Josh Vittor — a law student from New York, New York
Jean Parker — a bartender from Montgomery, Alabama
Alysha Rooks — a writer originally from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,412)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooks | $3,400 | $6,200 | $11,400 |
$11,412
2-day champion: $29,824 |
$11,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jean | $200 | $3,000 | $3,800 |
$3,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
10 R, 3 W |
| Josh | $600 | $-800 | $400 |
$75
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
12 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| PICTURE THE POLITICAN | WHERE IS IT? | THE BODY OF EVIDENCE | NAME THE DECADE | ERNIE | "BERT" |
|
$200
[1]
He's the ex-First Brother pictured here
Jeb Bush
Rooks
|
$200
[30]
Venus de Milo:In this museum
the Louvre
Jean
|
$200
[18]
The gastrocnemius is the most prominent of the 7 muscles that make up this fleshy part of the back of your leg
a calf muscle
Rooks
Jean
|
$200
[16]
Sally Ride rides in space
the 1980s (1980 accepted)
Jean
|
$200
[8]
On "Sesame Street", Ernie sang of his great affection for this bathtub accessory
the rubber ducky
Josh
|
$200
[6]
One of the prairie provinces of Canada
Alberta
Jean
|
|
$400
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a picture on the monitor.) Andy Thomas' painting "True Blues" brings together eight poker-playing democratic presidents, including JFK, LBJ, Harry Truman & this man with his back to us, a founder of the Democratic Party
(Andrew) Jackson
Rooks
|
$400
[29]
Volvo Automobile world headquarters:In this country
Sweden
Rooks
|
$400
[19]
This term for a part of the nose comes from the Latin for "fence"
the septum
Rooks
Josh
|
$400
[17]
The first commercial radio station in the U.S. begins broadcasting
the 1920s
Rooks
|
$400
[9]
As Stinky, Ernie Weckbaugh was a cast member of this group that also included Spanky & Alfalfa
the Little Rascals (or Our Gang)
Rooks
|
$400
[7]
In recent decades this stage of development has been happening earlier & earlier in American kids
puberty
Josh
|
|
$600
[3]
Class president & prom king, hedoesn't look much different today than he did in high school
Paul Ryan
Rooks
|
$600
[27]
Monument Park:In this stadium
Yankee Stadium
Josh
|
$600
[23]
Riding shotgun on the kidneys, these glands weigh barely 5 grams each, but produce vital hormones
the adrenal glands
Jean
Josh
|
$800
[21]
The Stonewall Riots in New York City jump-start the gay rights movement
the 1960s
Rooks
Josh
|
$600
[10]
Famous Ernie's in State College, Pennsylvania is famous for the sandwiches "wit or witout onions"
a cheesesteak
Rooks
|
$600
[13]
Political party & doctrine governed by a belief in an individual's maximum freedom
libertarian
Rooks
|
|
$800
[4]
He's the late House Speaker speaking to reporters here
Tip O'Neill
Jean
|
$800
[26]
"Income Property":On this TV network
HGTV
Jean
|
$800
[24]
2 muscles in this 4-letter body part automatically adjust the size of the pupil to the level of light through the lens
the iris
Josh
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation is created
the 1930s
Rooks
|
$800
[11]
In 1961 Ernie Davis of Syracuse won this trophy; no African American had before, not even Ernie's idol Jim Brown
the Heisman
Rooks
|
$800
[14]
If you're starting a parliament, invest in a copy of these "of Order", first published in 1876
Robert's Rules of Order
Jean
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Once the face of Hurricane Katrina recovery, this mayor went to prison in 2014 for taking bribes
(Ray) Nagin
Rooks
|
$1,000
[25]
Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse! Betelgeuse!:In this constellation
Orion
|
$1,000
[28]
The triceps muscle is an extensor; the biceps is this, the opposite
a flexor
Jean
|
$1,000
[22]
The first commercial nuclear plant opens
the 1950s
Jean
Josh
|
$1,000
[12]
Cartoonist Ernie Bushmiller created this mischievous young girl
Nancy
|
$1,000
[15]
This long word for a frivolously chatty woman dates back to the 1500s
flibbertigibbet
|
| ELEMENT SYMBOL FUN? | HISTORICAL FICTION | GETTING LUCKY WORDS | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | ITALIAN ISLANDS | THE MOVIE MAN |
|
$400
[1]
Not alphabetically but by atomic number, the first element whose symbol is a pronoun
helium
Josh
|
$400
[16]
Irving Stone's 1980 historical novel "The Origin" focuses on this scientist & his 1831-36 voyage
Darwin
Jean
|
$400
[11]
Marked by privilege, or an Alyssa Milano TV show
charmed
Rooks
|
$400
[21]
Maybe the weather was bad in 1903, when Mary Anderson created this for cars; it had a swinging arm & a rubber blade
a windshield wiper
Josh
|
$400
[26]
Able was I ere I saw this largest Tuscan isle
Elba
Josh
|
$400
[6]
David Lynch directed John Hurt as John Merrick:"The ____ Man"
The Elephant Man
Rooks
|
|
$800
[2]
Monty Python brought us "The Knights Who Say" this, the symbol of a metal
Ni
Josh
|
$800
[17]
Just in time for the centennial of this comes Robert Olen Butler's latest, "The Star of Istanbul", set during it
World War I
Josh
|
$800
[12]
How unexpected & lovely to find this 13-letter adjective that describes such a situation!
serendipitous
Josh
|
$800
[22]
Around 1917 Northam Warren of Cutex created the first commercial version of this colorful cosmetic product
nail polish
Jean
|
$800
[28]
This island is the largest of Italy's 20 political regions
Sicily
Josh
|
$800
[7]
Richard Dawson played (what else) a game show host:"The ____ Man"
The Running Man
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The symbol of this noble gas is the postal abbreviation of a Midwest state
neon
Josh
|
$1,600
[19]
Elinor Wylie's "The Orphan Angel" imagines this poet not drowning & coming to America
Shelley
Josh
|
$1,200
[13]
This word can mean good luck & also great wealth, as when it precedes "hunter"
fortune
Rooks
Josh
|
$1,200
[23]
1/3 of the space devoted to U.S. exhibits at the 1889 Paris Centennial Exposition was occupied by his inventions
Edison
Rooks
|
$1,200
[27]
The island of Burano in this city's lagoon is known for its colorful homes & beautiful lace
Venice
Jean
|
$1,200
[8]
John Wayne returns to Ireland:"The ____ Man"
The Quiet Man
|
|
$1,600
[4]
The symbol for this element precedes "Better Blues" in the title of a Spike Lee film
molybdenum
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
14-year-old Mary catches the eye of Henry VIII, but her sister Anne is soon favored by him in this novel by Philippa Gregory
The Other Boleyn Girl
Josh
|
$1,600
[14]
Hmm... "propitious"--let's swap the first 3 letters for new ones, replace the "T" with a "C" &, lucky for us, get this synonym
auspicious
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1935 Willy Muller invented an automatic one of these, but it was 3 feet tall; in 1971 Phone Mate came up with a better idea
an answering machine
|
— |
$1,600
[9]
A fugitive takes the title job in the film within the film:"The ____ Man"
The Stunt Man
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The Black Eyed Peas have a male singer/producer whose stage name ends with the symbols of these 2 elements
iodine & americium
|
$2,000
[20]
"Written in My Own Heart's Blood" is Diana Gabaldon's eighth novel in this series about Claire Randall in the 18th century
Outlander
Rooks
|
$2,000
[15]
It's one syllable when meaning divinely favored, 2 when meaning sanctified
blessed
Josh
|
$2,000
[25]
In the 1950s this German engineer developed a rotary auto engine that was later used by Mazda
Felix Wankel
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
Lon Chaney gets infected with a disease:"The ____ Man"
The Wolf Man
|
In 2004 the dollar replaced the guilder as the monetary unit of this country
Suriname