Alex Jacob game 6.
Scott Blish — a technical writer and stay-at-home dad originally from Elmira Heights, New York
Nikhil Neelakantan — an operations analyst from Richmond, Virginia
Alex Jacob — a currency trader from Chicago, Illinois (whose 5-day cash winnings total $129,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $4,600 | $6,200 | $17,400 |
$20,401
6-day champion: $149,802 |
$17,400
23 R, 2 W |
| Nikhil | $2,200 | $1,800 | $10,200 |
$2,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $1,400 | $1,805 | $3,600 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| SPORTS MOVIES | I'M JUST A BILL | LITERARY MEALTIME? | FLASHBACK FRIDAY | STARTS WITH A VOWEL | AUTOMOTIVE ABBREVS. |
|
$200
[26]
This 1986 movie tells the story of how a small-town high school basketball team became Indiana state champions
Hoosiers
Scott
|
$200
[27]
He wrote his first software program at age 13, & at about 30 he put the "Bill" in billionaire
Bill Gates
Scott
|
$200
[28]
"Goodbye" this James Hilton schoolteacher who sounds like a brand of cookies or potato snacks
Mr. Chips
Scott
|
$200
[25]
This man who didn't have "no quarrel with them Viet Cong" refused military induction on Friday, April 28, 1967
Muhammad Ali
Scott
|
$400
[21]
Bunny battery brand
Energizer
Scott
|
DD
$5
[19]
CPO:Certified this, a nicer way of saying used
previously owned
Scott
|
|
$400
[20]
Parminder Nagra plays soccer for the Hounslow Harriers in this film
Bend It Like Beckham
Alex
|
$400
[23]
This New York City mayor managed Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign in 2000
(Bill) de Blasio
Alex
Nikhil
|
$400
[8]
Made into a 1991 film, this 1959 William Burroughs novel is an autobiographical account of his addiction
Naked Lunch
Scott
|
$400
[22]
On Friday, Dec. 27, 1935, he issued a manifesto calling for an alliance of the Chinese Communist Party & the Kuomintang
Mao (Tse-tung)
Alex
|
$600
[2]
This 7-letter term for any strange person sounds like it refers to the 7 on a pool table
oddball
Alex
|
$400
[24]
VIN:This string of 17 characters posted on the driver's side of the dashboard
vehicle identification number
Alex
|
|
$600
[17]
(New York Timesfilm critic A.O. Scott delivers the clue.) I chose this Clint Eastwood film as the best of 2004 & referred to it as "3 people seduced by the bloody allure of the ring"
Million Dollar Baby
Scott
|
$600
[10]
His "Wild West and Congress of Rough Riders of the World" show was big but he lost his fortune through mismanagement
Buffalo Bill
Alex
|
$600
[4]
The peach in his "James & the Giant Peach" would win a prize in any state fair
(Roald) Dahl
Alex
|
$600
[13]
An uprising in Bogota on Friday, July 20, 1810 is celebrated as this country's independence day
Colombia
Alex
Nikhil
|
$800
[1]
An administrative district in Paris
arrondissement
Alex
|
$600
[18]
BLIS:An "information system" to monitor this area outside the driver's field of vision
the blind spot
Scott
|
|
$800
[7]
Jane Lynch is mom to Will Ferrell in this comedy with drive
Talladega Nights
Alex
|
$800
[11]
In 2002 Bill Richardson was elected governor of this state, succeeding Gary Johnson
New Mexico
Nikhil
|
$800
[5]
A collection of Erma Bombeck's humorous articles was titled "If Life Is" this serving--"What Am I Doing in the Pits?"
a bowl of cherries
Alex
|
$800
[14]
On Friday, March 6, 1953 Georgy Malenkov took over for this man, who'd died on Thursday
Stalin
Nikhil
|
$1,000
[3]
Courteous or refined in expression, from the Latin for "city"
urbane
|
$800
[16]
DRL:Daytime these, which make the car more conspicuous to other drivers
running lights
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Paul Newman coaches the Chiefs, a losing minor league hockey team, in this favorite
Slap Shot
Alex
|
$1,000
[12]
"Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat" is a collection featuring this Bill Watterson comic strip duo
Calvin & Hobbes
Alex
|
$1,000
[6]
In the title of Alice Childress' 1973 novel of teenage heroin addiction, this "Ain't Nothin' but a Sandwich"
a hero
Alex
|
$1,000
[15]
The Good Friday Agreement of 1998 at least for a time ended Northern Ireland's period of strife known as these
the Troubles
Scott
|
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| STARTS WITH A VOW | BIBLE VERSUS | THE ARTS | IN THE DICTIONARY | THE GREAT STATE OF MISSISSIPPI | COLORFUL ENTERTAINMENT |
|
$400
[11]
In 1212 many children took vows to go to retake this holy city
Jerusalem
Alex
|
$400
[27]
Joshua 6:The Israelites vs. this city
Jericho
Alex
|
$400
[28]
In 2013 Jeff Koons set a living-artist record with $58.4 million for a dog that looks like it's made of these, kids'-party style
balloons
|
$400
[29]
The name of this wrestling hold, whether full or half, may ultimately honor a British naval hero
Nelson
Nikhil
|
$400
[30]
Mississippi's lowest point is along the shores of this body of water
the Gulf of Mexico
Scott
|
$400
[12]
Last name of Seth, Brian Austin & Cee Lo
Green
Scott
|
|
$800
[26]
Originally feting a Voortrekker victory, the Day of the Vow was used in 1961 as a day of uprising against this policy
apartheid
Alex
|
$800
[25]
1 Samuel 17:This Israelite vs. this Philistine
David & Goliath
Alex
|
$800
[23]
Delta disallowed 250,000 frequent flyer miles this string instrument accrued by having its own seat next to Lynn Harrell
a cello
Scott
|
$1,200
[15]
This word for a house of ill repute comes from the Italian
bordello
Scott
|
$800
[5]
In 1792 a French-Canadian trader named Louis LeFleur was the first to settle in this state capital
Jackson
Nikhil
|
$800
[21]
This actor covers a lot of ground, voicing a panda on film & playing both Orson Welles & Elvis on TV's "Drunk History"
Jack Black
Alex
|
|
$1,200
[17]
This member of The Mamas & The Papas vowed to become the most famous fat girl in the world
Mama Cass Elliot
Scott
|
$1,200
[8]
1 Samuel 4:Philistines vs. Israelites, with the winner to get this fancy chest
the Ark (of the Covenant)
Alex
|
$1,200
[1]
The New York Philharmonic & the School of American Ballet are based at this complex
Lincoln Center
Alex
|
$1,600
[22]
The Oxford English Dictionary says the name of this cosmetic may be from the Catalan for "soot, black smear"
mascara
Nikhil
|
$1,200
[7]
This Mississippi city was named for the trees that provided building timber but are also sung about for their honey
Tupelo
Alex
|
$1,200
[20]
Taylor Swift sang, "Losing him was blue like I'd never known... but loving him was" this title color
red
Alex
|
|
$1,600
[18]
Manhattan prosecutor Preet Bharara has vowed sweeping reform at this island penitentiary
Rikers Island
Alex
|
$1,600
[9]
Mark 11:15:Jesus vs. these financial professionals
the money changers
Scott
|
$1,600
[2]
One of the first stops of this trane was a sax solo on a 1951 recording of "We Love To Boogie"
John Coltrane
Scott
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
Fittingly, it means "empty orchestra" in Japanese
karaoke
Nikhil
|
$1,600
[4]
Perhaps this author's early boyhood in New Albany, Miss. was in his mind as he lay dying in Byhalia
Faulkner
Nikhil
|
$1,600
[19]
In a Halloween TV special, some kids got candy, but this kid? "I got a rock"
Charlie Brown
Alex
|
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1789 the French third estate vowed to hold out for a Constitution at a meeting held on one of these fields of play
a tennis court
Nikhil
|
$2,000
[10]
Revelation 12:This archangel & his angels vs. a big red dragon
Michael
Nikhil
Scott
|
DD
$3,405
[3]
Around 1900 this young Italian painter was influenced by a group called the Macchiaioli, or "stainers"
Modigliani
Scott
|
$2,000
[24]
This 3-letter word is a long, narrow inlet or arm of a river
ria
|
$2,000
[14]
Whilehewas governor from 2004 to 2012, Mississippi got out of last place in per-capita income for the first time in 25 years
Haley Barbour
Nikhil
|
$2,000
[13]
The natural combination of dancing & the Philadelphia Eagles loomed large in this 2012 film
Silver Linings Playbook
|
A 2008 review of this novel, later filmed, compared it to "Battle Royale" & said it's "a future we can fear"
The Hunger Games