Alison Betts game 4.
Eric Reimund — a substitute teacher originally from Collegeville, Pennsylvania
Veronica Tabor — a study abroad advisor from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Alison Betts — a writer and creative executive originally from San Jose, California (whose 3-day cash winnings total $97,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $5,200 | $6,800 | $11,200 |
$10,200
4-day champion: $107,700 |
$9,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Veronica | $-400 | $1,200 | $0 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$0
10 R, 7 W |
| Eric | $200 | $400 | $11,600 |
$1
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| LIVED PAST 100 | THE MOVIES | PAGING THE FICTIONAL DRIVER | DON'T EAT THAT! | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | JUST FOR FUN "Z"s |
|
$200
[26]
Tom Morello's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech on this band's behalf thanked Tom's mom, a centenarian teacher & activist
Rage Against the Machine
Eric
|
$200
[28]
The title of this Billy Crystal-Meg Ryan film refers to 1977, driving from Chicago to New York together after college
When Harry Met Sally...
Alison
|
$200
[19]
Paging this 1925 title character who owns a cream Rolls-Royce "terraced with a labyrinth of windshields"; you're blocking a Prius
Gatsby
Veronica
|
$200
[24]
It comes before poor, nap, cheap & bag
dirt
Alison
|
$200
[18]
This country on Hispaniola has 2 official languages--French & Creole
Haiti
Alison
|
$200
[30]
At the Fremont St. Experience, take a thrill ride on one of these, 7 stories high & 2 blocks long; the zoom one is even bigger
a zip line
Alison
Veronica
|
|
$400
[27]
Known by this title, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon made it to 101 in 2002
the "Queen Mum"
Alison
|
$400
[29]
In 2023 this book by Judy Blume finally became a movie, with Rachel McAdams as the title girl's mom
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Alison
|
$400
[20]
Paging Denny in "The Art of Racing in" this condition; just letting you know your dog is in your BMW 3.0 CSi
the rain
Veronica
|
$400
[25]
A rook is a type of this, another 4-letter fowl
crow
Veronica
|
$400
[17]
The Strait of Gibraltar separates the mainlands of these 2 countries by about 8 miles
Spain & Morocco
Veronica
|
$400
[11]
As a 5-year-old hockey fan, Ariana Grande got hit twice with a puck & got to ride on one of these at a Florida Panthers game
a Zamboni
Eric
|
|
$600
[5]
Dying at 101, this iconic producer of TV shows like "All in the Family" credited his longevity to work, lox & bagels
(Norman) Lear
Alison
|
$600
[12]
Steve Carell getting his chest waxed is comedy gold in this 2005 film
The 40-Year-Old Virgin
Alison
|
$600
[21]
Can you hear me, Stephen King teen Arnie Cunningham? Your 1958 Plymouth Fury nicknamed this has a bad muffler--& other issues
Christine
Veronica
|
$600
[16]
Types of these devices include atomic & grandfather
clocks
Veronica
|
$800
[1]
In 1960, this island country elected the world's first female prime minister, Sirimavo Bandaranaike
Sri Lanka
Veronica
|
$600
[10]
Shigeru Miyamoto designed a video game in which players try to defeat the evil Ganon & rescue this princess
Zelda
Veronica
|
|
$800
[3]
The first foreign-born citizen to hold the post of secretary of state, he lived 6 months past his 100th birthday
Henry Kissinger
Eric
|
$800
[13]
The first DVD that Netflix mailed was this spirited film starring Alec Baldwin & Geena Davis as a deceased married couple
Beetlejuice
|
$800
[22]
This Robert B. Parker detective, if that's your maroon MGB with whitewalls, your lights are on
Spenser
|
$800
[6]
Binney & Smith began selling boxes of these, made from wax, in 1903; colors ranged from black to yellow
crayons
Veronica
|
$1,000
[2]
Tikal National Park is part of this country's Maya Biosphere Reserve
Guatemala
Alison
Veronica
|
$800
[8]
Thisrum cocktail was created in the 1930s for a tiki bar called Don the Beachcomber; it might be less fun after too many
the Zombie
|
|
$1,000
[4]
This American folk painter who lived up to her byname was still working at the age of 100
Grandma Moses
Alison
|
$1,000
[14]
Elvis hangs loose in Honolulu after a stint in the Army in this 1961 film
Blue Hawaii
Alison
|
$1,000
[23]
Dean Moriarty in this 1950s classic, as the title indicates, you're putting some miles on that 1949 Hudson
On the Road
|
$1,000
[7]
This Peter Frampton band sang "30 Days In The Hole"
Humble Pie
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
The king of this country gets the official title "Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques"
Saudi Arabia
Alison
|
$1,000
[9]
Down South, cher, this traditional musicheard hereis also known as chanky-chank
zydeco
Alison
Eric
|
| VAL, HISTORY'S CLUMSIEST TIME TRAVELER | SIBLINGS IN POP CULTURE | MAKING NOISE | SAY IT IN SPANISH | LAND OF MILK & HONEY | A "M"EDICAL DICTIONARY |
|
$400
[23]
Trying to go to 1492 but ending up in 1429, Val watches this peasant girl set out for the siege of Orléans--& glory--on April 27
Joan of Arc
Eric
|
$400
[30]
These twin TV actresses & entrepreneurs were born June 13, 1986
Mary-Kate & Ashley Olsen
Eric
|
$400
[29]
Some travel through the Arctic requires watching out for growlers, smallish but dangerous pieces of this
ice
Veronica
|
$400
[27]
Orange is anaranjado & red is this word also containing J
rojo
Eric
|
$400
[28]
Montbéliarde cows are part of the herds in this nation's milk-loving la Gruyère region
Switzerland
Alison
Eric
|
$400
[26]
The dilation of blood vessels is associated with this type of recurring vascular headache
migraine
Alison
|
|
$800
[22]
Val wanted to visit the Moorish city in Spain in the 1400s but one misspelled letter has him on this isle of spice & a 1983 U.S. invasion
Grenada
Alison
|
$800
[17]
They set the film "A Serious Man" in their native Minnesota
the Coen brothers
Eric
|
$800
[24]
Residents of East Hampton on this island have waged a battle against the noise of weekenders' helicopters
Long Island
Alison
|
$800
[8]
Meaning "aunt", it precedes Maria in a liqueur order
Tia
Alison
|
$800
[25]
Known for healthy honey, the Greek isle Ikaria is this type of "colorful" place named for its population's longevity
a blue zone
Veronica
Eric
|
$1,200
[1]
This type of neuron conveys impulses from the brain or nervous system to a muscle, organ or gland to trigger an action
a motor neuron
Alison
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Val's not at the 1922 discovery of Tut's tomb in this 4-word area but 100 later, sees Rüfüs Du Sol win a Grammy for "Alive"
the Valley of the Kings
Alison
|
$1,200
[16]
The Duffer brothers created this TV series that debuted in 2016
Stranger Things
Veronica
|
$1,200
[9]
OK, smart kid... the dog goes woof & the river-dwelling giant type of this weasel family member goes what? Coo, scream & many others is what!
the giant river otter
Veronica
Eric
|
$1,200
[5]
The name of this dish literally means "rice with chicken"
arroz con pollo
Eric
|
$1,200
[12]
Not far from the skyscrapers of this emirate metropolis is Camelicious, a company that provides camel milk, ghee & chocolate
Dubai
Veronica
|
$1,600
[2]
Found in theear, this small bone connects the tympanic membrane to the incus bone
the malleus
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[19]
Not great with numbers, Val doesn't end up in 1966 watching the launch of Gemini 10 but in London, in this year of the Great Fire
1666
Eric
|
$1,600
[15]
In a 2001 film, these siblings played siblings Elizabeth & Donnie Darko
Jake & Maggie Gyllenhaal
Eric
|
$1,600
[10]
This state dance of Kentucky is a bit like tap but most of the noise is made with the heels
clogging
|
$2,000
[7]
Thisbeloved indie rock band took its name in 1984 from the way a Spanish-speaking outfielder says, "I got it"
Yo La Tengo
Eric
|
$1,600
[13]
From Australia & New Zealand, this honey with a Maori name is said to have antibacterial properties
Manuka honey
|
$2,000
[3]
Term for a type of large white blood cell that digests invading micro-organisms & also "eats" cell debris
a macrophage
Eric
|
|
$2,000
[21]
"Where's the president?" a blundering Val asks this senator from Louisiana with a different middle name, church & party
John Kennedy
Eric
|
$2,000
[14]
Sid & Marty Krofft produced '70s Saturday morning TV like "H.R. Pufnstuf" & this one where a family ends up in a time with dinosaurs
Land of the Lost
|
$2,000
[11]
Many thought "The Rite of Spring" was just noise, like the "Augurs of Spring" marked to be played this extra-loud way throughout
fortissimo
Veronica
Eric
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
A song often heard in Spanish-speaking countries at Christmastime is this "Sabanero", meaning "My Little Savannah Donkey"
Burrito
Eric
|
$2,000
[20]
India, the leading milk producer in the world, gets almost half of it from this beast not considered cattle
a water buffalo
Alison
|
DD
$2,400
[4]
Swelling of the parotid glands is a symptom of this acute viral disease
the mumps
Eric
|
Churchill gave a word a new meaning when he called for a "talk with Soviet Russia upon the highest level... a parley at" this
the summit