Matt Jackson game 13.
Christine Gengaro — a college professor and writer from Los Angeles, California
Corbett Hancey — a journalist from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Matt Jackson — a paralegal from Washington, D.C. (whose 12-day cash winnings total $390,411)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $4,200 | $7,200 | $30,800 |
$21,201
13-day champion: $411,612 |
$25,200
29 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| Corbett | $2,800 | $3,400 | $10,600 |
$10,750
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
13 R, 0 W |
| Christine | $1,600 | $2,000 | $5,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| IT'S TACO TUESDAY | NEW ENGLAND | TRUE BLOOD | SURE "SHOT" | SEUSSICAL TITLES | OLD SCHOOL HIP-HOP |
|
$200
[27]
I'd like my taco topped with this, basically mashed avocado with a little lime juice & some seasonings
guacamole
Matt
|
$200
[18]
In 2015 this socially conscious New England ice cream brand introduced a flavor called Save Our Swirled
Ben & Jerry's
Matt
|
$200
[30]
The pigment that transports oxygen in the blood, it is in the red blood cells & gives blood its red color
hemoglobin
Matt
|
$200
[29]
The object in this women's sporting event weighs 8.8 pounds
shot put
Corbett
|
$200
[8]
This title character speaks for the trees
the Lorax
Matt
|
$200
[13]
In 2015 rapper Young Thug said this man, born Shawn Carter in 1969, is too old to be a relevant hip-hop artist
Jay-Z
Matt
|
|
$400
[3]
For one of my side dishes, refried beans, please, made with these "painted" beans
pinto beans
Matt
|
$400
[19]
(I'm Kevin O'Leary of Shark Tank.) In the '90s I made millions from selling software in my headquarters in this university city, part of the East Coast version of Silicon Valley
Cambridge, Massachusetts
|
$400
[26]
The solid parts of blood--the red & white blood cells & platelets--are suspended in this, the liquid portion
plasma
Corbett
|
$400
[28]
Hey, jailbird! Face the camera! Now turn to the side! Okay, we got one of these
a mug shot
Christine
|
$400
[9]
This eventful avenue is also a real street that anchors Manhattan's "Five Points"
Mulberry Street
Matt
|
$400
[14]
In 2015 AARP magazine tweeted a cover showing this rapper & mogul who helped launch Snoop Dogg
Dr. Dre
Corbett
|
|
$600
[1]
In the salsa, make sure to use plenty of this, the leaves & stems of the coriander plant
cilantro
Christine
|
$600
[20]
Nickname of the Pawtucket triple-A baseball team & of the MLB team it's affiliated with
the Red Sox
|
$600
[25]
An old test for this infection "kissing disease" used a sample of the patient's blood, mixed with that of a sheep
mononucleosis
Matt
|
$600
[6]
A pregnant bride can help initiate this type of "wedding"
a shotgun wedding
Matt
|
$600
[10]
Total number of tops on the Cubbins kid
500
Matt
|
$600
[15]
2015 is the 25th anniversary of this group's "Fear of a Black Planet"
Public Enemy
Corbett
|
|
$800
[4]
I'm trying to eat a little lighter, so I'm going for the fish tacos made with this fish with a double-talk Hawaiian name
mahi mahi
Matt
|
$800
[21]
This 19th-century Connecticut village, seen here, was recreated from actual shops transported there from all over New England
Mystic Seaport
|
$1,000
[23]
Large numbers of abnormal white blood cells multiply out of control & do not fight infection in this disease
leukemia
Christine
|
$800
[7]
The result, or the gist as of an argument
the upshot
Corbett
|
$800
[11]
Young Gerald McGrew speculates on "If I Ran" this place
the zoo
|
$800
[16]
Ad-Rock of this group acts in the movie "While We're Young" & says in it, "We're old men"
The Beastie Boys
Matt
|
|
$1,000
[5]
I like to add plenty of this 3-word chopped condiment whose Spanish name means "rooster's beak"
pico de gallo
Matt
|
$1,000
[22]
The roads of this Maine national park on the Atlantic coast travel over 17 unique stone-faced bridges
Acadia National Park
Matt
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Some kinds of white blood cells produce these, proteins that destroy bacteria, viruses & other invaders
antibodies
Christine
|
$1,000
[2]
Let's take one of these, a random criticism
a potshot
Corbett
|
$1,000
[12]
A rhyming title: "Mr. Brown Can" do this! "Can You?"
moo
Christine
|
$1,000
[17]
In an ode to the past, 40-something Nas says, this rotund trio "broke up, rap hasn't been the same since"
The Fat Boys
Christine
|
| HISTORY OF THE WORLD PART II | FLOWERS | POP CULTURE TRANSPORTS | MY KIND OF "TOWN" | PAINTING & SCULPTURE | AN ANTONYM OF... |
|
$400
[7]
Francis II, who became emperor of Austria in 1804, was also the last emperor of this
the Holy Roman Empire
Matt
|
$400
[23]
The hybrid tea is the most popular class of this flower
the rose
Christine
|
$400
[1]
In a 1997 movie this big boat went bye-bye
the Titanic
Matt
|
$400
[30]
You can sample dim sum in this area of San Francisco east of Nob Hill, with restaurants & shops on Grant Avenue
Chinatown
Christine
|
$400
[16]
After this portrait was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, mourners lined up to see the blank space on the wall
the Mona Lisa
Corbett
|
$400
[12]
antonym, in 7 letters
synonym
Matt
|
|
$800
[8]
In 1962 Peter Fechter's pleas for aid went unanswered after he was shot while trying to climb over this
the Berlin Wall
Corbett
|
$800
[2]
Dorothy & her friends encountered a field of these flowers that made them fall asleep
poppies
Matt
|
$800
[15]
This 2015 "Mad Max" reboot featured creations like a Chrysler Valiant Charger on a tank chassis
Fury Road
Corbett
|
$800
[29]
It's not "inside baseball" to say this New York village on Otsego Lake was incorporated in 1807
Cooperstown
Matt
|
$800
[17]
In 2013 his "Scream" appeared on a Norwegian postage stamp celebrating the 150th anniversary of his birth
Edvard Munch
Corbett
|
$800
[28]
virtue; it's a squeezing tool, too
vice
Christine
|
|
$1,200
[9]
In the 16th century Sir Walter Raleigh sailed up the Orinoco in search of this lost city of gold
El Dorado
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of this autumn bloomer is from the Greek for "gold" & "flower"
a chrysanthemum
Matt
|
$1,200
[6]
Songs about these, like Richard Thompson's "1952 Vincent Black Lightning", often seem to end with fatalities
motorcycles
Corbett
|
$1,600
[24]
In a Cameron Crowe movie, Orlando Bloom returns to this Kentucky place
Elizabethtown
Corbett
|
$1,200
[18]
Found on an Aegean island in 1820, at 6'8" she'd make a great basketball player if she had arms
the Venus de Milo
Matt
|
$1,600
[27]
pleasant or easygoing; Mrs. Parker had such a "Circle"
vicious
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1919 it was not "Viva" but "Muera" this Mexican reformer, killed by an agent of Venustiano Carranza
(Emiliano) Zapata
Corbett
|
$1,600
[4]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a flower in Tahiti.) Traditionally, Tahitian men and women wear the Tiare Tahiti, a type of this shrub flower, behind the left ear if they're happily in love, the right ear if they're still looking for that someone special
the gardenia
|
$1,600
[13]
As of 2015 there's one remaining intact example of this super Trans Am from "Knight Rider"
KITT
Christine
|
$2,000
[25]
On the Connecticut River, it was named for its position smack in between the upstream towns & the river mouth
Middletown
Christine
|
$1,600
[19]
Houdon sculpted this French writer & thinker with&with outhis wig
Voltaire
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
untouchable; it starts with a "T" but don't say "touchable"
tangible
Christine
|
|
$2,000
[11]
This WWII battle was named for the area of water between Australia & New Caledonia
the Battle of the Coral Sea
|
$2,000
[5]
In the 1550s the Viennese ambassador to the Ottoman empire introduced these bulb flowers to the Western world
tulips
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
A father & son search the streets of Rome for a stolen transport in this classic 1940s Italian neorealist film
Bicycle Thief
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
About 2.5 miles northwest of the Capitol, it's at the confluence of the Potomac & Rock Creek
Georgetown
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
In the 1730s this British artist painted "A Harlot's Progress" as well as "A Rake's Progress"
(William) Hogarth
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[21]
order; Harvard's Curtis McMullen studies its theory
chaos
Matt
|
A critic said this 1956 poem was "a tirade... against those who do not share the poet's... sexual orientation"
"Howl" (by Allen Ginsberg)