Holly Cooper — a junior project manager from Henderson, Nevada
Phil Arevalo — a Ph.D. candidate in microbiology originally from Springfield, Virginia
Chris Wonderly — a visual information specialist originally from Kansas City, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris | $2,600 | $3,600 | $10,800 |
$20,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Phil | $2,000 | $4,600 | $11,800 |
$23,600
New champion: $23,600 |
$11,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Holly | $1,200 | $2,000 | $11,900 |
$5,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
15 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| GONE FISHING | THE 7 LIBERAL ARTS | SPORTS AWARDS | WOMEN IN HISTORY | POLITICAL VOCABULARY | A LITTLE R & R |
|
$200
[1]
South Pacific angling includes fishing for the bigeye & skipjack varieties of this food fish
tuna
Chris
|
$200
[6]
The list, compiled in the 5th century, includes geometry & this branch of math where you add & subtract
arithmetic
Chris
|
$200
[21]
In 2010 Spain's cup runneth over after it won this tournament & trophy for the first time
the World Cup
Holly
|
$200
[11]
In 1860 she established a school for nurses at St. Thomas' hospital
Florence Nightingale
Chris
Holly
|
$200
[16]
At a convention, it's a person chosen to represent a state in the nomination process
a delegate
Chris
|
$600
[28]
This provision is added to a legislative bill to get it adopted along with the bill
a rider
Phil
|
|
$400
[2]
Useful in fly fishing, the nail & surgeon are types of these
knots
Chris
Phil
|
$400
[7]
This one of the liberal arts concerns linguistic rules
grammar
Phil
|
$400
[22]
Seen here, it was actually modeled after New York University football player Ed Smith
the Heisman Trophy
Chris
|
$400
[12]
This18th-century Russian ruler hinted that none of her three children was fathered by her hubby--ouch
Catherine the Great
Chris
|
$400
[17]
The Nov. 8, 1972 L.A. Times headline was this type of huge "Victory for Nixon"
landslide
Phil
|
$800
[27]
At one period this German dog was used to pull carts for butchers
a Rottweiler
Holly
|
|
$600
[3]
It's a fishing lure with an oval metal blade attached thatrevolves when drawn through water
a spinner
Chris
|
$600
[8]
This art form may be "of the spheres"
music
Chris
|
$600
[23]
The Naismith Trophy is given to the men's & women's college players of the year in this sport
basketball
Holly
|
$600
[13]
Lucrezia Borgia was the daughter of a corrupt man who got this title in 1492
pope
Phil
Holly
|
$600
[18]
Alliterative term for a procedure counting up spoken yeas & nays
voice vote
Chris
|
$1,000
[26]
It's the profession of a con man played by Burt Lancaster in a 1956 film set in drought-ridden Kansas
the rainmaker
|
|
$800
[4]
Bottom fishing is a good way to catch these, like the North American "Big Three"--blue, flathead & channel
catfish
Chris
|
$800
[9]
Mr. Spock would be pleased that this study of reasoning makes the grade
logic
Phil
|
$800
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew stands with a famous trophy.) Since 1851, the America's Cup trophy has been won by just six yacht clubs--New York, San Diego, Golden Gate, one from Switzerland, & clubs from these two southern-hemisphere countries
Australia & New Zealand
Phil
|
$800
[14]
(Hi, I'm Ken Burns.) My documentary "Not for Ourselves Alone" explored the lives of Susan B. Anthony & Elizabeth Cady Stanton, 2 of our country's greatest these, from the Latin for "voting tablet"
suffragettes
Holly
|
$800
[19]
Phrase meaning shifting the burden of responsibility; Harry Truman said it stopped with him
passing the buck
Phil
Holly
|
— |
|
$1,000
[5]
Specialized equipment used in this type of fishing can include pronged arrows attached to a line
spearfishing (or bowfishing)
Phil
|
$1,000
[10]
Sometimes accused of being "empty", it's the art of using language to persuade
rhetoric
Holly
|
$1,000
[25]
In addition to a trophy, the winner of the Masters tournament gets this iconic piece of apparel
a green jacket
Chris
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
In 1914 she began distributing a pamphlet called "Family Limitation" that outlined her views
Margaret Sanger
Holly
|
$1,000
[20]
It's a fundraiser who gathers lots of smaller donations into a big package of money for a candidate
a bundler
|
— |
| BRIT LIT | DOUBLE TROUBLE | COLLEGE KNOWLEDGE | PRETTY CITY | GROOVY MOVIE | RHYME TIME |
|
$400
[1]
Christopher Marlowe gained fame for blank verse, iambic pentameter that doesn't do this
rhyme
Holly
|
$400
[26]
Double pneumonia means trouble in both of these organs
the lungs
Chris
|
$400
[6]
Founded in 1851, this university has a medical campus in Pensacola & is a "Seminole" institution
Florida State
Chris
|
$400
[11]
Here's a view of this pretty city from the Rialto Bridge
Venice
Phil
|
$400
[16]
This groovy international man of mystery "put the grr! in swinger, baby!"
Austin Powers
Phil
|
$400
[21]
Transportation for a flame-breathing beast
dragon wagon
Holly
|
|
DD
$500
[2]
Just because this Dickens novel has 2 consecutive "Z"s in the title doesn't mean you will fall asleep reading it
The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit
Holly
|
$800
[27]
2-word term for the application of more stringent requirements to one group than to another
double standard
Holly
|
$1,200
[8]
Sam Adams signed an act establishing this school in 1794 & the end of it is pronounced "uhn", not "oyn"
Bowdoin
|
$800
[12]
Cole Porter loved this city "In The Springtime" & "In The Fall"
Paris
Holly
|
$800
[17]
Treat Williams played a hippie named Berger in this groovy movie based on a '60s Broadway musical
Hair
Phil
|
$800
[22]
A heated & impassioned daily journal
fiery diary
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Swift's "A Modest Proposal" satirically suggests that, to eliminate poverty, these should be eaten
children
Chris
|
$1,200
[28]
Double vision is a symptom of these; the NFL says it cut them almost in half by moving up the kickoff
concussions
Chris
|
$1,600
[9]
More often than not, this Catholic liberal arts college in Spokane seems to play a big role in NCAA "March Madness"
Gonzaga
Holly
|
$1,200
[13]
Here, you can see several of the "Painted Ladies" Victorian homes in this U.S. city
San Francisco
Chris
|
$1,200
[18]
Don't let the Blue Meanies bum you out in this psychedelic animated film
Yellow Submarine
Holly
|
$1,200
[23]
A restraining strap made of tanned animal skin
leather tether
Holly
|
|
$1,600
[4]
His spooky 2013 effort "The Ocean at the End of the Lane" was voted National Book of the Year in England
Neil Gaiman
|
$1,600
[29]
Someone collecting a retirement pension & at the same time a salary is doing this
double-dipping
Chris
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
This Pennsylvania college opened its doors for women in 1885 but seems to frown upon the use of excessive vowels
Bryn Mawr
Chris
|
$1,600
[14]
You can see a Michelangelo in Bruges, a pretty little city in this European country
Belgium
Chris
|
$1,600
[19]
Director Cameron Crowe's experience as a teenage rock journalist inspired this movie set in the early 1970s
Almost Famous
Phil
|
$1,600
[24]
The bulkiness of our planet
Earth girth
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[5]
"Presents, I often say, endear absents", wrote this "sheepish" essayist in 1822
Charles Lamb
|
$2,000
[30]
I spy with my little eye for the country I defected from; I'm one of these
a double agent
Phil
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1946 this N.Y. university founded Utica College, which became independent in 1995
Syracuse University
|
$2,000
[15]
Autumn is an especially beautiful time to visit thetemplesof this city, Japan's capital until 1868
Kyoto
Holly
|
$2,000
[20]
Peter Fonda & Dennis Hopper take a real trip, man, in this 1969 anti-establishment classic
Easy Rider
Holly
|
$2,000
[25]
The bird Alauda arvensis singing in urban green space
a park lark
Phil
|
Echoing the Morse code for V, in WWII the BBC's "V for Victory" campaign used this classical work as a theme
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony