Matt Thomas — a structural engineer from Chicago, Illinois
Meighan Larbi — a publishing data manager from Cape Coral, Florida
Nathalie Henderson — a housewife from Baton Rouge, Louisiana (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathalie | $200 | $200 | $8,600 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
9 R, 2 W |
| Meighan | $1,800 | $7,200 | $14,600 |
$11,600
New champion: $11,600 |
$12,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Matt | $2,600 | $4,600 | $16,800 |
$4,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| SHAKESPEAREAN POLICE BLOTTER | IT'S A MAN, BABY! | WINING & DINING | OFF COURSE, OFF COURSE | MR. "ED" | A HORSE IS A HORSE |
|
$200
[1]
Multiple homicides, regicide via poison in ear; unit dispatched to nunnery for further investigation
Hamlet
Matt
|
$200
[7]
In drag as a peasant in this Monty Python film, Terry Jones tells King Arthur, "I didn't vote for you"
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Matt
|
$200
[21]
German Eiswein, meant to go with this course, is so concentrated, some recommend it in place of the course
dessert
Meighan
|
$200
[2]
This doctor found Victoria Falls but never discovered the source of the Nile
Dr. Livingstone
Nathalie
|
$200
[16]
It's a small whirlpool
an eddy
Meighan
|
$400
[29]
This smallest of the British breeds was in huge demand after children were banned from coal mining
a Shetland pony
Matt
|
|
$400
[3]
From Cyprus PD: Man smothered or strangled wife, TBD by coroner; man confirmed suicide at scene
Othello
Matt
|
$400
[8]
Barry Humphries, the voice of Bruce the Shark in "Finding Nemo", also performs as this "Dame", possums
Dame Edna
Meighan
|
$400
[22]
With spaghetti & meat sauce, try Classico, one of the 7 subzones of this Italian red wine
Chianti
Meighan
|
$400
[10]
On Oct. 12, 1492 he thought he'd reached Asia; in fact, the closest he ever got was an Aegean island as a young man
Christopher Columbus
Matt
|
$400
[17]
Avid Xpress DV, Final Cut Pro & Adobe Premiere are software for this use
(film) editing
Meighan
|
$600
[28]
Cavalry horses trained for battle; it's also an NFL team name
Chargers
Matt
|
|
$600
[4]
Death by stabbing & then drowning in "Malmsey-Butt"; regicide, presumably for lack of equine
Richard III
Meighan
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Tim Curry was dressed for success as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in this 1975 cult movie
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Matt
|
$600
[23]
Orange muscat goes well with this feminine-named treat that's doused with orange liqueur & set aflame
Crêpe Suzette
|
$600
[11]
In 1999 software & navigation issues kept the Polar Lander & the Climate Orbiter from exploring this planet
Mars
Matt
|
$600
[18]
In "The Sound of Music", this is "small and white, clean and bright"
Edelweiss
Meighan
|
$800
[27]
To do this to a horse, you'd need a comb; to do it to Indian food, you'd need the powder
curry
Nathalie
|
|
$800
[5]
Impersonating an officer of the court, attempted flesh mutilation & loan sharking
The Merchant of Venice
Meighan
|
$800
[14]
This 1959 movie ends with Jerry saying, "You don't understand... I'm a man!" & getting the reply, "Well, nobody's perfect"
Some Like It Hot
Meighan
|
$800
[24]
In the film "Sideways", Miles makes a speech in praise of this red that goes well with roast fowl
Pinot
Nathalie
|
DD
$800
[12]
He named the ocean "Pacific" after many turbulent detours in South America while searching for Asia
(Ferdinand) Magellan
Matt
|
$800
[19]
The term for excess fluid can be cerebral or pulmonary
edema
Meighan
|
$1,000
[26]
As an adjective, the name of this breed of horse can mean pure or genuine
Thoroughbred
|
|
$1,000
[6]
From Rome PD:Dismemberment, homicide, cannibalism, emperor-cide, unauthorized tongue-ectomy
Titus Andronicus
Matt
|
$1,000
[15]
At 6'7", this one-named African-American dragster was hard to miss in the video for "Love Shack"
RuPaul
Matt
|
$1,000
[25]
With sardines, perhaps a white Vinho Verde from this nation that fishes for them
Portugal
Meighan
|
$1,000
[13]
Verrazano discovered this Rhode Island bay but made a bad turn & disappeared in Central America
Narragansett Bay
Matt
|
$1,000
[20]
There's this type of decree of Nantes, Milan, Toleration & Worms
an edict
Meighan
|
— |
| 1706 | TV DRAMAS BY EPISODE | "BIO" SCIENCE | ADJECTIVE INSPIRERS | COTE D'IVOIRE | DANGEROUS WORDS |
|
$400
[11]
This New Mexico town was founded in 1706 & today is the largest city in the state
Albuquerque
Matt
|
$400
[16]
"Waterloo at Southfork"
Dallas
Meighan
|
$400
[21]
The $6 Million Man could tell you that this word lost the "electro" from its middle
bionic
|
$400
[26]
Cindy, you're a nice girl, but I only want a relationship named for this philosopher of ideal forms
Plato
Matt
|
$400
[6]
An Ivoirian culinary specialty is foutou, often made from this, which gets confused with the sweet potato
a yam
Nathalie
|
$400
[1]
In movie titles this kind of threat has been "Red" & "Phantom"
a menace
Meighan
|
|
$800
[12]
Francis Hauksbee developed a generator of this type of electricity, a glass globe you rotated & rubbed
static electricity
Matt
|
$800
[17]
"The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club"
Magnum, P.I.
Nathalie
Meighan
|
$800
[22]
2 men at the U. of Washington's Department of this won the 1992 Nobel Prize for studying cell protein regulation
biochemistry
Nathalie
Meighan
Matt
|
$800
[27]
Though not a lingerie designer, this doctor has a "slip" named for him
Freud
Meighan
|
$800
[7]
If you go, remember your Malarone for protection from a disease carried by this creature
mosquito
Matt
|
$800
[2]
It describes the fight in "The Star-Spangled Banner"
perilous
Meighan
|
|
$1,200
[13]
In 1706 Charles XII of this Scandinavian country invaded Saxony as part of the "Great Northern War"
Sweden
Matt
|
$1,200
[18]
"Three Brides for Hoss"
Bonanza
Nathalie
|
$1,200
[23]
(Jon of the Clue Crew sits by a machine that's playing with a shoe at the Nike Campus in Oregon.) The three main areas studied at the Nike Sport Research Lab are physiology, sensory perception & this, defined as the way forces act on the body
biomechanics
|
$1,200
[28]
The name of this late Italian moviemaker plus -esque has come to mean grotesque or surreal
Fellini
Matt
|
$1,200
[8]
Not Rome but Yamoussoukro features the world's tallest of this special type of cathedral
basilica
|
$1,600
[4]
The federal "Office of" this type of "Materials Safety" bans sending anhydrous ammonia by passenger plane
hazardous
Nathalie
|
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1706 she was queen of England & involved in a North American war bearing her name
Queen Anne
Matt
|
$1,600
[19]
"Elaan of Troyius"
Star Trek
Nathalie
|
$1,600
[24]
If you doubt the need for a pink-eared antgrubber & a hollow-tailed antgrubber, you aren't recognizing the value of this
biodiversity
Nathalie
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
To describe a society where the government knows everything about you, add -ian to the name of this British author
Orwell
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
Though no longer the official capital, this city is still the commercial & cultural center
Abidjan
Matt
|
$2,000
[5]
This adjective for the position you're in teetering on the edge of a cliff comes from the same root as "prayer"
precarious
Meighan
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This acclaimed Baroque composer whose work is heardheredied in 1706
Pachelbel
Matt
|
$2,000
[20]
"Fallon's Father"
Dynasty
Nathalie
|
$2,000
[25]
Biblical-sounding term for the principle that living organisms develop only from other living organisms
biogenesis
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
The first French colonial capital, Grand Bassam, is perched on the shore of this gulf
the Gulf of Guinea
|
DD
$3,000
[3]
Referring to an unsuspected danger, the Latin phrase "anguis in herba" literally means this
a snake in the grass
Meighan
|
The 2 GOP vice presidents who succeeded to the presidency & were later elected president in their own right
Theodore Roosevelt & Calvin Coolidge