Seth Wilson game 2.
Rachel Lin — a patent attorney from Tuckahoe, New York
Bryan Hlavinka — a tequila tour manager from Houston, Texas
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $2,000 | $6,800 | $15,600 |
$31,200
2-day champion: $61,000 |
$13,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Bryan | $4,600 | $8,000 | $14,800 |
$13,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,800
21 R, 1 W |
| Rachel | $800 | $800 | $-1,200 |
$-1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
8 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| MAJOR LEAGUE BALLPARK FOOD | A WHITMAN SAMPLER | OUT OF THE CRADLE | ENDLESSLY ROCKING | NATIVE AMERICANS | WORDS THAT SHOULD RHYME |
|
$200
[7]
A little sweet, a little salty, it's thesweet potato waffle chicken sandwichat the Houston ballpark of this team
the Astros
Seth
|
$200
[6]
"Give me the splendid silent" this "with all his beams full-dazzling"
the sun
Seth
|
$200
[22]
That crying from the cradle may be a sign of this 2-word ailment; get the cream, like Desitin or Anti Monkey Butt
diaper rash
Bryan
|
$200
[1]
They've been rocking since 1970, though Steven Tyler no longer plays drums
Aerosmith
Seth
|
$400
[28]
Mescalero & Chiricahua are spoken by members of this Native American people
the Apache
|
$400
[19]
A pass that helps another player score & the guy playing a low-toned string instrument
assist and bassist
Bryan
|
|
$400
[8]
Buy me some peanuts & also the "Cracker Jack & mac" dog topped with caramel sauce at this team's PNC Park, arr!
the Pittsburgh Pirates
Rachel
|
$400
[13]
In a eulogy for Lincoln: "O ____! My ____! Our fearful trip is done"
captain
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
We bought a plastic ring to help with this painful process & even put it in the freezer, but here it comes flying out
teething
Bryan
|
$400
[2]
This "Sharp Dressed Man" trio formed in 1969, but it took a while before the beards developed their full grandeur
ZZ Top
Bryan
|
$600
[20]
In 1889 & 1890 a visionary named Wovoka taught this "spectral" dance to tribes to regenerate the earth
the Ghost Dance
Seth
|
$600
[16]
To give support to an effort & a group of people attending to a V.I.P.
encourage and entourage
|
|
$600
[9]
Enjoy some mini-donuts & toppings in a souvenir helmetat this St. Louis ballpark
Busch Stadium
Bryan
|
$600
[14]
"I hear" this land "singing, the varied carols I hear"
America
Seth
|
$600
[26]
When Grandma called the cradle this by mistake, we heard Baby say, "It's not" this! This "is oval & starts with a B!"
bassinet
Bryan
|
$600
[3]
60 acts played for 16 hours for this 1985 London-Philly charity event; Phil Collins caught a plane & played in both cities
Live Aid
Seth
|
$1,000
[12]
South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian reservation has a 4-year college serving the Oglala branch of this tribe
the Sioux
Seth
|
$800
[17]
A paved backyard area & a quantitative relation between 2 amounts
patio and ratio
Seth
|
|
$800
[11]
Specialties of this ballpark include a crab & melted cheese pretzel & Chesapeake waffle fries topped with crab dip
Camden (Yards)
Seth
Bryan
|
$800
[15]
"I lean and loafe at my ease observing a spear of summer" this
grass
|
$800
[23]
Baby's fastidious; she's handing me a piece of clothing with just a spot of strained peas from this Fremont, Mich. company
Gerber
Bryan
|
$800
[4]
They trucked through more than 2,300 shows, from a 1965 Bay Area pizza parlor gig to a 2015 farewell at Soldier Field
the Grateful Dead
Bryan
|
DD
$3,400
[21]
Of Cherokee descent, Robert Owen was one of the first 2 senators from this state in 1907
Oklahoma
Seth
|
$1,000
[18]
Cheek makeup that's also a French color & to dig out roughly
rouge and gouge
Bryan
|
|
$1,000
[10]
The buffalo cauliflower poutine is a vegetarian option at this team's Rogers Centre
the (Toronto) Blue Jays
Bryan
|
$1,000
[25]
"I ____ myself, and sing myself"
celebrate
|
$1,000
[24]
Some say ignore the noises; Baby can get back to sleep without help, an ability known by this alliterative term
self-soothing
|
$1,000
[5]
At a Helsinki show on his 2012 "Wrecking Ball" tour, he & his band rocked for a personal best 4 hours, 6 minutes
Bruce Springsteen
Bryan
|
— | — |
| FICTIONAL LANGUAGES | "TEN"-LETTER WORDS | FRIENDS | ROME IS WHERE THE ART IS | SEEN FROM ABOVE | I AM CURIOUS ABOUT YELLOW |
|
$400
[1]
Linguist Marc Okrand created this language spoken by Worf (among others) on television
Klingon
Bryan
|
$400
[5]
Non-satisfaction; "now is the winter of our" this
discontent
Bryan
|
$400
[28]
Then known as Lew Alcindor, this 7'2" basketball star was a high school friend of not 7'2" funnyman Billy Crystal
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Seth
|
$400
[11]
Most visitors to the Capitoline Museums don't turn to stone when they see Bernini's bustof this slithery gal
Medusa
Seth
|
$800
[21]
You have to go 50 miles north of Cuzco and way up in the air to get above these ruins
Machu Picchu
Bryan
|
$800
[27]
A yellow card in this sport is an official warning that you are playing too rough--yes, you, Sergio Ramos
soccer
Seth
|
|
$800
[3]
You can be like Daenerys & actually learn about 4,000 words of this language of Khal Drogo
Dothraki
Bryan
|
$800
[6]
In the U.S. Army, a first this ranks just below captain
lieutenant
Bryan
|
$800
[16]
Douglas Fairbanks Sr. was one of the closest friends of this "Little Tramp"
(Charlie) Chaplin
Bryan
|
$800
[13]
The Pinacoteca, a collection of religious paintings begun by Pius VI, is one of many museums in this enclave
the Vatican
Rachel
|
$1,200
[19]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a painting and a video on the monitor.) Based on a work titled "Olive Trees" by this painter, crop artist Stan Herd'sversionis perhaps better viewed from an airplane
(Vincent) van Gogh
Bryan
|
$1,200
[23]
Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for this lonely character, died at sea from yellow fever
Robinson Crusoe
Rachel
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Harry Potter acquired the ability to speak this language of snakes from Voldemort
Parseltongue
Seth
|
$1,200
[7]
Patrick Roy & Hope Solo played this position
goaltender
Seth
Rachel
|
$1,200
[12]
Mozart was close friends with this composer, who was Wolfgang's senior by 23 years & was perhaps more of a "Papa" figure
Haydn
Rachel
|
$1,200
[18]
The terracotta Sarcophagus of the Spousesreclines at Rome's National Museum of these darn ancient people
Etruscans
|
$1,600
[20]
Extending over an area of nearly 200 square miles are these mysterious lines of Peru that are only evident from the air
the Nazca Lines
|
$1,600
[22]
The 1864 Battle of Yellow Tavern was the last for this Confederate cavalry general whose nickname is from his initials
J.E.B. Stuart
Seth
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Tolkien created these languages whose forms include Quenya before writing his books, not the other way around
Elvin (or Elvish)
Bryan
Rachel
|
$1,600
[8]
Shelley wrote, "To defy power which seems" this, meaning unlimited
omnipotent
Bryan
|
$1,600
[14]
Nathaniel Hawthorne wrote a campaign biography of this college pal, later the 14th U.S. president
Franklin Pierce
Seth
|
$1,600
[17]
Roman ceilings, walls & floors displayed this type of art made of bits of material; you can walk on fine examples in Ostia
mosaic
Bryan
|
$2,000
[26]
The course of Botswana's Okavango Rivercan be described with this word, starting with an objective pronoun
meandering
Rachel
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
This world capital straddles the Han River, which flows into the Yellow Sea
Seoul (Korea)
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[10]
You say "uncold" rather than "warm" in this language in "1984"
Newspeak
Rachel
|
$2,000
[9]
The Empire State Building is in what was once this "meaty" area noted for vice & corruption
the Tenderloin
Seth
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1961 this "J. Alfred Prufrock" poet became pen pals with Groucho; the 2 finally met just before the poet's 1965 death
T.S. Eliot
Seth
|
DD
$6,000
[24]
In the Galleria Borghese, Caravaggio'sportraitof this saint shows him with hisheadstill on his shoulders
John the Baptist
Rachel
|
— | — |
In 2015 this character was made an honorary citizen of Japan after over 60 years of residence there
Godzilla