Margaret Shelton game 4.
Adrian Alcalá — a software developer from Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Caitlin McHale — a university marketing manager from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Margaret Shelton — a homemaker from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 3-day cash winnings total $58,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret | $3,400 | $7,200 | $24,000 |
$21,500
4-day champion: $79,700 |
$16,800
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Caitlin | $1,400 | $3,600 | $5,600 |
$1,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
11 R, 2 W |
| Adrian | $-600 | $2,200 | $4,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,600
17 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| SAMS CLUB | HISTORY | NOW WE ARE SIX | TRANSPORTATION | THE ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE | ALL THE WAY FROM D TO E |
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$200
[26]
In ads for Capital One, he has asked, "What's in your wallet?"
(Samuel L.) Jackson
Caitlin
|
$200
[1]
Vessels lost by this flotilla in 1588 included La Trinidad, El Gran Grifón & Castillo Negro
the Spanish Armada
Margaret
|
$200
[12]
SIX is the stock symbol for this theme park company
Six Flags
Caitlin
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$200
[17]
The 1886 photo seenhereshows that SUP, short for this way of moving around, has been done for a long time
stand up paddle
Adrian
|
$200
[6]
The short story collection "Dead Neon" envisions strange, post-apocalyptic possibilities in this desert mecca
Las Vegas
Margaret
Adrian
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$200
[9]
Me: It's an exchange of conversation between 2 people; you:
dialogue
Caitlin
|
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$400
[27]
He's the Sam who founded the Sam's Club retail chain
Sam Walton
Margaret
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$400
[2]
In 1867 young Erasmus Jacobs found the "Eureka" this "upon which the future success of South Africa will be built"
diamond
Adrian
|
$400
[13]
In this sport, a ball hit in the air beyond the playing area boundary scores 6 runs
cricket
Margaret
|
$400
[18]
Rachel Maddow & Rob Zombie have worked as urban messengers on these
bicycles
Caitlin
|
$400
[7]
In a work by L. Frank Baum, the Scarecrow & this character are captured by a female giant & turned into a bear & an owl
the Tin Man
Adrian
|
$400
[10]
To linger idly & waste time... come now, don't...
dawdle
Caitlin
|
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$600
[28]
This funny lady left "The Daily Show" to host her own TV show
Bee
Caitlin
|
$800
[4]
Crete's Bronze Age civilization is sometimes named for this king who ruled from Knossos
King Minos
Margaret
|
$600
[14]
Found in South America, the tatu peludo is a 6-banded species of this plated omnivore
an armadillo
Margaret
|
$600
[19]
Like the same-named type of coach out West, this type of sleigh took long trips with several of the stops it's named for
a stage sleigh
Adrian
|
$600
[8]
Daniel Wallace's "Supergirl" is subtitled "Daughter of" this planet
Krypton
Caitlin
|
$600
[11]
To descend, or to refuse an offer
decline
Adrian
|
|
$800
[29]
In 2015, hetook home four Grammys, including one for the song "Stay With Me"
Sam Smith
Margaret
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Built by a Ming Dynasty emperor, this place is so named because most people in the empire were denied access
the Forbidden City
Margaret
|
$800
[15]
Each divinatory figure in this Chinese work is made up of six parallellines, some whole, some divided
the I Ching
Margaret
Adrian
|
$800
[20]
California's dream of this high-speed train from L.A. to San Francisco is now a hope to finish the Merced-Bakersfield route by 2030
a bullet train
|
$800
[24]
D'Artagnan & the 3 Musketeers are up for adventure again in this 1850 work about a mysterious prisoner
The Man in the Iron Mask
Margaret
|
$800
[22]
To take away someone's right to vote
disenfranchise
Margaret
|
|
$1,000
[30]
3 years before his death in a car crash, he made the cover of Rolling Stone as "Comedy's Wild Thing"
Sam Kinison
Adrian
|
$1,000
[5]
The USA's worst depression before the Civil War began with what's usually called this event "of 1837"
the Panic
Margaret
Adrian
|
$1,000
[16]
The Dardanus & the Scaean were 2 of the 6 gates of this ancient legendary city of Anatolia
Troy
|
$1,000
[21]
The family that started this car company has a D in its name; but in katakana, that name has 10strokes& with a T, lucky 8
Toyota
Adrian
|
$1,000
[25]
"The Silver Chair" is the fourth book in the series about this fantasy land
Narnia
Caitlin
|
$1,000
[23]
To stop the heart with an electric shock to help restore normal rhythm
defibrillate
Margaret
|
| BORDERING RUSSIA | POP CULTURE PAIRS | GENUS & SPECIES | SIGNS & SYMBOLS | UNUSUAL WORDS | ARTHURIAN LEGEND & HISTORY |
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$400
[12]
"Gobi", as in its Gobi Desert, means "waterless place" in the language of this landlocked nation
Mongolia
Margaret
|
$400
[23]
The Battle of the Boroughs: games between these 2 NBA squads
the Knicks & the Nets
Margaret
Caitlin
|
$400
[18]
Eudyptula, a genus of these Southern Hemisphere birds, means "good little diver"; the fairy type is Eudyptula minor
penguin
Adrian
|
$400
[14]
Like a wedding band, this simple symbol has no beginning & no end & represents unity, wholeness & eternity
a circle
Adrian
|
$400
[6]
Tolkien coined the term eucatastrophe, referring to one of these 2-word results, which he said made a complete fairy-story
a happy ending
Margaret
|
$400
[1]
This colorful challenger to Sir Gawain turns out to be Sir Bertilak in disguise
the Green Knight
Margaret
|
|
$800
[13]
The Kerch Strait--along with serious border issues--separates Russia from this country on the Black Sea
Ukraine
Adrian
|
$800
[24]
Speeding fine $15 & You inherit $100 are examples of these paired board game elements
Chance & Community Chest
Adrian
|
$800
[19]
Canis aureus, or "golden dog", is a species of this canine with a foul odor & a reputation for skulking cowardice
a jackal
Margaret
Caitlin
|
$800
[17]
On a gravestone, a hand with the index finger pointing upward symbolizes the hope of this place
heaven
Caitlin
|
$800
[7]
As the name implies, xylotherapy uses certain kinds of these for medical purposes
woods
Margaret
|
$1,200
[3]
Named parts of Arthur's fighting gear included "Excalibur" , his sword, "Ron", his lance, & "Pridwen", this
his shield
Adrian
|
|
$1,200
[28]
I've got this nation on the Black Sea on my mind, along with Mount Kazbek, an extinct volcano that's one of its highest points
Georgia
Adrian
|
$1,200
[25]
Ash is bros for life with this Pokemon
Pikachu
Caitlin
|
$1,200
[20]
In 1816 this animal was classified in the genus Pan; some scientists want to put it in Homo
chimpanzee
Adrian
|
$1,200
[16]
It's the unit of electrical resistance whose symbol is seen here
ohm
Adrian
|
$1,200
[8]
Anguilliform means resembling these slippery creatures
eels
Caitlin
|
$1,600
[4]
The son of Lancelot, this noblest of Arthur's knights was among the few virtuous enough to find the Holy Grail
Sir Galahad
Margaret
|
| — |
$1,600
[26]
In a 1980 comedy this title pair explains: "We're on a mission from God"
the Blues Brothers
Adrian
|
$2,000
[22]
Musca is Latin for "fly", an insect that should fear Muscicapa, a genus of this bird
a flycatcher
|
$1,600
[15]
In theportrait, the framing garland is leaves of this long-lived tree, a symbol of endurance
oak
Adrian
|
$1,600
[10]
Be careful around a bergschrund, one of these you may encounter on a mountainous glacier
a crevasse
|
$2,000
[5]
Arthur's mother was Igraine, duchess of this peninsular region
Cornwall
Adrian
|
| — |
$2,000
[27]
Here'slooking at this Silver Screen royal couple
Lauren Bacall & Humphrey Bogart
Margaret
|
DD
$10,000
[21]
Waran is Arabic for the monitor lizard; this largest member of the genus Varanus can weigh 350 pounds & kill with its bite
the Komodo dragon
Adrian
|
$2,000
[9]
Associated with Hermes, this symbol seenhereis an emblem of the medical profession & also a sign of peace
a caduceus
Margaret
|
$2,000
[11]
Where you at, Yeti? This 13-letter field deals with the study of legendary creatures
cryptozoology
Margaret
|
DD
$7,600
[2]
The figure best known by this name appears in some versions as Ambrosius, a prophet & adviser to King Vortigern
Merlin
Margaret
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Dostoyevsky wrote that this title man in an earlier European novel is "beautiful only because he is ridiculous"
Don Quixote