Ben Almoite — a government and law librarian from Richmond, Virginia
Ellen Huber — a human resources director from Morrisville, Pennsylvania
Amelia Hershberger — a management analyst from Albany, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $37,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amelia | $-200 | $4,000 | $6,000 |
$6,000
3-day champion: $43,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Ellen | $-600 | $-800 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,000
7 R, 4 W |
| Ben | $3,400 | $4,800 | $3,000 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE HOME | I'M THE KING OF THE WORLD | I'LL HAVE WHAT SHE'S HAVING | IF YOU BUILD "IT", HE WILL COME | THE DUDE ABIDES | MOVIE CATCHPHRASES |
|
$200
[10]
Steel titan Andrew Carnegie helped transform American industry but was born in this country
Scotland
Ellen
|
$200
[12]
In the 1490s the pope gave this Spanish king the title "the Catholic"
Ferdinand
Ben
|
$200
[6]
M'lady has ordered the sevruga type of this, sieved & lightly salted fish roe, as will I
caviar
Ben
|
$200
[20]
A kid's hand covering in the shape of Michigan's lower peninsula
a mitt
|
$200
[22]
When the Dude's carpet is soiled, he worries not, for it will be cleaned by a Roomba, one of these that also starts with "ro"
a robot
Ben
|
$200
[2]
"There's no place like home"
The Wizard of Oz
Ben
|
|
$400
[30]
Architect Julia Morgan designed a home with 61 bathrooms for William Randolph Hearst at this Calif. town
San Simeon
|
$400
[13]
This Shakespeare king says he's "a very foolish fond old man" & asks his daughter to "forget and forgive"
Lear
Amelia
|
$400
[7]
Sausages with an outside covering like pie dough are called these cozy porkers, & I'd also like some
pigs in a blanket
Ellen
|
$400
[16]
In grammar "the" is this type of article
definite
Amelia
Ben
|
$400
[23]
If he doesn't knock down all the pins on his first roll but he gets the rest on his second, he "picks up" this
the spare
Amelia
|
$400
[3]
"I'm the king of the world!"
Titanic
Ben
|
|
$600
[27]
The Vandals conquered parts of Italy, Spain & Africa but their first home may have been this Danish peninsula
Jutland
|
$600
[14]
He's Poseidon's son; in a Disney movie, he's the undersea king
Triton
Amelia
|
$600
[8]
An extra stout beer from this Irish brand dating back to 1759? Make it 2, lad!
Guinness
Ellen
|
$600
[17]
A church sermon is delivered on this platform; can I get a witness?
a pulpit
Amelia
|
$600
[24]
If the bartender gives him a Black Russian, he just adds a little of this & now it's a White Russian
milk (or cream)
Amelia
|
$600
[4]
"If you build it, he will come"
Field of Dreams
Ben
|
|
$800
[28]
In 1926 Zane Grey built an elaborate home on this island off Los Angeles, where he spent most of the rest of his life
Catalina
Ben
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
In 1747 this Prussian king presented a musical theme to Bach, who used it to develop his "Musical Offering"
Frederick the Great
Amelia
|
$800
[9]
Yes, I'll also try this "hunter style" dish with chicken, mushrooms, onions, tomatoes, herbs & wine
cacciatore
Amelia
|
$800
[18]
SMU's school motto is this "liberabit vos", or "the truth will make you free"
veritas
|
$800
[25]
The Dude isn't a fan of the Eagles, but he can abide the solo career of this member & his songs like "Boys Of Summer"
Don Henley
Ellen
|
$800
[5]
"I'll have what she's having"
When Harry Met Sally...
Ellen
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Henry Flagler's Palm Beach, Florida estate was named this, also the name of a "pale" London palace
Whitehall
Amelia
|
$1,000
[21]
Africa's last absolute monarch, King Mswati III of this country has 15 wives but only 13 royal palaces
Swaziland
|
$1,000
[11]
Oo... lamb chunks marinated & served on a skewer or in a pita... this Greek word sounds good to me, as well!
souvlaki
Amelia
Ellen
|
$1,000
[19]
A substance put into food during processing for preservation or coloring
an additive
Amelia
Ellen
|
$1,000
[26]
When the Dude gets a rash, some of this zinc carbonate lotion makes everything better
calamine
Amelia
|
$1,000
[1]
"The Dude abides"
The Big Lebowski
Ben
|
| I AM THE CAPTAIN NOW | WHO READS | THIS CATEGORY HAS BEEN FLAGGED | DOUBLE ANIMAL NAMES | ANTONYM & CLEOPATRA | BIBLICAL GEOGRAPHY |
|
$400
[17]
The New York Yankees,2003-2014
(Derek) Jeter
Ben
|
$400
[1]
With 43 mil., this magazine has 1 of the largest weekly U.S. readerships; it'll be even bigger when I'm voted "Sexiest Man Alive"
People
Amelia
|
$400
[18]
It's the rather cheerful name for the flag seen here
Jolly Roger
Ben
|
$400
[6]
A canine trained to retrieve fallen avian creatures, or a person who steals another person's date
a bird dog
Amelia
|
$1,200
[7]
Cleo was a royal, not this antonym also found before "sense" & "law"
common
Ellen
|
$1,600
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Scholars believe the Exodus didn't go across the Red Sea, but somewhere on land between two bodies of water--this sea &this gulf
the Gulf of Suez & the Mediterranean Sea
|
|
$800
[16]
The America's cup-winning Courageous,1977
Ted Turner
Ben
|
$800
[2]
New York Times bestseller lists now track top sales in fiction & nonfiction by combining print & this type of book
an e-book
Ellen
|
$800
[19]
Seen here, the Washington Monument is encircled by this manyflags
50
Ben
|
$800
[12]
The 3 French hens were a fine gift, as were the 2 of these reddish-brown ground feeders of the pigeon family
turtledoves
Ben
|
$1,600
[8]
Cleopatra's charms made her not repellent but this opposite, from the Latin ducere, "to lead"
seductive
Ben
|
$2,000
[23]
This garden where Jesus prayed before his arrest was near the Mount of Olives
the Garden of Gethsemane
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The U.S. Olympic basketball "Dream Team",1992(one of the 2 co-captains)
Magic Johnson (or Larry Bird)
Ellen
|
$1,200
[3]
Based in Baton Rouge, Tiger Rag magazine calls itself "the bible of" this school's sports teams
LSU
Ben
|
$1,200
[20]
A seminal L.A. punk band of the 1980s, or what a NASCAR driver gets if he's caught speeding on pit road
Black Flag
Amelia
|
$1,600
[14]
It's a type of panda, or the nickname of the university of Cincinnati sports teams
bearcats
Ben
|
$2,000
[24]
Cleopatra's nose is believed to have been this antonym of "straight", referring specifically to an eagle's beak
aquiline
Ben
|
— |
|
$1,600
[10]
The U.S. Ryder Cup team,1983 & '87
Jack Nicklaus
Ben
|
$1,600
[4]
Justice Stephen Breyer said that on finishing this Proust work he promptly reread it & "that happens... to many readers"
Remembrance of Things Past
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
The main flag on a warship is called this, also a rank in the Navy
the ensign
Amelia
|
$2,000
[15]
This sea creature feeds on penguins & is named for its black-spotted gray coat
the leopard seal
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[11]
The Dallas Cowboys, 2015:Dan Bailey, Barry Church, Sean Lee, Jason Witten & him
Tony Romo
Ben
|
$2,000
[5]
U.S. investors pore over The Wall Street Journal; in London they mainline this daily paper begun in 1884
the Financial Times
Amelia
|
$2,000
[22]
Gilbert Baker created the rainbow flag & this man rode in a parade with one shortly before his 1978 assassination
Harvey Milk
Ellen
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
Emerging from eggs the size of footballs, newly hatched young of this largest living fish are 2 feet long
the whale shark
Ben
|
— | — |
In Verne's "Journey to the Center of the Earth", explorers enter an Icelandic volcano & emerge on this island off Sicily
Stromboli