Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 5.
Lindsay Goldstein — a youth librarian from Chicago, Illinois
Dennis Coffey — a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, Maine
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 4-day cash winnings total $89,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veronica | $1,600 | $2,600 | $7,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
11 R, 2 W |
| Dennis | $200 | $800 | $19,600 |
$21,601
New champion: $21,601 |
$17,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Lindsay | $5,600 | $6,300 | $10,800 |
$7,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| BANDS, CLANS & GANGS | YOU BURNED MY FOOD! | NUMBER THAT BOOK | MIDDLE "O" | MONEY TALKS | SITCOMS |
|
$200
[23]
The Turtle Creek this establishment in northern Michigan is owned by the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa & Chippewa Indians
a casino
Lindsay
|
$200
[1]
The Greeks gave us saganaki, setting the sheep's milk type of this ablaze right at your table
cheese
Lindsay
|
$200
[6]
"Ready Player ___"
One
Veronica
|
$200
[11]
In times of good fortune, you "live high on" it
the hog
Veronica
|
$200
[20]
2 bits equals one of these U.S. coins
a quarter
Dennis
|
$200
[15]
"Ted Mosby, Architect" & "How Lily Stole Christmas" are episodes of this show about a very long courtship story
How I Met Your Mother
Lindsay
|
|
$400
[24]
In the mid-1100s the Taira clan became Japan's first dominant political group who were these warriors
samurai
Dennis
|
$400
[2]
Literally translated as "burnt cream", this custard dish is topped with sugar that gets caramelized under a broiler
crème brûlée
Veronica
|
$400
[7]
"___ Years a Slave"
12
Lindsay
|
$400
[12]
You pledge your this 5-letter word when engaging to marry
troth
|
$400
[21]
Avian term for a sum of money saved for retirement or other important purpose
a nest egg
Lindsay
|
$400
[16]
"Why should you go to jail for a crime someone else... noticed?" asked attorney Bob Loblaw on this Bluth-tastic show
Arrested Development
Lindsay
|
|
$600
[28]
The Lilly clan's annual family reunion near Beckley in this "Mountain State" has had as many as 75,000 attendees
West Virginia
Lindsay
|
$600
[3]
At Brennan's in New Orleans, 35,000 lbs. of a certain fruit gets flamed annually to make this signature dessert of the restaurant
Bananas Foster
Lindsay
|
$600
[8]
By Khaled Hosseini: "A ___ Splendid Suns"
A Thousand
Lindsay
|
$600
[13]
This interjection is from the Danish & used as a toast
skoal
Dennis
|
$600
[22]
The title of Jim Cramer's TV show, or cash on hand for emergencies or impulse buying
Mad Money
|
$600
[17]
Onetime vampire players Evan Rachel Wood, Tilda Swinton, Danny Trejo & Wesley Snipes all had cameos on "What We Do in" these
the Shadows
Lindsay
|
|
$800
[27]
Fuimus, meaning "We have been", is the motto of this clan found in the name of a famous king of Scotland
Clan Bruce
|
$800
[4]
We wish you a merry Christmas pudding, AKA this, a dish of dried fruit, suet & cognac, set afire before serving--now bring us some!
figgy pudding (*plum pudding)
Dennis
Lindsay
|
$800
[9]
"___ Years in Tibet"
Seven
Veronica
|
$800
[14]
It's a collection of writings by several authors concerning a similar subject
an anthology
Lindsay
|
DD
$1,500
[29]
In frontier general stores, this was often used as a table or counter; hence "cash on" it to mean payment right away
the barrel (the barrelhead)
Lindsay
|
$800
[18]
"When the Whistle Blows" was the sitcom within this Ricky Gervais sitcom about TV bit players
Extras
|
|
$1,000
[25]
Gangs in the "Gangs of New York" era included the Plug Uglies, the Short Tails & these "Boys" named for part of lower Manhattan
the Bowery Boys
Veronica
|
$1,000
[5]
Bust out your chafing dish, some orange butter sauce & Grand Marnier to fire up this crepes dish
crêpes Suzette
Lindsay
|
$1,000
[10]
"___ Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis"
Thirteen
Lindsay
|
$1,000
[26]
One of a fingerprint's central ridges
whorl
Lindsay
|
— |
$1,000
[19]
The Lord works in mysterious ways, giving John Goodman & his family of deviant evangelists great wealth on this show
The Righteous Gemstones
Lindsay
|
| NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST | A BROADWAY CAST OF CHARACTERS | WHAT'S THE BIG IDEA? | NATIONALITY PHRASES | HISTORY, BRIEFLY | DEUTERONOMY'S CLEAN & UNCLEAN ANIMALS |
|
$400
[24]
In Spanish they're the Indias Occidentales
the West Indies
Dennis
|
$400
[3]
Pumbaa, Nala, Zazu
The Lion King
Veronica
|
$400
[15]
This belief is the denial & rejection of the existence of God or gods
atheism
Lindsay
|
$400
[10]
I don't understand anything in this language, Patroclus, "It's all" this
Greek to me
Dennis
|
$400
[1]
In 1227 this Asian conqueror was buried in a secret & still unknown location
Genghis Khan
Dennis
|
$400
[22]
Fins & scales are required for these to be considered okay to eat
fish
Lindsay
|
|
$800
[23]
In 1977 the Soviet icebreaker Arktika became the first surface ship to reach it
the North Pole
Veronica
Lindsay
|
$800
[4]
Marius, Young Éponine, Madame Thenardier
Les Misérables
Dennis
|
$800
[16]
The capacity for analytical thought; its "Age" began around the 18th century
Reason
Veronica
Dennis
|
$800
[12]
They're all the rage in Stockholm
Swedish pancakes
Lindsay
|
$800
[2]
This rigid airship made its first Atlantic crossing in May 1936 & its last in 1937
the Hindenburg
Lindsay
|
$800
[27]
Camels & hares are unclean because this body part of theirs is not cloven
a hoof
Dennis
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Celebrated April 27, Freedom Day, this country's national holiday, commemorates an event of 1994
South Africa
|
$1,200
[6]
The Pigeon sisters(Not enough? Okay...), Felix & Oscar
The Odd Couple
Dennis
|
$1,200
[20]
It's the dialectical combining of 2 seemingly opposing ideas into a new one
synthesis
Veronica
|
$1,600
[14]
It's one entrance in 2 sections, top & bottom, that operate independently
a Dutch door
|
$1,200
[5]
A 49-star U.S. flag was unveiled after this state got admitted in 1959
Alaska
Lindsay
|
$1,200
[28]
The Ugly Duckling dodged a bullet--these birds of the genus Cygnus are deemed unclean to eat
swans
Lindsay
|
|
$2,000
[18]
The then Agricultural College of the State of Michigan was founded in what's now this city in 1855
East Lansing
Dennis
Lindsay
|
$1,600
[8]
In a musical:Henry Higgins, Alfred P. Doolittle
My Fair Lady
Veronica
|
$1,600
[25]
Some say this 2-word power of personal choice is an illusion; C.S. Lewis said it "makes evil possible" but also goodness
free will
Veronica
|
$2,000
[17]
A nationalistic movement that began in Istanbul lent its name to this term for any progressive thinker
the Young Turks
Dennis
|
$1,600
[7]
Hereis the 6,000-mile journey known as this, taken in 1934-35
the Long March
Veronica
|
$1,600
[29]
When the King James Bible refers to the "hart" as clean, it means these forest dwellers
a deer
Dennis
Lindsay
|
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
You'll find this state in Australia's lower right-hand corner
New South Wales
Dennis
|
$2,000
[9]
Brick, Big Mama, Gooper
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Veronica
|
$2,000
[26]
From the Greek for "moral character", this discipline is concerned with right & wrong
ethics
Dennis
|
DD
$2,500
[13]
peets.com shows you how to use the plunger when making coffee in one of these
a French press
Lindsay
|
$2,000
[11]
On April 12, 1961 this Soviet pilot made a single hour & a half orbit of Earth
Yuri Gagarin
Dennis
|
$2,000
[30]
The pig is forbidden because it doesn't do this like cows & goats do
chew its cud
Dennis
|
In 1993 remains of the Russian Royal Family killed in 1918 were confirmed by comparing their DNA to this member of the British Royal Family
Prince Philip