Gerry Matatics — a speaker and writer from Scranton, Pennsylvania
Sonam Shah — a healthcare consultant originally from Greenville, South Carolina
Fred Vaughn — an Internet operations technician from Mineral Point, Wisconsin (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred | $3,000 | $4,800 | $20,800 |
$13,300
3-day champion: $49,600 |
$20,800
24 R, 2 W |
| Sonam | $3,600 | $6,400 | $16,200 |
$3,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
19 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Gerry | $200 | $4,200 | $8,600 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
12 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE NORTHERNMOST STATE CAPITAL | SCIENCE UPDATE | RADIO | HOUSE PROUD | SPORTS CENTER | "E-S-P-N" |
|
$200
[4]
Bismarck, Boise, Baton Rouge
Bismarck
Fred
|
$200
[6]
A single "leap" of this time unit was added to June 30, 2015; we hope you used it well
second
Fred
Sonam
|
$200
[5]
2-word name for the identifying designation of a radio station, like KABC
call sign (or call letters)
Sonam
|
$200
[25]
Aputiak is another name for this dwelling of northern North America
an igloo
Sonam
|
$200
[1]
As a pitcher, he was 94-46, but it's the 714 career homers for which he's best remembered
Babe Ruth
Gerry
|
$200
[2]
A state of intense irritation
exasperation
Fred
|
|
$400
[3]
Salt Lake City, Sacramento, Salem
Salem
Fred
|
$400
[8]
Scientists at the University of Glasgow created a service robot that can sort & fold this
laundry
Fred
|
$400
[13]
It's a schedule of songs to be played at a station; in a 2008 movie title, it was "Infinite"
playlist
Sonam
|
$400
[26]
A "caravan" in England, in the U.S. it's called this dwelling that may go from place to place
a mobile home
Fred
|
$400
[7]
In 2011 this former star quarterback became general manager of the Denver Broncos
(John) Elway
Sonam
|
$400
[17]
What those in Madrid call their country
España
Fred
|
|
$600
[10]
Tallahassee, Austin, Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City
Sonam
|
$600
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) In 2015, NASA said there appears to be a saltwaterocean, with more water than exists on the surface Earth, beneath the icy crust of Ganymede, the largest moon of this planet
Jupiter
Sonam
|
$600
[21]
2-word term for a brief recording of a person giving a quote, used as part of a news story
a sound bite
Sonam
|
$800
[28]
"Pub" is short for this; at one time, they were compelled to lodge travelers
a public house
Gerry
|
$600
[9]
Names associated with this event held annually in May include Spend a Buck, Twenty Grand &, of course, Regret
the Kentucky Derby
Fred
|
$600
[18]
Spies do it
espionage
Gerry
|
|
$800
[11]
Boston, Concord, Hartford
Concord
Sonam
|
$800
[15]
In 2015 the earliest known case of this blood cancer was identified in a 7,000-year-old skeleton from Germany
leukemia
Sonam
|
$800
[24]
It's the act of setting a record on a turntable in position for immediate play
to queue
Gerry
|
$1,000
[29]
Look out below! Just west of Colorado Springs is the site called the Manitou these Native American "dwellings"
cliff dwellings
|
$800
[22]
The Lady Byng (for gentlemanly conduct) & Vezina (for getting in the way really well) are trophies given by this league
the National Hockey League
Fred
|
$800
[19]
This artificial language came into being in 1887
Esperanto
Gerry
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Denver, Des Moines, Nashville
Des Moines
Fred
|
$1,000
[16]
In 2015 astronomers found 2 giant ones orbiting each other at the center of a nearby quasar
black holes
Fred
|
$1,000
[30]
Radio term for the rush-hour morning & evening periods when people are likely to listen in their cars
drive time
Fred
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
New Orleans has many of these narrow, elongated dwellings named for a type of firearm
shotguns
Sonam
|
$1,000
[23]
Son of former NBA-er Mychal, he's one of the champion Warriors' Splash Brothers
Klay Thompson
Fred
|
$1,000
[20]
An open, level space for walking, like the one in Boston
an esplanade
Gerry
|
| RECENT AFRICAN HISTORY | MUSIC | A LITTLE ALLITERATION | TV SHOWS BY CHARACTERS | IRISH PLAYWRIGHTS | ALWAYS READY: THE U.S. COAST GUARD |
|
$400
[13]
In Sept. 2015 Liberia, one of the 3 countries hardest hit by this terrible disease, was declared free of it
Ebola
Gerry
|
$400
[11]
Naturally, blue notes are a characteristic of this 1924 Gershwin concert piece
"Rhapsody In Blue"
Fred
|
$400
[1]
French phrase for a dangerous woman
femme fatale
Gerry
|
$400
[3]
Katrina Crane, the Headless Horseman
Sleepy Hollow
Sonam
|
$400
[26]
"Exiles", his only surviving play, draws from "The Dead", the final story in "Dubliners"
James Joyce
Fred
|
$400
[19]
Her last radio communication was July 2, 1937 with the cutter Itasca, which immediately sped off to search for her
Amelia Earhart
Sonam
|
|
$800
[15]
From 1960 to 1990 this political party was banned & was forced to operate underground & outside South Africa's borders
the African National Congress
Fred
|
$800
[12]
"The King Amuses Himself" by Victor Hugo was adapted into "Rigoletto" by this composer
(Giuseppe) Verdi
Fred
|
$800
[2]
It's a single bet placed on the winners of 2 horse races on the same day
a daily double
Fred
|
$800
[4]
Horshack, Epstein, Barbarino
Welcome Back, Kotter
Sonam
|
$800
[27]
When the Abbey Theatre opened on December 27, 1904, 2 of this poet-founder's plays were staged
(William Butler) Yeats
Gerry
|
$800
[20]
Dutifully guarding this city's harbor in April 1861, the Harriet Lane fired a cannon shot, the first Civil War shot from a ship
Charleston
Sonam
|
|
$1,200
[18]
This leader was born in a tent near Surt, Libya, the town where he would die in 2011
Muammar Gaddafi
Fred
|
$1,200
[14]
A song by Morrissey is called this 4-letter woodwind "Concerto"
oboe
Fred
|
$1,200
[6]
This traditional Christmas dessert is made with suet, currants, raisins, almonds & spices, but rarely the fruit in its name
plum pudding
Gerry
|
$1,200
[5]
Agent Melinda May, Director Phil Coulson
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Fred
|
$1,200
[28]
Martin McDonagh moved from theater to film, using this Irish actor as his alter ego in "Seven Psychopaths"
Colin Farrell
|
$1,200
[21]
The Coast Guard had a new type of smuggling to fight when this was enacted in 1920; the "war" lasted more than a decade
Prohibition
Sonam
|
|
$1,600
[24]
The 2-word name of this terrorist group founded in Nigeria has been translated as "Western education is forbidden"
Boko Haram
Fred
|
$1,600
[16]
Amilcare Ponchielli is known for this opera, also an alternative title for the "Mona Lisa"
La Gioconda ( La Gioconde accepted)
Gerry
|
$1,600
[7]
Funny quotes from a movie, or a nicer way of referring to crow's-feet
laugh lines
Sonam
|
$1,600
[8]
Police detective Lennie Briscoe, D.A. Adam Schiff
Law & Order
Fred
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
After World War II he began writing mostly in French instead of his native tongue
Samuel Beckett
Gerry
|
$1,600
[22]
The "Roots" of this author include his Coast Guard service, where his fellow crewmen paid him to write their love letters
(Alex) Haley
Sonam
|
|
$2,000
[25]
In 2015 Mohammed Morsi of this country was sentenced to 20 years for inciting violence against protestors
Egypt
Fred
|
$2,000
[17]
This "Carmina Burana" composer developed a music education system for kids that's widely used today
(Carl) Orff
Fred
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Helvetica is this kind of typeface that by definition lacks the fine cross-strokes at the top & bottom of letters
sans serif
Sonam
|
$2,000
[9]
Selina Meyer, Jonah Ryan
Veep
Sonam
|
$2,000
[30]
His "Juno and the Paycock" was set during the Irish Civil War
Sean O'Casey
Gerry
|
$2,000
[23]
The only member of the USCG to receive the Medal of Honor is Douglas Munro, killed evacuating Marines in this 1942 S. Pacific battle
Guadalcanal
Fred
Sonam
|
The 1970 follow-up line "We've had a main B bus undervolt" was addressed to a listener in this city
Houston