Laura Suzuki — a graphic designer from Toronto, Canada
Andrew Schwerin — a law student from Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Paula Menasche — a high school social studies teacher from Coral Gables, Florida (whose 2-day cash winnings total $34,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paula | $200 | $2,000 | $11,900 |
$20,400
3-day champion: $55,100 |
$11,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Andrew | $400 | $3,700 | $10,100 |
$18,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
18 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Laura | $-1,200 | $200 | $9,000 |
$6,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,000
10 R, 2 W |
| NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS | WHICH TIME ZONE? | AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN | THAT 20-AUGHTS SHOW | NOTES FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL | KINDLY CORRECT NIGEL'S SPELLING |
|
$200
[11]
I'll adopt a rescue dog instead of last year's error, taking in this University of Michigan mascot
a wolverine
Andrew
|
$200
[7]
Medford, Oregon
Pacific
Andrew
|
$200
[6]
When asked to describe herself, she says first & foremost, she is Malia & Sasha's mom
Michelle Obama
Laura
|
$200
[15]
A 2-part episode of "JAG" introduced this Mark Harmon drama
NCIS
|
$200
[1]
We are positive David Mark's book "Going Dirty" is subtitled "The Art of" this type of "Campaigning"
negative
|
$200
[18]
I'm not positive that Harriet is receiving enough fibre in her diet
F-I-B-E-R
Andrew
|
|
$400
[12]
I will journey to this continent to climb some of the Queen Maud Mountains, named for the Queen of Norway
Antarctica
Andrew
|
$400
[8]
Casper, Wyoming
Mountain
Andrew
|
$400
[23]
Bessie Coleman, the first black woman licensed as a pilot, landed a street named in her honor at this Chicago airport
O'Hare
Paula
|
— |
$400
[2]
The Pulitzer-winning "The Making of the President 1960" covered this man's successful presidential campaign
JFK
Paula
|
$400
[19]
That adolescent's behaviour is utterly reprehensible
B-E-H-A-V-I-O-R
Laura
|
|
$600
[13]
I want to be more scholarly: I will critique "The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time" by this physicist
Stephen Hawking
Andrew
Laura
|
$600
[9]
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Central
Andrew
|
$600
[24]
Rita Dove titled a collection of poems "On the Bus with" this woman
Rosa Parks
Andrew
|
— |
$600
[3]
In "The Deadlocked Election of 1800", James R. Sharp outlines the fall of this dueling vice president
Aaron Burr
Paula
|
$600
[20]
I can't conceive why you believed you had licence to dissemble in such a fashion
L-I-C-E-N-S-E
Paula
|
|
$800
[14]
I resolve to lose 50 pounds, like Marie Osmond did using this diet program; Dan Marino lost 22
Nutrisystem
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
Akron, Ohio
Eastern
Andrew
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
In an essay defending this 2011 film, Myrlie Evers-Williams said, "My mother was" this film "& so was her mother"
The Help
Andrew
|
— |
$800
[4]
"Final Victory" by Stanley Weintraub traces FDR's tough reelection fight during this year
1944
Paula
Andrew
Laura
|
$800
[21]
Your manoeuvre showed expertise & precision far in excess of what I'd expected
M-A-N-E-U-V-E-R
Paula
|
|
$1,000
[17]
I'm gonna read 100 books, including "Dearie", a biography of this woman who mastered the art of French cooking
Julia Child
Andrew
|
$1,000
[16]
Lewiston, Idaho
Pacific
|
— | — |
$1,000
[5]
This bestseller about problems on the McCain-Palin ticket became an HBO movie with Julianne Moore
Game Change
|
$1,000
[22]
You will aggravate our quarrel if you persist in failing to recognise my authority
R-E-C-O-G-N-I-Z-E
Laura
|
| OLD YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS | POETS & POETRY | HE PLAYED A GUY NAMED JACK RYAN IN... | RANKS & TITLES | CONSERVATION | CROSSWORD CLUES "W" |
|
$400
[6]
Feb. 1, National Freedom Day, is the date in 1865 when a resolution sent the states an amendment ending this
slavery
Paula
|
$400
[11]
One of his "Tales of a Wayside Inn" begins, "Listen, my children, and you shall hear of the midnight ride of Paul Revere"
(Henry Wadsworth) Longfellow
Paula
|
$400
[26]
"Patriot Games"; he's had other iconic roles, in space & underground
Harrison Ford
Laura
|
$400
[17]
The Arabic amir, "commander", evolved into this U.S. naval rank
admiral
Paula
|
$400
[16]
In 1980 China founded a center for these cute creatures in its bamboo-rich Wolong Nature Preserve
pandas
Laura
|
$400
[1]
Bet(5)
wager
Andrew
|
|
$800
[7]
Security Council Resolution 1540 enforces non-proliferation of "nuclear, chemical &" this type of weapon
biological
Paula
|
$800
[12]
In 1787 he signed his first published poem "Axiologus"; axio- is from the Greek for "worth"
(William) Wordsworth
Andrew
|
$800
[27]
"The Hunt for Red October"; he went more comedic as Jack Donaghy on "30 Rock"
Alec Baldwin
Andrew
|
$800
[18]
A czarina is the wife of a czar; a czarevna is this person
the daughter of a czar
Andrew
|
$800
[19]
Early projects of the WWF, this organization, included work with the bald eagle & the red wolf
the World Wildlife Fund
Paula
Andrew
|
$800
[2]
A breakfast item, or to equivocate(6)
waffle
Andrew
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The practice of pre-authorizing presidential use of force dates to a 1955 resolution re: this island near mainland China
Taiwan
|
$1,200
[13]
Poet Laureate John Betjeman's hymn on this 1977 royal milestone made newspapers invite readers to submit better ones
the silver jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II
|
$1,200
[28]
"The Sum of All Fears"; he also won a screenwriting Oscar for "Good Will Hunting"
Ben Affleck
Andrew
Laura
|
DD
$1,500
[23]
Italian for "leader", it was especially applied to Benito Mussolini
il Duce
Paula
|
$1,200
[20]
A 1989 ivory ban followed a decade in which Africa's population of these creatures went from 1.3 million to 600,000
elephants
Andrew
|
$1,200
[3]
Wiggle out of doing something, like a ferret relative(6)
weasel
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[9]
U.N. Res. 242 supports "secure and recognized boundaries" for Israel & neighbors following this June 1967 war
the Six Day War
Andrew
|
$1,600
[14]
John Greenleaf Whittier wrote, "Blessings on thee, little man, barefoot boy, with cheek of" this
tan
Paula
|
— |
$1,600
[24]
This person is the queen's representative in Canada; currently the office is held by David Johnston
the Governor-General
Laura
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
Indonesia's largest lizard, it's protected from poachers, though we wish it could breathe fire to do the job itself
a Komodo dragon
Andrew
|
$1,600
[4]
Tired(5)
weary
Paula
|
|
$2,000
[10]
The Kentucky & Virginia resolutions were passed to protest these controversial 1798 acts of Congress
the Alien and Sedition Acts
Paula
|
$2,000
[15]
She wrote, "My candle burns at both ends... but, ah, my foes, and oh, my friends--it gives a lovely light"
Edna St. Vincent Millay
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
The civil service of the Chinese empire had 9 grades of these officials
mandarins
Laura
|
$2,000
[22]
In 2001, scientists wore suits to look like this bird & flew an aircraft to show captive-borns how to migrate
a whooping crane
Paula
|
$2,000
[5]
German for a child prodigy(10)
wunderkind
Laura
|
Held in 1857, America's first national landscape design contest was for the creation of this place
Central Park