Brandon Bidlack — a marketing director from Emeryville, California
Gina Shaddox — an accounting service representative from Corvallis, Oregon
Andrea Keleher — a medical records coder from Denver, Colorado (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,605)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea | $1,400 | $8,200 | $11,400 |
$1,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Gina | $1,600 | $3,200 | $11,200 |
$11,000
New champion: $11,000 |
$13,200
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brandon | $2,400 | $3,600 | $13,000 |
$3,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,000
20 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOLLYWOOD IS DESTRUCTIVE | LAWN CARE | ANIMAL TITLES | TECH GOOFS | "G"-OLOGY | INLETS |
|
$200
[3]
In 1997's "Dante's Peak", one of these is destroying part of Washington state
a volcano
Andrea
|
$200
[8]
Use the manure or fertilizer mixture called "top" this, even though it sounds like it goes on your salad
dressing
Gina
|
$200
[17]
"So Long and Thanks for All the ____"
Fish
Brandon
|
$200
[13]
Autocorrects at this Mark Zuckerberg site led to many "Happy bday from Grandpa & Grandmaster Flash" messages
Facebook
Brandon
|
$200
[1]
On May 4, 1959 Sinatra & Mancini wore black tie to the first of these events
the Grammys
Andrea
Gina
Brandon
|
$600
[18]
Named for an Arctic explorer, Scoresby Sound on this huge island has a 60-mile-long island within it
Greenland
Andrea
|
|
$400
[4]
Will Smith starred in this film as a Marine fighter pilot helping humanity face off against an alien invasion
Independence Day
Gina
|
$400
[9]
Measuring alkalinity or acidity, test this 2-letter quality of your soil
pH
Brandon
|
$400
[21]
"The Island of the Blue ____"
Dolphins
Andrea
Brandon
|
$400
[14]
An NYU student hit this 2-word button instead of forward & 40,000 folks (& Mom) were emailed, "Do you want me to do this?"
reply all
Brandon
|
$400
[2]
It'sthe instrument being used tomovethe animals along
goad
|
$1,000
[23]
The natural harbor of Cam Ranh Bay became a base that supplied tens of thousands of U.S. troops in this war
the Vietnam War
Andrea
|
|
$600
[5]
Los Angeles is threatened by ocean carnivores falling from the sky in this Syfy channel movie
Sharknado
Gina
|
$600
[24]
Henbit & Florida Pusley are among plants controlled by Ortho's product this type of plant "B-Gon"
a weed
Brandon
|
$600
[16]
"Mrs. Frisby and the ____ of Nimh"
Rats
Gina
|
$600
[15]
In 2014 Michael Bay had a bad day with a malfunction of this device that scrolls a prepared script
a teleprompter
Andrea
|
$600
[10]
Call the cops! Specifically, these French military ones
Gendarme
Brandon
|
DD
$1,200
[22]
New York's Irondequoit Bay near Rochester is an inlet of this Great Lake
Lake Ontario
Andrea
|
|
$800
[6]
In this 2006 Clive Owen film, years of infertility have left human society in chaos
Children of Men
Andrea
|
$800
[27]
For healthy plant growth, consider an NPK fertilizer, standing for nitrogen, phosphorus & this element
potassium
Andrea
|
$800
[19]
"Do Androids Dream of Electric ____?"
Sheep
Andrea
|
$800
[25]
Picking this "name" is tricky, as in the unfortunate selection of the tourism site choosespain.com
a domain name
Brandon
|
$800
[11]
Originally, it meant to sift the impurities out of a substance; now it means to alter or distort a message
to garble
Gina
|
— |
|
$1,000
[7]
"They're coming to get you, Barbara" in this 1968 film that saw a group of people in a farmhouse hiding from zombies
Night of the Living Dead
Gina
|
$1,000
[28]
When planting a new lawn, it's a good idea to add compost & this 4-letter combination of sand, silt & clay
loam
Gina
|
$1,000
[20]
"Lad: A ____"
Dog
Andrea
|
$1,000
[26]
On a scary June 3, 1980, B-52s were readied to fly after a faulty chip had NORAD seeing 2 SLBMs, submarine-launched these
ballistic missles
Andrea
|
$1,000
[12]
They're the male & female cells that get it on to make a zygote
gametes
Brandon
|
— |
| WORLD PEAS | THE 16th CENTURY | & NOW THIS UPDATE | IT'S HYPHENATED | THE GROUP OF DEATH | GEOLOGY |
|
$400
[1]
AKA the Bengal gram, in the Middle East it's mashed to make hummus
chickpeas
Gina
|
$400
[26]
In 1572 Spanish conquistadors captured & killed Tupac Amaru, the last native leader of these people
the Incas
Andrea
|
$400
[9]
The movie "Bride & Prejudice" turned the Bennet family into the Bakshi family of Amritsar in this country
India
Gina
|
$400
[3]
Half-a-dozen beers sold together, or some nicely developed abs
a six-pack
Gina
|
$400
[17]
In 1999 Eddie Vedder & this band grunged out a Top 10 version of the '60s tearjerker "Last Kiss"
Pearl Jam
Gina
Brandon
|
$400
[4]
It's an earthquake that follows a larger one & has its epicenter nearby
an aftershock
Brandon
|
|
$800
[2]
Garden peas were big in 1850s Moravia, where this man tested 34 varieties
Mendel
Brandon
|
$800
[29]
A 1531 writer gave this word a new meaning, saying Martin Luther was making this big kind of change of the whole world
a reformation
Gina
|
$800
[12]
The Jonathan Larson musical "Rent" is loosely based on this 1896 opera
La bohème
Brandon
|
$800
[5]
Type of photography used to capture the flower seen here
time-lapse (photography)
Brandon
|
$800
[18]
"Die Young, Stay Pretty", Debbie Harry advised as singer for this band
Blondie
Andrea
|
$800
[10]
It's the splitting of rocks & minerals along their natural fissure lines; hey Mister, my eyes are up here
cleavage
Brandon
|
|
$1,200
[14]
OK, just one more handful of the peas flavored with this hot green sushi plate stuff
wasabi
Brandon
|
$1,200
[28]
Under the command of the Duke of Medina Sidonia in 1588, it consisted of about 130 ships, 8,000 seamen & 19,000 soldiers
the Spanish Armada
Gina
|
$1,200
[13]
The catchphrase "Danger, Will Robinson!" might clue you in that this 1960s TV show updated "Swiss Family Robinson"
Lost in Space
Gina
|
$1,200
[6]
It's the company that gave us the Superball & the Hula Hoop
Wham-O
Brandon
|
$1,200
[19]
"Death greets me warm", James Hetfield mourned in this band's "Fade to Black"
Metallica
Gina
|
$1,200
[11]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) The continents were built around these large stable areas of very old crystalline rocks; the Laurentian, or Canadian one, extends for 3 million square miles across northern North America
the Shield
|
|
$1,600
[23]
Popeye dotes on Lathyrus odoratus, this fragrant flowering pea native to Italy
sweet pea
Brandon
|
$1,600
[27]
A map printed in France in 1507 was the first with this 7-letter eponym
America
Brandon
|
$1,600
[15]
Wouldn't it be loverly for you to name this author of "Pygmalion", from which "My Fair Lady" was adapted
(George Bernard) Shaw
Brandon
|
$2,000
[8]
Your electric bill usually indicates your usage in terms of this energy unit
kilowatt-hour
Brandon
|
$1,600
[20]
Taxi! "If there's no one beside you when your soul embarks, then I'll follow you into the dark", sang this morbid band
Death Cab for Cutie
|
$1,600
[22]
Pot, meet this deep circular hole scoured out beneath a river or glacier
a kettle
Brandon
|
|
$2,000
[24]
You can thank St. Patrick for the fact that several pea varieties with 3-part leaves are known as this
a shamrock
Gina
Brandon
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
This British poet, playwright & contemporary of Shakespeare was killed in a fight in 1593, allegedly over a bill
Christopher Marlowe
Gina
|
$2,000
[16]
This 1955 Broadway baseball blockbuster was a reworking of the Faust legend
Damn Yankees
Brandon
|
DD
$3,000
[7]
"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself", Emerson wrote in this essay
"Self-Reliance"
Brandon
|
$2,000
[21]
This rhyming '80s band sang, "It's a dead man's party, who could ask for more, everybody's comin', leave your body at the door"
Oingo Boingo
Andrea
|
$2,000
[25]
This section of crust extends from a continent's coast to a depth of 100 to 200 meters
a shelf
Gina
|
Vivian Darkbloom, a minor character in a 1955 novel by this foreign-born author, is an anagram of his name
Vladimir Nabokov