Julia Collins game 15.
Brandon Barnes — a student of sociology from Park Forest, Illinois
Steve Buechner — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 14-day cash winnings total $284,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $5,800 | $11,600 | $30,400 |
$30,800
15-day champion: $314,900 |
$28,200
37 R (including 3 DDs), 4 W |
| Steve | $400 | $1,600 | $10,400 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
12 R, 1 W |
| Brandon | $600 | $-1,400 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,000
3 R, 4 W |
| THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH | "CAN" IT! | EUROPEAN HISTORY | THAT'S MY JOB | PAUL McCARTNEY | WINGS |
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$200
[3]
A Toronto bylaw says homeowners need permission to cut down a tree more than 1 foot in diameter unless it's 100% this
dead
Julia
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$200
[5]
At a swim party you'll make a big splash if you grasp your knees & do this type of jump into the pool
cannonball
Brandon
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$200
[11]
Initially a barbed wire barrier, it began going up August 13, 1961
the Berlin Wall
Julia
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$200
[21]
Vintner
a winemaker
Steve
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$200
[1]
In 2003 Paul sang "come and keep your comrade warm" as he played his first-ever Russian concert, in this square
Red Square
Julia
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$200
[16]
An official state bird, the Rhode Island Red is one of these
a chicken
Brandon
|
|
$400
[4]
A California law grew out of the case of these tall trees blocking solar panels in Sunnyvale
redwoods
Brandon
|
$400
[6]
If a piece of film is "in the can", it's in one of these containers
a canister
Julia
|
$400
[12]
According to tradition, in 490 B.C., Pheidippides ran 25 miles to announce a Greek victory in this battle
Marathon
Julia
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$400
[22]
Milliner
a hatmaker
Julia
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$400
[2]
This superstar was Paul's duet partner for 1983's "Say Say Say"
Michael Jackson
Steve
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$400
[17]
Yes, Atticus, the delicately handled birdhereis one of these
a finch
Steve
|
|
$600
[18]
In 1939 Oregon's legislature chose the fir named for this man as the state tree
Douglas
Steve
|
$600
[8]
Served as an appetizer, it's a bite-sized piece of bread or toast topped with a savory garnish
a canapé
Julia
|
$800
[14]
The Glorious Revolution of 1688 ended the rule of King James II & brought this pair to the English throne
William & Mary
Julia
|
$600
[23]
Terpsichorean
a dancer
Julia
|
$600
[7]
In a No. 1 song by Wings, "With" this "we can help it out, we can make this whole damn thing work out"
a little luck
|
$600
[28]
Each tail feather is tipped with an eyespot on the males of this resplendent bird
the peacock
Julia
|
|
$800
[19]
Federal law protects all plants in this national park, including the "Biblical" tree the park's named for
Joshua Tree
Julia
Brandon
|
$800
[9]
A small Mayan village until 1970, today it's one of Mexico's premier resort areas
Cancún
Julia
|
$1,000
[15]
In France the Carolingian dynasty was followed by this one named for a guy named Hugh
Capetian
Julia
Brandon
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$800
[24]
Apiculturist
a beekeeper
Julia
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$800
[26]
Paul woke up with the tune for this song in his head & gave it the provisional title "Scrambled Eggs"
"Yesterday"
Julia
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$800
[29]
During the creche stage, chicks of the emperor type of this bird lose their fuzzy down covering
penguins
Julia
|
|
$1,000
[20]
A Maryland law calls for the replanting of this conifer, such as the loblolly or shortleaf
pine
|
$1,000
[10]
You might know that this dialect is also called Yue
Cantonese
Julia
|
DD
$1,200
[13]
The Battle of Balaklava & the Battle of Inkerman took place during this war
the Crimean War
Julia
|
$1,000
[25]
Metrist
a poet
|
$1,000
[27]
This musician co-wrote Paul's hit "My Brave Face" as well as his own hit "Veronica"
Elvis Costello
Julia
|
$1,000
[30]
There is a red-footed as well as a blue-footed type of this tropical seabird
a booby
Julia
|
| BODACIOUS CANTATAS | 9-LETTER WORDS | THE MIDWEST | ASIAN AMERICANS | THE ENTERTAINMENT BIZ | AUTH"ER"S |
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$400
[22]
A sonata is to be played; the word "cantata" means a work to be performed this way
sung
Julia
|
$400
[3]
This mark of punctuation combines 2 other punctuation marks
semicolon
Julia
|
$400
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The Northwest Ordinance set Illinois' northern border here; when statehood was requested in 1817, an Illinois delegate had Congress move it 60 miles to then orthto include a Lake Michiganportthat would become this city
Chicago
Steve
|
$400
[12]
At Harvard, Tony Hsieh sold pizzas out of his dorm room; today he's the CEO of this largest online shoe retailer
Zappos
Julia
|
$400
[1]
The company named for him traces its origins to the founding of Muppets, Inc. in 1958
Jim Henson
Julia
|
$400
[17]
She was the first African-American woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Alice Walker
Julia
Brandon
|
|
$1,200
[24]
A Handel cantata tells the story of this Greek god & his pursuit of Daphne
Apollo
Julia
|
$800
[28]
This fuse or percussion cap is used to set off an explosive charge
detonator
Steve
|
$800
[4]
It's Nebraska's top plant crop
corn
Julia
Brandon
|
$800
[13]
Penn.-raised Daniel Dae Kim had to relearn Korean to play Jin Kwon on this early 2000s adventure series
Lost
Julia
|
$800
[11]
In 2013 this onetime Thomas Edison company sold its stake in NBC & Universal Studios
General Electric
Julia
|
$800
[18]
The life & death dates for this poet in Britannica simply say, "flourished 9th or 8th century BCE?, Ionia? (now in Turkey)"
Homer
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[25]
"Wachet Auf", one of Bach's greatest cantatas, is based on a hymn of this Christian denomination
Lutheran
Steve
|
$1,200
[29]
The derivation & history of a word
etymology
Julia
|
$1,200
[5]
The people of this Indiana city call themselves Hauteans
Terre Haute
Julia
|
$1,200
[14]
Husband & wife Andrew & Peggy Cherng founded & run the 1,500-plus restaurants in this chain; who ordered orange chicken?
Panda Express
Julia
|
$1,200
[10]
In this company's full name, the "G" stands for David Geffen
DreamWorks SKG
Steve
|
$1,200
[19]
This hard-boiled writer took the big sleep for real on March 26, 1959
Raymond Chandler
Julia
|
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Alessandro Scarlatti's "O di Betlemme altera" was written for this holiday
Christmas
Julia
|
$1,600
[30]
In computer lingo, it's the reduced "digital" image of a graphic used so that multiple images can be viewed on a page
thumbnail
Julia
|
$1,600
[6]
Its state song is heard here
Wisconsin
Julia
Steve
|
$1,600
[15]
This daughter of Chinese immigrants competed nationally as a figure skater before going into bridal wear design
Vera Wang
Julia
|
$1,600
[9]
In a 2013 spat, this cable company's customers lost CBS for a month
Time-Warner
Steve
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
Published posthumously in 2003, a novel by this Brooklyn guy was titled "Catch as Catch Can"
Joseph Heller
Julia
|
|
$2,000
[26]
This German was only 1 opera into his career when he wrote a New Year's cantata to welcome 1835
Richard Wagner
|
$2,000
[27]
From the Latin for "rise up", it's one who rebels against an established government; today it's often used to mean "terrorist"
insurgent
Julia
|
$2,000
[7]
Tonka Toys got their name from this lake, one of the largest in the Land of 10,000 Lakes
Minnetonka
Julia
Steve
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1989 he became the youngest male winner of tennis' French Open
Michael Chang
Julia
|
$2,000
[8]
Once there was a "Big Six" of these; the 2012 breakup of EMI took it down to 3
record labels
Steve
|
$2,000
[21]
In 1991 this Brooklyn guy penned "Harlot's Ghost", focusing on the CIA
Norman Mailer
|
In his last speech, he mentioned local newsmakers of the day, including his friend Cesar Chavez & Don Drysdale
Robert F. Kennedy