Liam Starnes game 5.
Harold Goldston III — a karaoke bar owner from Knoxville, Tennessee
Raguell Couch — an undergraduate student from Durham, North Carolina
Liam Starnes — an undergraduate student from Barrington, Illinois (whose 4-day cash winnings total $81,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liam | $2,600 | $5,600 | $16,000 |
$21,201
5-day champion: $103,002 |
$12,000
20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Raguell | $2,600 | $2,600 | $10,600 |
$98
2nd place: $3,000 |
$10,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Harold | $-600 | $-1,400 | $-2,200 |
$-2,200
3rd place: $2,000 |
$-2,200
2 R, 4 W |
| ANATOMICAL PHRASES | 18th CENTURY AMERICA | TV TITLE REFERENCES | IN THE CARDS | FROM WHENCE THEY CAME | "OK", BOOMER |
|
$200
[25]
An item such as a piece of clothing that has been passed on from a previous owner
a hand-me-down
Raguell
|
$200
[23]
Hisname is this & he teamed up with James Madison & John Jay to write the Federalist Papers
Alexander Hamilton
Raguell
|
$200
[9]
Department that Ron Swanson was the director of when the series started
Parks and Recreation
Raguell
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$200
[26]
In October 1965 22-year-old David Miller became the first person to be arrested for publicly burning one of these
a draft card
Raguell
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$200
[20]
In 1736 the studley Patrick Henry got his initial liberty from mom in Studley in present-day this state
Virginia
Liam
|
$200
[30]
You're still wearing this brand's Freestyle aerobics sneakers from the '80s... let me take you shopping for some Dunks
Reebok
Raguell
|
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$400
[24]
To get one of these is to gain an initial opportunity or introduction; don't get it caught in there
a foot in the door
Raguell
|
$400
[29]
In 1793, in the century's worst epidemic to hit a U.S. city, 5,000 died of this insect-borne virus in Philadelphia
yellow fever
Liam
|
$400
[8]
The town in Washington State where Laura Palmer was murdered
Twin Peaks
Raguell
|
$400
[22]
These cards were first issued in November 1936 at post offices around the country
Social Security cards
Liam
Harold
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$400
[19]
The mystic who came in from the extreme cold, Rasputin was born a peasant in this vast region & was illiterate all his life
Siberia
Liam
|
$400
[28]
I've already seen your collection of gum-wrapper comics from this brand that launched in 1947--no need to show me again
Bazooka
Harold
|
|
$600
[13]
To be rubbing these is to mingle; to bend them is to drink booze
elbows
Liam
|
$600
[4]
In the 1700s a group of Native Americans separated from the Creek of Georgia, moved to Florida & became part of this tribe
the Seminoles
Raguell
|
$600
[7]
The clientele of veterinarians James Herriot & Siegfried Farnon
All Creatures Great and Small
|
$600
[17]
The first 4 letters of this card company's name are the family name of its founder, who liked the link with a stamp of quality
Hallmark
|
$600
[15]
Oh, what an artist is born in me! "Me", being this Mediterranean port city, & the artist, Joan Miró
Barcelona
Liam
Raguell
Harold
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$600
[27]
Why do you insist on using this old-fashioned word for handbag? It's so much faster to just say "purse"
pocketbook
Raguell
|
|
$800
[12]
Quick-sounding term for a sudden feeling of euphoria, or a feeling of dizziness when you get up too fast
a head rush
Liam
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$800
[3]
"The Father of American Drama", William Dunlap wrote a 1798 play about this British major who was hanged as a spy
Major André
Liam
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$800
[6]
Where Judge Abby Stone presides in Manhattan
Night Court
|
$800
[16]
A Sears subsidiary issued the first credit cards of this brand that pioneered cash-back rewards in 1985
Discover
Raguell
Harold
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$800
[14]
Born working class in South London, Michael Caine said this accent was a bit of a hurdle getting started in British theater
a Cockney accent
Liam
|
$800
[11]
I know you prefer this billiards game with 15 red balls that you learned while studying abroad, but I much prefer regular pool
snooker
Liam
|
|
$1,000
[2]
As a noun, it's a bony covering for a joint; as a verb, it means to disable that joint, or to really mess someone or something up
a kneecap
|
$1,000
[1]
Jonathan Edwards was an important thinker of the New England religious revival called the first great one of these
Great Awakening
Liam
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$1,000
[5]
How theorphanadopted by the Cuthberts spells her first name
Anne with an E
Raguell
|
$1,000
[21]
In classic Monopoly, you draw a card if you land on Chance or this other space depicting money bags in a strongbox
Community Chest
Liam
Raguell
|
DD
$2,600
[18]
In 1820 this British medical worker was herself delivered in the Italian city that became her name
Florence Nightingale
Liam
|
$1,000
[10]
I realize your work wear was this, a fancy word for a custom-made suit, but I work from home, so I'm sticking with jeans
bespoke
Raguell
|
| BLANK VERSE | MOVIE GENRES | OBJECTION, YOUR HONOR! | TRIPPING | THE LIGHT | FANTASTIC |
|
$400
[30]
"What is so rare as a day in ____ ?"
June
|
$400
[11]
Columbia made the Ranown series of these, the "Ran" for Randolph Scott, who ended his career starring in 35 of them in a row
Westerns
Liam
|
$400
[28]
Opposing counsel just asked one of these during direct examination; he's putting words in the witness' mouth!
a leading question
|
$400
[29]
Take a trip to this country's Sanctuary Olonana; named for a Maasai warrior, it hassuitesset in the Maasai Mara Game Reserve
Kenya
Liam
|
$400
[25]
This theory from 1905 is based on Einstein's insight that the speed of light does not change
the (special) theory of relativity
|
$400
[27]
This phrase, which includes the sound a feline makes, means you're truly fantastic
the cat's meow
Raguell
|
|
$800
[19]
"Once upon a ____ ____ , while I pondered, weak and weary"
midnight dreary
Liam
|
$800
[10]
"This Is Spinal Tap" has been called "The Grandaddy of" this portmanteau faux-reality genre
the mockumentary
Raguell
|
$800
[21]
The witness said, "Clyde told me Bonnie did it", but Clyde's not here, so that testimony isn't admissible because it's this
hearsay
Liam
|
$800
[1]
At the Four Seasons on this double-talk Pacific island, an over-the-water bungalow may set you back $4,000 a day
Bora Bora
Liam
|
$800
[24]
Your cat video reached me thanks to this 2-word tech, plastic or glass that allows for the passage of data-transmitting light
fiber optics
|
$800
[26]
As 2 words, it's a sweet treat mentioned in "Take Me Out To The Ball Game"; as one word, it's an adjective meaning superb
Cracker Jack
Raguell
|
|
$1,200
[13]
"The fog comes on little ____ ____ .It sits looking over harbor and city"
cat feet
Liam
|
$1,200
[9]
Like buddy movies? Don't miss this sports-centric 1992 comedy that features some hot "Jeopardy!" action
White Men Can't Jump
Harold
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$1,200
[5]
The witness can't possibly know why my client wanted a haircut on the day of the murder; that question calls for this
speculation
|
$1,200
[3]
Take a trip to this South Carolina resort island famed for its golf & home to the Harbour Town Lighthouse
Hilton Head Island
Liam
|
$1,200
[23]
Only allowing vertical light to pass through, sunglasses with these lenses help prevent glare off flat surfaces
polarized lenses
|
$1,200
[16]
Completing an alliterative phrase, to be in "fine" this 6-letter word means you're in great condition
fettle
|
|
$1,600
[12]
"I could not love thee, dear, so much, loved I not ____ more"
honor
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
This term is said to date to a 1940s French article about "Double Indemnity","Laura" &"Murder My Sweet"
(film) noir
Raguell
|
$1,600
[4]
This alliterative 3-word objection means "the witness has responded & now you're just repeating yourself--let's move on"
asked and answered
Raguell
|
$1,600
[2]
The hills are alive with skiing at this Vermont resort where you can stay at the Trapp Family Lodge
Stowe
Liam
Raguell
|
$2,000
[22]
This international standard unit of luminous intensity sounds like a taper with an extra A
the candela
|
$1,600
[15]
Anyone would be proud to be called this fantastic adjective that comes from the Latin for "star"
stellar
Liam
|
|
$2,000
[18]
"Do not go gentle into that good night.____, ____ against the dying of the light"
rage, rage
Liam
|
$2,000
[8]
Classics of Surrealism include this black-&-white 1977 David Lynch film that stars a man with really big hair
Eraserhead
Raguell
|
$2,000
[6]
My client's shoplifting arrest from 20 years ago has nothing to do with this tax fraud case! I object on grounds of this
relevance
Raguell
|
$2,000
[17]
Called the "Pearl of Lake Geneva", this resort is home to an annual jazz festival; mystical Chillon Castle is nearby
Montreux
Harold
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
Converting light to electrical signals, rods & cones are the 2 main types of these cells, partly from Greek for "light"
photo receptors
Liam
|
$2,000
[20]
It can mean either fantastic or lurid, like yellow journalism
sensational
Liam
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He was riding back from the conquest of Granada when he was summoned to a royal meeting that would change history
(Christopher) Columbus