Andrea Massar — a clinical social worker from Rockville, Maryland
Norah McKissic — an embroiderer and student from Anchorage, Alaska
Rhea Hantelman — an administrative assistant from Marysville, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rhea | $2,800 | $3,100 | $7,900 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Norah | $1,600 | $6,000 | $19,400 |
$11,400
New champion: $11,400 |
$17,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Andrea | $1,800 | $4,000 | $13,200 |
$6,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,200
15 R, 0 W |
| ALSO A CLASSIC MONOPOLY SPACE | THE NEW YORK TIMESPULITZER WINNERS | GIRL GROUPS | BIRTH, SCHOOL, WORK, DEATH | WORD ORIGINS | IT'S ABOUT TIME |
|
$200
[1]
Randomness
Chance
|
$200
[6]
(I'm Gretchen Morgenson.) Stories like "How Did They Value Stocks? Count The Absurd Ways" won me a 2002 Pulitzer for beat reporting. My beat is this street
Wall Street
Rhea
|
$200
[7]
Victoria Beckham was the Posh member of this group; Mel B was Scary
the Spice Girls
Norah
|
$200
[13]
1904, studied art in Madrid, got surreal,1989
Salvador Dali
Andrea
|
$200
[8]
From the Latin for "kidnapping", it's stealing the ideas or writings of another & passing them off as your own
plagiarism
Norah
|
$200
[17]
In geologic time, of epoch, period & era, the one that's the longest
era
Rhea
|
|
$400
[2]
Leave!
Go
Norah
|
$400
[14]
(I'm James Risen.) With my Times colleague Eric Lichtblau, I won a Pulitzer in 2006 for our disclosure of the Bush administration's use of domestic electronic eavesdropping without these legal documents issued by a judge
a warrant
Norah
|
$400
[15]
It was bound to happen--but Beyonce first found fame as a member of this group
Destiny's Child
Norah
|
$400
[20]
1642, Trinity College, did some astronomy & math,1727
Newton
Norah
|
$400
[9]
The name of this official Chinese language comes from the Sanskrit for "counselor"
Mandarin
Rhea
|
$400
[18]
The traditional number of days in a U.S. school year, it's the title of a PBS "Inside An American High School" program
180
Andrea
|
|
$600
[3]
No money needed for the meter
Free Parking
Andrea
|
$600
[19]
(I'm Amy Harmon.) I won my second Pulitzer in 2008 for a series about the new information that can be gleaned about a person's genetic profile with this kind of test which some people welcome & others prefer not to know
a DNA test
Norah
|
$600
[16]
In 2000 they took home 4 CMA Awards, including Best Album for "Fly"
the Dixie Chicks
Norah
|
DD
$500
[22]
A hotel room in 1888, a year at Princeton, some "Electra"-fying playwriting, a hotel room in 1953
Eugene O'Neill
Rhea
|
$600
[10]
Before it had instrument readouts, it was a panel that kept mud from splashing into horse-drawn vehicles
a dashboard
Rhea
|
$800
[27]
A geisha's fee is figured in "sticks", about a stick an hour; the term originated as the time it took a stick of this to burn
incense
Norah
|
|
$800
[4]
Seaside pathway of narrow wooden slats
Boardwalk
Rhea
|
$800
[24]
(I'm Linda Greenhouse.) I won a 1998 Pulitzer for covering the Supreme Court with articles like "Why" this name of a failed nominee "Is Still a Verb in Politics 10 Years Later"
Bork
Andrea
|
— |
$600
[21]
1961, Rutgers, dazzled us as Tony Soprano,2013
James Gandolfini
Rhea
|
$800
[11]
The name of this small magnifying glass used by jewellers is from a French term for a flawed gem
a loupe
Rhea
|
$1,000
[26]
Used instead of B.C. as a secular date reference, B.C.E stands for this
Before Common Era
Norah
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Punitive penalty assessed to sports teams that spend more than the salary cap
Luxury Tax
Andrea
|
$1,000
[25]
(Andrea Elliott delivers the clue.) Chronicling the life of an immigrant in Brooklyn who is one of these Muslim leaders of a mosque earned me a 2007 Pulitzer Prize
an imam
Norah
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
1756, home schooled by his father Leopold, musician/composer,1791
Mozart
Andrea
|
$1,000
[12]
In mythology it's the shield of Zeus; it also means protection or sponsorship
aegis
|
— |
| THE JESUITS | BOOKS' SUBTITLES | IN "MOTHER" WORDS | TV TITLE MATH | THE CURRENT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE WHO... | U.S. FORCES OVERSEAS |
|
$400
[11]
The Jesuits were founded in 1540 by St. Ignatius, a man from this present-day country
Spain
|
$400
[6]
Hunter S. Thompson:"A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream"
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Andrea
|
$400
[1]
One's native language
mother tongue
Andrea
|
$400
[17]
Number of "Hours" in a CBS documentary show plus number of "Minutes" in a CBS documentary show
108 (48 + 60)
Rhea
|
$400
[22]
hasn't asked a question during oral arguments since Feb. 22, 2006
Clarence Thomas
Andrea
|
$400
[12]
(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Italy.) Naval Support Activity Naples has a rather nice view of this world-famous volcano, which hasn't erupted since 1944--so no worries, right?
(Mount) Vesuvius
Rhea
|
|
$800
[27]
The first Jesuit pope was born in this country
Argentina
Andrea
|
$800
[7]
Gustave Flaubert:"A Study of Provincial Life"
Madame Bovary
Norah
|
$800
[2]
Fowl term for an overprotector
mother hen
Andrea
|
$800
[18]
Pat Robertson's "Club" times "Broke Girls"
1400 (700 × 2)
Norah
|
$800
[23]
was the first justice of Italian ancestry
Scalia
Rhea
|
$800
[13]
The largest installation in the Asia-Pacific region, the Kadena Air Force Base operates from this Japanese island
Okinawa
Norah
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Sometimes called "God's Marines", the order is led by a man with this fitting title
the Superior General
|
$1,200
[8]
Thomas Hardy:"A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented"
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
Norah
|
$1,200
[3]
Stones fans know this 3-word slang term for a tranquilizer
mother's little helper
Norah
|
$1,600
[20]
"Deep Space" number minus fractional sitcom "Men" number
6 1/2 ( 9 - 2 1/2)
Rhea
|
$1,200
[24]
graduated tied for first in her Columbia Law class in 1959
Ginsburg
Andrea
|
$1,200
[14]
(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Germany.) In 1948 & 1949, a lot of brave airmen flew some dangerous missions out of Wiesbaden Air Base in order to resupply this blockaded German city
Berlin
Norah
|
|
$1,600
[29]
This Spokane university is named for the Jesuit patron saint of teens, who died nursing plague victims
Gonzaga
Rhea
|
$1,600
[9]
Anthony Swofford:"A Marine's Chronicle of the Gulf War and Other Battles"
Jarhead
Andrea
|
$1,600
[4]
She takes care of a group of Cub Scouts
a den mother
Andrea
|
$2,000
[21]
A Fox drama about Jack Bauer divided by how many kids "Is Enough"
3 (24 ÷ 8)
Norah
|
$1,600
[25]
was nominated to the Court, then renominated
John Roberts
Norah
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Camp Patriot & a related Naval base are located on the southeast corner of this small Persian Gulf country
Kuwait
Norah
|
|
$2,000
[30]
The Jesuit society is considered a "mendicant order", meaning they get by by doing this
begging
|
$2,000
[10]
Oscar Wilde:"A Play About a Good Woman"
Lady Windermere's Fan
|
$2,000
[5]
This rich California gold belt extends from El Dorado County in the north to Mariposa County in the south
the Mother Lode
Norah
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
Sum of the digits in a famous Shannen Doherty ZIP code
12 (9 + 0 + 2 + 1 + 0)
Norah
|
$2,000
[26]
was the first woman to become Solicitor General
Elena Kagan
Rhea
Andrea
|
$2,000
[16]
(Alex Trebek delivers the clue from Germany.) Landstuhl Regional Medical Center is the largest American hospital outside the United States; most of its patients are wounded warriors who areflown in for careto this nearby well-known American airbase in Germany
Ramstein
Rhea
|
The only 2 countries in the Americas that border each other & begin with the same letter
Brazil & Bolivia