Alex Jacob game 5.
Erin Steinhart — a clinical research coordinator originally from Worcester, Massachusetts
Dane Walker — a courier from Flint, Michigan
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $109,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $4,600 | $10,600 | $25,000 |
$20,000
5-day champion: $129,401 |
$21,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dane | $2,400 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$11,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
18 R, 4 W |
| Erin | $800 | $1,800 | $6,600 |
$10,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
8 R, 1 W |
| 2014 ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL FILM REGISTRY | FACT: -OID | POLITICIANS | FLOUR POWER | CEREMONIES | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s |
|
$200
[8]
"The Big Lebowski", in which these brothers "explore themes of alienation, inequality and class structure"
the Coen Brothers (Joel & Ethan)
Alex
|
$200
[24]
Flavonoids are antioxidants that are plentiful in the red type of this, so pass the claret
wine
Alex
|
$200
[19]
Here's this representativehanding offa cherished item in 2011; we think she wants it back
(Nancy) Pelosi
Alex
|
$200
[10]
Whole wheat flour is also known as this type of "cracker" fame
Graham
Dane
|
$400
[23]
A golden spike was integral to the May 10, 1869 ceremony that celebrated the completion of this
the Transcontinental Railroad
Erin
|
$600
[17]
This word precedes field theory, mechanics & leap
quantum
Erin
|
|
$400
[7]
With Mia Farrow in her first leading film role, this devilish masterpiece from 1968
Rosemary's Baby
Dane
|
$600
[14]
Pon Farr is the mating time of this "Star Trek" humanoid race
Vulcan
Alex
|
$400
[25]
John Nance Garner held this job 1933-1941 & said it isn't worth "a bucket of warm spit" (or something else, in other sources)
vice president
Dane
|
$600
[22]
Gold Medal flour products include self-rising, unbleached & this one that sounds good for any type of baking
all-purpose
Dane
|
$800
[12]
In Oct. 2014 you could see this ceremony on even days of the month at Buckingham Palace; odd days, at Windsor Castle
changing of the guard
Alex
|
$800
[2]
Thisalliterative music maker was big in the early 1900s
a player piano
Alex
|
|
$600
[4]
"Rio Bravo", a Howard Hawks Western starring this tough guy as sheriff John T. Chance
(John) Wayne
Alex
|
$800
[3]
In a Herman Wouk novel, this captain of the USS Caine is paranoid
(Captain) Queeg
Alex
|
$600
[9]
(I'm George Stephanopoulos.) After seeing Bill Clinton speak for the first time, I thought, this is the guy who can bring blacks & whites together the way that this senator promised to do back in 1968
RFK (Bobby Kennedy)
Erin
|
$800
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew kneads and shows a time-elapse video on the monitor.) When wheat flour is mixed with water to make dough, the protein content is converted to this substance; it retains gas, which when heated, causes the bread to rise
gluten
Alex
Dane
|
$1,000
[20]
At age 7, many Zoroastrians go through Sadreh-Kusti, this type of ceremony; fraternity pledges are usually older
initiation
Dane
|
$1,000
[16]
This general term for an elephant can also apply to a rhino
pachyderm
Alex
|
|
$800
[1]
"Felicia", a 1965 documentary about a high school student living in this L.A. neighborhood before the riots
Watts
Alex
|
$1,000
[18]
A haploid cell, such as a sperm or egg, is defined as having only one copy of each of these genetic units
a chromosome
Dane
|
$800
[5]
As a senator from this state, 1985-2015, Jay Rockefeller pushed for health & safety measures for coal miners
West Virginia
Alex
Erin
|
$1,000
[21]
In Corsica, standard cornmeal is replaced by chestnut flour to make this mushy Italian treat
polenta
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[6]
Vincent Price in one of the first successful 3-D movies, "House of" this
Wax
Dane
|
DD
$4,600
[15]
The Festa della Sensa celebrates this city's "marriage to the sea"
Venice
Alex
|
$1,000
[13]
In 2006 Deval Patrick was elected to succeed this man as governor of Massachusetts
Mitt Romney
Erin
|
— | — | — |
| OLDE ENGLISH | CELEBRITY ARTISTS | VOCABULARY | WELCOME TO MY HUT | ENGINEERING | IT'S JUST GORGE-OUS |
|
DD
$100
[16]
Forsooth! In 1657 Parliament doth offer this man the title of king, but zounds! He doth say nay to donning a crown
Oliver Cromwell
Alex
|
$400
[18]
In 2003 paintings by this U2 singer were auctioned off to raise money for the Irish Hospice Foundation
Bono
Alex
|
$400
[1]
Unwritten examination type
oral
Erin
|
$400
[22]
In a Steinbeck work a big one of these gems from the ocean might be Kino's ticket out of hut life
a pearl
Dane
|
$400
[19]
The Egyptians constructed more than 100 of these, with the Great one taking a relatively quick 23 years to build
the pyramids
Dane
|
DD
$100
[17]
One of the highest points on this river's gorge is Lorelei Rock at 433 feet above the water
the Rhine
Alex
|
|
$400
[30]
Yea, clause 39 of this olde document sayeth no free man shall be imprisoned except by the judgment of his peers
the Magna Carta
Alex
|
$800
[28]
This rocker portrays himself & his wife Iman in his lithographs
(David) Bowie
Erin
|
$800
[2]
A marshy outlet of a river; it was "Blue" in song
a bayou
Dane
|
$800
[27]
Chapter 3 of this novel is "Huts on the Beach"--Ralph & Simon are building them & the other kids aren't helping
Lord of the Flies
Dane
|
$800
[26]
Containing 167 arches, one of these built in 50 A.D. is still delivering water from the Frio River to Segovia, Spain
an aqueduct
Dane
|
$400
[25]
Once an important trade route, the Kali Gandaki Gorgelies between Dhaulagiri & Annapurna--two peaks in this range
the Himalayas
Dane
|
|
$800
[29]
O foul & dark time! This infamous event was borne in Pudding Lane & did rage for 5 awfull days in September of 1666
the Great London Fire
Dane
|
$1,200
[10]
Ronnie Wood featured fellow members of this band in his series of prints called "Paint It Black"
the Rolling Stones
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
Alopecia is a loss of this
hair
Alex
|
$1,200
[24]
In this story natives bring Kurtz, the "pitiful Jupiter" , into a little cabin, "just a room for a bedplace"
Heart of Darkness
Alex
|
$1,200
[11]
The volume of material excavated for this project added 90 acres to the size of Great Britain
the Chunnel
Alex
|
$1,200
[8]
The unusualrock formationsfound in Sicily's Alcantara Gorge were created by lava flow from this volcano
(Mount) Etna
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[23]
Verily, though this king won the day at Agincourt, he was foully defeated by dysentery
Henry V
Dane
|
$1,600
[4]
Life's a beach for this actress, who creates paintings like the one here, and also has her own "Open Hearts" jewelry line
Jane Seymour
Erin
|
$1,600
[5]
With 1 R, not 2, it's not a letter writer, it's a lover in a divorce case
corespondent
Dane
|
$1,600
[12]
Clym Yeobright's mother dies in a hovel in this author's "The Return of the Native"
Thomas Hardy
Dane
|
$1,600
[13]
You'll find the category title in this 2-word term that means taking apart a device to figure out how it was made
reverse engineering
Alex
|
$1,600
[9]
This British gorge in Somerset shares its name with the cheese produced there & once stored in nearby caves
Cheddar
Dane
|
|
$2,000
[15]
It shall be writ that the house of York was a house of ruin upon this site in 1485 once the king ate-eth the big one in a bog
Bosworth Field
Alex
Dane
|
$2,000
[7]
This Oscar-winning British star of "Surviving Picasso" is something of a Picasso himself & also composes classical music
Anthony Hopkins
Alex
|
$2,000
[6]
From the French for "to squint", it's the old-time visual aid seen here
a lorgnette
Dane
|
$2,000
[21]
There are many huts in this man's "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" & they all sound pretty terrible
Solzhenitsyn
Alex
|
$2,000
[20]
This horseshoe-shaped, glass-bottomed structure extends 4,000 feet over the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
the Skywalk
Erin
|
$2,000
[14]
The funicular railway running up the side of this Colorado gorge on the Arkansas River climbs 1,550 feet at a 45-degree angle
Royal Gorge
Dane
|
On the occasion of this late leader's visit to the U.S. in 2009, ABC News listed 112 various spellings of his name
Muammar Gaddafi