Chris Ban — an oral and facial surgeon from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Erin Gold — a teacher from Aurora, Colorado
Donna Matturri — a librarian from Columbus, Ohio (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna | $3,400 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$2,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Erin | $1,800 | $6,000 | $7,600 |
$5,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,600
17 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $-400 | $-600 | $8,000 |
$13,000
New champion: $13,000 |
$7,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| SOME THOUGHTS ON THE BOOK | ONLY FANS | AUSTRALIAN UNIVERSITIES | WHAT ARE YOU MADE OF? | STARTS WITH "Z" | IT CAME FROM NEW JERSEY |
|
$200
[1]
The hero was named for a real-life paper company; I wanna be a fireman, in reverse
Fahrenheit 451
Erin
|
$200
[6]
A section of particularly rabid fans at Cleveland Browns home games goes by this canine nickname
the Dawg Pound
Chris
|
$200
[28]
A research center at the University of Tasmania specializes in the climate & ecosystems of this continent
Antarctica
Chris
|
$200
[21]
Frosty the Snowman's 2 eyes
lumps of coal
Chris
|
$200
[16]
If you're focused & performing well, you're "in" this region; keep it going!
the zone
Chris
|
$200
[11]
We rule that Samuel Alito & Antonin Scalia came from this state capital
Trenton
Chris
|
|
$400
[2]
An A.A. rating; the sequel's in the "Corner"; hold up, the bear also goes "under the name of Sanders"?
Winnie-the-Pooh
Donna
|
$400
[7]
Lady Gaga has at least 3 tattoos honoring her biggest fans, called these
the Little Monsters
Donna
|
$400
[26]
Founded in 1850 & the nation's oldest, the university of this most populous city has 74,000 students
Sydney
Erin
|
$400
[22]
The object seen here
LEGOs (LEGO bricks)
Donna
Erin
|
$400
[17]
At roughly 10 million, it's the largest ethnic group in South Africa
Zulu
Chris
|
$400
[12]
Songs in this Broadway show include "Walk Like A Man" & "Big Girls Don't Cry"
Jersey Boys
Erin
|
|
$600
[3]
Though my memory is Fogg-y, that guy may have a serious gambling problem; far to travel & under 3 months to do it... go!
Around the World in Eighty Days
Erin
|
$600
[8]
Portmanteau name for fans of Barry, singer of "I Write The Songs"
Fanilows
Erin
|
$600
[27]
Ernie the this flightless bird is the beloved mascot of Western Australia's Edith Cowan University
an emu
Donna
|
$600
[23]
Piano keys, once upon a time, both later mentioned in a song about racial equality
ebony & ivory
Erin
|
$600
[18]
Put the rind behind you with this kitchen tool
a zester
Donna
|
$600
[13]
An origin story of this candy involves the sweets in an Atlantic City shop being flooded by the ocean
saltwater taffy
Donna
|
|
$800
[4]
The title is cribbed from the best--Billy Shakespeare; y'all live in a hard-to-say county; Benjy the hunted
The Sound and the Fury
|
$800
[9]
Diehard fans of the New York Rangers are "Blue Seaters", referring to where they sit in this arena
Madison Square Garden
Chris
|
$800
[29]
Politics & policy are the bread & butter of the Australian National University in this city, home to parliament
Canberra
Erin
|
$800
[24]
Thor Heyerdahl's Kon-Tiki raft:logs of this wood
balsa wood
Donna
Chris
|
$800
[19]
The name of goofy commedia dell'arte servants gave us this adjective for crazy clowning
zany
Donna
|
$800
[14]
It was actually a trio of brothers who founded this New Brunswick-based healthcare company in 1886, but it goes by this & this
Johnson & Johnson
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Upton Sinclair, raking the muck; slaughterhouse $1.75 a day; well, Jurgis, have the hogs stopped screaming?
The Jungle
Erin
|
$1,000
[10]
Because this band had a song called "The Juggla", its fans are Juggalos & Juggalettes
the Insane Clown Posse
Donna
|
$1,000
[30]
The university named for this scientist is based in the Northern Territory, where the capital is also named for him
Darwin
Erin
|
$1,000
[25]
The beer service set seen here, this tin alloy that once contained lead as well
pewter
Erin
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
DNA research has shown that this California red wine grape may have come from an ancient source in Croatia
Zinfandel
Donna
|
$1,000
[15]
James Madison attended the College of New Jersey; Jeff Bezos went to the same school, by then called this
Princeton
Donna
Erin
|
| COUNTRY, PLEASE | WAR FILMS | BANKING "A" "B" "C"s | WORD ORIGINS | 2001 | A SPACE ODYSSEY |
|
$400
[1]
The musical genre K-pop
South Korea
Erin
|
$400
[6]
"The mission is a man" was a tagline for this 1998 Spielberg film
Saving Private Ryan
Chris
|
$400
[16]
"B":an especially big payment that comes due at the end of a loan
a balloon
Donna
Erin
|
$400
[19]
A couple of sounds changed places & the German village of Selters became this fizzy liquid
seltzer
Chris
|
$400
[9]
Apple introduced this mp3 player that could store 1,000 songs
iPod
Donna
|
$400
[26]
At its closest point, this innermost planet is still about 29 million miles away from the Sun
Mercury
Donna
|
|
$800
[2]
The regional cuisines Poblano & Jalisciense
Mexico
Erin
|
$800
[5]
In 2010 Kathryn Bigelow became the first female directing Oscar winner for this film set during the Iraq War
The Hurt Locker
Chris
|
$800
[17]
"A":this type of interest that has accumulated but not yet been paid
accrued
Chris
|
$800
[20]
Diplomat Jean Nicot introduced tobacco to France in 1560 & this chemical bears his name
nicotine
Donna
|
$800
[10]
Closed 11 years earlier for a major straightening job, this European landmark reopened to tourists
the Leaning Tower of Pisa
Erin
|
$800
[27]
Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, here'sa spectacular image of this planet with Triton shining from above
Neptune
Donna
Erin
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Bauhaus design school
Germany
Donna
|
$1,200
[4]
Though only in his 30s, Martin Sheen suffered a near-fatal heart attack while making this Vietnam War film
Apocalypse Now
Chris
|
$1,200
[18]
"C.C.":the expenses incurred in finalizing the transfer of property ownership
closing costs
Donna
|
$1,200
[21]
This purplish red color is from the French word for "chestnut"
maroon
Chris
|
$1,200
[11]
Daughter of the first president, Megawati Sukarnoputribecame the first woman to lead this country
Indonesia
Erin
|
$1,200
[28]
Because it ranges from about magnitude 9 to magnitude 3, the pulsating Mira Ceti is said to be this type of star
variable
|
|
$1,600
[14]
The Eiger & the Wetterhorn
Switzerland
|
DD
$1,800
[7]
The title of this 1962 film starring John Wayne refers to June 6, 1944; clocking in at almost 3 hours, the title's accurate
The Longest Day
Chris
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
"A":this word meaning to pay off a debt in installments comes partly from Latin for "dead"
amortize
Erin
|
$1,600
[22]
2 Greek words give us this 10-letter word meaning fear of blood
hemophobia
Erin
|
$1,600
[12]
Responsible for years of war & bloodshed, this former president of Yugoslavia & of Serbia was arrested & taken away
Slobodan Milošević
Donna
Erin
|
$1,600
[29]
The final mission of this first U.S. space station, 1973 to 1974, included photographing & observing the comet Kohoutek
Skylab
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The Misty Poets, taking it to the Cultural Revolution
China
Chris
|
$2,000
[8]
A story of World War I pilots, it won the first Best Picture Oscar
Wings
Donna
|
$2,000
[25]
"B.B.":securities with no registered owner payable to whoever holds the certificate
bearer bonds
Donna
|
$2,000
[23]
This synonym for "obsolete" is from Latin for literally "over one year old"
superannuated
|
$2,000
[13]
This Trinidad-born author of "A House for Mr. Biswas" won the Nobel Prize for Literature
V.S. Naipaul
|
$2,000
[30]
Named for the Greek goddess of strife, this dwarf planet, a 21st c. discovery, is comparable in size to Pluto
Eris
Donna
|
In 1896 new spider species were named for a wolf, a panther & a snake from a work published 2 years earlier by this man
(Rudyard) Kipling