Alan Lin game 4.
Troy Steinmetz — a fundraising manager from Santa Clara, California
Jennifer Fuquay — a stay-at-home mom from San Antonio, Texas
Alan Lin — a software engineer from Santa Barbara, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $64,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | $2,800 | $7,400 | $14,600 |
$19,600
4-day champion: $84,400 |
$16,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $0 | $1,000 | $3,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,000
5 R, 2 W |
| Troy | $3,600 | $6,000 | $8,600 |
$14,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
20 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| FROM PAGE TO SCREEN | OLD JOBS | KINDA SCIENCEY | CAKE TALK | SPORTS | NOT ON THE PERIODIC TABLE |
|
$200
[9]
His bestseller "Angels & Demons" was his second novel to hit the big screen
Dan Brown
Alan
|
$200
[4]
There are still a few thatchers around, mainly working on this part of houses
roofs
Troy
|
$200
[13]
Retired names no longer used for these by N.O.A.A. include Igor & Marilyn
hurricanes
Troy
|
$200
[14]
Here's a work of art: a traditional bûche de Noël cake garnished with mushrooms made of this frothy mixture
meringue
Jennifer
Troy
|
$200
[8]
This swimmer drew a 10-month suspension after his story of a Rio robbery didn't hold water
Ryan Lochte
Troy
|
$400
[18]
Things are going our way; we've got this, also called Big Mo
momentum
Alan
|
|
$400
[10]
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " was based on a story by this Jazz Age man
Fitzgerald
Troy
|
$400
[5]
An out-crier was someone in this occupation; what's your bid?
auctioneering
Alan
|
$400
[26]
2-word term for the soil or gravel in which gold is found, or what you "hit" when you make a fortunate discovery
pay dirt
Alan
Troy
|
$400
[22]
For some, only ricotta will do as the marquee ingredient in this cake
cheesecake
Alan
|
$400
[1]
(NBA Commissioner Adam Silver gives the clue.) In 2009 the NBA announced that the NBA Finals MVP Award would be named for this man who played on 11 NBA championship teams
Bill Russell
Troy
|
$600
[19]
In the middle of the category, it's from the Latin for "the middle"
medium
Troy
|
|
$600
[15]
Several of his books have been filmed, including "No Country for Old Men"
(Cormac) McCarthy
Alan
|
$600
[6]
Sean Connery's first job was as this bottle bringer who was made less necessary by modern home refrigeration
the milkman
Troy
|
$600
[27]
In 1865 physicist Rudolf Clausius coined this term for the measure of disorder or randomness in a closed system
entropy
Alan
Troy
|
$600
[23]
It's the trademark name for the specialized cake pan and the cake it produces
Bundt cake
Alan
|
$600
[3]
This now-retired Lion AKA Megatron once burned Dallas for 329 receiving yards
(Calvin) Johnson
Troy
|
$800
[20]
It's the nicer way of calling it a mental health resort
a sanitarium
Alan
|
|
$800
[16]
This 1971 novel by William Peter Blatty scared the devil out of moviegoers in 1973
The Exorcist
Jennifer
|
$800
[11]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.) Blacksmiths might make machinery or repair tools, but perhaps their best-known job was this one, that required special nails and was essential to early 19th century transportation
horseshoeing
Alan
|
$800
[28]
Kids shouldn't use this word on the playground, but they can use it to describe acids like palmitic with long carbon chains
fatty
|
$800
[24]
Some bakers use beets as a natural food coloring for this "textile" cake
red velvet
Alan
|
$800
[2]
In 2012 it became the first school to have players go 1-2 in the NBA draft--Anthony Davis & Michael Kidd-Gilchrist
the University of Kentucky
Troy
|
$1,000
[21]
Small, 8-letter piece of plastic used to play guitar strings
a plectrum
Alan
|
|
$1,000
[17]
"Love & Friendship" is based on her novel of manners "Lady Susan"
Jane Austen
Alan
|
DD
$1,400
[12]
A tipper was a specialized fletcher putting metal tips on these
arrows
Alan
|
— |
$1,000
[25]
The cute littlepiggycake decor is made from this almond paste confection
marzipan
Troy
|
$1,000
[7]
Over 150,000 fans came to Bristol Motor Speedway in this state for the biggest NCAA football crowd ever
Tennessee
Troy
|
— |
| ROMAN BRITAIN | A TV GUIDE | "O" BEHAVE! | ALMOST THERE TO THE STATE CAPITAL | REGARDING HENRY | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS |
|
$400
[9]
He built a wall to separate "Romans from the barbarians"; no word if he wanted the barbarians to pay for it
Hadrian
Troy
|
$400
[1]
Kelly Overton on Syfy's "Van Helsing" can save the world--her blood makes these human again
vampires
Alan
|
$400
[4]
So... you're intensely attracted to one parent & jealous of the other? I'm afraid you have this complex, Rex
Oedipus complex
Alan
|
$400
[24]
The beginning of a capital, namewise... Crosby? No. Stills? Nuh uh. That third guy? You bet! & that town loves music!
Nashville
Alan
|
$800
[28]
In May 2016 this 96-year-old used a technique he invented to save a choking fellow seniors' home resident
(Henry) Heimlich
Troy
|
$800
[10]
Parts of the whole, or those who congressmen have to keep happy
constituents
Troy
|
|
$800
[14]
This leader liked raiding Britain so much in 55 B.C., he tried again a year later
Julius Caesar
Alan
Jennifer
Troy
|
$800
[2]
B.B. King would be surprised to learn that on "The Walking Dead" Lucille wasn't a guitar, but one of these
a bat
Troy
|
$800
[5]
Tics may be part of this 3-letter condition marked by repetitive behavior
OCD
Troy
|
$800
[23]
The first name of Messrs. Martel & Lindbergh begins to take you home to this capital
Charleston
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[27]
Thiscongressman & senator died a few years before the Civil War, which he tried like heck to avert
Henry Clay
Alan
|
$1,200
[11]
A "working" this proposition is a tentative explanation of facts
hypothesis
Alan
|
|
$1,200
[15]
Marcus Carausius founded an independent state in Britain & took this name, like Rome's first emperor
Augustus
|
$1,200
[3]
John Turturro has problems with his feet & Riz Ahmed has problems with the law on this HBO show based on a BBC show
The Night Of
|
$1,200
[6]
Open wide & name this infantile Freudian developmental stage
oral
Alan
|
$1,200
[18]
The last name of NFL great Franco helps get you to this capital in the state in which he played
Harrisburg
Troy
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
His determination in exploration got him the Congolese nickname Bula Matari, "breaker of rocks"
Henry Morton Stanley
Alan
|
$1,600
[12]
Adjective for the relationship of the two houses seen here
semidetached
Jennifer
|
|
$1,600
[16]
The Romans suppressed this Celtic group whose name means "knowing the oak tree"
Druids
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[21]
After season 1 of this ABC show, Regina King, Felicity Huffman & Timothy Hutton switched to different roles
American Crime
Troy
|
$1,600
[7]
In psychology the distortion of evidence by the viewer's motives or expectations is this kind of "bias"
observer bias
Alan
|
$2,000
[20]
The two capitals that have a Greek word for "city" at the end of their names
Indianapolis and Annapolis
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[25]
This colorful mobster whose life inspired the movie "Goodfellas" died nonviolently in 2012
Henry Hill
|
$2,000
[13]
A designation by winemakers indicating the grapes are from a specific place
an appellation
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Legend says Joseph of Arimathea brought the holy grail to this town in Somerset, now home to a big music festival
Glastonbury
Troy
|
$2,000
[22]
"All Hail" this lemur king on Netflix; he likes to move it, move it
Julien
|
$2,000
[8]
The recognition that things exist independent of one's actions or awareness is this kind of "permanence"
object permanence
Alan
|
DD
$5,000
[19]
The 2 capitals with the complete names of months within their names
Juneau, Alaska and Augusta, Maine
Troy
|
— | — |
When it was first marketed in the late 1970s, this toy was given the Hungarian name "Buvos Kocka"
the Rubik's Cube