Melissa Klapper game 3.
Zach Wissner-Gross — a vice president of math curriculum from Roslyn Heights, New York
Karen Morris — a veterinary student from Christiansburg, Virginia
Melissa Klapper — a professor from Merion Station, Pennsylvania (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melissa | $1,500 | $3,500 | $8,700 |
$16,700
3-day champion: $59,100 |
$10,200
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Karen | $4,200 | $6,200 | $11,400 |
$5,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Zach | $200 | $2,000 | $7,200 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,200
15 R, 2 W |
| POSSESSIVE LIT | LONG-LIVED CRITTERS | AROUND THE HOUSE | 4-LETTER SPORTS TERMS | APPLY THE RAINBOW COLOR | AT "LAST" |
|
$200
[27]
By Ira Levin, her "Baby"
Rosemary
Zach
|
$200
[28]
Polly wanna be immortal! Or for Tarbu, an African grey this, get to 55 & say its last word to its owner--"Cheerio!"
a parrot
Karen
|
$200
[29]
Someone knows a lot about reds & whites, judging from this well-stocked room of the house
the wine cellar
Karen
|
$200
[23]
In football, it can refer to a chosen play, a referee's decision on a play, or an announcer's portrayal of the action
a call
Zach
|
$200
[30]
In song, "Look at the stars, look how they shine for you, & everything you do, yeah, they were all" this
yellow
Zach
|
$200
[26]
To live on; on TV, it's part of the "Survivor" motto
Outlast
Karen
|
|
$400
[7]
A 2022 adaptation steamed up the screen: her "Lover"
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Zach
|
$400
[20]
Experts put Harriet, a Galápagos giant this, at 175 when she passed away peacefully in 2006
a tortoise
Karen
|
$400
[21]
From the Latin word for "bread" comes this area near a kitchen for storing all kinds of things, like canned goods & condiments
a pantry
Zach
|
$400
[22]
Tim Duncan knows there are "high" & "low" parts of this, with "low" closer to the basket
post
Zach
|
$400
[24]
This frothy mall beverage with egg whites as an ingredient bears the first name of a Mr. Fried
Orange Julius
Melissa
|
$400
[25]
"Last" is last but not least in this heavy material carried by ships to keep them stabilized
ballast
Zach
|
|
$600
[1]
Stephen Vincent Benet's Civil War poem this historical man's "Body"
John Brown
Melissa
|
$600
[4]
A trapdoor this named Number 16 made it to age 43 & a wasp, not old age, likely did Ms. 16 in
a trapdoor spider
|
$600
[17]
Found in the title of an 1870s novel, it's the old-fashioned name for the mirror seen here
a looking-glass
|
$600
[6]
The second half of a golf course is called this, 2 4-letter words
the back nine
Melissa
|
$600
[16]
The amazingly named Remember Baker was part of this 1770s militia that was also called the Bennington Bob
the Green Mountain Boys
Melissa
|
$600
[13]
Risks associated with this operation include persistent swelling & a hole in the septum
rhinoplasty
Karen
|
|
$800
[2]
About a Newark neurotic, his "Complaint"
Portnoy
Melissa
|
$800
[5]
Having a leg up on life, one of these pink birds named Greater got to 83 living at Adelaide Zoo
a flamingo
Zach
|
$800
[9]
Instead of a fancy fixture, kitchens commonly have this type of lighting named for the way it fits into the ceiling
recessed
Karen
|
$800
[8]
Forwards in hockey come in 3 types:The center & a left & right this
wing
Karen
Zach
|
$1,000
[11]
Gandhi's first campaign of non-violent resistance in British India focused on the Planters of this, a vat dye
indigo
Melissa
|
$800
[14]
This "explosive" 2-word structure is used for the reduction of iron ore
blast furnace
Zach
|
|
$1,000
[3]
This Italian army captain's "Mandolin"
Captain Corelli
Karen
|
$1,000
[19]
"Rime of the Ancient Mariner" fans, rejoice! In 2020, Wisdom, this type of bird, actually laid an egg at age 69
an albatross
Melissa
|
$1,000
[10]
Instead of hardwood floors, many go for this cheaper 8-letter option of layered fiberboard that can mimic marble as well
laminate
Karen
|
$1,000
[15]
An MLB relief pitcher who doesn't get the save may be eligible for this, provided he gets an out & maintains the lead
a hold
Zach
|
DD
$1,500
[12]
The highest point in South Carolina, the 3,560-foot Sassafras Mountain is part of this Appalachian range
the Blue Ridge Mountains
Melissa
|
$1,000
[18]
A province of Russia such as Omsk or Tomsk
an oblast
Karen
|
| 1963 | MAKING MUSIC | MOVE THAT T FROM FRONT TO BACK | RESILIENCE | PLATEAUS | HANS, SOLO |
|
$400
[23]
At 1:00 P.M. on November 22, he was pronounced dead at Parkland Hospital, leaving the nation in mourning
JFK
Karen
|
$400
[22]
Backing band the Funk Brothers were the subject of the documentary "Standing in the Shadows of" this Detroit record label
Motown
Zach
|
$400
[30]
A shade of brown & a picnic pest
ant & tan
Melissa
|
$400
[28]
For this material brought from South Amer. in the 1700s, resilience is the quality of returning to its former shape after deformation
rubber
Karen
Zach
|
$400
[29]
Mineral wealth in this country's Deccan Plateau has led several dynasties, including the Gupta, to clash there
India
Zach
|
$400
[27]
International Children's Book Day is celebrated on or around April 2, the birthday of this author
Hans Christian Andersen
Melissa
|
|
$800
[19]
"She" made a rare visit to the U.S. from the Louvre & was displayed in Washington, D.C. & New York before her return trip
the Mona Lisa
Karen
|
$800
[26]
(Questlove presents the clue.) This use of snippets from other artists' songs is a hip-hop tradition; in 2006 the Roots had a half hour to clear one from Radiohead before our album got shipped, so we got Jay-Z to find Thom Yorke at the gym
a sample
Melissa
|
$800
[24]
A threesome & a violent uprising by a mob
trio & riot
Karen
|
$800
[20]
This country's national flower is thegolden wattle, resilient to challenges like bushfires
Australia
Karen
|
$1,200
[1]
The Bolaven Plateau of Laos lies east of this big river that runs the length of the country
the Mekong
Zach
|
$1,200
[4]
As of 2022, this composer has been nominated for 12 Oscars, winning for "The Lion King" & for "Dune"
Hans Zimmer
Karen
|
|
$1,200
[16]
The LA. Dodgers won the World Series &this lefty pitcher was voted MVP of the National League & winner of the Cy Young Award
Koufax
Zach
|
$1,200
[7]
Songs from "Psycho Killer" to "I Wanna Dance With Somebody" have used the Roland TR-808, one of these that replaces a human
a drum machine
Karen
|
$1,200
[18]
Skinny & an indirect suggestion
thin & hint
Melissa
|
$1,200
[13]
Psychologists say resilience needs effective these 6-letter strategies, actions or thought processes to meet a stressful event
coping
Karen
|
$1,600
[2]
This long plateau region along the U.S. Eastern Seaboard takes its name from the Italian for "foot of the mountain"
the Piedmont
Karen
|
$1,600
[3]
Even after his wife Cosima left him for Richard Wagner, he continued to champion Wagner's works
Hans von Bulow
Melissa
|
|
$1,600
[8]
In September a Baptist church in this city was bombed, tragically taking the lives of 4 young girls
Birmingham
Melissa
Karen
|
$1,600
[6]
"Temple of Low Men" by Crowded House is one of hundreds of albums on which Bob Clearmountain did this, tastily combining tracks
mixing
|
$1,600
[17]
The apex & to choose
opt & top
Zach
|
$1,600
[14]
Resilience is in the subtitle of this Laura Hillenbrand book about Olympian, airman & P.O.W. Louis Zamperini
Unbroken
Melissa
Karen
|
$2,000
[11]
The Croix Scaille is a plateau in this, the French-speaking section of Belgium
Wallonia
|
$2,000
[12]
Famous for the citric acid cycle that bears his name, this German-born biochemist received the Royal Society's Copley Medal in 1961
(Hans) Krebs
Karen
|
|
$2,000
[9]
This parachutist-turned-cosmonaut became the first woman in space, orbiting the Earth 48 times
Valentina Tereshkova
|
$2,000
[10]
This jack-of-all-trades was part of the band fun. as well as being a super-producer known for work with Taylor Swift
Antonoff
Melissa
|
$2,000
[5]
A device that ensnares & spellbound or enthralled
trap & rapt
Karen
|
$2,000
[15]
President of Brazil from 2003 to 2011, then out of office & even in prison, herebounded to win the office back in 2022
(Lula) da Silva
Melissa
|
DD
$6,000
[21]
The vast Altiplano Plateau occupies parts of Peru & this landlocked neighbor to the southeast
Bolivia
Karen
|
DD
$10,000
[25]
This artist the Younger was working on yet another portrait of Henry VIII when he died in 1543
Hans Holbein the Younger
Karen
|
He served with an airman named Yohannan in World War II & despite what readers might think, he said he enjoyed his service
(Joseph) Heller