Sean Anderson — a law professor from Champaign, Illinois
Becky Sullivan — a news producer originally from Kansas City, Missouri
Dennis Golin — a video editor from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $59,099)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $400 | $2,200 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Becky | $800 | $1,200 | $6,000 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sean | $5,000 | $5,600 | $15,600 |
$19,199
New champion: $19,199 |
$17,600
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NHL TEAMS | RHYME TIME | BIBLICAL MENAGERIE | ODD COMPETITIONS | BLACK & WHITE | U.S. BODIES OF WATER |
|
$200
[8]
In 2006 they dropped the word "mighty" from their name
the Ducks
Dennis
|
$200
[19]
Self-help book for a woman on her wedding day
a bride guide
Dennis
|
$200
[21]
After one of these "roared against him", Samson killed it with his bare hands
a lion
Becky
|
$200
[26]
Head over to the U.K. for the RPS championships--that's rock paper this
scissors
Sean
|
$400
[16]
Opposites attract & interact in this symbol of Chinese philosophy
yin-yang
Becky
|
$400
[3]
This remnant of Lake Bonneville is the second-largest lake by surface area entirely within the United States
the Great Salt Lake
Sean
|
|
$400
[1]
They sport the logo seen here
the Tampa Bay Lightning
Dennis
|
$400
[13]
A slender arm or leg
a slim limb
Becky
|
$400
[22]
"It is easier for" one of these "to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God"
a camel
Sean
|
$400
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew plays some hard rock riffs with no instrument.) I wonder if I'm good enough to enter the U.S. championships for this, held annually since 2003
air guitar
Becky
|
$600
[9]
Set in silent-era Hollywood, in 2012 it became the first mainly B&W best picture Oscar winner since "Schindler's List"
The Artist
Dennis
|
$600
[2]
Wind your way through Hells Canyon while rafting on this river
the Snake River
Dennis
|
|
$600
[6]
For much of the '80s, '90s & 2000s, Mario Lemieux was their team captain
the (Pittsburgh) Penguins
Dennis
|
$600
[12]
A ginormous mold or mushroom
a humongous fungus
Sean
|
$600
[23]
Proverbs compares a "fair woman which is without discretion" to a jewel in this animal's snout
a pig
Dennis
|
$600
[11]
You might be one of these if you're tossing toilet seat horseshoes at the Natl. these Games in Georgia, an annual fundraiser
Redneck
Sean
|
$800
[17]
This3-word item began appearing regularly on supermarket products in the 1970s
the Universal Product Code
Dennis
Sean
|
$800
[4]
In "Take Me Home, Country Roads", John Denver sings of "West Virginia, Blue Ridge Mountains", this river
the Shenandoah River
Sean
|
|
$800
[7]
With 24, including one pre-NHL victory, they've won the most Stanley Cups
the (Montreal) Canadiens
Dennis
Sean
|
$800
[14]
A safe place to store your sodium chloride
a salt vault
Sean
|
$800
[27]
In the second plague, "Aaron stretched out his hand over the waters" & these amphibians covered the land of Egypt
frogs
Sean
|
$800
[25]
Winners of the North American wife carrying championship get a cash prize plus the wife's weight in this beverage
beer
Dennis
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
In winter, this weasel, whose fur was once prized by royalty, has a a white coat with a black-tipped tail
an ermine
Becky
|
$1,000
[5]
The Suwannee River flows from this swamp in southern Georgia, across Florida, to the Gulf of Mexico
the Okefenokee
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This alliterative team is the oldest NHL team in the U.S.
the Boston Bruins
Becky
|
$1,000
[15]
Any action word used in a short publicity statement
a verb blurb
Sean
|
$1,000
[28]
In Luke, Jesus compared Herod to this crafty creature
a fox
|
$1,000
[24]
Start practicing for the mobile phone throwing world championships held in this country, the birthplace of Nokia
Finland
Dennis
|
— | — |
| FICTIONAL SCHOOLS | EUROPEAN HISTORY | HODGEPODGE | "LIN" SANITY | POWER TRANSMISSION | HIGH TENSION LINES |
|
$400
[1]
Pencey prep is full of phonies, according to Holden Caulfield in this book
Catcher in the Rye
Becky
|
$400
[20]
Napoleon Bonaparte escaped imprisonment on this island in 1815 & briefly staged a comeback
Elba
Dennis
|
$400
[29]
These red-dressed officials of the Catholic church are addressed as "Your Eminence"
cardinals
Sean
|
$400
[26]
Pasta in long narrow flat strips
linguine
Becky
|
$400
[30]
This type of current is generally preferred for long-distance power transmission
A.C. (alternating current)
Dennis
Sean
|
$400
[28]
"Once the bus goes 50 miles an hour, the bomb is armed"
Speed
Becky
|
|
$800
[2]
Dotheboys Hall is the place for learning in the Dickens work named for this alliterative lad
Nicholas Nickleby
Sean
|
$800
[5]
A marble throne believed to be used by him during his reign from 768 to 814 is in a cathedral in Aachen, Germany
Charlemagne
Sean
|
$800
[8]
The Masters is played at this par 72 golf course designed by Alister MacKenzie, with some help from Bobby Jones
Augusta
Dennis
|
$800
[10]
Flooring material seen here
linoleum
Becky
|
$800
[12]
Megatron, Firestar or an electrical device that converts voltage
a transformer
Sean
|
$800
[27]
"You wanna get Capone? Here's how you get him. He pulls a knife, you pull a gun"
The Untouchables
Sean
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Located on a ship far from Earth, Battle School is where this title kid goes to learn how to fight in zero g
Ender
Becky
|
$1,200
[6]
Due to landlords' oppression, in 1524 German peasants were this--& to quote "The Wizard of Id", you can say that again
revolting
Sean
|
$1,200
[11]
Chanel calls it "the now and forever fragrance"
No. 5
Dennis
|
$1,200
[15]
A medicinal liquid rubbed into the skin to reduce pain
a liniment
Sean
|
$1,200
[18]
Optical fibers carry light pulses using thin strands usually made of plastic or this silicate
glass
|
$1,200
[22]
"I guess that was your accomplice in the wood chipper"
Fargo
Dennis
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Don't stand so close to his novel "Pnin", about a Russian emigre teaching his native language at Waindell College
(Vladimir) Nabokov
Dennis
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
Because of this natural event in southern Italy, London replaced Rome as the host of the 1908 Olympic games
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Sean
|
$1,600
[13]
The plot of this interlude by Rimsky-Korsakov: a prince turns into an insect & stings his villainous relatives
"Flight Of The Bumblebee"
Sean
|
$1,600
[16]
This object inserted into an axle to hold in a wheel has come to mean any person or thing deemed essential
a linchpin
Becky
|
$1,600
[19]
Pacific Gas & Electric touts its "smart" version of this electricity distribution network
a grid
Dennis
|
$2,000
[24]
"Run to the light, Carol Anne! Run as fast as you can!"
Poltergeist
Sean
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Hold me, baby, & tell me the title of this Kazuo Ishiguro tale of Hailsham & its special students
Never Let Me Go
|
$2,000
[9]
Once married to England's Queen Mary, the II Spanish king of this name sent the Armada against England
Philip
Dennis
|
$2,000
[14]
Thisstyle of furniture was the first in England named after a cabinetmaker & not a monarch
Chippendale
Dennis
|
$2,000
[17]
This oil often used in paints comes from the flax plant
linseed oil
Sean
|
$2,000
[21]
The old-school way to transfer power is to usegears, friction & the like, letting this type of energy work for you
mechanical (kinetic accepted)
Dennis
|
DD
$11,000
[23]
"What am I supposed to do? You won't answer my calls. You change your number... I'm not gonna be ignored"
Fatal Attraction
Dennis
|
The flower picturedhereis called this, also a disparaging term for people on the political left
a bleeding heart