Desta Kimmel — a director of communications from Houston, Texas
Ed Cardoni — a director of a contemporary arts center from Buffalo, New York
Matt Pressman — a graduate student in history from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $4,400 | $6,800 | $9,600 |
$10,700
3-day champion: $46,700 |
$10,400
21 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ed | $800 | $800 | $3,200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Desta | $1,600 | $200 | $4,200 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
12 R, 6 W |
| INDOOR & OUTDOOR CATS | THE WORKING DEAD | BIGGER THAN A BREADBOX | "V"OCABULARY | HUMAN BEHAVIOR | AFRICAN COUNTRY BY AIRPORT |
|
$200
[26]
After mating, the male of this big cat doesn't stay long with the female before he leaves for good, perhaps at 70 mph
a cheetah
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Surprisingly busy since her 1962 death, she had a good financial report in 2014: $17 million
Marilyn Monroe
Matt
|
$200
[17]
The name implying it's twofold in size, it's the instrument seen here
a double bass
Ed
Desta
|
$200
[6]
This 20th c. word describes someone who avoids animal products in clothes & household items, not just food
vegan
Matt
Desta
|
$200
[9]
It's said that "There's no accounting for" this set of preferences
taste
Matt
|
$200
[10]
Aswan Airport
Egypt
Matt
|
|
$400
[27]
Thisbreed with a Middle Eastern name has been around since at least the 1600s
Persian
Ed
|
$400
[2]
In a 12-month span he released his posthumous album "Xscape" & made $140 million
Michael Jackson
Desta
|
$400
[18]
In 1972 this Volkswagen surpassed the Model T as the most produced car model in history
the Beetle
Desta
|
$400
[7]
Synonyms for this adjective include coarse, crude & unrefined
vulgar
Ed
Desta
|
$400
[13]
Enforced separation of races; in 1954 Earl Warren said it's "a denial of... equal protection"
segregation
Desta
|
$400
[11]
Mogadishu International
Somalia
Matt
|
|
DD
$3,000
[28]
As of 2013 there were said to be about 300 left of the Iberian this, which would also like to buy a vowel, Pat
a lynx
Ed
|
$600
[3]
Being dead since 1977 didn't stop this singer from making a cool $55 million between Octobers in 2013 & '14
Elvis
Matt
|
$600
[19]
At 4 feet tall & up to 100 pounds, this largest species of penguin, seenin a family setting, reigns over the others
the emperor penguin
Matt
Desta
|
$600
[8]
In Norse mythology, it's Odin's palace
Valhalla
Ed
|
$600
[14]
About half of college students who consume alcohol do this, defined as having 5 or more on the same occasion
binge drinking
Desta
|
$600
[12]
Kruger Mpumalanga International
South Africa
Ed
|
| — |
$800
[4]
Met Life ads helped this cartoonist draw in $40 million over a yearlong period
Schulz
Matt
|
$800
[22]
This hotel on the Las Vegas Strip is built in the shape of a giant pyramid
the Luxor
Matt
|
$800
[20]
The name of this form of theatrical entertainment comes from a valley in Normandy
Vaudeville
Matt
|
$800
[15]
"Dark" verb meaning to exclude someone socially, like from membership in a club
blackball
Matt
|
$800
[16]
Indaselassie Airport
Ethiopia
Ed
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
More than 40 years after his untimely death, this movie legend kicked up $9 million over a 12-month span ending in 2014
Bruce Lee
Matt
|
$1,000
[23]
This sporting good measures 9 feet long, is 2 1/2 feet above the ground & is divided in half by a net
a ping-pong table
|
$1,000
[21]
5-letter word for an article of food
viand
Matt
Ed
|
$1,000
[25]
Letitia Baldrige, an expert on this, called it "A set of behavior rules... which will guide you safely through life"
etiquette
Ed
Desta
|
$1,000
[24]
Mohammed V International Airport
Morocco
Matt
|
| THE DESOLATION OF SMOG | THE END OF THE SOVIET UNION | ETYMOLOGY | "HIGH" PAGE DRIFTERS | HER MOVIE |
|
$400
[16]
Residents thought it was a Japanese chemical attack when this U.S. metropolis got its first big smog on July 26, 1943
Los Angeles
Matt
|
$400
[11]
On Dec. 25, 1991 he announced, "I hereby discontinue my activities at the post of president of the USSR"
Gorbachev
Ed
Desta
|
$400
[21]
The Dutch for "donkey" gives us this word for a stand on which a painting is placed, much as a burden is placed on a donkey
an easel
Desta
|
$400
[6]
Michael Eric Dyson's book on Hurricane Katrina is titled "Come Hell or" this
High Water
Desta
|
$400
[1]
In 2014 she was magnificent as "Maleficent", whom she called "wonderfully, deliciously cruel"
Angelina Jolie
Matt
|
|
$800
[17]
Exposure to smog can worsen bronchitis, emphysema & this breathing disorder that afflicts 7-10% of children
asthma
Matt
|
$800
[12]
The chief policy-making body of the Communist Party, it was dissolved with the USSR
the Politburo
Ed
|
$800
[22]
This word for a movie hall comes from an 1890s term used by the Lumiere Brothers
a cinema
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Stephen Covey's self-help book "The 7 Habits of" these "People" was on the best-sellers list for over 270 weeks
Highly Effective People
Matt
Desta
|
$800
[2]
She & Spencer Tracy starred in 9 films together, beginning with "Woman of the Year" in 1942
Katharine Hepburn
Ed
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Face masks were de rigueur for the Oct. 2014 international marathon in this smog-stricken Asian capital city
Beijing
Ed
Desta
|
$1,600
[14]
This entity, the C.I.S., keeps some of the old Soviet countries together in an economic & cultural confederation
the Commonwealth of Independent States
Matt
|
DD
$800
[25]
Something that produces a rainbow of colors is said to be this adjective, after the Greek word for rainbow
iridescent
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
John Cusack starred in the film version of this record-obsessed Nick Hornby book
High Fidelity
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
Her film roles have included Vicki Vale in "Batman" & Vicki Anderson in "The Marrying Man"
Kim Basinger
Desta
|
|
$1,600
[19]
The EPA has a smog rating of tailpipe emission chemicals like carbon monoxide & HCHO, this specimen-preserving fluid
formaldehyde
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
This mutual defense treaty between the USSR & other Communist states was disbanded in 1991
the Warsaw Pact
Ed
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1847 Thomas Savage gave this type of ape a name that referred to a legendary African tribe of hairy women
gorilla
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
Mage/musician Kvothe rocks in Patrick Rothfuss' "Kingkiller Chronicle", part of this subgenre
high fantasy
|
$1,600
[4]
Her favorite film role was 1936's "Camille"; she would only make 3 movies after that
Greta Garbo
Desta
|
|
$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Smog episodes in urban areas are intensified when normally low-lying, warm air moves on top of a cold layer, creating this weather condition that traps pollutants
(thermal) inversion
Ed
|
$2,000
[15]
These 2 ethnic groups that both begin with "U" were the next-largest ethnic groups in the Soviet Union after Russians
Uzbeks & Ukrainians
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
The Latin for "things to be remembered" gives us this non-S plural word for souvenirs
memorabilia
Desta
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2015 Ridley Scott helped bring to TV the Philip K. Dick novel called "The Man in" this structure
the High Castle
|
$2,000
[5]
As Madame Mallory, she ran a Michelin-starred French restaurant in 2014's "The Hundred-Foot Journey"
Helen Mirren
Desta
|
She won the 1984 Grammy for Best New Artist & in 2013 became the first solo woman to win a Tony Award for Best Score
Cyndi Lauper