Adrien Schless-Meier — a philanthropist from Washington, D.C.
Steven Wolfe — a lifeguard from Laguna Hills, California
Fred Vaughn — an Internet operations technician from Mineral Point, Wisconsin (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | $2,000 | $4,400 | $16,800 |
$20,300
2-day champion: $36,300 |
$15,000
25 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Steven | $600 | $2,800 | $7,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
13 R, 3 W |
| Adrien | $2,200 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| BEE WORDS | ANNUAL EVENTS | BILLS, BILLS, BILLS | WHAT'D I SAY? | ON THIS CONTINENT | "AT" THE MOVIES |
|
$200
[19]
Also called nettle rash, they're characterized by itchy red or white patches
hives
Fred
Steven
Adrien
|
$200
[11]
A fence painting contest is a highlight of National Tom Sawyer Days in this Missouri city
Hannibal
Fred
|
$200
[10]
The very tip of the fluke on this heavy nautical item is sometimes called the bill
an anchor
Fred
|
$200
[8]
Eero Saarinen:"I think of" this field "as the total of man's man-made physical surroundings"
architecture
Fred
|
$200
[1]
The former country Abyssinia
Africa
Fred
Adrien
|
$200
[4]
Henry Mancini & Johnny Mercer won an Oscar for their song "Moon River" from this movie
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Fred
|
|
$400
[20]
It's a region politically controlled by a distant country such as Angola by Portugal before its independence
a colony
Steven
|
$400
[12]
The dancing seenhereis part of these games that take place in many countries
Highland Games
Fred
|
$400
[25]
This important 10-item list was signed by Speaker Frederick Muhlenberg & Senate President John Adams
the Bill of Rights
Steven
|
$400
[5]
Daniel Bell:"Capitalism, it is said, is a system wherein man exploits man. And" this "is vice versa"
communism
Adrien
|
$400
[2]
The state of Paraiba
South America
Steven
|
$400
[6]
Ray Walston played the put-upon history teacher Mr. Hand in this comedy
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Steven
|
|
$600
[21]
It's an elaborate confidence game like the one pulled off by Paul Newman & Robert Redford in a 1973 film
a sting
Fred
|
$600
[13]
The film festival in this Colorado village kicks off each Labor Day weekend with a barbecue on Main Street
Telluride
Fred
|
$600
[26]
This food & game fish gets its name from its elongated bill that it uses as a weapon
a swordfish
Adrien
|
$600
[9]
Bart Giamatti:This game "breaks your heart. It is designed to break your heart"
baseball
Steven
|
$600
[3]
Mesa Verde, explored by Gustaf Nordenskiold
North America
Adrien
|
$600
[7]
The sequel to this 2006 film was subtitled "Battle of the Smithsonian"
Night at the Museum
Adrien
|
|
$800
[29]
There are several shapes of these atop chickens' heads, including the rose, the walnut & the pea
a comb
Adrien
|
$800
[14]
Texans celebrate San Jacinto Day on April 21 to honor this general's defeat of Santa Anna in 1836
(Sam) Houston
Fred
Adrien
|
$800
[27]
This gunslinger had a ruder nickname--"Duck Bill"; seeif you think it fits
Wild Bill Hickok
|
$800
[22]
Mario Cuomo:"We campaign in poetry. But when we're elected we're forced to govern in" this style
prose
Fred
|
$800
[15]
The city of Timisoara
Europe
Fred
Steven
|
$800
[16]
Burt Lancaster was Wyatt Earp & Dennis Hopper was Billy Clanton in this 1957 Western
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
Fred
Steven
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In its most basic form, a bagpipe consists of a melody pipe & this that produces a single constant note
a drone
Steven
|
$1,000
[18]
During the Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield in this state, James' failed 1876 bank robbery is re-enacted
Minnesota
Fred
|
$1,000
[28]
A carrier may issue a shipper a "bill of" this, an old word for freight or the act of putting it on a transport
lading
Steven
|
DD
$1,000
[24]
Abe Lincoln:"If" this general "isn't going to use his army, I'd like to borrow it for a time"
George McClellan
Fred
|
$1,000
[23]
The Republic of Tannu-Tuva, now Tyva
Asia
Fred
Adrien
|
$1,000
[17]
Nicolas Cage played Sailor Ripley in this David Lynch film
Wild at Heart
Fred
|
| SPELLING BEE WORDS | TREATIES | GEOGRAPHICAL MUSIC GROUPS | WOMEN AUTHORS | LANGUAGES | INVENTIVE MINDS |
|
$400
[1]
This table has the days of the month & year
C-A-L-E-N-D-A-R
Adrien
|
$400
[26]
The 1948 Brussels Treaty led to the formation of this 1949 military alliance that has "Treaty" in its full name
NATO
Steven
|
$400
[6]
"Saturday In The Park"(1972)
Chicago
Fred
|
$400
[20]
She divorced her husband & moved to France to look back at America & write "The Age of Innocence"
Edith Wharton
Adrien
|
$400
[7]
Aleut is spoken in Alaska & also on this country's Bering Island
Russia
Adrien
|
$400
[21]
Elmer Berger, credited with inventing this auto accessory, helped us all take a look back
the rearview mirror
Fred
|
|
$800
[2]
Joyous or cheerful, like Noel Coward's title "Spirit"
B-L-I-T-H-E
Adrien
|
$800
[24]
12 nations signed a 1959 treaty making this a demilitarized zone preserved for (chilly) scientific research
Antarctica
Fred
|
$800
[5]
"Take My Breath Away"(1986)
Berlin
Fred
|
$800
[17]
"Money and a room of her own" is what she said a woman needed in order to write fiction
Virginia Woolf
Adrien
|
$800
[11]
This Romance language is the official language of Gabon, Vanuatu & Monaco
French
Fred
|
$800
[22]
In 1826 chemist John Walker dipped cardboard strips into a special solution, creating the first "friction" these
matches
Steven
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The "boogie woogie flu" has been known to accompany the "rockin'" type of this ailment
P-N-E-U-M-O-N-I-A
Fred
|
$1,200
[25]
Bayer lost trademarks to aspirin & heroin under the terms of this 1919 treaty
the Treaty of Versailles
Fred
|
$1,200
[9]
1976's"More Than a Feeling"
Boston
Fred
|
$1,200
[16]
This 500-million-copy-selling author of sexy novels like "Lucky" & "Hollywood Wives" passed away in 2015
Jackie Collins
Fred
|
$1,600
[14]
Hungarian is spoken by almost 10% of the population of this country; makes sense if you look at the map, doesn't it?
Slovakia
Steven
Adrien
|
$1,200
[23]
For his work with the iconoscope & the kinescope, Vladimir Zworykin is called "The Father of" this medium
television
Steven
|
|
$1,600
[4]
A scary New Testament quartet is known as the Four Horsemen of it
A-P-O-C-A-L-Y-P-S-E
Fred
Steven
|
$1,600
[27]
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was signed in 1972 by President Nixon & this Soviet leader
Leonid Brezhnev
Fred
|
$1,600
[10]
From the '70s,"Love Hurts"
Nazareth
Fred
|
$2,000
[19]
Starring Detective Hercule Poirot, Agatha Christie's 1st murder mystery was titled "The Mysterious Affair at" this estate
Styles
|
$2,000
[15]
The official language of Aragon between 1137 & 1749, it's now a co-official language in 3 areas of Spain
Catalan
Adrien
|
$1,600
[29]
Lucky for us, in the 1850s he invented the elevator brake
Otis
Fred
|
|
$2,000
[8]
French word for a phase of the moon or a buttery pastry
C-R-O-I-S-S-A-N-T
Steven
|
$2,000
[28]
Opening China to Western trade, 1842's Treaty of Nanjing ended this war that sounds like it had sleepy soldiers
the Opium War
|
$2,000
[12]
"Dirt"(a 2-state country group)
Florida Georgia Line
Fred
|
DD
$3,600
[18]
In "Delta Wedding" Eudora Welty told the tale of a large Southern plantation family in this state
Mississippi
Adrien
|
DD
$4,000
[13]
It's spoken in & around Guangzhou & its name includes the city's old name
Cantonese
Fred
|
— |
Among the guests attending their anniversary party in 2005 celebrating 75 years were Dick Tracy, Dilbert & Dennis the Menace
Dagwood & Blondie