Pranjal Vachaspati game 4.
Samantha Hartke — a product manager from Sugar Land, Texas
Ross Merriam — a strategy card game player and writer from Roanoke, Virginia
Pranjal Vachaspati — a Ph.D. student originally from Shaker Heights, Ohio (whose 3-day cash winnings total $67,188)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pranjal | $3,000 | $5,600 | $21,700 |
$22,000
4-day champion: $89,188 |
$21,600
26 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ross | $800 | $1,000 | $7,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Samantha | $3,000 | $7,000 | $10,600 |
$3,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
14 R, 2 W |
| POISONOUS PLANTS | OPERATIC ADJECTIVES | THATGAME OF THRONESGUY WITH THE BEARD | THE BUCKET LIST | THINGS TO DO BEFORE | YOU "DY" |
|
$200
[30]
The leaves of three of this vine start out red, then turn shiny green--let them be
poison ivy
Pranjal
|
$200
[14]
By Wagner:"The ____ Dutchman"
Flying
Pranjal
|
$200
[27]
Oh, my sun & stars! In 2011 Jason Momoa took over this title film role from Arnold & got all barbaric
Conan
Pranjal
|
$200
[28]
Alliterative name for a line of people who pass pails of water to help put out a fire
bucket brigade
Pranjal
|
$200
[26]
"Scorching" word for qualifying rounds in a track contest held before the main race
a heat
Samantha
|
$200
[29]
Term for a sports team that wins several championships in a row, like the Bulls in the 1990s
a dynasty
Ross
|
|
$400
[25]
The stinging variety of this plant is covered in minutehairsthat inject irritants when they are touched
nettle
Pranjal
|
$400
[12]
With Papageno:"The ____ Flute"
Magic
Pranjal
|
$400
[4]
You know nothing, Kit Harington! But we know in 2014 you voiced Eret, a trapper of these beasts also big on "Thrones"
dragons
Ross
|
$400
[7]
The Chum Bucket is a rival restaurant to the Krusty Krab on this animated TV show
SpongeBob SquarePants
Samantha
|
$400
[22]
"Seasonal" verb meaning to prepare a car for cold weather by adding antifreeze, or to prep a house, using insulation
winterizing
Samantha
|
$400
[24]
Implosion initiator for buildings past their prime
dynamite
Pranjal
|
|
$600
[23]
Thishighly poisonousplantof Europe of the parsley family was used to do in an ancient method man
hemlock
Pranjal
|
$600
[18]
A comic opera by Smetana:"The ____ Bride"
Bartered
Samantha
|
$600
[8]
Not exactly Westeros' Dad of the Year, Charles dance also played this spy novelist in the 1989 TV bio "Golden Eye"
Ian Fleming
Ross
|
$600
[19]
Notable paintings by this woman, born in 1860, include 1943's "The Old Oaken Bucket"
Grandma Moses
Pranjal
|
$600
[2]
It's the "P" in PSAT, which high schoolers may want to take before the SAT
preliminary
Pranjal
Ross
|
$600
[1]
Oh, Rob... the Petries were the family on this sitcom
The Dick Van Dyke Show
Ross
|
|
$800
[13]
Lovely to look at, yes, butits bulbs &flowerscontain lycorine & other alkaloids, which are toxic to you & your pets
daffodils
Ross
|
$800
[16]
Lehar's title refers to Hanna:"The ____ Widow"
Merry
Samantha
|
$800
[10]
Before he was Robert Baratheon, Mark Addy stripped away his troubles as an ex-steelworker in this 1997 movie
The Full Monty
Samantha
|
$800
[3]
Bucket seats in cars were popularized by this make's Monza & Corvair & soon took over
Chevy
Samantha
|
$800
[21]
Useful books before going on "Jeopardy!" include this type whose name may derive from Arabic for "calendar"
almanac
Samantha
|
$800
[9]
The DC41 Animal is a model from this manufacturer of high-tech bagless vacuum cleaners
Dyson
Pranjal
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Despite its lilting name, thelilyof this can be dangerous
the valley
Samantha
|
$1,000
[17]
Set in California:"The Girl of the ____ West"
Golden
Samantha
|
$1,000
[11]
This Emmy winner said, "Dwarves are still the butt of jokes. It's one of the last bastions of acceptable prejudice"
Peter Dinklage
Ross
Samantha
|
$1,000
[15]
This character "appeared on the sidewalk with a bucket of whitewash and a long-handled brush"
(Tom) Sawyer
Pranjal
|
DD
$1,000
[5]
During this pretrial court hearing, charges are read & the accused usually enters a plea
the arraignment
Ross
|
$1,000
[6]
This 4-word "fabric" phrase means someone is extreme or unwilling to change an opinion
dyed in the wool
Ross
|
| HAPPY TRAILS TO YOU | FRENCH HISTORY | BEASTLY BACKING BANDS | SOUNDS LIKE A PIECE OF FURNITURE | SHE'S A REAL SAINT! | TECHNO-THRILLERS |
|
$400
[27]
Official sites on this trail include the Massachusetts State House & the Paul Revere House
the Freedom Trail
Pranjal
|
$400
[1]
King of the Franks from 814 to 840, he would be followed in French history by 17 other kings bearing the name
Louis
Pranjal
Samantha
|
$400
[11]
Buddy Holly &them--chirp in now
the Crickets
Samantha
|
$400
[28]
An office or department for transacting a certain business, it may follow News, Travel, & Weather
Bureau
Samantha
|
$800
[20]
Cunegund is a patron saint of this grand duchy where she served as empress
Luxembourg
Pranjal
|
$800
[16]
Theme park robots are hijacked in this Lincoln Child thriller that shares its name with Thomas More's ideal land
Utopia
Pranjal
|
|
$800
[26]
First used by fur traders, this 2,000-mile trail went from Independence, Mo. to the Columbia River region
the Oregon Trail
Ross
|
$800
[25]
In Domremy around 1425, she began to hear voices encouraging her to lead the French army
Joan of Arc
Ross
|
$800
[21]
Adam &these little workers
Ants
Pranjal
|
$800
[18]
To head up a meeting, or the one who does the presiding
a chair
Pranjal
|
$1,200
[2]
When St. Clare was unable to attend mass, the ceremony became visible on her wall--today she's the patron of this device
the television
Pranjal
|
$1,200
[3]
With books like "Prey" & "The Andromeda Strain", this late author exemplified the genre
Michael Crichton
Samantha
|
|
$1,200
[12]
The Pacific Crest Natl. Scenic Trail follows the crests of the Sierra Nevadas & this range that includes Mt. Hood
the Cascades
Pranjal
|
DD
$1,400
[8]
The French epic "Song of Roland" depicts a battle against Saracens, but it was actually vs. these people of the Pyrenees
the Basques
Pranjal
|
$1,200
[4]
Neil Young &this "loco" group
Crazy Horse
Ross
|
$1,200
[22]
A set of data placed in columns & rows, usually in a rectangular form
a table
Pranjal
Ross
|
$1,600
[14]
In 2012 Kateri Tekakwitha of this New York tribe became the first Native American canonized
Mohawk
Pranjal
Ross
|
$1,600
[7]
Secret agents & a deadly virus show up in "The Satan Bug", a rollicking yarn from this "Guns of Navarone" author
Alistair MacLean
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Follow the Inca trail 26 miles to this "lost city of the Incas"
Machu Picchu
Ross
|
$1,600
[17]
Sparking the French Wars of Religion, 1,000 members of this group were massacred on March 1, 1562
the Huguenots
Pranjal
|
$1,600
[5]
Country Joe &these swimmers
the Fish
|
$1,600
[19]
At its peak in the 1600s, this empire stretched from Hungary in the north to Yemen in the south
Ottoman
Pranjal
|
DD
$3,500
[15]
This mother of the virgin Mary is the patron saint of expectant mothers
(St.) Anne
Pranjal
|
$2,000
[24]
A data thief targets a giant computer mind orbiting Earth in this William Gibson cyberpunk classic from 1984
Neuromancer
Pranjal
|
|
$2,000
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Starting south of San Antonio & ending in Abilene, Kansas, from 1867 to 1871, 1.5 million head of cattle headed north on this trail
the Chisholm Trail
Samantha
|
$2,000
[10]
La Montagne, an extremist revolutionary faction in 1793 & '94, was led by Georges Danton & this man
Robespierre
Ross
|
$2,000
[6]
David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust &this galactic group
the Spiders from Mars
Pranjal
|
$2,000
[23]
This foundation of a road or railway tracks is often made of crushed rock
a bed
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She's been called the "Mona Lisa of the North" & the poster girl for the Dutch Royal Picture Gallery in The Hague
the Girl with the Pearl Earring