Tim Aten game 2.
Matthew Martinez — a draft equipment salesman from San Antonio, Texas
Yi Deng — a subrights assistant from Jersey City, New Jersey
Tim Aten — an editor from Vermilion, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $35,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tim | $2,800 | $3,400 | $6,800 |
$12,800
2-day champion: $47,800 |
$9,800
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Yi | $0 | $2,000 | $12,000 |
$8,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
15 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Matthew | $800 | $3,600 | $7,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
19 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| HOLIDAY ALBUMS | CLASSICMONOPOLY | LITERARY CHARACTERS | MOTTOES | 19th CENTURY AMERICA | NAME THAT NOUN |
|
$200
[1]
Their 1964 "Christmas Album" includes "Little Saint Nick", called a rewiring of their hit "Little Deuce Coupe"
The Beach Boys
Matthew
|
$200
[3]
Rent at this space is a whopping $50; good thing you'll pass Go on your next roll
Boardwalk
Tim
|
$200
[5]
Fictional folks turn up in Tennessee Williams' play "Camino Real"--this Spanish windmill tilter, for one
Don Quixote
Tim
|
$200
[26]
(I'm D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser.) The official motto of the District of Columbia translates to these 3 words that follow the word "and" in the Pledge of Allegiance
justice for all
|
$200
[24]
Born John Chapman, he spread religion as well as fruit trees throughout the Midwest
Johnny Appleseed
Matthew
|
$200
[16]
R:a long, narrow crest of ground
ridge
Yi
|
|
$400
[2]
This "Duck Dynasty" family's "Duck the Halls" album included "Ragin' Cajun Redneck Christmas"
the Robertsons
Tim
|
$400
[4]
There must be fancy flowers in these gardens that set you back $280
Marvin Gardens
Matthew
|
$600
[12]
Flora & Miles are the charges of the unnamed governess in this spooky work by Henry James
The Turn of the Screw
Yi
|
$400
[25]
A motto of the U.S., this Latin phrase translates to "Out of many, one"
E pluribus unum
Matthew
|
$400
[30]
On "Juneteenth", June 19 of this year, the remaining slaves in the U.S. learned that the North had won the Civil War
1865
Yi
|
$400
[17]
T:a synonym for poisonous mushroom
toadstool
Yi
|
|
$600
[9]
In 2012 this a capella group released its first holiday offering, "PTXmas", an EP with 6 classic Christmas songs
Pentatonix
Tim
|
$600
[6]
Your Luxury Tax is this much, $125 less than buying a railroad
$75
Tim
|
$800
[14]
This character & his servant leave London in effort to go around the world in 80 days
(Phileas) Fogg
Tim
|
$600
[21]
It's the 2-word motto of both the Boy Scouts & the Girl Scouts
be prepared
Tim
|
$600
[29]
Philly pharmacist Charles Hires claimed to have invented this beverage
root beer
Matthew
|
$600
[18]
B:large terrestrial monkey of the genus Papio
baboon
Matthew
|
|
$800
[10]
Rolling Stone calls this "Wall Of Sound" producer's "A Christmas Gift for You" the best Christmas album of all time
Phil Spector
|
$800
[7]
Kentucky & Indiana Avenues are 2/3 of a monopoly; this third property is also a state that borders both
Illinois
Yi
Matthew
|
$1,000
[15]
The name of this "Dracula" character who represents steadfastness calls to mind the castle of Elsinore
Professor Van Helsing
Tim
|
$800
[22]
The motto of the United States Military Academy is "Duty, honor," this
duty, honor, country
Yi
Matthew
|
$800
[27]
Rep. Daniel Sickles shot & killed his wife's lover in 1859 but was found not guilty, in the first use of this defense plea
insanity
Yi
|
$800
[19]
Z:African-American dance music of Louisiana
zydeco
Matthew
|
|
$1,000
[11]
This "Russian" orchestra directed by Paul O'Neill has had numerous Top 10 holiday albums including "The Lost Christmas Eve"
the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Matthew
|
$1,000
[8]
It costs $2 to land on this owned property, but nearby Baltic Avenue must be a lot swankier with double the rent
Mediterranean
Tim
|
DD
$1,400
[13]
Per his creator "he could spring twenty feet across space at the dizzy heights of the forest top"
Tarzan
Yi
|
$1,000
[23]
Its state motto is "Virtue, liberty, and independence"
Pennsylvania
|
$1,000
[28]
A hero of the War of 1812 and the Mexican War, this general and Whig candidate lost the 1852 presidential election
Winfield Scott
Yi
|
$1,000
[20]
G:a triangular roof end
a gable
Matthew
|
| YOU, SIR, ARE AN IMPASTO | TOUGH 3-LETTER WORDS | THE SPACE RACE | GOING TO THE DOG'S BREED | VOLCANOES | WHO "AR" THEY? |
|
$400
[1]
Those who sat for these for Sir Joshua Reynolds watched him deftly use the thick painting style called impasto
portraits
Tim
|
$400
[14]
Paired with "out", it means to painstakingly make a living
eke
Matthew
|
$400
[29]
On Sept. 12, 1962 he proclaimed, "We shall send to the moon, 240,000 miles away...a giant rocket more than 300 feet tall
John F. Kennedy
Matthew
|
$400
[30]
Hey blockhead! Snoopy was this, Charlie Brown
a beagle
Matthew
|
$400
[2]
In 1980 debris flow from this volcano halted shipping on the Columbia River
Mount St. Helens
Matthew
|
$400
[7]
The action of ahelixis central to this man's 2,000-year-old concept, still utilized today
Archimedes
Yi
Matthew
|
|
$800
[12]
A great painter of this country is the Javanese artist Affandi, who employed anexpressionistimpasto
Indonesia
Yi
|
$800
[15]
Fen is another word for this damp landscape area
bog
Tim
|
$800
[19]
At the Kremlin you can see the Cosmos oak, planted by this Soviet space hero on April 14, 1961
Yuri Gagarin
Matthew
|
$800
[26]
What is it, Lassie...? Timmy's trapped?! & you've already called the fire department? This breed is amazing!
a collie
Yi
|
$800
[3]
The northernmost active surface volcano is Beerenberg in the Nord Jan part of this nation's Jan Mayen island
Norway
Yi
|
$800
[8]
Abu Ammar was the nom de guerre of this longtime leader of the Palestine Liberation Organization
Yasser Arafat
|
|
$1,200
[13]
A water-based solution was used to remove decades of dirt during the restoration of an impasto-heavyworkby this artist
Jackson Pollock
Matthew
|
$1,200
[16]
This sodium hydroxide solution is used to cure olives
lye
Matthew
|
$1,200
[20]
A primary goal of this U.S. program that followed Mercury was to land a capsule on dry land--didn't happen
Gemini
Matthew
|
$1,200
[23]
Rooby dooby d--! Ahem. I mean, it's no mystery Scooby-Doo was this big breed
a Great Dane
Tim
|
$1,200
[4]
Check out this Sicilian volcano doing its thing in December of 2015
Etna
Tim
|
$1,200
[9]
The mysterious 1921 death of Virginia Rappe ruined the career of this hefty comic actor
(Roscoe "Fatty") Arbuckle
Tim
|
|
$1,600
[27]
"Girl Reading a Letter at an Open Window"is an excellent example of impasto from this Dutch master
Vermeer
Yi
Matthew
|
$1,600
[17]
Latin for "light", it's a measure of illumination
lux
Yi
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1967 cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov perished during re-entry aboard this spacecraft 1
Soyuz 1
|
$1,600
[24]
You eeeediot! Ren Hoek, partner of Stimpson J. Cat, was theees breed
a chihuahua
Tim
|
$2,000
[6]
More than 20 glaciers flow from the slopes of Russia's Mount Elbrus in this mountain chain
the Caucasus
|
$1,600
[10]
Florence Nightingale Graham was the real name of this cosmetics queen
Elizabeth Arden
|
|
$2,000
[28]
In 1894 he used impasto to create the stone surface of Rouen Cathedral "In Morning Light"
Monet
Yi
|
$2,000
[18]
A gambling establishment's cut on your losing bet, or excessive interest on what you owe
vig
Matthew
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
This commander on his 1970 flight: "Our mission was a failure but I like to think it was a successful failure"
James Lovell
Matthew
|
$2,000
[25]
"Air Bud" flew high as this breed
a golden retriever
Matthew
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
The island of Tutuila in this U.S. territory is dominated by the eroded Pago volcano
American Samoa
Tim
|
$2,000
[11]
When her photos of unusual-looking people were shown at MoMA in 1965, curators had to wipe viewers' spit off them daily
Diane Arbus
Yi
|
Name shared by one of a trio of young chums in a popular book series & the daughter of Menelaus & Helen of Troy
Hermione