Sara Lehmann — a retail sales associate from Albuquerque, New Mexico
Daniel Pasquini-Salazar — a non-profit project coordinator from Chicago, Illinois
Joanna Mang — a nanny from San Diego, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joanna | $1,400 | $2,800 | $7,200 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,800
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Daniel | $600 | $1,800 | $2,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
11 R, 5 W |
| Sara | $400 | $5,000 | $29,800 |
$24,800
New champion: $24,800 |
$23,800
24 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| FAN MAIL TO HISTORIC FIGURES | WHATCHAMACALLIT | POLITICAL TERMS | SAME SPELLING, DIFFERENT SOUND | THE WALKING DEAD | WHERE IS CARL?! |
|
$200
[1]
Even when you were el dictador of Peru in 1825, we still said viva el libertador!
(Simón) Bolívar
Daniel
|
$200
[21]
On a pencil, the ferrule is the metal ring that holds this
the eraser
Sara
|
$200
[6]
To test public reaction to some controversial idea, politicians may send up a "trial" one of these
a balloon
Joanna
Daniel
|
$200
[26]
60 seconds; extremely small
minute
Joanna
|
$200
[11]
Robert Englund once again sank his claws into this role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street 4: The Dream Master"
Freddy Krueger
Daniel
|
$200
[15]
Carl stays in the house exploring this Thomas Jefferson home that became a UNESCO World Heritage site in '87
Monticello
Sara
|
|
$400
[2]
Sir, your 1704 book "Opticks" laid the foundation for the science of spectrum analysis! You totally rock!
(Sir Isaac) Newton
Joanna
|
$400
[22]
A witch could tell you a besom is one of these with a cluster of brush or twigs on the end
a broom
Joanna
|
DD
$600
[7]
While scrambling eggs for her kids, Congresswoman Pat Schroeder got the idea of calling Reagan this "President"
the Teflon president
Joanna
|
$400
[27]
Trash; to decline to accept
refuse
|
$400
[12]
Russell, a vampire on this HBO show, took over a TV newscast, said he'd eat us all, then threw it to Tiffany for the weather
True Blood
Sara
|
$400
[17]
Carl heard it's always a party in Parque Lleras in Medellín in this South American country, so...
Colombia
Daniel
|
|
$600
[3]
Loved your Mar. 4, 1841 speech, despite the weather! 1 hour, 45 minutes of awesome! Now it's clear skies for your presidency!
William Henry Harrison
Daniel
|
$600
[23]
You're ready for a home project with a whole set of this tool that includes a trademark name
Allen wrenches
Sara
|
$600
[8]
A legislator who abandons the party line & votes for the other party's bill is said to be "crossing" this
the aisle
Joanna
|
$600
[28]
Intentional; to consider, as a jury
deliberate
Sara
|
$600
[13]
Sam Wheat says, whoopi! Oda Mae Brown can hear me even though I'm the title character in this 1990 film
Ghost
Sara
|
$600
[18]
Carl knows cures are found at the HQ of the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention in this city
Atlanta
Sara
|
|
$800
[4]
Will you sign my copy of the "Domesday Book" you commissioned, my king? It's a first edition from 1086!
William the Conqueror
Daniel
|
$800
[24]
Traditionally in India, a riding seat called a howdah is howdah person rides on the back of this animal
an elephant
Joanna
|
$800
[9]
The sight of hungry people grabbing meat from a keg probably inspired this term for certain spending
pork barrel
Joanna
|
— |
$800
[14]
In "Love at First Bite", Dracula warns, "without me" this area "will be as exciting as Bucharest... on a Monday night"
Transylvania
Daniel
|
$800
[19]
Carl has wandered into this state, site of the first atomic bomb explosion
New Mexico
Sara
|
|
$1,000
[5]
You got the Eastern Roman Empire to pay a ton of gold per year! Will you speak to our "Scourge of God" fan club?
Attila the Hun
Daniel
|
$1,000
[25]
Hey cowboy! This term for the small spiked wheel on the end of a spur is from the Latin for "wheel"
a rowel
|
$1,000
[10]
Folks in this job are called the "Boys on the Bus" after a book that documented the 1972 presidential campaign
reporters
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
Woody Harrelson loves Twinkies & killing the undead in this 2009 film
Zombieland
Sara
|
$1,000
[20]
At Odin Express--Carl's not a Norse god, he's on one of the rides at this Copenhagen amusement park
Tivoli Gardens
|
| ALPHABETICALLY FIRST | MY SON, THE ARTIST | HIGH-SCORING SCRABBLE WORDS | WHOSE ALBUM? | CLASSICAL LITERATURE | BE A LIZARD WIZARD |
|
$400
[8]
Of branches of the United States military
the Air Force
Joanna
Daniel
|
$400
[4]
This Cubist put his father, art teacher Don Jose Ruiz Blasco, in his first major work, "First Communion"
Picasso
Joanna
|
$400
[21]
45 rpm records are still made for this coin-operated machine, but CDs are now standard
a jukebox
Daniel
|
$400
[14]
1977:"Rumours"
Fleetwood Mac
Joanna
|
$400
[1]
Herodotus described this "fabled" teller of tales as a slave from Thrace
Aesop
Sara
|
$400
[26]
Special adaptations on the pads of their toes allow this type of little lizard to walk on walls, as seen here
the gecko
Joanna
|
|
$800
[9]
Of bands in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
ABBA
Daniel
|
$800
[5]
Last name of illustrator N.C., who left a mural unfinished when he died in 1945; son Andrew completed it
Wyeth
Sara
|
$800
[22]
As a slang term, it can refer to your sweetheart; as a verb, it means to press together
squeeze
Sara
|
$800
[15]
1969:"Tommy"
The Who
Joanna
|
$800
[2]
He may have been an illiterate bard who sang the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" to others who wrote them down
Homer
Joanna
|
$800
[27]
Having special glands in their lower jaws, the Gila monster & the Mexican beaded lizard are both this, so beware
poisonous
Sara
|
|
$1,200
[10]
Of Hogwarts' 4 houses
Gryffindor
Sara
|
$1,200
[6]
Gold engraver Ernst Klimt fathered this artist known for putting gold leaf on his works
Gustav Klimt
Sara
|
$1,200
[23]
The name of this wife of Ahab has come to mean an evil or scheming woman
Jezebel
Sara
|
$1,200
[16]
1987:"Sign 'O' the Times"
Prince
Sara
|
$1,200
[3]
This general's "Commentaries" were reports to the Romans about his campaigns in Gaul & the Civil War
Julius Caesar
Daniel
Sara
|
$1,200
[28]
Types of lizards include the bearded this & the Komodo this
a dragon
Sara
|
|
$1,600
[11]
Of the 3 films that starred James Dean
East of Eden
Joanna
Daniel
Sara
|
$1,600
[7]
This "School of Athens" painter was the son of Giovanni Santi, an artist who headed a studio in Urbino
Raphael
Daniel
|
$1,600
[24]
This beautifully plumed central American bird was sacred to the Aztecs & Mayans
the quetzal
Daniel
|
$1,600
[17]
2006:"Back to Black"
Amy Winehouse
Sara
|
$1,600
[19]
Both Euripedes & Sophocles wrote tragedies about this woman known for her devotion to her father Agamemnon
Electra
Joanna
Daniel
|
— |
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
Of permanent UN Security Council members
China
Sara
|
DD
$5,000
[13]
This German artist studied under his father, the elder, & later became court painter to Henry VIII
Hans Holbein the Younger
Sara
|
$2,000
[25]
Posed a series of oral or written questions
quizzed
Joanna
|
$2,000
[18]
1975:"Toys in the Attic"
Aerosmith
Sara
|
$2,000
[20]
The word "satyr" begins the title of this work that satirizes Rome of the 1st century
the Satyricon
Sara
|
— |
OED's earliest citation of this 5-word phrase is "Now, Monsieur Poirot, you would without doubt like to visit" this place
the scene of the crime