Jess Lindoerfer — a study-abroad program manager from Putney, Vermont
Shu-Ping Shen — an attorney from New York, New York
Hilary Carney — a rehabilitation specialist from Bonita Springs, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $6,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilary | $2,600 | $4,600 | $17,800 |
$5,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$17,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Shu-Ping | $800 | $2,600 | $11,400 |
$13,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Jess | $4,000 | $5,800 | $15,400 |
$17,801
New champion: $17,801 |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| TASTY LITERATURE | KNOWLEDGE | SUPERATHLETES | ALSO A KEYBOARD KEY | LET'S VISIT SCOTLAND | SELF-RHYMING "H" WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
This author's Ishmael spends a whole chapter pondering chowder
(Herman) Melville
Jess
|
$200
[10]
This curve is a representation of progress in gaining knowledge measured vs. the time required to achieve mastery
the learning curve
Shu-Ping
|
$200
[25]
We bet Hitler didn't know this winner of 4 gold medals in Berlin was "the Buckeye Bullet"
(Jesse) Owens
Shu-Ping
|
$200
[11]
Some experiments divide subjects into the treatment group & this group
control
Hilary
|
$200
[6]
The staid Encyclopedia Britannica says this lake "is said to be inhabited by an aquatic monster"
Loch Ness
Shu-Ping
|
$200
[8]
Balancing on one's palms vertically is doing one of these
a handstand
Hilary
|
|
$400
[2]
In this 19th c. work, young Amy likes snacking on "pickled limes" & borrows money from her sister to buy some
Little Women
Jess
|
$400
[19]
The King James Bible says, "of the tree of the knowledge of" these two opposites, "thou shalt not eat"
good & evil
Hilary
|
$400
[30]
In 2014 this Dodger became the first pitcher since 1968 to be MVP of the National League
Clayton Kershaw
|
$400
[12]
Your bill at the bar
tab
Jess
|
$400
[7]
This town 7 miles west of Glasgow gave its name to a curved textile pattern created there
Paisley
Shu-Ping
|
$400
[14]
To associate with the wealthier folks
hobnob
Hilary
|
|
$600
[3]
In a Fannie Flag novel, this cafe serves fried green tomatoes & other Southern favorites
The Whistle Stop Cafe
Jess
|
$600
[20]
Donald Rumsfeld said "There are" this contradictory pair, "that is... we know there are things we do not know"
the known unknown
Jess
|
$600
[29]
In a sport where 1-0 finals are not rare, this man scored his 1000th goal in Rio in 1969
Pelé
Shu-Ping
|
$800
[15]
The Old 97's are part of the musical genre called this‑country
alt
Jess
|
$600
[9]
Edinburgh lies on the southern shore of this arm of the North Sea
the Firth of Forth
|
$600
[16]
This hyphenated term for sound reproduced over the full range of frequencies came to mean a music-playing apparatus
a hi-fi
Hilary
Jess
|
|
$800
[4]
Nostalgia overcomes "Invisible Man" after he eats this 3-letter tuber in Harlem
a yam
Hilary
|
$800
[21]
The name of this basic branch of learning is from the Latin for "to know"
science
Shu-Ping
|
$800
[27]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map and a photo on the monitor.) Here is the 52-hour, 54-minute swim journey of nearly 111 miles taken bythis64-year-old woman in September 2013
(Diana) Nyad
Shu-Ping
|
$1,000
[23]
A loose-fitting dress or chemise
shift
Hilary
|
$800
[24]
Tossing the caber is an event at these games; the British royal family traditionally attends in Braemar
the Highland Games
Jess
|
$800
[17]
There's a musical instrument in the name of this word meaning "boring"
humdrum
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Madame Bovary gets all tingly at her first taste of this tropical fruit: "Elle n'avait jamais... mangé d'ananas"
a pineapple
Hilary
|
$1,000
[22]
Don't gnash your teeth; just gname this early Christian sect whose name means "pertaining to knowledge"
Gnostic
Jess
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2014 Odell Beckham Jr. of this NFC team wowed football fans with his spectacular catches
the New York Giants
|
DD
$1,600
[13]
This part of the large intestine extends from the cecum
colon
Jess
|
$1,000
[26]
Prince Albert bought this estate in Aberdeenshire for Queen Victoria & helped design the castle himself
Balmoral
Shu-Ping
|
$1,000
[18]
Mutton & potatoes cooked in a covered receptacle is this dish
hot pot
|
| FRIENDS | ROMANS | COUNTRY MEN | LEND ME YOUR EARS | THAT'S INROMEO AND JULIET | OUR MISTAKE! |
|
$400
[4]
She's Oprah's longtime best friend & an editor at O, the Oprah magazine
(Gayle) King
Shu-Ping
|
$400
[12]
This post-Julius Caesar established the Praetorian Guard & brought all of Spain under Roman control
Augustus
Hilary
|
$400
[19]
The ancient sage Kambu Svayambhuva lent his name to this country
Cambodia
Jess
|
$400
[3]
Two very different types of this bird are heard here
a woodpecker
Shu-Ping
|
$400
[1]
Juliet's father is known as "Old" this, though how ancient is he likely to be with a 13-year-old daughter?
Capulet
Shu-Ping
|
$400
[9]
In retrospect, we at Excite probably should have given Brin & Page the $750k they wanted for this search engine in 1999
Google
Hilary
|
|
$800
[5]
This creator & star of the TV show "Girls" called pal Taylor Swift her "feminist role model"
(Lena) Dunham
Jess
|
$800
[13]
Thisman died just two years after his one-time friend Julius Caesar
Brutus
Hilary
|
$800
[20]
North & South America were named for a man with this last name
Vespucci
Hilary
|
$800
[15]
Written by Eric Van Lusterbader but titled this man's "The Bourne Ascendency", the audiobook runs nearly 15 hours
(Robert) Ludlum
Shu-Ping
|
$800
[2]
Juliet tells Romeo, "O, swear not by" this "that monthly changes in her circled orb"
the moon
Jess
|
$800
[27]
At this U.S. gov't agency, there's no getting away from our 1961 prediction that Castro's forces would disintegrate
the CIA
Hilary
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Busy Philips & Michelle Williams have been BFFs since co-starring on this teen drama in the early 2000s
Dawson's Creek
Shu-Ping
|
$1,200
[14]
Wall, I'll be! This emperor completed the Temple of Zeus in Athens, begun more than 600 years before
Hadrian
Jess
|
$1,200
[24]
The country seenherewas named after this man
Simón Bolívar
Hilary
|
$1,200
[16]
It's the title town in the song heard here
Bethlehem
Jess
|
$1,200
[8]
At the end of the balcony scene, these 5 words precede & rhyme with "that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow"
Parting is such sweet sorrow
Jess
|
$1,200
[28]
If we'd only gotten into streaming earlier, we wouldn't have had to close 9,000 of these video rental stores
Blockbuster
Hilary
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Jimmy Fallon has a true bromance with this singer, his partner in crime in "The History of Rap" videos
Justin Timberlake
Hilary
|
$1,600
[21]
Unattractive, sickly & clumsy with a rather coarse sense of taste? No problem for him, emperor from 41 to 53 A.D.
Claudius
Hilary
|
$1,600
[25]
The sons of a man who died in 1953 still rule this Mideast country he founded
Saudi Arabia
Shu-Ping
|
$1,600
[17]
2010 testimony to the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules noted "The first real-life one of these speeches was in 1837
filibuster
Hilary
Shu-Ping
|
$1,600
[10]
This cousin of Juliet kills Mercutio, who called him a "rat-catcher"
Tybalt
Shu-Ping
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Yeah, maybe our campaign staff shouldn't have advised this man to do a 1988 photo op atop an M1 tank
Michael Dukakis
Hilary
|
|
$2,000
[23]
Since sharing the screen in the 1991 film "Flirting", Naomi Watts & this woman have made up the "Aussie Posse"
Nicole Kidman
Jess
|
$2,000
[22]
The head & hands of this man said to be ancient Rome's finest orator ended up on the speaker's platform at the Forum
Cicero
Hilary
|
DD
$4,000
[26]
First name of the man for whom Zimbabwe was formerly named
Cecil
Shu-Ping
|
$2,000
[18]
Some communities have banned these items used by gardeners as too noisy
leaf blowers
Jess
|
$2,000
[11]
In this Franciscan's first speech, he discusses the good & bad uses of herbs
Friar Laurence
Hilary
|
$2,000
[30]
Mein Frau turned 50 on June 6, 1944, but I could have stayed in my job defending the French coast instead of visiting her in Germany
Erwin Rommel (the Desert Fox)
|
"Gladiator" is close, but this film has the earliest historical setting of any Best Picture Oscar winner
Ben-Hur