Meagan Shelton — a college student from Durant, Oklahoma
Kirik Arata — a lead enrollment representative from Fair Oaks, California
Erin McGrew Herndon — an actor and musician from Rockwall, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erin | $600 | $2,400 | $400 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$400
10 R, 4 W |
| Kirik | $-400 | $2,200 | $13,800 |
$13,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Meagan | $-1,400 | $400 | $14,600 |
$27,601
New champion: $27,601 |
$15,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORLD CAPITALS | FOOD & DRINK | FOOTBALL | TCHOTCHKES | RUSSIAN LITERATURE | WEST WORDS |
|
$200
[6]
The story of Hans Brinker is set in & around this capital
Amsterdam
Erin
|
$200
[11]
Dad's, Barq's & Hires are famous brands of this
root beer
Meagan
|
$200
[1]
This "warning" is reached close to halftime & again near the end of the game
the two-minute warning
Erin
|
$200
[25]
Wicks 'n' Sticks is the nation's largest specialty retailer of these decorative items
candles
Erin
|
$200
[15]
The last words spoken in this novel are "Hurrah for Karamazov!"
The Brothers Karamazov
Kirik
|
$200
[20]
In a 1939 film Margaret Hamilton played this role in Technicolor
the Wicked Witch of the West
Meagan
|
|
$400
[7]
The Nobel Peace Prize is the only one of the Nobel Prizes that's awarded in this capital
Oslo
Kirik
Meagan
|
$400
[12]
In the Mexican dish huevos rancheros, huevos are these
eggs
Meagan
|
$400
[2]
Nicknamed Bubba, this defensive tackle was the first player selected in the 1967 draft
Bubba Smith
|
$400
[26]
You can get this receptacle, for mixing martini ingredients together, in sterling silver
a shaker
Meagan
|
$400
[16]
In this last Chekov play, the character Trofimov says, "All Russia is our orchard"
The Cherry Orchard
Kirik
Meagan
|
$400
[21]
Hamlet's only mad when the wind is in this direction, also in the title of a Hitchcock film
north by northwest
Kirik
Meagan
|
|
$800
[9]
It was the birthplace of Samuel Goldwyn & Marie Curie
Warsaw
Kirik
Meagan
|
$600
[13]
Holy guacamole! Hass & fuerte are varieties of these
avocados
Erin
|
$600
[3]
First used in 1966, this green synthetic playing surface has been widely used in sports stadiums
Astroturf
Erin
|
$600
[27]
(Sofia has the clue.) At the Paris Universal Expo, way back in 1878, it's believed this item first appeared
a snowglobe
Meagan
|
$600
[17]
This 1957 Pasternak novel was finally published in the USSR in 1987
Doctor Zhivago
Kirik
|
$600
[22]
Since William the Conqueror in 1066, English monarchs have been crowned in this London landmark
Westminster Abbey
Meagan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
It's the capital city where you'd find the Ministry of Defense building seen here
Havana
Meagan
|
$800
[14]
It's the noisy name for crunchy pieces of pork or poultry fat, after it's been rendered
cracklings
Meagan
|
$800
[4]
This NFL bowl game was played for the first time Jan. 14, 1951 in Los Angeles
the Pro Bowl
Kirik
Meagan
|
$800
[28]
A pen holder and other knickknacks on a white-collar workspace, or a Tracy-Hepburn film
desk set
Erin
|
$800
[18]
His 1863 novel "The Cossacks" grew out of his service in the Russian Army in the Caucasus
Tolstoy
Kirik
|
$800
[23]
In a nursery rhyme "One flew east, one flew west, one" did this
one flew over the cuckoo's nest
Erin
|
|
$1,000
[10]
(Cheryl gives the clue from Washington, D.C.) The Georgetown section of Washington, D.C., was named for this ruler in 1751
George II
Erin
Meagan
|
$1,000
[30]
This "colorful" coffee from Jamaica often sells for over $25 a pound
Blue Mountain Coffee
|
$1,000
[5]
Leading the Redskins in 1988, he became the first black quarterback to win the Super Bowl
Doug Williams
|
$1,000
[29]
Who's a good puppy? He's the cute little doggy-schmoggy seen here, from this factory near Dresden-Wesden
Meissen
Meagan
|
$1,000
[19]
He was expelled from the Soviet Writer's Union in 1969; in 1970 he won the Nobel Prize for Literature
Solzhenitsyn
Kirik
|
$1,000
[24]
4-word piece of advice that precedes "and grow up with the country"
Go west, young man
Meagan
|
| SPINAL TAP | STONEHENGE | TONIGHT I'M GONNA ROCK YOU TONIGHT | THIS ONE GOES TO 11 | GIMME SOME MONEY | "HEL" HOLE |
|
$400
[7]
Completes the playground rhyme "Step on a line, break your mother's spine; step on a crack..."
break your mother's back
Meagan
|
$400
[21]
According to legend, this advisor to Arthur used his magic to move the stones from Ireland to England
Merlin
Erin
|
$400
[2]
In the film "This is Spinal Tap", the band has a tough time getting to the stage during a live performance in this Ohio city
Cleveland
Erin
|
$400
[26]
In 1997 he moved into No. 11 Downing Street with his wife
Tony Blair
Meagan
|
$400
[1]
Chile, the Philippines & Argentina all use this common unit of currency
peso
Kirik
|
$400
[12]
This light nonflammable gas has the lowest boiling point of any element: -452 degrees F.
helium
Kirik
|
|
$800
[8]
The true ones of these bones attach to the breastbone in the front and the spine in the rear
ribs
Meagan
|
$800
[25]
In the 17th Century John Aubrey wrongly opined that Stonehenge had been built by these Celtic priests
Druids
Meagan
|
$800
[3]
In their prime, the concert theatrics of this band included Pete Townshend's ritual smashing of his guitar to bits
The Who
Meagan
|
$800
[27]
On July 20, 1969 the Eagle of this mission landed in the Sea of Tranquility
Apollo 11
Meagan
|
$800
[17]
Until the Euro took over, in Paris one of these equaled 100 centimes
a franc
Kirik
|
$800
[13]
It's the title of a Beatles song & of a book about the Manson Family
"Helter Skelter"
Kirik
|
|
$1,200
[9]
It's the term for just one of the bones in your spinal column
a vertebra
Meagan
|
$1,200
[24]
It's plain that this is the plain where Stonehenge is located
Salisbury Plain
Meagan
|
$1,200
[4]
David Bowie teamed with Mick Jagger to sing "Dancing In The Street" at this 1985 fund-raising concert
Live Aid
Meagan
|
$1,200
[28]
Beginning in 1833, this general served 11 different times as the president of Mexico
Santa Anna
Erin
Kirik
|
$1,200
[18]
Hopefully not the site of any of his duels, the White House is on the back of the U.S. bill faced by this president
Andrew Jackson
Kirik
|
$1,200
[14]
Points of interest in this city include the Uspensky Cathedral, the Ataneum Art Museum & the Jean Sibelius Monument
Helsinki
Meagan
|
|
$1,600
[10]
To facilitate childbirth, this bony cavity, formed in part by the lower spine, is wider in women than in men
the pelvis
Erin
Meagan
|
$1,600
[23]
The massive bluestones of Stonehenge came from the Preseli Mountains, found 137 miles away in this U.K. country
Wales
Kirik
|
$1,600
[5]
This duo's shows carried on the powerful spirit of their old band, Led Zeppelin
Plant & Page
Kirik
|
$1,600
[29]
Constantine XI Palaeologus was the last emperor of this empire that fell in 1453
the Byzantine Empire
Meagan
|
$1,600
[19]
Flipping coins "heads or tails" dates back to a coin featuring the "head" of this 1st century B.C. Roman dictator
Julius Caesar
Meagan
|
$1,600
[15]
In this Clive Barker film series, Pinhead was the leader of the demonic Cenobites
Hellraiser
Kirik
|
|
DD
$1,800
[11]
A spinal tap is also known as a "puncture" of this region
the lumbar
Meagan
|
$2,000
[22]
From the Latin for "boundary", it's the technical name for the stone crosspieces atop Stonehenge's pillars
lintel
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
2-word oxymoronic title of the album Jerry Garcia's band recorded at the Fillmore West & the Avalon Ballroom
Live Dead
Kirik
|
$2,000
[30]
There was an 11-day adjustment in 1752 when this calendar was adopted in Great Britain
the Gregorian calendar
Erin
|
$2,000
[20]
This country's banknotes, including the ones seen here, feature Africananimals
the Republic of South Africa
Erin
|
$2,000
[16]
Possibly from the Scottish for "idler", it's a troublesome or rowdy child
a hellion
Meagan
|
On this man's death, FDR said, "All mankind are the beneficiaries of his discoveries in... agricultural chemistry"
George Washington Carver