Hannah Spector — a stay-at-home mom from Van Nuys, California
Sharla Zwirek — an editorial manager from Medway, Massachusetts
John Erler — a movie mocker from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | $4,600 | $6,600 | $14,600 |
$26,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,600
27 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sharla | $600 | $2,000 | $1,200 |
$1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
9 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Hannah | $1,600 | $4,800 | $16,000 |
$29,201
New champion: $29,201 |
$16,000
15 R, 1 W |
| HORSETORY | FROM JOCK TO POLITICIAN | E BEFORE I | WE ALL MAKE CHOICES IN LIFE | SHAPE UP! | SHIP OUT |
|
$200
[25]
The horse panel is a set of 30,000-year-old drawings in the Chauvet cave, dating to this age
Stone Age
Sharla
|
$200
[11]
In 2008 ex-NBA point guard Kevin Johnson was elected mayor of this capital of California
Sacramento
John
|
$200
[1]
A temperature scale scorned by foreigners but good enough for us here in the U.S. of A.
Fahrenheit
John
|
$200
[6]
The math section of the S.A.T. a) is 70 minutes long; b) covers algebra; c) is mainly multiple choice; d) all of the above
d) all of the above
John
|
$200
[17]
A fitness saying goes, these 8 midriff muscles "are made in the kitchen"
abs
John
|
$200
[13]
On February 15, 1898 the USS Maine mysteriously sank in this city's harbor
Havana
|
|
$400
[26]
To flee predators, horses evolved the ability to do this standing up, using a leg-locking system called the stay apparatus
sleep
John
|
$400
[12]
He's seenherein his first career &thenin his years quarterbacking HUD as its secretary
Jack Kemp
Sharla
|
$400
[2]
You "take" it to become a nun
the veil
Sharla
|
$400
[7]
In poker, this guy's "choice" includes the game to be played & any special rules; you could say he holds all the cards
the dealer
John
|
$400
[18]
As well as a program to clear drugs from the body, this word now refers to an extreme but short-term diet
detox
Hannah
|
$400
[14]
On April 10, 1963 the Thresher, an atomic-powered one of these, sank in the North Atlantic with all hands lost
a submarine
John
|
|
$600
[27]
Having never seen horses until the Conquistadors arrived in 1519, these people described them as big sweaty deer
Aztecs
Sharla
|
$600
[22]
His resume--Rhodes scholar, N.Y. Knick for 10 years, U.S. senator for 18
Bill Bradley
John
|
$600
[3]
Arab tribal leader rank (often paired with rattle & roll?)
sheik
Sharla
|
$600
[8]
In 2011, "Keeping Up With The Kardashians" won this award for "Favorite Guilty Pleasure"
the People's Choice
Hannah
|
$600
[19]
Well, he said he'd be back...in 1999 he wrote "The New Encyclopedia of Modern Bodybuilding", updated from 1985
Schwarzenegger
Sharla
|
$600
[15]
It was sunk by the Germans off the Irish coast on May 7, 1915
the Lusitania
John
|
|
DD
$800
[28]
All breeds of domestic horse are a single species, scientifically this genus caballus
Equus
Sharla
|
$800
[23]
Future congressman Steve Largent was for the birds as a member of this NFL team from 1976 to 1989
the Seattle Seahawks
John
Sharla
Hannah
|
$800
[4]
Not this, nor that
neither
John
|
$800
[9]
This Nescafe coffee brand is "made with a fine blend of robusta and arabica beans picked at the peak of freshness"
Taster's Choice
John
|
$800
[20]
Time to take your talents to this Arthur Agatston "diet"; one book is "Quick and Easy"' another, "Supercharged"
South Beach
Hannah
|
$800
[16]
The classy ocean liner called "Ile de" this was partially sunk for the filming of the 1960 movie "The Last Voyage"
France
Hannah
|
|
$1,000
[29]
The horse has long been used in war; the Bible says it "saith among" the sound of these instruments, "ha, ha"
trumpets
Hannah
|
$1,000
[24]
Ken Dryden won 6 championships in his 8 seasons with this team & then won election to Canada's Parliament
the Montreal Canadiens
|
$1,000
[5]
A complicated bank or museum robbery
a heist
John
|
$1,000
[10]
First name of Polish refugee Zawistowska, who made a gut-wrenching title "choice" in a 1979 novel
Sophie
Hannah
|
$1,000
[21]
Regular exercise boosts HDL, high-density this ("good" cholesterol), while decreasing triglycerides
lipoprotein
|
$1,000
[30]
On July 25, 1956 this Italian liner collided with a Swedish ship & sank off Massachusetts
Andrea Doria
Hannah
|
| MARCH-ING | CELEBRITIES' FAVORITE BOOKS | IT'S A NOUN! IT'S A VERB! | IN THE STATE CAPITAL | GADGETS GALORE | GROUP "E"s |
|
$400
[8]
It was time to hide your pic-a-nic baskets in March 1872 when this first U.S. national park was established
Yellowstone
Sharla
|
$400
[16]
(I'm Wolf Blitzer of CNN.) My favorite book is "The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn" a tale of escape & much more that's set on this river
the Mississippi
John
|
$400
[3]
It can be the back part of something, or can mean to bring up a child
rear
John
|
$400
[1]
The Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center
Juneau (Alaska)
John
|
$400
[26]
In ancient Rome it was for incising a wax tablet; today, it's for poking at the screen on a handheld device
a stylus
John
|
$400
[21]
In October 2010 this group's Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Joe Walsh & Timothy B. Schmit hit the road for a fall tour
the Eagles
John
|
|
$800
[9]
On March 12, 1912 Juliette Gordon Low founded this group in Savannah, Georgia
the Girl Scouts
Hannah
|
$800
[17]
(Hi, I'm Charles Shaughnessy.) I love Yossarian in this Joseph Heller novel, especially when he shows up naked at his own medal ceremony
Catch-22
Sharla
|
$800
[4]
A doe's darling, or to seek favor by obsequious flattery
fawn
John
|
$800
[2]
The Ethan Allen Statue at the State House
Montpelier (Vermont)
Hannah
|
$800
[27]
This system helps recover your stolen car & now, with absolute software, can help recover a stolen laptop
Lojack
John
|
$800
[22]
In 1978 they put an R&B spin on "Got To Get You Into My Life"
Earth Wind & Fire
John
|
|
$1,200
[10]
March 1, 1815 saw this man return to France from exile
Napoleon
John
|
$1,200
[18]
(Hi, I'm Neil Patrick Harris.) One of my favorite books is this kids' classic in which 5th graders Jess & Leslie create a secret kingdom in the woods
Bridge to Terabithia
Hannah
|
$1,600
[6]
To make something invalid, or the vast abysmal vacant empty waste of nothing
void
John
|
$1,200
[13]
The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Austin
John
|
$1,200
[28]
The Magic Bullet featured in many infomercials, is this device
a blender
Hannah
|
$1,200
[23]
In the '90s this girl group had a string of hits including "Hold On" & "My Lovin' (You're Never Gonna Get It)"
En Vogue
Hannah
|
|
$1,600
[11]
It was March 23, 2010 that President Obama signed the far-reaching & controversial law reforming this
healthcare
John
|
$1,600
[19]
(Hi, I'm Isaac Mizrahi.) I loved Colm Toibin's "The Master", a fictionalized study of the interior life of this "Daisy Miller" author
Henry James
|
$2,000
[7]
Dry plant material that encloses grain; as a verb, it means to tease
chaff
|
$1,600
[14]
Themonumentto the Battle of Midway
Annapolis, Maryland
John
Sharla
|
$1,600
[29]
Instant tents from this "Outdoor Company" can be set up or taken down in one minute
Coleman
John
Sharla
|
$1,600
[24]
"I Can't Get It Out Of My Head" that this Jeff Lynne group joined Olivia Newton-John on the "Xanadu" soundtrack
ELO (Electric Light Orchestra)
John
|
|
DD
$2,200
[12]
On March 2, 1836 it declared its independence from Mexico
Texas
John
|
$2,000
[20]
(Hi, I'm Cheech Marin.) Hackers & Coolhunters are 2 of the amazing types in "Pattern Recognition" by this author of "Neuromancer"
(William) Gibson
Hannah
|
DD
$2,200
[5]
A medieval rank just below knight, or a verb meaning "to escort"
squire
John
|
$2,000
[15]
This is the place Heritage Park
Salt Lake City
Hannah
|
$2,000
[30]
This company that makes the original Swiss Army Knife now makes them with flash drives, laser pointers & LED flashlights
Victorinox
John
Sharla
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1991 this 3-letter group got techno-funky with "Unbelievable"
EMF
Hannah
|
A direction in this film: "Start with the tone... up a full tone. Down a major third. Now drop an octave. Up a perfect fifth"
Close Encounters of the Third Kind