillor
Julia
|
$800
[26]
At its peak in the early 13th century, his empire stretched from the Caspian Sea to eastern China
Genghis Khan
Julia
Marlon
|
$800
[19]
Charmingly odd, especially in an old-fashioned way
quaint
Michelle
|
|
$1,200
[10]
If you wanna go back in time, here's "The News", fronted by this guy at Morongo Casino in May 2013
Huey Lewis
Michelle
|
$1,200
[5]
In 1894 he was convicted of selling military secrets to the Germans but was exonerated 12 years later
Dreyfus
Julia
|
$1,200
[21]
The pointy southern tip of this vast country is in the state of Tamil Nadu
India
Marlon
|
$1,200
[15]
Panem
Suzanne Collins
Julia
|
$1,200
[28]
Born Yvette Stevens, she's known as the "Queen of Funk"
Chaka Khan
Marlon
|
$1,200
[25]
In "The Compleat Angler", Izaak Walton urged, "Be" this "and go a-angling"
quiet
|
|
$1,600
[1]
A superstar of country with 75 mil. album sales, she is "still the one" to have an extended run at Caesars in Vegas
Shania Twain
Julia
Michelle
|
DD
$1,500
[6]
In June 1830 French troops seized this North African capital from the Ottomans & Berbers
Algiers
Julia
|
$1,600
[22]
You'll reach the Seychelles if you keep going north from this island country's Cap d'Ambre
Madagascar
Marlon
|
$1,600
[16]
Arrakis, aka Dune
(Frank) Herbert
Michelle
|
$1,600
[29]
Engineer Fazlur Khan is known for his "bundled tube" structural system for this Chicago landmark
the Sears Tower
|
$1,600
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Los Alamos, NM.) This prefabricated corrugated steel hut was developed for the U.S. Navy by the George A. Fuller company in 1941 to serve as inexpensive & quickly-assembled offices, barracks & storage facilities
a Quonset hut
Julia
|
|
$2,000
[11]
"Oh my God"! On Sept. 1, 2012 this Emmy-winning comic headlined "initially" at the Trump Taj Mahal
Louis C.K.
Marlon
|
$2,000
[7]
When this Paris dance hall opened in October 1889, its owners gave it the nickname "The First Palace of Women"
the Moulin Rouge
Michelle
|
— |
DD
$3,500
[18]
The city of Casterbridge
Thomas Hardy
Julia
|
$2,000
[27]
Chief among the tigers in Kipling's "The Jungle Book" is this beast whose name means "tiger"
Shere Khan
Julia
|
$2,000
[23]
It's a circular arc of 90 degrees
a quadrant
Marlon
|
Other than Q, these 2 letters appear the least in the names of states, each appearing only once
J & Z