Adriana Harmeyer game 15.
Colleen Matthews — a speech-language pathologist from Portland, Oregon
Mark Gagliardi — an actor and podcaster originally from Knoxville, Tennessee
Adriana Harmeyer — an archivist from West Lafayette, Indiana (whose 14-day cash winnings total $326,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adriana | $1,600 | $6,800 | $13,600 |
$23,600
15-day champion: $349,600 |
$13,600
18 R, 2 W |
| Mark | $2,200 | $2,800 | $7,200 |
$5
3rd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Colleen | $2,400 | $3,400 | $10,600 |
$14,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$14,600
16 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| CHURCHES & CATHEDRALS | 3-LETTER NOUNS | U.S. GOVERNMENT | ENTERTAINING AUTOBIOS | THE FAMILIAR SUM OF ITS PARTS | THE SCANDAL OF IT ALL |
|
$200
[8]
It was the largest Christian church until 1989, when it was surpassed by one in Côte d'Ivoire
St. Peter's Basilica
Mark
|
$200
[1]
It goes under your chin to protect your clothes
a bib
Mark
|
$200
[2]
In 1966 the Supreme Court ruled that these taxes in local & state elections were prohibited
poll taxes
Mark
|
$200
[20]
This legendary game show host's memoir is "Priceless Memories", but the actual retail price is $24.99 in hardback
Bob Barker
Adriana
|
$200
[21]
A drink like McDonald's Shamrock, a baby's handheld toy & what you proverbially do "with the punches"
shake, rattle & roll
Mark
|
$200
[26]
In 1995 the premier of British Columbia quit amid scandal over funds embezzled from a charity version of this game-o
bingo
Adriana
|
|
$400
[9]
Christopher Wren's epitaph at this London cathedral says in Latin, "if you seek his monument, look around you"
St. Paul's
Mark
|
$400
[3]
A small shelter, maybe of grass
a hut
Adriana
|
$400
[13]
The Constitution says the president "shall have power to grant reprieves &" these "for offences against the United States"
pardons
Colleen
|
$400
[15]
Thiscomedian's rollicking autobiography was titled "It's Not Easy Being Me", with his catchphrase in the subtitle
Rodney Dangerfield
Mark
|
$400
[22]
Ridgway, Rothko, Skywalker & Steinbeck
Matthew, Mark, Luke & John
Adriana
|
$400
[27]
On May 29, 2004 Archibald Cox & Sam Dash, 2 key figures who probed this '70s affair, both passed away
Watergate
Colleen
|
|
$600
[10]
The final 4 Stations of the Cross are inside this Jerusalem church, said to be located on the site where Jesus was crucified
the Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Colleen
|
$600
[4]
The part of a bridle that goes in the mouth
bit
Adriana
|
$600
[14]
On June 2, 1986 this network began regular live telecasts from the Senate chamber
C-SPAN
Adriana
|
$600
[7]
"Cancer Schmancer" is a memoir by this actress, cancer survivor & Screen Actors Guild president
Fran Drescher
Colleen
|
$600
[23]
"Spartacus" actor Douglas, pediatrician Benjamin & name following "the real" to mean the genuine article
Kirk, Spock & McCoy
Colleen
|
$600
[28]
1662's "The School for Wives" was just one of the works of this comic playwright to scandalize French society
Molière
Mark
|
|
$800
[11]
The Chapel of the Holy Crossis built into the red rocks of this Arizona "most beautiful place on Earth"
Sedona
Colleen
|
$800
[5]
A roll of bills, or a mass of gum
a wad
Mark
|
$1,000
[17]
The chief officer of the Government Accountability Office is given this "General" title
Comptroller (General)
Adriana
|
$800
[18]
There's not much this performer from the "Jackass" series wouldn't do, including titling his memoir, "Professional Idiot"
Steve-O
Adriana
|
$800
[24]
Last name of Sherlock Holmes' partner in (solving) crime & a real spasmodic muscle pain in the neck
Watson & Crick
Adriana
|
$800
[29]
One lump or a lot more? Also called the Oil Reserves Scandal, this 1920s imbroglio led to prison time for the Sec. of the Interior
Teapot Dome
Adriana
|
|
$1,000
[12]
The Viennese call this cathedral "Steffl"; its largest bell is "pummerin" (boomer in English)
St. Stephen's Cathedral
|
$1,000
[6]
Projecting part of a wheel that transforms rotary into linear motion
a cam
|
DD
$2,200
[16]
While the National Park Service is a bureau of the Department of the Interior, the Forest Service is an agency of this department
the Department of Agriculture
Mark
|
$1,000
[19]
Dracula, Frankenstein's creature & Saruman the White on film, he titled his tell-all "Tall, Dark & Gruesome"
Christopher Lee
Mark
|
$1,000
[25]
A foam you "work yourself into", to wash dishes using water & to do a task over & over & over
lather, rinse & repeat
Adriana
|
$1,000
[30]
Reagan dismissed this Marine after his role in Iran-Contra; he was later convicted of obstructing Congress
Oliver North
Mark
|
| A PLACE IN HISTORY | DIAMOND MINING | OSCAR-WINNING SONGS | BOTANY | BY LINES | "CC" ME |
|
$400
[1]
With dueling illegal, Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr shot it out at Weehawken, New Jersey, a quiet spot along this river
the Hudson
Mark
|
$400
[24]
This Neil Diamond hit says, "Good times never seemed so good"
"Sweet Caroline"
Mark
|
$400
[8]
"I'm gonna live forever, baby, remember my name" is a lyric from this 1980 winner from the film of the same name
"Fame"
Mark
|
$400
[6]
Xerophytes are plants that have adapted to living in locales where this is in limited supply
water
Adriana
Colleen
|
$400
[15]
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times"
Dickens
Adriana
|
$400
[20]
Used as a calorie-free sweetener, this powder is hundreds of times as sweet as cane sugar
saccharine
Mark
|
|
$800
[2]
Rosa Parks was on the Cleveland Avenue bus in this city when she sat down for her rights in 1955
Montgomery
Colleen
|
$800
[25]
An extinct volcano crater, it was once a ceremonial place the ancient Hawaiians used for worship & human sacrifice
Diamond Head
|
$800
[9]
Oscar had a friend in this man when his song "We Belong Together" from "Toy Story 3" took the Academy Award for 2010
Randy Newman
Adriana
|
$800
[7]
Common names for plants are all over the place; Kerria japonica is one of many called this Lone Star stateflowerof song
the yellow rose of Texas
Mark
|
$800
[16]
"My name is Marius. And yours?" "Cosette"
Victor Hugo
Colleen
|
$800
[21]
This Italian game similar to lawn bowling is played with wooden balls on a long, narrow gravel court
bocce
Mark
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Mathematician Gaspard Monge was on Napoleon's 1798 expedition to this country, where he studied the physics of mirages
Egypt
Colleen
|
$1,200
[28]
F. Scott Fitzgerald entitled a 1922 story "The Diamond As Big As" this swanky hotel
the Ritz
Adriana
|
$1,200
[10]
This favorite sung by Bing Crosby from the film "Holiday Inn" took the Song Oscar for 1942
"White Christmas"
Mark
|
$1,200
[13]
Named for the Greek goddess of the rainbow, this perennial can come in "bearded" varieties
iris
Colleen
|
$1,600
[18]
"Stay gold, Ponyboy. Stay gold"
S.E. Hinton
Colleen
|
$1,200
[22]
Also known as the javelina, this new world piggy can weigh 60 pounds
a peccary
Colleen
|
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
Before Hannibal could cross the Alps, he had to bring his army through this other European mountain range
the Pyrenees
Colleen
|
$1,600
[29]
This type of rattlesnake of the Southwest accounts for hundreds of bites every year
diamondback
Adriana
|
$1,600
[11]
This 1986 film featured "Take My Breath Away", which took away the Oscar
Top Gun
Adriana
|
$1,600
[14]
Important to botanists, itcan be an arrangement of dried plants for study or a building housing those plants
herbarium
Adriana
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
"The show's not over until the mockingjay sings"
Suzanne Collins
Colleen
|
$1,600
[26]
This type of musical composition for keyboards is written in the style of an improvisation to show off a player's technique
a toccata
|
|
$2,000
[5]
When it became historic in 1215, the name of this spot by the Thames meant "meadow on council island"
Runnymede
Colleen
|
$2,000
[30]
This Flemish city is a leading center of the diamond industry & where legend says the first diamond was cut in 1476
Antwerp
Colleen
|
$2,000
[12]
This 2008 Song winner from "Slumdog Millionaire" has a title that means "may victory be yours" in Hindi
"Jai Ho"
Colleen
|
$2,000
[23]
Pollination begins when pollen from the anther of one flowering plant reaches this tip of the pistil of another
the stigma
Adriana
|
$2,000
[19]
"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again"
du Maurier
Adriana
|
$2,000
[27]
Thisbone in the lower back section of the skull, forming part of its base
the occipital
Colleen
|
Legend says in 1876 a dragon built for the first "Ring" cycle had its neck sent to this Mideast capital, not the right German city
Beirut