Alex Jacob game 3.
Mary Suárez — a writer from New York, New York
Corbin Dill — an editor and graduate student in public health from Houston, Texas
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $5,600 | $8,200 | $36,300 |
$22,600
3-day champion: $72,200 |
$26,400
31 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Corbin | $-200 | $600 | $6,200 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
9 R, 3 W |
| Mary | $800 | $2,400 | $4,800 |
$6,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,800
9 R, 2 W |
| GENERAL SCIENCE | WHAT'S FOR DESSERT? | 2-SYLLABLE, 3-LETTER WORDS | SPEECH! SPEECH! | THE "HEART" OF ROCK & ROLL | R.I.P. |
|
$200
[30]
In 2014 scientists found the first evidence of tectonic plates outside the Earth on a moon of this largest planet
Jupiter
Corbin
|
$200
[29]
How about a fresh-baked batch of these chocolate chip cookies named for Ruth Wakefield's Massachusetts inn
Toll House
Mary
|
$200
[5]
Exclamation of approval for bullfighters
olé
Alex
|
$200
[28]
On July 4, 1939 he told baseball fans, "I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for"
(Lou) Gehrig
Alex
|
$200
[27]
Blondie topped the charts with this song
"Heart Of Glass"
Alex
|
$200
[7]
Trinidadian actor Geoffrey Holder wore a white suit in '70s ads for this "maaah-velous" uncola
7Up
Alex
|
|
$400
[23]
George Beadle & E.L. Tatum's studies of the Neurospora crassa mold on this food helped launch molecular genetics in 1941
bread
Alex
|
$400
[22]
Appropriately, the name of this frothy dessert means "froth" in French
mousse
Corbin
|
$400
[17]
Containing many frozen water crystals
icy
Alex
|
$400
[24]
He's the man seen here with hopeful words in a victory speech"Just because we have a two-party system doesn't mean we have to be in perpetual conflict..."
Mitch McConnell
Mary
|
$400
[26]
"Don't you mess around" with this, Pat Benatar's first hit
"Heartbreaker"
|
$400
[25]
In 1957 Dr. William Masters hired her as his assistant, though she had never finished college
(Virginia) Johnson
Alex
|
|
$600
[3]
The name of this geologic era in which amphibians & reptiles were introduced means "ancient life"
Paleozoic
Corbin
|
$600
[21]
It's the Italian-named cookie seen here
biscotti
Mary
|
$600
[18]
My Chemical Romance & Panic! at the Disco are this type of touchy-feely pop band
emo
Mary
|
$600
[4]
On Sept. 12, 1962 JFK said America would achieve this within the decade, not because it is easy, but because it is hard
a Moon landing
Corbin
|
$600
[12]
Adam Levine & Gym Class Heroes duetted on this 2011 No. 1; they must've sung into separate microphones
"Stereo Hearts"
Alex
|
$600
[14]
Paul Craft wrote many country music hits, including this one subtitled "Through The Goalposts Of Life"
"Dropkick Me, Jesus"
|
|
$800
[1]
In a lead-acid battery, this liquid used to conduct current is usually 35% sulfuric acid, 65% water
the electrolyte
|
$800
[8]
How about some banana pudding? I got the recipe from the back of the box of these Nabisco wafers
Nilla Wafers
Alex
|
$800
[19]
Yes, Maria, it means "farewell" in Latin
ave
Mary
|
$800
[2]
Upon signing the Camp David Accords in 1978, this Israeli leader exclaimed, "No more war, no more bloodshed"
(Menachem) Begin
Alex
|
$800
[11]
In the title of a No. 1 hit, Bonnie Tyler suffered from this astronomical problem
the total eclipse of the heart
Corbin
|
$800
[6]
He served as executive editor of the Washington Post from 1968 to 1991
Ben Bradlee
Mary
|
|
$1,000
[15]
These organisms are classified by their fungal partner, not their algal partner
lichens
Mary
|
$1,000
[16]
This 4-letter Spanish baked custard is coated with caramel
flan
Corbin
|
$1,000
[20]
Edible sea urchin gonads
uni
Alex
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
At the 1935 dedication of this out West, FDR called it an "engineering victory of the first order"
Hoover Dam
Alex
|
$1,000
[10]
"Hey! Wait! I got a new complaint" about this Nirvana song--there's no candy inside!
"Heart-Shaped Box"
Alex
|
$1,000
[13]
Shortly before he died, he designed the wedding dress for George Clooney's bride
Oscar de la Renta
Corbin
|
| TREATIES | I'M "FED" UP! | NOVELS' SEQUELS | MOVIE COSTUMES | SCALING | MOUNT EVEREST |
|
$400
[10]
Seems like a no-brainer now, but on Oct. 20, 1803 7 senators voted against the treaty sealing this deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Corbin
|
$400
[16]
In Virginia, this Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday in May
the Confederate Memorial Day
|
$400
[15]
"Fifty Shades Darker"
Fifty Shades of Grey
Alex
|
$400
[1]
This "Wizard of Oz" character's tail was operated by technicians from an overhead walkway
the Cowardly Lion
Alex
|
$400
[13]
The Danjon scale measures the brightness of the lunar type of these heavenly events
eclipses
Alex
|
DD
$100
[9]
At age 16 in 2001 Temba Tsheri, a boy of this ethnicity, became the youngest person to climb Mount Everest
Sherpa
Alex
|
|
$800
[12]
The acronym ANZUS is a security treaty signed in 1951 by these 2 nations & the United States
Australia & New Zealand
Alex
|
$800
[17]
In 2006 this pro tennis player went 92-5 & won 12 singles titles
(Roger) Federer
Mary
|
$800
[11]
"The Wedding" by Nicholas Sparks
The Notebook
Alex
|
$800
[22]
Female fans at sci-fi conventions often dress up in this character's metal bikini from "Return of the Jedi"
Princess Leia
Alex
|
$800
[23]
Type of musical scale that's a series of whole steps except for half steps between the 3rd & 4th and 7th & 8th degrees
a major scale
Corbin
|
$400
[14]
Mount Everest is shared by these 2 countries
Nepal & China
Alex
|
|
$1,200
[5]
Signed in 1786, America's longest-standing treaty is with this African country & mentions trade with Spain
Morocco
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
The 2014 fiscal year revenue of this company was $45.6 billion
FedEx
Alex
|
$1,600
[2]
"Mrs. de Winter"
Rebecca
Alex
|
$1,200
[24]
For this 2008 film Christian Bale got a new cowl that allowed him to turn his head
The Dark Knight
Alex
|
$1,200
[27]
A pH scale typically ranges from 0 to this amount
14
Corbin
|
$800
[25]
Mount Everest continues to be shaped by the Kangshung, Rongbuk & Khumbu ones of these
glaciers
|
|
$1,600
[4]
This Austrian archduchess reluctantly ceded Silesia in the 1742 Treaty of Breslau
Maria Theresa
Alex
|
$1,600
[7]
After the election of 1816, this political party ceased to exist as a national organization
Federalist
Alex
|
$2,000
[19]
"Women in Love" by D.H. Lawrence
The Rainbow
Alex
Mary
|
$1,600
[21]
Some clothes worn by Berenice Bejo in this 2011 film were actually from the 1920s, including a coat trimmed in monkey fur
The Artist
Alex
|
$1,600
[28]
Plug in your levels of fear & tension to get your rating on the HAM-A, the Hamilton scale of this
anxiety
Mary
|
$1,200
[26]
Reinhold Messner was the first to climb Everest alone & also one of the first to do so without supplemental this
oxygen
Corbin
|
|
$2,000
[6]
In 886 this "Great" king of Wessex negotiated a treaty with the Danes giving him the southern part of Great Britain
Alfred the Great
Alex
|
$2,000
[18]
7-letter "all-American" crop-inspired term for having a healthy & guileless appearance
corn-fed
Corbin
|
DD
$10,200
[3]
"Beggarman, Thief"
Rich Man, Poor Man
Alex
|
$2,000
[20]
You can see the 1930s version of a space suit in this film that dropped "The Shape of" from an H.G. Wells title
Things to Come
Mary
|
$2,000
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a scale on the monitor.) Devised by a Royal Navy admiral in the early 19th century, this scale for measuring wind ranges from calm to hurricane
the Beaufort scale
Alex
|
$2,000
[30]
On May 10, 1996 8 climbers died on Everest, a tragedy in this author's book "Into Thin Air"
(Jon) Krakauer
Alex
|
Only 2 presidents had their last names changed--these 2
Ford & Clinton