Ashley Chan game 2.
Carla Winston — a political scientist from Baltimore, Maryland
Ram Murali — a writer originally from London, England
Ashley Chan — a publicist from Lewisville, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley | $3,800 | $7,600 | $16,500 |
$13,500
2-day champion: $29,100 |
$15,800
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Ram | $200 | $1,000 | $13,300 |
$50
3rd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Carla | $400 | $2,400 | $6,800 |
$10,101
2nd place: $3,000 |
$6,800
11 R, 3 W |
| PEOPLE IN HISTORY | TECHNOLOGY | WORD ADDITION | YOU DON'T KNOW HIM FROM ADAM | IT'S SMALL, WHIRLED | WHAT ARE YOU WEARING, LITERARY CHARACTER? |
|
$200
[15]
Around 1475 William Caxton printed some of the first books in English, including a history of Troy & these Chaucer tales
The Canterbury Tales
Carla
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$200
[18]
A 1991 act of Congress mandated the installation of both driver & passenger side these in passenger cars & light trucks
airbags
Ashley
|
$200
[24]
Short word for a commercial+politician J.D.=this jump forward
advance
Ashley
|
$200
[23]
He starred with Drew Barrymore in rom-coms like "The Wedding Singer" & "50 First Dates"
Adam Sandler
Ashley
|
$200
[30]
Word found in front of a type of golf:UM INERTIA
miniature
|
$200
[9]
In "Henry IV, Part 2", the title monarch declares, "Uneasy lies the head that wears" this
the crown
Carla
|
|
$400
[2]
An 1806 duel involving this future president resulted in the death of Charles Dickinson
Andrew Jackson
Ashley
Carla
|
$400
[16]
In 1942 test pilot Helmut Schenck became the first aviator saved by one of these, which used compressed air to blast him to safety
an ejector seat
Carla
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$400
[10]
A kitchen or bathroom essential+1/18 of a golf round=this natural pit
a sinkhole
Ram
|
$400
[22]
Adam Levine was in a group called Kara's Flowers before finding more enduring fame as "the voice" of this band
Maroon 5
Ashley
|
$400
[11]
A prefix for "one-billionth" gives these uber-tiny machines their name:NOT A SNOB
nanobots
|
$400
[5]
Miss Havisham dolls up for a wedding that wasn't; for one that does happen, Miss Skiffins just switches green kid these for white
gloves
Carla
|
|
$600
[1]
This firebrand of the American Revolution also defended the French one in "The Rights of Man"
Thomas Paine
Ram
Carla
|
$600
[17]
Asked about the name of this device, inventor Doug Engelbart said, "It just looked like one with its tail"
a computer mouse
Ashley
|
$600
[25]
First name of Ms. Bareilles+Roman fashion=this 1777 battle site
Saratoga
Carla
|
$600
[19]
Filling some mighty big shoes, hewent on tour as lead singer with Queen in 2012
Adam Lambert
Ashley
|
$600
[12]
This subatomic particle is made of quarks:ONE RUNT
a neutron
Ram
|
$600
[6]
In "Brokeback Mountain", Ennis takes off "his boots &" these pants--"no drawers", Jack notices--yee-haw!
jeans
Ashley
Carla
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Before an upgrade in title, he was the first bishop in France to implement the reforms laid out at the Council of Trent
Richelieu
Ashley
|
$800
[27]
One of the keys to the Industrial Revolution, the Bessemer process revolutionized the production of this metal
steel
Ashley
|
$800
[26]
To rotate+a freshwater bony fish=this road with tolls
turnpike
Ashley
|
$800
[20]
He's added his low-key brand of funny to shows like "Parks & Rec" & "Party Down", where he asks, "Are we having fun yet?"
Adam Scott
Ram
|
$800
[13]
This type of organism has but a lowly single cell:ZOO PATRON
a protozoan
Ram
|
$800
[7]
"A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" complains of having "the demon's own time" getting into this
a suit of armor
Ashley
|
|
$1,000
[4]
A 2018 N.Y. Times obit for this woman who died in 1852 said she "imagined the modern-day, general-purpose computer"
(Ada) Lovelace
Ashley
Ram
|
$1,000
[28]
Used to carry high frequency signals for TV & Internet connections, it's the type of cable seen here
coaxial cable (coax)
Carla
|
$1,000
[29]
Dubble Bubble or Juicy Fruit+Oxfords or brogues=this slang word for a private eye
a gumshoe
Carla
|
$1,000
[21]
A customized Lincoln Futura became the iconic Batmobilefull of gadgets & driven on TV by this actor
Adam West
Carla
|
$1,000
[14]
Gulliver put out a fire at their royal palace in a unique way:NAUTILI SPILL
Lilliputians
Ashley
|
$1,000
[8]
Sara Crewe wears "velvet coats" & is called "your royal highness" by a school bully in this Frances Hodgson Burnett book
A Little Princess
Ashley
|
| WALTZES & SONATAS | ANIMAL, VEGETABLE OR MINERAL | EMMY-WINNING TELEVISION MOVIES: REAL LIFE EDITION | DELTA | "T-W-A" | AIRLINES PAST & PRESENT |
|
$400
[13]
Along with his wistful "Moonlight Sonata", this composer has a "Pathetique" one with a more sorrowful feel
Beethoven
Ram
|
$400
[30]
Beneath its whitish fur, the skin of this ursine mammal is black, which absorbs heat to keep it warm
a polar bear
Ram
|
$400
[25]
The political drama "Recount" chronicled the tumultuous aftermath of the vote in Florida in this year
2000
Ashley
|
$400
[24]
G'day mates!Here's an aerial view of the Ord River delta, found in the state called Western this
Australia
Ashley
|
$400
[27]
It's the feline name for the runway where models strut their stuff
a catwalk
Ram
|
$400
[5]
This airline was the official partner of the 2024 Olympic & Paralympic games
Air France
Ashley
|
|
$800
[12]
Emil Waldteufel's"Skater's Waltz"imagines a glorious day in Paris frolicking on this waterway
the Seine
Ram
|
$800
[17]
Used as a decorative stone, malachitegets its green color from this element
copper
|
$800
[8]
Taking its title from one of his books, "The Gathering Storm" looked at this prime minister's life just before WWII
Winston Churchill
Ram
|
$800
[14]
Islands in the MacKenzie River delta have a layer of this perpetually cold soil just beneath the surface
permafrost
Ashley
|
$800
[22]
It can mean asunder or a pair, like in that famous line about them never meeting
twain
Ram
|
$800
[2]
A TV show about this Jet Age airline with Christina Ricci & Margot Robbiewas sort of "Mad Men" in the sky
Pan Am
Ram
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This alliterative composer wrote 2 violin sonatas for fellow Hungarian Jelly d'Aranyi
Béla Bartók
|
$1,200
[29]
A bit underappreciated, it's good for you, it can be eaten raw or cooked & its flavor is comparable to anise or licorice
fennel
Ram
|
$1,200
[6]
The makers of 2023 winner "Weird: The Al Yankovic Story" knew this Brit was right when he asked what kind of accordion to buy
Daniel Radcliffe
Carla
|
$1,200
[15]
This nation is located in the delta where 2 major rivers converge--the Ganges & the Brahmaputra
Bangladesh
Ram
Carla
|
$1,200
[19]
This German Air Force was officially announced in 1935, at which time it already had hundreds of planes
the Luftwaffe
Ram
|
$1,200
[1]
Lots of comedians do material about airlines; Trevor Noah made this ultra-low-cost carrier a particular butt of his jokes
Spirit
Ashley
|
|
$1,600
[10]
"Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald" is the belovedwaltz"Tales from" this place
the Vienna Woods
Ram
|
$1,600
[26]
The 2 main minerals that make up granite are feldspar & this
quartz
|
$1,600
[7]
"Girl meets cow" is how she described "Temple Grandin", in which she won an Emmy for playing the animal rights activist
Claire Danes
Ashley
|
$1,600
[16]
Cones of sediment from the Mississippi River delta formed a 30,000-square-mile area of this large body of water
the Gulf of Mexico
Ashley
|
$1,600
[20]
There's no wiggle room in this word for a miser
a tightwad
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
When Sabena, this European country's national airline, got off the ground, its routes included Boma-Leopoldville-Elisabethville
Belgium
Ram
|
|
$2,000
[11]
In 1865 he headed south to Denmark, wrote his only piano sonata & dedicated it to Danish composer Niels Gade
Grieg
Ram
|
$2,000
[28]
The pygmy type of this small monkey lives in the rainforests of South America
a marmoset
|
DD
$2,500
[18]
This 1979 winner with an alliterative title tells of Michael Mullen, killed accidentally in Vietnam by his own side
Friendly Fire
Ashley
|
$2,000
[23]
The inland delta of the Niger River provides wetlands for this landlocked country of western Africa
Mali
|
$2,000
[21]
It's a formal ruling on a point of Islamic law; one was famously rendered against Salman Rushdie in 1989
a fatwa
Carla
|
$1,600
[3]
From 1961 Eastern Airlines had a huge success with its shuttle from NYC to these 2 cities about 200 miles north & south, for $12 & $14
Boston & D.C.
Ram
|
Following his unexpected death in 2001, he was referred to as the "Monty Python of science fiction"
Douglas Adams