Matt Jackson game 6.
Lindsay Townes — a Ph.D. candidate in epidemiology from Detroit, Michigan
Tony Langford — a software engineer from Roswell, Georgia
Matt Jackson — a paralegal from Washington, D.C. (whose 5-day cash winnings total $140,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $5,000 | $11,400 | $33,000 |
$26,000
6-day champion: $166,401 |
$24,200
27 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Tony | $-1,200 | $0 | $3,200 |
$6,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
8 R, 4 W |
| Lindsay | $1,600 | $1,600 | $6,400 |
$6,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
6 R, 1 W |
| WRITING FOR TELEVISION | THAT'S HISTORY | TOP 10 GLOBAL BRANDS | ANIMALS IN KIDS' BOOKS | "HIP" WORDS | NEW SPORTS TEAM NAMES? |
|
$200
[21]
A 2015 Writers Guild Award went to Brian Kelley for "Brick Like Me", a Lego-themed episode of this series--excellent
The Simpsons
|
$200
[23]
Commoners rejoiced when the Parliament Act of 1911 took the power of absolute veto away from this house
the House of Lords
Matt
|
$200
[25]
If only there were some kind of way to search the Internet for this $174 billion tech company, No. 2 on the list
Google
Matt
|
$200
[3]
Charlotte, who lives in the rafters above Wilbur's pen, is one of these
a spider
Matt
|
$600
[9]
The USS Enterprise, launched in 2245, is one of these
a starship
Tony
|
$600
[12]
This basketball team representing the capital of Mississippi also gave us hits like "I Want You Back"
the Jackson 5
Matt
|
|
$400
[22]
Don Mankiewicz wrote the pilots of "Marcus Welby, M.D." & this show with Raymond Burr as a wheelchair-bound former cop
Ironside
Matt
|
$400
[24]
A 1968 pandemic of H3N2, aka "Hong Kong" this, caused more than a million deaths
a virus (or flu)
Tony
|
$600
[1]
The heck with the Surgeon General! This cigarette brand valued at $80 billion was tenth, "Man"
Marlboro
Matt
|
$400
[5]
Ferdinand, who only wants to smell flowers under his favorite cork tree
a bull
Matt
|
$800
[10]
A 2-person cutting tool, or to cause rapid & confusing back-&-forth changes
a whipsaw
|
$800
[13]
On your feet when this team representing a state & named for a "quick quick, slow slow" dance takes the field
the Texas Two-Step
Tony
|
|
$600
[20]
Carlton Cuse & Damon Lindelof left a few questions unanswered in the 2010 finale of this island series
Lost
Matt
|
$600
[15]
An earthquake & tsunami struck this Iberian capital on Nov. 1, 1755
Lisbon
Matt
|
$800
[2]
A 2015 CNN.com headline said the CEO of this restaurant chain, No. 9, "promises better food"
McDonald's
Lindsay
|
$600
[6]
Shere Khan, Mowgli's nemesis
a tiger
Matt
|
$1,000
[11]
Ancient chariot races took place on a track in this open-air stadium
the Hippodrome
Matt
|
$1,000
[14]
Fans in Eugene enjoy the walk to the stadium of this team, named for a 2,000-mile route mainly used from around 1840-1870
the Oregon Trail
Matt
|
|
$800
[19]
Sivert Glarum wrote "Mad Marc", "Marc's Dad" & "Marc on Talking Dead" for this comic's IFC show
Marc Maron
Tony
|
$1,000
[17]
The battle of this city raged from July 1942 to February 1943; when it was over, the German 6th Army was kaput
Stalingrad
|
$1,000
[4]
In 2015 this company, No. 7 on the list, put some of its $86 billion in value to work, buying AOL for $4.4 billion
Verizon
Tony
|
$800
[7]
Olivia, who "Saves the Circus" & "Forms a Band"
a pig
Lindsay
|
— | — |
|
$1,000
[18]
In 2012 Robert Doherty created this CBS detective show; well, Robert had inspiration from a 19th c. chap
Elementary
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[16]
This 1790 act gave authors exclusive control of their works for 14 years; violators were fined 50 cents per page
the Copyright Act
Matt
|
— |
$1,000
[8]
Zephir, Babar's friend
a monkey
|
— | — |
| ACTORS' HIT SONGS | SAME LETTER BEGINNING, MIDDLE & END | MEMOIRS | I'M JUST A "VILLE" | CYCLE ANALYSIS | PAGING DR. FREUD |
|
$400
[1]
The love song "Heartbeat" took this "Miami Vice" star all the way to No. 5
Don Johnson
Tony
|
$400
[27]
It's a storage place for water, dog
reservoir
|
$400
[28]
In 2015 this country singer was on the road again, touring & promoting his new memoir "It's a Long Story"
Willie Nelson
Matt
Lindsay
|
$400
[29]
It's "The Country Music Capital of the World"
Nashville
Matt
|
$400
[30]
Term for flowers like the marigold that complete their life cycles in a single growing season
an annual
Lindsay
|
$400
[26]
Escaping Nazi domination in 1938, Sigmund Freud left his longtime Vienna home to settle in this capital
London
|
|
$800
[2]
Steve Martin gave us all a wacky history lesson about Egypt in this song
"King Tut"
Tony
|
$800
[6]
This word for a cost is often found before "account"
expense
Tony
|
$800
[13]
"The truth is, Mitch... once you learn how to die, you learn how to live" is a line from this bestselling memoir
Tuesdays with Morrie
Matt
|
$800
[22]
It's Florida's largest city in population & the largest city in area in the lower 48 states
Jacksonville
Matt
|
$800
[18]
On day 21 of the 29 1/2 day cycle, the Moon's phase is gibbous & this, as the illuminated area is decreasing
waning
Matt
|
$800
[25]
Freud & this Swiss mister met in 1907 & collaborated for 5 years before disagreeing & splitting up
(Carl) Jung
Lindsay
|
|
$1,200
[3]
From "Dirty Dancing", he had a No. 1 adult contemporary hit with "She's Like The Wind"
Patrick Swayze
Tony
|
$1,200
[7]
A perfume, or the basic, invariable nature of something
essence
Matt
|
$1,200
[11]
In 2015's "American Wife", his widow Taya talks about their life together & coping with his death at a Texas gun range
Chris Kyle
|
$1,600
[21]
Named for its abundance of ore, this Colorado city is the USA's highest incorporated city
Leadville
|
$1,200
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a diagram on the monitor.) Living cells get their fuel by converting sugars & acids to carbon dioxide & energy via this 8-step cycle named for a biochemist
the Krebs cycle
Matt
|
$1,600
[24]
Like father, like child--this offspring of Sigmund is considered a founder of child psychoanalysis
Anna Freud
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In a 1985 hit this funnyman's girlfriend just wanted to "Party All The Time"
Eddie Murphy
Tony
|
$1,600
[8]
Overcharging
gouging
|
$1,600
[10]
In "Night", this Nobel Peace Prize winner described the horrors he witnessed as a young boy in a Nazi death camp
Wiesel
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
Built by a Vanderbilt, Biltmore House & Estate is in this city
Asheville (North Carolina)
Tony
|
$1,600
[16]
A bereft lover wanders through the cold in "Winterreise", an 1827 song cycle by this master of Lieder
Schubert
Matt
|
$2,000
[23]
In mythology, he was the brother of Hypnos; in Freudian theory, it represents the death instinct
Thanatos
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[5]
As the frontman for Thirty Seconds to Mars, this 2013 Oscar winner has had 3 No. 1s on the alternative chart
Jared Leto
Lindsay
|
$2,000
[9]
A loss of ability to use language, often due to brain injury
aphasia
Lindsay
|
$2,000
[12]
In this 2005 memoir Jeannette Walls writes about growing up poor in a dysfunctional family constantly on the move
The Glass Castle
Tony
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
The "most exciting two minutes in sports" happens each May in this city
Louisville
Matt
|
$2,000
[17]
Its long growth cycle underground earns it the misleading nickname "17-year locust"
the cicada
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
In German, Freud called this part of the human psyche the "Uber-Ich"
the superego
Matt
|
U.N. delegate was one role of this woman who wrote, "I could not... be contented to take my place in a warm corner by the fireside"
Eleanor Roosevelt