Gilbert Collins game 2.A poorly-worded Final Jeopardy! clue disadvantages a challenger, resulting in her being brought back later in the year.
Rebecca Zoshak — a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania
Julie Zauzmer — a reporter and balloon twister from Washington, D.C.
Gilbert Collins — a university administrator from Princeton, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert | $5,800 | $8,000 | $14,800 |
$14,399
2-day champion: $22,798 |
$13,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Julie | $2,000 | $3,600 | $3,800 |
$7,598
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
10 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $600 | $800 | $7,600 |
$25
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
12 R, 2 W |
| PLUMBING FOR CLUES | COLLEGE HOOPS | STATE SEALS | POST "AP"OCALYPSE | I'M JUST NOT THAT INTO YOU | GHOSTING |
|
$200
[26]
The flow rate of water through a plumbing system is often measured in this, GPM
gallons per minute
Gilbert
|
$200
[1]
In 1988 Glenn Tropf of Holy Cross set a single-season record by making 63.4% of these long shots
3-pointers
Gilbert
|
$200
[6]
Nebraska's state seal has a steamboat on this river with the Rocky Mountains in view
the Missouri River
Gilbert
|
$200
[11]
"So sorry"
an apology
Rebecca
|
$200
[21]
You turn your nose up at this sport that gives Calder & Lady Byng trophies, so thanks, but no thanks
hockey
Gilbert
|
$200
[16]
Stave 1 of "A Christmas Carol" is called his "Ghost"
Marley
Julie
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[27]
Usually, it's an in-ground container used to hold wastes & allow decomposition & settling of solids
a septic tank
Julie
|
$400
[2]
This Tar Heel hit a championship winner vs. the Hoyas in 1982; in 2013 he was named an all-time March Madness player
Michael Jordan
Gilbert
|
$400
[7]
This bird feeds its young on Louisiana's seal
a pelican
Rebecca
|
$400
[12]
A small, oval orange-yellow fruit, or its color
an apricot
Julie
|
$400
[22]
I like a good glass of wine or 2; you are this type of 10-letter nondrinker
a teetotaler
Gilbert
|
$400
[17]
This story mentions an apparition "said by some to be the ghost of a Hessian trooper"
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
|
|
$600
[28]
This metal alloy is used as a slang term for faucets & other fittings, regardless of the real material used to make them
brass
|
$600
[3]
Lonzo Ball, a star for this college team, didn't have far to travel for his pro job when the Lakers took him in the 2017 draft
UCLA (Bruins)
Gilbert
|
$600
[8]
This item that ends up in a bed in "The Godfather" is also on New Jersey's flag & seal
a horse's head
Gilbert
|
$600
[13]
This French word describes afabric designthat is fastened to another piece of material
appliqué
Julie
|
$600
[23]
For you, it's got to be roses; I prefer this type of flower that comes in Rembrandt & Greigii varieties
tulips
Julie
|
$600
[18]
The ghosts that live in the paths of the dead in this series must never rest until they fulfill their oath made to Isildur
Lord of the Rings
Gilbert
|
| — |
$800
[4]
In 2014 both the men's & women's teams from this university located in the small town of Storrs won basketball titles
UConn
Gilbert
|
$800
[9]
8 leaves of this poi-producing plant are on Hawaii's seal
taro
Rebecca
|
$800
[14]
The name of this horse may derive from the name of a river in Idaho & Washington
Appaloosa
Rebecca
|
$800
[24]
I wear a suit at work; you go to the office in clothes for this activity on which Lululemon was built
yoga
Gilbert
|
$800
[19]
A governess is convinced that the 2 children in her care see ghosts in this novella by Henry James
The Turn of the Screw
|
| — |
$1,000
[5]
This Spokane, Wa. Jesuit school made its first appearance in the NCAA final game in 2017, but came up a tad short
Gonzaga
Gilbert
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Each ray of the large star on its state seal has an emblem of one of the 5 Civilized Tribes
Oklahoma
Gilbert
|
$1,000
[15]
It begins, "I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of heaven & Earth, and in Jesus Christ, His only Son"
the Apostle's Creed
Julie
|
$1,000
[25]
You like the Jason Bourne films, while I prefer classics like this one with Humphrey Bogart as a riverboat captain
The African Queen
Julie
|
$1,000
[20]
"The Haunting of" this title residence includes inexplicable noises & doors that shut by themselves
Hill House
Julie
|
| MYCOLOGY & MYTHOLOGY | EARLY AMERICA | EUROPEA"N" GEOGRAPHY | BARTLETT'S FAMILIAR QUOTATIONS | RHYMING PHRASES | VINYL RESTING PLACE |
|
$400
[6]
Psychedelic mushrooms may have been used by the cult of Demeter & this abducted daughter
Persephone
Rebecca
|
$400
[18]
This began as an attempt to buy New Orleans & might have been unconstitutional when Jefferson authorized it
the Louisiana Purchase
Rebecca
|
$400
[12]
The Rhine River makes its way to this sea
the North Sea
Gilbert
|
$400
[11]
He wrote Berkshire Hathaway shareholders, "You only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out"
Buffett
Gilbert
|
$400
[1]
Try not to laugh at this, the output of a currency counterfeiter
funny money
Rebecca
|
$400
[26]
One of the first LP records pressed in 1931 was of the Philadelphia Orchestra playing this work
Beethoven's Fifth
Gilbert
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[7]
Teonanacatl, "flesh of the gods", was a mushroom sacred to these Mesoamerican people
the Aztec
Gilbert
Rebecca
|
$800
[19]
This 1798 law aimed at Frenchmen & Irishmen in the U.S. was passed about 3 weeks before the Sedition Act
the Alien Act
Julie
|
$800
[13]
The 5 degrees east longitude line runs through the Netherlands & this other European country
Norway
Julie
|
$800
[17]
This comedian has 2 quotes in Bartlett's, both catchphrases: "Can we talk?" & "Who knew?"
Joan Rivers
Gilbert
|
$800
[2]
A full-length monster movie
a creature feature
|
$800
[27]
In the '50s the Dukes of Dixieland were one of the first to record their albums with this new dual audio process
stereo
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Thiscircle of mushrooms is named for the magic creatures said to dance there
a fairy circle (or fairy ring)
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[20]
The Hartford Convention was a meeting of those peeved at losing trade with Britain & opposed to this war
the War of 1812
Julie
|
$1,600
[15]
This northeastern English town "Upon Tyne" gave its name to a famous brown ale
Newcastle
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[24]
This "wish"ful line from "Brokeback Mountain" is Annie Proulx' entry in Bartlett's
"I wish I knew how to quit you"
Julie
|
$1,200
[3]
If you're eager & fidgety, you might have this rhyming problem that mentions trousers
ants in your pants
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[28]
A recent vinyl resurgence has been aided by this musician, who built a pressing plant in his Detroit hometown
Jack White
Julie
Rebecca
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This Welsh queen of mythical creatures rules over the Ellyllon, elflike creatures that eat toadstools
Queen Mab
|
$1,600
[21]
Hissermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" helped fire the 18th century's Great Awakening religious movement
(Jonathan) Edwards
Gilbert
|
$2,000
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Lake Ladoga is connected with the Gulf of Finland and the rest of the Baltic Sea by this commercially important river that flows through St. Petersburg
the Neva
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
In 1798 he told his men, "From the summit of yonder pyramids forty centuries look down upon you"
Napoleon
Gilbert
|
$1,600
[4]
A heroic defender, specifically of a company facing a hostile takeover
a white knight
|
— |
|
$2,000
[10]
Long before "Brave New World", this 4-letter liquid of Hindu mythology might have come from mushrooms
soma
|
$2,000
[22]
After he died in 1656, Josiah Winslow succeeded him as the commander of Plymouth Colony's military forces
Myles Standish
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
This city is about 20 miles northeast of Cannes via the N98 coastal road
Nice
Julie
|
$2,000
[25]
Bartlett's quotes this author:"Mother died today, or maybe it was yesterday"
Albert Camus
|
$2,000
[5]
In a farm idiom a problematic situation is a "tough" one
a row to hoe
Gilbert
|
— |
It's the first Oscar nominee for Best Picture to be produced by an internet streaming service
Manchester by the Sea