Seth Wilson game 7.
Bing Kao — a business analyst from Houston, Texas
Miranda Prince — a yarn purveyor from Albany, Oregon
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois (whose 6-day cash winnings total $153,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $2,200 | $4,600 | $15,800 |
$12,800
7-day champion: $166,500 |
$15,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Miranda | $600 | $1,100 | $9,100 |
$10,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
11 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Bing | $1,600 | $3,600 | $6,800 |
$199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
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$200
[4]
Hey, itlooks like the Roman numeral two--that's quite a clue
Gemini
Bing
|
$200
[1]
This 1863 document allowed the Union to recruit black soldiers
the Emancipation Proclamation
Seth
|
$200
[14]
In 2015 this Brit scored the winning goal as the first athlete to be chosen
David Beckham
Seth
|
$200
[22]
Almost all of our brain's total volume is made up of both hemispheres of this brain part
the cerebrum
Miranda
|
DD
$100
[26]
Shhh! This 2006 Rhonda Byrne book let out the hidden truth that positive thinking can lead to wealth & happiness
The Secret
Miranda
|
$200
[3]
Passengers flying internationally in this section on American Airlines get a pair of pajamas
first class
Miranda
|
|
$400
[12]
Let's kick it up a notch & say that this sign is our next target
Sagittarius
Seth
Miranda
|
$400
[2]
A draft document called the Articles of the Barons preceded this one to which the king set his seal in 1215
the Magna Carta
Bing
|
$400
[15]
All right, all right, all right; for the 20th anniversary celebration in 2005, he was the Sexiest Man Alive
Matthew McConaughey
Bing
|
$400
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) Unattached directly to any other bone, the small and flat kneecap, also known as this, is held in place by muscle attachments
the patella
Bing
|
$200
[24]
Lama Surya Das' "Awakening the Buddha Within" lays out the 8 steps anyone can use to achieve this high spiritual state
nirvana
Seth
|
$400
[5]
It's the "ailment" you've got if you've been cooped up indoors for too long
cabin fever
Seth
|
|
$600
[7]
You can sort of seeits big head & big horns
Taurus
Seth
|
$600
[6]
Robert Livingston, U.S. minister to France, James Monroe & a French Treasury minister signed the treaty for this 1803 deal
the Louisiana Purchase
Bing
|
$600
[19]
Sadly, this first non-entertainer to be named died in a 1999 plane crash
John F. Kennedy, Jr.
Seth
|
$600
[18]
A big tootsie sprain, this alliterative term was coined in 1976 for football injuries on an artificial surface
turf toe
Seth
|
$400
[25]
It follows "Our Bodies" in a series of book titles
Ourselves
Miranda
|
$600
[10]
"Incense And Peppermints" was a 1967 No. 1 hit for the group called Strawberry this
Alarm Clock
Seth
|
|
$800
[27]
This sign'srepresentationhas to do with the time Aphrodite & Eros jumped into a river to escape a monster
Pisces
|
$800
[8]
This charter says, "We the peoples of" these "determined to save succeeding generations from the scourge of war"
the United Nations charter
Seth
|
$800
[20]
In 1993 with Cindy Crawford, he was half of the Sexiest Couple Alive; 6 years later, he was the Sexiest Man
Richard Gere
Bing
|
$800
[17]
The main shoulder joint is this type of joint, with the rounded end of one bone fitting into a cuplike end of a second
ball-and-socket
Bing
|
— |
$800
[11]
All aboard this auto assembly consisting of the transmission & driveshaft that links the engine to axles
the drive train (or power train)
Miranda
|
|
$1,000
[28]
It's the dawning of the symbol of this sign of the zodiac
Aquarius
Miranda
|
$1,000
[9]
Name given U.S. Public Law 88-408, passed in 1964 giving LBJ the power to prevent further aggression
the Tonkin Gulf Resolution
Seth
|
$1,000
[23]
2012 was a big year for him: "21 Jump Street", "Magic Mike" & Sexiest Man Alive
Channing Tatum
Seth
|
$1,000
[21]
In humans, the big toe has 2 of these bones; the other toes each have 3
phalanges
Miranda
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
The constellation Hydrus represents this type of creature
water snake
|
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$400
[2]
This paper won the Breaking News Pulitzer for going 60 miles east to cover the San Bernardino terrorist attack
The Los Angeles Times
Miranda
Bing
|
$400
[26]
On amapof the Caribbean, you can see why these groups are called Greater & Lesser
the Antilles
Seth
|
$400
[15]
On Food Network, cooks battle masters like Mario Batali in the "America" version of this Japanese show
Iron Chef
Bing
|
$400
[19]
In "Peter And The Wolf", the hunters arrive as this section of the orchestra begins to play
percussion
Seth
|
$400
[1]
Ark builder's constricting snakes
Noah's boas
Seth
|
$400
[5]
This interjection is pure magic
abracadabra
Seth
|
|
$800
[13]
For exposing slave labor in the seafood industry, this news agency with a 2-letter abbreviated name won its 52nd prize
the Associated Press (AP)
Seth
|
$800
[27]
The U.S. Air Force maintains Lajes Field, a base on the island of Terceira in this North Atlantic group owned by Portugal
the Azores
Seth
|
$800
[22]
This character's 2015 movie finds Plankton crawling into his brain to steal the Krabby Patty recipe
SpongeBob SquarePants
Seth
|
$800
[16]
When this "lunar" Beethoven sonata premiered in 1802, some of the piano strings snapped during the finale
the "Moonlight Sonata"
Bing
|
$800
[3]
Cain's brother's bundles of insulated wires
Abel's cables
Bing
|
$800
[10]
2-word term for an arrangement of items by their letters, like "A_B_C_D"
alphabetical order
Seth
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Only the ninth musical to take the Drama award, "Hamilton" won for this writer & star
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Miranda
|
$1,200
[28]
You might say that Manihiki in this group named for a British sea captain has the blessing of the black pearls
the Cook Islands
Bing
|
$1,200
[23]
He was totally money in the 2014 film "Chef", going from glamorous head chef to food truck impresario
Jon Favreau
Seth
|
$1,200
[8]
This oratorio premiered Easter time in 1742, though now it is a Christmastime favorite
Handel's Messiah
Miranda
|
$1,200
[6]
Sacred song from the 19th book of the Bible in praise of a healing ointment
Psalm balm
Miranda
|
$1,200
[4]
Vitamin C
ascorbic acid
|
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
The History Pulitzer went to T.J. Stiles for a new take on the life of this soldier, 1839-1876
(George Armstrong) Custer
Seth
|
DD
$1,200
[29]
For a breathtaking view of the main island in this group, board the "End of the World" train in Ushuaia, Argentina
Tierra del Fuego
Bing
|
$1,600
[24]
In a "Muppisode" on YouTube, this hard-to-understand cook takes on Gordon Ramsay
the Swedish Chef
Seth
|
$1,600
[17]
In the U.K., the melody of "Pomp And Circumstance" has been sung as the patriotic song "Land Of Hope And" this
Glory
|
$1,600
[7]
Verifiable truths from the book following the Gospels
Acts facts
Bing
|
$1,600
[11]
From the Latin, it's wanton tree-killing
arborcide
|
|
$2,000
[21]
"Barbarian Days", William Finnegan's chronicle of his obsession with this activity in Hawaii & elsewhere, won the Bio award
surfing
Seth
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
Mr. Pickle, Mr. Egg & Mr. Hot Dog chase chef Peter Pepper as he tries to make sandwiches in this arcade game
BurgerTime
Miranda
|
$2,000
[18]
Seeing art on display inspired Mussorgsky to compose this work with 10 movements
Pictures at an Exhibition
Miranda
|
$2,000
[9]
The first king of Israel's utterances with prolonged vowels
Saul's drawls
|
$2,000
[12]
To flee quickly & secretly to avoid arrest
abscond
Seth
|
The title of a Frida Kahlo painting inspired the 3-word name of this 2008 No. 1 hit by a British group
"Viva La Vida"