Alan Dunn game 3.
Prairie Rose Clayton — a taxonomist from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Hila Saxer — an ASL interpreter from Washington, Pennsylvania
Alan Dunn — a software development manager from Johns Creek, Georgia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alan | $4,800 | $9,600 | $13,200 |
$19,201
3-day champion: $70,801 |
$18,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Hila | $1,000 | $800 | $6,800 |
$300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 2 W |
| Prairie | $3,200 | $0 | $9,600 |
$17,750
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,600
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL | ENDS IN AN F SOUND | REALLY BIG SPORTS STARS | WAR FARE | EMILYS | LIST |
|
$200
[6]
Red sorrel
vegetable
Prairie
|
$200
[1]
The one over Bette Davis' remains says, "She did it the hard way"
an epitaph
Hila
|
$200
[11]
This 7'1" All-Star for the Magic, Lakers & Heat tipped the scales at 325 pounds
(Shaquille) O'Neal
Hila
|
$200
[25]
World War II P.O.W.s looked forward to the arrival of food-filled parcels from this international organization
the Red Cross
Alan
|
$200
[18]
She was just 29 when "Wuthering Heights" was published; it was to be her only novel
Emily Brontë
Alan
|
$200
[30]
The holy trinity of Cajun cooking:Bell pepper, celery, this weepy veggie
an onion
Alan
Hila
|
|
$400
[7]
Oryx
an animal
Prairie
|
$400
[2]
Thisreceptacle is used metaphorically about politicians who enrich themselves
a hog trough
Alan
|
$400
[12]
The Chicago Bears' 335-pound William Perry had this ultra-cool nickname
Refrigerator
Alan
|
$400
[16]
In winter 1777 a quartermaster reported he had just 25 barrels of flour & a little pork to feed an army camped here
Valley Forge
Alan
|
$400
[26]
She began teaching us manners with 1922's "Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home"
(Emily) Post
Alan
|
$400
[21]
In presidential succession:Vice president, speaker of the House, Senate pres. pro tempore, then this person
Secretary of State
Alan
Hila
|
|
$600
[8]
Smelt
animal
Alan
|
$600
[3]
A glass container with a wide opening for serving wine or water at meals
a carafe
Hila
|
$600
[13]
This 6'7" Yankees rookie swung a mighty gavel to win the 2017 MLB All-Star Home Run Derby
(Aaron) Judge
Alan
|
$600
[17]
Nikita Khrushchev wrote, "without" this Hormel product, "we wouldn't have been able to feed our army" in WWII
Spam
Prairie
|
$600
[27]
Emily Robison Strayer plays banjo, guitar, dobro & bass for this country trio
the Dixie Chicks
Prairie
|
$600
[22]
Lyrically:"Raindrops on roses & whiskers on kittens, bright copper kettles & warm woolen" these
mittens
Alan
|
|
$800
[9]
Spinel
a mineral
Alan
|
$800
[4]
It can refer to a certain type of young insect, like this one, as well as a minor nature goddess
a nymph
Prairie
|
$800
[14]
6'10" baseball Hall of Famer Randy Johnson was nicknamed the "Big" this
Unit
Prairie
|
$800
[19]
In 1918 U-boats cut food shipments to England, where even the king had this type of card allotting staples like milk & flour
a ration card
Alan
|
$800
[28]
This adjective is in the title of a series of graphic novels about a 13-year-old girl named Emily
Emily the Strange
Prairie
|
$800
[23]
In the King James Bible, the horses of the 4 horsemen of the Apocalypse:White, red, black, this one ridden by Death
pale
Prairie
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Chert
mineral
Prairie
|
$1,000
[5]
No fooling, it's a steep cliff often used in place names
bluff
Alan
|
$1,000
[15]
6'9" Dallas Cowboys defensive end Ed Jones was better known by this alliterative nickname
Too Tall
Alan
|
$1,000
[20]
Union soldiers of the Civil War subsisted largely on tough biscuits with this durable name
hardtack
Alan
|
DD
$6,000
[29]
Emily Wilson begins the 1st Eng. trans. by a woman of this epic, "Tell me about a complicated man. Muse, tell me how he wandered"
The Odyssey
Prairie
|
$1,000
[24]
In humors:Black bile, yellow bile, phlegm, this important stuff
blood
Alan
|
| IF 1800s AMERICA HAD TODAY'S TECHNOLOGY | IN THE DICTIONARY | BIBLICALLY INSPIRED LITERATURE | CONQUERED AFTER EVEREST | ANTHROPOLOGY | THEIR FINAL FILM ROLE |
|
$400
[6]
Sure, you could send a letter using this horseback service; let's see--200 miles a day for 2,000 miles...or maybe just email
Pony Express
Prairie
|
$400
[1]
Depending on how you pronounce it, it can mean to declare guilty, or the criminal who's serving time
convict
Prairie
|
$400
[26]
In Mark Twain's "Diaries of" this couple, she says he's really bad at naming creatures & wanted to call the dodo a wildcat
Adam and Eve
Alan
|
$400
[16]
The central tower of Paine has caused pain to many climbers in the Patagonian part of this long mountain range
the Andes
Hila
|
$400
[11]
Much of the writing in ancient Rome was done using a stylus on tablets of this--best not left out in the sun
wax
Alan
Hila
Prairie
|
$400
[21]
Brian O'Conner in "Furious 7"
Paul Walker
Prairie
|
|
$800
[7]
Instagram @timothyosullivan is a downer with shots like "A harvest of death" from this July 1863 battlefield
Gettysburg
Alan
|
$800
[2]
From the name of the muse, terpsichorean means relating to this activity
dance
Alan
Prairie
|
$1,200
[28]
She took time off from vampires to write "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt" about Jesus' youth
(Anne) Rice
Alan
|
$800
[17]
Heinrich Harrer, played on film by Brad Pitt, conquered Puncak Jaya, this "New" island's top peak
New Guinea
Prairie
|
$800
[12]
Having some genes from these Europeans who died out 40,000 years ago says nothing about how evolved you are
Neanderthals
Hila
|
$800
[22]
A brief appearance as Plutarch Heavensbee in "The Hunger Games: Mockingjay--Part 2"
Philip Seymour Hoffman
|
|
$1,200
[8]
From Louisa May Alcott's blog in 1871: "This aptly titled 1st sequel--done! Jo runs a school for boys! Now...party time!"
Little Men
Prairie
|
$1,200
[3]
Once noted for art galleries & now for boutiques, this 4-letter NYC area is south of Greenwich Village
Soho
Alan
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
In "Moby Dick" a man named Elijah warns this character not to sail on Ahab's boat
Ishmael
Alan
|
$1,200
[18]
Second only to Everest in height, it was conquered by an Italian expedition 14 months after the Big E
K2
Prairie
|
$1,200
[13]
Anna Roosevelt believes pre-Columbians in this basin enriched soil with charcoal & had a civilization of 100,000
the Amazon
Prairie
|
$1,200
[23]
The patriarch in 1967's "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"
Spencer Tracy
Hila
|
|
$1,600
[9]
This president is on Twitter again--"People are saying I'm ill. Tippecanoe is fine--no cold! Best month ever, that I can tell you"
William Henry Harrison
Prairie
|
$1,600
[4]
In one dictionary under acupressure, it says see the entry for this type of massage with a Japanese name
shiatsu
Alan
|
— |
$1,600
[19]
In Canada's these territories sits Mt. Proboscis, summited in 1960 despite being one of the "Circle of the Unclimbables"
the Northwest Territories
Prairie
|
$1,600
[14]
In medieval England eating fruit this way was considered dangerous; a 1500 cookbook says to "beware of" it
raw
Prairie
|
$1,600
[24]
Jett Rink in "Giant"
James Dean
Prairie
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Map Quest really helped Lewis & Clark when they set out from this Midwest city on the Mississippi on May 14, 1804
St. Louis
Alan
|
DD
$6,000
[5]
An image like the one seenhereaccompanies the entry under the letter "T" for this type of infrared imaging based on heat
thermography
Alan
|
— |
$2,000
[20]
It's less than 500 feet, but the Old Man of Hoyin these Scottish "O" islands wasn't scaled until 1966
the Orkney Islands
Hila
|
$2,000
[15]
Hides & hay were used to replicate the super-comfyshoesof Ötzi, the 5,000-year-old mummy known by this nickname
the Iceman
Prairie
|
$2,000
[25]
Christopher Walken's wife in 1983's "Brainstorm"
Natalie Wood
Hila
|
Features on this body include Tombaugh Regio & Sleipnir Fossa, named for a horse that carried Odin to the underworld
Pluto