Scott Riccardi game 17.Last game of Season 41.
Jonathan Hugendubler — an adjunct professor and trivia host from Baltimore, Maryland
Charlotte Cooper — a graphic designer from San Francisco, California
Scott Riccardi — an engineer from Somerville, New Jersey (whose 16-day cash winnings total $455,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $5,600 | $10,800 | $23,600 |
$18,600
2nd place: $3,000 |
$22,400
29 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Charlotte | $2,200 | $3,000 | $7,800 |
$15,600
3rd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
12 R, 1 W |
| Jonathan | $-200 | $800 | $14,000 |
$23,601
New champion: $23,601 |
$11,200
13 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| WAR BONDS | STARS | TELEVISED CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR | WHAT'S THAT SPELL? | COMPOUND WORDS IN OTHER WORDS | FREAKIER FRIDAYS |
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$200
[25]
General Douglas MacArthur, Syngman Rhee
the Korean War
Charlotte
Jonathan
|
$200
[26]
Nicknamed Lucy after a song, a star in Centaurus hosts a core of this gem, 10 billion trillion trillion carats in size
diamond
Charlotte
|
$200
[27]
It's Showtime! This title serial killer dealt with the Ice Truck & Trinity killers
Dexter
Scott
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$200
[28]
The 3 witches in "Macbeth" chant, "Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn, and cauldron" this
bubble
Charlotte
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$200
[30]
Pretty much only in "The Wind in the Willows" will you find a toad in a midriffjacket
a waistcoat
Scott
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$200
[29]
(Lindsay Lohan presents the clue.) On Friday, June 29, 2007, a newspaper announced "fire, the wheel and now"this item released that day--it retailed around $499 for a model with a whopping four gigabytes of storage
the iPhone
Scott
|
|
$400
[24]
Saddam Hussein,"Stormin' Norman" Schwarzkopf
the Gulf War
Jonathan
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$400
[23]
Castor is approximately 17 light years away from this star it shares a constellation with
Pollux
Jonathan
|
$400
[22]
On "Weeds", this actress sells some well-received stuff to Snoop Dogg, who is inspired to rap about MILF weed in her honor
Mary-Louise Parker
Scott
|
$400
[21]
The tale of Ali Baba & the 40 thieves gave us this door-opening phrase
Open sesame
Scott
|
$400
[20]
A slide & plenty of shade are essentials if you're building a dramafield for kids
a playground
Scott
|
$400
[19]
(Lindsay Lohan presents the clue.) On a freaky Friday, January 17, 1969, cosmonauts on this Russian spacecraft returned home after swapping ships--but not bodies--up in space
Soyuz (IV)
Scott
|
|
$600
[1]
Major-General Sir Colin Campbell, Florence Nightingale
the Crimean War
Charlotte
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$600
[10]
Epsilon Leonis & Mu Leonisare stars in this asterism of Leo with the name of a farming tool
a Scythe (Sickle)
Jonathan
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$600
[11]
The Donbot of the Robot Mafia hangs out in Little Bitaly on this animated show set in the 31st century
Futurama
Charlotte
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$600
[15]
In "The Fellowship of the Ring", he cries, "Naur an edraith ammen! Naur dan i ngaurhoth!" & a tree bursts into flames
Gandalf
Scott
|
$600
[8]
The Palace of Versailles has a "royal" tribunallawn
a courtyard
Scott
|
$600
[18]
(Lindsay Lohan presents the clue.) Casual Fridays are said to go back to Aloha Daysin Hawaii &informal clothesworn on Beer Bus Days, implemented by this then-hyphenated tech giant named for Bill & Dave
Hewlett-Packard
Charlotte
|
|
$800
[4]
George Washington, Marquis de Montcalm
the French and Indian War
Scott
Jonathan
|
$800
[2]
Called the Star of Isis in Ancient Egypt, its rise in summer forecasted the rise of the Nile River
Sirius
|
$800
[3]
An astounded Idris Elba rips the paper away from someone actually taking notes on a criminal conspiracy on this HBO drama
The Wire
Scott
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the killing curse in the Harry Potter books, & don't you dare point your wand at me when you say it
Avada Kedavra
Scott
|
$800
[6]
Though he was miles away, the heist was planned by the criminal Gurubrain
mastermind
Scott
|
$800
[13]
(Jamie Lee Curtis presents the clue.) In a confession printed in The New York Times, Leon Czolgoszsaid the words of Emma Goldman & living in Ohio led him to do the deed, the deed of shooting this man on Friday, September 6, 1901
William McKinley
Jonathan
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Henry V, Joan of Arc
the Hundred Years' War
Charlotte
Jonathan
|
$1,000
[9]
Arcturus, the brightest star in Boötes, is this colorful type of star, the fate of some main sequence stars
a red giant
|
$1,000
[12]
Jessica Gunning researched stalker characters like Kathy Bates' in "Misery" to play Martha Scott on this Netflix show
Baby Reindeer
Jonathan
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
Spell 77 in one of these funerary texts written for a man named Ramose was for transforming him into a golden hawk
the (Egyptian) Book of the Dead
Scott
|
$1,000
[7]
Cartoon & comic strip characters are often hit on the head by a falling bloompan
a flowerpot
Scott
|
$1,000
[14]
(Jamie Lee Curtis presents the clue.) On a Friday the 13th in 1307, Philip IV of France made claims of heresy when ordering the arrest of all members of this group named for their original headquarters in Jerusalem
the Knights Templar
Scott
|
| STATELY BODIES OF WATER | WRITERS ON WRITING | THEY'RE ALL GREEKS TO ME | THE WAY WE WORE | FAMOUS ANIMATED VOICES | 16-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[30]
Major ports on this lake include Waukegan, Racine & Milwaukee
Lake Michigan
Jonathan
|
$400
[29]
Kurt Vonnegut: "Do not use" these stronger-than-a-comma coordinating marks; "all they do is show you've been to college"
a semicolon
Charlotte
|
$400
[28]
Wild carrots were first grown as medicine & this 300s B.C. oath guy once prescribed their seeds as a contraceptive
Hippocrates
Charlotte
|
$400
[26]
Victorious Roman generals wore what was called this picta, purple with gold embroidery
a toga
Charlotte
|
$400
[27]
Vin Diesel voiced this large metal title character in a 1999 film set during the Cold War
the Iron Giant
Scott
|
$400
[25]
Some news you can use about screws: turn 'em right to get 'em tight & in this direction to loosen things up
counterclockwise
Charlotte
|
|
$800
[24]
Great Falls, Montana & Sioux City, Iowa are both found along this river
the Missouri
Scott
|
$800
[23]
"Vigorous writing is concise" is one of many pearls from this Strunk & White classic
The Elements of Style
Scott
|
$800
[22]
"Avoid politics and cherish friendship", said this ancient philosopher whose school of thought has been associated with hedonism
Epicurus
Scott
|
$800
[21]
An alias of Washington Irving gave us this word for a Big Apple Dutch descendant, or the pants they wore
a Knickerbocker
Scott
|
$800
[9]
In 1994 this actor took some days off to voice adult Simba in "The Lion King"
Broderick
Scott
|
$800
[18]
Happy 400th birthday, aka this, Gian Domenico Cassini! You don't look a day over 395
a quadricentennial
Scott
|
|
$1,200
[15]
The coast of this large gulf is indented by fjords & inlets such as Cook Inlet & Prince William Sound
the Gulf of Alaska
Scott
|
$1,200
[12]
"Stories aren't made of language... perhaps they're made of life", said this writer of "His Dark Materials"
Pullman
Scott
|
$1,200
[6]
The Parthenon is one of the many structures built during "The Age of" this Athenian leader
Pericles
Scott
|
$1,200
[20]
Thisfour-letter neckpiece of yore sounds like it might just irritate
a ruff
Scott
|
$1,200
[5]
In this 2005 film a character voiced by Ben Stiller has to resist his biological urge to eat a character voiced by Chris Rock
Madagascar
Jonathan
|
$1,200
[10]
If you're an Olympic sprinter, it's the unfortunate consequence of a false start, aka jumping the gun
disqualification
Scott
|
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
This bay that had a colony named for it extends southward over 40 miles from Cape Ann
Massachusetts Bay
Jonathan
|
$1,600
[4]
"My responsibility as a writer is to be as good as I can be at my craft", wrote this woman who crafted "On the Pulse of Morning"
Angelou
Scott
|
$1,600
[2]
We can think of at least 300 reasons to know this king of Sparta who succeeded his half-brother Cleomenes I around 490 B.C.
Leonidas
Jonathan
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$1,600
[19]
Some pregnant women in Edwardian times wore a "maternity" this, both for support & shaping
a corset
Charlotte
|
$1,600
[7]
John Goodman & David Spade voiced Pacha & Kuzco in this flick that has some major llama drama
The Emperor's New Groove
Charlotte
|
$1,600
[11]
At a Sierra Club meeting, avoid "tree hugger" & use this less disparaging synonym for someone concerned about conservation
environmentalist
Jonathan
|
|
$2,000
[16]
Some call this bay the "Other Jersey Shore"
Delaware Bay
|
$2,000
[14]
T.S. Eliot wrote that his first marriage "brought the state of mind out of which came" this poem; don't try that at home
The Waste Land
Jonathan
|
DD
$4,400
[3]
In this play by Aristophanes, we hear, "O women, if we would compel the men to bow to peace, we must refrain--"
Lysistrata
Jonathan
|
$2,000
[17]
Sounding like the name of Blackadder's much put-upon retainer, it's the term for a belt worn across the chest
a baldric
|
$2,000
[8]
Pharrell Williams & documentarian Morgan Neville voiced themselves in this Lego-based animadoc
Piece by Piece
|
$2,000
[13]
Unable to be broken down by microorganisms--like Styrofoam, which takes about 500 years to decompose
nonbiodegradable
|
According to one obituary, in 1935 he owned 13 magazines, 8 radio stations, 2 movie companies & $56 million in real estate
William Randolph Hearst