Melissa Klapper game 2.
Charlotte Diffendale — a letter carrier from Albany, New York
Brandon Anderson — a communications director from Columbus, Ohio
Melissa Klapper — a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa | $2,200 | $3,600 | $22,800 |
$17,599
2-day champion: $42,400 |
$20,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Brandon | $-800 | $4,200 | $9,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Charlotte | $2,800 | $4,600 | $14,000 |
$5,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| MADE IN PENNSYLVANIA | TO THE MOUNTAINTOP! | THE 1980s | A.K.A. | IT'S A JOKE | 4-LETTER "V"ERBS |
|
$200
[15]
Seen here, this iconic confection is made by the family-owned Just Born candy company in Bethlehem
Peeps
Charlotte
|
$200
[11]
Washington State Route 706 will take you to the national park for your climb to the 14,410-foot top of this
Mount Rainier
Charlotte
|
$200
[10]
This woman who joined the British royal family could have been called redheaded Di No. 2
Sarah Ferguson
Charlotte
|
$200
[2]
In the original story Pinocchio begins his existence as one of these, also called a string puppet
a marionette
Melissa
|
$200
[21]
Mitch Hedberg:I had this type of "route when I was younger... I was supposed to go to 2,000 houses, or 2 dumpsters"
a paper route
Melissa
|
$200
[26]
Sometimes you have to do this, get relief by letting off a little steam
vent
Melissa
|
|
$400
[16]
Formerly named for founders Binney & Smith, this brand's colorful products continue to roll out in Easton, Pennsylvania
Crayola
Charlotte
|
$400
[20]
It takes about 6 hours to hike up this via the Yoshida Trail from the Subaru Line 5th Station
Mount Fuji
Charlotte
|
$400
[5]
The ICTV, International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses, officially named the cause of AIDS HIV, short for this virus
human immunodeficiency virus
Charlotte
|
$400
[6]
Even before hacker Thomas Anderson took a certain pill in a 1999 movie, he was being referred to by this 3-letter name
Neo
Charlotte
|
$400
[30]
Norm MacDonald:"Why do" these "always race to the door... when the doorbell rings? It's almost never for them"
dogs
Brandon
|
$400
[25]
It means to swerve off course
veer
Brandon
|
|
$600
[17]
Fans of these from Pennsylvania's C.F. Martin & Co. have included Muddy Waters, Hank Williams & Willie Nelson
guitars
Brandon
|
$600
[12]
The West Buttress Route is the standard way up this North American one of the 7 Summits
Denali
Brandon
|
$600
[1]
Erich Honecker, leader of this country, is seen giving aspeechin 1986; things weren't going well for him by decade's end
East Germany
Brandon
|
$600
[7]
When your British office mate asks if you can spare a drawing pin, he means one of these with a body part in its name
a thumbtack
Brandon
Charlotte
|
$600
[29]
Hosting those very awards, this cheeky Brit said the Golden Globes are "like the Oscars, but without all that esteem"
Ricky Gervais
Brandon
|
$600
[22]
Meaning nullify, it's often done to checks
void
Brandon
|
|
$800
[18]
In 2022 this company celebrated its 90th anniversary, issuing 2 new special edition lighters for the occasion
Zippo
Brandon
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
The Gouter Route is the most popular path from Chamonix up this "roof of Europe"
Mont Blanc
Charlotte
|
$800
[3]
In 1986 the U.S. military's biggest air strike since the Vietnam War was on this North African country
Libya
Brandon
|
$800
[8]
Also called baleen, this material has been used for corsets & for northern Native peoples' sled runners
whalebone
|
$800
[28]
Jon Stewart noted that while Lent is 40 days, Jews have this one day of atonement: "Even in sin you're paying retail"
Yom Kippur
Brandon
|
$800
[23]
It just means "to sell"
vend
Brandon
|
|
$1,000
[19]
X marks the spot for this brand of glass bakeware & bowls made in Charleroi, Pennsylvania for over half a century
Pyrex
Charlotte
|
$1,000
[14]
The nearby village of Cevirme is a good place to start your ascent of this 16,900-foot Turkish peak
Ararat
Charlotte
|
$1,000
[4]
We're sure Judge Harold Greeneloved his own mother, but his orders put an end to this symbol of the telecom industry
Ma Bell
Melissa
Brandon
|
$1,000
[9]
Deadly nightshade sounds sorta scary, but it's also known as this, meaning beautiful woman, which sounds rather charming
belladonna
Melissa
|
$1,000
[27]
Ben Stiller, guessing Zach Galifianakis' breakfast diet, suggested it's "egg" these
yellows
|
$1,000
[24]
As a verb this fashion accessory means to conceal
veil
Melissa
|
| TV & MOVIE CITIES | BOOKS: THE FUTURE IS NOW | 2-WORD TERMS | THE LIFE SCIENCES | ETYMOLOGY | I LOVE A MAN IN CUNEIFORM |
|
$400
[6]
"I, Claudius","The Bicycle Thief"
Rome
Melissa
|
$400
[5]
In Kim Stanley Robinson's trilogy about colonizing this planet, humans first visit there in 2020
Mars
Brandon
|
$400
[21]
Set in 2009, the federal this is a very meager $7.25 an hour
minimum wage
Charlotte
|
$400
[15]
Prior to the 17th century work of William Harvey, it was thought that 2 separate systems distributed this around the body
blood
Melissa
|
$400
[29]
This word for a type of combatant is the diminutive form of the Spanish for "war"
guerilla
Charlotte
|
$400
[30]
This ruler's legal decisions were codified in cuneiform in the Old Babylonian language in the 18th century B.C.
Hammurabi
Melissa
|
|
$800
[7]
"Frasier","Singles"
Seattle
Melissa
|
$800
[4]
This 1925 novel about a futuristic city in 2026 became an art deco sci-fi silent movie by Fritz Lang
Metropolis
Melissa
|
$1,200
[13]
Weightlessness in space is sometimes referred to by this numeric term
zero gravity
Charlotte
|
$800
[22]
Mycology is the study of this kingdom of organisms, like mushrooms & molds
fungi
Brandon
|
$800
[20]
This word meaning "catastrophe" once also referred to a calamity due to a misalignment of the stars
a disaster
|
$800
[28]
A cuneiform tablet recounts the legend of Sargon, who became a king of this ancient region whose name means "between rivers"
Mesopotamia
Charlotte
|
|
$1,200
[8]
"Upstairs, Downstairs", "Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels"
London
Melissa
|
$1,200
[3]
In 2025, game shows are to the death in "The Running Man", written by Stephen King under this pseudonym
Richard Bachman
|
$1,600
[12]
Gas & bloating are among the symptoms of this condition, an inability to digest the sugar in dairy products
lactose intolerance
Melissa
|
$1,200
[23]
With his descriptions of insect anatomy, Aristotle laid the groundwork for this life science
entomology
Melissa
|
$1,200
[16]
This enthusiastic phrase popularized by the Marines during World War II comes from a Chinese motto interpreted as "work together"
gung ho
Charlotte
|
$1,200
[19]
The cuneiform inscription on this type of pillar seenhererefers to the doings of King Manishtushu
a stele (or obelisk)
Melissa
|
|
$1,600
[9]
"How to Get Away with Murder","Silver Linings Playbook"
Philadelphia
Melissa
|
$1,600
[2]
Later editions of this author's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" moved the story from 1992 to 2021
(Philip K.) Dick
Melissa
|
$2,000
[11]
Appropriately, it's the 2-word Latin name for a type of poem whose theme is living for today
carpe diem
Melissa
|
$1,600
[26]
Louis Pasteur disproved the idea that life arises from nonliving matter, this 2-word theory
spontaneous generation
Brandon
|
$2,000
[18]
Latin for flock is the origin of "Greg-", so this adjective once meant towering above the flock; now it's used of a flagrant error
egregious
Charlotte
|
$1,600
[27]
Sir Henry Rawlinson deciphered a lofty inscription on a cliff regarding this "Great" king who lost at Marathon
Darius the Great
|
|
$2,000
[10]
The sanguine start of "The Flight Attendant", most of "The Hangover Part II"
Bangkok
Brandon
|
$2,000
[1]
He saw 2024 as a hellish wasteland in his 1969 short story "A Boy & His Dog"
Harlan Ellison
|
DD
$5,800
[14]
Until the end of the 19th century, this name for a horse racing achievement was only used to describe the papaltiara
a Triple Crown
Charlotte
|
$2,000
[25]
There's a motion of the ocean in this word for the building blocks of the acids that control heredity
nucleotides
|
DD
$4,000
[17]
The word delectable is related to this word that refers to one who dabbles in the fine arts or other areas
dilettante
Melissa
|
$2,000
[24]
The cuneiform tablet seen here from the British Museum tells a story from the epic named for this hero who hung out with Enkidu
Gilgamesh
Melissa
|
One of the participants in an 1170 event at this place said, "Let us away, knights; he will rise no more"
Canterbury Cathedral