Emily Hillard — a systems coordinator from Evansville, Indiana
Matt Hoffer-Hawlik — an investment banker and strategy consultant from Boston, Massachusetts
TJ Bateman — a software Q.A. lead from Charlottesville, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $5,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TJ | $1,000 | $4,200 | $14,800 |
$4,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Matt | $6,000 | $15,000 | $22,600 |
$29,601
New champion: $29,601 |
$11,200
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Emily | $1,000 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,000
6 R, 0 W |
| CANADIAN PRIME MINISTERS | MY NAME IS SYMBOLIC | 3-LETTER WORDS WITH ONLY 2 VOWELS | LITERARY GROUPS & MOVEMENTS | HIT THE GYM | GET INTO SHAPES |
|
$200
[28]
John Turner is the only 20th century PM not born in Canada; he was born in this mother country
Great Britain
Matt
|
$200
[29]
For awhile, this musician went by the symbol seen here
Prince
Matt
|
$200
[9]
In cards you can't have a blackjack without it
ace
Emily
|
$200
[2]
It was the happening movement in Greenwich Village in the '50s, man
the Beats
Matt
|
$200
[30]
This upscale gym chain is named for one of the moments of the year when the sun is exactly above the equator
Equinox
Matt
|
$200
[1]
Part of the White House's West Wing is this unique room
the Oval Office
Emily
|
|
$400
[18]
In Halifax' Holy Cross Cemetery, you can visit Sir John Thompson, who in 1892 became the first PM of this religion
Catholicism
Matt
|
$400
[22]
Let's "Get The Party Started" by saying this singer uses an exclamation point to replace the "I" in her name
P!nk
TJ
|
$400
[10]
It's what you need to row, row, row your boat
oar
TJ
|
$600
[14]
Donne & Milton were part of a group named for these strict Protestants
Puritans
Matt
|
$400
[27]
Here's the logo of this dance-fitness workout, done to Latin & world rhythms
Zumba
Matt
|
$400
[24]
A good source of B vitamins & iron, these kidney-shaped nuts are lower in total fat than most others
cashews
TJ
|
|
$600
[8]
I'd like to thank 1930s PM Richard Bennett; he established the commission that became this radio & TV entity
the CBC (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Emily
|
$600
[19]
In 2014 time ran out for the dollar sign in this "Tik Tok" singer's name
Kesha
Matt
|
$600
[11]
It's a synonym for color, or a shade of color
hue
Matt
|
$800
[3]
A group of mid-20th century British writers were these "Young Men"--it's not "Jolly"
Angry
Matt
|
$600
[4]
Crunch Gym offers a class that focuses on the lower body called B.L.T., standing for butt & these related parts
legs & thighs
|
$600
[15]
This triangular Swiss chocolate bar features the Matterhorn on its label
Toblerone
TJ
|
|
$800
[12]
During Joe Clark's tenure (1979-80), 6 Americans trapped in this country were able to escape using fake Canadian papers
Iran
Matt
|
$800
[20]
The Roots of the issue? Q or an actual question mark have both been used in the name of this drummer
Questlove
TJ
|
$800
[16]
This is what it sounds like when doves cry softly
coo
TJ
|
$1,000
[7]
He was the giant of Sturm und Drang with works like "Gotz von Berlichingen"
Goethe
Matt
|
$800
[5]
Sounding like the name of a seed company, it's a squat thrust that's started & finished in a standing position
a burpee
|
$800
[23]
The 5 impressive towers of Cambodia's Angkor Wat temple are shaped like the buds of this sacred water lily
a lotus
TJ
|
|
$1,000
[13]
This 1870s PM had the same name as the Scottish explorer who mapped the longest river within Canada
(Alexander) MacKenzie
Matt
|
$1,000
[21]
Clams Casino & Danger Mouse helped produce the rap album that featured "Goldie" by A$AP him
Rocky
Emily
|
$1,000
[17]
In sushi speak, it's unagi
eel
Matt
|
DD
$7,000
[26]
It was once called the "New Negro Movement"
the Harlem Renaissance
Matt
|
$1,000
[6]
The bodybuilding documentary "Pumping Iron" brought attention to this gym that started in Venice, California
Gold's Gym
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) Hearing, which can be described as nerves responding to sound waves, takes place in this spiral-shaped structure of the inner ear
the cochlea
Matt
|
| DEATH IN VENICE | BOTANY | TRAVELING ALONG THE 40th PARALLEL N. | TAXONOMIC FILM LIST | NOVEL VOCABULARY | "L" ON WHEELS |
|
$400
[6]
Asked to retract his fables on his deathbed in Venice in 1324, this explorer said he had only told half of what he saw
Marco Polo
TJ
|
$400
[12]
Baja, California, is a good place to see theocotillo, also known as the "vine"this, but be careful
a cactus
Matt
|
$400
[27]
Be sure to visit this Asian capital's National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, which is almost exactly on the 40th
Beijing
Matt
|
$400
[29]
Natasha Henstridge played half-human/half-alien Sil in this movie series
Species
TJ
|
$400
[30]
In "Wuthering Heights", Hareton is likened to an "unfledged dunnock"; unfledged is not covered with these
feathers
Matt
|
$400
[1]
Jerry Seinfeld said these 3 letters on a Ford stood for "limited", as in "how many of these damn things we can sell"
LTD
|
|
$800
[7]
Tintoretto finished his biblical painting of this subjectjust a few months before his death in Venice
the Last Supper
TJ
Matt
|
$1,200
[16]
In 1888 Liberty H. Bailey established the first horticulture lab in the U.S. at this school in East Lansing
Michigan State
TJ
|
$800
[23]
In the U.S. the 40th parallel north sets the border between Nebraska & this state due south
Kansas
TJ
|
$800
[28]
Anjelica Huston & Raul Julia were creepy & kooky in this 1991 film
The Addams Family
Emily
|
$800
[22]
The narrator of "My Antonia" gets quinsy, an inflammation of these in the throat
tonsils
Matt
|
$800
[2]
It's no myth that Acura introduced this luxury sedan in 1986
Legend
TJ
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The early opera composer Monteverdi was music director at this cathedral in Venice from 1613 to his death in 1643
Saint Marco's (Saint Mark's)
TJ
|
$1,600
[17]
Dutch elm disease is caused by a fungus that's spread by the bark type of this insect
a beetle
TJ
|
$1,600
[14]
The highest mountains of this Italian island just south of Corsica straddle the 40th parallel
Sardinia
TJ
Matt
|
$1,200
[24]
Rise from the ashes & name this Harry Potter film with a taxonomic title
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
TJ
|
$1,200
[11]
In "Daisy Miller", the phrase "a glass in one eye" refers to this type of eyeglass
a monocle
TJ
|
$1,200
[3]
You'll look presidential in the Navigator SUV from this brand
Lincoln
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Before dying in Venice, Canaletto painted scenic views of the city for tourists, like the one of this bridge seen here
the Rialto
TJ
|
$2,000
[18]
This "colorful" family of flowers, Caryophyllaceae, includes the corn cockle & members of the genus Dianthus
the pink family
|
$2,000
[19]
After this river joins with the Jarama River in Aranjuez, Spain at the 40th, it flows on into Portugal
the Tagus
Matt
|
$1,600
[25]
In a 2008 title Indiana Jones had to deal with this royal realm
the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
|
$1,600
[13]
Princess Betsy in "Anna Karenina" serves tea from one of these Russian-named silver urns
a samovar
|
$1,600
[4]
This founder of a sports car with a raging bull emblem was born a Taurus in Italy in 1916
Lamborghini
TJ
|
|
$2,000
[10]
After his release from a mental hospital, this American "Cantos" poet lived out his days in Italy, dying in Venice in 1972
(Ezra) Pound
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
In the early 19th century, Scottish botanist Robert Brown showed how grains of this could be used to classify plants
pollen
TJ
|
DD
$6,000
[20]
If you want to stand on the 40th parallel in this capital, go to Ataturk Forest Farm & Zoo; you'll be pretty close
Ankara
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
It's father vs. daughter in the courtroom as Gene Hackman tilts with Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in this legal thriller
Class Action
|
$2,000
[21]
Swift says Gulliver made "a voyage or two into the Levant", which is on the shores of this sea
the Mediterranean Sea
TJ
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
With 381 horsepower, the 2016 model of this Toyota behemoth can haul 8 passengers
Land Cruiser
|
Brought to our attention by a 1984 film, this Italian had success with the 1780s operas "Tarare" & "Les danaides"
Antonio Salieri