Seth Wilson game 5.
Charlie Geer — an affordable housing development analyst from Columbus, Ohio
Elena Stuewe — a resident physician from Birmingham, Alabama
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $105,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $3,600 | $7,900 | $21,900 |
$21,900
5-day champion: $127,700 |
$20,200
25 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Elena | $1,800 | $1,800 | $18,800 |
$15,699
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Charlie | $-400 | $-600 | $4,600 |
$2,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
15 R, 5 W |
| 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES | NOT A REAL MUPPET ORSESAME STREETCHARACTER | GETTING FROM HERE TO THERE | A HOMOPHONE OF A PAST TENSE VERB | ANIMALS | IT'S PLAIN TO SEE IT'S 33 |
|
$200
[3]
We bet you know that in population it's the largest city in Northern Nevada
Reno
Charlie
|
$200
[1]
Beaker, Fozzie, Gumbo
Gumbo
Elena
|
$200
[21]
Put this 8-letter word before "bike" to get a bike with extra-powerful brakes & low gear ratios for climbing steep grades
mountain
Seth
|
$200
[26]
This group of bovines reminds us of sounds collected
a herd
Charlie
|
$200
[2]
A spotted pattern on the whale shark seems to act as this, but how do you hide when you're 40 feet long?
camouflage
Charlie
|
$200
[16]
In May 1927 it took him about 33 hours to make his most famous flight
Lindbergh
Seth
|
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$400
[4]
On the first anniversary of his death, a memorial to Michael Jackson was unveiled in this Indiana city
Gary
Charlie
|
$400
[6]
Waldorf, Statler, Belleview
Belleview
Seth
|
$400
[22]
The Mardi Gras was the first ship launched by this cruise line that now carries the most guests in the industry
Carnival
Seth
|
$400
[27]
This number could be interpreted as a mealtime verb
eight
Charlie
|
$400
[10]
If the 2-toed type of this mammal falls off its tree, thick skin protects it, but it will be mostly helpless until returned
a sloth
Seth
|
$400
[17]
John Belushi in 1982 & this other hefty "SNL" comic in 1992 both passed away aged 33
Chris Farley
Seth
|
|
$600
[5]
Bill Clinton was born & spent his early childhood in this small Arkansas town
Hope
Seth
|
$600
[7]
Dr. Strangepork, Dr. Oss-a-Lot, Dr. Honeydew
Dr. Oss-a-Lot
Seth
Charlie
|
$600
[23]
This airline was formed in 1946 from the national airlines of Denmark, Sweden & Norway
SAS (Scandinavian Airline Systems)
Charlie
|
$600
[28]
On the periodic table, it could also be interpreted as "escorted"
lead
|
$600
[11]
Pinnipeds, meaning "flipper-footed", include sea lions, seals & these, of the family Odobenus
walruses
Elena
Charlie
|
$800
[19]
Nicknamed "Zo", this pro basketball Hall of Famer had his No. 33 jersey retired by the Miami Heat
Alonzo Mourning
Seth
|
|
$800
[14]
It's home to Baylor University
Waco (Texas)
Seth
|
$800
[8]
Pretzels, Sweetums, Foo Foo
Pretzels
|
$800
[24]
This motor scooter got its name in 1946 when creator Enrico Piaggio claimed, "It looks like a wasp! "
a Vespa
Seth
|
$800
[29]
This household helper sounds as if she was fashioned
maid
Charlie
|
$800
[12]
This was the first dog breed to collect admissible evidence for American courts of law
a bloodhound
Seth
|
$1,000
[20]
Though it's known as a poison, you've got trace amounts in you of this element, atomic number 33
arsenic
Elena
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The business center of "The Big Island", it's also the gateway to Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hilo
Elena
Charlie
|
$1,000
[9]
Owl Jolson, Placido Flamingo, Polly Darton
Owl Jolson
Seth
Elena
|
$1,000
[25]
Set adrift, Capt. Bligh sailed 3,600 miles in the 20-foot ship's boat called this, also a verb meaning to set sail
launch
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
This term for animals like cows & sheep means they chew their cud
a ruminant
Seth
|
DD
$1,500
[18]
"The 33" is a film based on a real-life copper mine collapse that trapped 33 miners underground in this country
Chile
Seth
|
| IN PRAISE OF OLDER WRITERS | MED. ABBREV. | MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS | THE MOVIE'S TITLE CHARACTER | THE "SYM"s | REMEMBERING WORLD WAR I |
|
$400
[7]
Goethe was 59 when he completed the first part of this devilish play
Faust
Charlie
|
$400
[14]
I hope I don't see you in the ICU, this hospital area
the intensive care unit
Charlie
|
$400
[29]
Thiswind instrument has a long blues tradition with players like Little Walter
a harmonica
Seth
|
$400
[17]
Savant Raymond Babbitt(1988)
Rain Man
Charlie
|
$400
[1]
Bruckner's 4th one is "Romantic"; Mahler's 6th one is "Tragic"
a symphony
Charlie
|
$400
[15]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The Liberty Memorialat the National World War I Museum was built as a monument to the men and women who served in the war; in 1926, in front of a crowd of 150,000, this president broke his notorious silence to dedicate the memorial
Calvin Coolidge
Charlie
|
|
$800
[9]
This author of "The Big Sleep" didn't publish his first short story until he was 45
(Raymond) Chandler
Seth
|
$800
[13]
It's the "R" in MRSA, a staph infection that is impervious to antibiotics
resistant
Elena
|
$1,200
[28]
Found in many ancient cultures, this oddly-shaped wind instrument is also called a sweet potato
an ocarina
Seth
|
$800
[18]
Travis Bickle(1976)
Taxi Driver
Charlie
|
$800
[2]
Equal on both sides
symmetrical
Charlie
|
$800
[16]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) Even before the U.S. entry into the war, Americans were volunteering to drive Red Cross ambulances; one such adventurer wasthis18-year-old, who was badly wounded in a mortar attack in Italy, nearly costing the U.S. a future Nobel Prize in Literature
(Ernest) Hemingway
Seth
|
|
$1,600
[11]
She did not publish her only novel, "Black Beauty", until she was 57
(Anna) Sewell
Elena
|
$1,200
[6]
Somatotropin is aka HGH, short for this
human growth hormone
Seth
|
$2,000
[27]
This traditional Japanese musical instrument whose name means "3 strings" is used for party songs & storytelling
the shamisen
|
$1,200
[19]
Mercenary Wade Wilson(2016)
Deadpool
Seth
|
$1,200
[3]
Adjective for a relationship that may be beneficial to both individuals involved
symbiotic
Charlie
|
$1,200
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The German model 1902 field Howitzer could hurl a 95-pound shell nearly 5 miles; because of their power & black smoke, the incoming rounds got this nickname among the allied troops after the hard-hitting African-Americanheavyweight championof the era
Jack Johnson
Seth
|
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
In his 90s, this Irish playwright was still writing comedies like "Far-Fetched Fables"
(George Bernard) Shaw
Seth
|
$1,600
[5]
This chronic inflammatory disease is R.A. for short
rheumatoid arthritis
Elena
|
DD
$9,400
[26]
The oud, of the Middle East, is a member of this stringed instrument family with a 4-letter name
a lute
Elena
|
$1,600
[20]
Police officer Alex J. Murphy(1987)
RoboCop
Seth
|
$1,600
[4]
A meeting of experts to discuss a specific subject
symposium
Elena
|
$1,600
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The museum's Horizon Theater features a vivid recreation of the dangerous battle-scarredlandscapebetween opposing lines known by this 3-word name
no man's land
Seth
Charlie
|
|
$2,000
[22]
The inspiration for the movie "Barfly", he put out his debut novel "Post Office" in 1971 when he was 50
(Charles) Bukowski
Seth
|
$2,000
[12]
Fx means this, perhaps the Pott's type
fracture
|
— |
$2,000
[21]
Navin R. Johnson, the son of black sharecroppers(1979)
The Jerk
|
$2,000
[8]
Patty Hearst joined this "Army"
the Symbionese Liberation Army
Charlie
|
$2,000
[25]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from the Nat'l WWI Museum & Memorial in Kansas City, MO.) The tunic & cap belonged to this Prussian aristocrat who led Germany's wartime military dictatorship, gave his name to an ill-fated aircraft & appointed Adolf Hitler as Germany's chancellor
(Paul von) Hindenburg
Elena
|
The Zambezi River reaches the ocean in this country that lends its name to the body of water where it happens
Mozambique