Vaughn Winchell game 4.
Jennifer Harris — a Ph.D. student originally from Houston, Texas
Zamir Ahmed — a manager of media relations from Washington, D.C.
Vaughn Winchell — a stay-at-home dad and graduate student from Columbia, Maryland (whose 3-day cash winnings total $66,502)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaughn | $2,200 | $4,800 | $14,800 |
$11,800
4-day champion: $78,302 |
$13,400
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Zamir | $1,400 | $3,400 | $5,800 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
12 R, 3 W |
| Jennifer | $2,400 | $2,800 | $5,600 |
$7,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| THUMP! | THE 50 STATES | BIBLICAL ZOO | NAME YOUR POISON | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE MOVIES | "IPO"s |
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$200
[11]
Slump to the floor "like a bag of wet" this, a mix of clay & limestone, & you're not likely getting up soon
cement
Vaughn
|
$200
[6]
Its state song includes the words "From hill to hill, from creek to creek, Potomac calls to Chesapeake"
Maryland
Zamir
|
$200
[1]
The book of Amos says this animal "hath roared, who will not fear?"
the lion
Jennifer
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$200
[12]
Jose Cuervo, Herradura
tequila
Zamir
|
$200
[15]
(I'm New York Timescolumnist Thomas Friedman.) My favorite movie is this 1985 Meryl Streep film set in Nairobi that won 7 Academy Awards, including Best Picture
Out of Africa
Zamir
|
$200
[24]
It's a 3-legged camera support
a tripod
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[17]
You "hit" these when you walk the streets; if something hits you like a ton of 'em, you're shocked
bricks
Vaughn
|
$400
[7]
This state leads the U.S. in the production of burley tobacco & bourbon whiskey
Kentucky
Vaughn
|
$400
[2]
The second plague in Exodus happened when Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters of Egypt & these hopped out
frogs
Vaughn
|
$400
[13]
Hendrick's, Boodles
gin
|
$400
[16]
(Warren Buffett delivers the clue.) One of my favorites is this 1973 movie in which Paul Newman invests a little time to con a large sum of out evil mobster Doyle Lonnegan
The Sting
Vaughn
|
$400
[25]
Limitless in power, as god
omnipotent
Jennifer
|
|
$600
[18]
Jimmy Page got this band name from Keith Moon's description of bad gigs going down like one
Led Zeppelin
Zamir
|
$600
[8]
Its state university system is based in Las Cruces
New Mexico
Jennifer
|
$600
[3]
Jesus said, "Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening" these
wolves
Jennifer
|
$600
[14]
E&J XO, Pisco
brandies
|
$600
[20]
(I'm Dr. Jane Goodall.) When I really want to laugh, I watch this 1983 film with Dan Aykroyd & Eddie Murphy whose plot has a lot in common with "The Prince and the Pauper"
Trading Places
Zamir
|
$600
[26]
Fat removal via a small incision & vacuuming
liposuction
Zamir
|
|
$800
[19]
In 1964 a researcher wanted to count the rings of a bristlecone type of this tree, so he felled it & oops, it was 4,900
a pine tree
Zamir
Jennifer
|
$800
[9]
Native daughter Helen Kelleris on the reverse of thequarterthat represents this Southern state
Alabama
Zamir
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$800
[4]
Once every 3 years King Solomon imported apes & these "proud" birds from Tharshish
peacocks
Vaughn
|
$1,000
[28]
(Real poison this time)the weed killer MSMA
arsenic
|
$800
[21]
(Hi. I'm Dr. Oz.) One of my favorite films is this 1967 movie with Sidney Poitier, who takes a teaching job in tough East End London
To Sir, with Love
Vaughn
|
— |
|
$1,000
[23]
The eastern gray species of this thumps the ground with its big feet to signal others of danger
a kangaroo
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[10]
According to statute, the outer circle of its state seal is a color called golden poppy
California
|
$1,000
[5]
While wandering in the wilderness, John the Baptist "did eat" these insects "and wild honey"
locusts
Jennifer
|
DD
$1,400
[22]
Angry Orchard, Adam's Revenge
(hard apple) cider
Vaughn
|
$1,000
[27]
(I'm columnist Clarence Page.) As real-life TV has proven the movie prophetic to me, my favorite film is this 1976 drama about newscaster Howard Beale
Network
Zamir
|
— |
| PLACES OF FABLE | 1980s MUSIC | MILITARY MISTAKES | WORD ORIGINS | POETIC LAST LINES | IPOs |
|
$400
[13]
French writer Thierry Jamin is planning a search for the lost Incan city of Paititi in this country
Peru
Zamir
|
$400
[23]
This 1984 Madonna album spawned 4 Top 5 hits, including "Material Girl"
Like a Virgin
|
$400
[5]
In 1896 an Ethiopian army defeated a force from this nation that had launched an ill-advised night attack
Italy
Zamir
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
This metal more valuable than gold has a name that means "little silver" due to its appearance
platinum
Jennifer
|
$400
[8]
"Noble six hundred!" ends this poem
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Vaughn
|
$400
[17]
A little birdie told me that this social media company raised $2.1 billion in its Nov. 2013 initial public offering
Twitter
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an aerial photograph on the monitor.) In 2004, a physicist claimed that a rectangular anomaly in Spain's Doñana mudflats matched Plato's dimensions of Poseidon's temple in this lost land
Atlantis
Zamir
|
$800
[24]
Eric Bazilian & Rob Hyman of The Hooters played on her "Girls Just Want To Have Fun"
Cyndi Lauper
Vaughn
|
$800
[6]
European hubris at this mountain outpost in 1954 helped a peasant army surround & defeat 16,000 elite troops
Dien Bien Phu
|
$800
[2]
This term for an amateur photographer comes from the device that opens & closes the aperture of a lens
a shutterbug
Jennifer
|
$800
[9]
This poem's title has 7 words, like its last line "and miles to go before I sleep"
"Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening"
Vaughn
Zamir
|
$800
[18]
In 2013 this theme park company made a splash with its IPO; it jumped 24% on the first day
SeaWorld
Jennifer
|
|
$1,200
[15]
The name of this mythic Tibetan Buddhist kingdom inspired a Three Dog Night hit song
Shambala
Vaughn
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[25]
This group's album "5150" was its first with Sammy Hagar as its lead vocalist
Van Halen
Zamir
|
$1,200
[7]
This cheek-haired general's attack on Fredericksburg in 1862 saw 12,000 Union losses with little change in the rebel lines
(General Ambrose) Burnside
Vaughn
|
$1,200
[3]
Named for a region in Norway, a Telemark is a type of turn used in this sport
skiing
Zamir
|
$1,600
[11]
"In her sepulchre there by the sea, in her tomb by the sounding sea" ends this poem
"Annabel Lee"
Vaughn
|
$1,200
[19]
Stock symbol VG, this telecom company had a disastrous IPO in 2006
Vonage
|
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
This island was said to be ruled by Morgan le Fay & her 8 healing sisters
Avalon
Jennifer
|
— | — |
$1,600
[4]
The name of this water-soluble carbohydrate found in ripe fruit is derived from the Greek for "coagulate"
pectin
Vaughn
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
A poem by him ends, "and then my heart with pleasure fills, and dances with the daffodils"
(William) Wordsworth
Vaughn
|
$1,600
[21]
In 2011 this online discounter raised $700 million in the largest Internet IPO since Google in 2004
Groupon
Jennifer
|
|
$2,000
[26]
Sailors say this "colorful" afterlife place is "9 miles beyond the dwelling of his Satanic majesty"
Fiddler's Green
|
— | — |
$2,000
[16]
The name of this form of therapeutic massage using the thumbs & palms is Japanese for "finger pressure"
shiatsu
Vaughn
|
$2,000
[12]
His poem about a "dream deferred" ends, "maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode?"
(Langston) Hughes
Vaughn
|
$2,000
[22]
Not named for a Vermont city, the stock for this clothing "factory" rose 40% after its 2013 offering
Burlington
Vaughn
|
Present name of an island settled by Europeans in the 1490s, today the most populous island in the Americas
Hispaniola