Matt Jackson game 3.
Alan Sherman — a freelance political consultant from Mountain View, California
Cam Hoang — an attorney from Minneapolis, Minnesota
Matt Jackson — a paralegal from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $1,800 | $5,000 | $26,600 |
$30,000
3-day champion: $81,200 |
$20,600
24 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Cam | $-200 | $800 | $3,200 |
$6,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
7 R, 4 W |
| Alan | $1,800 | $9,400 | $10,200 |
$13,973
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| THEATER RHYME TIME | FRUITS & VEGETABLES | DECIMALS | IN THE DICTIONARY | HAIRLESS BANDS | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE |
|
$200
[5]
A swift complement of actors in a play
a fast cast
Alan
|
$200
[10]
A veggie that comes in spears, or the genus it belongs to
asparagus
Matt
Alan
|
$200
[28]
The representation of a number in the decimal system is called its decimal expansion; for 1/4, it's this
.25
Alan
|
$200
[29]
A Biblical woman's name, it means pity but is usually found before "-less" to mean pitiless
ruth
Matt
|
$200
[30]
His locks no longer flowing in the breeze, the Edge has worn many hats for this band
U2
Matt
|
$200
[11]
In 2000 Albert Sabin's oral vaccine for this was discontinued in the U.S.
polio
Matt
|
|
$400
[6]
A place to sell stage objects
a prop shop
Matt
Alan
|
$400
[4]
In most U.S. grocery stores, you should assume you are purchasing these, even if the sign says"yams"
sweet potatoes
Alan
|
$400
[26]
Each numeral from 0 to 9 is a decimal one of these, from a word meaning "finger"
a digit
Matt
|
$400
[27]
This word for a person with a big appetite often precedes "for punishment"
a glutton
Alan
|
$400
[24]
This drummer sang, "It's always the same, it's just a shame, that's all" with Genesis
Phil Collins
Alan
|
$400
[15]
While this chilly region makes up about 75% of Russia's territory, only 25% of the people live there
Siberia
Matt
|
|
$600
[7]
A short snooze inside an opening in a stage floor
a nap trap
Cam
|
$600
[1]
The fruit sold under this name, from that of an Italian estate, is a muskmelon
cantaloupe
|
$600
[16]
Though not required, "trailing" these to the right of a decimal point are often used to show levels of accuracy
zeroes
Matt
Alan
|
$600
[18]
This word for the animals of a particular region is from the Latin
fauna
Matt
|
$600
[22]
The follically consistent Billy Corgan fronted this band on "1979"
the Smashing Pumpkins
Matt
|
$600
[12]
Formed in 1980, it's the largest animal rights organization in the world
PETA
Cam
Alan
|
|
$800
[8]
"Electrifying" movements & positions of actors on the stage
shock block
Cam
|
$800
[2]
Almost all California raisins are produced from this seedless grape named for an English immigrant
Thompson seedless grapes
|
$800
[17]
In continental Europe, this punctuation mark, not a dot, is used to represent a decimal point
a comma
Alan
|
$800
[19]
It's defined as any substance with the tendency to produce a cancer
a carcinogen
Alan
|
$800
[21]
This "It's Not Over" band gets its name from a shaven-headed "American Idol" competitor
Daughtry
Matt
|
$800
[13]
It's "the Pine Tree State"
Maine
Alan
|
|
$1,000
[9]
A proscenium month
March arch
Matt
|
$1,000
[3]
Pickled pods of this have been called "a standard hors d'oeuvre at... every Southern cocktail party"
okra
Cam
|
DD
$4,400
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew presents as the digits of pi appear on the monitor one by one.) When it's expressed as a decimal, pi never repeats or terminates, so it's one of these numbers that sound like they could use a little therapy
irrational numbers
Alan
|
$1,000
[20]
The entry before a synonym for the Abominable Snowman is this word meaning "so far"
yet
Cam
|
$1,000
[23]
Hope you were up late to know that "Beds Are Burning" was sung by Peter Garrett of this Aussie band
Midnight Oil
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
The first person born in the Americas to be canonized was this woman of Lima
St. Rose of Lima
|
| YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK 125th ANNIVERSARY | ROLE IN COMMON | "MM" BOP | COUNTRIES IN SPANISH | LITERARY BEFORE & AFTER | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE |
|
$400
[30]
Larger animal lifeincludes mule deer, black bears, mountain lions &this stocky species of sheep
bighorn
Alan
|
$400
[29]
This actor & Robert De Niro both won Oscars for playing Vito Corleone
Brando
Matt
|
$400
[28]
Itwas about as large or even larger than a modern-day elephant
a mammoth
Alan
|
$400
[26]
Corea del Sur
South Korea
Matt
Alan
|
$400
[27]
A steamy E.L. James book becomes Canadian football's biggest team prize
Fifty Shades of Grey Cup
Cam
|
$400
[25]
In 1944 this future president directed Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion at Normandy
Eisenhower
Alan
|
|
$800
[9]
Waterfalls, like the 2,000 foot Sentinel Falls, remind you you're in them ountains, the western slopes of this California range
the Sierra Nevada
Matt
|
$800
[23]
(Hi, I'm Zachary Quinto.) In March 2015 I got to reminisce with Conan O'Brien about the beautiful life of this man with whom I shared a role
(Leonard) Nimoy
Alan
|
$800
[24]
Advil, Aleve & aspirin are among the over-the-counter anti-this type of drugs
inflammatory
Matt
|
$1,200
[5]
Letonia, north of Lituania
Latvia
Alan
|
$800
[18]
The woman who gave King Arthur his sword moves to Garrison Keillor's fictitious town
the Lady of the Lake Wobegon
Matt
|
$800
[22]
The Confederate memorial carving on Stone Mountain includes Stonewall Jackson & this other Civil War general
Lee
Alan
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Yosemite Valley is home to groves of these giant conifers that lend their name to another national park 100 miles south
sequoias
Matt
|
$1,200
[10]
"Men in Black 3" had Josh Brolin as the young Agent K; he's the older Agent K
Tommy Lee Jones
Cam
Alan
|
$1,200
[13]
Ironically, it was for the movie "Beginners" that at 82 he became the oldest person to win an acting Oscar
Christopher Plummer
Alan
|
$1,600
[2]
Alemania
Germany
Matt
|
$1,200
[4]
Asimov's 1950 classic tale that gave us the 3 laws becomes a poultry-titled animated show on Adult Swim
I, Robot Chicken
Alan
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1968 he turned over command of U.S. forces in Vietnam to General Creighton Abrams
Westmoreland
Cam
|
|
$1,600
[7]
In 1903this naturalisttook Teddy Roosevelton a personal tour of Yosemite, leading to further federal protected areas
(John) Muir
Cam
|
$1,600
[11]
In "Beaches", this actress "blossomed" into Bette Midler
Mayim Bialik
Cam
|
$1,600
[1]
It's a gas made up of 1 part nitrogen & 3 parts hydrogen
ammonia
Cam
|
$2,000
[15]
Costa de Marfil
Côte d'Ivoire
|
$1,600
[16]
Milan Kundera's "Unbearable" novel turns into a 1999 film about literally getting into a real-life movie star's head
The Unbearable Lightness of Being John Malkovich
Matt
Alan
|
$2,000
[20]
From 1949 to 1953thisfive-star general served as the first chairman of the joint Chiefs of Staff
Omar Bradley
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Featured on California'sstate quarter, this iconicgranite formationrises to nearly 9,000 feet in elevation
Half Dome
Matt
|
$2,000
[12]
Ryan Gosling ages into this actor in the weepie romance "The Notebook"
James Garner
|
$2,000
[14]
In the original Dr. Spock title, these 2 words preceded "Book of Baby and Child Care"
Common Sense
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Reino Unido
the United Kingdom
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
The Supreme Court justice known for not speaking becomes the reclusive "Lot 49" novelist known for not speaking
Clarence Thomas Pynchon
Matt
|
DD
$5,000
[3]
This brigadier general who gave his name to a Colorado peak was killed during the War of 1812
(Zebulon) Pike
Matt
|
In one of her last official acts before abdicating, Queen Beatrix reopened this museum after a 10-year renovation
the Rijksmuseum (in Amsterdam)