Priscilla Ball — a federal contractor from Montgomery Village, Maryland
Fayaz Kabani — a grad student from Columbia, South Carolina
Meagan Grote — a bookseller from Lakeland, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meagan | $1,400 | $2,000 | $10,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,400
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Fayaz | $2,400 | $5,000 | $12,600 |
$6,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Priscilla | $2,600 | $4,200 | $19,000 |
$12,799
New champion: $12,799 |
$18,200
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE LAST SUPPER | FILMS OF THE 1980s | DEATH BY... | LET'S LEARN SOME SEMAPHORE | HISTORIC FIGURES' MADE-UP NICKNAMES | COMPOUND WORDS |
|
$200
[12]
Traditionally the Last Supper is thought to have taken place on this day of the week
Thursday
Priscilla
|
$200
[11]
1987 thriller in which Glenn Close threatened Michael Douglas, "I'm not gonna be ignored, Dan"
Fatal Attraction
Priscilla
|
$200
[1]
By sword, at Canterbury Cathedral, December 29, 1170
Thomas Becket
Meagan
|
$200
[22]
At least one of us on stage has this name
Alex
Fayaz
|
$200
[13]
The Beard that Ate Cuba; Dictator Emeritus; Mr. Poison-Proof (that one may or may not be from the CIA)
(Fidel) Castro
Fayaz
|
$200
[6]
This character in "The Wizard of Oz" wants some brains to make him happier
the Scarecrow
Priscilla
|
|
$400
[23]
According to 3 of the Gospels, this Jewish holiday was being celebrated during the Last Supper
Passover
Meagan
|
$400
[18]
The title of this 1989 comedy refers to Baby Mikey, voiced by Bruce Willis
Look Who's Talking
Meagan
|
$400
[2]
By plane crash, near Point Barrow, Alaska, August 15, 1935
Wiley Post (or Will Rogers)
Priscilla
|
$400
[27]
If you need to semaphore for help, these3 letters here will do just fine
SOS
Fayaz
|
$400
[14]
The Royal Austrian/French Connection; The Ace of Cakes; Ol' Headless
Marie Antoinette
Priscilla
|
$400
[7]
One of these in the floor of the stage is useful in putting on "Doctor Faustus"
a trapdoor
Meagan
|
|
$600
[24]
During the meal Jesus predicts that this man will deny knowing him 3 times
Peter
Meagan
Fayaz
|
$600
[19]
"I'm not bad, I'm just drawn that way" is a line from this 1988 film that mixed live action & animation
Who Framed Roger Rabbit
Meagan
|
$600
[3]
By shotgun blast, July 2, 1961, in Ketchum, Idaho
Ernest Hemingway
Fayaz
|
$600
[28]
Thisin the clue is much worse than its bite
bark
Fayaz
|
$600
[15]
The Long Marcher; The Great Leaper; The Bull in the China Shop
Mao Zedong
Priscilla
|
$600
[8]
As you can see, Bolivia and Paraguay are the only two South American countries that are this, with no direct access to the ocean
landlocked
Fayaz
|
|
$800
[25]
Traditional 2-word name for the chalice used by Jesus during the Last Supper
the Holy Grail
Priscilla
|
$800
[20]
"Big Business" found this divine comedienne & Lily Tomlin playing 2 sets of mismatched twins, separated at birth
Bette Midler
Priscilla
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
By A.L.S., June 2, 1941
Lou Gehrig
Fayaz
|
$800
[29]
Listen up, it's the body part semaphored here
ear
Meagan
|
$800
[16]
The Mustache of Solidarity; The Intensive Labor Leader; The Pole of the Electorate
Lech Walesa
Fayaz
|
$800
[9]
A cinematic device, or a mental return to a past traumatic experience
a flashback
Meagan
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Leonardo's "The Last Supper" is painted on the wall of a monastery in this northern Italian city
Milan
Meagan
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[21]
Steve Guttenberg & Kim Cattrall are 2 of the recruits in this 1984 comedy
Police Academy
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[5]
By strangulation with a scarf or shawl while riding in a car, September 14, 1927
Isadora Duncan
Priscilla
|
$1,000
[30]
Stop, yield, then go one way tothis4-letter term
sign
|
$1,000
[17]
Lincoln's Log; Don't Call Me Harry; Hannibal the Vice Presidential Non-Cannibal
Hannibal Hamlin
|
$1,000
[10]
The Jeptones feature Murray Pariah on these; he plays the Roland VK-8
keyboard
|
| DESCRIBING THE LANDMARK | COLLEGE SPORTS TEAM NICKNAMES | GA$ | FOREIGN WORDS & PHRASES | POETRY IN MOTION | WE BLINDED YOU WITH SCIENCE |
|
$400
[1]
1,250 feet from sidewalk to roof; completed in 1931; not giant ape-friendly
the Empire State Building
Priscilla
|
$400
[6]
Troy University & USC
the Trojans
Priscilla
|
$400
[11]
EIA figures say a gallon cost 21.4 cents in this year; the price then "crash"ed & didn't get that high again for 18 years
1929
Fayaz
|
$400
[26]
A noisy spirit, its name is from the German for "to make noise" & "ghost"
a poltergeist
Meagan
|
$400
[12]
"Homeward now went Hiawatha; pleasant was the landscape round him, pleasant was the air above him"
Longfellow
Meagan
|
$400
[17]
Authorities generally agree that this founding father created such electrical terms as battery & armature
(Benjamin) Franklin
Fayaz
|
|
$800
[2]
More than 2 million stone blocks of 2 1/2 tons each; Khufu's quarters
the Great Pyramid of Egypt
Priscilla
|
$800
[7]
San Jose State & Michigan State
the Spartans
Priscilla
|
$800
[22]
A gallon of regular held steady at 27 cents from 1949 through 1952--pretty much this guy's whole second term
Truman
Fayaz
|
$800
[27]
This Chinese art of creating harmonious surroundings means "wind water" in Chinese
feng shui
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[14]
"'From the fiends, that plague thee thus!--Why look'st thou so?'--'With my crossbow I shot the albatross'"
(Samuel Taylor) Coleridge
Fayaz
|
$800
[18]
It's the most abundant fossil fuel produced in the United States
coal
Meagan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Established in 1718; built as a Roman Catholic mission; Santa Anna's comin' to town
the Alamo
Meagan
|
$1,200
[8]
Bowling Green & Air Force
the Falcons
Fayaz
Priscilla
|
$1,200
[23]
The Iranian Revolution in this year drove a gallon of regular from 63 cents to 86 cents
1979
Fayaz
|
$1,200
[28]
This word for a spectacular failure comes from the Italian for "flask"
a fiasco
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[15]
"'Forward the light brigade!' Was there a man dismay'd? Not tho' the soldier knew some one had blunder'd"
Tennyson
Fayaz
|
$1,200
[19]
Usually seen daily by most people, it produces 3.83 x 1026watts of power in the form of light
the sun
Fayaz
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Roughly 2,080 lbs.; worth about $300 to Pennsylvania in 1752; now damaged but priceless
the Liberty Bell
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[9]
Colgate & Texas Tech
the Red Raiders
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[24]
Let's "party like it's" this year, the last time gas dipped under a buck a gallon
1999
Priscilla
|
$1,600
[29]
These super-cool "girls" made famous by Gwen Stefani get their name from a Tokyo district
Harajuku girls
Meagan
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
"His house is in the village though; he will not see me stopping here to watch his woods fill up with snow"
Robert Frost
Meagan
|
$1,600
[20]
"To protect taste" Diet Coke adds some "K" to the mix:this element
potassium
Meagan
|
|
$2,000
[5]
133-foot minarets; 20,000 worked on it; full of Agra-culture
the Taj Mahal
Priscilla
|
$2,000
[10]
Jackson State & Missouri
Tigers
Priscilla
|
$2,000
[25]
Gas topped 2 bucks a gallon for the first time in May of this leap year (it only seems like a lifetime ago)
2004
Meagan
Fayaz
|
$2,000
[30]
Italian for "touched", it's an elaborate keyboard piece designed to demonstrate the player's skill
a toccata
Meagan
|
$2,000
[16]
"Of stormy mist; so swept her on her way even to the mournful place where Adonais lay"
Shelley
Fayaz
|
$2,000
[21]
From 1947 to 1952 he was chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission
Oppenheimer
Fayaz
|
This fruit dessert was created to celebrate Queen Victoria's decades on the British throne
cherries jubilee