Woody Houchin — a medical assistant from Chico, California
Ramsin Toma — an enrollment consultant from Ashburn, Virginia
Norah McKissic — an embroiderer and student from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norah | $3,200 | $5,400 | $5,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Ramsin | $0 | $1,000 | $7,000 |
$12,011
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
8 R, 1 W |
| Woody | $3,200 | $4,200 | $14,100 |
$14,100
New champion: $14,100 |
$16,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| ST. PAUL'S CATHEDRAL | THE WORLD SERIES | SINGING | FLORA! FLORA! FLORA! | NUMERICAL GROUPS | "OU" 5-LETTER WORDS |
|
$200
[1]
On July 29, 1981 she rode to London's St. Paul's cathedral in a horse-drawn glass coach
Princess Diana
Norah
|
$200
[18]
In 2005, making only their fifth World Series appearance ever, this Windy City team swept the Houston Astros
the Chicago White Sox
Ramsin
|
$200
[25]
In a bit with Jimmy Fallon in 2013, Brad Pitt surprised many by singing in this style of Swiss mountaineers
yodelling
Woody
|
$200
[6]
This plant native to the Carolinas takes about half a second to catch its prey & about 10 days to digest it
the Venus Flytrap
Woody
|
$200
[16]
In comic books they're Reed & Susan Richards, Benjamin Grimm & Johnny Storm
the Fantastic Four
Ramsin
|
$200
[11]
Completes the old proverb, "In for a penny, in for a..."
"a pound"
Woody
|
|
$400
[2]
Look around youin St. Paul's & you're taking in this man's truememorial, as his Latin epitaph in the cathedral says
Christopher Wren
Norah
|
$400
[19]
Yankee manager from 1949 to 1960, he won 37 World Series games, the most of any manager in history
Casey Stengel
|
$400
[26]
The Bee Gees & the Four Seasons both used this artificially high male vocal register for their hits
falsetto
Norah
|
$400
[7]
The rushlike plants of the genus Equisetum are aka this animal "tail"
horse
Woody
|
$400
[17]
Les six were a group of anti-romantic Frenchmen in this profession, including Milhaud & Poulenc
composers
|
$400
[12]
It means to clean a greasy pot or pan with vigorous rubbing
scour
Norah
|
|
$600
[3]
With pumps & pails, a group called St. Paul's Watch protected the cathedralduring this, which means "lightning"
Blitz
Ramsin
|
$600
[20]
In game 1 in 1954 this Giants outfielder made a spectacular over-the-shoulder catch of Vic Wertz' fly ball
Willie Mays
Ramsin
|
$1,000
[27]
A "sea" one is sung by sailors to the rhythm of their movements while working aboard ship
a shanty
Norah
|
$600
[8]
It's the genus Sphagnum of this type of plant that forms peat
moss
Woody
|
$600
[22]
The group of elites that were convicted in China for implementing the Cultural Revolution
the Gang of Four
|
$600
[13]
A grave robber, or an evil spirit
ghoul
Ramsin
|
|
$800
[4]
In 1897, herdiamond jubilee Thanksgivingservicewas a huge success at St. Paul's
Queen Victoria
Norah
|
$800
[21]
In 1916 & 1918 Babe Ruth, then with this team, pitched 29 2/3 straight scoreless innings, a record that lasted 43 years
the Boston Red Sox
Norah
|
— |
$800
[9]
It's the heavenly avian name for the beautiful flowers of Strelitzia reginae
the bird of paradise
|
$800
[23]
Canada, France, Germany, the U.K., the U.S., Japan, Italy & Russia make up this list
the G-8
Woody
|
$800
[14]
The steelhead type of this is named for its steely blue color
trout
Woody
|
|
DD
$1,400
[5]
In 1969 the Alabama-born widow of this man became the first woman to preach in St. Paul's
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Norah
|
— | — |
$1,000
[10]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Costa Rica.) Ferns are among the most ancient plants, With some species dating back more than 300 million years; all of them reproduce via these asexual cells that long predate the germ seeds of more modern plants
spores
Woody
|
$1,000
[24]
A 1936 book gave the Supreme Court this nickname; the justices' average age was 71
the "Nine Old Men"
|
$1,000
[15]
From the Greek for "female slave", it's a woman who assists a mother during labor & after childbirth
doula
|
| PUP FICTION | THE THESPIAN DIRECTS | "C" THE WORLD | LAMPS & LIGHTS | PRECIOUS PHRASES | THIRD PARTY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES |
|
$400
[22]
Dodie Smith wrote this "numerical" story, the basis for 3 Disney feature films
101 Dalmatians
Norah
|
$400
[17]
Think he's British? The director of "Coriolanus" on film was born Ralph Nathaniel Twisleton-Wykeham-this
Fiennes
Woody
|
$400
[2]
The West Indies archipelago discovered by Columbus in 1503 isn't the Crocodile Islands but these
the Cayman Islands
|
$400
[12]
The lights to use when your car is stationary & blocking traffic, or what your car has potentially become
hazard
Norah
|
$400
[7]
Giving someone something that hasn't been earned is giving it to him on this serving tray
a silver platter
Woody
|
$400
[1]
Bull Moose Party,1912
Theodore Roosevelt
Norah
|
|
$800
[23]
This iconic canine made her bow wow in a 1938 Saturday Evening Post story
Lassie
Woody
|
$800
[18]
He went from playing Opie to winning an Oscar to directing the 2013 film "Rush"
Ron Howard
Ramsin
|
$800
[3]
For a European getaway, split to Split in this country on the Adriatic sea
Croatia
Woody
|
$800
[13]
This row of very bright lights along the front of a stage is also a metaphor for the theater as a profession
the footlights
|
$800
[8]
A person whose good qualities are hidden is one of these gems "in the rough"
a diamond
Woody
|
DD
$700
[29]
Socialist party,1900, 1904, 1908, 1912 & 1920
Eugene Debs
Woody
|
|
$1,200
[24]
This Yiddish author wrote "Rabchik, a Jewish Dog", or as we like to call it, "Piddler on the Rug"
Sholom Aleichem
|
$1,200
[19]
Hey, Lavoine! This woman was a "Big" director in 1988
Penny Marshall
|
$1,200
[4]
This African country's English name doesn't fit the category, but its French name does
Cote d'Ivoire
Woody
|
$1,200
[14]
A device called a ballast gets this kind of light going; newer ballasts don't buzz like the older ones
a fluorescent light
Norah
|
$1,200
[9]
The Bible asks, "Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is far above" these
rubies
|
$1,600
[28]
People's Party,1972(a pediatrician)
Dr. Benjamin Spock
Woody
|
|
$1,600
[25]
"Savage Sam" is the sequel to this Newbery medal-winning sob story, later a Disney film (Sam's his son)
Old Yeller
Ramsin
|
$1,600
[20]
Yo, absolutely, the first feature this actor directed was "Paradise Alley" in 1978
Sylvester Stallone
Ramsin
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Its waters separate Azerbaijan from Turkmenistan
the Caspian Sea
Woody
|
$1,600
[15]
One of these in Newport Harbor, Rhode Island is named for Ida Lewis, its official keeper from 1879 to 1911
a lighthouse
Woody
|
$1,600
[10]
A curious relic of the past is sometimes described as "a fly in" this natural gemstone
amber
Woody
|
$2,000
[27]
Seen here, Freedom & Peace Party, 1968(a civil rights activist)
Dick Gregory
|
|
$2,000
[26]
Argos is the faithful dog who recognizes his long-lost master in this ancient Greek work
the Odyssey
Norah
Ramsin
|
$2,000
[21]
You know who this director of "Iron Man" 1 & 2 likes to play Happy Hogan in those movies? This director
Jon Favreau
Norah
Woody
|
$2,000
[6]
This city used to be a center for the Inquisition in the New World & is now a major Colombian oil port
Cartagena
|
$2,000
[16]
An early use of these lamps named for the way they bridge a gap between conductors was in Wabash, Ind. in 1880
an arc lamp
Norah
|
$2,000
[11]
If you have a generous nature, you have this, the name of Zaphod's ship in "Hitchhiker's Guide"
a heart of gold
|
— |
This soft drink was named for a digestive enzyme & a native African plant
Pepsi-Cola