Amy Schneider game 8.
Greta Perel — a communications consultant from Overland Park, Kansas
Chris Rayis — a composer and lyricist from Burlington, North Carolina
Amy Schneider — an engineering manager from Oakland, California (whose 7-day cash winnings total $257,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amy | $3,200 | $9,000 | $23,400 |
$37,400
8-day champion: $295,200 |
$23,400
26 R, 1 W |
| Chris | $1,400 | $2,000 | $4,000 |
$6,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Greta | $4,600 | $5,200 | $3,200 |
$6,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| RIGHT FROM THE GECKO | FESTIVALS | 5 LETTERS, 4 VOWELS | STORY TIME | LONG-RUNNING TV SHOWS | CAR REPAIR |
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$200
[30]
Geckos store fat in this body part & when in danger, can snap it off & leave it behind
the tail
Greta
|
$200
[29]
The San Fermin Festival held in Pamplona each July is best known for this daily event involving animals
the running of the bulls
Chris
|
$200
[20]
Directional term for a convex belly button
outie
Amy
|
$200
[1]
In this 1818 classic a Swiss scientist isn't neutral about playing mix-&-match with some corpse parts
Frankenstein
Greta
|
$200
[4]
Decades of choices & wacky costumes on "Let's Make a Deal" began with Monty Hall as host; this guy got the job in 2009
Wayne Brady
|
$200
[12]
Appropriate for this American brand:CHEER VOLT
Chevrolet
Chris
|
|
$400
[27]
The lizard seenherecan't change its spots because its this variety of gecko
a leopard gecko
Chris
|
$400
[28]
In Islam, the Eid al-Adha, or festival of sacrifice, remembers this man's willingness to sacrifice his son
Abraham
Amy
|
$400
[19]
A home on a high spot can be called this, just like the mountaintop nest of a bird of prey
an aerie
Amy
|
$400
[11]
Let's go with the Flaubert! This 1857 novel details a truly sad state of affairs
Madame Bovary
Amy
|
$400
[21]
An episode in Season One of this series had James Earl Jones reciting the alphabet; season 15 included a farewell to Mr. Hooper
Sesame Street
Greta
|
$400
[16]
Not so appropriate for this fancy schmancy car:CLOSE LORRY
Rolls Royce
Amy
|
|
$600
[26]
Some baby geckos go through this 7-letter process of sloughing off or shedding skin about once a week
molting
Amy
|
$600
[14]
This pop music festival is named for a town in southwestern England also said to be the burial site of King Arthur
Glastonbury
Chris
|
$600
[7]
The final section of Rimbaud's "Une saison en enfer" is titled this, translated as "Farewell"
Adieu
Chris
|
$600
[10]
Readers discovered "The Secret Life of" this James Thurber character in the March 18, 1939 issue of The New Yorker
Walter Mitty
Greta
|
$600
[24]
5 decades of Brit hits on "Masterpiece" include "Sherlock" with this actor in the title role
Cumberbatch
Amy
|
$600
[17]
It made the Cutlass Ciera:LIMO BE SOLD
Oldsmobile
Amy
|
|
$800
[25]
The giant day gecko seenhereis native to this large African island
Madagascar
Amy
|
$800
[9]
The film festival in this major Dutch port bestows the Tiger Award as its top prize
Rotterdam
Amy
|
$800
[6]
Seen here, the salad known as shrimp this is a perfect lunch for a Disney ape king
Louie
|
$800
[3]
This rabbit-loving character calls a woman "purty"; that relationship ends in an extremely awful way, as does his life
Lennie
Greta
|
$800
[23]
When this talk show premiered nationally 67 years ago, it was hosted by Steve Allen & Willie Mays was one of the first guests
The Tonight Show
Amy
|
$800
[18]
Revolutionary brand launched in 1975:LO, ERA END
the DeLorean
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Although a few species give birth to live young, most are this 9-letter type, meaning they lay eggs
oviparous
Amy
|
$1,000
[8]
Term for a festival on the edge of a larger festival; a famous one began at Edinburgh in 1947
fringe fest
Greta
|
$1,000
[5]
A braid of hair that hangs from behind, or a place to line up behind others & wait
a queue
Amy
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
Ludovico's technique is applied rather violently to make Alex non-violent in this novel
A Clockwork Orange
Greta
|
$1,000
[22]
The current theme music for this show around since 1947 was composed by John Williams & is titled "The Pulse Of Events"
Meet the Press
Amy
|
$1,000
[13]
An Italian job:I EAT ARMS
Maserati
Greta
|
| L'HISTOIRE FRANCAISE | THE MOVIES | U.S. RIVERS | YOU CAN QUOTE ME | MUSEUMS | "INNER" KNOWLEDGE |
|
$400
[22]
Predominately Celtic, early France was known to the Romans by this 4-letter name
Gaul
Greta
|
$400
[30]
Because the British have no White Castle restaurants there, they used the title this pair "Get the Munchies" instead
Harold & Kumar
Chris
|
$400
[5]
The waterfront of Alexandria, Virginia is on this, also known as "The Nation's River"
the Potomac
Chris
|
$400
[10]
Robert Frost reminds us, "No tears in the writer, no tears in" this person
the reader
Greta
|
$400
[19]
The holdings of this London place include treasure from the 7th century ship burial at Sutton Hoo
the British Museum
Amy
|
$400
[20]
Turpentine is one of these volatile liquids
a paint thinner
Chris
Greta
|
|
$800
[29]
In 1942 U.S. ships fought a French naval force off Casablanca, then controlled by this collaborationist regime
Vichy (France)
Amy
|
$800
[27]
A Disneyland ride was the basis for this adventure film starring Dwayne Johnson & Emily Blunt
Jungle Cruise
Chris
|
$800
[9]
In 1921 Herbert Hoover headed the commission for this river that flooded California often; in 1936 a dam was built as a result
the Colorado
Amy
|
$800
[28]
"Supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy's resistance without fighting", says this ancient text on strategy
The Art of War
Greta
|
$800
[18]
Though the secret annex at her house is empty now, you can use a VR app to explore it as it looked when her family was in hiding
Anne Frank
Amy
|
$800
[21]
"Doughy" term for the person whose earnings support the family
breadwinner
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Tracking history, when Louis XVI was executedthereit was Place de la Révolution, later it was Place Louis Seize, now it's this
Place de la Concorde
Chris
|
$1,200
[26]
An 8-time Oscar nominee, she could not be ignored as Nova Prime in "Guardians of the Galaxy"
Glenn Close
|
$1,200
[8]
"The Jewel of Pulaski County", Indiana is this river that sounds like something you don't want to do while boating
Tippecanoe
|
$1,200
[25]
Ralph Waldo Emerson asked, "What is" one of these, but "a plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered"
a weed
Amy
Chris
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1819 this Madrid museum opened to the public as the Royal Museum of Painting
the Prado
Amy
|
$1,200
[15]
These were "In the Hands of an Angry God" in a 1741 sermon
the Sinners
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[1]
The St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre of 1572 was aimed at these French Protestants
the Huguenots
Chris
|
$1,600
[23]
Knock knock! Oh hi, it's this creepy title monster who inhabits Amelia in a 2014 Australian film
The Babadook
Chris
|
$1,600
[7]
This river's name comes from another name for the Shoshone people, not its sinuous shape
the Snake
Amy
|
$1,600
[24]
Influential American architect Louis Sullivan boldly stated, "Form ever follows" this
function
Greta
|
$1,600
[16]
A museum in Philadelphia devoted to this sculptor has 2 versions of his "Thinker"
Rodin
Amy
|
$1,600
[14]
Arachnid organ that really produces
a spinneret
Amy
|
|
DD
$4,000
[2]
He became king of the Franks in 768, the Lombards in 774 & then in 800, he took the Roman crown
Charlemagne
Chris
|
$2,000
[4]
In "Batman v Superman", Lauren Cohan & Diane Lane play moms with this first name, which turns out to be surprisingly crucial
Martha
Amy
|
$2,000
[6]
Of Pittsburgh's "Three Rivers", it's the one with the longest name
the Monongahela
Amy
|
DD
$5,600
[11]
Ben Franklin's "Advice to a Young Tradesman" begins, "Remember that" this 3-word phrase--tick-tock!
time is money
Greta
|
$2,000
[12]
Thismotel where Martin Luther King was assassinated honors his legacy as part of the National Civil Rights Museum
the Lorraine Motel
|
$2,000
[13]
A tyro is one
beginner
Amy
|
Lapine is the name of the language created for this 1972 book beloved by children
Watership Down