Laura Faddah game 2.
Maria Lauro — a contract specialist from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Joe Asaminew — an ER physician from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Laura Faddah — a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $2,400 | $4,800 | $10,400 |
$5,800
2-day champion: $17,000 |
$12,400
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $2,000 | $3,800 | $9,000 |
$5,000
2nd place: $3,000 |
$11,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Maria | $4,000 | $5,200 | $10,800 |
$799
3rd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
16 R, 0 W |
| FOUNTAINS | TV | SMOOTH AS SILK | BUSINESS NAMES | SCIENCE BOOKSHELF | NUMERIC PHRASES |
|
$200
[24]
Prometheus gazes down from his fountain on winter skaters at this New York City landmark
Rockefeller Center
Maria
|
$200
[20]
Most of Sunnydale was swallowed into the Hellmouth on this series finale; the title girl & her pals left for a more normal life
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Laura
|
$200
[18]
Scientifically Bombyx mori, these larvae, are only 1/12 an inch long at birth & fed mulberry leaves
silkworms
Joe
|
$200
[1]
In Pasadena, California in 1967, a Mr. Coulombe started this grocery chain that's full of unique & interesting products
Trader Joe's
Maria
|
$200
[12]
A book by Riley Black tells about the asteroid impact that brought on "The Last Days of" these
the Dinosaurs
Joe
|
$200
[25]
The usual number in this nautical phrase for being very drunk is 3, but feel free to get as high as you want
three sheets to the wind
Maria
|
|
$400
[14]
More than 1,000 fountains shoot water 400 feet in the air in front of this Las Vegas hotel near Caesars Palace
the Bellagio
Maria
|
$400
[19]
"Strictly Come Dancing" hosted by Tess Daly in the U.K. came to the U.S. as this show now co-hosted by Julianne Hough
Dancing with the Stars
Laura
|
$400
[21]
Used at least since the 1930s, to "hit the silk" is slang for using this, once made of silk
a parachute
|
$400
[2]
We predict you'll know that Israeli-born Safra Catz succeeded Larry Ellison as co-CEO & later became sole CEO of this company
Oracle
Joe
|
$400
[11]
Buzz Lightyear's catchphrase, it's also a Neil de Grasse Tyson book that takes readers to the farthest reaches of space
to infinity and beyond
Laura
|
$400
[26]
Aussies & Kiwis often flip our term for a standard piece of construction lumber & call it this
a four by two
Laura
|
|
$600
[15]
A 19th century novel says, "a parting draught" at this Italian fountain "insures the traveller's return"
the Trevi Fountain
Maria
|
$600
[6]
Bill Bixby studied philosophy at Cal before playing a scientist exposed to a massive dose of radiation on this 1970s TV show
The Incredible Hulk
Laura
|
$600
[22]
Meaning "thing to wear", this term for a T-shaped garment often made of silk dates back to the reign of Emperor Meiji
a kimono
Laura
|
$600
[3]
In 1980 he launched the world's first 24-hour TV news channel, CNN
(Ted) Turner
Joe
|
$600
[10]
Andrew Hodges' "The Enigma" is a bestselling biography of this mathematician & computer pioneer
Turing
Laura
|
$600
[27]
It precedes "exercise" to mean a piano practice piece, or "discount" to mean an act of shoplifting
a five-finger
Joe
|
|
$800
[16]
Longer than 2 football fields, afountainnamed for this city sways & sprays in Burj Khalifa Lake
Dubai
Laura
|
$800
[7]
Her TV roles have included Alex Russo, resident of Waverly Place, & Mabel Mora, resident of a murder-rife building
Selena Gomez
Joe
|
$800
[23]
A sheen known as silk causes the asterisms in the star type of these, like a 70-carat one in Joan Crawford's engagement ring
a sapphire
Maria
|
$800
[4]
Anne Wojcickico-founded this genetics company that wants to tell you about you
23andMe
Maria
|
$800
[9]
A 1994 bestseller, "The Hot Zone" tells the "Terrifying True Story of the Origins of" this deadly virus from Africa
Ebola
Laura
|
$800
[28]
Debunked theories about the origin of this phrase meaning all the way: cement truck cubic volume, ammunition belt length & many more
the whole nine yards
|
|
$1,000
[17]
A foliage-covered giant spews water at the entrance of this crystal company's theme park in Austria
Swarovski
|
$1,000
[13]
Anecdotal evidence suggests most viewers are hate-watching this series with Lily Collins & Lucien Laviscount
Emily in Paris
Maria
|
$1,000
[30]
Thiscomposer & lyricist of songs like "I Get A Kick Out Of You" also composed musicals, like 1955's "Silk Stockings"
Cole Porter
Joe
|
$1,000
[5]
They're the two discount chains founded by & named for the retail magnate seen here
Walmart & Sam's Club
Joe
Maria
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
It's the structure of DNA & the title of James Watson's book about the discovery of it
the double helix
Joe
|
$1,000
[29]
Dice gambling lingo gave us this doubly numerical phrase meaning in a state of disorder or confusion
at sixes & sevens
|
| HISTORIC SONGS OF THE BRITS | COMPUTER TECH | WORLD RELIGION | MR. & MRS. LIT | POP CULTURE PHYSICS | "HOG" CALLING |
|
$400
[30]
Handel composed many coronation anthems, including "Zadok The Priest" in 1727 for the second British king of this name
George (II)
Joe
|
$400
[29]
With bowling, boxing & more, in 2006 this home console from Nintendo pioneered the use of motion sensors
a Wii
Maria
|
$400
[17]
Prithviraj Chauhan, who ruled in Rajasthan in the 12th century, is sometimes called the last emperor of this religion
Hinduism
Laura
|
$400
[16]
"Mr. Darcy soon drew the attention of the room" at his first appearance in this novel
Pride and Prejudice
Maria
|
$400
[18]
Episodes of this physicist-heavy show included "The Septum Deviation" & "The Skank Reflex Analysis"
The Big Bang Theory
Laura
|
$400
[13]
Punxsutawney Phil, for one
a groundhog
Laura
|
|
$800
[5]
Once thought to have been penned by Henry VIII, this"colorful" tune is now believed to come from Elizabethan times
"Greensleeves"
Maria
|
$800
[23]
You must have attached a PDF to an email once in your life, right? Then you know the "D" stands for this, right?
Document
Maria
|
$800
[8]
With more than 100 million adherents, the Moscow Patriarchate is also called this "National" church
the Russian Orthodox
Joe
|
$800
[10]
Mrs. Hudson, "a long-suffering woman", is his landlady in "The Adventure of the Dying Detective"
Sherlock Holmes
Maria
|
$800
[19]
This film character says that as a kid, he wished he could mix physics with New Mexico, for then his life would be perfect
Oppenheimer
Joe
|
$800
[14]
The opposite of sedate, this hyphenated adjective means wildly enthusiastic or unrestrained
hog-wild
Maria
|
|
$1,200
[6]
A jaunty tune in the less jaunty times of WWI was titled "Belgium Put The Kibosh On" this German leader
the Kaiser
Joe
|
$1,200
[2]
In 1991 a University of Helsinki computer science student completed his first version of this open source computer operating system
Linux
Laura
|
$1,200
[1]
Way up in the Orkney Islands, Britain's northernmostcathedralis named for this saint, whose name is Latin for "big" or "great"
Saint Magnus
|
$1,600
[11]
The talents of this Patricia Highsmith character include the ability to kill with oars & ashtrays
the talented Mr. Ripley
Laura
|
$1,200
[26]
As Sheriff Hopper on "Stranger Things" he finds science can't explain everything like it did when he worked in physics on TV's "Manhattan"
David Harbour
Joe
|
$1,200
[15]
Big party planned? Get one of these, a large barrel or cask of wine equal to 63 gallons
a hogshead
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1905 Sir Henry Wood arranged a "Fantasia on British Sea Songs" to celebrate the centennial of this battle
Trafalgar
Laura
Joe
|
$1,600
[9]
Cryptocurrency transactions are recorded using this database technology that sounds like a defensive strategy
blockchain
Maria
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Confucianism is more a philosophy--so this, with Beijing temples 1,300 years old, is China's only recognized home-grown religion
Taoism
Laura
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
In the opening line of a novel, this Woolf woman "said she would buy the flowers herself"
Mrs. Dalloway
Joe
|
$1,600
[28]
Jane Foster likens the Asgardian Bifrost to an Einstein-Rosen Bridge, but Thor says it's more like this kind of bridge
a Rainbow Bridge
Joe
|
$1,600
[20]
From the Greek for "straight writing", it's the study of the principles of correct spelling in a language
orthography
|
|
$2,000
[25]
The "azure main" (that's the ocean) is in this patriotic song traditionally played at the Last Night of the Proms at Royal Albert Hall
"Rule, Britannia!"
|
$2,000
[22]
It's the acronym for the "prove you're not a robot"testsencountered when accessing some websites
CAPTCHA
Laura
|
$2,000
[4]
This people whose religion has Islamic & gnostic elements live in Lebanon & Syria but also make up about 2% of Israel's people
the Druze
Joe
|
$2,000
[12]
Mrs. Organ Morgan runs a grocery shop in a seaside village in Wales in his play "Under Milk Wood"
Dylan Thomas
|
$2,000
[27]
On "Deep Space Nine" the prophets hung out in the Bajoran this that connected the Alpha & Gamma Quadrants
a Wormhole
Joe
|
$2,000
[21]
Aye, laddie, it's what the Scottish call New Year's Eve
Hogmanay
|
"Drafters... have to have a little fun sometimes", said the author of this law when asked if he was inspired by 1931's "Little Caesar"
the RICO Act