Will Anderson — a senior legislative aide originally from Atlanta, Georgia
Erin Rhode — a software engineer originally from Plymouth, Minnesota
Daniel Grigg — a beer wholesaler from Colorado Springs, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | $600 | $800 | $4,800 |
$9,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Erin | $2,600 | $3,600 | $12,800 |
$9,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Will | $0 | $5,000 | $16,200 |
$19,600
New champion: $19,600 |
$16,200
20 R, 2 W |
| WHAT'S MY LINE? | FRUITY MUSIC | DANGEROUS WEATHER | FRENCH DIP | THE INTERNET | SWIFT MYTH |
|
$200
[15]
In 1881 Robert Louis Stevenson wrote that marriage is "a field of battle, and not a bed of" these
roses
Daniel
|
$200
[7]
In 1977 Linda Greene took on this nickname when she partnered with Herb
Peaches
Erin
|
$200
[1]
By Feb. 2014 this city closed the Thames Barrier a record number of times, protecting it from tidal flooding
London
Daniel
|
$200
[3]
I've just taken a dip in the Cote d'Azur & now I can't find my drap de plage, or beach this
towel
Erin
|
$200
[11]
The Internet's version of the long-awaited video phone, it was bought by Microsoft in 2011 for over $8 billion
Skype
Erin
|
$200
[14]
Multi-headed hellhound
Cerberus
Daniel
Will
|
|
$400
[16]
Longfellow called this Italian city a "white phantom city whose untrodden streets are rivers"
Venice
Will
|
$400
[8]
In a golden oldie, it's where Fats Domino "found my thrill"
Blueberry Hill
Erin
|
$400
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows time-elapse satellite imagery of a storm on the monitor.) On October 22, 2012, it began as a tropical depression over the Caribbean, Jamaica got it as a hurricane two days later & by October 29th, this superstorm had a 1,000-mile-wide diameter as it reached the eastern United States
Sandy
Will
|
$400
[17]
While playing Marco Polo at the beach, I almost collided with un bateau, one of these
a boat
Daniel
|
$400
[12]
William Gibson coined this portmanteau word that refers to the Internet as a whole
cyberspace
Will
|
$400
[18]
Hindu household goddess, or reality goddess Padma
Lakshmi
Will
|
|
$600
[20]
This Spaniard wrote, "a knight without a lady is like a tree without leaves"
Cervantes
Will
|
$600
[9]
In a song by Nilsson, this fruit is put in the coconut & then you drink them both up
the lime
Erin
|
$600
[4]
"It's as if God is trying to tell me something, but I don't know what that is", a man said after the 6th time this happened
he was struck by lightning
Daniel
|
$600
[27]
Our beach abbreviation SPF becomes FPS in French; the "P", this word, is spelled the same in both languages
protection
Will
|
$600
[19]
To come up quickly on Google, companies try to increase SEO, this type of optimization of their websites
search engine
Daniel
|
$600
[21]
Centeotl was god of this grain
corn
Will
|
|
$800
[24]
When Mrs. Cratchit asked her husband Bob how this son be have d in church, he replied, "as good as gold"
Tiny Tim
Will
|
$800
[10]
Prince tipped his hat to listeners with this 1985 No. 2 hit
"Raspberry Beret"
Will
|
$800
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows time-elapse satellite imagery of a storm on the monitor.) On November 5, 2013, with 74-plus-mile-per-hour winds, the storm called Haiyan was classified as this; winds hit 195 miles per hour by the time it reached the Philippines
a typhoon
Daniel
|
— |
$800
[22]
Hold on to your hat! 2015 marks 20 years of his controversial but addictive online political report
Matt Drudge
Will
|
$800
[23]
Jackal-headed son of Osiris
Anubis
Will
|
|
$1,000
[26]
In Chapter 2 of "The Virginian", this 5-letter word follows "when you call me that..."
smile
|
$1,000
[13]
Also the name of a soda, this R.E.M. song says, "Follow me, don't follow me, I've got my spine"
"Orange Crush"
Erin
|
$1,000
[6]
In 2008 120-mph winds hit the Irrawaddy Delta in this country
Myanmar (formerly Burma)
Daniel
Will
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
Your browser's storage of recently visited websites is called a "web" this word for something hidden
a cache
Erin
|
— |
| COTTON IS KING | THE BLUE & THE GRAY | "CIVIL" | WAR | GONE WITH THE WIND | 1865 AMERICA |
|
$400
[15]
In 1794 this man patented his cotton gin
Eli Whitney
Will
|
$400
[6]
Dr. Henry Gray, the man behind this medical book, died from smallpox at the age of 34 in 1861
Gray's Anatomy
Erin
|
$400
[5]
The folks employed by the U.S. government taken collectively
the civil service
Will
|
$400
[17]
This WWI gas that sounds like a condiment is a vesicant, meaning it causes blisters
mustard gas
Daniel
|
$400
[7]
Margaret Mitchell & a group of Confederate veterans were in attendance when the movie premiered in this city in 1939
Atlanta
Daniel
|
$400
[1]
On July 21, 1865 this "wild" gunslinger & Dave Tutt engaged in what is regarded as the first true western showdown
Bill Hickok
Daniel
|
|
$800
[28]
Once used to wrap a certain dairy product, this thin cotton fabric is used in the kitchen to drain liquid
cheesecloth
Will
|
$800
[12]
Grays Harbor, an estuary in Washington State, was formed during the last one of these more than 11,000 years ago
an ice age
Erin
|
$800
[30]
Some opponents of same-sex marriage say, hey gay folks, how about these? Wouldn't these be good enough?
civil unions
Daniel
|
$800
[18]
Some "general" info on this tank, the M4--it could go 25 mph & some had hedgerow cutters & rocket launchers
a Sherman tank
Will
|
$800
[8]
For her role as Mammy, this actressbecame the first African American to win an Oscar
Hattie McDaniel
Erin
|
$800
[2]
James H. Nason patented this type of coffee maker in which hot water flows through a tube to filter the grounds
a percolator
Daniel
|
|
$1,200
[27]
A 1959 ad shows one of this British company's cotton trench coats with its signature plaid lining
Burberry
Erin
|
$1,200
[13]
To make blue cheese, spores of a fungus genus more often associated with this antibiotic are added to milk
penicillin
Erin
|
$1,200
[29]
Nonviolent refusal to obey laws in an effort to change policy
civil disobedience
Daniel
|
$1,200
[25]
AKA the M9A1 rocket launcher, this shoulder-held weapon could pierce 5 inches of armor plate, Joe
a bazooka
|
$1,200
[9]
To remain faithful to the book, David Selznick battled the Hays Office over the use of this word
"damn"
Erin
|
$1,600
[4]
With $100 & 10 gallons of gumption, he founded his own hat company in Philadelphia
(John) Stetson
Will
|
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
Dorothy's iconic blue & white checked pinafore in "The Wizard of Oz" was made from this cotton fabric
gingham
Erin
|
$1,600
[14]
The blue whale can eat up to 8 tons of this crustacean a day
krill
Will
|
$1,600
[23]
Occupation of one who designs, constructs & maintains public works
civil engineer
Will
|
$1,600
[24]
Going quite a few leagues under the sea, it was the first sub powered by a nuclear reactor
the Nautilus
Erin
|
$1,600
[10]
In 2014 the movie turned 75 & this actress who played Melanie Hamilton turned 98
Olivia de Havilland
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
This agency was founded in 1865 to suppress counterfeit currency
the Secret Service
Daniel
|
|
$2,000
[22]
Similar to khaki, this durable cotton twill was originally used for U.S. Army uniforms; now it's often used for casual pants
chino
|
$2,000
[16]
Blueshift, shortening in the wavelength of the light of an approaching object, is a type of this man's shift
(Christian) Doppler
Will
|
$2,000
[21]
Title of a 1970s bestseller complaining about Americans' bad English--keep it "in your head"
A Civil Tongue
|
$2,000
[20]
Development of the MX missile, aka this somewhat contradictory term, began in the '70s
the Peacekeeper
Daniel
|
$2,000
[11]
He was working on another 1939 blockbuster when he was brought in to replace George Cukor as the film's director
Victor Fleming
|
$2,000
[19]
This 1865 children's story included such chapters as "Holland", "On the Canal" & "The Race"
Hans Brinker
Will
|
A line in this short story is "Slowly, awkwardly trying out his feelers, which he now first learned to appreciate..."
"The Metamorphosis"