Grant DeYoung game 2.
Elizabeth Brzozowski — a social studies teacher from Fishkill, New York
Chen Yan — a surgeon from Happy Valley, Oregon
Grant DeYoung — a grocery clerk from Prescott, Arizona (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $3,600 | $3,000 | $20,800 |
$20,800
2-day champion: $46,401 |
$17,400
24 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chen | $1,800 | $2,800 | $9,600 |
$9,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$9,600
15 R, 1 W |
| Elizabeth | $2,000 | $3,600 | $2,400 |
$0
3rd place: $2,000 |
$2,400
7 R, 1 W |
| YO ABBA ABBA! | ANAGRAMMED AUTHORS | MEET ME IN THE MIDDLE | CLOSE STATES IN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION | HERE BE MONSTERS | NOT AN ADVERB, BUT ENDS WITH "-LY" |
|
$200
[27]
The band had to negotiate for the name, as ABBA was the biggest fish-canning company in this country
Sweden
Chen
|
$200
[29]
British dame who wrote 66 detective novels: TAHITI HAS GRACE
Agatha Christie
Chen
|
$200
[28]
Lots of kids get otitis media, an inflammation of the lining of the middle this
the middle ear
Chen
|
$200
[30]
In 1916 Woodrow Wilson could not take this northeastern state for granite, beating Charles Evans Hughes by just 56 votes
New Hampshire
Grant
|
$200
[21]
In one of his many big-screen battles for Earth's survival, he fought against Hedorah the Smog Monster
Godzilla
Grant
|
$200
[20]
As a noun, it's an account of debits & credits; as a verb, it means to count
to tally
|
|
$400
[26]
In 1976 this ABBA tune, later a movie title, ended the 9-week run at No. 1 of "Bohemian Rhapsody" on the U.K. chart
"Mamma Mia"
Chen
|
$400
[25]
Author born Eric Blair: GORE LOWER LEG
George Orwell
Grant
|
$400
[24]
The madhyama-pratipada or Middle Way of this religion promotes a middle path between extremes
Buddhism
Grant
|
$400
[15]
Coming up 537 votes short in this state ended up losing the entire ball game for the Democratic candidate in 2000
Florida
Chen
|
$400
[8]
This legendary multi-armed sea monster probably was imagined from sightings of giant squid & octopi off the coast of Norway
the Kraken
Grant
|
$400
[17]
This type of miniature ravine fills up with rain quickly
a gully
Grant
|
|
$600
[7]
"See that girl, watch that scene, digging" this title person
the "Dancing Queen"
Elizabeth
|
$600
[11]
First African-American woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Fiction: WEAKER LILAC
Alice Walker
Grant
|
$600
[10]
Everything will be just fine for this band that had an early 2000s hit with the upbeat song "The Middle"
Jimmy Eat World
Grant
|
$600
[14]
John Bell beat John Breckinridge by 156 to win Virginia in 1860; not so surprisingly, this guy got only 1.1% of the state's vote
Lincoln
Elizabeth
|
$600
[3]
Makara often has the head of an elephant & the body of this apex predator reptile, perhaps what its name means in Sanskrit
a crocodile
Chen
|
$600
[16]
New York Times food critic Mimi Sheraton wrote a whole book about this breakfast or anytime delight
a bialy
Elizabeth
|
|
$800
[1]
In a 1980 ABBA top 10 song, this title preceded "the loser has to fall"
"The Winner Takes It All"
Chen
|
$800
[12]
Born & died in Concord:A VERY HIDDEN AUTHOR
Henry David Thoreau
Grant
|
$800
[4]
Soccer coach Viktor Maslov pioneered the4-4-2 formation with this position having the further up four on each side
midfield
Grant
|
$800
[22]
This Republican took Maryland over Alton Parker by 51 votes (Bully!) & over Eugene Debs by... a lot more (even more bully!)
Teddy Roosevelt
Grant
|
$800
[2]
First described in Nepal in 1832, this monster was said to be a "wild man" that "moved erectly" & was "covered in long, dark hair"
the Yeti
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[19]
You might hear a particularly moralizing one of these sermons on a Sunday
a homily
Elizabeth
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Ironically, this tune with a Napoleonic title was ABBA's first U.S. Top 40 hit, not their last
"Waterloo"
Grant
|
$1,000
[13]
He's been called the "King of Pulp Fiction":MY ALIEN PICKLES
Mickey Spillane
|
$1,000
[5]
This country sits directly between Yemen & Iraq
Saudi Arabia
|
$1,000
[23]
Winning a battle in 1832, this "Great Compromiser" took Maryland by 4 votes, but Andrew Jackson won the war
Clay
Grant
|
$1,000
[9]
1939's "Son of Frankenstein" was the third in the series to feature the Monster, & the last with this actor playing the role
Karloff
Grant
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
The Greek for "irregular" gives us this word for a scientific observation that differs from expectations
anomaly
Grant
|
| COUNTRIES WITH ONE THING IN COMMON | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES | TV "Q" | THE WILD WEST | SCIENCE EXPERIEMENTS | ADD A LETTER |
|
$400
[26]
The Aarhus Theatreis an Art Nouveau icon of East Jutland in this country
Denmark
Elizabeth
|
$400
[28]
A small field of strawberries or pumpkins
a patch
Grant
|
$400
[22]
The title of this limited series starring Anya Taylor-Joy refers to an opening in chess
The Queen's Gambit
Chen
|
$400
[30]
This man sold his first hat to a bullwhacker for $5 & later based his popular cowboy hats on it
Stetson
Chen
|
$400
[19]
Karl von Frisch painted these insects to track their movements & show how they twerk their way to pollen
bees
Elizabeth
|
$400
[21]
A slice of pie or cake to eat in the Sahara
dessert & desert
Chen
|
|
$800
[25]
By 2050 this African nation is projected to be the third-most populous country in the world, ahead of the United States
Nigeria
Grant
|
$800
[27]
The total number of eggs laid by a bird per nesting attempt, it can be as little as one in the case of an albatross
a clutch
Grant
|
$800
[15]
This NBC reboot tapped Raymond Leeto play time-traveling physicist Ben Song
Quantum Leap
Grant
|
$800
[29]
In Central Wyoming the Bozeman Trail split from this more famous trail & headed north to the gold fields in Montana
Oregon
Chen
|
$800
[18]
Isaac Netwon's light spectrum experiment used a tiny hole &this object made with polished glass
a prism
Grant
|
$800
[20]
A jeering insult about your mom's sister
an aunt taunt
Grant
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Between Chile, five letters, & Brazil, six, is this country where at times the Uyuni Salt Flatturns into a giant mirror
Bolivia
Grant
|
$1,200
[7]
In his 1916 poem "Home", Edgar Guest wrote that "It takes" this much "o' livin' in a house t' make it home"
a heap
|
$1,200
[6]
On "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine", this Ferengi bar owner was up, then down as his flavorful crew unionized
Quark
Grant
|
$1,200
[8]
Combination banks, stores & more, these2-word places were a vital part of Native American life; the Hubbell one is a National Historic Site
a trading post
Grant
|
$1,200
[2]
This Italian scientist's legendary falling bodies experiment showed falling objects accelerate at the same rate
Galileo
Grant
|
$1,200
[14]
Near Arizona State University, a synagogue
Tempe temple
Chen
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Known for coffee cultivation & rising to 7,400 feet, the Blue Mountains are the highest in this country
Jamaica
Grant
|
$1,600
[24]
Clumps of short grass, perhaps on the lawn of a Massachusetts university
tufts
Grant
|
$1,600
[4]
OK, chowderheads, Brian on "Family Guy" wanted to be a drug-sniffing dog for this fictional Rhode Island town
Quahog
Chen
|
$2,000
[13]
Members of this gang included Kid Curry, Will Carver, Ben "The Tall Texan" Kilpatrick & Harry "The Sundance Kid" Longabaugh
the Wild Bunch
Chen
|
$1,600
[1]
In the 19th century Charles Macintosh mixed a solvent called naphtha with this substance to make a waterproof material
rubber
|
$1,600
[16]
A tidier scouring agent for the kitchen or bathroom
a cleaner cleanser
|
|
DD
$6,000
[12]
It's the country that surrounds the Gambia
Senegal
Grant
|
$2,000
[23]
In "Paradise Lost", Milton wrote, "Behold!" this throng "of fair women", not doves, "richly gay in gems and wanton dress"
a bevy of women
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[5]
Jack Klugman got to the heart of the matter as this title medical examiner from 1976 to 1983
Quincy
|
DD
$5,000
[9]
Buffalo Bill & Billy the Kid were among those who used this company's model 1873, the "gun that won the West"
Winchester
Grant
|
$2,000
[3]
A 1973 experiment asked, "Can aspider spin a webin near weightlessness" on this station whose name suggested it's science-focused
Skylab
Chen
|
$2,000
[17]
Down at the intersection of Haight & Ashbury Streets, the public official who certifies the cause of death
corner & coroner
Chen
|
Before entering history, this man visited the grave of Bogdan Zerajic, who had died just a few years earlier
Princip