Julia Collins game 17.
Dylan Gaillard — a dentist from Omaha, Nebraska
Jeanne Kaiser — a law professor from Springfield, Massachusetts
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 16-day cash winnings total $337,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $10,200 | $13,600 | $28,400 |
$35,000
17-day champion: $372,700 |
$22,800
29 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Jeanne | $0 | $1,200 | $-2,000 |
$-2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,000
5 R, 5 W |
| Dylan | $1,000 | $1,400 | $4,400 |
$4,390
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| BARBARA WALTERS | MOVIES INSPIRED BY LITERATURE | LUCKY 13 | THOSE ARE MY INITIALS, TOO | THE PENTAGON | "STR"8 TALK |
|
$200
[16]
In 2010 President Obama visited with Barbara & her cohorts on this show's most-watched episode
The View
Julia
|
$200
[6]
"A Knight's Tale", starring Heath Ledger, was inspired by this Chaucer classic
The Canterbury Tales
Julia
|
$200
[11]
Signifying his new manhood, a 13-year-old male reads from the Torah at this occasion
a bar mitzvah
Julia
|
$200
[1]
Skinner, Goodrich
B.F.
Julia
|
$200
[23]
The Pentagon was built in less than 16 months during this war
World War II
Dylan
|
$200
[19]
This baby transport may have a canopy & storage for diapers
a stroller
Jeanne
|
|
$400
[17]
Interviewing him in 1980, Barbara asked, "Are you sorry you didn't burn the tapes?"
Nixon
Jeanne
|
$600
[8]
You Goethe go back to this 2-part 19th century work to see the origins of "Damn Yankees"
Faust
Jeanne
|
$400
[12]
In 2013 it was lucky 13 for tennis' Mike & Bob Bryan, winners of their 13th doubles title at this type of event, a record
Grand Slam (a major accepted)
Dylan
|
$400
[2]
Milne, TV's Ron Balakay
A.A.
Julia
|
$400
[24]
Though it has a D.C. ZIP code, the Pentagon is located in Virginia across this river
the Potomac
Jeanne
|
$400
[20]
Sit astride, such as on a horse
to straddle
Dylan
|
|
$600
[18]
In the 1970s Barbara broke new ground for women co-anchoring the evening news & co-hosting this morning staple
(the) Today (show)
Jeanne
Dylan
|
$800
[9]
Be "Clueless" in remembering that 1995 comedy had its roots in this Austen tale
Emma
Julia
|
$600
[13]
No. 13 in R.L. Stine's "Classic" this kids' book series is "Welcome to Dead House"
Goosebumps
Dylan
|
$600
[3]
Griffin, Du Bois
W.E.B.
Julia
Jeanne
|
$600
[26]
You can send a fan letter to the Pentagon to Martin Dempsey, chairman of this 7-member body
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Julia
|
$600
[21]
Frederick Douglass claimed, "If there is no" this, "there is no progress"
struggle
|
|
$800
[29]
After a rare 1977 interview with this leader of a Communist island, he made Barbara grilled cheese sandwiches
Castro
Jeanne
|
$1,000
[10]
The 1675 play "The Country Wife" inspired this 1975 movie with Warren Beatty as a lusty hairdresser
Shampoo
Julia
|
$800
[14]
Colgate University in this state was said to be founded by 13 men "with 13 dollars, 13 prayers & 13 articles"
New York
Julia
|
$800
[4]
Woolworth, De Klerk
F.W.
Julia
|
$800
[27]
The9/11 Memorialincludes a wall rising from 3" to 71", representing these of the 184 who died at the Pentagon that day
ages
Julia
Dylan
|
$800
[22]
A part-time correspondent for a newspaper
stringer
Julia
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1977 Barbara made journalismhistoryby arranging the first joint interview with these twoleaders
Anwar Sadat & Menachem Begin
|
DD
$3,200
[7]
2010's "Easy A"re-imagined this decidedly unfunny 1850 novel as a comedy
The Scarlet Letter
Julia
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1781 the original 13 states established a federal government under this agreement
the Articles of Confederation
Julia
|
$1,000
[5]
Hunley, Mencken
H.L.
Julia
|
$1,000
[28]
The outer & largest concentric "ring" of the Pentagon is designated this letter
the "E" ring
|
$1,000
[25]
This crumb topping seenhereis sprinkled atop baked goods
streusel
Julia
|
| PLASTIC | VISA | MASTER CARD | AMERICAN EXPRESS | DISCOVER | DINERS CLUB |
|
$400
[26]
That tyke building a droid tri-fighter out of these doesn't know the bricks are acrylonitrile butadiene styrene
Legos
Dylan
|
$400
[1]
A passport & visa are all you need to get into Vietnam, but you're advised to tell the U.S. embassy in this city
Hanoi
Julia
Jeanne
|
$400
[21]
In "Tropic Thunder", this dude playing another dude is a "5-time Academy Award winner"
Robert Downey, Jr.
Dylan
|
$400
[16]
In 1868 George Pullman launched the Delmonico, a sleeping car transformed into one of these cars
a dining car
Julia
|
$400
[6]
Also called Ilium, this city from the "Iliad" was rediscovered by Heinrich Schliemann in the 1870s
Troy
Julia
|
$400
[11]
Sweet potatoes are packed with this red-orange pigment, a powerful antioxidant
beta -carotene
Dylan
|
|
$800
[27]
In 1999 Baxter International said it would stop using vinyl in these 2-letter medical bags
I.V. bags
Dylan
|
$800
[2]
You'll need a tourist visa & maybe some oxygen when arriving at the 13,000-foot elevation of La Paz in this country
Bolivia
Dylan
|
$800
[22]
In "Groundhog Day" Bill Murray has this job; that's why he comes to see the groundhog
a weatherman
Dylan
|
$800
[17]
Known as the "Train of the Stars", the Super Chief ran from Los Angeles to this city's Dearborn station
Chicago
Julia
|
$800
[7]
While studying the sun with a spectroscope, Pierre Janssen & Sir Norman Lockyer discovered this element in 1868
helium
Julia
|
$800
[12]
(Jimmy of the clue crew shows us some palm tree parts in Cambodia.) Botanically palm trees are dioecious, meaningmaleandfemaleflowers grow from different trees; they can also be delicious, as the meat of the fruit is used to make the green type of this South Asian sauce
curry
|
|
$1,200
[28]
The hard plastic now called HDPE was introduced to consumers by this swiveling 1950s fad
the Hula Hoop
Julia
|
$1,200
[3]
A visa is required to travel to this country & its districts such as Bagram, but the State Dept. warns against going
Afghanistan
Jeanne
Dylan
|
$1,200
[23]
In a 1956 classic this redheaded comic rattled off, "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with the pestle"
Danny Kaye
|
$1,200
[18]
Going up to 150 mph, this Amtrak train running between Boston & D.C. lives up to its speedy name
the Acela
Julia
|
$1,600
[9]
Biochemist Henrik Dam shared a Nobel Prize for discovering this vitamin vital to blood clotting
vitamin K
Jeanne
|
$1,200
[13]
Both baklava & spanakopita are made with tissue-thin layers of this type of Greek dough
phyllo dough
Julia
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The J.M. Eagle company flies high making pipes of this 3-letter material that was first produced in 1838
PVC
Dylan
|
$2,000
[5]
You'll need a visa if you want to practice your French in this 920,000-square-mile North African country
Algeria
|
$1,600
[24]
Comedy in which John Candy plays Del, a master shower curtain ring salesman
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Julia
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1934 the Burlington R.R. introduced the first of these streamliners named for a god of the west wind
a zephyr
Julia
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1958, using data from a satellite, this physicist discovered 2 radiation belts encircling the Earth
Van Allen
Julia
Dylan
|
$1,600
[14]
Chipotles are the dried form of these dark green chile peppers
jalapeños
|
| — |
DD
$3,400
[4]
A visa to Saudi Arabia for this purpose only covers travel in the vicinities of Mecca, Medina & Jiddah
the Hajj
Dylan
|
$2,000
[25]
In a 1998 film, Trey Parker & Matt Stone are virtuosos at this sports hybrid
BASEketball
Julia
|
$2,000
[20]
At this "summit" on May 10, 1869, the ceremonial golden spike was later removed & 3 iron ones driven in
Promontory
Dylan
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
The first fossil recognized as a human ancestor was a skull found near Dusseldorf belonging to this prehistoric man
a Neanderthal
Julia
|
$2,000
[15]
Gumbo gets its name from an African word for this gumbo ingredient
okra
Julia
|
This play's title comes from the name of a Greek king said to have carved a statue of a woman & fallen in love with it
Pygmalion