WE ASKED: Magician Penn Jillette.
Barbara Gao — an investment analyst from Chandler, Arizona
Austin Yates — a traffic engineer from Bellevue, Nebraska
Dylan Parson — a student from Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dylan | $5,600 | $8,300 | $13,500 |
$19,200
2-day champion: $24,599 |
$12,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Austin | $3,000 | $5,800 | $10,600 |
$18,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Barbara | $0 | $600 | $7,800 |
$15,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| RANDOM FACTS | I'M GOIN' TO JACKSON | 2015 ANNIVERSARIES | NOTABLE WOMEN | GONNA MESS AROUND | EVERY OTHER LETTER A VOWEL |
|
$200
[9]
(Hi, I'm Penn Jillette.) When a magician dies, a wand is sometimes broken at his funeral to symbolize his loss of magical power; the first broken wand ceremony was performed by the Society of American Magicians in 1926 at the memorial service for this famous escapologist
(Harry) Houdini
Austin
|
$200
[2]
The City of Jackson, Michigan was where this political party was formally organized on July 6, 1854
the Republican Party
Dylan
Austin
|
$400
[16]
In 2015, the Navy Reserve marks 100 years of service by citizen sailors, including this president, who joined the Reserve in 1942
George H.W. Bush
Barbara
|
$400
[24]
In a 2015 HBO biopic, Queen Latifah portrayed this legendary blues singer
Bessie Smith
Dylan
Barbara
|
$400
[25]
Jon Snow was hit by Cupid's arrows... no, wait, those were fired by Ygritte, who Jon messed around with on this show
Game of Thrones
Barbara
|
$600
[19]
From the French, it's a decorative front of a building, or an illusion
facade
Austin
Barbara
|
|
$400
[10]
Like tobacco, eggplants & potatoes belong to the nightshade family & contain small amounts of this addictive drug
nicotine
Austin
|
$400
[3]
The City of Jackson is a state capital & home to the Medical Center at the University of this
Mississippi
Dylan
|
$600
[15]
The 60th anniversary edition of this book includes "Most people twerking simultaneously"
The Guinness Book of Records
Austin
|
$600
[23]
A bridge on Congress Avenue in Austin, Texas is named for this feisty late governor
Ann Richards
Dylan
|
$600
[22]
J.R. Ewing was hit by Cupid's arrows... no, wait, those were bullets fired by Kristin, who J.R. messed around with on this show
Dallas
Austin
|
$800
[18]
A boss, be it in business or baseball
manager
Barbara
|
|
$600
[11]
Of the traditional birthstones, this June one is the only organic one
a pearl
Dylan
|
$600
[8]
Jackson, Tennessee is the biggest city on theI-40 corridorbetween these two
Memphis & Nashville
Austin
|
$800
[13]
To mark the 50th anniversary of "Bloody Sunday", Pres. Obama led marchers across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in this city
Selma, Alabama
Dylan
|
$1,000
[20]
As queen of the Netherlands, she saw her country through 2 World Wars
Wilhelmina
Dylan
|
$800
[7]
On "Cheers" the on-again, off-again romance between Sam & this waitress was off for good in 1987
Diane (Chambers)
|
$1,000
[17]
This word for a mosque tower comes from the Arabic for "lighthouse"
minaret
Austin
|
|
$800
[1]
The only Nobel Prize whose name includes 2 fields is named this or Medicine
Physiology
Austin
|
$800
[4]
Jackson, Alabama is on the Tombigbee River, 50 miles north of this bay
Mobile Bay
Austin
|
$1,000
[14]
Turning 150, this magazine has been abolitionist, feminist & environmentalist & is a beacon of the political left
The Nation
Dylan
|
DD
$1,500
[21]
In the 1920s she organized a birth control conference in NYC & a world population conference in Geneva
Margaret Sanger
Dylan
|
$1,000
[6]
The happy days of Erin Moran & Scott Baio did not last long on the spin-off where "Joanie Loves" this character
Chachi
Dylan
|
— |
|
$1,000
[12]
The name of Libreville, capital of Gabon, means the same in French as this Sierra Leone capital does in English
Freetown
Dylan
|
$1,000
[5]
The City of Jackson in this state was burned on Nov. 17, 1864; Gen. Sherman was said to have ridden along third street
Georgia
Dylan
|
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| PRESIDENTIAL HOPEFULS' RESUMÉ ITEMS | CLASSIC COMIC STRIPS | ANCIENT TIMES | ENDS IN "SH" | WORLD'S FAIRS & EXPOS | LITERATURE OF THE SOUTH PACIFIC |
|
$400
[11]
Ex-Burlington mayor
Bernie Sanders
Dylan
|
$400
[28]
In 2013 this lasagna-loving cat celebrated his 35th birthday
Garfield
Dylan
|
$400
[13]
In 30 B.C. this co-ruler of Rome took his own life after Octavian reached Egypt
Antony
Barbara
|
$400
[24]
A close living relative is your this "& blood"
flesh
Barbara
|
$400
[29]
To raise funds for its base, part of this landmark was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876
the Statue of Liberty
Barbara
|
$800
[25]
Hewrote of snowy climes in books like "White Fang", then traveled to balmy Tahiti & later penned "South Sea Tales"
(Jack) London
Barbara
|
|
$800
[4]
Was head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins
(Ben) Carson
Austin
|
$800
[27]
Even with inflation this "Peanuts" character was always willing to give her advice for 5 cents
Lucy
Barbara
|
$800
[16]
475-221 B.C. witnessed what's known as the Warring States period in this Asian country
China
Barbara
|
$800
[23]
It means to tease in a playful way, as Mr. Groban could tell you
josh
Barbara
|
$800
[18]
It was at the Pan-American exposition in Buffalo in 1901 that he was fatally shot
McKinley
Austin
|
$1,200
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Pitcairn Island.) In "The Long Voyage", this author mentions Pitcairn Island & Thursday October Christian, Fletcher's son
Charles Dickens
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Per her website, the first woman to lead a Fortune 50 company
Fiorina
Barbara
|
$1,200
[26]
It followed the imaginative adventures of a 6-year-old boy & his trusty toy tiger
Calvin and Hobbes
Dylan
|
$1,200
[15]
Around the 4th millennium B.C., this 2-letter city was founded in Mesopotamia
Ur
Barbara
|
$1,200
[22]
Shewas nicknamed "the First Lady of the Silent Screen"
Lillian Gish
Dylan
|
$1,200
[17]
At the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair, you could enjoy an ice cream cone while waiting to meet this legendary warrior
Geronimo
Dylan
|
$1,600
[20]
Thisauthor of "Tales of the South Pacific" called Bora Bora the Bali Ha'i of the spirit
(James) Michener
Austin
|
|
$1,600
[2]
Current governor of Ohio
John Kasich
Dylan
Barbara
|
$1,600
[5]
You could say it's wife Helga who wears the skins in the family in this strip
Hagar the Horrible
Austin
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Around 900 A.D. this Central American society's Classic Era collapsed & temple building ceased
the Mayans
Austin
|
$1,600
[9]
Cymraeg is the native name for this language
Welsh
Dylan
|
$1,600
[14]
"Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life" is the theme of Expo 2015 held in this city
Milan
|
$2,000
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew walks the beach in Tahiti.) In "The Signature of All Things" by this"Eat, Pray, Love" author, Alma Whittaker sails to Tahiti to discover the mysterious fate of her husband
(Elizabeth) Gilbert
Barbara
|
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
Chairs the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel
Lindsey Graham
Barbara
|
$2,000
[6]
Though his original strip ended in 1975, this character lives on as Georgia's state 'possum
Pogo
Austin
|
$2,000
[8]
Not the "Prince of Tyre", this Athenian statesman is known for building projects on the Acropolis
Pericles
|
$2,000
[10]
You can clean up if you know that the long spikes on this plant give it its 11-letter name
the bottlebrush
|
$2,000
[12]
Thefirst Ferris wheelmade the rounds at the World's Columbian Exposition in this city in 1893
Chicago
Barbara
|
— |
In 1820 Jefferson called this bill "the knell of the Union," saying "a geographical line... will never be obliterated"
the Missouri Compromise