Kirsten Morry — a lawyer from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Cody Landis — a registered nurse from New York, New York
Doug Dodson — a classical singer from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug | $3,600 | $6,800 | $15,000 |
$5,999
2-day champion: $21,999 |
$13,200
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Cody | $4,400 | $8,400 | $12,000 |
$4,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Kirsten | $200 | $800 | $2,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,600
8 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| OCTOBER OBSERVANCES | SAILING INTO HISTORY | PORTUGUESE PRIMER | GEMS & JEWELS | WEIRD AL-CHEMY | AT THE ZOO |
|
$200
[7]
The U.K. celebrates this fruit's day on October 21; events include the Longest Peel competition
Apple Day
Doug
|
$200
[12]
This little lady that sailed with Columbus was originally named the Santa Clara
the Niña
Doug
Kirsten
|
$200
[6]
Boa tarde is said when someone is wishing you to have a "good" this part of the day
the afternoon
Doug
|
$200
[21]
The orient is the term for the surface iridescence of this mollusk product
pearl
Cody
|
$200
[26]
"Like A Surgeon"
Madonna
Cody
|
$200
[1]
The zoo in Wellington, New Zealand works to preserve this national bird & other endangered native animals
a kiwi
Doug
|
|
$400
[8]
In tribute to this man, the U.N. declared his birthday, October 2, International Day of Non-Violence
(Mohandas) Gandhi
Cody
|
$400
[13]
The 1915 sinking of this ocean liner heightened tensions between the U.S. & Germany
the Lusitania
Kirsten
|
$400
[17]
No animals are killed in the tourada, the Portuguese version of this event
a bullfight
Cody
|
$400
[22]
This gem scores a perfect 10 on the Mohs hardness scale
a diamond
Doug
|
$400
[27]
"Eat It"
Michael Jackson
Doug
|
$400
[2]
A pioneer in cageless exhibits, this southern California zoo founded in 1916 is home to more than 650 species
the San Diego Zoo
Doug
|
|
$600
[9]
Bring Fido & Felix to the Blessing of the Animals on October 4, the feast day of this saint
St. Francis
Cody
|
$600
[14]
It's said to have gotten its famous nickname after British shot bounced off its wooden hull in 1812
Old Ironsides (or Constitution )
Doug
|
$600
[18]
A necessity on sunny days is um oleo de bronzear, which is this
suntan lotion or sunscreen
Cody
|
$600
[23]
Turquoise is a December birthstone; March has this other watery blue gem with a "Q" in its name
aquamarine
Doug
|
$600
[28]
"Canadian Idiot"
Green Day
Kirsten
|
$600
[3]
Don't worry if we miss the Aldabra variety of these reptiles on our visit to Central Florida Zoo--they can live to be 200!
tortoises
Cody
|
|
$800
[10]
The invention of this language's alphabet by King Sejong on Oct. 8, 1446 is observed annually
Korean
Doug
|
$800
[15]
Tainted borscht led to a 1905 mutiny on this Russian battleship, an event made into a movie in 1925
the Potemkin
Cody
|
$800
[19]
Feliz aniversario! means happy birthday, while feliz Pascoa! means this
happy Easter
Doug
|
$800
[24]
The top selling yellowgem--its name reflects its lemony color
citrine
Cody
|
$800
[29]
"I Love Rocky Road"
Joan Jett
Cody
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
This capital's zoo was created from the personal animal collection of King William IV of Prussia
the Berlin Zoo
Cody
|
|
$1,000
[11]
October 10 is "World" this "Health Day", but it doesn't mean you're supposed to take one to skip work
mental health
Doug
|
$1,000
[16]
In 1717 Blackbeard converted a captured French slave ship & named it this late queen's "Revenge"
Queen Anne's Revenge
Cody
|
$1,000
[20]
The national emotion is saudade, a form of this, from the Greek for "return home"
nostalgia
Kirsten
|
$1,000
[25]
Iggy Azalea's real first name is this, a purple gemstone
Amethyst
Kirsten
|
$1,000
[30]
"I Want A New Duck"
Huey Lewis (and The News)
Doug
|
$1,000
[5]
200 rubles gains you admission to Russia's Novosibirsk Zoo & its many exotic animals, such as this feline hybrid
a liger
Cody
|
| FRENCH ARTISTS | A LITTLE DRY | LARGEST CITIES | THE BROADWAY PLAY'S PREMIERE CAST | BOOKS OF THE 1940s | AFTER THE ZOO |
|
$400
[25]
This painter of "Water Lilies" met Renoir when the 2 were students in the same painter's studio
Monet
Doug
|
$400
[20]
In the book "Dr. No", James Bond asks for a dry one of these "with a slice of lemon peel. Shaken and not stirred"
a martini
Doug
|
$400
[10]
The largest cities in Maine & Oregon share this name
Portland
Kirsten
|
$400
[7]
1980:Tim Curry as Mozart, Ian McKellen as Salieri
Amadeus
Cody
|
$400
[1]
The basis for "The King and I" was the 1944 bestseller "Anna and the King of" this place
Siam
Cody
|
$400
[3]
It's packed with Vitamin A & is low in calories
a zucchini
Doug
|
|
$800
[26]
Ingres & David both worked in this "new" style based on antiquity that made use of crisp outlines
Neoclassicism
Doug
Cody
|
$800
[21]
In babies, dry mouth & few or no tears when crying can signal this 11-letter condition
dehydration
Doug
|
$800
[9]
This largest city in Alabama was named for the second largest city in the United Kingdom
Birmingham
Doug
|
$800
[8]
1963:Kirk Douglas as Randle McMurphy, Gene Wilder as Billy Bibbit
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
|
$800
[2]
Among the objects mentioned in this beloved bedtime story are "a comb and a brush and a bowl full of mush"
Goodnight Moon
Doug
|
$800
[14]
About 400,000 live in this Swiss city, a major international financial center
Zurich
Doug
|
|
$1,200
[27]
Fragonard's works like "The Swing", seen here, exemplify this frothy style that originated in Paris
Rococo
Kirsten
|
$1,200
[22]
To perk up flavor, a mixture of seasonings can be applied to food before grilling, using a dry one of these
a dry rub
Cody
|
$1,200
[6]
The largest city in southern Germany, it's also the largest city & capital of Bavaria
Munich
Kirsten
|
$1,200
[18]
1959:Sidney Poitier as Walter Lee Younger, Ruby Dee as Ruth Younger
A Raisin in the Sun
Cody
|
$1,200
[11]
3 of the top 10 nonfiction bestsellers of 1949 dealt with this Spanish-named rummy game
canasta
Kirsten
|
$1,600
[16]
Unlike other nearby groups, they built their pueblos from stones & plaster, not adobe brick
the Zuni
Cody
|
|
$1,600
[28]
After seeing open warfare in the streets of Paris in 1830, Delacroix began his allegory of her "Leading the People"
Liberty Leading the People
Kirsten
|
$1,600
[23]
In 2001 David Letterman said the drought meant Hooters was having this type of contest
a dry T-shirt contest
Kirsten
|
$1,600
[5]
Guayaquil is this country's largest city as well as its leading manufacturing center
Ecuador
Doug
Cody
|
$1,600
[19]
1988:John Lithgow as Rene Gallimard, B.D. Wong as Song Liling
M. Butterfly
Doug
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
In Chapter 1 of this Betty Smith novel, we're told that the one in Francie Nolan's yard "was neither a pine nor a hemlock"
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Kirsten
|
$2,000
[17]
A traditional Japanese sandal much like a flip-flop
a zori
|
|
$2,000
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an example of chronophotography on the monitor.) In the 1880s, Etienne-Jules Marey developed chronophotography, in which the entire sequence of a movement was captured in a single image, inspiring the superimposed images of afigure descending a staircasein the 1912 painting by this French artist
Marcel Duchamp
Cody
|
$2,000
[24]
Rhyming term for the type of fishing seen here, with the lure above the water so you can see all the action
a dry fly
Doug
|
$2,000
[4]
This largest city in the U.S. Virgin Islands was named for the wife of a Danish king
Charlotte Amalie
Doug
Kirsten
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
This Camus novel was originally published in 1947 as "La Peste"
The Plague
Kirsten
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
A fertilized egg before it becomes an embryo
a zygote
Doug
|
This actor has never been nominated for acting--he won, though, as a writer for 1997 & as a producer for 2012
Ben Affleck