Katie Pieper — a Ph.D. student from Athens, Georgia
Jason George — a management consultant originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pam Platt — a writer and editor from Louisville, Kentucky (whose 1-day cash winnings total $27,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pam | $200 | $1,400 | $9,200 |
$9,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jason | $4,000 | $5,400 | $17,400 |
$18,401
New champion: $18,401 |
$19,400
23 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Katie | $2,800 | $3,000 | $8,200 |
$16,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| SIGNATURES | LIT-POURRI | BORN IN CONNECTICUT | RED RHYME | ROCKS | ROLES |
|
$200
[23]
Jack Lew, now this cabinet bigwig, once used the signature seen here, but it never made it onto bills
the Secretary of the Treasury
Jason
|
$200
[16]
Samuel Johnson said, "When a man is tired of" this city that contains his only surviving residence, "he is tired of life"
London
Pam
|
$200
[29]
A book called "Homegrown Terror" chronicles this patriot-turned-traitor & the burning of New London
Benedict Arnold
Pam
Katie
|
$200
[7]
The canopy variety is similar to the four-poster
bed
Katie
|
$200
[12]
This master of suspense's 1969 film "Topaz" is a tale of Cold War defectors & double-dealing spies
Hitchcock
Jason
|
$200
[1]
Ruby Thewes, Beatrix Potter, Bridget Jones
Renée Zellweger
Jason
|
|
$400
[22]
Wang Xizhi was so renowned as one of these "beautiful writers" that his signature was deemed priceless
a calligrapher
Jason
|
$400
[17]
In an 1850 novel, she refuses to name the father of her daughter Pearl & spends 3 hours on the pillory
(Hester) Prynne
Jason
|
$400
[28]
Before he ran off & ran the circus, he published a Danbury newspaper & was arrested for libel
Barnum
Pam
|
$400
[8]
To make someone your spouse
wed
Katie
|
$400
[27]
A large cannabis-growing area, the "Emerald Triangle" is a 3-county region in this state
California
Jason
|
$400
[26]
Tuvia Bielski, Jake Lonergan, James Bond
Daniel Craig
Jason
|
|
$600
[15]
Handprints, footprints, & signaturesare the order of the day at this theater on Hollywood Boulevard
Grauman's Chinese Theatre (Mann's Chinese Theater accepted)
Pam
|
$800
[18]
"Don't make house calls" is the message of "A Country Doctor", one of this Prague writer's eerie tales
Franz Kafka
Pam
|
$600
[25]
This Yale grad put out "An American Dictionary of the English Language" in 1828, when he was 70
(Noah) Webster
Pam
|
$600
[9]
The part of the tire that hits the road
tread
Katie
|
$600
[13]
Soft rock gems by this singer include "Song Sung Blue" & "Heartlight"
Neil Diamond
Pam
|
$600
[20]
Noxeema, Willie Mays Hayes, Blade
Wesley Snipes
Jason
|
|
$800
[4]
In the 16th century this French astrologer & seer would begin his signatures with "Michel"
Nostradamus
Jason
|
$1,000
[30]
Fred Peloux is known by the single name Cheri in a 1920 novel by this single-named Frenchwoman
Colette
Pam
|
$800
[19]
In 1868 achurchin Hartford, Connecticut was founded in memory of this revolver inventor & some of his children
Colt
Jason
|
$800
[6]
Made an earnest appeal
pled
Katie
|
$800
[11]
This brand of gin has a "Sapphire" variety inspired by a gemstone once owned by Mary Pickford
Bombay
Katie
|
$800
[2]
Clarissa Vaughan, Francesca Johnson, Miranda Priestly
Meryl Streep
Jason
|
|
$1,000
[5]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a painting on the monitor.) Based on his initials, the body is the "J" & the wings are the "W" in a stylized butterfly used tosignpaintingsby this artist
James Whistler
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
The opera "Les Troyens", or "The Trojans", by Berlioz was based on this ancient Roman epic
the Aeneid
Jason
|
$1,000
[21]
The last name of this Connecticut-born jeweler is seen on coveted blue boxes
(Charles) Tiffany
Jason
|
$1,000
[10]
It can go in place of "place" in the sentence "Johnny will go in my place"
stead
Jason
|
$1,000
[14]
It's the spark-producing part of a lighter; you can order a replacement one
a flint
Jason
|
$1,000
[3]
J.D. Cahill, Davy Crockett, Hondo Lane
John Wayne
Pam
|
| HI, JULY! | NO. 2 ON THE CHARTS | PERIODIC SPELLING | KIND OF A GREY AREA | ROADS SCHOLAR | THAT'S B_S! |
|
$400
[2]
These were first added to U.S. mail addresses July 1, 1963
ZIP codes
Katie
|
$400
[29]
Nat King Cole's "Ramblin' Rose" reached No. 2 in 1962 & this group's "Ramblin Man" just missed the top spot in 1973
the Allman Brothers
Katie
|
$400
[24]
Francium + gold =this German lady
Frau
Pam
|
$400
[19]
The ghostly "Grey Man" of Pawleys Island, S.C., appears to warn residents of these approaching storms
hurricanes
Katie
|
$400
[18]
The treelined Philadelphia parkway named for this Founding Father is modeled on the Champs-Elysees
Ben Franklin
Jason
|
$400
[10]
This muscle (brachii) is a call to arms
biceps
Jason
|
|
$1,200
[1]
Celebs born on July 22 include Danny Glover, Willem Dafoe & this "Just Shoot Me" & "Joe Dirt" comic
David Spade
Katie
|
$800
[30]
The Beatles had 2 Lennon-McCartney songs reach No. 2: "Do You Want To Know A Secret" & this theme to a 1968 animated film
"Yellow Submarine"
Pam
|
$800
[23]
Copper + rubidium =this car wheel stopper
curb
Jason
|
$800
[20]
Ellen Pompeo operates as the title character on this TV show
Grey's Anatomy
Jason
|
$800
[17]
Thisinterstate takes you from San Francisco to New Jersey, passing through some more sparsely populated areas
Interstate 80
|
$800
[9]
It means fake or not genuine; it's totally this 5-letter word, dude!
bogus
Katie
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In July 1879 Charles Taze Russell published the first edition of "The Watchtower", a magazine of this religious group
the Jehovah's Witnesses
Katie
|
$1,200
[22]
In 2008 his "Heartless" reached No. 2; he was heartless again in 2009 in his treatment of Taylor Swift
Kanye
Jason
|
$1,200
[12]
Chlorine + arsenic + hydrogen =this rock band
clash
Jason
|
$1,200
[21]
His western novels include the gold-mining tale "The Border Legion"
Zane Grey
Pam
|
$1,600
[14]
When this U.S. highway was extended to Key West in 1938, it completed a road all the way back to Maine
U.S. 1
Pam
|
$1,200
[8]
Early portraits of this Roman god show him as handsome, but later ones have him old, fat & drunk
Bacchus
Pam
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
An army uprising in Colonial Morocco in July 1936 triggered this nation's Civil War
Spain
Katie
|
$1,600
[25]
In 1998 she was "Frozen" at No. 2; we guess that happens "when your heart's not open"
Madonna
Katie
|
$1,600
[11]
Tungsten + silver =an action by a happy dog
wag
Jason
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1715 playwright Nicholas Rowe's "Tragedy of" this female monarch premiered in London
(Lady) Jane Grey
Jason
|
$2,000
[15]
This World War II supply road with a "national" name was built in the 1930s & stretched from Lashio to Kunming
the Burma Road
|
$1,600
[6]
This inflammation of the air passages in the lungs causes an increase of mucus production
bronchitis
Pam
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Mmmm! In July 1676 this rebellion began against the rule of Virginia governor William Berkeley
Bacon's Rebellion
Jason
|
$2,000
[26]
Oh, what a feelin', when this guy hit No. 2 in 1986 with "Dancing On The Ceiling"
Lionel Richie
Pam
|
$2,000
[13]
Tin + argon + potassium =poetic prey of Carroll
Snark
|
$2,000
[27]
The saluki is sometimes called a "Persian" one
a greyhound
Jason
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
More than 15,000 feet up, the world's highest intl. paved road is the Karakoram Highway, shared by these 2 countries
Pakistan & China
Pam
|
$2,000
[7]
It's the study of motions of projectiles such as bullets
ballistics
Pam
|
This comedy whose title aims to please says, "I charge you, o men... that between you and the women the play may please"
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