Greg Seroka game 5.
Sarah Negugogor — a user experience designer from Kirkland, Washington
Brian Fodera — a writer from Sherman Oaks, California
Greg Seroka — a chef from Steamboat Springs, Colorado (whose 4-day cash winnings total $108,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $4,000 | $7,600 | $28,400 |
$25,000
5-day champion: $133,200 |
$22,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Brian | $3,400 | $4,000 | $8,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
18 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $1,600 | $600 | $5,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NEXT CHEMICAL ELEMENT ALPHABETICALLY | LIQUEURS | THE ATHLETE WHO... | "VO"CABULARY | INDIANAPOLIS | 500 |
|
$200
[16]
After platinum
plutonium
Greg
Sarah
|
$200
[1]
It was Paris hotelier Cesar Ritz who suggested the "Grand" for the name of this cognac-based liqueur brand
(Grand) Marnier
Sarah
|
$200
[6]
announced he was taking his talents back to Cleveland in 2014
LeBron James
Brian
|
$200
[11]
A vacuum or gap
a void
Brian
|
$200
[18]
Known as "Circle City", Indianapolis is laid out in a wheel pattern inspired by the pattern of this eastern U.S. city
Washington, D.C.
Greg
Brian
|
$200
[19]
An ancient Roman would write 500 with this letter
D
Greg
|
|
$400
[17]
After copernicium
copper
Sarah
|
$400
[2]
It takes 7 years to go from coffee bean to a bottle of this Mexican liqueur brand
Kahlúa
Greg
|
$400
[7]
won the Heisman in 2005 & forfeited it in 2010
Reggie Bush
Brian
|
$400
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the sound recording booth while femme fatale Kelly walks into frame in the studio.) Big in film noir, it's the sound technique we're using here"I knew Kelly was trouble the minute she walked into the room."
a voiceover
Brian
|
$400
[24]
This downtown stadium features over 1,000 flat-screen TVs & the NFL's largest retractable roof
Lucas Oil Stadium
Greg
|
$400
[20]
On July 12, 2013 this Ira Glass show celebrated its 500th episode
This American Life
Greg
|
|
$600
[27]
After zinc
zirconium
Greg
|
$600
[3]
This Italian liqueur has the flavor of almonds but is often made with the kernels of apricot pits
amaretto
Sarah
|
$600
[8]
scored the "Hand of God" goal for Argentina
Diego Maradona
Brian
|
$600
[13]
It's your calling or profession
a vocation
Brian
|
$600
[25]
Except for 4 small communities, Indianapolis was expanded in 1970 to include all of this county named for the "Swamp Fox"
Marion
Greg
|
$600
[21]
In this library system, 500 is natural sciences & mathematics
the Dewey decimal system
Greg
|
|
$800
[29]
After argon
arsenic
Sarah
|
$800
[4]
Here, Manet depicted a drinker of this liqueur, made from wormwood
absinthe
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
at age 22, entered the record books with his 16-under-par winning score at the 2011 U.S. Open
(Rory) McIlroy
Greg
|
$800
[14]
Originally applied to birds, it refers to something that flits about or changes rapidly, like some stock markets
volatile
Greg
|
$800
[26]
Crown Hill Cemetery is the final resting place of John Dillinger & this 23rd president
Benjamin Harrison
Brian
|
$800
[22]
Popularized in the movie "Breaking Away", the Little 500 is a collegiate race of these transports
bicycles
Greg
|
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
After silicon
silver
Sarah
|
$1,000
[5]
French monks have made this brightly colored herbal liqueur since 1737
Chartreuse
Greg
|
$1,000
[10]
in 1996 helped the American female gymnasts win gold by sticking her second vault while injured
Kerri Strug
Greg
|
$1,000
[15]
Adjective for a curvaceous woman or anything that gives sensual pleasure
voluptuous
Brian
|
$1,000
[28]
The library named for this author has first editions of all his novels back to the first, "Player Piano"
Vonnegut
Greg
|
$1,000
[23]
The S&P of the S&P 500 index stands for this; half of it sounds like something a businessman tries to avoid
Standard & Poor's
Greg
|
| LARGE & IN CHARGE | AMERICAN HERITAGE DICTIONARYPERFERRED PLURALS | OCCUPATIONS | NICOLAS CAGE, YOU COMPLETE ME | CAPES | ELEMENTARY |
|
$400
[22]
After her husband Albert's death in 1861, she put on weight & ballooned up to a 46-inch waist
Queen Victoria
Brian
|
$400
[8]
Louse (the bug)
lice
Brian
|
$400
[17]
An apiarist breeds these, please
bees
Sarah
|
$400
[1]
1986:"____ ____ Got Married"
Peggy Sue
Greg
|
$400
[7]
On July 24, 1950 a 2-stage rocket called Bumper 8 became the first rocket launched from this cape
Cape Canaveral
Brian
|
$400
[6]
(Lucy Liu reads from the set of Elementary.) Like the original John Watson character, my character has this profession before she takes up with Sherlock Holmes
a doctor
Sarah
|
|
$800
[25]
This Australian state didn't add an "H" to the last word in its name when the obese Sir George Reid was premier
New South Wales
|
$800
[9]
Nucleus
nuclei
Brian
|
$800
[18]
Mapmaker has 8 letters; this synonym has 12 & sounds fancier
cartographer
Brian
|
$800
[2]
1998:"Snake ____"
Eyes
Brian
|
$800
[27]
Normandy's Cap Gris-Nez, which means "gray nose cape", sticks its nose into this body of water
the English Channel
Brian
|
$800
[11]
(Jonny Lee Miller reads from the set of Elementary.) Conan Doyle's Holmes described him as "curiously reptilian" & "His two eyes are deeply sunken"; on "Elementary"Natalie Dormerprovided a very different version of this villain
Moriarty
Greg
|
|
$1,200
[23]
At over 6'5", Filip Vujanovic is large & in charge of this Balkan nation whose name means "black mountain"
Montenegro
Brian
|
$1,200
[10]
That
those
Greg
|
$1,200
[19]
Sextons, or parish officers who keep order during services; meet the...
beadles
|
$1,200
[3]
2005:"Lord of ____"
War
Greg
|
$1,200
[28]
Tourists flock to this cape or cabo where Baja California comes to a point
Cabo San Lucas
Brian
|
$1,200
[12]
(Jonny Lee Miller reads from the set of Elementary.) Our Holmes on "Elementary" is recovering from his drug use; not so the original, who on the first page of "The Sign of Four" injects a 7% solution of this
cocaine
Brian
|
|
$1,600
[24]
Tupou IV, king of this "friendly" South Pacific island nation from 1965 to 2006, tipped the scales at 440 pounds
Tonga
|
$1,600
[13]
Matrix
matrices
Sarah
|
$1,600
[20]
Applying gel to pregnant ladies' tummies is part of the job of the technician with this 1-word job
a sonographer
Greg
|
$1,600
[4]
1992:"____ in Vegas"
Honeymoon
Greg
|
DD
$4,000
[29]
The boundary line between the South Atlantic & the South Pacific is the meridian of this cape
Cape Horn
Brian
|
$2,000
[16]
(Lucy Liu reads from the set of Elementary.) On "Elementary" a detective who knew Holmes in London & turns up in New York is named for this original Scotland Yard man who Holmes says "is as tenacious as a bulldog"
Lestrade
Greg
|
|
$2,000
[26]
William Wallace should've known better than to pick a fight with Edward I, nicknamed this for his height & stature
the Longshanks
Greg
|
$2,000
[14]
Opus
opera
Greg
|
$2,000
[21]
A jongleur was a medieval type of this musician/entertainer; Gilbert & Sullivan wrote of "A Wandering" one
a minstrel
Greg
Sarah
|
$2,000
[5]
1994:"Guarding ____"
Tess
Greg
|
— |
DD
$8,000
[15]
(Lucy Liu reads from the set of Elementary.) In a story, Holmes surprises Watson by revealing the existence of this brother & says he even "has better powers of observation than I"; when he turns up on "Elementary", sparks fly with Joan Watson
Mycroft
Greg
|
The 1917 first use of what became its name said this 2-word small room "called up the tube that the steamer... was torpedoed"
Radio Shack