Val Narehood — a theater technician from Tyrone, Pennsylvania
Ben Hemmens — a stay-at-home dad from Falls Church, Virginia
Phil Salathé — a teacher and composer from Rocky Point, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil | $3,000 | $7,800 | $13,400 |
$17,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Ben | $2,400 | $6,200 | $16,200 |
$26,801
New champion: $26,801 |
$16,200
21 R, 1 W |
| Val | $2,000 | $2,000 | $4,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| "ORM"Y WEATHER | RAINY SONGS | LET IT SNOW | HAIL! | HURRICANE, TORNADO OR CYCLONE | AT LAST, SUN |
|
$200
[4]
The body's growth & development are controlled by these chemical substances
hormones
Val
|
$200
[2]
The clouds parted enough for Prince to take this tune to No. 2 in 1984; I only wanted to see you responding in the...
"Purple Rain"
Ben
|
$200
[27]
From July 1, 1998 to June 30, 1999, the Mount Baker ski area in this "Evergreen State" got 1,140" of snow--that's 95 feet!
Washington
Phil
|
$200
[9]
The U.S. Marine band plays "Ruffles & Flourishes" on drums & bugles before this presidential tune
"Hail To The Chief"
Ben
|
$200
[18]
The University of Miami named its sports teams after them
hurricanes
Ben
|
$200
[14]
The sun bear is also known as this bear, after a sweet food that it eats
honey (bear)
Phil
|
|
$400
[5]
To afflict with great bodily or mental suffering
torment
Phil
|
$400
[3]
She sang, "Now that it's raining more than ever... you can stand under my umbrella... ella, ella, eh eh eh"
Rihanna
Val
|
$400
[28]
In February 2015, Boston set a record for a month's snowfall with 58.5 inches by the 15th; this landmark helps tell the tale
Fenway Park
Ben
|
$400
[10]
The Gounod piece heardherehas this Latin title meaning "Hail Mary"
"Ave Maria"
Ben
|
$400
[19]
Meteorologically, this term can include both the other 2
cyclone
Ben
|
$400
[24]
It's the 2-letter name of the ancient Egyptian sun god who traveled across the sky
Ra
Phil
|
|
$600
[8]
This religion originated in the U.S. but a majority of its members live outside the country
the Mormons
Val
|
$600
[16]
In "The Perfect" this genre "Song", "I was drunk the day my mom got out of prison, & I went to pick her up in the rain"
country
Phil
|
$600
[26]
On Dec. 30, 1963 this "Crescent City" got a record 5 inches of snow
New Orleans
Ben
|
$600
[11]
Many believe this NFL team name should be changed, & with it the song "Hail To" them
the Redskins
Phil
|
$600
[17]
World Book says it's "the most violent of all storms"
a tornado
Ben
|
$600
[23]
Now it's OK to play Sun City, a resort in this country, including a Gary Player championship golf course
South Africa
Ben
|
|
$800
[6]
Trademarked countertop covering
Formica
Phil
|
$800
[1]
"So never mind the darkness, we still can find a way, 'cause nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain", they sang
Guns N' Roses
Ben
|
$1,000
[29]
This state's 24-hour record for snowfall is 40 inches in Orono on Dec. 30, 1962
Maine
Ben
|
$800
[12]
Gladiators declared, "Ave, Caesar, morituri te salutant" or "Hail, Caesar," these people "salute you"
we who are about to die
Val
|
$800
[20]
It comes between "National" & "Center" in the workplace of about 50 people
Hurricane
Phil
|
$800
[15]
The Sun's dim, extended halo called this flows outward at a speed of 400 km per sec., a flow known as the solar wind
corona
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[7]
Ancient Babylonian writing
cuneiform
Phil
|
$1,000
[30]
This duo, in 1984: "Here comes the rain again, falling on my head like a memory, falling on my head like a new emotion"
the Eurythmics
Phil
|
DD
$1,800
[25]
In a 3-day period in November 2014, this second-most-populous city in New York got 7 feet of the white stuff
Buffalo
Phil
|
$1,000
[13]
Marquette & Boston College are among schools whose traditions include singing "Hail" this Latin phrase
alma mater
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1848 Henry Piddington coined this word from a Greek root
cyclone
Phil
|
$1,000
[22]
The movie "A Place in the Sun" was based on this Theodore Dreiser novel
An American Tragedy
Phil
|
| THE MONGOLS | TV DADS | ANIMAL PARTS | ALSO ON A BIKE | 1920s FICTION BESTSELLERS | BROWNIAN NOTIONS |
|
$400
[1]
In addition to doing some conquering, he created the first Mongol code of laws, known as the Yasa
Genghis Khan
Phil
|
$400
[24]
Played by Jon Cryer, this single father muddles through on "Two and a Half Men"
Alan Harper
|
$400
[21]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) Cows don't really have 4 of these organs; it's just 1 divided into 4 sections--thereticulum, omasum, abomasum&rumen; 3 of the 4 are usually sold as food we call tripe
stomach
Ben
|
$400
[6]
Told others orally
spoke
Phil
|
$400
[11]
The first woman to win a Pulitzer Prize for a novel was Edith Wharton, for this 1920 bestseller
Age of Innocence
Ben
|
$400
[17]
He soulfully sang it's a "man's world, but it wouldn't be nothing, nothing without a woman or a girl"
James Brown
Ben
|
|
$800
[4]
The Mongols established Karakorum as their capital but moved it in 1267 to Khanbaliq, now this Chinese city
Beijing
Val
|
$800
[25]
Billy Ray Cyrus was dad Robby Stewart on this show
Hannah Montana
Ben
|
$800
[22]
Unlike some other whales, baleen whales lack this body part, so they can't gesture that they could've had a V8!
forehead
|
$800
[7]
To make weary
tire
Ben
|
$800
[12]
It was dark-haired Anita Looswho caused a sensation with "Gentlemen Prefer" these
blondes
Val
|
$800
[18]
Referring to the nickname "Governor Moonbeam", he says "I've earned that moniker"
Jerry Brown
Val
|
|
$1,600
[2]
An ancient country gives us the name of this type of camel used for desert transport, meat, milk & clothing
Bactrian
Phil
|
$1,200
[26]
He plays a police commissioner & patriarch of the Reagan family on "Blue Bloods"
Tom Selleck
Val
|
$1,200
[23]
Biologists say snakes do have a distinct one of these, going back from an outlet called the cloaca
a tail
|
$1,200
[8]
Collective word for equipment
gear
Ben
|
$1,200
[13]
"Mamba's Daughters" by DuBose Heyward explored racial tensions in this South Carolina city
Charleston
Phil
|
$1,200
[19]
He said he knew "slave-holders" would not give up their slaves "till they felt a big stick about their heads"
John Brown
Val
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
In both 1274 & 1281 thousands of Mongol ships & men were destroyed by typhoons while invading this island country
Japan
Val
|
$1,600
[27]
On "The Andy Griffith Show", solo pa & sheriff Andy Taylor raised this boy
Opie
Ben
|
$1,600
[29]
The gorget is the colorful feathers of this part of the hummingbird
the breast
Ben
|
$1,600
[9]
The place in which administrative power is centered
seat
Val
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Like "Beau Geste", also by P.C. Wren, "Beau Sabreur" is about a man in this fighting unit
the French Foreign Legion
Phil
|
$1,600
[16]
Before becoming U.K. prime minister, he said economic & "environmental objectives now... reinforce each other"
Gordon Brown
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[3]
Russians called Mongol invaders Zolotaya Orda, this 2-word phrase, perhaps from the color of their tents
the Golden Horde
Ben
|
$2,000
[28]
On "South Park", it turned out that this character, Stan's dad, is in fact the singer Lorde
Randy
|
$2,000
[30]
These fish whiskers sound like gym equipment
barbels
|
$2,000
[10]
Term for a range of mountains
chain
|
$2,000
[15]
He continued his Old West tales with "The Man of the Forest" in 1920 & "The Mysterious Rider" in 1921
Zane Grey
Val
|
$2,000
[20]
She ran Vanity Fair & The Daily Beast but said, "I didn't see myself as an editor. I wanted to be a playwright"
Tina Brown
|
The debate team at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire is named for this man who entered the academy in 1796
Daniel Webster