Andrew Mugica — an options trader originally from Libertyville, Illinois
Sarah Zucker — an Internet entrepreneur and screenwriter from Los Angeles, California
Neal Pollack — a writer from Austin, Texas (whose 3-day cash winnings total $60,798)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neal | $5,400 | $6,200 | $12,600 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,600
21 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $1,200 | $3,000 | $13,500 |
$1,799
New champion: $1,799 |
$14,600
18 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Andrew | $2,200 | $3,600 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
13 R, 0 W |
| SPACE SHUTTLE FLYOVERS | 30 MINUTES OF EXERCISE A DAY | THE VOWELS ARE MYTHING | THE GOOD | THE "BAD" | THE UGLY |
|
$200
[26]
Thiscity's peoplegot to see the Enterprise, but good luck getting a cab.
New York City
Sarah
|
$200
[6]
...will improve your body's ability to use insulin, the hormone that regulates levels of this, aka blood sugar
glucose
Andrew
|
$200
[11]
Battle ready god:RS
Ares
Sarah
Andrew
|
$200
[16]
The woman born Agnex Gonxka Bojaxhiu became known as Blessed Mother Teresa of this city
Calcutta
Neal
|
$200
[1]
Wind & rain can mess with your 'do, causing you to have one of these 3-word experiences
a bad hair day
Neal
|
$200
[21]
Played by America Ferrera, the title character of this sitcom was the assistant to the editor of the fashion mag Mode
Ugly Betty
Sarah
|
|
$400
[27]
Over this city, Endeavour shows us a way to beat the bridge traffic.
San Francisco
Sarah
|
$400
[7]
...will reduce this, the pressure of modern living; it's been described as "the common cold of the psyche"
stress
Neal
|
$400
[12]
Eye opening goddess:RS
Iris
Andrew
|
$400
[17]
This pious 10th century Bohemian ruler was only in his 20s when he died, but got a carol written about him
Good King Wenceslas
Neal
|
$400
[2]
What's that racket in my backyard? Oh, it's for this game
badminton
Andrew
|
$400
[22]
This word for an aerial battle is the title of a movie about another contest, to find the ugliest date
dogfight
|
|
$600
[28]
Discovery took a different kind of trip to the mall over this city.
Washington, D.C.
Andrew
|
$600
[8]
...will reduce your risk of this, aka high blood pressure
hypertension
Neal
|
$600
[13]
Sounding a little Norse:DN
Odin
Sarah
|
$800
[19]
In May 1940 many "little ships" & their captains did good when they aided in the evacuation of this French port
Dunkirk
Neal
|
$600
[3]
Like South Dakota, Alberta is home to a large rocky region known as this for its inhospitable terrain
the badlands
Neal
|
$600
[23]
A 1939 Disney version of this Hans Christian Andersen tale was the last "Silly Symphony"
The Ugly Duckling
Neal
|
|
$800
[29]
On a visit to Los Angeles, the shuttle took itself out to the ball game, flying over this venue.
Dodger Stadium
Neal
|
$800
[9]
...reduces the chance of apoplexy, this brain event that can be hemorrhagic, embolic or ischemic
a stroke
Neal
|
$800
[14]
Very supportive:TLS
Atlas
Sarah
|
$1,000
[20]
The brainchild of this school's famed media lab, One Laptop Per Child provides cheap computers to kids worldwide
M.I.T.
|
$800
[4]
A proverb says that one of these always turns up
a bad penny
Neal
|
$800
[24]
In 2008 this non-hideous actor played Harvey Dent, who becomes the hideously disfigured Two-Face
(Aaron) Eckhart
Andrew
|
|
$1,000
[30]
The flyover here is over this city & its 40-something-year-old dome
Houston
Sarah
|
$1,000
[10]
...will improve muscle tone & strength, including in this muscle with a 2-word name, the largest in the body
the gluteus maximus
Andrew
|
$1,000
[15]
Earth mother:G
Gaia
Neal
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
In 1958 this org. got a new mission; the disease it originally targeted had been tamed 3 years before
the March of Dimes
Neal
|
$1,000
[5]
This Black Forest city with a double-talk name has been home to soothing baths since Roman times
Baden-Baden
Neal
|
$1,000
[25]
In a 1966 film Clint Eastwood was "The Good", Lee Van Cleef was "The Bad" & this actor was "The Ugly"
Eli Wallach
Neal
|
| THE BEAR ESSENTIALS | AMERICA BEFORE THE REVOLUTION | HILLBILLY MUSIC | TITLES & SUCH | THAT VERB'S DARNED IRREGULAR | ICONIC PENTAMETER |
|
$400
[24]
A bear's young, known as these, are usually born 2 at a time, 1/2 to 1 pound, eyes closed & without fur
cubs
Andrew
|
$400
[26]
Samuel Higley minted what are known as "Higley pennies", reassuringly stamped "I am good" this metal
copper
Andrew
|
$400
[6]
Bill Monroe is known as the "Father of" this "colorful" music genre
bluegrass
Sarah
|
$400
[11]
In the U.S. "Esquire" is usually reserved for those in this job
a lawyer
Andrew
|
$400
[16]
I did this, handed out the cards--too bad if you don't like your hand
dealt
Neal
|
$400
[1]
"How sharper than a serpent's tooth it is to have a thankless child"
King Lear
Neal
|
|
$800
[21]
Ringed seals are a primary food for this bear that can weigh 1,600 pounds, but it has killed Beluga whales, too
a polar bear
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
In the 1744 Treaty of Lancaster, this 6-nation Indian league ceded lands in the Ohio River Valley to the colonies
the Iroquois Nation
Sarah
|
$800
[7]
Ralph Stanley is renowned for his "high lonesome" vocals & his "clawhammer" picking style on this instrument
the banjo
Sarah
|
$800
[12]
Some reverends have a D.D. after their names, meaning this
a Doctor of Divinity
Neal
|
$800
[17]
Crawled slowly, or spread like a vine across a surface
crept
Sarah
|
$800
[2]
"See how she leans her cheek upon her hand! O that I were a glove upon that hand, that I might touch that cheek"
Romeo & Juliet
Andrew
|
|
DD
$1,000
[30]
3,500 of this subspecies of brown bear live on the Alaska archipelago of the same name
the Kodiak
Sarah
|
$1,200
[25]
This colony's expansion west began after its Gov. Spotswood led a 1716 expedition into the Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Neal
|
$1,200
[8]
The Fruit Jar Drinkers, the Gully Jumpers & the Possum Hunters were among the early performers on this radio show
The Grand Ole Opry
Neal
|
$1,200
[13]
The highest honor of the City of London is making you an honorary one of these of the city
Freeman
|
$1,200
[18]
This 5-letter synonym for "rupture" is the same in the present & past tenses; look out, the dam's about to...
burst
Neal
|
$1,200
[3]
"To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub"
Hamlet
Sarah
|
|
$1,200
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew delivers the clue from Alaska.) Black bears prefer to fish for food while remaining as dry as possible, unlike thebrown bearthat develops superb fishing skills for this migrating fish, a staple in their diet
the salmon
Sarah
|
$1,600
[27]
In 1734 this New York newspaper publisher was busted for allegedly libeling Governor William Cosby
John Peter Zenger
Neal
|
$1,600
[9]
"Guitars, Cadillacs and hillbilly music" was the refrain from the title song ofhis1986 album that topped Billboard's country charts
Dwight Yoakam
|
$1,600
[14]
A student who has completed all requirements but one for a Ph.D. may use the title "ABD", meaning "all but" this text
dissertation
Andrew
|
$1,600
[19]
It's the simple past tense of a verb that's also a vernal season
sprung (or sprang)
Sarah
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
"Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand"
Macbeth
Sarah
|
|
$1,600
[23]
AKA silvertip for the white hairs on its brown coat, this bear can eat 90 pounds of food a day
a grizzly bear
Neal
Sarah
|
$2,000
[28]
This man succeeded John Carver as governor of Plymouth Colony in 1621 & served for 31 of the next 35 years
William Bradford
|
$2,000
[10]
Patriarch Alvin P., his wife Sara & sister-in-law Maybelle formed this first family of country music in the 1920s
the Carters
Sarah
|
$2,000
[15]
After Haskell Wexler's name you might have seen ASC, the C for this movie job
a cinematographer
Sarah
|
$2,000
[20]
It's the past participle, the form used in the passive voice, of what Ryan Lochte does best
swum
Sarah
Andrew
|
$2,000
[5]
"I have set my life upon a cast, & I will stand the hazard of the die: I think there be six Richmonds in the field"
Richard III
Neal
|
Since a national split in 1993, it's the only world capital that borders 2 other countries--Austria & Hungary
Bratislava