Amanda Lahan — an account manager from Washington, D.C.
Debbie Russell — a retired high school teacher from Mayodan, North Carolina
Morgan Saxby — a research associate from Charlottesville, Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan | $1,800 | $7,800 | $24,000 |
$26,000
3-day champion: $66,401 |
$18,800
29 R (including 3 DDs), 5 W |
| Debbie | $1,000 | $2,400 | $2,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,000
7 R, 2 W |
| Amanda | $-200 | $2,200 | $6,600 |
$9,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
14 R, 5 W |
| WAR & PEAS | HI, BOB | GROOMING & CLEANING AIDS | BAD BREAK-UP LINES | IF YOU BUILD IT... | THEY WILL "COMB" |
|
$200
[1]
To combat malnutrition, in 1942 Tasmanian blue peas were added to the rations of this country's troops
Australia
Amanda
|
$200
[5]
Bob Hope grew up in Cleveland, Ohio but was born in this country
England
Debbie
|
$200
[26]
Soothing lotion meant to be applied to the face following a trimming of your stubble
aftershave
Morgan
|
$200
[21]
It's not me, it's a homophone for this female sheep that can weigh more than 225 pounds
a ewe
Amanda
|
$200
[11]
In the Middle East, the 992-foot Kingdom Center is this country's tallest building
Saudi Arabia
Morgan
|
$200
[16]
Underground tombs often used to hide the dead
catacombs
Morgan
|
|
$400
[2]
A Civil War song popular with Confederate troops celebrated goober peas, another name for these
peanuts
Debbie
|
$400
[6]
In April 1961 he played with John Lee Hooker at Gerde's Folk City in New York
Bob Dylan
Morgan
|
$400
[27]
Alliterative sudsing powder added to your tub water
bubble bath
Morgan
|
$400
[22]
This doctor wrote that dreams "are simply... realizations of wishes" & I've had a breakthrough; I wish to be single
Freud
Morgan
|
$400
[12]
The world's largest-capacity office building is this 29-acre structure outside Washington, D.C.
the Pentagon
Debbie
|
$400
[17]
A sequence of numbers or letters that opens a lock
a combination
Morgan
|
|
$600
[3]
Pea soup was a staple in the ships of this navy that beat the French & Spanish at Trafalgar
the British navy
Morgan
|
$600
[7]
The onscreen & offscreen antics of this "Hogan's Heroes" star inspired the 2002 film "Auto Focus"
Bob Crane
|
$600
[28]
In the early '60s this "directional" brand introduced aerosol deodorant
Right Guard
Debbie
|
$600
[23]
Our timing was all wrong, just like my '69 Camaro from this car line; you know a good mechanic?
Chevrolet
Amanda
|
$600
[13]
From street level you have to look up 86 floors to observe this NYC landmark's observation deck
the Empire State Building
Morgan
|
$800
[19]
A rooster's crest
a cockscomb
Amanda
|
|
$800
[4]
During the Revolutionary War, Congress passed a resolution making peas a part of this army's rations
the Continental Army
Amanda
|
$800
[8]
Known as "Bullet Bob", he won Olympic gold & a Super Bowl ring
Bob Hayes
|
$800
[29]
"Chilly" name for a mineral oil compound used to remove cosmetics & soothe the skin
cold cream
Debbie
|
$800
[24]
Sorry, I'm going to concentrate on my career & never marry, like this woman born in 1830 who wrote over 1,700 poems
Emily Dickinson
Amanda
|
$800
[14]
Called a "Dzong", a fortified one of these religious residences often serves as an admin. center for regions of Bhutan
a monastery
Amanda
|
$1,000
[20]
9-letter word for a tool used to groom a horse
a currycomb
|
|
$1,000
[10]
In the 1940s General Mills produced dried peas for these "alphabetical" (& infamous) army rations
K-rations
Morgan
Amanda
|
$1,000
[9]
Grilled pizza is a favorite dish of this host of the Food Network's "Hot Off The Grill"
Bobby Flay
Morgan
|
$1,000
[30]
It's the removal of stray hairs by coating with hot paraffin & stripping it off when cooled
waxing
Morgan
|
$1,000
[25]
I only have eyes for this White House bigwig & ex-Congressman seen here
Rahm Emanuel
Morgan
|
$1,000
[15]
Hollywood's American Cinematheque is based at this theater built during the 1920s King Tut craze
the Egyptian
Amanda
|
DD
$2,400
[18]
Someone walking on the sands hunting for curious objects
a beachcomber
Morgan
|
| SCIENCE CENTER | WHO'S THE MRS.? | SEÑOR MOMENTS | THE TIMES OF YOUR LIFE | ARRESTING AUTHORS | OVERLAPS |
|
$400
[7]
The part of a pear with the seeds
the core
Amanda
|
$400
[8]
Mrs. Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner
Amanda
|
$400
[14]
Nicknamed El Niño, this Spaniard started playing golf at age 3 & became club champ at 12
(Sergio) García
Morgan
|
$400
[1]
The commemoration of each full year's passage from the original event; if I forget mine again, my wife will kill me
an anniversary
Morgan
|
$400
[2]
This Irish wit did 2 years of hard labor for "gross indecency"
(Oscar) Wilde
Morgan
|
$400
[24]
Claw or ball-peen+Disney's Ariel
hammermaid
|
|
$800
[10]
In astronomy the barycenter is the center of mass of 2 bodies, usually one doing this in relation to the other
revolving around (or orbiting)
Morgan
|
$800
[9]
Mrs. Keith Urban
(Nicole) Kidman
Morgan
|
$800
[15]
After wandering all over the Southeast, this explorer & conquistador died in Louisiana in 1542
de Soto
Amanda
|
$800
[20]
This 5-letter adjective means to be late to class or in paying your club dues
tardy
Debbie
Amanda
|
$800
[3]
This "Sometimes a Great Notion" author served time for marijuana possession
(Ken) Kesey
Morgan
|
$800
[25]
Cheops' ancient structure+noon
pyramidday
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Your cells are eukaryotic, from the Greek for "nut", meaning they have a true one of these
a nucleus
Morgan
|
$1,200
[17]
Mrs. Freddie Prinze Jr.
(Sarah Michelle) Gellar
Morgan
|
$1,200
[16]
On May 22, 2004 this Crown Prince of Spain wed Letizia Ortiz, a former TV anchorwoman & a commoner (!)
Felipe
Morgan
Debbie
Amanda
|
$1,200
[21]
This ordinal "hour" on the clock refers to the last possible moment to take effective action
the eleventh hour
Morgan
|
$1,200
[4]
This "Junky" author was arrested for killing his wife in a drunken game of "William Tell"
(William) Burroughs
Morgan
|
$1,200
[26]
Overhead interior room surface+pasta type
ceilinguini
Morgan
Amanda
|
|
$1,600
[12]
In "Journey to the Center of the Earth", this "great fish lizard" kills a Plesiosaurus in savage combat
Ichthyosaurus
Morgan
Debbie
|
$1,600
[18]
Mrs. William H. Macy
Felicity Huffman
Morgan
Debbie
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
In English, this opera singer's name means "peaceful Sunday"
Plácido Domingo
Morgan
|
$1,600
[22]
"In the gloaming" usually refers to this 4-letter time of day
dusk
Morgan
Amanda
|
$1,600
[5]
TMZ went on the literary beat in 2009 when this partner of Jessica Lange was busted for a DUI
Sam Shepard
Amanda
|
$1,600
[28]
Someone who mixes drinks at a pub+treats your skin ailments
bartendermatologist
Morgan
|
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
10-letter term for the structure of the universe as explained by Ptolemy of Alexandria
geocentric
Morgan
|
$2,000
[19]
Mrs. Josh Brolin
Diane Lane
Amanda
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
Vicennial means occurring once every this many years
20
|
$2,000
[6]
He was imprisoned after writing a letter critical of Stalin & wrote "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" on his experiences
Solzhenitsyn
Morgan
|
$2,000
[29]
Legal excuse to avoid blame+having 2 legislative branches
alibicameral
Morgan
|
In 2008, Middlebury College in Vermont won its 2nd straight championship in this sport introduced in a 1997 novel
Quidditch