Shana Macks — an educator from Arlington, Massachusetts
Brian Worthington — a computer programmer from Lewisville, Texas
Tim Kutz — a data conversion manager from Ogden, Utah (whose 1-day cash winnings total $46,599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $3,000 | $5,800 | $20,900 |
$16,900
2-day champion: $63,499 |
$17,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Brian | $1,800 | $3,800 | $9,400 |
$3,901
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 2 W |
| Shana | $4,400 | $6,000 | $12,400 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| ARCHIE: 75 YEARS | AN "IQ" TEST | THE STORY OF THE 21st CENTURY | SHAKESPEAREAN GEOGRAPHY | KEY | PEEL |
|
$200
[26]
In 2013 Mac cosmetics introduced Archie's Girls, a line named for these 2 rivals for Archie's attention
Betty & Veronica
Brian
|
$200
[11]
A distilled beverage like whiskey or tequila
a liquor
Shana
|
$200
[6]
The 2011 great Sendai earthquake caused a series of these that in turn triggered the Fukushima nuclear accident
tsunamis
Shana
|
$200
[1]
This city's Boar's Head Inn is a favorite hangout of Falstaff & his friends
London
Shana
|
$200
[16]
If you're shooting from the top of the key, you're trying to score in this sport
basketball
Tim
|
$200
[21]
An episode of "Mythbusters" examined the slipperiness of these peels, a staple of slapstick comedy
banana peels
Shana
|
|
$400
[27]
Archie lives in this Midwestern town based on Hiawatha, Kansas, where creator John Goldwater once lived
Riverdale
Tim
|
$400
[12]
It was Emily Post's specialty
etiquette
Tim
|
$400
[7]
He resigned in 2013, saying "due to an advanced age", he was no longer suited to lead the Petrine ministry
Pope Benedict XVI
Shana
|
$400
[2]
Hometown of the Montagues & the Capulets
Verona
Brian
|
$400
[17]
His most famous work was completed in a Baltimore hotel room in 1814
Francis Scott Key
Brian
|
$400
[22]
As with garlic, when the shallot bulb is peeled, it separates into 2 or more segments called these
cloves
Brian
|
|
$600
[28]
In 1962 Archie comics introduced this teenage witch who sometimes helps Archie & the gang with their problems
Sabrina
Tim
|
$600
[13]
It's a small block of compressed coal dust used for barbecue fuel
briquette
Brian
|
$600
[8]
Mike Piazza & this son of a Major Leaguer are the 2 sluggers joining the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2016
Ken Griffey, Jr.
Tim
|
$600
[3]
This Danish castle also called Kronborg is the setting for much of "Hamlet"
Elsinore
Shana
|
$600
[18]
A tagline for this 1948 Bogart film read, "Gun fury in the tropics!"
Key Largo
Shana
|
$600
[23]
A metaphor talks about "peeling back the layers" of this bulb
an onion
Tim
|
|
$800
[29]
An inspiration for Archie was this 1930s & '40s movie series starring Mickey Rooney as a typical teenager
Andy Hardy
Shana
|
$800
[14]
It's a French term for an essay evaluating a literary work
a critique
Brian
|
$800
[9]
(I'm New York Timesreporter Andrea Elliott.) I did extensive reporting on the scandal that broke in 2004 over the treatment of Iraqi prisoners at this prison near Baghdad
Abu Ghraib
Shana
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
The final 3 scenes of "Richard III" take place on this battle site
Bosworth (Field)
Shana
|
$800
[19]
What the priest uses to lock doors after mass, or a slang term for a bottle opener
a church key
Brian
|
$800
[24]
The Calimyrna type of this fruit has green skin; the Mission kind has a purplish-black skin
a fig
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[30]
A straight "F" student, this star athleteis overly protective of his long-time girlfriend Midge
Moose (Mason)
Tim
|
$1,000
[15]
Adjective for something that's been made obsolete or is just too old-fashioned
an antique
Tim
|
$1,000
[10]
The over 150-year-old investment bank named for these brothers went under in the 2008 financial crisis
the Lehman Brothers
Tim
|
$1,000
[5]
This city in northern Italy known for its university is the setting for "The Taming of the Shrew"
Padua
Shana
|
$1,000
[20]
Golden Key is the college world's largest of this type of society that the Brits spell with a "U"
an honor society
Brian
|
$1,000
[25]
Eat this tropical fruit peeled--its skin contains a substance called urushiol that can cause an allergic reaction
a mango
|
| WHO PLAYED 'EM? | MOROCCO | PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SONGS | MUSEUMS | AMERICAN INVENTORS | THINKING VERBS |
|
$400
[3]
Superagent Ari Gold on "Entourage"
Jeremy Piven
Tim
|
$400
[1]
This largest city is home to Africa's largest mall, which features an aquarium & an ice rink
Casablanca
|
$400
[8]
In 1996 Sam & Dave's "Soul Man" was retitled "I'm A" this for the GOP nominee
"I'm A Dole Man"
Tim
|
$400
[10]
The Egyptian museum in Cairo has mummies, sarcophagi &, of course, the solid gold funeral mask of this boy king
Tutankhamun
Tim
|
$400
[15]
The first of these was invented by Willis Carrier to control humidity in a Brooklyn printing plant
an air conditioner
Brian
|
$400
[20]
To consider evidence carefully in the mind, or to put it on a scale
weigh
Tim
|
|
$800
[4]
Lloyd Dobler in "Say Anything..."
John Cusack
Shana
|
$800
[2]
Morocco's national dish, it consists of steamed wheat served with vegetables, meat, & a souplike sauce
couscous
Tim
|
$800
[9]
Patsy Cline's "Crazy" was the theme song of this 1992 third party candidate
Ross Perot
Brian
|
$1,200
[12]
The first international satellite of the Louvre is set to open in 2016 in this capital of the UAE
Abu Dhabi
Tim
|
$800
[16]
In 1906 Frank Rose made these pest killers by attaching squares of window screens to yardsticks
fly swatters
Brian
|
$800
[21]
To decide by reasoning; it can also mean to finish
conclude
|
|
$1,200
[5]
In "Goosebumps" author R.L. Stine
Jack Black
Tim
|
$1,600
[28]
Nearly all Moroccans belong to 1 of 2 ethnic groups: Arab or this traditionally nomadic group
the Berbers
Tim
Brian
|
$1,200
[24]
Bill Clinton must have been "thinking about tomorrow" & the presidency when he decided to use this Fleetwood Mac tune in 1992
"Don't Stop"
Tim
|
$1,600
[13]
Grant Wood's "American Gothic" hangs in this Midwestern museum
the Art Institute of Chicago
|
$1,200
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a naval blueprint on the monitor.) A pumping piston was connected to a steam engine & to the two paddle wheels on the side of the ship designed by this man, who came to fame in 1807
(Robert) Fulton
Tim
|
$1,200
[22]
To memorize something exactly is to learn it "by heart" or "by" this, meaning as a result of repeated study
rote
Tim
|
|
$1,600
[6]
Music magnate Lucious Lyon on "Empire"
Terrence Howard
Shana
|
$2,000
[30]
In this city's Jemaa el-Fna, entertainers "express"ing themselves include snake charmers & acrobats
Marrakesh
Tim
|
$1,600
[25]
In 1928 this New York governor used "The Sidewalks Of New York" in a losing contest against Hoover
Al Smith
Tim
Brian
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
In 1856, the painting seenherebecame the first one in the collection of this London gallery
the National Portrait Gallery
Tim
|
$1,600
[18]
Some believe that Catherine Greene, his benefactor, came up with the idea of using wire teeth to separate cotton from seeds
(Eli) Whitney
Brian
|
$1,600
[23]
To join different ideas together into a coherent whole; chemists do it to create new compounds
to synthesize
Tim
|
|
$2,000
[7]
Scarlet Witch in "Avengers: Age of Ultron"
Elizabeth Olsen
Shana
|
DD
$3,500
[27]
Morocco's coat of arms features a green star & the sun rising over this mountain range
the Atlas Mountains
Tim
|
$2,000
[26]
This Oscar-winning song about an ant moving a rubber tree plant served as JFK's 1960 campaign theme
"High Hopes"
Tim
|
$2,000
[14]
The Garage Museum of Contemporary Art has begun a revitalization of this Moscow park
Gorky Park
Tim
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1929 he launched a rocket in Auburn, Mass. containing a camera & a barometer
(Robert) Goddard
Brian
|
$2,000
[29]
Also a way to collect information, it means to gather bits of grain left by reapers
glean
Shana
|
This children's author considered using the anagrams Edgar Cuthwellis & Edgar U.C. Westhill for his pen name
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (Lewis Carroll)