Taylor Norwood — a high school speech and debate teacher from Dallas, Texas
Misha Bushyager — a culinary student and mom from Baltimore, Maryland
Matt Samberg — an attorney from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $2,800 | $3,600 | $12,300 |
$23,201
2-day champion: $44,601 |
$16,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Misha | $600 | $-1,000 | $9,000 |
$18,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
9 R, 2 W |
| Taylor | $2,600 | $4,000 | $11,600 |
$23,190
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ROLLING STONE'SGREATEST GUITARISTS | LITERARY ADJECTIVES | STATE THE NATIONAL PARK | ABBRE-V-ATIONS | NOTABLE HUNGARIANS | MEDICAL TALK |
|
$200
[7]
The winner, & still No. 1: this Purple Hazer
(Jimi) Hendrix
Matt
|
$200
[13]
8 letters: if a psychoanalyst's "slip" is showing, it's probably this kind
Freudian
Matt
|
$200
[14]
Petrified Forest National Park
Arizona
Taylor
|
$200
[20]
In naval ranks: VA
Vice Admiral
Matt
|
$200
[6]
Born Erik Weisz in Budapest, he took his stage name from a French magician
Harry Houdini
Taylor
|
$200
[1]
Bleeding from here, sometimes caused by dry air, is called epistaxis
the nose
Matt
|
|
$400
[9]
I saw this top-ranked Beatle standing there at No. 11, & that's saying "Something"
George Harrison
Taylor
|
$400
[15]
8 letters: a type of "bargain" with the devil, named for a man who made such a deal
Faustian
Matt
|
$400
[16]
North Cascades National Park
Washington
|
$400
[21]
Named for a Tudor: VA
Virginia
Misha
|
$400
[8]
A music academy in Budapest is named for this pianist & composer who founded it in 1875
(Franz) Liszt
Matt
Taylor
|
$400
[2]
An ectopic pregnancy occurs when the fertilized egg implants outside of this hollow organ
the uterus
Matt
|
|
$600
[10]
Though "Dazed and Confused", this Zep axeman climbed a stairway to the No. 3 spot
Jimmy Page
Taylor
|
$600
[18]
7 letters: isn't it pertaining to poet George Gordon... don't you think?
Byronic
|
$600
[17]
Zion National Park
Utah
Taylor
|
$600
[22]
A British order of knighthood: VA
Victoria & Albert
|
$600
[28]
He's been called "the real Dr. Strangelove" as well as "the father of the h-bomb"
(Edward) Teller
Matt
|
$600
[3]
Otitis externa is the medical term for this "sporty" condition, an infection often caused by polluted water
swimmer's ear
Misha
|
|
$800
[11]
This rock pioneer was Goode enough to finish at sweet little 7
Chuck Berry
Taylor
|
$800
[19]
10 letters: after the author of "A Hunger Artist", it means marked by surreal distortion
Kafkaesque
|
$800
[26]
Hot Springs National Park
Arkansas
Taylor
|
$800
[23]
In an international Internet domain name: .va
the Vatican
Matt
|
$800
[29]
Beginning with his first guidebook, "1936--On the Continent", he revolutionized the travel publishing industry
(Eugene) Fodor
Matt
|
$800
[4]
Hordeolum is another name for this, a 3-letter term for an abscess occurring on the edge of the eyelid
a sty
Matt
|
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
The Cream didn't quite rise to the top; this guitar!st floated up to No. 2
Eric Clapton
Taylor
|
$1,000
[25]
7 letters: adjective for works like "Arms and the Man"
Shavian
Misha
|
$1,000
[27]
Lassen Volcanic National Park
California
|
$1,000
[24]
In optometry: V/A
visual acuity
Misha
|
$1,000
[30]
After moving to America, he directed such film classics as "Casablanca" & "Mildred Pierce"
Michael Curtiz
|
$1,000
[5]
Synonyms for it are pollex & digitus primus
the thumb
Matt
Taylor
|
| HARD TIMES | BLEAK HOUSE | OLIVER TWIST | OUR MUTUAL FIEND | THE QUICK PICK PAPERS | THE CHARLES DICKENS BICENTENNIAL |
|
$400
[16]
A U.S. recession was caused in part by the 1802 treaty of Amiens, bringing peace between France & this signing nation
Great Britain
Taylor
|
$400
[10]
Your house won't be bleak for long if it has a Rialto luxury lift power recliner from this hyphenated company
La-Z-Boy
Taylor
|
$400
[1]
The eggs of fish or crustaceans
roe
Taylor
|
$400
[21]
In 1961 Betty Lou Gerson voiced this villainess in the original "101 Dalmatians"; in 1996 Glenn Close got the role
Cruella de Vil
Taylor
|
$400
[6]
Put "back" in front of this type of instant lottery ticket & you get an item that helps you get to hard-to-reach spots
a scratcher
Matt
|
$400
[26]
The "Dickens on Screen" festival showed the 1951 "Christmas Carol" adaptation with Alastair Sim as this character
Ebenezer Scrooge
Taylor
|
|
$800
[17]
One cause of the panic of 1873 was overinvestment in this form of transportation, as with the Northern Pacific line
railroads
Matt
|
$800
[11]
If you have "everything but" this 2-word item, why not try an apron-front or tile-in style
kitchen sink
Taylor
|
$800
[2]
In 1 syllable, disgusting
vile
Misha
|
$800
[22]
On film this brutal captain was played by Charles Laughton & Trevor Howard--oh yeah, & Anthony Hopkins
(Capt.) Bligh
Matt
|
$800
[7]
Vegas' Silverton is one of the casinos with a "lounge" for this lottery-type game; pick the right numbers & you can win big!
keno
Taylor
|
$800
[27]
The Brits even celebrated the April 2 Bicentennial of John Forster, who had this role repping Dickens to publishers
literary agent
Misha
|
|
$1,600
[19]
When land & farm prices collapsed in 1887, farmers demanded the unlimited, or "Free", coinage of this metal
silver
Matt
|
$1,200
[12]
A svelvik, malm or nyvoll bed frame from this company will make sure you don't dread your bed
IKEA
Matt
|
$1,200
[3]
The only astrological sign that fits
Leo
Taylor
|
$1,200
[23]
Arnold Schwarzenegger first met this fiend in 1987; Danny Glover & Adrien Brody came later
Predator
Taylor
|
$1,200
[8]
The Irish Sweepstakes combined lottery drawings with this other sport
horse racing
Misha
|
$1,200
[28]
On the big day, February 7, Prince Charles & Ralph Fiennes paid tribute at this London burial site
Westminster Abbey
Taylor
|
|
$2,000
[20]
The crisis of 2008 brought forth the TARP program to buy up MBS, short for these not so secure " securities "
mortgage-backed
Matt
|
$1,600
[13]
Perk up a drab bathroom with this type of tub, named for a distinctive feature
clawfoot
Misha
|
$1,600
[4]
For the contestants to quiz me would be this type of reversal
role
Misha
|
$1,600
[24]
Hayden Christensen & Jake Lloyd both played the character who would grow up to be this fiend
Darth Vader
Matt
|
$1,600
[9]
Lotteries helped establish several U.S. schools, including NYC's King's College, now called this
Columbia
Matt
|
$1,600
[29]
This title boy & Mr. Micawber are appearing onstage at the theater where the "Pinball Wizard" scene in "Tommy" was filmed
David Copperfield
Matt
Taylor
|
|
DD
$2,400
[18]
The economic contraction known as the Panic of 1907 led Congress to create this system in 1913
the Federal Reserve
Matt
|
$2,000
[14]
Your doors need zing...how 'bout these side-by-side doors aka casement doors, with glass panes down their length
French doors
Misha
|
$2,000
[5]
To disturb & make cloudy by stirring up sediment
rile (or roil)
Misha
|
$2,000
[25]
Donald Pleasence, Max von Sydow & Telly Savalas played this nemesis of MI6
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
|
$2,000
[15]
As a legislator in Massachusetts from 1827 to 1837, this educator acted to get lottery ticket sales banned
(Horace) Mann
Taylor
|
DD
$5,300
[30]
This city named for its "harbor entrance" location re-created the dance at which Elizabeth Dickens' water broke
Portsmouth
Matt
|
In 2011 his daughter Svetlana, living in the U.S. under the name Lana Peters, died in Wisconsin at age 85
Joseph Stalin