Ankoor Bagchi — an attorney from Chicago, Illinois
Kat Cahill — a pharmacy technician originally from Cincinnati, Ohio
Matt Pressman — a graduate student in history from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 3-day cash winnings total $46,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $1,000 | $2,200 | $8,200 |
$16,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
14 R, 5 W |
| Kat | $3,000 | $2,200 | $6,200 |
$12,398
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
9 R, 1 W |
| Ankoor | $400 | $3,000 | $12,200 |
$16,401
New champion: $16,401 |
$14,600
24 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| DAISY CRAZY | THE MVP's TEAM | SAINTS | REEDING | WRITING | ARITHMETIC |
|
$200
[4]
Kindergarten-age young misses in this organization are called Daisies, after Juliette Gordon Low's nickname
Girl Scouts
Ankoor
|
$200
[15]
Peyton Manning,2013
the Denver Broncos
Ankoor
|
$200
[19]
St. Gregory VII, then known as Hildebrand, hadn't yet been ordained when he got made this in 1073
the pope
Kat
|
$200
[22]
Walter Reed led the team that proved that yellow fever was spread by these creatures
mosquitoes
Matt
|
$200
[1]
"He was like an eagle chained to the ground" is an example of this type of comparison
a simile
Matt
|
$200
[5]
It's 30% of 250
75
Ankoor
|
|
$400
[8]
These very brief denim shorts are named for a female resident of TV's Hazzard County
Daisy Dukes
Kat
|
$400
[16]
Cal Ripken Jr.,1991
the Baltimore Orioles
Matt
|
$400
[26]
St. Nuno Alvares Pereira, who led this country's fight for independence from Spain, was canonized in 2009
Portugal
Matt
|
$400
[23]
Who better to write the foreword to Barry Williams' "Growing Up Brady" than this actor, his TV dad
Robert Reed
Matt
|
$400
[2]
It's a passing reference in a story to a familiar person, place or thing that the writer expects to be recognized
an allusion
Matt
|
$400
[6]
4 eggs are needed to make 14 cakes; with a dozen eggs, this many cakes can be made
42
Ankoor
|
|
$600
[9]
Princess Daisy is the love interest of this brother of video game plumber Mario
Luigi
Kat
|
$600
[17]
Ichiro Suzuki,2001
the (Seattle) Mariners
Ankoor
|
DD
$400
[30]
St. Cyprian was bishop of this old foe of Rome during a persecution of Christians; make that St. Cyprian the Martyr
Carthage
Ankoor
|
$600
[24]
In 1920 this American Communist traveled to Azerbaijan & contracted fatal typhus
John Reed
Matt
|
$600
[3]
A category like Westerns, romance or pulp; literary fiction is often contrasted with this type of "fiction"
genre
Kat
Ankoor
|
$600
[7]
2.345 divided by 0.001 equals this number
2,345
Matt
Kat
Ankoor
|
|
$800
[10]
In 2015 the Daisy Company celebrated the 75th anniversary of this air rifle named for a comic strip cowboy
Red Ryder
Kat
|
$800
[12]
LeBron James,2013
the Miami Heat
Ankoor
|
$600
[27]
St. Clare of this Italian town was influenced by St. Francis, also from there; she didn't think poverty was for the birds
Assisi
Ankoor
|
$800
[25]
Virginia Reed wrote in 1847 of this party's trip that hers was "the only family that did not eat human flesh"
the Donner Party
Ankoor
|
$800
[20]
In grammar, to inflect a verb in its various forms to denote number, person, voice, mood & tense
conjugate
Matt
|
$800
[13]
There are 7 tables with 3 kids & 4 adults at each table, making for this many people total
49
Ankoor
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Thesecheerful perennials bloom in many colors & have thick, sturdystems
Gerbera daisies
Matt
|
$1,000
[18]
LeBron James,2009
the Cleveland Cavaliers
Ankoor
|
$1,000
[28]
St. Stephen earned sainthood the hard way, telling off the Sanhedrin before getting this to death, literally
stoned
Matt
Ankoor
|
$1,000
[29]
Named for Simeon & Amanda, Reed College in this state has dispensed with frats, sports & traditional grades
Oregon
Ankoor
|
$1,000
[21]
Publishing a short excerpt in a review doesn't violate copyright & is considered this 2-word phrase
fair use
Matt
Kat
|
$1,000
[14]
4 1/2 x 1/5 equals this fraction
9/10
Ankoor
|
| THE EMMY AWARDS 1995 | MOUNTAINS | SERIOUS NONFICTION | MIND & BODY | AMERICAN HISTORY | WORDS CONTAINING Q |
|
$400
[20]
Outstanding Drama Series:This colorful cop show
NYPD Blue
Matt
|
$400
[9]
Kengamme is one of the 8 peaks along the crater of this Japanese mountain
(Mount) Fuji
Ankoor
|
$400
[1]
Charles Darwin used personal experience to write "The Voyage of" this vessel
the Beagle
Ankoor
|
$400
[13]
When you build up this gradual immunity, the body will need more & more of a drug to achieve the same effect
tolerance
Matt
Kat
|
$400
[2]
This Democratic senator faced off against Abe Lincoln in a series of 7 debates during the 1858 campaign
(Stephen) Douglas
Ankoor
|
$400
[7]
The court of this wicket good lawn game has a 1 1/2-inch diameter wooden stake in the center
croquet
Matt
|
|
$800
[24]
Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series:This actress as nurse Carol Hathaway on "ER"
Julianna Margulies
|
$800
[10]
Because they can see Alaska from their dachas, the Russians call this peak Bolshaya Gora ("great mountain")
Denali (or Mount McKinley)
Ankoor
|
$800
[15]
In 1948 Dr. Alfred Kinsey caused a sensation when he reported on this type of "Behavior in the Human Male"
sexual
Ankoor
|
$800
[14]
Put "psycho" before this word & you get the 18-letter study of the effects of drugs on the mind
pharmacology
Matt
|
$800
[3]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a battle map on the monitor.) A June 25, 1876, battle map shows Sitting Bull's camp next to Major Reno's skirmish line, with the Indian encampment separated from Last Stand Hill to the north by this river
Little Big Horn
Ankoor
|
$800
[8]
Off-color or suggestive of impropriety
risqué
Ankoor
|
|
$1,200
[22]
Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series:This sitcom legend as Alan Brady on "Mad About You"
Carl Reiner
|
$1,200
[11]
Edward Whymper conquered this Alp on July 14, 1865, but 4 of his group fell to their deaths on the descent
the Matterhorn
Ankoor
|
DD
$1,200
[17]
With this year for a book title, Charles C. Mann brings to life what civilization was like in the Americas before Columbus
1491
Ankoor
|
$1,200
[25]
"Every good boy does fine" for the lines of the treble clef is an example of this device to enhance access to memories
a mnemonic
Matt
|
$1,600
[5]
In 1916 John J. Pershing fruitlessly searched for this Mexican bandit who had raided U.S. border areas
Pancho Villa
Ankoor
|
$1,200
[21]
In "The Jungle", Upton Sinclair wrote, "They use everything about the hog except" this
the squeal
Ankoor
|
| — |
$1,600
[12]
These New York mountains are south of the Mohawk River & west of the Hudson River
the Catskills
Kat
|
$1,600
[18]
The nature of leadership is explored in "Believer" by this longtime Obama adviser
(David) Axelrod
Matt
|
— |
DD
$2,000
[4]
The Great White Fleet, 16 battleships that toured the world in 1907, were a show of TR's foreign policy called this
the Big Stick
Ankoor
|
$1,600
[23]
Amanda threw away my flowers & returned my Valentine--I guess it's this kind of love
unrequited
Ankoor
|
| — |
$2,000
[16]
The statue of Christ the Redeemer stands atop this mountain that overlooks Rio de Janeiro
Mount Corcovado
Ankoor
|
$2,000
[19]
Published in 1970, at the dawn of the Information Age, this Alvin Toffler work predicted the effects of rapid change
Future Shock
Kat
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
Andrew Hamilton defended this New York printer in his 1735 libel trial, scoring a victory for freedom of the press
(John Peter) Zenger
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
Spanish term for a cowboy
vaquero
Ankoor
|
This lawyer from a famed 1960 novel shares a name with an ancient Roman renowned for his wisdom
Atticus Finch (from To Kill a Mockingbird )