Sam Hopkins — an M.B.A. student originally from Prairie Village, Kansas
Meena Puffer — a recruiter from Bear, Delaware
Mike Lewis — a systems engineer from Bloomington, Minnesota (whose 4-day cash winnings total $102,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $600 | $4,600 | $9,600 |
$19,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Meena | $400 | $1,800 | $3,800 |
$6,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
11 R, 2 W |
| Sam | $1,400 | $5,200 | $14,400 |
$19,201
New champion: $19,201 |
$14,400
20 R, 3 W |
| THE '60s (19th CENTURY EDITION) | HONEY | "ATH" & YOU SHALL RECEIVE | GYMNASTICS | POETRY | WHERE IS IT? |
|
$200
[6]
In 1866 these brothers began their criminal career with a bank robbery at Liberty, Missouri
the James brothers
Sam
|
$200
[14]
Proverbially, you can catch more flies "with honey than with" this liquid
vinegar
Sam
|
$200
[24]
It can be a course of conduct as well as direction
path
Mike
|
$200
[19]
Strength movements in this men's gymnastics event include the lever & the iron cross
the rings
Sam
|
$200
[11]
A tercet is this many lines of verse
three
Sam
|
$200
[1]
In myth:the home of Artemis & Hermes
(Mount) Olympus
Meena
|
|
$400
[7]
On Oct. 24, 1861 Western Union completed this coast-to-coast line
the telegraph line
Meena
|
$400
[15]
This brew made of fermented honey & water was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I
mead
Meena
|
$400
[25]
Divine anger
wrath
Meena
|
$400
[21]
7 perfect scores helped this Romanian girl win 3 gold medals at the 1976 Olympics
Nadia Comăneci
Sam
|
$400
[12]
Lesser-known entries in a classic collection of these "rhymes" include "Daffy-Down-Dilly" & "Little Jenny Wren"
nursery rhymes
Meena
|
$400
[2]
The university:the Kennedy School Library, on JFK Street
Harvard
Meena
|
|
$600
[8]
General Sheridan's plan to suppress Native Americans included killing all of these animals that supported their way of life
the bison (or the buffalo)
Sam
|
$600
[16]
The forest-dwelling honey variety of this creature of Southeast Asia is known as bhalu in Hindi
a bear
Mike
|
$600
[26]
From the Greek for "learning", it proves a challenge for many
math
Meena
Sam
|
$600
[20]
The padded horse apparatus is about 46" high; the handles on top are called these
pommels
Mike
|
$600
[13]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a poem on the monitor.) In an envelope stanza, the first line is considered "A" & rhymes with the last line of the quatrain; the middle two rhyme with each other, giving the entire rhyme this four-letter scheme
A-B-B-A
Mike
|
$600
[3]
The Vegas hotel:Mon Ami Gabi Bistro & Le Rendezvous Lounge
Paris
Sam
|
|
$800
[9]
In 1869 John Wesley Powell led the first recorded voyage through this gorge
the Grand Canyon
Mike
|
$800
[17]
One of the USA's most pristine such habitats, Honey Island Swamp is found in St. Tammany Parish in this state
Louisiana
Mike
|
$800
[27]
It's a noun for someone who communicates by extrasensory means with other minds
a telepath
Mike
|
$800
[22]
Despite a broken leg, Shun Fujimoto nailed the landing on this final move to help Japan win 1976 Olympic gold
the dismount
Sam
|
$800
[29]
These Celtic minstrel poets of the British Isles were the transmitters of heroic poetry
bards
Sam
|
$800
[4]
The part of the body:metatarsals
the foot
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,800
[10]
Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861 & forced this Unionist governor out of office
Sam Houston
Mike
|
$1,000
[18]
Hummingbirds go wild for the Cape variety of this nectarous plantseen here
honeysuckle
|
$1,000
[28]
Town that's the setting for the ending of Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
Bath
Mike
|
$1,000
[23]
At the '84 Olympics she trailed by 0.05 points & needed a perfect vault to win all-around gold; no problem
Mary Lou Retton
Sam
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a poem on the monitor.) The shape of a mouse's tail develops as you read a piece from "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland," so it's this type of poem that shares its name with a building material
concrete
Sam
|
$1,000
[5]
The city:the National Civil Rights Museum
Memphis
Mike
Meena
Sam
|
| WE'RE NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE | IT'S "NATIONAL" | OPERATIC DEMISES | DIRECTIONAL PEOPLE | SLIM | NUN |
|
$400
[6]
We're in Hastings in this state directly to the north
Nebraska
Mike
|
$400
[11]
In 2012, this topped the 16 trillion mark
the national debt
Sam
|
$400
[26]
He kills Gesler with an arrow after Gesler forces him to shoot at an apple atop his son's head
William Tell
Meena
|
$400
[25]
In 1900 he introduced the Brownie camera, intended for use by children & sold for one dollar
(George) Eastman
Mike
|
$400
[20]
Add a "y" to the name of a tree to get this word meaning tall & slim
willowy
|
$400
[1]
Julie Andrews sang & played the guitar on "Do-Re-Mi" in this 1965 blockbuster
The Sound of Music
Mike
|
|
$1,200
[8]
We're in Colorado exploring this national park whose name means "green table"
Mesa Verde
Meena
|
$800
[12]
A book on the history of this organization & its magazine is subtitled "Behind America's Lens on the World"
National Geographic
Mike
|
$800
[27]
This Bizet femme fatale is stabbed to death outside a Seville bull ring
Carmen
Mike
|
$800
[16]
He played Pardner in 1969's "Paint Your Wagon"; go ahead, make my day... name him
Clint Eastwood
Sam
|
$800
[21]
Referring to a gaunt, worn appearance, it's the last name of Merle & H. Rider
Haggard
Meena
|
$800
[2]
Mary Tyler Moore played a nun & this singer played a doctor in "Change of Habit", his last feature film
Elvis (Presley)
Meena
|
|
$1,600
[9]
We're meeting in this SW Iowa city named for a meeting between Otoes & the Lewis & Clark Expedition in 1804
Council Bluffs
Mike
|
$1,200
[13]
Part of NOAA, it issues watches & warning for tornadoes, hurricanes, etc.
the National Weather Service
Sam
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
After delivering the head of John the Baptist, Herod orders his guards to crush her to death with their shields
Salome
Mike
|
$1,200
[17]
Known for his "Search & Destroy" policy, he directed U.S. forces in Vietnam from 1964 to 1968
(General William) Westmoreland
Mike
|
$1,200
[22]
Jack Sprat's wife "could eat" none
lean
Meena
|
$1,200
[3]
In this 2008 film, Amy Adams tells Meryl Streep, "The students are all uniformly terrified of you"
Doubt
Sam
|
|
DD
$2,000
[7]
We're in this Missouri town visiting some of the unique shops like Pudd'n Heads & Aunt Polly's Treasures
Hannibal
Mike
|
$1,600
[14]
Over the years, they've included Henry Kissinger, John Poindexter & General James L. Jones
the National Security Advisor
Mike
Sam
|
— |
$1,600
[18]
In 1939 this man founded his aircraft company, which would acquire the Grumman Corporation in '94
Northrop
Sam
|
$1,600
[23]
Similar to "withered", it also starts with "wi" & means thin & shriveled
wizened
Sam
|
$1,600
[4]
Susan Sarandon won an Oscar for playing this real-life nun in "Dead Man Walking"
Helen Prejean
|
|
$2,000
[10]
We're at the National Quilt Museum over in Paducah in this state
Kentucky
Sam
|
$2,000
[15]
Its East Building, completed in 1978 in Washington, D.C., was designed by I.M. Pei
the National Gallery of Art
Sam
|
— |
$2,000
[19]
This "Joan of Arc" poet & Coleridge contemporary was from Bristol, England, not a certain paht of Baw-ston
Robert Southey
|
$2,000
[24]
This word meaning a bit too thin can also refer to the real facts, the inside story
skinny
Mike
|
$2,000
[5]
Ingrid Bergman earned an Oscar nomination for her role as a ball-playing nun in this sequel to "Going My Way"
The Bells of St. Mary's
|
In April 1951 he told Congress, "In war there can be no substitute for victory"
General MacArthur