Lars Medley — a non-profit program coordinator from Salt Lake City, Utah
Lauren Girard — a museum guest relations manager from Los Angeles, California
Rob Groves — a classics lecturer from Los Angeles, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rob | $2,200 | $6,200 | $12,200 |
$19,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
20 R (including 1 DD), 7 W |
| Lauren | $3,000 | $3,400 | $14,400 |
$24,400
New champion: $24,400 |
$13,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Lars | $1,200 | $800 | $9,600 |
$16,001
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,000
15 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| AUTHORS | WHICH U.S. CABINET DEPARTMENT? | RETIRED | REAL NAMES OF FAKE CHARACTERS | WATER TRANSPORTATION | THE KING'S ENGLISH |
|
$200
[16]
Walt Whitman began his best-known poem, "I celebrate" this person, "and sing" him too
myself
Rob
|
$200
[21]
The Transportation Security Administration
The Department of Homeland Security
Rob
Lars
|
$200
[26]
Good grief! By the time he retired in 2000, he had drawn some 18,000 comic strips
(Charles) Schulz
Rob
|
$200
[7]
Milburn Pennybags is the mascot of this game; if you do not respond, you do not collect $200
Monopoly
Lars
|
$200
[6]
Monroe, Louisiana took its name to honor the arrival of one of these, named for the president, up the Ouachita River
a steamboat
Rob
Lauren
|
$200
[1]
Get on the blower & ask the queen if she knows a blower is this in the States
a telephone
Lars
|
|
$400
[17]
It's no fairy tale: the town of Kassel, Germany has a museum devoted to these brothers
the Grimm brothers
Rob
|
$400
[22]
The Fish & Wildlife service
the Interior
Rob
|
$400
[27]
In 2012 this American ended his pro tennis career at the U.S. Open, which he'd won in 2003
Andy Roddick
Lauren
Lars
|
$400
[8]
This toy's real full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts; her on/off boyfriend's last name is Carson
Barbie
Lars
|
$400
[12]
In February 2009 a British nuclear-armed one of these collided in the Atlantic with a French one, but everything's fine
submarines
Lars
|
$400
[2]
Jacket potato isn't the latest British boy band sensation, it's this item in a British restaurant
a baked potato
Lauren
Lars
|
|
$600
[18]
Mo Willems is the author of the kids' books about this bird--don't let it drive the bus!
the pigeon
Rob
|
$600
[23]
The U.S. Parole Commission
the Justice Department
Lars
|
$600
[28]
2012 was not "My Favorite Year" once it brought the retirement of this British acting legend at age 79
Peter O'Toole
|
$600
[9]
Poppin' Fresh, aka this, hung out with 2 kids, Popper & Bun Bun
the Pillsbury Dough Boy
Lars
|
$600
[13]
Alexander Graham Bell gave the firstairboatits name; he said "we have named her" this "and hope she will turn out to be a swan"
the Ugly Duckling
Rob
|
$600
[3]
If you're out of cash in the pub, you can always use your chip & PIN, one of these
a credit card (or ATM card)
Lauren
|
|
$800
[19]
"I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" is the first volume of her autobiography
Maya Angelou
Rob
|
$1,000
[25]
The National Nuclear Security Administration
the Department of Energy
Rob
|
$800
[29]
Afterhis1973 heroics he was retired to stud, siring more than 40 stakes winners
Secretariat
Rob
|
$800
[10]
"Bibendum" doesn't exactly sing, so we know the roly-poly tire mascot better by this alliterative name
the Michelin Man
Lauren
|
$800
[14]
It sounds like a word for a helicopter, but it refers to an air cushion vehicle
a hovercraft
Rob
|
$800
[4]
Someone on the dole in England isn't eating up your pineapple, he's on this American equivalent
welfare
Lars
|
|
$1,000
[20]
This author's losing entry in a 1948 literary contest became the basis for the movie "2001"
(Arthur C.) Clarke
Lars
|
DD
$1,400
[24]
The Food Safety and Inspection Service
the Department of Agriculture
Lars
|
$1,000
[30]
Senate partisanship was the reason this Maine Republican said she was quitting in 2012
(Olympia) Snowe
Rob
|
$1,000
[11]
On "Night Court", hulking bailiff Nostradamus Shannon was better known by this nickname
Bull
Lauren
|
$1,000
[15]
The name of this vessel is from the Cantonese word sam, or three; they were once a very basic boat, made from three boards
a sampan
Lars
|
$1,000
[5]
"To earth" is the term British electricians use in place of this verb
to ground
Rob
|
| AROUND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE | BIBLICAL JEALOUSY | MUSIC LEGENDS: BORN & DIED | STARTS & ENDS WITH "A" | 1801-1810 | THE QUEENS ENGLISH |
|
$400
[22]
This nation has the greatest amount of land territory within the Arctic Circle
Russia
Rob
Lauren
|
$400
[1]
The Philistines were jealous of the wealth of this son of Abraham, so they filled his wells with earth
Isaac
Rob
|
$400
[6]
Born 1958 in Gary, Indiana; died 2009 in Los Angeles
Michael Jackson
Rob
Lauren
|
$400
[11]
This Peruvian grazing animal thrives at heights from 12,000 to 16,000 feet
an alpaca
Rob
|
$400
[21]
On March 16, 1802 Congress established a military academy at this New York site; it opened on the 4th of July
West Point
Rob
|
$400
[20]
This airport in Queens used to be called Idlewild
JFK
Lauren
|
|
$800
[23]
2/3 of this island, or more than 550,000 square miles, lies in the Arctic
Greenland
Lars
|
$800
[2]
This guy with a colorful coat was hated by his brothers, who "could not speak peaceably unto him"
Joseph
Rob
|
$800
[7]
Born 1945 in St. Ann, Jamaica; died 1981 in Miami
Bob Marley
Lars
|
$800
[12]
This organism can vary in size from about 1/100 inch to 1/10 inch across
an amoeba
Lauren
|
$800
[27]
On March 23, 1806 this pair & their men left Fort Clatsop for St. Louis, arriving exactly 6 months later
Lewis & Clark
Lars
|
$800
[19]
Dis guy, dis guy grew up in Queens and won de big event in de borough four times
John McEnroe
Lauren
|
|
$1,200
[24]
Named for a 17th century British explorer, this country's Baffin Island is about the size of Spain
Canada
Rob
|
$1,200
[3]
Jewish leaders from Antioch persuaded the people to expel this apostle & Barnabas from the city
Paul
|
$1,200
[8]
Born 1943 in Liverpool; died 2001 in Los Angeles
George Harrison
Lauren
|
$1,200
[13]
The chief marketplace of Athens; hope you don't have a phobia about it
the agora
Rob
|
$1,200
[28]
Jesse Fell of Pennsylvania invented a great grate to permit the home burning of this hard coal
anthracite
Rob
|
$1,200
[18]
It's a little weird to say, but Queens is bounded on the west by this river
the East River
Lars
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Arctic territory under the red, white & blue includes this northernmost "Point" of Alaska & the United States
Point Barrow (Alaska)
|
DD
$2,000
[4]
King Saul was displeased when the women of Israel praised this man's battlefield prowess over his own
King David
Rob
|
$2,000
[10]
Born 1942 in Seattle; died 1970 in London
Jimi Hendrix
|
$1,600
[14]
This gas is made up of one part nitrogen & 3 parts hydrogen
ammonia
Rob
|
$1,600
[29]
On April 27, 1805 a force of Marines & Arabs captured the port of Derna on the shores of this place
Tripoli
Lars
|
$1,600
[17]
The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House is on a land grant from this Dutch Colonial governor
(Peter) Stuyvesant
Lars
|
|
$2,000
[26]
This country's Urho Kekkonen National Park is located in its Arctic Lapland region
Finland
Rob
|
$2,000
[5]
Martha was jealous that this sister got to listen to Jesus while Martha made preparations
Mary
Lars
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
Born 1967 in Hoquiam, Washington; died 1994 in Seattle
Kurt Cobain
Lauren
|
$2,000
[15]
A thing detested or loathed, as in the subject is this to the man
anathema
Lauren
|
$2,000
[30]
Unnamed when it steamed up the Hudson in 1807, it was later named for the estate of Robert Fulton's backer
the Clermont
|
$2,000
[16]
It ain't no Waldorf, but this neighborhood has lots of Greeks, & Telly's Taverna--to die for
Astoria
Rob
Lauren
|
An 1831 novel says that Charlemagne laid the first stone of this title place, "old queen of our cathedrals"
Notre Dame