2017 College Championship quarterfinal game 2.
Hannah Whisnant — a junior at the United States Military Academy from Nokomis, Florida
Viraj Mehta — a junior at Stanford University from Austin, Texas
Jennifer Katz — a sophomore at Macalester College from Atlanta, Georgia
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jennifer | $2,000 | $3,800 | $6,100 |
$12,100
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$8,600
11 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Viraj | $5,000 | $8,200 | $23,000 |
$23,000
Automatic semifinalist |
$22,600
27 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Hannah | $1,200 | $4,400 | $7,000 |
$1
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$10,000
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| STUDYING ABROAD | SCI-FI BOOKS | THE CLASSIC MARQUEE INGREDIENT | "FR" | GOTTA CRAM | TIME TO PULL AN ALL-NIGHTER |
|
$200
[13]
Congratulations! You're a Rhodes Scholar! Now pack your bags because you'll be studying at this university
Oxford
Jennifer
|
$200
[2]
The "hard rain" in Neal Stephenson's "Seveneves" comes from this natural satellite that's broken up & falling to Earth bit by bit
the moon
Viraj
|
$200
[30]
Benedict or over easy
eggs
Hannah
|
$200
[18]
At Christmas, some people go nutty for this
fruitcake
Hannah
|
$200
[25]
The largest crowd for a hockey game came in 2010 when 104,173 fans filled Michigan's "Big House" in this city
Ann Arbor
Viraj
|
$200
[19]
A song by them says, "The story of my life, I take her home, I drive all night to keep her warm"
One Direction
Hannah
|
|
$400
[14]
If you're interested in Asian culture, spend a semester abroad studying at Mahidol University in this Thai capital
Bangkok
Jennifer
|
$400
[3]
This Max Brooks novel tells of the drug Phalanx, which failed to stop the Undead Hordes
World War Z
Viraj
|
$400
[28]
Bourguignon or tartare
beef
Jennifer
|
$400
[1]
Among the crimes Bernie Madoff pled guilty to: securities this, mail this & wire this
fraud
Viraj
|
$400
[10]
Every seat at the play is taken; it's SRO, short for this
standing room only
Hannah
|
$400
[20]
We'll be up for a while, so let's watch "Clubland" on this channel & then "Music Feed" into the wee hours
MTV
Viraj
|
|
$600
[15]
Your time in Greece would of course include a visit to this ancient temple
the Parthenon
Jennifer
|
$800
[5]
Thomas in this James Dashner sci-fi book awakens being "jerked upward like an old lift in a mine shaft"
The Maze Runner
Hannah
|
$600
[26]
E fagioli or primavera
pasta
Hannah
|
$600
[7]
The one seenhereappears on thewallof a basilica in Italy
a fresco
Viraj
|
$600
[11]
If the airplane has too many fliers & you have low priority, you accept this status & hope a seat opens up
standby
Viraj
|
$600
[21]
It's gonna be an all-out comic binge, starting with all the DC reboots in their "New" this number event
52
Jennifer
|
|
$800
[16]
A program on Holocaust studies includes a visit to Birkenau, part of this largest concentration camp
Auschwitz
Viraj
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Dubbed "wildly inaccurate", it "supplanted the great Encyclopedia Galactica as the... repository of all knowledge"
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Viraj
|
$800
[27]
Kiev or a la King
chicken
Jennifer
|
$800
[8]
Bono for U2 or Eddie Vedder for Pearl Jam
a frontman
Viraj
|
$800
[12]
In 2016 El Pollo Loco introduced new quesadillas that were called this, something you might say about your fluffy sofa
overstuffed
Jennifer
|
$800
[23]
Except for 1940 to 1948, this 24-hour endurance race has been run in France every year since 1923
Le Mans
Viraj
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Students can work with leading physicists at this center near Geneva that studies subatomic particles
CERN
Viraj
|
$1,000
[6]
Hiroshi Sakurazaka's "All You Need Is Kill" was "reborn" in 2014 as this Tom Cruise flick
Edge of Tomorrow
|
$1,000
[29]
Louie or cakes
crab
|
$1,000
[9]
It entered our vocabulary in 1953 when the Oil & Gas Journal called it "a new exploratory tool"
fracking
Viraj
|
$1,000
[22]
It's any condition where things grind to a halt, specifically atraffic jamwhere cars don't clear an intersection
gridlock
Hannah
|
$1,000
[24]
Thisalliterative country singer went bonkers in 2014 playing 10 shows in 10 cities in 24 hours
Hunter Hayes
Hannah
|
| ALL KINDS OF TV | CLASSICAL MUSIC | 10-LETTER WORDS | SIX FEET UNDER | A HISTORY LESSON | GET A JOB! |
|
$400
[29]
The "Dr."-ate of this mustached talk show host is in clinical psychology
Dr. Phil
Viraj
|
$400
[30]
"Glory to God in the highest" is one of numerous Biblical verses used in the text of this Handel work
Messiah
Viraj
|
$400
[17]
One's partner in crime
an accomplice
Viraj
|
$400
[26]
The 6 feet (OK, legs) under an insect are typically attached to this, the middle of its 3 body sections
the thorax
Hannah
|
$400
[1]
In 1249 King Alfonso III eliminated the last Moorish stronghold in this neighbor of Spain
Portugal
Viraj
|
$400
[8]
George Balanchine was a renowned one of these, a creator of dances
choreographer
Hannah
|
|
$800
[23]
You'll find "Trisha's Southern Kitchen" on this network
the Food Network
Hannah
|
$800
[5]
"Gran Vals" by Francisco Tárrega would still be pretty obscure if it hadn't become one of these, courtesy of Nokia
a ringtone
Jennifer
Viraj
|
$800
[13]
Name shared by the decorative device & the bird seen here
a nutcracker
Viraj
|
$800
[3]
For these biting pests of the family Culicidae, that annoying whine helps attract mates
mosquitoes
Jennifer
|
$800
[2]
Czar Alexander II signed the 1867 Treaty of Cession that gave this territory to the United States
Alaska
Viraj
Hannah
|
$800
[9]
You can use "person" instead of "boy" in this word for one who clears tables
busboy
Hannah
|
|
$1,200
[24]
In 2017 Kaitlin Olson of this show set in a Pennsylvania bar got a new sitcom as "The Mick"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Viraj
|
$1,200
[18]
Originally, his "A Little Night Music" contained an additional minuet, but it has been lost
Mozart
Viraj
|
$1,600
[14]
It describes the circles seen here
concentric
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[4]
That's no fun! The Indian walking this usually reproduces via par then ogenesis
a stick
Viraj
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1513 Machiavelli was accused of conspiracy against this Florentine family & was tortured on the rack
the Medicis
Hannah
|
$1,200
[10]
They get their name from where they might wait for the politicians whose votes they want to influence
lobbyist
Hannah
|
|
$1,600
[25]
This CBS series about FBI profilers rolls on, Hotch or no Hotch
Criminal Minds
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[19]
One of Bartok's last works was a concerto for this instrument that often plays second fiddle to the fiddle
viola
Viraj
|
$2,000
[16]
Background music for a movie, or a line drawn beneath a word
underscore
Hannah
|
$1,600
[6]
These social insects use the "waggle dance" to communicate the location of distant food sources
bees
Viraj
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1608 this captain & a few other colonists left Jamestown & explored the Chesapeake Bay & its tributaries
(John) Smith
Viraj
|
$1,600
[11]
Put in a little O.T. studying & you could be one of these health professionals, an O.T.
occupational therapist
Hannah
|
|
$2,000
[28]
MeTV has a pairing of Matlock & this other TV attorney, first name Perry
Perry Mason
Hannah
|
$2,000
[20]
As choir director for St. Thomas Church in Leipzig, he wrote 6 cantatas known as the "Christmas Oratorio"
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Viraj
|
DD
$2,500
[15]
"Madam, I'm Adam" is a famous one
a palindrome
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[7]
Killing weak trees (good) but also healthy ones (not good), the pine engraver is this alliterative type of beetle
a bark beetle
|
DD
$3,000
[27]
In 1910 Louis Botha became this country's first prime minister, a post he held until 1919
South Africa
Hannah
|
$2,000
[12]
This profession takes its name from a Greek word meaning "chief builder"
an architect
Viraj
|
A New Orleans literary festival in his honor includes various panels, a walking tour & a Stanley & Stella shouting contest
Tennessee Williams