Jesse Darland — an editor from Charleston, South Carolina
Shari Post — a software engineer from Aurora, Colorado
Matt Lisiecki — an international development researcher from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,950)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $3,400 | $4,400 | $15,000 |
$19,601
2-day champion: $34,551 |
$18,000
22 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Shari | $600 | $3,400 | $9,800 |
$9,190
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Jesse | $3,600 | $6,000 | $9,600 |
$19,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| SCIENCE | HOME FURNISHINGS | ODDS & ENDS | DITLOIDS | A MAN FOR 2 SEASONS | THOMAS LESS |
|
$200
[7]
Bed bugs are attracted to this gas, as it indicates the presence of humans, so they can be lured with dry ice
carbon dioxide
Jesse
|
$200
[17]
Santa would feel right at home in this style of bed
a sleigh bed
Jesse
|
$200
[10]
bhg.com is the website for this magazine
Better Homes and Gardens
Matt
|
$200
[22]
Weight for it:16 O I A P
16 ounces in a pound
Shari
|
$200
[1]
Nickname of football HOFer & Olympic gold medal sprinter Bob Hayes; he wasn't really faster than a speeding one
speeding bullet
Matt
|
$200
[4]
Thomas is missing when he appears to the other disciples in John 20:19
Jesus
Matt
|
|
$400
[8]
During his work with optics, this British scientist created awheel with colors corresponding to musical notes
Newton
Jesse
|
$400
[18]
Use this appropriately named wire shelving unit to cool off your pies or to display your plants
a baker's rack
Matt
Jesse
|
$400
[13]
These wide-legged women's pants are perfect for lounging around your palace--their name is Italian for "palace"
palazzo pants
Shari
|
$400
[23]
Paid off Mr. Iscariot:30 P O S
30 pieces of silver
Matt
|
$400
[2]
In 1994 he took a basketball time out to hit .202 for the Birmingham Barons
Michael Jordan
Matt
|
$400
[24]
In 2007 a District of Columbia law professor called him "Talk-Less Thomas"
Clarence Thomas
Matt
|
|
$600
[9]
Rusty metal is not the source of this disease, but it's a good place for the clostridium bacteria that cause it to grow
tetanus
Shari
|
$600
[19]
Congratulations on your purchase of one of these expensive floor coverings
a Persian rug
Matt
|
$600
[14]
A 1562 cargo of these flowers arrived in Antwerp from Turkey; some of the bulbs were mistaken for onions & cooked
tulips
Matt
|
$600
[29]
They include a scale & a bull:12 S O T Z
12 signs of the zodiac
Shari
|
$600
[3]
In 1989 Bo Jackson hit 32 homers for the Kansas City Royals & ran for 950 yards for this then-L.A. team
the Raiders
Shari
|
$800
[26]
There was one Thomas less after this poet went ungently into the good night November 9, 1953
Dylan Thomas
Jesse
|
|
$800
[11]
Haptic feedback uses this human sense to relay information from your smartphone
touch
Jesse
|
$800
[20]
Possibly derived from French, this short ornamental drapery hangs across the top of a window
a valance
Jesse
|
$800
[15]
The pH in pH scale stands for potential of this element whose ions are basically being measured
hydrogen
Jesse
|
$800
[28]
The talus is one:206 B I T H B
206 bones in the human body
|
$800
[5]
After 3 seasons & a .220 average for the Blue Jays, Danny Ainge moved to this NBA team's back court, then its front office
the Celtics
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
After his niece Catherine was executed, Thomas Howard, Duke of Norfolk, saw his influence on this king lessen
Henry VIII
Shari
|
|
DD
$1,400
[12]
If the half-life of trebekium-13 is 10 years, in 20 years your 100-gram sample will be down to this many grams
25 grams
Jesse
|
$1,000
[21]
Gee, you have one of these in your living room, & it really works
a gramophone
Shari
|
$1,000
[16]
The X-shaped cross on Scotland'sflagis known as the cross of this saint
St. Andrew
Jesse
|
$1,000
[27]
The classic ditloid, a Solzhenitsyn novel:1 D I T L O I D
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
|
$1,000
[6]
This '50s & '60s TV "Rifleman" played 2 seasons of pro basketball & 2 seasons of major league baseball
Chuck Connors
Matt
Shari
|
— |
| RIPPED FROM THE HEADLINES | AFRICAN CITIES | TRIPLE TALK SONG TITLES | TRANSPORTATION | FACTS ABOUT FICTION | YOU GET A "C" |
|
$400
[11]
The Washington Herald, April 11, 1912:"New Liner ____ on First Journey"
the Titanic
Jesse
|
$400
[6]
Tanzania's Dar es Salaam literally means "house of" this in Arabic
peace
Jesse
|
$400
[16]
"Tonight, Tonight, Tonight" demanded this band with Phil Collins at the mic
Genesis
Matt
|
$400
[18]
The racing of these vehicles was a popular event at the ancient Olympic games
chariots
Shari
|
$400
[1]
"The Killer Angels", Michael Shaara's fiction Pulitzer winner for 1975, covers this decisive July 1863 battle
Gettysburg
Shari
|
$400
[19]
It can refer to blocked nasal passages or crowded traffic
congestion
Jesse
|
|
$800
[12]
The Helena Weekly Herald, July 20, 1876:"Particulars of the Massacre of ____'s Command"
Custer
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Like Rome, Ibadan in Nigeria was built on this many hills
seven
Matt
|
$800
[17]
It's what she'll have "'til her daddy takes the T-bird away"
fun, fun, fun
Shari
|
$800
[28]
Co-founder John Zimmer predicts that within 5 years, most of this ride-sharing co.'s cars will be self-driven
Lyft
Matt
Jesse
|
$800
[2]
Dashiell Hammett introduced Sam Spade in this novel
The Maltese Falcon
Jesse
|
$800
[20]
An official in a town who made public announcements
a town crier
Shari
Jesse
|
|
$1,200
[13]
The Morgantown Monitor, May 20, 1863:"Writ of ____ ____ Refused"
habeas corpus
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Throngs of people were trying to get into Tahrir Square in this African capital in February 2011
Cairo
Matt
|
$1,200
[24]
Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson talked this duet of theirs all the way to No. 1
"Say Say Say"
Matt
|
$1,200
[27]
In 1863 the Atchison & Topeka Railroad Company added this city to its name
Santa Fe
Shari
|
$1,200
[3]
"Inferno" is Dan Brown's fourth novel to feature this symbology professor as its hero
(Robert) Langdon
Shari
|
$1,200
[21]
This adjective for the married state often precedes "bliss"
conjugal
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[14]
The Morning Tulsa Daily World, August 4, 1921:"Baseball Scorns Freed Black ____"
Sox
Matt
|
$2,000
[10]
Its situation on an island makes Mombasa the ideal place for this country's biggest port city
Kenya
|
$1,600
[25]
Hitmaking boy band that told us, "Bye Bye Bye"
NSYNC
Jesse
|
$1,600
[29]
Hoping for a bull's-eye in 2012, Chrysler reintroduced a new version of this Dodge auto last seen in the 1970s
the Dart
Matt
|
$1,600
[4]
William Styron came in for some criticism when he wrote in blackvoice in "The Confessions of" this man
Nat Turner
|
$1,600
[22]
This word refers to how polite I'm being to you at the dinner party, or to the sweet after-dinner drink you're sipping on
cordial
Shari
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The National Whig, May 19, 1847:"For President in 1848, Major General ____ ____"
Zachary Taylor
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
Seen here are the red walls of this city that gave the country Morocco its name
Marrakech
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
One of the biggest hits for this metal hair band was 1987's "Girls, Girls, Girls"
Mötley Crüe
Matt
|
DD
$3,000
[30]
In the 1940s this airline advertised, "None faster--none finer--to and through the South"
Delta
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
This self-described space nerd followed up his bestseller "The Martian" with "Artemis"
(Andy) Weir
Matt
|
$2,000
[23]
This Brazilian martial art incorporates elements of dance & music
capoeira
Matt
|
In the 1940s he became the first person to receive nominations as actor, director & writer for the same film
Orson Welles