Seth Wilson game 9.
Anne Campbell — a homeschool educator from Frederick, Maryland
Damien Shirley — a digital consultant from Arlington, Virginia
Seth Wilson — a Ph.D. candidate from Chicago, Illinois (whose 8-day cash winnings total $191,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seth | $2,200 | $5,200 | $14,100 |
$18,100
9-day champion: $209,801 |
$15,600
21 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Damien | $300 | $1,900 | $5,500 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
9 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Anne | $2,800 | $4,800 | $9,000 |
$12,499
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| BOY SCOUT LAW WORDS | A LOOK AT BOOKS | EPISODES OF THE SITCOM | IN-LAWS | YOU CAN'T FIGHT | CITY HALL |
|
$200
[14]
"A scout is trustworthy...", then this word describing one faithful to a leader or friend
loyal
Seth
|
$200
[4]
Harper Lee's "Go Set a Watchman" features characters from this novel set 20 years earlier
To Kill a Mockingbird
Anne
|
$200
[1]
"Weekend at Barney's","The Best Man"
How I Met Your Mother
Seth
|
$200
[20]
It would be natural for her, Prince Charles' second wife, to be intimidated by her mother-in-law (Queen Elizabeth)
Camilla
Damien
|
$200
[12]
Jesus' words "Whosoever shall smite thee on thy right" one, "turn to him the other" have been taken as a pacifist message
cheek
Seth
|
$200
[17]
In this Western state capital, the City Hall went up in 1894 & was controversial because it rivaled the Temple
Salt Lake City
Seth
|
|
$400
[27]
This synonym for frugal is also the name of a car rental company
thrifty
Seth
|
$400
[5]
In 1932 Pearl Buck's "Sons" was a No. 3 bestseller; this other Buck book held the top spot
The Good Earth
Seth
|
$400
[2]
"Citizen Keaton","Alex Doesn't Live Here Anymore"
Family Ties
Seth
|
$400
[23]
This handbag designer, sister-in-law to comedian & actor David, recently changed her last name to Valentine
Kate Spade
Seth
|
$400
[15]
His first major nonviolent satyagraha action was protesting salt taxes imposed by the British
Gandhi
Anne
|
DD
$500
[10]
One of the world's tallest buildings when completed in 1901, Philly's City Hallis 548 feet tall & topped by astatueof this man
William Penn
Damien
|
|
$600
[28]
Immaculate is a synonym for this word that can precede "getaway" or a "sweep"
clean
Seth
|
$600
[8]
"GEB" is devotees' name for Douglas Hofstadter's "Godel, Escher," this composer
Bach
|
$600
[3]
"Daddy Dre-Care","Keeping Up with the Johnsons"
Black-ish
Anne
|
$600
[24]
For a brief time, Janet Jackson was sister-in-law to this daughter of "the King"
Lisa Marie Presley
Seth
|
$600
[16]
This religious group founded in the 1600s is dedicated to pacifism & to following the "inward light"
the Quakers (Society of Friends)
Damien
|
$600
[11]
Completed in 1928, Asheville, North Carolina's City Hallis a masterpiece of this style, named for a Parisian expo held in 1925
Art Deco
Anne
|
| — |
$800
[9]
"So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish" was a 1984 offering from this British satirical sci-fi writer
Douglas Adams
Damien
|
$800
[6]
"Coffee, Tea or Jack","Roper's Niece"
Three's Company
Seth
|
$800
[25]
Frederic Joliot, winner of a Nobel with wife Irene, could hold his own at the dinner table with her, his mother-in-law
Marie Curie
Seth
|
$800
[18]
2-word military draft registration status that means you can serve, but without fighting
conscientious objector
Seth
|
$800
[21]
You can't visit this ancient wonder at Halicarnassus, butbeholdthe tower of Los Angeles City Hall, designed toresembleit
the Mausoleum
Damien
|
| — |
$1,000
[13]
Norman Mailer said a novel by this man didn't have the right stuff: "It is a 742-page work that reads as if it is 1,500"
Tom Wolfe
Anne
|
$1,000
[7]
"Smother's Day","Family Takes Care of Beverly"
The Goldbergs
|
$1,000
[26]
As Henry IV of France was married to Margaret of Valois, this influential Medici was his mother-in-law
Catherine Medici
Anne
|
$1,000
[19]
Last name of brothers Daniel & Philip, pacifist priests known for their opposition to the Vietnam War
Berrigan
|
$1,000
[22]
The building housing this burg's City Hall also houses the offices administering Cook County
Chicago
Anne
|
| MICHIGAN HISTORY | HONORS & AWARDS | RECENT MEMOIRISTS | NATIONAL CURRENCY UNITS | MUSIC IN MOVIES | "SQ"s ME |
|
$400
[18]
December 10, 1915 marked a milestone with the production of the one millionth car from this company
Ford
Seth
|
$400
[21]
The award in these sciences is technically not a Nobel Prize but the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Memory of Alfred Nobel
economics
Seth
|
$400
[7]
Courtney Robertson gave us the ins & outs of her time on this reality TV show in "I Didn't Come Here to Make Friends"
The Bachelor
|
$400
[1]
Japan
the yen
Anne
|
$400
[2]
After the Nazis sing "Die Wacht Am Rhein" in "Casablanca", Laszlo tells the band to play this French anthem
"La Marseillaise"
Damien
|
$400
[26]
By shooting out its feeding tentacles, a giant one of these sea creatures can catch prey over 30 feet away
a squid
Anne
|
|
$800
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a graph on the monitor.) In 2016, the Washington Post showed lead in parts-per-billion in Michigan; with the normal level of cause for concern being 5, in Troy, it was 1.1, in Detroit, it was 2.3, & in this city, a staggering 27
Flint
Anne
|
$800
[22]
An Academy Award is named for this boy wonder movie producer who died at 37
Irving Thalberg
Anne
|
$800
[8]
"Every Day I Fight" is the memoir of this late ESPN anchor & his battle against cancer
Stuart Scott
Seth
|
$800
[3]
Argentina
the peso
Damien
|
$800
[10]
In "Moulin Rouge" Ewan McGregor is taunted with a rendition of this Police song
"Roxanne"
Anne
|
$800
[29]
In TV ads it's what Mr. Whipple always told customers not to do to "the Charmin"
squeeze
Damien
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In 1925 Gertrude Brown was the first this pie fruit queen & Traverse City's annual festival was born
cherry
Seth
|
$1,200
[23]
A social media account called Goats of Anarchy was a 2016 winner of one of these, honoring Internet excellence
a Webby
Seth
|
$1,200
[9]
Holly Madison's "Down the Rabbit Hole" is her cautionary memoir of her time as one of these lagomorphs
a Playboy Bunny
Seth
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
Brazil
the real
Anne
|
$1,200
[11]
At the riff-off in this 2012 movie, the Treblemakers sing "Feels Like The First Time", while the Bellas go with "No Diggity"
Pitch Perfect
Seth
|
$1,600
[27]
The sight of blood makes some people this, meaning easily nauseated
squeamish
Anne
|
|
$1,600
[19]
A city up north is named for this French priest who founded Michigan's first permanent Eur. settlement c. 1668
Father Marquette
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
Napoleon created it in 1802 as a general military & civil order of merit
the Legion of Honor ( la Légion d'Honneur )
Seth
|
$1,600
[16]
She followed up her memoir "A Stolen Life" with "Freedom: My Book of Firsts"
Jaycee Dugard
Anne
|
$1,200
[4]
Belarus
the ruble
|
$1,600
[12]
In the third installment of this comedy, Ken Jeong as Mr. Chow sings "I Believe I Can Fly" while flying over Vegas
The Hangover
Damien
|
$2,000
[28]
In medieval times a young nobleman who served a knight was called this
a squire
Seth
|
|
$2,000
[20]
FDR's 1940 phrase "the great" this "of democracy" was later applied to Detroit as it turned out jeeps, tanks & bombers
arsenal
Damien
|
$1,600
[24]
The Natl. Assoc. of Broadcasters came up with these radio awards in 1938 as the equivalent of a Pulitzer
the Peabody Awards
|
$2,000
[17]
This former Fed chairman wrote the 2015 memoir "The Courage to Act: A Memoir of a Crisis and its Aftermath"
Bernanke
Damien
|
$1,600
[5]
Pakistan
the rupee
Anne
|
$2,000
[15]
In a scene from "Almost Famous", the Stillwater tour bus sings this Elton John tune
"Tiny Dancer"
Seth
|
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Banished from Athens, this inventor found trouble on Crete too, but escaped
Daedalus