Matt Jackson game 10.(Peabody: To convince Alex Trebek that the world adores him more with facial hair, Sherman and I set the WABAC to1984, Culver City,Jeopardy!studios, for Alex to try...)(Sherman: The Trebek!)(Alex: Been there, done that.)WE ASKED: Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey.
Sameer Rawal — an internal medicine resident from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Erik Latshaw — a cellar hand from Los Angeles, California
Matt Jackson — a paralegal from Washington, D.C. (whose 9-day cash winnings total $249,411)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $10,400 | $16,800 | $42,400 |
$40,000
10-day champion: $289,411 |
$33,400
34 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Erik | $2,200 | $4,400 | $12,800 |
$19,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
15 R, 0 W |
| Sameer | $1,000 | $1,200 | $3,200 |
$2,784
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
6 R, 0 W |
| THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS | 21st CENTURY MOVIES | STUPID ANSWERS | PIZZA! | WHOSE LIFE IS IT? | "ANY" WAY |
|
$200
[28]
It's home to the state capital
Oahu
Matt
|
$200
[2]
Rosamund Pike starred as disappeared wife Amy Dunne in this film based on a bestseller
Gone Girl
Matt
|
$200
[15]
Singer P!nk is a cover girl for this brand of makeup
CoverGirl
Erik
|
$200
[6]
Naturally, Hawaiian pizza is topped with this fruit
pineapple
Erik
|
$200
[29]
Born Michigan, 1863, assembled quite a resume as an industrialist, died Michigan, 1947
(Henry) Ford
Sameer
|
$400
[24]
A sudden perception or insight, or a Christian festival
epiphany
Matt
|
|
$400
[10]
Wowie! This second-biggest island is named for a Polynesian demigod
Maui
Matt
|
$400
[5]
(Hi. I'm Wendi McLendon-Covey.) In 2012 I shared the MTV Movie Award for Best Gut-Wrenching Performance with Kristen Wiig, Ellie Kemper, Maya Rudolph, Melissa Mc Ca Mc Ca Mc Ca Mc Ca Mc Ca Mc Ca Mc CaMcCarthyosenecenethism
Bridesmaids
Sameer
|
$400
[27]
What was British Guiana is now called this
Guyana
Matt
|
$400
[26]
Pizza al funghi is topped with these, perhaps cremini
mushrooms
Erik
|
$400
[25]
Born Ohio, 1857, went to court for the defense, inherited the wind, Illinois, 1938
(Clarence) Darrow
Matt
|
$600
[23]
As head of this organization, Boss Tweed made quite a hall
Tammany Hall
Matt
|
|
$600
[7]
It's the northernmost & most verdant of the major islands
Kauai
Erik
|
$600
[1]
This actress' first Oscar nomination was for 2010's "Winter's Bone"
Jennifer Lawrence
Sameer
|
$600
[18]
Dribeck's Light was the forerunner to this light German beer
Beck's
Erik
|
$600
[11]
Papa John's has a pizza called "The Meats": sausage, beef, hickory-smoked bacon, ham & this classic topping
pepperoni
Erik
|
$800
[22]
Born Egypt, 1918, camped out for peace & a 1978 Nobel Prize, assassinated Cairo, 1981
(Anwar) Sadat
Matt
|
$800
[20]
"Philippine" this is a popular furniture wood
mahogany
Matt
|
|
$800
[8]
Take a seat on the porch & see if you can decide which island's name is Hawaiian for "conquest day"
Lanai
Erik
|
$800
[3]
Ralph Fiennes played the concierge of the title establishment of this Wes Anderson film
The Grand Budapest Hotel
Matt
|
$800
[17]
Geneva & Lausanne are the largest cities on this lake also known as Genfersee & Lac Leman
Lake Geneva
Matt
|
$800
[12]
Margherita pizza is topped with tomatoes, fresh mozzarella & leaves of this "royal herb"
basil
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
Born Finland, 1910, designed for G.M., M.I.T. & J.F.K., met the big architect, Michigan, 1961
(Eero) Saarinen
Matt
|
$1,000
[19]
Recite this word for a continuous repetition or enumeration, as in a prayer or supplication
litany
Erik
|
|
$1,000
[9]
In the 1860s residents were moved from its Kalaupapa Peninsula & people with a certain disease moved in
Molokai
Matt
|
$1,000
[4]
Don't delete from your memory that the title of this Jim Carrey-Kate Winslet film comes from a poem by Alexander Pope
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Matt
|
$1,000
[16]
This drawbridge that spans the Thames River adjoins the Tower of London
Tower Bridge
Matt
|
$1,000
[13]
Quattro stagioni means this; each quarter of the pizza represents one
four seasons
Matt
|
DD
$5,200
[14]
Born New York, 1929, lived briefly in Camelot, died New York, 1994
Jackie Kennedy
Matt
|
— |
| SITCOM MOMS | ENERGY | 4-LETTER KNOWLEDGE | THEY WROTE IT | MR. PEABODY & SHERMAN | 3P's, PLEASE |
|
$400
[29]
On this classic sitcom, Carol had 3 very lovely girls--Marcia, Jan & Cindy--& 3 stepsons
The Brady Bunch
Sameer
|
$400
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video on the monitor.) A pole vaulter's run-up builds kinetic energy that gets converted when the pole is bent & the vaulter is propelled higher by this type of stored energy in the pole
potential energy
Matt
|
$400
[9]
Of the 3 B's in classical music, he fits
Bach
Sameer
|
$400
[28]
Margaret Mitchell:This novel
Gone with the Wind
Matt
|
$400
[18]
"Pay attention, Sherman; I've set the WABAC for this famous & dangerous June 1815 battle site;""Maybe that short tempered general can tell us its name?""Of course he can Sherman, of course he can"
Waterloo
Erik
|
$800
[27]
A temporary youthful infatuation
puppy love
Matt
|
|
$800
[5]
(I'm Debra Messing.) This actress, singer & real-life mother of Carrie Fisher played my mom, Bobbi Adler, on "Will & Grace"
Debbie Reynolds
|
$800
[10]
In plants, light energy from the sun is converted into chemical energy via this process
photosynthesis
Matt
|
$800
[26]
One of his titles is the primate of Italy
pope
Erik
|
$800
[25]
Samuel Beckett:This 1956 Broadway play
Waiting for Godot
Erik
|
$800
[17]
"I know from his 13th century writings that visiting China during the time of Marco Polo means we're also here when this man ruled as emperor.""That's the khan do spirit Sherman, well done"
Kublai Khan
Matt
|
$1,200
[24]
The "Howdy Doody" show debuted in 1947 as this "Playhouse"
Puppet
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Tanya Roberts played ditzy neighborhood mom Midge Pinciotti on this series
That '70s Show
Erik
|
$1,200
[6]
Culver City, Calif. was honored for having the USA's No. 1 govt. green fleet for using CNG, compressed this fuel
natural gas
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
The fifth emperor of Rome
Nero
Sameer
|
$1,200
[23]
Carson McCullers:"Lonely" novel about lonely people
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Matt
|
$1,200
[16]
"I'm getting a little seasick aboard this pirate ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, Mr. Peabody;""Yes, I too, Sherman, but it's this man's ship & in its own way..."[Chest opens]"...quite bootyful"
Blackbeard
Matt
|
$1,600
[22]
Izod-wearing lifestyle covered in a 1980 "Handbook"
preppy
Erik
|
|
$1,600
[3]
In the '80s came the working moms: Elyse Keaton was an architect & Clair Huxtable was this
a lawyer
Matt
|
$2,000
[13]
Binding energy binds a nucleus together; this abundant metallic element has the greatest & is the most stable
iron
Erik
|
$1,600
[11]
He rode an 8-legged steed named Sleipnir
Odin
Matt
|
$1,600
[21]
Elmore Leonard, 1990:An enforcer in Hollywood
Get Shorty
Erik
|
$1,600
[15]
"Wow, a firsthand look at Galileo's experiments with mass & acceleration, thereby disproving Aristotle's theory of gravity;""Yes, in this city in 1589 no one could say they got..."[Rocks crash]"...the drop on him"
Pisa
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
To take for one's own use
appropriate
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[4]
Before playing the mom on "The Middle", she was mom Debra Barone on "Everybody Loves Raymond"
Patricia Heaton
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
Washington leads all states by getting 76% of its electricity from this renewable method
hydroelectric power
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[12]
Famous caravel of 1492
the Niña
Matt
|
$2,000
[19]
John Updike:He "is Rich"
Rabbit
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
"Ancient Egypt & Cleopatra are really dazzling, Mr. Peabody;""Yes, and as the last ruler of this dynasty that was originally Greek..."[Water splashes]"...perhaps she's in denial"
the Ptolemaic Dynasty
Matt
|
— |
Since Bulgaria joined in 2007, the E.U.'s 3 official alphabets have been our Latin one & these 2
Greek & Cyrillic