2017 College Championship quarterfinal game 5.
Gary Tse — a freshman at the United States Naval Academy from Ellicott City, Maryland
Julia Marsan — a senior at Georgetown University from Brookfield, Wisconsin
Zach Atwell — a senior from the University of Kentucky from Lexington, Kentucky
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach | $1,200 | $2,400 | $6,400 |
$12,800
3rd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$6,400
10 R, 3 W |
| Julia | $5,000 | $3,800 | $15,400 |
$24,400
Automatic semifinalist |
$14,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Gary | $1,200 | $6,200 | $22,845 |
$22,845
2nd place: $5,000 if eliminated |
$21,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| SERIOUS HARDWARE | HEALTH & MEDICINE | MTV MOVIE AWARD FOR BEST VILLAIN | GOVERNMENT AGENCIES | GEOGRAPHER'S DICTIONARY | COLLEGE MAJORS IN OTHER WORDS |
|
$200
[15]
You ascend the corporate one metaphorically & the extension type literally
ladder
Gary
|
$200
[28]
The "local" variety is used on a limited area of the body; the "general" type involves the loss of consciousness
anesthesia
Gary
|
$200
[1]
Tom Hiddleston won in 2013 for fighting the Avengers as this villain
Loki
Gary
|
$200
[25]
The permanent Bureau of this, which enumerates the population, was established in 1902
Census
Zach
|
$200
[6]
The "Great Dismal" & the "Big Cypress" are both examples of this low-lying type of wetland with a 5-letter name
a swamp
Julia
Gary
|
$200
[19]
Mutual attraction or rapport between 2 people
chemistry
Julia
Gary
|
|
$400
[24]
You can use this type of adjustable wrench, seen here, under the light of the moon
a Crescent wrench
|
$400
[12]
(I'm Dr. Jen Arnold.) In 2015 the U.N. reported the good news that improvements in care over the last 25 years have led to a nearly 50% worldwide drop in this type of mortality, from Latin for "new born"
neonatal
Julia
Gary
|
$400
[2]
Tom Felton won back-to-back for playing this bad seed in Harry Potter films
Draco Malfoy
Zach
|
$400
[26]
It's the "E" in FEMA, an agency that's there when we need it
emergency
Gary
|
$400
[7]
The Ganges River has the world's largest of these wide plains created by diverging branches of a river's mouth
a delta
Julia
|
$400
[11]
Making one drink last a long time
nursing
|
|
$600
[23]
The "L" you don't say in this iron you use to join metal objects together
solder
Zach
|
$600
[13]
From the Latin for "slide back", it's the return of a disease after an apparent recovery
a relapse
Julia
|
$600
[3]
He won for playing emo-villain Kylo Ren
Adam Driver
Julia
|
$600
[27]
It says it's "connecting America through coins"
the Mint
Zach
Julia
|
$600
[8]
These structures of accumulated skeletal deposits have been called Earth's most complex aquatic ecosystems
coral reefs
Julia
|
$600
[18]
Spin on the cue ball
English
Zach
|
|
$800
[16]
No need to be on the firing range to use this gun, heard in action here
a nail gun
Zach
Julia
Gary
|
$800
[14]
In 1900 Karl Landsteiner developed a system for classifying blood into these 3 major letter groups
A, B, and O
Zach
|
$800
[4]
Playing the Joker in "The Dark Knight" won him an Oscar too
Heath Ledger
Julia
|
$1,000
[30]
This Cabinet department runs a meat & poultry hotline
the Department of Agriculture
Julia
|
$800
[9]
Intermontane means between mountains, like the Great Basin between the Rockies and this range
the Sierra Nevada
Julia
|
$800
[20]
Before the time of actor Jude
pre-law
Gary
|
|
$1,000
[17]
A computer tool used to connect networks, or a hardware tool that cuts below the main surface
a router
|
$1,000
[22]
In 1753 Naval surgeon James Lind published a study showing that citrus fruit prevented this disease
scurvy
Gary
|
$1,000
[5]
Playing a rogue cop in "Training Day" won him an Oscar too
Denzel Washington
Julia
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This service goes back to 1862, when we needed a way to fund the Civil War
the IRS
Gary
|
$1,000
[10]
Larger bodies of land are connected by this narrow strip of land, like Panama's
an isthmus
Gary
|
$1,000
[21]
Great books, like a series published by Penguin
classics
Julia
|
| ROAMIN' THROUGH ROMANIA | AFRICAN-AMERICAN AUTHORS | A YEAR ENDING IN 00 | "T" TIME | SOCIOLOGY | GROUPS |
|
$400
[1]
A Romanian prince known as Vlad the Impaler gave his family name to this title literary count
Dracula
Gary
|
$400
[10]
Alice Walker won the 1983 Pulitzer for Fiction for this novel
The Color Purple
Julia
|
$400
[6]
1700 is often given as the birthdate of this instrument that can play louder or softer by pressure on the keys
the piano
Julia
|
$400
[16]
Error's partner in an experimental method
trial
Zach
|
$400
[21]
Of a third, half or two-thirds, the approximate fraction of American adults with at least a bachelor's degree
a third
Zach
Julia
Gary
|
$400
[26]
Hail, hail, since 1917 it's (they've?) been "all here"
the gang
|
|
$800
[2]
From 1948 until 1989, Romania was under the rule of this political party
the Communist Party
Julia
|
$800
[11]
If you're only going to publish one novel in your lifetime, make it worth it, like this man did with "Invisible Man"
Ralph Ellison
Julia
|
$800
[7]
This English king approved the Act of Union in 1800, creating the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland
George III
Julia
|
$800
[17]
This serious fever is caused by salmonella bacteria
typhoid
Gary
|
$800
[22]
Also known as Generation Y, this group of young adults was born between 1982 & 2000
Millennials
Gary
|
$800
[27]
Making a comeback in 2016, this group Called Quest
a Tribe
Julia
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Romania has rivers, lakes, and coastline along this body of water
the Black Sea
Gary
|
$1,600
[13]
This bestseller by Ta-Nehisi Coates is in the form of a letter to his son on race & life
Between the World and Me
Gary
|
$1,200
[5]
In 2000 Al Gore picked this Connecticut senator as the first Jew ever on a major party ticket
(Joseph) Lieberman
Zach
|
$1,200
[18]
It can mean showing little interest, or moderately warm
tepid
Julia
|
$1,200
[23]
Response rates for these, a vital research tool of sociologists, have fallen from about 30% to 10% in recent years
a survey (or public opinion poll)
Gary
|
$1,200
[30]
Synonym for "pair" in a current Grammy category
a duo
Zach
Gary
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Revolution Square is a beautiful spot in this capital city
Bucharest
Gary
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
The 1845 "Narrative of the Life of" this man was published just 7 years after he escaped slavery
Frederick Douglass
Julia
|
$1,600
[8]
The subject of numerous songs, he was an engineer for the Illinois Central when he had his famous April 1900 crash
Casey Jones
Julia
|
$1,600
[19]
Meaning perceptible by the senses, it's from the Latin for "touch"
tactile (or tangible)
Julia
|
$1,600
[24]
Sociologists now consider America more of a "salad bowl" than these 2 words for many cultures becoming one
a melting pot
Gary
|
$1,600
[28]
It follows "Zac Brown"
Band
Julia
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Thislate, great author of the Holocaust-set "Night" was born in Romania
(Elie) Wiesel
Zach
|
$2,000
[14]
This author of "The Bluest Eye" was made an officer of the French Legion of Honor in 2010
Toni Morrison
Gary
|
$2,000
[9]
On Christmas Day 800 A.D., he was crowned Holy Roman Emperor
Charlemagne
Zach
|
$2,000
[20]
This windblown plant, a symbol of the Old West, was brought to the U.S. in the 19th century from Russia
tumbleweed
Gary
|
DD
$1,845
[25]
Karl Marx said a capitalist system has 2 classes: the bourgeoisie, which controls resources, & this laboring class
the proletariat
Gary
|
$2,000
[29]
I'm Kimbra & "I don't want to be, be in your" this group, "girl"
posse
|
Completed in 1884, the Washington Monument became the tallest manmade structure but 4 years later was surpassed by this
the Eiffel Tower