Matt Jackson game 4.
Samantha Budesa — a billing coordinator from Cookeville, Tennessee
Dennis Lloyd — a publisher from Madison, Wisconsin
Matt Jackson — a paralegal from Washington, D.C. (whose 3-day cash winnings total $81,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,800 | $7,600 | $34,800 |
$24,800
4-day champion: $106,000 |
$28,400
33 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Dennis | $0 | $600 | $1,800 |
$199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,200
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Samantha | $600 | $1,000 | $3,400 |
$3,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,400
6 R, 1 W |
| JESUS | 5 SHADES OF GRAY | CELEBRITY DATE BOOK | SUPERLATIVE STATES | EDUCATION | A FEW GOOD "MEN" |
|
$200
[6]
...betook himself to Bethany & brought this old friend back to life
Lazarus
Dennis
|
$200
[26]
Don't get burned up naming this 3-letter tree in a type of light greenish gray
ash
Matt
|
$200
[3]
May 21, 1999:This daytime drama star had lost out on 18 straight Emmys, but it isn't going to be 19
Susan Lucci
Samantha
|
$200
[21]
Smallest state:This, 1,214 square miles
Rhode Island
Matt
|
$200
[16]
The "formal" type of this Latin word is the course of study; the "hidden" one is the social cues & values kids pick up
the curriculum
Matt
|
$200
[20]
Term for first-year high school or college students
freshmen
Matt
|
|
$400
[7]
...walked on the water of this large local lake
the Sea of Galilee
Matt
|
$400
[27]
A grayish white, or a tasty mollusk of that color
oyster
Samantha
|
$400
[2]
March 28, 2013:This pop star won't try again to bring a monkey to Germany without immunization papers
Justin Bieber
Samantha
|
$400
[22]
Biggest retailer:This company based in Washington State
Amazon.com
Matt
|
$400
[17]
The first of these "average" schools in the U.S. was founded in 1823 in Vermont to train elementary school teachers
a normal school
Matt
|
$400
[11]
A prophetic sign or warning
an omen
Matt
|
|
$600
[8]
...was celebrating this holiday at the Last Supper, so says Mark
Passover
Matt
|
$600
[28]
You might find this dark purplish gray atop a roof or underneath the felt on a pool table
slate
Dennis
|
$600
[1]
Jan. 22, 2006:The Raptors & the other Lakers are bystanders as he pours in 81 points & adds 2 assists
(Kobe) Bryant
Dennis
|
$600
[23]
Longest bridge span:Verrazano-Narrows in this state, 4,260 feet
New York
Matt
|
$600
[18]
From the Latin for "parish", it's a primary or secondary school supported by a religious group
a parochial school
Matt
|
$600
[12]
The Vikings of Europe were also known by this name
Norsemen
Matt
|
|
$800
[9]
...entered Jerusalem in triumph via this transport
a donkey
Dennis
|
$800
[29]
Maybe American Eagle flew to the moors of Scotland to get this speckled gray for its zip pocket jogger pants
heather gray
|
$800
[4]
Aug. 5, 2015:She & Justin Theroux have a wedding so secret, some guests arrive thinking it's just a house party
Jennifer Aniston
Dennis
|
$800
[24]
Deepest lake:This one in Oregon, 1,943 feet
Crater Lake
Matt
|
$800
[19]
In 2012 the Sec. of Education said, "No teacher should have to" do this 4-word result of standardized exams
teach to the test
|
$800
[13]
Seen here, it's the part of aflowerthat produces pollen
the stamen
Matt
|
|
DD
$3,400
[10]
...ascended into heaven from atop this peak 40 days after his resurrection
the Mount of Olives
Dennis
|
$1,000
[30]
You'll never sink this color of theUSS Iowa
battleship gray
Dennis
|
$1,000
[5]
Oct. 19, 2014:Jimmy Fallon roasts & honors this predecessor who's getting the Mark Twain Prize for Humor
(Jay) Leno
Dennis
|
$1,000
[25]
Widest highway:The Katy Freeway in this state, 26 lanes
Texas
Matt
Dennis
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1907, in a slum in Rome, she set up her casa dei bambini, or "children's house"
Maria Montessori
|
$1,000
[14]
From a Latin word for "sharpness", it means keen insight
acumen
Matt
|
| INSIDETHE NEW YORK TIMES | PAINTED LADIES | LITERARY CRIME WATCH | "C" IN SCIENCE | THE PRO SPORTS TEAM & BAND NAME | 2 LETTERS MISSING |
|
$400
[10]
At the daily Page 1 meeting, 1 decision is the prime spot, top right; on 7/14/15 it was this E.U. country's new austerity deal
Greece
Matt
|
$400
[4]
Officially, this maternal painting is titled "Arrangement in Grey and Black, No. 1"
Whistler's Mother
Matt
|
$400
[11]
Col. Sebastian Moran was the evil sidekick of this Sherlock Holmes nemesis
Moriarty
Matt
|
$400
[16]
Taiga forests of the Northern Hemisphere are generally composed of this type of tree, not deciduous
coniferous
Samantha
|
$400
[21]
Sadaharu Oh? Frank Gifford? Tim Lincecum? They Might Be these
Giants
Dennis
|
$400
[26]
GU__AW:This one always has 'em rolling in the aisles
F & F (in gu ff aw)
Samantha
|
|
$800
[1]
In 2014 the Times got less legalistic & began using this word instead of terms like "harsh interrogation techniques"
torture
Matt
|
$800
[6]
Among Rembrandt's mythological paintings was one of this woman chained to a rock
Andromeda
Matt
|
$800
[12]
This 1966 book begins, "The village of Holcomb stands on the high wheat plains of western Kansas"
In Cold Blood
Matt
|
$800
[17]
Sounds sweet, but it's actually an electronic footprint that allows websites to monitor a user's online movements
a cookie
Matt
|
$800
[22]
It follows "Sacramento" or "Gipsy"
Kings
Samantha
|
$800
[27]
HI__US:We could all use a break
A & T (in h ia tus)
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[2]
The web feature "Watching", which began in 2014, gives running updates of news like this National Zoo arrival in Aug. 2015
a panda
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1906 during Picasso's "rose is a rose is a rose" period, he finished a portrait of this author
Gertrude Stein
Matt
|
$1,200
[13]
Los Angeles-based novels by James Ellroy include "L.A. Confidential" & this one about an actual unsolved 1947 murder
The Black Dahlia
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) A spin device can cool a warm drink fast by spinning liquid from the center to the cold outer edge of the can, speeding up this heat-transfer process, also used in many ovens
convection
Matt
|
$1,200
[23]
One had Ron Jaworski; the other, Don Henley
the Eagles
Dennis
|
$1,200
[28]
CA__OTS:Slang for "in" a conspiracy
H & O (in ca ho ots)
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[3]
The Times has covered same-sex marriages since 2002; weddings are in a section named for these solemn promises
vows
Samantha
|
$2,000
[9]
"The Portrait of Madame X" is probably the best-knownworkby this 3-named American painter
John Singer Sargent
Matt
|
$1,600
[14]
Sci-fi author Douglas Adams created this title "holistic detective"
Dirk Gently
Dennis
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the second-largest part of the brain
the cerebellum
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
Also an NBA team name, in a British band name, it follows "Love and"
Rockets
|
$1,600
[29]
ER__ITE:A scholarly response is best
U & D (in er ud ite)
Matt
|
|
DD
$6,000
[5]
In 2015 the Intl. NYT debuted a monthly digest of Times content in Chinese for these 2 administrative regions
Hong Kong & Macau
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
The lady in this Dutchman's "A Lady Writing" wears a yellow jacket, hair ribbons & pearl earrings
(Jan) Vermeer
Matt
|
$2,000
[15]
Appropriately, the final O has a slash in this last name of Norwegian author Jo, creator of Harry Hole
Nesbø
|
$2,000
[20]
The third & last period of the Mesozoic era
the Cretaceous
|
$2,000
[25]
In the NHL it follows "St. Louis"; in music, it precedes "Traveler"
Blues
Dennis
|
$2,000
[30]
GA__OL:A hop, skip & jump
M & B (in ga mb ol)
Matt
|
This nation of 55 million is the only one to provide a secretary-general but never to have a seat on the Security Council
Burma (or Myanmar)