Megan Davenport — an administrative coordinator and graduate student from Ruston, Louisiana
Judy Nichols — a mystery writer from Wilmington, North Carolina
Sean Hansen — an assistant professor of management information systems originally from Cleveland, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $30,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean | $6,000 | $8,000 | $15,600 |
$3,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,600
21 R, 1 W |
| Judy | $600 | $5,000 | $12,800 |
$25,300
New champion: $25,300 |
$10,200
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Megan | $800 | $800 | $13,600 |
$23,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| CASHMERE | NOVEL VOCABULARY | REVOLUTION | INTERVIEWING THE INTERVIEWER | WOMEN ON TV | A STATE OF... |
|
$200
[26]
Cashmere comes from the downy undercoat of the Kashmir type of this animal
goat
Megan
|
$200
[6]
In "Bleak House" this author used the word "swipes" for weak beer
Dickens
Sean
|
$200
[1]
Zapata & Villa were part of this country's revolution of 1910-1920, said to have claimed a million lives
Mexico
Sean
|
$200
[21]
In February 2011 he sat down for a somewhat grumpy interview with his replacement, Piers Morgan
Larry King
Megan
|
$200
[11]
In the fall of 2011, these sisters, Zooey & Emily, both had shows on Fox
the Deschanel sisters
Sean
|
$200
[16]
This, like the one Gov. Schwarzenegger declared in Santa Barbara County on July 3, 2008 due to wildfires
emergency
Sean
Judy
|
|
$800
[28]
The book "Baby Cashmere" tells of Loro Piana's yearly trek to buy cashmere in this large landlocked country
Mongolia
Megan
|
$400
[7]
In "The Age of Innocence", society women must be "properly coiffees"--meaning this must look just right
hair
Megan
|
$400
[2]
The power loom & steam engine helped fuel this "revolution" of economic & social changes starting around 1760
the Industrial Revolution
Judy
|
$400
[22]
(Hi. I'm Anderson Cooper.) Hosting a 2009 special on the Time 100, I got to interview Barbara Walters & her co-hosts on this show about their influence
The View
Megan
|
$400
[12]
A contract signed in 2011 will keepherperking up viewers' mornings through 2017
Kelly Ripa
Megan
|
$400
[17]
This, the annual message required by the Constitution in Article II, Section 3
State of the Union Address
Sean
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Paintings by this 3-named American include "The Cashmere Shawl" & "Rose-Marie Ormond Reading in a Cashmere Shawl"
John Singer Sargent
|
$600
[8]
This author wasn't charitable to readers when he used "eleemosynary" in the first line of "Tom Jones"
(Henry) Fielding
Sean
|
$600
[3]
Tahrir is Arabic for "liberation"; Tahrir Square was the center of this country's 2011 revolution, culminating Feb. 11
Egypt
Sean
Judy
|
$600
[23]
This late "Meet the Press" host told the N.Y. Times he sometimes felt like shaking his guests & saying, "Answer the question"
(Tim) Russert
Judy
|
$600
[13]
Her recurring characters on "SNL" include the excitable Target Lady & Lawrence Welk singer Dooneese
(Kristen) Wiig
Sean
|
$600
[18]
This, the condition of being in God's favor or one of the Elect
a state of grace
Judy
|
| — |
$800
[9]
Emily Bronte uses "flaysome", meaning dreadful, several times in this novel
Wuthering Heights
Judy
|
$800
[4]
This chairman's "Little Red Book" (& big Red Guards) were big parts of China's Cultural Revolution that began in 1966
Mao
Sean
|
$1,000
[25]
In 2005 Mike Wallace got the treatment he'd often dished out--from this "Fox News Sunday" interviewer
Chris Wallace (his son)
Sean
|
$800
[14]
This Colombian beauty is actually a natural blonde but dyed her hair darker to get acting jobs
Sofia Vergara
Sean
|
$800
[19]
This, the physiological effect made by the passage of an electric current through the body
shock
Sean
|
| — |
$1,000
[10]
This adjective meaning "frenzied" is in the title of an 1874 Thomas Hardy novel
madding (in Far from the Madding Crowd )
Sean
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1775 he led 1,100 men on an invasion of Canada, so really he ticked off 3 countries during the revolution
Benedict Arnold
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
About his famous interviews with Richard Nixon, he said he felt empathy, not sympathy, for Nixon
David Frost
Judy
|
$1,000
[15]
This co-anchor of "Good Morning America" was a hoops star at Southeastern Louisiana University
Robin Roberts
Sean
|
$1,000
[20]
This, a phrase meaning the latest & most sophisticated stage of a technology
state of the art
Judy
|
| MERE CASH | GEOLOGY | SONGS FROM MOVIES | WORDS WITHIN WORDS | WITHOUT MY PARTNER | POLAR EXPLORATION |
|
$400
[1]
This ATM favorite was the first bill redesigned with background colors for greater security
the $20 bill
Judy
|
$400
[6]
The Nazca Plate's movement under the South American plate is causing this over 4,000-mile mountain range to rise
the Andes
Sean
|
$400
[7]
1973:"The Entertainer" & "Gladiolus Rag" by Scott Joplin
The Sting
Judy
|
$400
[17]
Everyone was fortunate when Hurley cooked a delicious dinner featuring this fish
tuna (in for tuna te)
Sean
|
$400
[12]
He's chronicled White House decision making in "Bush at War" & "Obama's Wars"
Bob Woodward
Sean
Megan
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1892 Robert Peary proved that this was an island, not an Arctic continent, by traversing its northeast corner
Greenland
Sean
|
|
$800
[2]
Discontinued in 1966, the $2 bill was brought back 10 years later with the signing of this document on the reverse
the Declaration of Independence
Judy
|
$800
[27]
It's an area where bitumen seeps to the surface, sometimes trapping animals; there's one about 5 miles from us
a tar pit
Sean
|
$800
[8]
1994:"Circle Of Life"
The Lion King
Megan
|
$800
[18]
We're leaving this place if you embarrass me by drinking too much
bar (in em bar ass)
Megan
|
$800
[13]
He composed the music for the 1867 operetta "The Contrabandista"
(Arthur) Sullivan
Judy
|
$2,000
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Fram Museum in Oslo, Norway.) I'm at the helm of the famousshipappropriately named Fram, meaning "forward", that was used on the first successful quest to reach the South Pole, led by this Norwegian explorer
Roald Amundsen
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The 1869 $10 note is called the "jackass note" because this bird looks like a donkey when the bill is upside down
the American eagle
Sean
|
$1,200
[26]
So much water was frozen in the Pleistocene epoch glaciers that this was at least 330 feet lower than today
sea level
Megan
|
$1,200
[9]
1942:"You're A Grand Old Flag", "Over There"
Yankee Doodle Dandy
Judy
|
$1,200
[19]
Broderick's credit rating was atrocious; he was always "in the" this
red (in c red it)
Sean
|
$1,200
[14]
On December 3, 1926 he was arrested for the first time, in Dallas for auto theft
Clyde Barrow
Judy
|
DD
$4,800
[23]
Mount Erebus, the southernmost active volcano, was discovered in 1841 by this man for whom an ice shelf is named
(James) Ross
Megan
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In 2007 the Mint issued a $5 commemorative coin celebrating the 400th anniv. of the founding of this colony
Jamestown
Megan
|
$1,600
[25]
Chromite, from which we get chromium, is formed when this cools & solidifies underground
magma
Megan
|
$1,600
[10]
1964:"We'll Meet Again" & "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
|
$1,600
[20]
My compatriot, Mr. Henderson, isn't so believable, as he tends to do this
lie (in be lie vable)
Megan
|
$2,000
[16]
In 1849 this man with a good name for an accountant set up business in London
Samuel Price (of Price Waterhouse)
|
— |
|
$2,000
[5]
The 1900 Lafayette dollar was the first authorized U.S. coin to feature this man; today he appears on another coin
George Washington
|
$2,000
[24]
This term refers to thelayeringthat occurs in most sedimentary rocks & has produced Oregon's Painted Hills
stratification
Megan
|
$2,000
[11]
1970:"Suicide Is Painless", with lyrics by Mike Altman
M*A*S*H
Sean
|
$2,000
[21]
The drought extended for decades, ruining the economy & making it this on all of us
rough (in d rough t)
Megan
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
In 2007, at age 79, this American scientist saw his personal genome posted online
(James) Watson
Judy
|
— |
The only 2 plays whose titles repeat a word, excluding articles & prepositions, are "Measure for Measure" & this
All's Well That Ends Well