Dan Ford — an engineer from Cincinnati, Ohio
Sam Barker — a labor relations analyst from Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Shawn Choe — an attorney from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shawn | $-600 | $-1,400 | $10,000 |
$19,200
2-day champion: $26,400 |
$10,600
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sam | $1,000 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$6,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
14 R, 2 W |
| Dan | $2,200 | $4,800 | $6,400 |
$10,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| HOLIDAY | MASSACHUSETTS | NIGHTS ON BROADWAY | YOU SHOULD BE DANCING | STAYIN' ALIVE | THE "B.G."'s |
|
$200
[19]
By around 1920 Alvan Fuller, a dealer of these, was using Presidents' Day as an excuse for a sale
cars
Shawn
Sam
Dan
|
$200
[24]
Appropriate in light of its early Colonial history, this is Massachusetts' state flower
the Mayflower
Dan
|
$200
[3]
2010 saw the first Broadway revival of this play about Helen Keller & her teacher Annie Sullivan
The Miracle Worker
Shawn
|
$200
[11]
Jete, entrechat & releve (raising the body by lifting the heels) are terms that come from this art form
ballet
Sam
|
$200
[16]
Jeanne Calment, who died age 122 in 1997, recalled meeting this artist in Arles as a teen, saying he was "dirty"
Van Gogh
Sam
|
$200
[1]
In 2013 this Bee Gee launched his Mythology tour in tribute to his late brothers
Barry Gibb
Sam
|
|
$400
[20]
The Kol Nidre, Aramaic for "all vows", is recited on the eve of this Jewish holy day
Yom Kippur
Shawn
|
$400
[25]
It's the river seen here, complete with the familiar rowers
the Charles
Dan
|
$400
[5]
Jessie Mueller won a 2014 Tony for her portrayal of this "Tapestry" singer in the musical "Beautiful"
Carole King
Dan
|
$400
[12]
In 1983 Michael Jackson danced backwards into history using this signature move on Motown's 25th Anniv. special
the Moonwalk
Dan
|
$400
[17]
He stayed alive another few months after turning 100 in 2002 & retiring from the Senate
Strom Thurmond
Sam
|
$400
[2]
Classic ones include Parcheesi & Sorry!
board games
Dan
|
|
$600
[21]
In Australia, Eight Hours Day was the original name of this holiday
Labor Day
Shawn
|
$600
[26]
It's the present-day name of the Mass. city where John Hancock & other famous Johns were born
Quincy
|
$800
[7]
This musical that returned to NYC in 2013 tells of Charlemagne's son, on a quest to find his true calling in life
Pippin
Sam
|
$600
[13]
Making sudden turns and striking dramatic poses are elements of this dance
the tango
Sam
|
$600
[18]
This republic that borders only Italy really is serene--life expectancy for women is 86 years
San Marino
Dan
|
$600
[4]
In 2013 one of these worn by Jackie Robinson, possibly in the 1955 & '57 World Series, sold for $373,002 at auction
a baseball glove
Shawn
Dan
|
|
$800
[22]
The tradition of kids helping kids by collecting money for UNICEF on this holiday began in 1950 in Pennsylvania
Halloween
Dan
|
$800
[27]
The first African-American governor of Massachusetts, he took office in 2007
Deval Patrick
Shawn
Dan
|
$1,000
[8]
A con man claims to be the son of Sidney Poitier in this play that opened on Broadway in 1990
Six Degrees Of Separation
|
$800
[14]
The name of this dance is Spanish for "double step"; the name of this dance...
paso doble
Sam
Dan
|
— |
$800
[9]
It's how to say good morning or good day in Italian
buon giorno
Shawn
|
|
$1,000
[23]
This Canadian province's Islander Day in February gives everyone a holiday between Christmas & Easter
Prince Edward Island
|
$1,000
[28]
"Time and the Town" is a classic chronicle of life in this Massachusetts beach getaway known as PTown
Provincetown
|
DD
$1,400
[6]
Mandy Patinkin was the first to play artist Georges Seurat when this musical opened in 1984
Sunday In The Park With George
Dan
|
$1,000
[15]
Long before "the mambo kings", Xavier Cugat was "king" of this Afro-Cuban dance whose name can have an "H" or not
the rhumba
Sam
|
— |
$1,000
[10]
This colorful Kentucky city made Forbes' list of the 25 best places to retire in 2014
Bowling Green
Shawn
Dan
|
| THAT'S NATIONALLY EPIC! | VOCABULARY | "D" IN SCIENCE | LEGAL MATTERS | CINEMA ZOO | THE 20th CENTURY |
|
$400
[7]
India's epic the "Mahabharata" is composed of 90,000 couplets in this classical language
Sanskrit
Sam
|
$400
[12]
A girl having a quinceanera is celebrating this birthday
15
Shawn
|
$400
[1]
Cover your ears! A jet taking off has a sound level of about 140 of these units
decibels
Dan
|
$400
[6]
From the Middle English for "summary", it's the calendar of cases awaiting action in a court
a docket
Sam
|
$400
[18]
2008, starring the voice of Jack Black
Kung Fu Panda
Dan
|
DD
$600
[29]
On April 3, 1968 he said, "So I'm happy tonight, I'm not worried about anything, I'm not fearing any man"
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shawn
|
|
$800
[8]
The German epic "Nibelungenlied" sees an evil family bury their magic gold in this body of water
the Rhine
Sam
|
$800
[17]
This table game of soccer players on rods was patented in 1966
foosball
Dan
|
$800
[2]
Thisfin on the backs of dolphins helps them balance as they swim.
dorsal fins
Shawn
|
$800
[13]
In this type of mock law school "court", 2 teams of students practice an imaginary case
moot court
Sam
|
$800
[19]
1995, starring Bruce Willis
Twelve Monkeys
Dan
|
$800
[27]
Bill & Hillary Clinton campaigned for this 1972 presidential candidate
McGovern
Sam
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Sha Na Na came out of NYC in the 1960s; "The Shahnama" of 1000 A.D. is an epic from this current country
Iran
|
$1,600
[24]
The French for another European country gives us this name of a soft napped leather
suede
|
$1,200
[3]
Big breath, now--it's what DNA stands for
deoxyribonucleic acid
Shawn
Dan
|
$1,200
[14]
In "Five Chiefs", this recently retired Supreme Court justice discussed his experiences with 5 Chief Justices
(John Paul) Stevens
Shawn
|
$1,200
[20]
2007, with Tim Allen & John Travolta
Wild Hogs
Dan
|
$1,200
[28]
In the 1950s this Argentine revolutionary took a road trip & chronicled it in "The Motorcycle Diaries"
Che Guevara
Shawn
|
|
$1,600
[10]
This man's discovery of a sea route to India is the subject of the Portuguese epic poem "The Lusiads"
(Vasco) da Gama
Dan
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
The name of this great grandson of Noah can mean an idiot or a great hunter
Nimrod
Dan
|
$1,600
[4]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates in the science lab.) To find the volume of an odd-shaped object like a rock, submerge it in water & then measure the difference in the water level; the rise is equal to the volume of the added object, & the difference is known by this term
displacement
Shawn
|
$1,600
[15]
This 4-word maxim with "proved" instead of "proven", is in the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights
"innocent until proved guilty"
Shawn
|
$1,600
[21]
2009, starring George Clooney (1 of 2)
Fantastic Mr. Fox or Men Who Stare At Goats
|
$2,000
[26]
This group of defendants included Abbie Hoffman & Tom Hayden; their 1970 convictions were overturned
the Chicago Seven
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[11]
The heroic tales in the collection called Mabinogion are an important part of this U.K. country's literary heritage
Wales
Sam
|
$2,000
[25]
Appropriately, the name for this system of writing is partly from the Latin for "wedge"
cuneiform
Dan
|
$2,000
[5]
Ironically, hurricanes originate in these ocean regions known for their calm air & light winds
the doldrums
Shawn
|
$2,000
[16]
This Byzantine emperor's code said that a woman could not inherit her husband's estate unless provided by will
Justinian
Shawn
|
$2,000
[22]
1988, starring Sigourney Weaver
Gorillas in the Mist
|
— |
A key scene of this sitcom's 2014 finale after 9 seasons was actually filmed in Season 2
How I Met Your Mother