Kerstin Nordstrom — a physics professor from Northampton, Massachusetts
Udit Banerjea — an international relations graduate student from Washington, D.C.
Todd Giese — a hotel front desk manager from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 4-day cash winnings total $82,403)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $200 | $2,400 | $10,000 |
$11,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
15 R, 3 W |
| Udit | $2,000 | $4,400 | $17,800 |
$21,300
New champion: $21,300 |
$14,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kerstin | $4,400 | $5,800 | $10,600 |
$20,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| POETRY, NON-POETICALLY | ASSORTED FRUIT | TEXAS HISTORY | BRANDED | GRAMMY'S BEST NEW ARTIST | SCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY "D" |
|
$200
[26]
So, this poet writes of a massive military mess-up, & the poor soldiers--600, to be precise--man, they are just hosed!
Tennyson
Udit
|
$200
[1]
Proverbially, someone you really like is said to be this, especially if that someone is from Georgia
a peach
Todd
|
$200
[19]
In 1901 Beaumont, Texas saw the birth of this industry at Spindletop & the fortunes of the state were changed forever
oil & gas
Udit
|
$200
[3]
Ahoy! This brand supplies us with Chips Ahoy! chocolate chip cookies
Nabisco
Kerstin
|
$200
[8]
How unusual! 1965's winner was this Welsh singer who beat Herman's Hermits, the Byrds & Sonny & Cher
Tom Jones
Udit
|
$200
[14]
"A finger or toe",5 letters
a digit
Udit
|
|
$400
[27]
Well, we counted, & the actual number of ways she loves thee? 7
(Elizabeth Barrett) Browning
Udit
|
$400
[2]
To crush, or the name of a racket game
squash
Udit
|
$400
[20]
On Nov. 22, 1963 around 1:45 PM, he was arrested at the Texas Theatre, about an hour & 15 minutes after his crime
Lee Harvey Oswald
Todd
|
$400
[4]
When fighting the cold war, use products like Nyquill & Vaporub from this brand
Vicks
Kerstin
|
$400
[9]
On Grammy night in 2013, this group also took home Song of the Year for "We Are Young"
fun.
Kerstin
|
$400
[15]
"A short, simple song",5 letters
a ditty
Udit
|
|
$600
[28]
When you write of an 18th c. hero like Longfellow did & end line 1 with "hear", it's a given this guy's name is coming up in line 2
Paul Revere
Kerstin
|
$600
[11]
In 1936 it was Catholic 20, Mississippi 19 in this bowl game in Miami
the Orange Bowl
Udit
|
$600
[21]
The 1836 election for president of Texas pitted Sam Houston against him
(Stephen) Austin
Todd
|
$600
[5]
Thanks for the super cool lighter from this brand that first began producing them in 1933
Zippo
Todd
Kerstin
|
$600
[10]
For 1999 Kid Rock & Britney Spears were second-best to her; what a "Voice"!
Christina Aguilera
Todd
|
$600
[16]
"Japanese radish",6 letters
daikon
Udit
|
|
$800
[29]
Och, this titl' means "times gone by", but ta po'm nae hae a wee bit o' sense to ye 'til ye give't a gud eye
"Auld Lang Syne"
Kerstin
|
$800
[24]
Television's Mr. Hound
Huckleberry
Kerstin
|
$800
[22]
The first public college in Texas opened in 1876 & emphasized these 2 fields found in the school's name
agricultural & mechanical
Todd
Udit
Kerstin
|
$800
[6]
Equal & Nutrasweet are brand names of this organic compound that's 200 times sweet as cane sugar
aspartame
Udit
Kerstin
|
$800
[12]
Brandy needed a sip of brandy, as did Alanis & Shana, when this Darius Rucker group beat them out
Hootie & the Blowfish
Kerstin
|
$800
[17]
"To search for underground water with a divining rod",5 letters
dowse
Udit
|
| — |
$1,000
[25]
To upset this item means to ruin carefully made plans
the applecart
Todd
|
$1,000
[23]
We miss this outspoken woman with white hair who became the governor of Texas in 1991
Ann Richards
Udit
|
$1,000
[7]
This Italian chef was a real person & made it big in the U.S. starting in 1915
Chef Boyardee
Udit
|
DD
$1,200
[13]
This singer was the Best New Artist of 2007 but sadly passed away only 4 years later
Amy Winehouse
Kerstin
|
$1,000
[18]
8-letter adjective,"pertaining to a flood"
diluvian
Todd
|
| THE AZTECS | TV NICKNAMES | 5-LETTER CAPITALS | HE VARNISHED | INTO THIN AIR | THE BOOK OF PROVERBS SAYETH |
|
$400
[8]
As a blood debt to the gods, humans were sacrificed by removing this organ & holding it up to the sun
the heart
Todd
|
$400
[4]
Dr. McCoy on "Star Trek" had this nickname, long before Temperance Brennan
Bones
Kerstin
|
$400
[16]
Henry IV designed the Place des Vosges, the focal point of this city's fashionable Marais District
Paris
Todd
|
$400
[1]
The varnishes of this Flemish master are said to "have the toughness of agate", so those Zaftig women he painted are safe
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Kerstin
|
$400
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents from Pitcarin Island) In 1790, this British naval shipcame here to Pitcairn Island and was stripped and burnedso there would be no trace of her
the Bounty
Todd
|
$1,200
[27]
"As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair" one of these "which is without discretion"
a woman
|
|
$800
[9]
This ruler's ornate throne, seen here, was built to commemorate the new fire ceremony in 1507
Montezuma
Udit
|
$800
[5]
Ken, one of the title "Freaks" on this show, found romance with Amy, aka "Tuba Girl"
Freaks and Geeks
Todd
|
$800
[17]
This capital commands the main approaches through the Khyber Pass to Pakistan & India
Kabul
Udit
|
$1,200
[3]
In 1890 he wrote that a study of his "Cypresses" could use a thick coat of varnish
Van Gogh
Kerstin
|
$800
[22]
In physics, when a particle & one of these collide & disappear in a burst of energy, it's called annihilation
an anti-particle
Udit
|
$1,600
[26]
"The way of" this dope "is right in his own eyes"
a fool
Kerstin
|
|
$1,200
[10]
The Aztecs made a version of cheese from blue-green this that they took from the surface of Texcoco Lake
algae
Todd
|
$1,200
[13]
On "The Facts of Life", it was the nickname of Kim Fields' character Dorothy Ramsey
Tootie
Todd
|
$1,600
[19]
The Postage Stamp Museum in this capital city tells the story of Liechtenstein's postal service over the years
Vaduz
Udit
|
$1,600
[6]
In 1954 a restorer re-varnished this Vermeer beauty, lobe, pendant & all; in 1994, his goop came off
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Todd
|
$1,200
[23]
This Hitchcock film is named for Miss Froy, who mysteriously goes missing from a train
The Lady Vanishes
|
$2,000
[28]
"A false balance" & "lying lips" are each this 11-letter word "to the Lord"
abomination
Todd
|
|
$1,600
[11]
The cuauhololli, with a ball at one end, was the Aztec version of this war club
a mace
Kerstin
|
$1,600
[14]
Quite the charmers, doctors Derek Shepherd & Mark Sloan on "Grey's Anatomy" had these rhyming nicknames
McSteamy & McDreamy
Udit
|
$2,000
[20]
In the 1390s Yi Song-Gye began building this city to serve as the capital of Choson
Seoul
Udit
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
Around 1690 he began using a deeper-colored varnish on his instruments, distinguishing them from Amati's
Stradivarius
Kerstin
|
$1,600
[24]
Alexey Pajitinov designed this video game in which falling, rotatable blocks dissappear when complete rows are formed
Tetris
Todd
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
Every 52 years, Aztecs feared the world's end; they felt safe when this "sisterly" star cluster appeared directly overhead
the Pleiades
Todd
|
$2,000
[15]
Edith Bunker had to bear with Archie always calling her this nickname, implying she was none too bright
Dingbat
|
DD
$5,000
[18]
Lonely Planet says this capital has many wonderful restaurants but "the nightlife is not what it is in Casablanca"
Rabat
Udit
|
$2,000
[7]
Jean Dubuffet usedrough impastos of varnish and sandin his developmentof this painting style, French for "raw art"
art brut
Udit
|
$2,000
[25]
You can get this magical creature's gold if you keep your eyes on him, but he will trick you into looking away & disappear
a leprechaun
Udit
|
— |
Local legend says that Top Withens, the Yorkshire farmhouse seen here, may have been an inspiration for this novel
Wuthering Heights