Champion's winnings & consolation amounts matched to the North Valley Community Foundation.
Erick Loh — a pastor from Northridge, California
Norah Webster — a meeting planner from Chicago, Illinois
Dennis Chase — a biotech project manager originally from Hyannis, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $48,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $4,400 | $6,800 | $16,800 |
$6,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Norah | $0 | $1,200 | $13,600 |
$400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
13 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Erick | $600 | $5,400 | $18,200 |
$21,000
New champion: $21,000 |
$18,200
22 R, 2 W |
| VICE PRESIDENTS | BATTERY LIFE | WESTERN U.S. CITIES | GOING STIR CRAZY | TITLE WAVES | FOSTERING "UNITY" |
|
$200
[13]
Known as the "Indiana Icicle", Charles Fairbanks has one of the largest cities in this state named for him
Alaska
Erick
|
$200
[18]
In 2004 Sony produced the first silver oxide battery that was free of this element, & it's going down in thermometer use, too
mercury
Dennis
|
$200
[6]
Despite what Ron Burgundy says, this city is named for a Spanish monk
San Diego
Erick
|
$200
[11]
Use these paired Asian utensils to stir; they break up foods that stick together & wooden ones don't scratch non-stick pans
chopsticks
Norah
|
$200
[1]
Their tsunami of World Series titles includes 1936 to 1939 & 1998 to 2000
the Yankees
Dennis
|
$200
[26]
If an ambassador commits a major crime, his country may waive this & allow prosecution
diplomatic immunity
Norah
|
|
$400
[14]
In 1973 this vice president resigned over things he did while he was governor of Maryland
(Spiro) Agnew
Dennis
|
$400
[19]
Also known as penlight, this 2-letter type of battery has the magical ability to fail in my TV remote after about 3 weeks
AA
Erick
|
$400
[7]
Named for the founder of the American Fur Company, this Oregon city has deepwater port facilities
Astoria
Dennis
|
$400
[12]
To make classic French onion dip, stir a packet of soup mix into this dairy product, maybe from Daisy or Knudsen
sour cream
Dennis
|
$400
[2]
In the 1960s these Midwesterners earned 5 NFL Championship trophies
Green Bay Packers
|
$400
[27]
This word for freedom from punishment is from Latin for "freedom from punishment"
impunity
Norah
|
|
$600
[15]
Henry Wallaceserved for seven years as secretary of this before becoming vice president in 1941
agriculture
Erick
|
$600
[20]
Ni-Cad is short for these 2 elements in a rechargeable battery invented back in 1899
nickel & cadmium
Dennis
|
$800
[9]
Known for its Narrows Bridge, this city is on Puget Sound's Commencement Bay
Tacoma
Norah
|
$600
[23]
Some prefer stirring this classic cocktail; shaking it, the preferred method of Nick Charles, is said to bruise the gin
a martini
Norah
|
$600
[3]
They swept over the NBA, winning the title every year from 1959 to 1966
the Boston Celtics
Erick
|
$600
[28]
When you land on this space in Monopoly, you must take the top yellow card
Community Chest
Dennis
|
|
$800
[16]
Daniel Tompkins, his vice president during the Era of Good Feelings, was very often absent from his duties
James Monroe
|
$800
[21]
In 1956 Eveready made the first of this type of battery used in smoke detectors
a 9-volt
Erick
|
$1,000
[10]
Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin West is in this city, a resort suburb of Phoenix
Scottsdale
Norah
|
$800
[24]
A shorter-grain rice like Arborio is the marquee ingredient of this Italian dish that requires constant stirring
risotto
Erick
|
$800
[4]
They came from the Canadian prairie to win 5 Stanley Cups from 1984 to 1990
the Edmonton Oilers
Dennis
|
$800
[29]
In economics, the value of another option in a choice is considered this "cost"
opportunity
Erick
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Briefly veep to 14th president Franklin Pierce, William Rufus DeVane King was roommates with this future 15th president
(James) Buchanan
Erick
|
$1,000
[22]
A Nobel Prize went to 3 scientists for the invention of this hyphenated battery that "enabled the mobile revolution"
lithium-ion
Erick
|
DD
$1,200
[8]
Take the 580 from Reno to the 431 & you'll see the majesty that is this body of water
Lake Tahoe
Dennis
|
$1,000
[25]
A stirring motion is the worst way to use this implement that comes in balloon & flat types; a side-to-side motion gets better results
a whisk
Dennis
|
$1,000
[5]
Reggie, Catfish & this Bay Area team ran off 3 straight World Series titles from 1972 to 1974
the Oakland A's
Dennis
Erick
|
$1,000
[30]
For the good of the country, in 2014 rival parties in Afghanistan agreed to form an N.U.G., short for this type of government
a national unity government
|
| ENGLAND | SCOTT LAND | WAILS | LITERARY CHARACTERS | MOVIE MUSICALS | ANIMAL WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[17]
In 1992 Betty Boothroyd became the first female speaker of this legislative body
the House of Commons
Dennis
Erick
|
$400
[11]
While a student at Boston University, MLK met this 1951 enrollee of the New England Conservatory of Music
Coretta Scott
Norah
|
$400
[26]
As a verb, it means "to sob"; as a noun, it means "whale fat"
blubber
Erick
|
$400
[21]
When this Bronte character says, "Reader, I married him", she means Mr. Rochester
Jane Eyre
Erick
|
$400
[6]
At a midnight screening of this film, people often do the "Time Warp" in the aisles
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Dennis
|
$400
[1]
If you seem smug, you look like "the cat that ate" this bird
a canary
Erick
|
|
$800
[16]
The largest in England's north, this city is known for birthing bands like Oasis & Joy Division
Manchester
Erick
|
$800
[12]
Here's this astronaut with his identical twin brother Mark
Scott Kelly
|
$800
[27]
Appropriately a song by him & the Wailers is called "No Woman No Cry"
Bob Marley
Norah
|
$800
[22]
This Arthurian knight says the Lady of Shalott has "a lovely face; God in his mercy lend her grace"
(Sir) Lancelot
Erick
|
$800
[7]
He & Ginger Rogers danced "Cheek To Cheek" in "Top Hat"
Fred Astaire
Norah
|
$800
[2]
To make a big deal out of something minor is to make a mountain out of this
a molehill
Norah
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Viewers of TV's "Broadchurch" may know West Bayin Dorset is part of the coast named for this geological period
the Jurassic period
|
$1,200
[18]
In a 1977 biopic Billy Dee Williams played this ragtime pianist who dreamed of having his opera produced
Scott Joplin
Erick
|
$1,600
[29]
It's a tradition to leave notes with wishes & prayers in the cracks of this Jerusalem landmark
the Wailing Wall
Dennis
|
$1,200
[23]
In a 1960 novel Jem Finch says this character "dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch"
Boo Radley
Erick
|
$1,200
[8]
Ewan McGregor played a love-struck poet in this musical set in Paris
Moulin Rouge!
Erick
|
$1,600
[4]
Exhibiting fake sorrow is this reptilian phrase
crocodile tears
Erick
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Seat of the Bishop of London, this cathedral designed by Sir Christopher Wren combines Gothic, neoclassical & Baroque elements
St. Paul's
Erick
|
$1,600
[19]
Before legal novels like "The Burden of Proof", he wrote about the Harvard law experience in "One L"
Scott Turow
Dennis
|
$2,000
[30]
This play says Stanley "breaks into sobs" & "throws back his head like a baying hound & bellows his wife's name"
A Streetcar Named Desire
Dennis
|
$1,600
[24]
Renton, Sick Boy & Begbie are 3 of the junkies at the heart of this debut novel by Irvine Welsh
Trainspotting
Norah
|
$1,600
[9]
"Toot Sweets" & "Truly Scrumptious" were 2 of the tunes in this 1960s musical about a magical flying car
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Erick
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
It's an umbrella-shaped mushroom
a toadstool
Norah
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This Celtic language that's spoken by fewer than 15,000, mostly in the far SW, is recognized as a minority language in England
Cornish
Dennis
Norah
|
$2,000
[20]
In the Mexican War, this American general's forces captured Veracruz in 1847
Winfield Scott
Erick
|
DD
$4,000
[28]
This synonym for a mournful cry is the title of a landmark beat poem from 1956
howl
Norah
|
$2,000
[25]
After Leopold Bloom walks the streets of Dublin in this book, he returns home to his unfaithful wife Molly
Ulysses
Dennis
|
$2,000
[10]
Shirley MacLaine sang "If My Friends Could See Me Now" in this musical
Sweet Charity
Dennis
|
$2,000
[5]
This object that the Israelites worshipped at Mount Sinai now signifies crass materialism
the Golden Calf
Dennis
|
As Huygens observed in 1656, a weapon in this constellation contains a nebula, one of a few that can be seen with the naked eye
Orion