Jennifer Blanton — an attorney from San Diego, California
Chris Gullo — a poet from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Alison Meermans — a fundraising project manager from Lakewood, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $3,200 | $6,300 | $12,700 |
$14,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $800 | $3,400 | $14,800 |
$26,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jennifer | $4,200 | $4,800 | $15,200 |
$29,601
New champion: $29,601 |
$15,200
17 R, 0 W |
| ECON 101 | COLORFUL SPORTS | EUROPEAN COUNTRY BY REGIONS | POTPOURRI | WILL YOU STILL FEED ME? | WHEN? IN '64 |
|
$200
[26]
Neither gaseous or solid but this term, meaning "in cash" or readily convertible into cash without a big loss of principal
liquid
Jennifer
|
$200
[6]
The area surrounding a golf hole; the average size on the pro tours is about 6,000 square feet
the green
Jennifer
|
$200
[1]
Arcadia, Corinth, Samos
Greece
Alison
|
$200
[11]
Running back Jackson or actress Derek
Bo
Alison
|
$200
[16]
Och aye! Haggamuggie is a simplified version of this, but with fish liver--sounds even better
haggis
Chris
|
$200
[21]
In Feb. 1964 Italy said it was reviewing ideas from the world over to help save this landmark from collapse
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Alison
|
|
$400
[27]
In 2008 prices in Zimbabwe doubled every 24.7 hours due to hyper-this
inflation
Chris
|
$400
[7]
Notorious nickname of the Chicago team that threw the 1919 World Series
the Black Sox
Alison
|
$400
[2]
Zug, Lucerne, Valais
Switzerland
Alison
|
$400
[12]
When functioning properly, "all systems are" this, meaning ready
go
Alison
|
$400
[17]
Rachael Ray has a 22-minute recipe for burgers of this "cordon bleu"; 10 minutes of prep & 12 to cook
chicken
Jennifer
|
$400
[22]
Ford was feeling frisky on March 9 when this now-classic car rolled off the assembly line for the first time
the Mustang
|
|
DD
$500
[29]
In 1778, after detailing the "invisible hand" guiding commerce, he became a commissioner of customs
Adam Smith
Alison
|
$600
[8]
Sun Life Stadium in Florida is home to the Miami Dolphins & this college bowl game
the Orange Bowl
Jennifer
|
$600
[3]
Nordland, Oppland, Telemark
Norway
Alison
|
$600
[13]
It flows 405 miles to the Adriatic
the Po
Jennifer
|
$600
[18]
From the Dutch for "to curl", this doughnut-style dough is fried & brushed with a sweet glaze
a cruller
Chris
|
$600
[23]
Thisauthor gained notice--how could he not--leading a group called "The Merry Pranksters" on a wild cross-countrybustrip
Ken Kesey
Chris
|
|
$600
[28]
The IMF, this U.N. agency, was founded in 1944 in part to stabilize currency exchange rates
the International Monetary Fund
Alison
|
$800
[9]
This cup awarded to the Canadian Football League champion was named for a governor general of Canada
the Grey Cup
|
$800
[4]
Algarve, Alentejo, Beira
Portugal
Chris
|
$800
[14]
In a Kipling work, it comes between "Just" & "Stories"
So
Jennifer
|
$800
[19]
"Why don't you dance with me? I'm not no" this cheese described as "devastatingly odorous"
limburger
Chris
|
$800
[24]
In an October 14 surprise, he quit after a coup as head of the USSR due to--ahem--"advanced age and poor health"
Khrushchev
Alison
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A theory of the trade-off between tax rates & what the government collects in tax revenues is seen in hiscurve
Arthur Laffer
|
$1,000
[10]
The only coach to win both an NCAA title & an NBA title, he took over the SMU basketball team in 2012
(Larry) Brown
Alison
|
$1,000
[5]
Slavonia, Istria, Dalmatia
Croatia
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[15]
The innermost of Jupiter's 4 Galilean moons
Io
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[20]
"Polska" precedes the name of this sausage in a Hillshire Farm product
kielbasa
Chris
|
$1,000
[25]
A June 2014 "American Experience" covers young people working for civil rights in this state in what was called Freedom Summer
Mississippi
Alison
Chris
|
| VICTOR/VICTORIA | NONFICTION | A "KN"ICE CATEGORY | CLASSICAL MUSIC | THE MOVIE'S CHARACTERS | PROPERTIES WITH NO ADDRESS |
|
$400
[14]
This 1818 novel character is a Swiss student of natural sciences who starts doing some peculiar experiments
Victor Frankenstein
Jennifer
|
$400
[9]
In "My Spiritual Journey", this exiled leader says, "I am no one special...I am just a human being"
the Dalai Lama
Chris
|
$400
[19]
A jack in a deck of cards can also be called this
the knave
Jennifer
|
$400
[2]
Andres Segovia helped establish it as a serious classical instrument
a guitar
Alison
|
$400
[4]
Bubba Blue, Lieutenant Dan, Abbie Hoffman
Forrest Gump
Jennifer
|
$400
[24]
All matter has 2 properties: mass & this, meaning it takes up space
volume
Alison
|
|
$800
[15]
She used the pseudonym Victoria Lucas for her novel "The Bell Jar"
Sylvia Plath
Alison
|
$800
[10]
Shelby Foote is best known for his 3-volume history of this conflict
the Civil War
Chris
|
$800
[20]
This reflex extension of the leg also describes a type of unthinking reaction
a knee-jerk
Jennifer
|
$800
[1]
1842's "Nabucco" launched this composer as a giant of Italian opera
Verdi
Alison
|
$800
[5]
Eduardo Saverin, Erica Albright, the Winklevoss twins
The Social Network
Jennifer
|
$800
[25]
It can mean the property of shininess, or a person who hungers after something
luster
Alison
|
|
$1,200
[16]
Victor Emmanuel I ruled over this fishy-sounding kingdom, also the name of an Italian island
Sardinia
Alison
|
$1,200
[11]
(I'm New York Timesreporter James Risen.) In my book "State of War" I examined secret & controversial efforts made by the CIA to delay this country's nuclear arms program
Iran
Chris
|
$1,200
[21]
Technically it's the prominence of the dorsal aspect of a joint of a finger
knuckle
Alison
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1965 Jacqueline du Pre sat down & made great recording of Elgar's Concerto for this instrument
the cello
Alison
|
$1,200
[6]
As listed on IMDB:Brody, Hooper, Estuary Victim
Jaws
Alison
|
$1,200
[26]
Also found before "engineering" or "weapons", this type of property is only observed by changing a substance
chemical
Alison
|
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Queen Victoria succeeded this king, her uncle, on the throne in 1837
William IV
Alison
|
$1,600
[12]
This author and historian was researching a book about the 1958 NFL championship when he was killed in a 2007 car crash
David Halberstam
Chris
|
$1,600
[22]
This part of a baseball field was where kids once watched a game by peering through the outfield fences
a knothole
|
$1,600
[29]
This Austrian's symphonies are numbered through 104 but--surprise--he probably wrote about 108
Haydn
Chris
|
$1,600
[7]
Henry Hill, Tommy DeVito, Frankie Carbone
Goodfellas
Alison
|
$1,600
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates by dropping marbles into two graduated cylinders filled with clear liquids.) When marbles are dropped into water & glycerin, the marble in the glycerin takes longer to fall because this property, the resistance to flow, is greater
viscosity
Jennifer
|
|
$2,000
[18]
This woman who championed causes like free love & mystical socialism ran for president in 1872
Victoria Woodhull
|
$2,000
[13]
Chapter 1 of this classic book by Norman Vincent Peale is "Believe in Yourself"
The Power of Positive Thinking
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[23]
As a noun it's a small rounded hill; as a verb, it means to ring mournfully
a knoll
Jennifer
|
DD
$7,000
[30]
This Gustav Holst suite: "An HD Odyssey" is a multimedia work with images from space probes
The Planets
Chris
|
$2,000
[8]
Honey Bunny, Butch, The Gimp
Pulp Fiction
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[28]
The property of a metal that can be shaped by hammers of rollers, or of a person who's easily controlled
malleability
Chris
|
Watching the Super Bowl halftime show, the head of this government agency kept saying, "My day is going to" be lousy "tomorrow"
the FCC