Andrew Smith — an aerospace engineer from Madison, Alabama
Marissa Edelman — an attorney from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Christine Kim — a retired homemaker from Greenwich, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine | $1,600 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
12 R, 5 W |
| Marissa | $1,000 | $2,400 | $7,400 |
$9,400
New champion: $9,400 |
$8,400
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Andrew | $600 | $800 | $8,800 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 9 W (including 1 DD) |
| YES, VIRGINIA | A MUSIC HISTORY TIMELINE | ICE CREAM | SCOOPS | I'LL HAVE A TRIPLE | THOUGHTS FROM THE COMMISSIONER |
|
$200
[1]
This river marks Virginia's border with Maryland
the Potomac
Christine
|
$200
[13]
In 2003 this online music store was launched, allowing people to download songs for 99 cents each
iTunes
Andrew
|
$200
[8]
French for "in the fashion", it's the way to get ice cream with your dessert
à la mode
Andrew
|
$200
[16]
There are "two scoops" in this product from Kellogg's
Raisin Bran
Andrew
|
$200
[3]
A fake doctor, a small meal &a Tibetan wild ox
a quack, snack, yak
Christine
|
$600
[26]
Tim Finchem, commissioner of this tour, has said his handicap is 4
the PGA Tour
Marissa
|
|
$400
[2]
It's the colorful name of the range where you'll find Mount Rogers, Virginia's highest point
the Blue Ridge Mountains
Andrew
|
$400
[14]
Around 1666 the first violins with this man's label were created in Cremona, Italy
Stradivarius
Christine
|
$400
[9]
This company's name was crafted to "convey an aura of... old-world traditions and craftsmanship"
Häagen-Dazs
Andrew
|
$400
[17]
Evelyn Waugh's satirical novel "Scoop" is about how William Boot stumbles into success in this job
a journalist
Andrew
|
$400
[4]
A Panzer, a repository &a wooden floorboard
a tank, bank, plank
Andrew
|
$800
[27]
(NBA Commissioner Adam Silver delivers the clue.) The NBA championship trophy is named after this former NBA commissioner
Larry O'Brien
Christine
|
|
$600
[21]
The Colonial Custom House is an attraction in this town, site of a British surrender
Yorktown
Andrew
|
$600
[15]
Designed by William Tuthill, this performance space opened in 1891 in Midtown Manhattan
Carnegie Hall
Christine
Marissa
Andrew
|
$600
[10]
The ice cream cone was popularized at the 1904 World's Fair in this U.S. city
St. Louis
Christine
Andrew
|
$600
[18]
To make skinny shoulders look broader, ladies should consider this U-shaped dress front
a scoop neck
Christine
|
$600
[5]
A coin, a citrus fruit &a misdemeanor
a dime, a lime, & a crime
Marissa
|
$1,000
[28]
Mike Slive, commissioner of this conference, was happy to welcome new members Missouri & Texas A&M in 2012
the SEC
Andrew
|
|
$1,000
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When West Virginia split off in 1863, Virginia no longer shared borders with these two states
Ohio & Pennsylvania
Christine
|
$800
[24]
In 1804 Beethoven composed his 3rd symphony, "Eroica", which heralded the dawn of this musical period
the Romantic period
Marissa
|
$800
[11]
A 1921 ad for this product called it "a chocolate covered, tin foil wrapped ice cream bar"
an Eskimo Pie
Christine
Marissa
Andrew
|
$800
[19]
Awarding over $80 million in 2014, "SCOOP" is the annual "Spring Championship of Online" this game
poker
|
$800
[6]
A defining Quasimodo feature, an ex-tree &a Tom Hanks role
a hump, a stump, & a Gump
Marissa
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
This World Heritage site just southeast of Charlottesville was built between 1768 & 1809
Monticello
Andrew
|
$1,000
[25]
Composed after the death of the writer Alessandro Manzoni, Verdi's "Requiem Mass" premiered in 1874 in this city
Milan
Andrew
|
$1,000
[12]
Ben & Jerry's hippy-dippy lineup includes Cherry Garcia & this sweet "Sutra"
Karamel
Marissa
|
$1,000
[20]
It's the bivalve name for this scoop found on many a construction site
a clamshell (scoop)
Christine
Andrew
|
$1,000
[7]
An action word, an aromatic plant &a Belgrade native
a verb, an herb, & a Serb
Andrew
|
— |
| I AM A MAN OF SCIENCE! | WORD ORIGINS | "EL" CATEGORY | 1980s CINEMA | ROMAN EMPERORS | STATE OF THE NOVEL |
|
$400
[1]
One of his many titles: Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology at Cambridge
(Stephen) Hawking
Christine
|
$400
[9]
The French for "to turn" gives us the name of this, a bandage used to control bleeding
tourniquet
Christine
|
$400
[19]
Manoa & Omagua were said to be cities in this fabled country of gold
El Dorado
Andrew
|
$400
[2]
It had the tagline "Desperate, he took a female role and became a star. If only he could tell the woman he loves"
Tootsie
Andrew
|
$400
[24]
The emperor born Gaius Octavius took this name that means "lofty" or "solemn"
Caesar Augustus
Andrew
|
$400
[14]
"Lake Wobegon Days"
Minnesota
Christine
Marissa
|
|
$800
[3]
An astronomer by trade, he took the local temperature & used his fame to get money to build an observatory in Uppsala, Sweden
(Anders) Celsius
Christine
Marissa
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
This word for a certain type of journey means "journey" in Swahili
safari
Andrew
|
$800
[20]
Nickname of Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, a Castilian military leader
El Cid
Marissa
|
DD
$400
[29]
For the funeral scene in this 1982 biopic the production co. placed ads for 400,000 extras in Delhi newspapers
Gandhi
Andrew
|
$800
[25]
The Antonine Wall in Scotland was built by Antoninus Pius, adopted son of this emperor
Hadrian
|
$800
[15]
"A Time to Kill"
Mississippi
Marissa
Andrew
|
|
DD
$1,000
[7]
He didn't carry a blue security blanket when he won a Chemistry Nobel for research on the nature of chemical bonds
Linus Pauling
Marissa
|
$1,200
[11]
The name of this muscular membranous wall comes from the Greek for "through" & "fence"
diaphragm
Andrew
|
$1,200
[21]
This album by The Black Keys includes the song "Lonely Boy"
El Camino
Andrew
|
$800
[4]
To prepare for his role as an astronaut in this 1983 film, Jack Nicholson met with real astronauts in Houston
Terms of Endearment
Christine
|
$1,200
[26]
In retaliation for the murder of Emperor Pertinax, Septimius Severus reorganized this bodyguard group
the Praetorians
Andrew
|
$1,200
[16]
"From Here to Eternity"
Hawaii
Christine
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Louis & Mary's son, this Kenyan scientist found a humanlike creature's skull that was 1.7 million years old
Richard Leakey
Christine
|
$1,600
[12]
This 8-letter synonym for a treaty or a promise comes from the Latin for "to come together"
covenant
|
$1,600
[22]
This restaurant chain says of its food, "It's crazy you can taste"
El Pollo Loco
Marissa
|
$1,200
[5]
In "Dirty Dancing" she played Baby, whom nobody puts in a corner
Jennifer Grey
Marissa
Andrew
|
$1,600
[27]
In 67 A.D. he was declared the winner of an Olympic chariot race, though he fell out & didn't finish
Nero
|
$1,600
[17]
"To Kill a Mockingbird"
Alabama
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Before his "Sexual Behavior" books were bestsellers, this biologist was known for his studies of gall wasps
Kinsey
Andrew
|
$2,000
[13]
This type of figure of speech that suggests a resemblance is partly from a word for "to transfer"
metaphor
Andrew
|
$2,000
[23]
Teshet, which operates travel agencies & catering facilities, is a subsidiary of this airline
El Al
Marissa
|
— |
$2,000
[28]
His ashes & later those of his wife Plotina were placed in the base of his 130-foot column erected in 113
Trajan
|
$2,000
[18]
"The Color Purple"
Georgia
|
Characters in this epic 4,002-line poem include Count Ogier, Duke Thierry & Archbishop Turpin of Reims
The Song of Roland ( La Chanson de Roland )