Josh Hill game 6.
Tara Yack — a structural engineer from Denver, Colorado
Luke Devlin — a strategic communications associate from Bronxville, New York
Josh Hill — a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (whose 5-day cash winnings total $117,319)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $2,200 | $2,200 | $17,000 |
$26,801
6-day champion: $144,120 |
$13,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Luke | $400 | $5,600 | $13,400 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
15 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Tara | $0 | $200 | $5,400 |
$5,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
8 R, 3 W |
| TAKE THE CATEGORY IN ORDER | IN GENERAL | YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IT BETTER | AS YOU GO DOWN | IT WILL SERVE YOU WELL! | TRUST US! |
|
$200
[1]
Found in front of "rally", this palindromic 3-letter word refers to an abundance of energy
pep
Josh
|
$200
[2]
Some big don'ts in Exodus 20:17--"Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's" this, "nor his manservant"
his wife
Luke
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$200
[9]
"Make yourself at home" sounds even more welcoming as this Spanish phrase, literally "my house is your house"
mi casa es su casa
Josh
|
$200
[3]
Guess Nike wasn't taking calls when the 413-404 B.C. Ionian War did not go the way of this city-state
Athens
Luke
Tara
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$200
[5]
Murder by the butler in Mary Roberts Rinehart's 1930 mystery "The Door" helped popularize this 4-word cliche
the butler did it
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$200
[6]
If Obi-Wan Kenobi tells you to "use" this, "let go" & "trust me", you use it
the Force
Tara
|
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$400
[4]
Here's an old-timey version of this kitchen implement that's sure to spice up your meal
a pepper grinder (or pepper mill)
Josh
|
$400
[11]
In 2012, this ex-Cabinet memberherewas awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
(Madeleine) Albright
Josh
Luke
|
$400
[10]
This German exclamation to a sneezer can go on, "ist besser als Krankheit" (health is better than sickness)
Gesundheit
Josh
|
$400
[12]
He lost a power battle to fellow Communists & dealt with the wrong side of an ice axe in Mexico
Leon Trotsky
Josh
|
$400
[13]
Even Poole, this doctor's butler, abandons his post when his alter ego makes things unpleasant
Dr. Jekyll
Josh
|
$400
[7]
You talkin' to Ben Stiller? You, being this actor who explained the circle of trust to Ben in "Meet the Parents"
Robert De Niro
Luke
|
|
$600
[15]
This 3-word brand has been billed as "the Champagne of beers"
Miller High Life
Luke
|
$600
[14]
These 2 words, respectively, are the "M" in SMU & the "C" in TCU, Texas school that we follow religiously
Methodist and Christian
Luke
|
$800
[20]
It sounds much fancier to use this French phrase, literally "blue ribbon"
cordon bleu
Josh
|
— |
$600
[16]
Stephano is the drunken butler of the shipwrecked king Alonso of Naples in this Shakespeare play
The Tempest
Luke
|
$600
[8]
Jimmy Chitwood is a H.S. basketball player of his word in this 1986 film after saying he'll make the title-winning shot
Hoosiers
Josh
|
| — |
$800
[21]
If you're the kind of person who just doesn't get it, you're this, also a geometric term for this angle
obtuse
Luke
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
Virgil's "omnia vincit amor" is this saying in English about the power of the heart
love conquers all
Luke
|
— |
$800
[17]
Old but reliable Betteredge the butler narrates the search for a fabulous missing gem in this Wilkie Collins work
The Moonstone
Josh
Tara
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$800
[23]
Michael Fassbender takes the ultimate trust fall--a leap of faith--in this "killer" 2016 film based on a video game
Assassin's Creed
Luke
|
| — |
$1,000
[22]
Leased by this company, Deepwater Horizon was the rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico April 20, 2010
BP
Tara
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$1,000
[24]
Enough is enough! It's "enough" in Italian, also used to mean "stop!"
basta
Luke
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
This "admirable" butler of J.M. Barrie's play rises above his aristocrat employers & becomes their king
the admirable Crichton
|
$1,000
[25]
As therapist Sean Maguire, he got Will Hunting to trust him & won an Oscar
Robin Williams
Luke
|
| GIVE US THE BIRD | HISTORICAL FICTION | DIMES | BAND MATH | PLANET OF THE CAPES | MIND YOUR "P"s & "Q"s |
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$400
[9]
Get your head out of the sand & know this largest living bird can be 8 feet tall & weigh around 350 pounds
an ostrich
Tara
|
$400
[8]
In "Cloudsplitter" by Russell Banks, the son of this martyred abolitionist recalls his father
John Brown
|
$400
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) The arrows around 1853 on the dime on the right show it contained less of this element, which was reduced that year due to a rise in its price
silver
Luke
|
$400
[2]
Ali Campbell's "UB" minus Adam Clayton's "U"
38
Luke
|
$400
[14]
This government facility abbreviated KSC is found on Cape Canaveral in Florida
the Kennedy Space Center
Josh
|
$400
[1]
A large bird feather used as a writing implement in centuries past
a quill or pen
Josh
|
|
$800
[10]
Only penguins, flamingoes & these familiar city birds produce milk chemically similar to that of mammals
pigeons
Tara
|
$800
[17]
"Battle Lines" is book one of the "Last Good War" novel series, set during this war
World War II
Josh
|
$800
[19]
In 1838 13 of these representing the original 13 colonies were added to the face of dimes
stars
Luke
Tara
|
$800
[3]
Trent Reznor's "Inch Nails" plus Josh Dun's "Pilots"
30
Josh
|
$800
[15]
Mexico's resort region of Cabo San Lucas is found at the southern tip of this peninsula
Baja California
Josh
|
$800
[22]
Uh oh! It's a sudden, unexpected test for students
a pop quiz
Tara
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Sorry, no picture of the great or snowy this wading bird of the Everglades; they send their...
egrets
Josh
Tara
|
$1,200
[18]
Amelia Earhart flies in for a cameo in "The Aviator's Wife", about Anne Morrow & this husband
Lindbergh
Josh
|
$1,200
[26]
Liberty on the 1796-1807draped bust dimewas based on a sketch by this George Washington portraitist
(Gilbert) Stuart
Josh
|
$1,600
[6]
Dave Clark's boys times Ben Folds' boys
25
|
$1,200
[16]
Found near Calais, Cap Gris-Nez translates as "Cape" these 2 words, for the color of its rocks
gray nose
Luke
|
$1,200
[23]
Different designs on various pieces of cloth all sewn together give this warmer its name
a patchwork quilt
Tara
|
|
$1,600
[12]
You're out of luck if you're looking for the Bahia rufous-vented ground-this to tell you what time it is
a cuckoo
Tara
|
$1,600
[28]
The king in "To Defy a King" is this lizard-hearted brother of King Richard the Lionheart
King John
|
$2,000
[30]
The 1916-1945 dime known as this actually showed Lady Libertywith wings, symbolizing freedom of thought
the Mercury dime
|
$2,000
[7]
Pop punk "Sum" times pop rock "Maroon"
205
Josh
|
$1,600
[20]
The Gaelic songs & poems of Malcolm Gillis praise the landscape of Cape Breton in this Canadian province
Nova Scotia
Josh
|
$1,600
[24]
Term for the list of waiting jobs to come out of your Laser Jet 600
a printing queue
Josh
|
|
$2,000
[13]
This bird name follows red-naped, red-breasted & yellow-bellied
sapsucker
Josh
|
$2,000
[29]
In "Sharpe's Rifles", a young British lieutenant fights Napoleon's army in the Galicia region of this country
Spain
Josh
|
DD
$4,800
[27]
A new design for the dime was released on January 30, 1946, which would have been this man's 64th birthday
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Josh
|
DD
$3,000
[5]
Frankie Valli's "Seasons" times Linda Perry's "Non Blondes"
16
Luke
|
$2,000
[21]
Cap-Vert, the westernmost point in mainland Africa, is the site of this Senegalese capital city
Dakar
Josh
|
$2,000
[25]
You can learn about quarks & gluons in Chad Orzel's "How to Teach" this science specialty "To Your Dog"
quantum physics
Luke
|
This pair who accompanied their father into battle were called Timor & Formido, "Fear" & "Terror", by the Romans
Phobos & Deimos