Monica Iyer — a law clerk from New York, New York
Renee Huff — a high school English teacher from Olney, Maryland
Chloe Horning — a graduate student in library and information science from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chloe | $2,800 | $3,800 | $10,200 |
$18,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
12 R, 1 W |
| Renee | $1,400 | $2,200 | $9,200 |
$6,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Monica | $2,800 | $10,400 | $27,200 |
$32,200
New champion: $32,200 |
$19,400
26 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| 1811 | THE SHANGHAI WORLD EXPO | INGREDIENTS IN THEMACBETHWITCHES' CAULDRON | "DROP" IT, BUSTER! | IT'S THE POLICE | I'LL NEED SOME BACKUP |
|
$200
[11]
Insane & no longer fit to rule, this British king was replaced by his son, the prince regent
George III
Monica
|
$200
[26]
Thepavilionfor this international organization was built to look like one of its relief tents
the Red Cross
Monica
|
$200
[1]
"Tongue of" one of these best friends
dog
Chloe
Monica
|
$200
[6]
Refer to other people in conversation in order to impress those you're talking to
name-drop
Monica
|
$200
[14]
To officially record a charge against an arrestee; do it, Danno
to book
Monica
|
$200
[21]
...and the Gang
Kool
Monica
|
|
$400
[12]
Her "Sense and Sensibility" was published anonymously "in three volumes", "by a lady"
Jane Austen
Monica
|
$400
[27]
This Alpine country'sexhibitnaturally included a ski liftride
Switzerland
Monica
|
$400
[2]
"Eye of" this amphibian
newt
Renee
|
$400
[7]
Firm candy made of gelatin & covered with sugar
a gumdrop
Monica
|
$400
[15]
The title of this Jack Webb TV drama refers to a systematic police search for a criminal
Dragnet
Renee
|
$400
[22]
...and the Pips
Gladys Knight
Monica
|
|
$600
[13]
This family-run company, founded in Germany to manufacture steel, eventually did a booming business
Krupp
|
$600
[28]
A 20-foot-tallrobotic babynamed Miguelín was featured in this European country's exhibit
Spain
Monica
|
$600
[3]
"Tooth of" this carnivore that can be timber or gray
wolf
Chloe
|
$600
[8]
Painted cloth hanging at the rear of a stage
backdrop
Renee
|
$800
[18]
There's a first name in this term for a policeman's heavy nightstick
a billy club
Renee
|
$600
[23]
...and the Crickets
Buddy Holly
Monica
|
|
$800
[16]
In an 1811 massacre, this pasha of Egypt (not the boxer) knocked out the Mamluks for good
Muhammad Ali
Monica
|
$800
[29]
Artwork brought to China for the expo included a van Gogh, a Gauguin & aself-portraitby this woman in the Mexico pavilion
Frida Kahlo
Monica
|
$800
[4]
"Wool of" one of these flyers
bat
Monica
|
$800
[9]
Perhaps a slippery sombrero inspired this phrase meaning "on a moment's notice"
at the drop of a hat
Monica
|
$1,000
[19]
If you need a policeman in Marseilles, ask for one of these
a gendarme
Monica
|
$800
[24]
...and the Sunshine Band
KC
Monica
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Construction began on the USA's first federal highway, known as this road after the town in which it originated
Cumberland Road
|
$1,000
[30]
Thesetwospecial Chinese administrative regions each had apavilion
Hong Kong and Macao
Monica
|
$1,000
[5]
"Toe of" this amphibian
frog
Chloe
|
$1,000
[10]
It's an old medical term for edema, the abnormal swelling of body tissue
dropsy
Chloe
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
Named for a palace that housed visiting royalty, it's the HQ of the London Metropolitan Police
Scotland Yard
Monica
|
$1,000
[25]
...and the Wailers
Bob Marley
Chloe
|
| EUROPEAN NATIONALITIES | MOVIE TITLE MATH | YOU'RE THE TOP | McMEN | PINEAPPLES | ENDS WITH A BODY PART |
|
$400
[10]
Effleurage is a light gliding stroke used in this hands-on type of spa treatment
Swedish massage
Chloe
|
$400
[6]
Number of simians in a Bruce Willis time travel movie squared
144
Chloe
|
$400
[16]
In 1985 Reagan & Gorbachev met in Geneva in this type of diplomatic meeting
a summit
Chloe
|
$400
[26]
In 1831 at age 22, he tried his hand at building a reaper
McCormick
Renee
|
$400
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Pineapples are the only widely eaten of the bromeliads, a family of 3,000 species; like others, they aren't grown from seed, but by planting the top leafy structure, called this
a crown
|
$400
[1]
Someone who moves props or lighting for a theatrical production
a stagehand
Renee
|
|
$800
[12]
It's basically a big kettle with a close-fitting lid, used to cook pot roasts & stews
a Dutch oven
Renee
|
$800
[7]
Number of "Weeks" in a Mickey Rourke film plus the title of a Fellini film; they add up to a whole number
18
|
$800
[18]
A fictional co. that may or may not help in roadrunner chasing, or a word from the Greek for "highest point"
acme
Renee
|
$800
[27]
His colleagues in the Senate had the decency to censure him, at long last, on Dec. 2, 1954
(Joseph) McCarthy
Monica
|
$800
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Pineapple cultivation needs relatively little irrigation; with its reservoir formed in the leaves, the plant is a natural xerophyte, from the Greek "xeros", meaning this
dry
|
$800
[2]
To identify an illness via medical exam
diagnose
Monica
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Leopoldville was the capital of this colony that existed from 1908 to 1960
the Belgian Congo
Monica
|
$1,200
[8]
Number of "Days Later" in a zombie flick divided by the title number of heroes in a Jessica Alba Marvel movie
7
Chloe
|
$1,200
[19]
The point formed in the hairline in the middle of the forehead is a "widow's" this
peak
Renee
|
$1,200
[28]
You don't have to picture this Republican senator; he's seen here
(Mitch) McConnell
Monica
|
$1,200
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) The pineapple shoots that grow from the mother plants after the main harvest are called the ratoon crop, also the Hawaiian term for a baby born to late-in-life parents; the word is thought to be from the Latin for this season
autumn
Chloe
Renee
|
$1,200
[3]
Smugglers who hid booze in their footwear gave rise to this adjective for something made or sold illicitly
a bootleg
Chloe
Renee
|
|
$2,000
[15]
The Elgin marbles helped establish this architectural style, based on 5th century B.C. works
Greek revival
|
$1,600
[9]
It's what 2(x+y) equals if x is the number of "Angry Men" in a 1957 film & y is the "Kings" in a George Clooney movie
30
Monica
|
$2,000
[17]
This TV-making brand got its start in 1918 making radio equipment in Chicago
Zenith
|
$1,600
[25]
This '60s secretary of defense passed away in July 2009
(Robert) McNamara
Monica
|
$1,600
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) The material that's laid down where pineapples are planted keeps weeds off, retains warmth & keeps moisture in; though it's a strip of plastic rather than organic material, it's called this
mulch
Renee
|
$1,600
[4]
A spiky sea critter, or a mischievous boy
an urchin
Monica
|
|
DD
$8,000
[14]
The uppermost polyp of this poisonous sea creature was thought to resemble a sail, hence its name
a Portuguese man-of-war
Monica
|
$2,000
[11]
Number preceding "Pick Up" in a Roy Scheider film minus Wesley Snipes' "Passenger" number in a 1992 movie
-5
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
8-letter word for the highest point of success or the highest part of a rock formation
pinnacle
Renee
|
$2,000
[24]
This 18th century Scotman invented a form of pavement
(John) McAdam
Renee
|
$2,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a pineapple plantation.) Whether grown in Africa or here in Hawaii, pineapples have eight spirals in one direction & 13 in the other--one example where nature shows the number sequence named for this Italian mathematician
Fibonacci
Chloe
|
$2,000
[5]
Most opulent
richest
Chloe
|
Alphabetically first among the 150 most populous U.S. cities, it has become the "polymer capital of the world"
Akron