Scott Lord game 5.
Sam Suarez — a postdoctoral researcher from Cary, North Carolina
Tracy McCarthy — a customer service manager from Vista, California
Scott Lord — a construction attorney from Santa Monica, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $93,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $0 | $2,600 | $13,600 |
$14,600
5-day champion: $108,002 |
$13,400
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Tracy | $-800 | $2,400 | $13,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Sam | $6,200 | $8,000 | $14,400 |
$400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,400
22 R, 3 W |
| APOSTOLIC NAMES | STATE CAPITALS | TRANSPORTATION | NOT CHESS AGAIN! | TV ROLES | DOUBLE D WITH ANOTHER D |
|
$200
[2]
McCutchen & Carnegie of Pennsylvania
Andrew
Sam
|
$200
[16]
Juneau had its beginning in 1880 when Richard Harris & Joe Juneau arrived in the area seeking this... what else?
gold
Scott
|
$200
[6]
In 1911 Eugene Ely made the first airplane landing on one of these, the USS Pennsylvania
a ship
Scott
Tracy
|
$200
[17]
In doing this, a player moves a rook either 2 squares to the left or 3 to the right
castling
Scott
|
$200
[11]
On this series Andrew Lincoln is Sheriff's Deputy Rick Grimes, who awoke from a coma to a zombie apocalypse
The Walking Dead
Sam
|
$200
[30]
Physiologically dependent; might as well face it, you're this
addicted
Scott
|
|
$400
[3]
Philosophers Hobbes & Paine
Thomas
Tracy
|
$400
[22]
In 1743 the site of this S.D. capital was claimed for France by the burial of a lead plate; the plate was found in 1913
Pierre
Tracy
|
$400
[7]
The Professional Caddies Association calls it "the caddie's worst enemy"
a golf cart
Sam
|
$400
[18]
If one of these moves 2 squares rather than one, it may be captured "en passant", in passing
a pawn
Scott
|
$400
[12]
She plays "Madam Secretary" of State Elizabeth McCord
Téa Leoni
Scott
|
$400
[29]
"Make room for" this word that follows "big" & precedes "longlegs"
daddy
Sam
|
|
$600
[1]
Actors Goode & Morrison
Matthew
Sam
|
$600
[25]
The only house Abraham Lincoln ever owned is located at Jackson & 8th Streets in this capital
Springfield
Scott
|
$600
[8]
At 250+ miles, Wash. has the USA's longest project converting train tracks into a path, rhymingly called this to trail
rails-to-trails
Sam
|
$800
[20]
White moves first & looks to increase his advantage; black replies & seeks to gain this, part of Wyoming's state nickname
equality
|
$600
[13]
Kate Walsh played surgeon Addison Montgomery on this spinoff from "Grey's Anatomy"
Private Practice
Sam
|
$600
[26]
It means "snowboarded aggressively down the mountain", dude
shredded
Sam
|
|
$800
[4]
Authors Pullman & Dick
Philip
Sam
|
$800
[24]
Atlanta's seal features this mythic bird, which symbolizes its rebuilding that began in 1865
the phoenix
Sam
|
$800
[9]
Like Huck & Jim, a ship's steward named Poon Lim drifted on one of these--for 133 days before being rescued
a raft
Scott
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
In a set of standard Staunton-style pieces, not bishops but these pieces are topped with crosses
kings
Scott
|
$800
[14]
Once suburban mom & "Medium" Allison DuBois, in 2015 she took on the role of Agent Avery Ryan on "CSI: Cyber"
Patricia Arquette
Sam
|
$800
[27]
Confined to your mattress
bedridden
Tracy
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Noted beard sporters Hetfield & Harden
James
Sam
|
$1,000
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Parthenon in Nashville, TN.) The Parthenon in Nashville boasts one of the world's largest sets ofdoorsmade from this metal--24' high & 7' wide
bronze
Tracy
Sam
|
$1,000
[10]
This eurocompany, really big in passenger jets, also produces close to 1/3 of the world's helicopters
Airbus
Sam
|
$1,000
[21]
If a game opens d4 d5 c4 you're playing the queen's this, you schemer you
a gambit
Sam
|
$1,000
[15]
Alex O'Loughlin plays this iconic role on the reboot version of "Hawaii Five-O"
Steve McGarrett
Scott
Tracy
|
$1,000
[28]
Type of gently treated egg seen here
coddled
Tracy
|
| THE SECURITIES & EXCHANGE COMMISSION | INWEBSTER'S DICTIONARY | WATER SCIENCE | "A"+ IN HISTORY | W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM | POP CULTURE |
|
$400
[27]
The SEC's original purpose was to give confidence to investors who lost money due to the crash of this year
1929
Sam
|
$400
[30]
"The student usu. of the highest rank in a graduating class"
valedictorian
Scott
|
$400
[5]
Mineral water from natural springs usually has a high level of carbonate of this chemical element
calcium
Scott
Sam
|
$400
[13]
What's now Mexico City was once the capital of this empire
the Aztec
Scott
|
$400
[2]
Based on the life of Gauguin, "The Moon and Sixpence" takes place partly on this Pacific island
Tahiti
Tracy
|
$400
[1]
In the new movie "Pixels", aliens send our own video game characters to menace Earth, including this one seen here
Pac-Man
Scott
|
|
$800
[26]
The SEC says this illegal type of trading involves "possession of material, nonpublic information about" a stock
insider trading
Tracy
|
$800
[28]
"To sing in a manner common among the Swiss and Tyrolean mountaineers"
yodel
Tracy
|
$800
[6]
Less steep waterfalls are called these, like a Northwest U.S. mountain range
cascades
Sam
|
$800
[14]
When he heard the North Pole had been reached, he changed his destination to the South Pole without telling his men
Amundsen
Tracy
|
$800
[4]
The same year as "Ghostbusters", Bill Murray went dramatic in a film of this Maugham novel with a "sharp" title
The Razor's Edge
Tracy
|
$800
[3]
This ace NBA rebounder & colorful personality was Deke Reynolds on TV's "Special Ops Force"
(Dennis) Rodman
Scott
|
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
The SEC regulates this type of 5-letter material that allows shareholders to vote without being present
a proxy
Scott
|
$1,200
[29]
"A machine for beheading"
guillotine
Sam
|
$1,200
[7]
The water in most hot springs is heated by this 5-letter substance
magma
Tracy
|
$1,200
[15]
The pact known as this document of Mudros marked the defeat of the Ottoman Empire
Armistice
|
$1,200
[10]
"The Hairless Mexican" & "The Traitor" are 2 of Maugham's stories drawn from his exploits as a spy in this war
World War I
Scott
Sam
|
$1,200
[21]
The MTV Movie Award for Best Comedic Performance 2011: her in "Easy A"
Emma Stone
Sam
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Being misleading over a housing market investment cost this "group" $285 million when the SEC got wind of it
Citigroup
Sam
|
$1,600
[25]
"A bay or recess in the shore of a sea, lake, or river"
inlet
Scott
|
$1,600
[8]
It would cost about $2,000 to supply a family of 4 for a year with this, aka purified seawater
desalinated water
Sam
|
$2,000
[17]
German for "union", it was advocated between Germany & Austria in 1919 but became a reality in 1938
Anschluss
Scott
|
$1,600
[11]
Philip's entanglement with Mildred is one of the restricting ties in the title of this novel
Of Human Bondage
Scott
|
$1,600
[22]
The title of this sitcom about the Huang family is a slighting phrase about immigrants
Fresh Off the Boat
Tracy
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[20]
Shebrought down John Gotti; "You don't wanna mess with Mary Jo", said President Obama, in nominating this current SEC head
Mary Jo White
|
$2,000
[24]
"Die... or faint typically because of noxious gas or want of adequate oxygen"
asphyxiate
Sam
|
$2,000
[9]
These natural pools whose water levels rise & fall exist in lava depressions in Hawaii
tide pools
Scott
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
Flourishing between 3000 & 1100 B.C., Cycladic & Minoan were 2 of the cultures named for this sea
the Aegean
Tracy
|
$2,000
[12]
Maugham's first novel had the alliterative title "Liza of" this London district
Lambeth
|
$2,000
[23]
Band that gave us the '80s hit "Don't Dream It's Over"
Crowded House
Tracy
|
This small land's airline advertises a "stopover": 7 nights at no extra travel charge to break up a Boston-Brussels trip
Iceland