Emily DeArdo — a writer from Reynoldsburg, Ohio
Hans Huizing — a principal from Red Deer, Alberta, Canada
Ellen Corrigan — a law clerk from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $23,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellen | $4,000 | $6,400 | $16,800 |
$16,800
3-day champion: $40,000 |
$16,800
22 R, 1 W |
| Hans | $2,400 | $5,600 | $13,000 |
$4,063
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Emily | $1,600 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
12 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| SCIENCE | MUSIC FROM THE 2000s | DOUBLE U, DOUBLE V OR DOUBLE W | FASHION | LANGUAGES | MAN-AGRAMS |
|
$200
[24]
A measure of distance, not brightness, one is equal to about 6 trillion miles
a light year
Emily
|
$200
[1]
Quite the voice before judging "The Voice", he had a No. 1 country hit in 2001 with "Austin"
Blake Shelton
Ellen
|
$200
[6]
It precedes -packed, pump & cleaner
vacuum
Emily
|
$200
[7]
In 2015 this line of lingerie held its 20th annual fashion show, televised from New York City
Victoria's Secret
Ellen
|
$200
[16]
This language is the second most-spoken in the U.S. with about 35 million speakers
Spanish
Hans
|
$200
[17]
A great playwright, but:I AM A WEAKISH SPELLER
William Shakespeare
|
|
$400
[25]
A long pole helps a tightrope walker by increasing this tendency of a body to stay at rest
inertia
Ellen
|
$400
[2]
Quite the voice before judging "The Voice", she had a No. 1 pop hit in 2000 with "What A Girl Wants"
Christina Aguilera
Ellen
|
$400
[22]
This wingless larva of a European beetle emits a sustained greenish light; shine, little this! Glimmer, glimmer
glowworm
Hans
|
$400
[8]
Known for her wedding gowns, this former figure skater has clothed such celebs as Chelsea Clinton & Mariah Carey
Vera Wang
Ellen
|
$400
[15]
The region of Flanders is known as Vlaanderen in Flemish, which is a form of this language
Dutch
Ellen
|
$400
[18]
A physicist:ELITE BRAIN NEST
Albert Einstein
Ellen
|
|
$600
[26]
Humans have 2 of these long bones, the longest in the body
a femur
Hans
|
$600
[3]
Providing both hip & hop in 2005, this group that included Fergie had a request--"Don't Lie"
The Black Eyed Peas
Ellen
|
$600
[23]
Strip down to your this, underwear consisting of a cotton T-shirt & shorts... Stop! No! We were kidding!
skivvies
Emily
|
$600
[9]
This 1980s TV cop show started a men's fashion trend for pastel colors & suit jackets over T-shirts
Miami Vice
Emily
|
$600
[12]
On the dance floor I'm a klutz, from a word meaning "wooden block" in this Germanic language
Yiddish
Hans
|
$600
[19]
A Hungarian composer:SNAZZ FLIRT
Franz Liszt
Ellen
Emily
|
|
$800
[27]
Kids on a seesaw instinctively calculate this, the tendency of a force to produce rotation around an axis
torque
Emily
|
$800
[4]
"Wake Me Up When September Ends", requested this "colorful" trio in 2005
Green Day
Ellen
|
$1,000
[30]
Often followed by "up", it means to distribute (especially among thieves)
divvy
Ellen
|
$800
[10]
From 1962 to 1971 Diana Vreeland was this magazine's influential editor-in-chief
Vogue
Hans
|
$800
[13]
Dialects of English include this London one with distinctive rhyming slang
Cockney
Emily
|
$800
[20]
A 19th century president:RUN VIBRANT AMEN
Martin Van Buren
Ellen
Hans
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Self-healing like the T-1000, the "terminator" type of this macromolecule compound was discovered in 2013
a polymer
|
$1,000
[5]
"Stand Up" in 2005 was the 4th No. 1 studio album in a row by the band named for this S. Afr.-born man; they're big live too
The Dave Matthews Band
Ellen
|
DD
$1,800
[29]
In September 2014 there was a United Tribes International one of these held in Bismarck, North Dakota
a powwow
Hans
|
$1,000
[11]
A 1980s trend was the backpack-style handbag that this designer made in a type of nylon she called Pocone
Prada
|
$1,000
[14]
The name of this language of the Philippines comes from words meaning "of the river"
Tagalog
Hans
|
$1,000
[21]
He was full of ego:FEUDING DRUMS
Sigmund Freud
Hans
|
| 4-LETTER ENTERTAINMENT | PUT IT THERE | QUICK AS THE DICKENS | PRES-POURRI | A MOUSE IN THE HOUSE | SOME MEAN RHYMES |
|
$400
[7]
In this 2006 animated film, a rookie named Lightning takes a detour on Route 66 & learns some lessons about life
Cars
Emily
|
$400
[26]
Ayers Rock:this country
Australia
Emily
|
$400
[6]
In this novel the title orphan falls in with Fagin's den of thieves
Oliver Twist
Ellen
|
$400
[1]
The first specific duty of the president in the Constitution's Article 2, Section 2 is this big responsibility
Commander-in-Chief
Ellen
Hans
|
$400
[21]
In medical research a "knockout mouse" has had 1 or more of these units of heredity inactivated to model disease
a gene
Emily
|
$400
[16]
It's where you get to after the tee & the fairway
the green
Ellen
|
|
$800
[12]
Cable network where you'll find "Listed Sisters" & "Property Brothers"
HGTV
Ellen
|
$800
[30]
Crater Lake:this state
Oregon
Hans
|
$800
[8]
Pip is to be brought up as "a young fellow of" these, the novel's title
Great Expectations
Ellen
|
$800
[2]
Since 1869 Thomas Jefferson has appeared on several versions of this dollar denomination
the $2 bill
Hans
|
$800
[22]
In this Shakespeare play, the title character refers to a play-within-the-play as "The Mousetrap" to catch the guilty
Hamlet
Hans
|
$800
[17]
It pairs with betwixt in a phrase meaning not one thing or another
between
Emily
|
|
$1,200
[13]
"Control yourself, take only what you need from it", says this band in "Kids"
MGMT
Ellen
|
$1,600
[28]
El Capitan:this national park
Yosemite National Park
Hans
|
$1,200
[9]
It's set during the French Revolution
A Tale of Two Cities
Ellen
|
$1,200
[3]
Starting in 1809 she set the standard for First Ladies as managers of the White House
Dolley Madison
Emily
|
$1,200
[23]
The film "An American Tail" tells of this immigrant mouse's adventures after he gets separated from his family
Fievel
Hans
|
$1,200
[18]
This type of luxurious transport is named for a French region
a limousine
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[14]
You're gonna live forever after naming this 1980s TV show about performing arts students in New York City
Fame
Hans
|
$2,000
[27]
St. Stephen's Green at the end of Grafton Street:this capital
Dublin
Emily
|
$1,600
[10]
This title character lodges with Mr. Micawber
David Copperfield
Emily
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
During the 1844 election, he said if he were elected pres., it would be only for one term; he won & kept his promise
James K. Polk
Emily
|
$1,600
[24]
"Uh-uh. Jus' a dead mouse, George... Honest! I found it. I found it dead" is in this novel
Of Mice and Men
Ellen
|
$1,600
[19]
To arrange for or to gather for a formal meeting
convene
Ellen
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The part was written for a man, but Angelina Jolie was cast as the title CIA agent on the run in this 2010 film
Salt
Ellen
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
The Sargasso Sea:this ocean
the Atlantic Ocean
Hans
|
$2,000
[11]
This work was subtitled "For These Times"
Hard Times
|
$2,000
[5]
19 presidents had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives; he's the most recent one
George H.W. Bush
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1992 he won a special Pulitzer for "Maus", his graphic novel about the Holocaust
Art Spiegelman
Hans
Emily
|
$2,000
[20]
This seaport of 200,000 is the commercial center of northeast Scotland
Aberdeen
|
Established in 1903, this European event was originally touted in a newspaper printed on yellow paper
the Tour de France