Nathalie Szilagyi — a physician from Meriden, Connecticut
Mukund Marathe — a music teacher and singer from Montclair, New Jersey
Justin Scace — a writer and editor from East Lyme, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin | $2,200 | $5,000 | $17,600 |
$3,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Mukund | $2,200 | $4,800 | $15,400 |
$21,400
New champion: $21,400 |
$16,400
19 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nathalie | $3,000 | $5,700 | $13,700 |
$12,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| THE STATE GOVERNED | BRANDS | THE SOVIET UNION | "H. H." | MY EMMY-WINNING ROLE | 4 YOUR CONSIDERATION |
|
$200
[10]
Bill Clinton
Arkansas
Nathalie
|
$200
[1]
It's the line of paper towels that's the "quicker picker-upper"
Bounty
Mukund
|
$200
[15]
On March 11, 1990 this nation became the first Soviet republic to declare independence & tanks soon rolled into Vilnius
Lithuania
Mukund
|
$200
[3]
2-word interjection used by sailors when pulling a rope
heave ho
Justin
|
$200
[21]
2005:boldly going to the stage to accept for playing Denny Crane
William Shatner
Mukund
|
$200
[26]
The 4 standard divisions of singers in a choir are soprano, alto, tenor & this one
bass
Nathalie
|
|
$400
[11]
George Pataki
New York
Mukund
|
$400
[2]
A wood saw & a Phillips screwdriver are attachments on the Hercules model of this knife brand
a Swiss army knife
Nathalie
|
$600
[18]
In the 1980s Mikhail Gorbachev instituted this economic policy of "restructuring", but it couldn't save the USSR
perestroika
Mukund
|
$400
[4]
This period of day at the bar has reduced prices on booze
happy hour
Justin
|
$400
[22]
1993:Cheers-fully accepting for playing Sam Malone
Ted Danson
Justin
|
$400
[27]
Of the 4 seasons, the one when you'll most likely find an animal in his hibernaculum
winter
Mukund
|
|
$600
[12]
William McKinley
Ohio
Nathalie
|
$600
[8]
Campbell Soups owns this brand of pasta for kids & describes it as "spoonable"
SpaghettiOs
Mukund
|
$800
[19]
After the invasion of Afghanistan, Pres. Carter ended shipments of this specific foodstuff to the Soviets
wheat
Mukund
|
$600
[5]
You can see why this politician, shownherein the 1960s, was dubbed "The Happy Warrior"
Hubert Humphrey
Justin
|
$600
[23]
2002:Ray Barone, whom everybody loved, apparently
Ray Romano
Mukund
|
$600
[28]
For Christmas cards & bills alike, these got their new +4 format in 1983
ZIP codes
Justin
|
|
$800
[13]
Christine Todd Whitman
New Jersey
Mukund
|
$800
[9]
The Gatorade logo is a G with an orange one of these symbols in the center
a lightning bolt
Nathalie
|
$1,000
[20]
In the 1990s this news agency was renamed ITAR; it has its Soviet name back now
TASS
Nathalie
|
$800
[6]
This product that debuted in the U.S. in 1958 was inspired by a piece of Australian physical education equipment
the hula-hoop
|
$800
[24]
1997:We're putting the truth out there, Dana Scully was an unbeatable role that year
Gillian Anderson
Justin
|
$800
[29]
For UFO fans, a close encounter of the 3rd kind is meeting aliens; this is one of the 4th kind
being abducted by aliens
|
|
$1,000
[14]
Janet Napolitano
Arizona
Nathalie
|
$1,000
[16]
The name of this brand of cleanser means "good friend"
Bon Ami
Nathalie
|
DD
$1,500
[17]
Following the revolution Lenin gave him a job as commissar of nationalities but might have come to regret it
Stalin
Nathalie
|
$1,000
[7]
This song asks what "makes that little ol' ant think he'll move that rubber tree plant"
"High Hopes"
Justin
|
$1,000
[25]
2014:Skyler White, a woman in a meth of a situation
Anna Gunn
Justin
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some brainwaves on the monitor.) Four basic patterns of Greek letter-designated brain waves are beta, alpha, delta & this one from 4 to 8 Hertz that allows access to the unconscious
theta
Nathalie
|
| NATURE STUDY | IN THE DICTIONARY | SAINTS BE PRAISED | FILMS WITH SHORT TITLES | THEIR ORIGINAL NAMES | "L"ITERATURE |
|
$400
[1]
The Old Farmer's Almanac says this bulb flower may "vary in shape from...cups, bowls & goblets to more complex forms"
tulip
Mukund
|
$400
[6]
It's what you should do twice a day with a dentifrice
brush
Mukund
|
$400
[11]
They had Billy Kilmer & Jim Taylor when they began play in 1967
the New Orleans Saints
Justin
|
$400
[21]
"Don't go in the water" was one of several taglines used for this 1975 film
Jaws
Nathalie
|
$400
[26]
Singer-songwriter Robert Zimmerman
Bob Dylan
Nathalie
|
$400
[16]
In the 1855 preface to this collection of poems, Whitman said, "A great poem is no finish to a man or woman but ...a beginning"
Leaves of Grass
Justin
|
|
$800
[2]
This creature with an equine name moves its dorsal fin back & forth 35 times a second for propulsion
a seahorse
Justin
|
$800
[7]
Specific term for the pine sap material used on violin bows to increase friction
rosin
Justin
|
$800
[12]
A Memphis hospital is named for this patron saint of desperate causes
Saint Jude
Nathalie
|
$800
[22]
In this 2009 animated film, Russell exclaims, "I've never been in a floating house before!"
Up
Justin
|
$800
[27]
Author Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Mukund
|
$800
[17]
This set of "Tales" by James Fenimore Cooper includes "The Deerslayer" & "The Last of the Mohicans"
the Leatherstocking Tales
Justin
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Thistree, whose name is derived from the Greek sycon, or "fig", is identifiable by its whitish bark that peels off in flakes
sycamore
Mukund
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Its definition as a burden is derived from a Coleridge poem
the albatross
Mukund
|
$1,200
[13]
She won a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "On the Waterfront", her very first feature film
Eva Marie Saint
Nathalie
|
$1,200
[23]
The title character from this 1995 film was a composite of 48 real Yorkshire pigs & an animatronic double
Babe
Justin
|
$1,200
[28]
U.S. President Leslie Lynch King Jr.
Gerald Ford
Justin
|
$1,200
[18]
The first line of this D.H. Lawrence novel is "Ours is essentially a tragic age, so we refuse to take it tragically"
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Justin
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Scientists believe the very long nose of this monkey of Borneo creates an echo chamber amplifying calls to attract mates
proboscis
Mukund
|
$1,200
[8]
It's a 7-letter word meaning a child with extraordinary ability
prodigy
Mukund
|
$1,600
[14]
If you're in Pinellas Point Park near where Tampa Bay meets the Gulf of Mexico, you're in this city
St. Petersburg
Nathalie
|
$2,000
[25]
This 1931 Fritz Lang classic starred Peter Lorre as a child murderer who's tracked down by the Berlin underworld
M
Mukund
|
$1,600
[29]
Controversial nightclub comedian Leonard Schneider
Lenny Bruce
Nathalie
|
$1,600
[19]
F. Scott Fitzgerald died with this fifth novel unfinished; he may have wanted the title to begin "The Love of..."
The Love of the Last Tycoon
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Seen soaringhereis the blue-winged type of this duck with another color in its name
the teal
|
$2,000
[10]
This one-ounce gold coin was named for an early South African president
a krugerrand
Nathalie
|
$2,000
[15]
December 26 is the feast day of this first Christian martyr
Saint Stephen
Mukund
|
DD
$5,000
[24]
This 2004 Best Picture nominee featured such tunes as "What'd I Say" & "I Got A Woman"
Ray
Justin
|
$2,000
[30]
American choreographer & ballet company founder Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan
Robert Joffrey
|
$2,000
[20]
Ever the optimist, Hobbes wrote in this work: "The life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short"
Leviathan
Mukund
|
Of the 5 countries with the lowest population density, this U.N. member is the only one named for a desert
Namibia