Josh Hill game 8.
Ross Belsome — a valuation analyst from Houston, Texas
Virginia Cummings — a geriatrician from Randolph, Massachusetts
Josh Hill — a network engineer from North Little Rock, Arkansas (whose 7-day cash winnings total $163,721)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Josh | $2,000 | $4,200 | $9,400 |
$999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
17 R, 2 W |
| Virginia | $1,400 | $6,400 | $17,800 |
$35,201
New champion: $35,201 |
$14,000
15 R (including 3 DDs), 1 W |
| Ross | $3,600 | $7,600 | $17,600 |
$18,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,600
22 R, 1 W |
| INDY 500 | BALKAN NATIONS | "ZZ" MIDDLE | SIGNS & GESTURES | GENIUSES ARE BORN | NOT MADE |
|
$200
[3]
In 1992, five years after his father won, this junior guy, Little Al, won theraceby its closest margin, less than a car length
Al Unser Jr.
Ross
|
$200
[1]
In July 1914 Austria-Hungary declared war on this Balkan republic, igniting World War I
Serbia
Josh
|
$200
[4]
I'm stoked, I'm excited, I'm this--cue Miles Davis
jazzed
Ross
|
$200
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an image of the hand of benediction.) The hand of benediction, with the ring and pinky fingers folded in, has been used by the Roman Catholic church since the start; some doctors have suggested that it was actually a sign of nerve damage of this first pope & copied by later popes
Peter
Ross
|
$200
[11]
On Dec. 27, 1822 this Frenchman was born to show the world that microorganisms cause fermentation
Pasteur
Josh
|
$200
[12]
Steinway helped the conservationist cause when it stopped using this to make its keys way back in 1956
ivory
Josh
|
|
$400
[23]
The first woman to lead a lap in the race was the 2005 Rookie of the Year, this driver
(Danica) Patrick
Josh
|
$400
[14]
Since the breakup of Yugoslavia, Slovenia has integrated with Western Europe & joined this military alliance in 2004
NATO
Josh
|
$400
[5]
The mystic square is a type of one
a puzzle
Ross
|
$400
[9]
A mudra is a Buddhist gesture; the Anjali mudra, hands together, goes with this word meaning "I bow to you"
namaste
Ross
|
$400
[13]
He was conducted into the world January 27, 1756, the same year his father published a manual on playing the violin
Mozart
Josh
|
$400
[15]
In 2005 the Mini model of this was superseded by the Nano
iPod
Ross
|
|
$600
[24]
After a scary 2017crash, both men walked away, thanks in part to the HANS device; the acronym HANS refers to these two body parts
head and neck
Virginia
|
$600
[17]
North of Greece, this nation occupies 2/5 of the historic region where Alexander began his triumphs
Macedonia
Ross
|
$600
[6]
Spring buds were blooming, but "The Great" one of these of March 1888 was one of the worst ever in American history
a blizzard
Virginia
|
$600
[10]
The frequenthand positionof this German chancellor is known as her Raute, or "diamond"
(Angela) Merkel
Josh
|
$600
[18]
Later to take the pen name Richard Saunders, he was born to a poor family in Boston January 17, 1706
Ben Franklin
Virginia
|
$600
[21]
Atari's not making any more games based on this 1982 Spielberg movie; they ended up burying thousands in a landfill
E.T.
Ross
|
|
$800
[25]
This nickname for the Speedway comes from the material on the track; most of it has been covered over
the Brickyard
Virginia
|
— |
$800
[7]
It means gray, usually when referring to hair
grizzled (or grizzly)
Virginia
Ross
|
$800
[16]
This gesture of support for the University of Texas at Austin was introduced at a 1955 pep rally
Hook 'em Horns
Josh
|
$1,000
[20]
It's certain he was born Dec. 5, 1901, in Wurzburg, Germany, 26 years before publishing his famous principle
Heisenberg
Ross
|
$800
[27]
In 2016 this car company discontinued its half-million-dollar Phantom coupe
Rolls-Royce
Ross
|
|
$1,000
[26]
These famous four words that open the race were amended when Janet Guthriebecame the first woman Indy driver
Gentlemen, start your engines
Ross
|
— |
$1,000
[8]
Sailors in "Pirates of the Caribbean" movies have been known to shout this joyous exclamation
huzzah
Ross
|
$1,000
[22]
In the U.S. soldiers perform the rifle type of this gesture by touching the gun behind its rear sight
a salute
Josh
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
He was born April 15, 1452, near a little Tuscan town you wouldn't have heard of otherwise
Leonardo da Vinci
Virginia
|
$1,000
[28]
From 1969 to 1996 there was always room for the 1-2-3 variety from this food brand, but no longer
Jell-O
Virginia
|
| EPIC FAIL | NEW YORK COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES | 4-SYLLABLE WORDS | SLEEP | EARLY 19th CENTURY TIMELINE | A "LITTLE" ENTERTAINMENT |
|
$400
[1]
In an ancient epic a war-weary people foolishly pull this work of the master carpenter Epeius inside their city
the Trojan Horse
Ross
|
$400
[5]
Its school mascot is Otto the Orange
Syracuse
Josh
|
$400
[16]
You might fill one out to get a job
an application
Ross
|
$400
[4]
Common sleeping positions include "the log", "the soldier" & this one named for a pre-birth state
the fetal position
Josh
|
$400
[26]
July 13, 1836:The U.S. grants its first numbered one of these, for a new type of locomotive wheel
a patent
Josh
|
$400
[2]
Good golly, Miss Molly! In December of 2017, this singer & piano player celebrated his 85th birthday
Little Richard
Virginia
|
|
$800
[10]
This epic hero triumphantly slays a dragon, but when he deceptively woos & wins Brunhilda, it leads to his death
Siegfried
Josh
|
$800
[6]
On the seal of this school in Hamilton, there's a Latin motto & a hand holding a torch, not a tube of toothpaste
Colgate
Virginia
|
$800
[17]
Commonplace, or one who walks on the street
pedestrian
Virginia
|
$800
[21]
During REM sleep, the body is almost paralyzed, with only a few muscles active, like some in the eye & this dome-shaped one
the diaphragm
Ross
|
$800
[29]
August 6, 1806:Long declining, this empire falls completely
the Holy Roman Empire
Josh
|
$800
[3]
Their country hits include "Tornado", "Girl Crush" & "Pontoon"
Little Big Town
Josh
|
|
$1,200
[14]
In the Mayan epic "Popol Vuh", the gods' first try at creation fails when the creatures lack this ability
speech
|
$1,600
[8]
Fordham has 2 main campuses: one in da Bronx & the other at this performing arts complex in Manhattan
Lincoln Center
Josh
Virginia
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the buzzword for providing TMI on social media
oversharing
|
$1,200
[22]
This 4-letter pinniped can sleep underwater but wakes to surface & breathe
a seal
Virginia
|
$1,200
[30]
January 1, 1801:The Act of Union unites Britain & this country
Ireland
Josh
|
$1,200
[11]
Kurt Russell goes up against mystical beings & kung fu fighters in this 1986 John Carpenter flick
Big Trouble in Little China
Ross
|
|
$1,600
[15]
The female knight Britomart gets taken for a man & much courting trouble ensues in this 1590s Edmund Spenser work
The Faerie Queene
Josh
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
In 1917 it awarded the first Pulitzer Prizes
Columbia
Virginia
|
$2,000
[20]
This German-named dog is alphabetically first among AKC-recognized breeds
the Affenpinscher
Ross
|
$1,600
[24]
Hormones called leptins are off-kilter when you don't get enough sleep, increasing this, from the Latin for "desire"
appetite
|
$1,600
[28]
1822:Jean-Francois Champollion deciphers hieroglyphics using this stone
the Rosetta Stone
Ross
|
$1,600
[12]
Songs featured in this Broadway musical include "Grow For Me" & "Suddenly Seymour"
Little Shop of Horrors
Ross
|
|
$2,000
[23]
In a Mesopotamian epic, this hero rejects the advances of the goddess Ishtar, who then vows to kill him
Gilgamesh
Josh
|
$2,000
[9]
RIT for short, it was one of the first schools to offer an undergraduate degree in software engineering
Rochester Institute of Technology
Ross
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
The range or territory of a sheriff's authority
jurisdiction
Virginia
|
$2,000
[25]
Though proverbially to be "in the arms of" this deity means to be asleep, he's actually the god of dreams
Morpheus
Ross
|
$2,000
[27]
July 2, 1839:Erstwhile slaves take over this Spanish schooner
the Amistad
Virginia
|
$2,000
[13]
This Jackie DeShannon hit begins, "Think of your fellow man, lend him a helping hand"
"Put A Little Love In Your Heart"
Virginia
Ross
|
He was nominated twice for playing Oscar winners--a real one in a 1992 biopic & a fictional one in a 2008 combat comedy
Robert Downey Jr.