Ann Thurlow — an aspiring novelist and retired salesperson from Mendham, New Jersey
Sean McGuire — an automotive service advisor from Plainville, Massachusetts
Francis Lansangan — a military analyst from Virginia Beach, Virginia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $78,401)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francis | $2,200 | $5,400 | $13,400 |
$26,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,400
22 R, 6 W |
| Sean | $600 | $3,400 | $7,000 |
$13,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,000
14 R, 3 W |
| Ann | $-1,800 | $600 | $17,600 |
$26,805
New champion: $26,805 |
$10,400
14 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| NEW WORDS & PHRASES | COLLEGES' HOME FOOTBALL STADIUMS | A FINE CATEGORY | HISTORICAL NOVELS | THE ENTERTAINER | HARVARD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY |
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$200
[5]
The name of this search engine launched in 1998 has become a verb meaning "to search on the Internet"
Google
Francis
|
$200
[1]
The Rose Bowl
UCLA
Francis
|
$200
[15]
Do this in public in Singapore & get fined $300--more than you expectorated?
spit
Sean
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$200
[11]
"Sally Hemings: A Novel" is a fictional account of this president & his mistress/slave
Thomas Jefferson
Francis
|
$200
[16]
"Vertical" term for a comedian who performs alone on a stage
stand-up
Francis
|
$200
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) A relative of the plesiosaurs, this42-foot reptile terrorized the seas of the early Cretaceous period; called Kronosaurus queenslandicus, it was discovered on a 1931 Harvard expedition to this continent
Australia
Sean
|
|
$400
[6]
This hyphenated term refers to the arrangement of remaining hairs to cover a bald spot & the method of doing so
comb-over
Francis
|
$400
[2]
Husky Stadium
University of Washington
Francis
|
DD
$200
[22]
In 17th c. Virginia it cost you 50 pounds of tobacco to miss weekly attendance here
church
Ann
|
$400
[12]
"Virgin: Prelude to the Throne" imagines her during her teenage years
Queen Elizabeth I
Francis
|
$400
[17]
To funnyman Dick Martin, Dan Rowan was this type of partner providing the setup lines
straight man
Francis
|
$400
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) The museum has 4,000 handcraftedglass flowers; created from 1887 to 1936, their accuracy allowed study in Boston of flowers from these regions, between 23 27' north & south
the Tropics
Sean
Ann
|
|
$600
[7]
Merriam-Webster gives 1988 as the date this masculine word evolved from "bimbo", 1 letter different
himbo
Francis
|
$600
[3]
Sun Devil Stadium
Arizona State
Francis
|
$600
[23]
You could be fined if you're caught driving solo in an HOV lane, short for this
high-occupancy vehicle
Francis
|
$600
[13]
Peter Green's "The Laughter of Aphrodite" tells about the life & times of this ancient poetess
Sappho
Sean
|
$600
[18]
One book says an impersonator imitates, while this similar performer reveals
an impressionist
Sean
|
$600
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) The Harvard Museum has part of the famous Zagami meteorite, which fell to the Earth in Nigeria in 1962; gases trapped inside match those found by Viking spacecraft, confirming the rock's distant origin on this planet
Mars
Sean
|
|
$800
[8]
There's a questioning sound to this collective term for people born in the 1980s & '90s
Generation Y
Francis
|
$800
[4]
Tiger Stadium
LSU
Francis
Sean
Ann
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$800
[24]
6-letter word for one who sprays his own name in graffiti; no matter how cool the signature, he may get fined for it
tagger
Francis
Ann
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$800
[14]
"Cosette", part 2 of this classic novel, begins with a chapter titled "Waterloo"
Les Misérables
Francis
|
$800
[19]
It's the British word for a street performer who sings & passes the hat in public
a busker
Sean
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) Suspended above the museum's dramatic Great Mammal Hall are theskeletonsof three whale species--a finback whale, a right whale, &this, the largest of the toothed whales
a sperm whale
Francis
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Breathe easier with this 4-letter acronym for a filter that removes even the tiniest airborne particles
HEPA
Francis
|
$1,000
[10]
Boone Pickens Stadium
Oklahoma State University
Francis
Sean
Ann
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$1,000
[25]
In 2007 Mass. fined individuals $219 for not having this type of insurance; the 2009 fine was as much as $1,068
health insurance
Francis
|
$1,000
[21]
Comparable to "Gone with the Wind", M.M. Kaye's "The Far Pavilions" is mainly set in what's now this country
India
Ann
|
$1,000
[20]
Jeff Dunham, this type of performer, became a YouTube sensation with characters like Peanut & Bubba J.
a ventriloquist
Francis
|
$1,000
[30]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from the Harvard Museum of Natural History in Cambridge, MA.) Weighing in at more than 1,600 pounds, the giant chunk of amethysthereis one of these stones that form under pressure inside cavities, from the Latin for "earth"
a geode
Sean
|
| NUDE WORDS & PHRASES | MOVIE DIRECTORS | HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER | CLASSICAL ROCK | CHEF IRON | GEOGRAPHIC MEANINGS |
|
$400
[8]
A 1997 film about guys who take it all off popularized this phrase, its title
the full monty
Sean
|
$400
[3]
Don't keep us in suspense; name this director whose profile is seen here
Alfred Hitchcock
Sean
|
$400
[17]
Kids, I was in theology school in 1952 when I asked Mary Powell to set me up with a friend, who turned out to be Coretta Scott
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ann
|
$400
[1]
This Italian's "Trial of Harmony and Invention, Opus 8" is heard anewhere
Vivaldi
Ann
|
$400
[16]
If your egg whites aren't behaving, use the Cuisipro stainless steel balloon this to whip them into shape
a whisk
Sean
|
$400
[23]
A country:"Rich Coast"
Costa Rica
Francis
Ann
|
|
$800
[9]
This 5-letter synonym for bare or plain is often found before "naked" to mean totally nude
stark
Ann
|
$800
[4]
From 1969's "Take the Money and Run" through 2011, he has released a new film in all but 4 years
Woody Allen
Francis
|
$800
[18]
Well, Irene, it was in the spring of 1894 that a mutual friend introduced me to the radiant Marie Sklodowska
Pierre Curie
Ann
|
$800
[2]
This composer's symphony that glorified the ideal of human brotherhood is re-imagined here
Beethoven
Sean
|
$800
[22]
Amco's 12-inch pairs of stainless steel utility locking these feature silicone-coated tips "for perfect pickups"
tongs
Francis
Ann
|
— |
|
$1,200
[10]
If you went swimming "in the" this word, it doesn't mean in undyed leather, as it might imply
buff
Sean
|
$1,200
[5]
He goes for the macabre, directing "Corpse Bride" & "Sweeney Todd"
Tim Burton
Francis
|
$1,600
[20]
By Jove, kids, it was around 41 B.C. when your mother sailed up the Cydnus in a barge, dressed as Venus
Mark Antony
Sean
Ann
|
$1,200
[13]
It's Wagner's "Ride of" these, the way it was meant to be--heavy metal, & we don't mean the tuba
the Valkyrie
Ann
|
— | — |
|
$1,600
[11]
Those naughty French gave us dishabille, meaning only partly clothed, & "au" this, meaning unclothed
naturel
Francis
|
$1,600
[6]
This New Zealand-born woman directed 2009's "Bright Star", about poet John Keats
Jane Campion
Francis
|
$2,000
[21]
We'd met as kids since we're distant cousins, but it was 1903 when she became "First Lady" of my heart
FDR
Sean
|
$2,000
[15]
The buzz on this newly rocked-outpiecesays it's from Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "Tsar Saltan"
"Flight of the Bumblebee"
Francis
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[12]
A naked person is undressed; a naked statue is this, starting with the same 4 letters as "undressed"
undraped
Ann
|
$2,000
[7]
This director shot 99 takes of the opening scene in "The Social Network"
David Fincher
Francis
|
DD
$7,200
[19]
Pen, my boy, I fell in love with your mother's poetry before I met her in person at her Wimpole Street house in May 1845
Robert Browning
Ann
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
When he composed his Symphony No. 40 in G Minor in 1788, he didn't have these sounds in mind
Mozart
Ann
|
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This 2-word term has its origins in a hostage-taking that followed the botched 1973 Norrmalmstorg bank robbery
Stockholm Syndrome