Julia Collins game 18.
Maggie Davis — a violin and viola teacher from Indianapolis, Indiana
Manuel Bermúdez — a legal assistant originally from Modesto, California
Julia Collins — a supply chain professional from Kenilworth, Illinois (whose 17-day cash winnings total $372,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julia | $3,400 | $3,800 | $18,900 |
$18,900
18-day champion: $391,600 |
$19,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Manuel | $1,600 | $4,000 | $9,400 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Maggie | $1,600 | $2,400 | $800 |
$800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$800
8 R, 4 W |
| PIN THE TALE ON THE DONKEY | DOUBLE DOUBLE VOWELS | OOO, SORRY | ASIAN HISTORY | GROUPIES | WE'RE WITH "THE" BAND |
|
$200
[26]
Clover, a horse in this Orwell book, asks Benjamin the donkey to read her their sixth commandment
Animal Farm
Maggie
|
$200
[18]
2-word candy craving
a sweet tooth
Julia
|
$200
[13]
This Jewish holiday concludes the 10 Days of Repentance
Yom Kippur
Manuel
|
$200
[8]
This empire got its name from Osman I, who founded it around 1300
the Ottoman Empire
Maggie
|
$200
[6]
Continuing the work of the G8, this organization met for the first time in December 1999
the G20
|
$200
[1]
"The End" &"Light My Fire"
The Doors
Julia
|
|
$400
[27]
This title boy & his pal Lamp-Wick get turned into donkeys; later he "becomes a marionette once more"
Pinocchio
Julia
|
$400
[19]
It's a crass joke of a "cushion" & no, this will not be an audio clue
a whoopee cushion
Julia
|
$400
[14]
In 1988 this actress apologized to Vietnam vets & said that some of her behavior in Hanoi was "thoughtless"
Jane Fonda
Maggie
|
$400
[9]
In 1975, after a long siege, Pol Pot & the Khmer Rouge entered this capital & overthrew prime minister Lon Nol
Phnom Penh
Julia
|
$400
[7]
Group f.64 was a loose association of Californians in this field
photography
|
$400
[2]
"I'm A Believer" &"Daydream Believer"
The Monkees
Julia
|
|
$800
[29]
Titania says "Thou art as wise as thou art beautiful" to this Shakespeare character recently made an ass
Bottom
Manuel
Maggie
|
$600
[20]
This beverage including Barq's is flavored with syrup from the extracted juices of barks among other items
root beer
Julia
|
$600
[15]
In 1998 the German parliament formally said "we're sorry" for the 1937 bombing of this Basque "holy city"
Gernika
|
$600
[10]
In the 17th c. this country's East India Company took over the Moluccas & controlled the world clove trade
the Netherlands
Julia
|
$600
[23]
Uncooperative witnesses Ring Lardner Jr. & Dalton Trumbo were part of this numerical group in 1947
the Hollywood Ten
Manuel
|
$600
[3]
"Hollywood Swinging" &"Jungle Boogie"
Kool & the Gang
Manuel
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1879 this young Scot documented his adventures in France in "Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes"
Robert Louis Stevenson
Maggie
|
$800
[21]
Let's account for this work of maintaining money transactions in ledgers
bookkeeping
Manuel
|
$800
[16]
In 1986 the French government compensated this organization for the sinking of its vessel the Rainbow Warrior
Greenpeace
Maggie
|
$800
[11]
From 1901 to 1904 William Howard Taft served as governor-general of this former Spanish possession
the Philippines
Julia
|
$800
[24]
The ABO group for this was discovered by Karl Landsteiner in 1901
blood types
Manuel
|
$800
[4]
This quartet's "Monkey Business" included "My Humps"
The Black Eyed Peas
Manuel
|
|
DD
$1,200
[28]
Not quite Rocinante, the mount used by this character is a brown donkey
Sancho Panza
Julia
|
$1,000
[22]
A tangled mass of metal shavings used for scouring
steel wool
Maggie
|
$1,000
[17]
This WWII general publicly atoned for his slapping of a combat-exhausted soldier in a hospital
(George) Patton
Maggie
|
$1,000
[12]
Built for the emperor Shah Jahan, this throne named for a bird was stolen in 1739 by the Persians, who then lost it
the Peacock Throne
Julia
|
$1,000
[25]
In 2003 this business behemoth changed its tobacco-associated name to the Altria Group
Philip Morris
Manuel
|
$1,000
[5]
This country group heardhereis no relation to Katy"So don't let me be, let me be, let me be lonely tonight..."
The Band Perry
Maggie
|
| GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | BIBLICAL NEXT OF KIN | MLB TEAMS EN FRANÇAIS | STATES THAT END IN "IA" | NEWER WORDS & PHRASES | LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABRATORY |
|
$400
[8]
Patty Murray chairs the Senate Committee on this spending document
the budget
Julia
|
$400
[6]
Son of Rebekah, brother of Jacob
Esau
Julia
|
$400
[2]
Les Chaussettes Rouges
the Red Sox
Julia
|
$400
[26]
Its governors have included John Tyler Sr. & Jr.
Virginia
Julia
|
$400
[14]
Popularized by a 1991 film, it's an educated but purposeless young person usually working in a dead-end job
a slacker
Julia
|
$400
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) At the heart of the Neutron Science Center is a powerful linear accelerator that accelerates protons to 84% of this, the "c" in E = mc2
the speed of light
Julia
|
|
$800
[9]
Heads up! It's a downright dirty 11-letter term for malicious attacks on opponents
mudslinging
Maggie
|
$800
[7]
Brother of Seth, father of Enoch
Cain
Manuel
|
$800
[3]
Les Peres
the Padres
Manuel
|
$800
[27]
Devastated in the Civil War, it was readmitted to the Union in 1868, expelled in 1869, then readmitted again in 1870
Georgia
Julia
|
$800
[15]
1-word term for a conservation-minded vacation to places having unspoiled natural resources
ecotourism
Manuel
|
$800
[22]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) When Trident is active, its three beams produce in 500 quadrillionths of a second the equivalent of 200 times the electrical output capacity of the U.S.; it's a type of this beam device first suggested by Einstein
a laser
Julia
|
|
$1,200
[10]
It's the only Cabinet department headed by an official whose title isn't secretary
the Department of Justice
Manuel
|
$1,200
[20]
Daughter of Laban, mother of Benjamin
Rachel
|
$1,200
[4]
Les Corsaires
the (Pittsburgh) Pirates
Maggie
|
$1,200
[1]
Vallejo was its capital in the 1850s
California
Manuel
|
$1,200
[17]
People weary of appeals to give money to the needy suffer from the "compassion" or "donor" type of this
fatigue
Manuel
|
$1,200
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) A Los Alamos operation center monitors instruments that help this craft that landed on Mars in 2012 analyze rocks & soil
Curiosity
Maggie
|
|
$1,600
[12]
In 2003 this South Carolinian retired at age 100 after 47 years in the Senate
Strom Thurmond
Julia
|
$1,600
[28]
Father of Ahaziah, husband of Jezebel
Ahab
|
$1,600
[11]
Les Jumeaux, or perhaps Les Doubles
the (Minnesota) Twins
Julia
|
$1,600
[5]
It had 20 electoral votes to offer in the 2012 election
Pennsylvania
Julia
|
$2,000
[19]
This phrase covers edibles from carts & such, more on the sidewalk, really; there was a World Congress of it in 2013
street food
Julia
|
$1,600
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) The National High Magnetic Field Lab owns a world record; its magnet reached the goal of 100 of these magnetic units, named for a European-American scientist
teslas
|
|
$2,000
[13]
Hoover Dam was built using federal authority under this constitutional clause, another word for "trade"
Commerce
Julia
|
$2,000
[30]
Brother of Shem & Ham, son of Noah
Japheth
|
$2,000
[25]
Les Rocheuses
the Colorado Rockies
|
$2,000
[16]
It has northern & eastern panhandles; Spruce Knob is its highest point
West Virginia
Manuel
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
Get in touch with this, defined by Random House as "the juvenile aspect of a person's psyche"
the inner child
Manuel
|
DD
$2,300
[29]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from Los Alamos Nat'l Laboratory in New Mexico.) The lab's 3-D visualization theater uses 33 digital projectors to study complex physical systems; for example, the asteroid impact that created the Chicxulub Crater on this peninsula, leading to the extinction of the dinosaurs
the Yucatán Peninsula
Julia
|
In a bit of foreshadowing, the title character's dad has committed suicide before the action of this 1904 opera
Madame Butterfly