Josh Hill game 4.
Gary Waters — a college math teacher from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Kate Fink — a journalism professor from New York, New York
Josh Hill — a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $82,886)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $600 | $2,800 | $18,400 |
$19,644
4-day champion: $102,530 |
$15,600
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Kate | $1,600 | $3,200 | $4,200 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Gary | $1,400 | $1,700 | $6,500 |
$4,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
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$200
[2]
Jeff Bridges played a programmer in this 1982 virtual world film & its 2010 follow-up
Tron
Kate
|
$200
[16]
In 1775 Virginia's governor offered this to "indented servants, Negroes or others" who'd fight for the king
their freedom
Josh
|
$200
[7]
Nutrition: "For the first scientific report of human" this in the diet of the hairy-legged vampire bat
blood
Josh
|
$200
[8]
Ice cream dish for the Christian Sabbath
a Sunday sundae
Kate
|
$200
[15]
In Matthew, Jesus tells his disciples to teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of these 3
the Father, the Son & the Holy Spirit
Josh
|
$200
[1]
Johns Hopkins University's George Peabody one is called "a cathedral of books"
a library
Josh
|
|
$400
[3]
The Abiders, Jeff's backing band on a recent album, take their name from a line in this Coen Brothers film
The Big Lebowski
Kate
|
$400
[18]
After helping prevent Cornwallis from crossing the Raritan River at Trenton, he was Washington's right-hand man
Hamilton
Josh
|
$400
[22]
Cognition: For showing many who are these, like the Winklevosses, "cannot tell themselves apart visually"
identical twins
Josh
|
$400
[9]
The solitary borrowed sum
the lone loan
Gary
|
DD
$300
[21]
Hey, this next-to-last book of the New Testament is just 25 verses long
Jude
Gary
|
$400
[13]
It's where scullery maids spent most of their working hours
the kitchen
Gary
|
|
$600
[4]
In "Tucker: The Man & His Dream", Jeff is the man & manufacturing these is the dream
cars
Gary
|
$600
[20]
Overconfident, British Gen. Howe went into this 1775 Boston battle with a servant carrying wine on a silver tray
Bunker Hill
Gary
|
$600
[26]
Economics: For experiments, maybe on Captain Hook, on how contact with a live this affects willingness to gamble
the crocodile
|
$600
[10]
The bovine group whose moos reached our ears
the heard herd
Josh
|
$400
[17]
Cooking up a scheme, Jacob says this brother "is a hairy man, and I am a smooth man"
Esau
Josh
|
$600
[14]
It gives its name to the style of music seen here
a lounge
Josh
|
|
$800
[5]
As a Texas Ranger chasing bank robbers in this 2016 film, Jeff discovers the T-Bone Cafe & its very limited menu
Hell or High Water
|
$800
[24]
A British band played a tune titled "The World Turned Upside Down" during the surrender here on Oct. 19, 1781
Yorktown
Josh
|
$800
[27]
Peace: For showing "regular playing of" this droning Aussie instrument is an effective treatment for snoring
a didgeridoo
Kate
|
$800
[11]
A reasonable train ride cost
a fair fare
Kate
|
$600
[19]
In the 15th century Bible seen here, this book opens with an image of King David, said to be its author
Psalms
|
$800
[28]
A fine arts school, or a room with glass walls & a glass roof for growing plants
a conservatory
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In 2006's "Stick It", Jeff plays a very grumpy coach of girls in this sport
gymnastics
|
$1,000
[25]
"The sun never shine on a cause of greater worth" than the colonists', wrote Thomas Paine in this 1776 work
Common Sense
Josh
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
Water's edge forested by a variety of deciduous tree
a beech beach
|
$1,000
[23]
This book that speaks of vanity also says, "Much study is a weariness of the flesh"
Ecclesiastes
Josh
|
$1,000
[29]
In a monastery it's called a refectory
the dining room
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| BEAUX BRIDGES | OLD NAMES FOR CHEMICAL ELEMENTS | TRADEMARKS | AFRICAN-AMERICAN SPORTS FIRSTS | WRITERS NOT WRITING | "YI" OUGHTA...! |
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$400
[8]
Said to represent a couple dancing a tango, the Puente de la Mujer, or Women's Bridge, can be found in this country
Argentina
Josh
|
$400
[1]
Cuprum, used since neolithic times, is this metal
copper
Gary
|
$400
[4]
This photocopier company ran an ad stating that its brand is not a noun or verb & cannot be pluralized
Xerox
Josh
|
$400
[12]
In 1875 Oliver Lewis became the first African-American jockey to win this race known as the "Run for the Roses"
the Kentucky Derby
Josh
|
$400
[6]
Ernest Hemingway & John Dos Passos both spent time as ambulance drivers during this war
World War I
Gary
|
$400
[5]
General term for a professional who influences politicians to vote his way on a special interest
a lobbyist
Josh
|
|
$800
[9]
In the 17th century, the shah built the Khaju Bridgein what is now this country
Iran
Gary
|
$800
[2]
Aurum is this object of many a conquistador's quest
gold
Kate
Gary
|
$800
[15]
Unilever has strong views on when & how you may put these 5 letters after "pop", "cream" or "fudg"
-sicle
Josh
|
$800
[13]
The first black winter Olympic gold medalist, Vonetta Flowers won as a brake woman in this event in 2002
bobsled
Kate
|
$800
[16]
Michael Grant's novels "Precinct" & "Officer Down" were informed by his 23 years on this city's police force
New York
Gary
|
$800
[7]
"Youthful" 6-letter adjective often used to describe a type of grin
boyish
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[20]
The Sunshine Skyway Bridgeserves this Florida bay
Tampa Bay
Kate
|
$1,200
[3]
Hydrargyrum, the first part of its old name, means "liquid"
mercury
Josh
|
$1,600
[21]
Dow Chemical says that you can't "drink from a" this "cup" because the brand isn't used in disposable cups
Styrofoam
Josh
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Tennis great Althea Gibson was also the first African American on the tour of this association in another sport
the LPGA
Kate
|
$1,200
[17]
As a youth, Jack London was a pirate--stealing these mollusks from farms in San Francisco Bay
oysters
Kate
Gary
|
$1,200
[23]
How cool would the street sign look if it used its synonym instead--surrender!
yield
Gary
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Japan's Kintai Bridgegets its name from its similarity to a type of obi, or this, from a kimono
a sash
Josh
|
$1,600
[10]
The name of this profession that spends time with pipes might lead you to this old name for lead
plumbum
Gary
|
$2,000
[22]
A 9-year-old moppet who was actually Irish American inspired this paint trademark in the early 1900s
Dutch Boy
Gary
|
$1,600
[26]
In 1952 this Dodgers catcher became the first African American to be featured on a Wheaties box
(Roy) Campanella
Josh
Gary
|
$1,600
[18]
After this "Gift of the Magi" author did time for embezzlement, he reinvented himself & changed his name
O. Henry
Josh
|
$1,600
[24]
It's the insect seenheredoing its thing
a praying mantis
Gary
|
| — |
$2,000
[11]
Stibium was the old name for this metallic element, hence the symbol Sb
antimony
Josh
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
The correct generic terms for this letter-perfect brand are "cotton, "stick" or "swab"
Q-Tip
Josh
|
$2,000
[28]
The first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl was this man who led the Colts to victory in 2007
(Tony) Dungy
Gary
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
A former leader is Deng Xiaoping (not "Teng Hsiao-P'ing") in this method of rendering Chinese names in our alphabet
pinyin
Josh
|
In 1794 George Washington selected this spot, where today 3 states meet, for the site of a new armory
Harpers Ferry