Anne Exler — a librarian from Underhill, Vermont
Jeremy Zarowitz — an energy trader from Oak Park, California
Shannon Dillmore — a genomics research manager from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,631)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | $3,800 | $5,400 | $18,000 |
$28,431
2-day champion: $49,062 |
$13,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Jeremy | $200 | $200 | $11,400 |
$15,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
14 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Anne | $2,800 | $5,000 | $14,200 |
$2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,200
16 R, 0 W |
| I'M A WHEEL WATCHER | PLANET EARTH | WHAT CAN YOU BUY FOR A BUCK? | L.A. TELEVISION | T(4 LETTERS)T | U.S. HISTORY |
|
$200
[23]
This numerical slang term for a tractor-trailer truck comes from what goes on its many axles
an 18-wheeler
Shannon
|
$200
[19]
It's the name used for any half of the globe
hemisphere
Anne
|
$200
[11]
A new one of these every month from the Dollar Shave Club
a razor
Shannon
|
$200
[16]
Throughout the '90s, David Hasselhoff & company kept L.A. County beaches safe on this TV series
Baywatch
Jeremy
|
$200
[4]
The object in competition shooting
a target
Shannon
|
$400
[29]
2 weeks after 9/11, a CIA team entered this country to prep our invasion
Afghanistan
Shannon
|
|
$400
[24]
Huck Finn could tell you this type of steamer once churned up & down the Mississippi
a paddlewheel
Anne
|
$400
[18]
Burning coal & oil in the Industrial Age has produced this, atomic No. 6--mix it with oxygen & you get a greenhouse gas
carbon
Jeremy
|
$400
[12]
A travel-sized bottle of this from Purell
hand sanitizer
Jeremy
|
$400
[17]
His trusty agent & close circle of friends helped film star Vince Chase navigate L.A. on this show
Entourage
Jeremy
|
$400
[6]
It's the force that propels a plane
thrust
Anne
|
$600
[13]
The 1912 platform of this short-lived political party had all the antlers, like direct election of U.S. senators
Bull Moose
Jeremy
|
|
$600
[3]
With a spin of the wheel in this casino game, you can win $350 with a $10 bet
roulette
Anne
|
$800
[2]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the USS Intrepid in Norfolk, VA.) The Concorde cruised at 60,000 feet, high enough for its 100 passengers tosee this phenomenon, which at just 8 inches per mile is invisible from lower altitudes
the curvature of the Earth
|
$600
[20]
At one of the dollar stores, you can get an 8-digit desktop or pocket one of these
a calculator
Anne
|
$600
[26]
As inner city L.A. cop Vic Mackey on "The Shield", this actor wasn't above breaking a few rules
(Michael) Chiklis
Jeremy
|
$600
[7]
Jamal Al-Fayeed was the title despot on this FX drama
Tyrant
Shannon
|
$800
[14]
In June 1877 a war began between this tribe & the U.S. in Idaho, ending when federal troops captured Chief Joseph
the Nez Perce
Jeremy
|
|
$800
[5]
It's a wheeled platform with a mounted camera on it used to make a tracking shot
a dolly
Anne
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
This dark, organic substance found in soil & formed from decaying matter is good for plants; some might try to eat it with pita
humus
Shannon
|
$800
[21]
A Crunchtada Tostada or grilled chicken taco from this chain
Del Taco
Jeremy
|
$800
[27]
As this title fixer for the L.A. rich & famous, Liev Schreiber seems to solve everyone's problems but his own
Ray Donovan
Jeremy
|
$800
[8]
A small tower in a fortress
a turret
Shannon
|
$1,000
[15]
Regular passenger transatlantic air service began in June 1939 when this company's Dixie Clipper flew from N.Y. to Portugal
Pan Am
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Often found on the bottom of heavy furniture, it's a wheel that swivels in order to help in moving large objects
a caster
|
$1,000
[10]
These 5 letters follow "rock" or "mud" in a type of event that killed thousands in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake
slide
Anne
|
$1,000
[22]
For your Kindle a "megapack" of 15 classic stories in this genre by Philip K. Dick
science fiction
Anne
|
$1,000
[28]
5 decades apart, we spent time on this title road, at "77" & in "Studio 60"
the Sunset Strip
Shannon
|
$1,000
[9]
There's only 1 vowel in this word, to oppose a plan successfully
thwart
Shannon
|
— |
| AUTHORS WITH PRESIDENTIAL NAMES | 2-WORD COUNTRIES | ROCK "ME" | DOME, DOME ON THE RANGE | WHERE SELDOM IS HEARD | A DISCOURAGING WORD |
|
$400
[22]
In 1809 he published "A History of New York" under the pen name Diedrich Knickerbocker
Washington Irving
|
$400
[21]
One of this country's major exports is known as K-pop, like the hit "Gangnam Style"
South Korea
Shannon
|
$400
[5]
"You have made my life complete, and I love you so" says this Elvis hit
"Love Me Tender"
Shannon
|
$400
[28]
2 main Muslim holy sites were built on the Temple Mount after the fall of the Second Temple: the Al-Aqsa Mosque & this one
the Dome of the Rock
Shannon
|
$400
[14]
"Sure, Maui is nice, but I'm moving to" this Russian region covering nearly 5 million sq. miles; "livable warmth is so last year"
Siberia
Anne
|
$400
[15]
This bovine term means to bully, & we can wait 'til it comes home for you to respond
cow
Anne
|
|
$800
[23]
Not John but Anne is the first name of this author of "Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant"
(Anne) Tyler
Anne
|
$1,200
[1]
Independence for this countryseenherewas unfortunately followed by civil war
South Sudan
Jeremy
|
$800
[6]
"But she wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts She's cheer captain and I'm on the bleachers" in this Taylor Swift tune
"You Belong With Me"
Anne
|
$800
[29]
Thisconcert, NFL & Atlanta Olympics venue has 4 A/C units totaling 5,000 tons
the Georgia Dome
|
$800
[13]
This "Omnimedia" style maven: "Whether making a quilt or preparing filet mignon, do it any way you want! It doesn't matter!"
Martha Stewart
Shannon
|
$800
[16]
Preceding "upon", it means to look disapprovingly; now turn that smile upside down!
frown
Jeremy
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Her haunting short story "The Lottery" first appeared in The New Yorker in 1948
(Shirley) Jackson
Anne
|
$1,600
[11]
They are the 2 2-word nations in Central America
Costa Rica & El Salvador
Shannon
Anne
|
$1,200
[7]
4-word title of the song in which "Freedom's just another word for nothin' left to lose"
"Me And Bobby McGee"
Jeremy
|
$1,200
[17]
Stephen King wrote in this novel, "It was whole, then it was in 2 pieces... as if an invisible guillotine blade had dropped"
Under the Dome
Jeremy
|
$1,200
[8]
From this Conn. school: "Now that our endowment has reached $25.6 bil. in 2015, let's put it all on red for one roulette spin"
Yale
Jeremy
|
$1,200
[19]
To dull one's spirits, or to moisten a cloth
dampen
Shannon
|
|
$1,600
[3]
This title of Stephen Carter's Cuban Missile Crisis thriller means a secret avenue of communication between nations
Back Channel
Shannon
|
$2,000
[27]
The name of this West African country may refer to the shape of nearby hills resembling a certain beast
Sierra Leone
Shannon
|
$1,600
[12]
"When the night has come and the land is dark", I'll be okay if you do this
"Stand By Me"
Shannon
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
A shell structure with a frame of tubing connected into hexagons, pentagons & triangles is this type of dome
geodesic
Jeremy
|
$1,600
[25]
This junior senator from Florida: "You know who has a lot of great ideas? Hillary Clinton"
(Marco) Rubio
Jeremy
|
$1,600
[20]
Change the prefix in persuade & you get this 8-letter opposite
dissuade
Shannon
|
|
$2,000
[9]
John Kennedy Toole took this novel title from a quote by Jonathan Swift
A Confederacy of Dunces
Shannon
|
DD
$5,000
[10]
It occupies most of the world's largest peninsula
Saudi Arabia
Shannon
|
$2,000
[18]
Police song that says, "Her friends are so jealous, you know how bad girls get"
"Don't Stand So Close To Me"
Anne
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
"Sure, I'll have a 6th helping of" this 4-letter veggie with loose, curly leaves (actually, that may be heard in L.A. quite often)
kale
Jeremy
|
$2,000
[24]
Negative altitude in astronomy, or a period of economic woe
depression
Shannon
Anne
|
He's won 4 Emmys, 3 Grammys, an Oscar & 3 Tonys, & 3 of his films rank on AFI's list of funniest movies of all time
Mel Brooks