Buzzy Cohen game 10.
Megan Hauser — an editor and stay-at-home parent from Chicago, Illinois
Erin Delaney — an English professor from North Hills, California
Buzzy Cohen — a music executive from Los Angeles, California (whose 9-day cash winnings total $164,603)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buzzy | $1,600 | $3,000 | $12,200 |
$20,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Erin | $4,000 | $4,400 | $16,400 |
$24,401
New champion: $24,401 |
$16,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Megan | $1,400 | $5,200 | $7,200 |
$14,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| SHE-CAGO | NUMERICAL LIT | I'M SO JELLY | PODCASTS | LAND DOWN UNDER ADJACENT-ISH | CLASSIFIED 3 F |
|
$200
[14]
Before signing on as First Lady, she handled community & external affairs for the University of Chicago Medical Center
Michelle Obama
Megan
|
$200
[1]
The title of this Ken Kesey novel completes the rhyme "One flew east, one flew west..."
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Buzzy
|
$200
[11]
This other term for Vaseline sounds like it might work in your car, but don't try it
petroleum jelly
Megan
|
$200
[6]
One "Grammar Girl" podcast dealt with homophones, homographs & this other similar-starting word
homonym
Erin
|
$200
[22]
The North Island of this Kiwi country boasts its largest lake, Lake Taupo, which covers 230 square miles
New Zealand
Megan
|
$400
[19]
3, 2, 1... we have this term meaning the commencement of a project
liftoff
Erin
Megan
|
|
$400
[15]
In 1988 she launched her Harpo Studios on Chicago's Near West Side
Oprah Winfrey
Buzzy
|
$400
[2]
Partly autobiographical 1969 Vonnegut bestseller
Slaughterhouse-Five
Buzzy
|
$400
[12]
Hot & Sweet Pepper Jelly is a product of this store known as TJ's; try some on the artisan-made baguette
Trader Joe's
Erin
|
$400
[7]
This network has a music podcast that's called "All Songs Considered"
NPR
Megan
|
$400
[26]
Off Mindanao, the 34,580' deep trench named for this country is one of the deepest spots in all the oceans
the Philippines
|
$600
[18]
Hyphenated term meaning able to supply one's own needs without external assistance
self-sufficient
|
|
$600
[25]
Maiden name of Chicago socialite Edith, who donated land for the Brookfield Zoo; her father was John D.
Rockefeller
Buzzy
|
$600
[3]
"I Am Number" this isn't Brett Favre's memoir but young adult sci-fi about the Loric children
Four
Erin
|
$600
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some larvae on the monitor.) The secretion called royal jelly is fed to all honeybeelarvaeearly on, but after that, only to those selected for this job
queen
Megan
|
$600
[8]
Karina Longworth talks old Hollywood on "You Must Remember This", a line from this classic movie song
"As Time Goes By"
Buzzy
|
$600
[27]
The sultan of this ex-British protectorate is said to be worth $20 billion, including 600 Rolls-Royces
Brunei
Megan
|
$800
[20]
You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both & there you have this 3-word term for reproduction & birth information
the facts of life
Erin
|
|
$800
[24]
At 21, this Chicagoan became the youngest recipient of the Best Actress Oscar
Marlee Matlin
Megan
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
O'Brien is the totalitarian torturer in this novel
1984
Erin
|
$800
[16]
Plastic ones called jellies were a 1983 fad with later versions by Thierry Mugler & Jean Paul Gaultier
shoes
Megan
|
$800
[9]
Elvis Costello & President Obama have been guests on "WTF", this comedian's podcast
Marc Maron
Erin
|
$800
[29]
Its same-named sea lies to the north of this island, the Indian Ocean to the south; why do I suddenly want a cup of coffee?
Java
Buzzy
|
$1,000
[21]
It's a stew of marinated rabbit meat garnished with sour cream
Hasenpfeffer
|
|
$1,000
[23]
In 1889 she & Ellen Gates Starr founded the settlement house in Chicago known as Hull House
Jane Addams
Megan
|
$1,000
[5]
Richard Henry Dana told of life aboard a 19th century ship in "Two Years Before" this
the Mast
|
$1,000
[17]
Born Ferdinand LaMothe in 1890, this New Orleans pianist claimed to have invented jazz
Jelly Roll Morton
|
$1,000
[10]
On this comedian's "Experience" podcast, he interviews comics & does recaps of Ultimate Fighting events
Joe Rogan
Erin
|
$1,000
[28]
The main campus of the U. of the South Pacific is in Suva, the capital of this country since 1882
Fiji
|
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| FEAR | SURPRISE | RUTHLESS EFFICIENCY | ALMOST FANATICAL DEVOTION | NICE RED UNIFORMS! | THE SPANISH INQUISITION |
|
$400
[1]
Elly Kedward, banished from her Maryland village in 1785, is this spooky title character being sought in a 1999 film
the Blair Witch
Buzzy
|
$400
[19]
This surprising word can precede absorber & jock
shock
Megan
|
$400
[6]
The pioneering 1912 study "Fatigue and Efficiency" called these extra work hours "injurious to output"
overtime
Buzzy
|
$400
[11]
This satirist's "Nation" doesn't mind staying up for "The Late Show"
Stephen Colbert
Erin
|
$400
[16]
Colorfully attired troops called Zouaveswere common early in this U.S. war, but it turns out red is a good target
the Civil War
Erin
|
$400
[17]
In 1478 this royal couple obtained authorization from Pope Sixtus IV to establish the Inquisition
Ferdinand & Isabella
Erin
|
|
$800
[2]
The latest installment of this found footage spook series is subtitled "The Ghost Dimension"
Paranormal Activity
Erin
|
$800
[20]
Something completely unexpected is like this "from the blue"
the bolt
Buzzy
Megan
|
$800
[7]
Sales efficiency & advertising efficiency are studied in this, the process of promoting & selling a product
marketing
Buzzy
|
$800
[12]
This musical touring behemoth has a devoted base of followers called Phans
Phish
Erin
|
$800
[27]
Appropriate 1-word nickname of the horsemen here
Mounties
Buzzy
|
$800
[18]
The ceremony where punishments were decreed was called an auto-da-fe, or "act of" this
faith
Buzzy
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Leatherface is the killer in this "stately" 1974 horror film loosely based on the life of Ed Gein
The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Erin
|
$1,200
[21]
This word meaning "speechless with surprise" begins with an antonym for smart
dumbstruck (or dumbfounded)
Erin
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1865 Brit William Jevons said more efficient use of this fuel increased consumption
coal
Buzzy
|
$1,200
[13]
This word follows "Soul" in the name of a fitness craze that's attracted celebs like Kelly Ripa & Tom Cruise
Cycle
Megan
|
$1,200
[26]
The annual August Apprentice Boysparade marks the 1689 lifting of the siege of Derry in what's now this country
Northern Ireland
Buzzy
|
$1,200
[30]
It's been estimated that 31,000 accused heretics died this way at the hands of the Inquisition
burned at the stake
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Drew Barrymore's boyfriend dies in "Scream" when she can't identify this killer of the kids in the first "Friday the 13th"
Mrs. Voorhees (Jason's mom)
Erin
Megan
|
$1,600
[22]
When babies are tightly swaddled, this reflex aka the Moro reflex will not interfere with sleep
the startle reflex
Megan
|
$2,000
[10]
Mechanical efficiency, a ratio of power output to input, is always less than a perfect 1 due to this resistive force
friction
Erin
|
$1,600
[14]
There's a 10-year waiting list for Damon Baehrel's Earlton, N.Y. restaurant & its 5-hour this "menu" of small portions
the tasting menu
Megan
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
National name of the papal protectors seen here
the Swiss Guards
Megan
|
$1,600
[29]
2-word "military" title of Torquemada, the most infamous leader of the Inquisition
Inquisitor General
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The title of this 2014 Aussie film refers to a pop-up book about a demon who knocks on your door
The Babadook
Erin
|
$2,000
[23]
One-word title of R.J. Palacio's book about Auggie, a 5th grader with a different kind of face
Wonder
|
DD
$4,000
[8]
You might get a new office chair thanks to this study of efficiency in the working environment, from Greek for "work"
ergonomics
Buzzy
|
$2,000
[15]
Tuomas Anhava was a dedicated Finnish poet, always searching for the right word, aka this French phrase
( le ) mot juste
Erin
|
$2,000
[24]
An 1854 stand by Highlandersagainst acavalry chargeled to this 3-word nickname for the British infantry
the "Thin Red Line"
Buzzy
|
$2,000
[28]
During the Inquisition, even this founder of the Society of Jesus was investigated for heresy
Ignatius Loyola
Buzzy
|
"The Gold Bug", Edgar Allan Poe's story about the search for Captain Kidd's buried loot, helped inspire this 1883 novel
Treasure Island