Alison Betts game 5.
Jeff Plate — an attorney from Asbury Park, New Jersey
Vidya Ravella — a business development executive originally from Skokie, Illinois
Alison Betts — a writer and creative executive originally from San Jose, California (whose 4-day cash winnings total $107,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alison | $1,600 | $3,600 | $12,800 |
$13,800
5-day champion: $121,500 |
$9,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 8 W |
| Vidya | $0 | $2,200 | $-1,400 |
$-1,400
3rd place: $2,000 |
$4,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jeff | $600 | $2,200 | $5,400 |
$4,196
2nd place: $3,000 |
$5,400
12 R, 2 W |
| HISTORY OF YOSEMITE | THE ORIGINAL LANGUAGE | PUTTING THE GORY IN A MOVIE CATEGORY | INVENTORS & INVENTIONS | CHANNEL ORANGE | ENDS WITH "B" |
|
$200
[30]
In the early 1900s the park put up bleachers for folks to watch these cuddly carnivores eat from leftover picnic baskets
bears
Vidya
|
$200
[27]
Of"Madame Bovary"
French
Alison
|
$200
[29]
David Arquette & Courteney Cox starred in this 1996 film about a killer named Ghostface
Scream
Vidya
|
$200
[23]
In 1953 David Mullany invented this erratic toy with 8 holes that's often sold with its own bat
a Wiffle ball
Alison
Jeff
|
$200
[26]
Does this creature seenhereamuse you, it makes you laugh? Come to think of it, yeah, in a Pixar movie it did amuse me, quite a bit
a clownfish
Jeff
|
$200
[25]
The OED notes the name of this skewered meat dish is "used in India for roast meat in general"
kebab
Vidya
|
|
$400
[28]
In 1919, the Sierra Club installedcables for climbersto get to the views of this landmark at 8,800 feet above sea level
Half Dome
Alison
|
$400
[11]
Ofthe "Aeneid"
Latin
Alison
Vidya
|
$400
[10]
Tim Curry played this demon that appears as a clown in a miniseries of "It"; Bill Skarsgård had the role in the 2017 film
Pennywise
Vidya
|
$400
[22]
In the 19-teens August Fruehauf attached trailers to cars to haul lumber & attached this prefix to "trailer"
semi
Alison
|
$400
[16]
In 1568 William I the Silent, Prince of Orange, not so silently led a revolt against Spain by this country that's big on orange
the Netherlands
Alison
|
$400
[24]
Don't let your book go out without one of these publicity notices on its jacket
a blurb
Jeff
|
|
$600
[14]
A Native American village in Yosemite has one of these dwellings named for their circular shape; it's still used by local tribes
a roundhouse
|
$600
[3]
Of"The Girl Who Played with Fire"
Swedish
Alison
|
$600
[8]
Subtitles of this slasher series include "Dream Warriors","The Dream Master" & "Freddy's Revenge"
A Nightmare on Elm Street
Vidya
Jeff
|
$600
[20]
Perhaps generating more business, dentist William Morrison co-invented a machine that heated & spun sugar, creating this treat
cotton candy
Vidya
|
$600
[17]
Frank Ocean's album "Channel Orange" ranges from "Sierra Leone" to a song titled after this Tom Hanks guy--"Run, 44!"
Forrest Gump
Alison
|
$600
[6]
In song, Amy Winehouse said "no, no, no" to this place
rehab
Alison
|
|
$800
[13]
As seen in an Oscar-winning documentary, Alex Honnold became the first person to free solo this monolith
El Capitan
Alison
|
$800
[1]
Of"Steppenwolf"
German
Vidya
|
$800
[7]
This 1974 film set in the Lone Star State was loosely inspired by serial killers Ed Gein & Elmer Henley
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Alison
|
$800
[15]
Hiram Maxim wrote that inventing a killing machine gets you more credit than easing suffering after this type of gun made him rich
a machine gun
|
$800
[18]
Jim Brown, Joyce Carol Oates & Joe Biden are Orange men & women of renown as alums of this college in New York
Syracuse
Jeff
|
$800
[4]
It can collectively refer to thethree boardsthat a door is directly mounted to
a jamb
Alison
|
|
$1,000
[12]
This man wrote of his ecological findings with a quill made from an eagle's feather found on Yosemite's Mount Hoffmann
John Muir
Alison
|
$1,000
[2]
Ofthe "Analects", a collection of sayings dating back to around the fifth century B.C.
Chinese
Vidya
Jeff
|
$1,000
[9]
As Dr. Gordon, Cary Elwes was not in an "as you wish" kind of mood in this 2004 film, cutting through some serious issues
Saw
Jeff
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
Many great ships once communicated with the world from aroomnamed for this Italian inventor
Marconi
Vidya
|
$1,000
[19]
Between 1962 & 1971 about 11 million gallons of this now-banned defoliant were dropped on Vietnam
Agent Orange
Alison
|
$1,000
[5]
It's a jester's red cap possibly named for its resemblance to a male chicken's crest
a coxcomb
Alison
|
| OUR FLOUNDERING FATHERS | THINGS TO DO IN THE CITY | ANIMAL LIFE | "F" IS FOR FOOD | TV MUSIC | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY |
|
$400
[14]
This Founding Father's friend Nathaniel Pendleton said he intended to throw away his shot that day in New Jersey
Alexander Hamilton
Jeff
|
$400
[25]
Laze poolside on a yacht, enjoy the Gulf of Napoule, hit the Palais des Festivals for its film fest, re-laze at the yacht pool
Cannes
Alison
|
$400
[27]
You can see why atanukiis also called this nocturnal mammal dog
raccoon
Vidya
|
$400
[29]
Originally a way of using stale leftovers, this breakfast item is also called pain perdu ("lost bread")
French toast
Jeff
|
$400
[30]
(I'm Ellie Kemper.) Like "30 Rock"'s, the theme song from "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" was written by Jeff Richmond, who is married to this creator of both shows
Tina Fey
Jeff
|
$400
[19]
It's any long, eventful journey, but it doesn't have to last 10 years
an odyssey
Alison
|
|
$800
[20]
Feeling lousy about work, John Adams wrote, "My country has in its wisdom contrived for me the most insignificant office"... this job
the vice presidency
Alison
|
$800
[24]
Deal with 77º temps in its cold season & get your kicks above the waistline, sunshine, with a mussel omelet at Daeng Racha Hoi Tod
Bangkok
|
$800
[26]
In 2022 killer whales were filmed removing this organ from a shark; no word if it was eaten with fava beans & a nice Chianti
the liver
Vidya
|
$800
[28]
This crumbly Greek cheese is typically made from sheep's or goat's milk & preserved in brine
feta
Jeff
|
$800
[18]
Composer Bear McCreary used tremolo strings to evoke the horror of zombies for the theme of this show that debuted in 2010
The Walking Dead
Vidya
|
$800
[5]
You are getting very sleepy... your eyelids are getting heavy... I am using this to put you in a trance
hypnosis
Vidya
|
|
$1,200
[21]
Pre-"Give me liberty or give me death", he ran a failing store for his dad, didn't make it as a tobacco farmer & his house burned down
Henry
Alison
|
$1,200
[13]
Disembark at this city's stop on the Shinkansen, then find your way to the museum & monuments at Peace Memorial Park
Hiroshima
|
$1,200
[11]
More than half of Mexico's population of this large kitty cat is found in the Yucatán region
a jaguar
Alison
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of this corkscrew-shaped pasta is from Italian for "spindle"
fusilli
Alison
|
$1,200
[17]
Alyson Hannigan made Joss Whedon aware of a group called Nerf Herder, who got the nod to come up with the opening theme for this series
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Alison
Jeff
|
$1,200
[8]
This word for a sudden fear that comes over you is from the name of a Greek god who could cause it
panic
Alison
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Taking on 700 men with but 350 on July 3, 1754, colonel George Washington surrendered at Fort Necessity during this war
the French and Indian War
Alison
|
$2,000
[12]
Ride one of Africa's first metros or visit the Casbah & feel like Charles Boyer in the movie named for this city
Algiers
Vidya
|
$1,600
[10]
In the 2010s scientists attached satellite tags to American eels to track their route to breed in this North Atlantic sea
the Sargasso Sea
Alison
|
$1,600
[1]
Fern fronds, eaten as a vegetable, have this instrumental name
fiddlehead
Vidya
|
$1,600
[16]
Done with a slew of whistlin', "Fishin' Hole" is the theme from this down-home show
The Andy Griffith Show
Alison
|
$2,000
[7]
A woman of stately beauty is sometimes described by this 9-letter adjective, after the Roman queen of the gods
Junoesque
|
|
$2,000
[23]
In his later years at Montpelier, he suffered from severe rheumatoid arthritis & lost $40,000 helping his stepson
James Madison
Jeff
|
DD
$4,800
[4]
In June, take in the "white nights" of this city; after 19 hours of daylight, bridges across the Neva are raised at night so boats pass
St. Petersburg
Alison
|
$2,000
[9]
Thisspecies of sea turtle is named for its unique beak-like mouth, said to resemble a predatory avian
a hawksbill
Vidya
|
$2,000
[2]
The national dish of Brazil is this stew of black beans cooked with fresh & smoked meats
feijoada
Vidya
|
$2,000
[15]
That's TLC doing the theme for this '90s Nickelodeon sketch show that starred Kenan Thompson
All That
Jeff
|
DD
$6,000
[6]
This shield or breastplate of the gods now means the protection of any powerful entity
the aegis
Vidya
|
The press called the donations received after this org.'s 1938 founding "a silver tide which actually swamped the White House"
the March of Dimes