WE ASKED: TV host Rachel Maddow.
Paul Belin — a business development manager originally from Columbia, Maryland
Sabrina Fritz — an engineering student originally from St. Charles, Missouri
Jeff Crosby — a youth ministry consultant from Rochester, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeff | $1,400 | $1,600 | $14,000 |
$21,801
2-day champion: $30,201 |
$13,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Sabrina | $7,200 | $9,400 | $10,900 |
$21,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Paul | $200 | $2,400 | $10,400 |
$12,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,400
11 R, 1 W |
| WELCOME TO | THE PEPYS SHOW | SPORT ABILITY | WE'LL SPOT YOU A LETTER | THE BEST NEW THING IN THE WORLD | INTERNATIONAL CUISINE |
|
$200
[17]
Welcome to this Oregon city, population 600,000
Portland
Jeff
|
$200
[15]
On January 1, 1660 Samuel Pepys commenced this
his diary
Jeff
|
$200
[5]
Shooting 18 under at the 2015 Masters, Jordan Spieth tied this man for the tourney's all-time scoring record
Tiger Woods
Paul
|
$200
[27]
Last letter Y:It "breeds contempt"
familiarity
Jeff
|
$200
[19]
(Rachel Maddow delivers the clue.) In 1955 the best new thing in the world was Jonas Salk's vaccine for this, which saved hundreds of thousands of children from contracting the disease
polio
Sabrina
|
$400
[24]
This Indian relish containing fruit, vinegar, sugar & spices is a delicious accompaniment to curry dishes
chutney
Sabrina
|
|
$400
[16]
Come tour this building where Dickens & Dryden are buried
Westminster Abbey
Jeff
|
$400
[18]
Falsely accused of treason in 1679, Pepys spent months confined in this place
the Tower of London
Paul
|
$400
[1]
This team won back-to-back World Series titles in 1907 & 1908... things haven't gone that well since
the Cubs
Sabrina
|
$400
[29]
First letter H:A small village
a hamlet
Sabrina
|
$400
[20]
(Rachel Maddow delivers the clue.) Around 1455 the best new thing in the world was movable type, used in a 42-line Bible produced by this German printer
Gutenberg
Sabrina
|
$600
[14]
In Austria, if you ask for your coffee "mit Schlag", it will be topped with this
whipped cream
Jeff
|
|
$600
[8]
You've reached doi.gov, the website of this cabinet department
the Department of the Interior
Sabrina
|
$600
[28]
As secretary of this, which he doubled in fighting strength, Pepys "encompassed Britain with wooden walls"
the Royal Navy
Jeff
|
$600
[2]
This swimmer's 8-for-8 Olympic performance in '08 included 4 individual world records
(Michael) Phelps
Jeff
|
$800
[10]
Sixth letter G: Phosphorescence, or the pleasant remembrance of past glory
the afterglow
|
$600
[21]
(Rachel Maddow delivers the clue.) Im 1990 it was this, created by Tim Berners-Lee & now the leading information retrieval system of the Internet
the World Wide Web
|
$800
[13]
This stir-fried Chinese dish of shredded meat & vegetables is mixed with scrambled eggs & then rolled into thin pancakes
moo shu (pork)
|
|
$800
[7]
Welcome to this Chicago landmark
the Sears Tower
Sabrina
|
$800
[26]
Describing "the cracking of houses at their ruine", Pepys wrote of this event that "it made me weep to see it"
the Fire of London
Paul
|
$800
[3]
In Super Bowl 50 the Broncos' Von Miller became the second man in 3 years to win MVP playing this defensive position
a linebacker
Sabrina
|
$1,000
[9]
First letter P:These wavelike contractions move food through the digestive tract
peristalsis
Sabrina
|
$800
[22]
(Rachel Maddow delivers the clue.) In 1824 it was this writing system for the blind, developed by a blind teenager
Braille
Sabrina
|
$1,000
[12]
Cassoulet, a traditional dish from France's Languedoc region, features various meats & this color beans
white
Paul
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Welkom op Bonaire, an island in this sea
the Caribbean
Jeff
|
$1,000
[25]
As president of this "Society", Pepys put his imprimatur on the title page of Newton's "Principia Mathematica"
the Royal Society
|
$1,000
[4]
In world team tennis in the 1970s, this 6-time Wimbledon singles champ was one of the first women to coach pro men
Billie Jean King
Jeff
Paul
|
DD
$3,600
[11]
Third letter V:The conditional agreement made to humanity by God, as revealed in scripture
the covenant
Sabrina
|
$1,000
[23]
(Rachel Maddow delivers the clue.) In 1976 it was Muhammad Yunus' program of these, a credit system to help the impoverished become self-sufficient by borrowing as little as $30
microloans
Paul
|
— |
| FICTIONAL HUNCHBACKS | THE HIMALAYAS | "R" HOTEL | THE WAR OF 1812 | SHARED INITIALS | 3 LITTLE WORDS |
|
$400
[22]
Harold Allnut, a deaf hunchback, created devices for the Penguin before becoming an ally to this comic book hero
Batman
Sabrina
|
$400
[8]
Long, thick hair & a low number of sweat glands help this ox conserve heat in extreme temperatures
a yak
Sabrina
|
$400
[21]
We're not puttin' you on: this luxury chain has hotels in McLean, Virginia & Bachelor Gulch, Colorado
the Ritz
Paul
|
$400
[15]
In August 1812 General William Hull surrendered his army to the British at this Michigan city
Detroit
Jeff
|
$400
[4]
The No. 2 man in the executive branch & "Soul Brother Number 1"
Joe Biden & James Brown
Sabrina
|
$1,600
[26]
Closely contested, or minor cosmetic surgery
nip and tuck
Paul
|
|
$800
[13]
Comments made about him in an 1831 novel include "as vicious as he's ugly" & "he's always on our rooftops"
Quasimodo (the Hunchback of Notre-Dame)
Jeff
|
$800
[9]
The highest tree in the Himalayas is a juniper tree found at around 16,000' in this autonomous region of China
Tibet
Jeff
|
$800
[3]
This Vegas hotel & casino has samba suites
Rio
Paul
|
$800
[19]
She had the frame of Gilbert Stuart's Washington portrait broken so that the canvas could be taken for safekeeping
Dolley Madison
Jeff
|
$800
[5]
A star in 2 pro sports & an 1860s president of Mexico
Bo Jackson & Benito Juárez
Jeff
|
$2,000
[23]
An online "Australian English Glossary from A to Zed" translates it as "Well done!"
Good on ya
|
|
$1,200
[20]
Riff Raff was this doctor's hunchbacked aide in "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
Frank-N-Furter
Sabrina
|
$1,200
[10]
Going to Mount Everest? Book a flight to Lukla with this Nepalese airline named for the abominable snowman
Yeti
Jeff
|
$1,600
[25]
When this alliterative chain opened in 1973, it cost $8.50 to stay under its colorful namesake feature
Red Roof
Jeff
|
$1,600
[14]
In October 1814 Congress proposed moving the capital back to this city but the house rejected the bill, 83-74
Philadelphia
Jeff
Paul
|
$1,200
[2]
Bill Todman's game show partner & a perestroika pioneer
Mark Goodson & Mikhail Gorbachev
|
— |
|
$1,600
[17]
In a Verdi opera, this hunchback jester vows to kill the Duke of Mantua but his daughter Gilda is killed instead
Rigoletto
Jeff
|
$1,600
[11]
In 2007 this tiny, isolated kingdom east of Nepal held the first elections in its history
Bhutan
Sabrina
|
$2,000
[24]
If you've won the lottery, you can afford to sling yourself into this iconic Singapore hotel opened in 1887
Raffles
Paul
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
In September 1814 major George Armistead resisted an attack by the British navy on this fort
Fort McHenry
Jeff
|
$1,600
[6]
A "devilish" orator from New Hampshire & the man who played Sam in "Casablanca"
Daniel Webster & Dooley Wilson
Paul
|
— |
|
$2,000
[18]
It's Igor's 2-word question in "Young Frankenstein" when Dr. Frankenstein tells him he can help him "with that hump"
What hump?
Jeff
|
DD
$2,500
[12]
Tea is the main product of this city on the slopes of the Himalayas in West Bengal
Darjeeling
Sabrina
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map-like diagram on the monitor.) Using barricades of earthworks & cotton bales, he set adefensive lineon Rodriguez Canal to defend New Orleans; in a half-hour of fighting on January 8, 1815, British causalities were over 2,000; Americans?--fewer than 100
(Andrew) Jackson
Jeff
|
$2,000
[7]
The original cyberpunk scribe & the tunesmith of "This Land Is Your Land"
William Gibson & Woody Guthrie
|
— |
Its name means "fear", & this moon orbits closest to a planet's surface of any moon in the solar system
Phobos