2016 College Championship quarterfinal game 3.
Michael Sieja — a sophomore at Mississippi State University from Huntsville, Alabama
Amanda Rosner — a freshman at Northwestern University from Sandy Springs, Georgia
Sam Deutsch — a junior at the University of Southern California from Bethesda, Maryland
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $2,200 | $3,200 | $13,600 |
$14,401
Automatic semifinalist |
$12,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Amanda | $2,600 | $4,200 | $6,600 |
$13,200
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,600
14 R, 4 W |
| Michael | $800 | $2,600 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$12,200
17 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| HAIL TO THE CHIEF | PREFIX IT FOR ME | DOGGING IT | TV FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS | GOING UNDERWATER | I NEED A SUB |
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$200
[1]
This general's acceptance letter upon receiving the Republican nomination in 1868 included the line "Let us have peace"
(Ulysses) Grant
Amanda
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$200
[6]
-ventilate,-active
hyper-
Sam
|
$200
[11]
It's both the largest state in area in Mexico & the smallest breed of dog
a Chihuahua
Sam
|
$200
[8]
Currently, Bernadette to Howard on "The Big Bang Theory"
wife (married accepted)
Michael
|
$200
[17]
Sunk at this Honolulu location in 1941, the USS Oklahoma was salvaged but sank again en route to California
Pearl Harbor
Sam
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$200
[25]
It started selling sandwiches in 1965 & now claims the title "world's largest restaurant chain"
Subway
Sam
|
|
$400
[2]
The Space Center in Houston is named for this president who was an early advocate of manned space flight
Johnson (LBJ)
Amanda
Michael
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$400
[7]
-precious,-final
semi-
Amanda
|
$400
[12]
This breed seenhereis familiar from a comic strip
a beagle
Amanda
|
$400
[9]
Claire Dunphy to Mitchell Pritchett on "Modern Family"
sister
Sam
|
$400
[21]
The adjective "antediluvian" means before this biblical event
the flood
Michael
|
$400
[27]
This squishy sub filling might be albacore
tuna
Sam
|
|
$600
[3]
He built the first White House stables in 1800 to house his favorite horse, Cleopatra
(John) Adams
Sam
Amanda
|
$600
[10]
-lord,-haul
over-
|
$600
[13]
What's that, Lassie? You say this Scottish breed got popular after royalty got some in the 1860s? Nice fact, girl!
a collie
Michael
|
$600
[14]
Daya Diaz to Aleida Diaz on "Orange Is the New Black"
daughter
Amanda
|
$600
[20]
General term for underwater marine plants & algae, such as kelp
seaweed
|
$600
[30]
In commercials Peyton Manning sings to this kind of sandwich, "you taste so good"
chicken parm
Michael
|
|
$800
[4]
From 1927 to 1935 he served as the presiding judge of Jackson County, Missouri
Truman
Michael
|
$800
[24]
-visor,-natural
super-
Sam
Amanda
|
$1,000
[23]
This short-nosed, short-named breed developed in Asia is sometimes called the largest of the toy dogs
a pug
Amanda
|
$800
[15]
Morty to Rick on "Rick and Morty"
grandson
Sam
|
$800
[19]
This hinged object at the stern below the waterline is controlled to steer a boat
a rudder
Michael
|
$800
[29]
Regional names for submarine sandwiches include hero &, in Philly, this other "H" one
hoagie
Amanda
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The president just before Lincoln, he called slavery "a great political & a great moral evil" but didn't do much about it
Buchanan
Amanda
|
$1,000
[26]
-aircraft,-climax
anti-
Michael
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
Used as a guide for the blind, this German breed gets its name from its habit of striking out with its front legs
a boxer
Michael
|
$1,000
[16]
The Dowager Countess of Grantham to Cora Crawley on "Downton Abbey"
mother-in-law
Amanda
|
$1,000
[18]
It's what the "SC" stands for in scuba
self-contained
Sam
Amanda
|
$1,000
[28]
Jersey Mike's menu offering No. 6 is roast beef & this Italian cheese
provolone
Michael
|
| LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS | KNOW THY BIBLE | LOST IN SPACE | STUFF HAPPENS | REACH FOR THE TOP | "ADD"/"DROP" |
|
$400
[6]
These 2 politically active billionaire brothers share the No. 5 spot on the 2015 Forbes 400
the Koch brothers
Amanda
|
$400
[21]
His is the final name mentioned in the Bible, in Revelation 22:21
Jesus Christ
|
$400
[1]
In "Gravity" she drifts away for a while, but is rescued by George Clooney
Sandra Bullock
Michael
|
$400
[11]
6-letter time of scarcity, like the Irish potato one
famine
Michael
|
$400
[16]
Hillary Step, a 40-foot wall of rock & ice, greets climbers as they approach the summit of this mountain
Everest
Sam
|
$400
[22]
He makes a genie appear by rubbing a lamp
Aladdin
Sam
|
|
$800
[7]
The P in Provera & Prevnar isn't silent, but the one in this drug company that makes them is
Pfizer
Amanda
|
$800
[27]
In Genesis God tells this woman, "Thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee"
Eve
Sam
Amanda
|
$800
[2]
Anne Hathaway is among the travelers far from Earth in space & time in this Christopher Nolan movie
Interstellar
Michael
|
$800
[12]
A meeting at the topmost level of leadership, like the November 2015 G20 one
a summit
Michael
|
$1,200
[18]
Merapi, or "mountain of fire", is a sacred volcano on Java in this country
Indonesia
Michael
|
$800
[23]
It's covering the floor here
a drop cloth
Amanda
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[8]
This Apple co-founder said he never read the "Steve Jobs" book--"I was there"
(Steve) Wozniak
Sam
|
$1,200
[28]
After childbirth, offerings such as turtles & pigeons are required as per this third Bible book
Leviticus
Amanda
|
$1,200
[3]
In this film Benedict Cumberbatch says, "My ship was found adrift; I alone was revived"
Star Trek: Into Darkness
Michael
|
$1,600
[14]
This crisis in U.S. diplomacy lasted from November 1979 to January 1981
the Iran hostage crisis
Sam
|
$1,600
[19]
Mount Corno is the highest peak in this Italian range that stretches 870 miles north to south
Apennines
Amanda
Michael
|
$1,200
[24]
The universal caution code "H" on a prescription means it's possible the drug will lead to this
addiction
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Its website says, "Since 1945" this company "has been serving do-it-yourself movers and their households"
U-Haul
Michael
|
$1,600
[30]
Korah rebels against Aaron & this man
Moses
|
$1,600
[4]
General Zod escapes from a black hole prison in this 2013 film, a nickname for the hero
Man of Steel
Michael
|
$2,000
[15]
Celebrating its 1960 independence, October 1st is a national holiday in this country
Nigeria
Sam
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
The real colossus of this Greek island is Mount Attavyros, its highest peak at 3,986 feet
Rhodes
Sam
|
$1,600
[26]
A stage's rear curtain, or the setting for any event
backdrop
Sam
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2015 Jack Dorsey became "permanent CEO" of this online co. & immediately posted about slashing 8% of its work force
Twitter
|
$2,000
[29]
The resurrection of him by Jesus isshownherein a Caravaggio painting
Lazarus
Michael
|
$2,000
[5]
In "Europa Report" Sharlto Copley drifts helplessly away from his ship after an accident near this planet
Jupiter
Sam
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
In 2015 Drew Brees threw for 7 TDs on November 1, which fittingly is this religious holiday
All Saints' Day
Michael
|
$2,000
[20]
Mount Caubvick, Labrador's highest peak, lies on the border with this province
Quebec
|
$2,000
[25]
An enclosed grazing area for horses
a paddock
|
This word follows January (China, 1967); March (Germany, 1848); July (France, 1830) & famously, October
Revolution