John Kyle Grady — a substitute teacher originally from Hyde Park, Massachusetts
Shanna Lafferty — a law student from Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Mike Nickel — a social worker from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,210)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike | $5,400 | $7,600 | $12,000 |
$50
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,000
18 R, 3 W |
| Shanna | $200 | $-400 | $14,400 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,800
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| John | $2,600 | $3,200 | $16,000 |
$28,801
New champion: $28,801 |
$16,000
20 R, 1 W |
| JOKERS ARE WILD | I'M HOLDING A PAIR | FULL HOUSE TAKES IT | FAR SOUTHERN NOVELS | PAPAL NAMES | ALSO A 2-LETTER POSTAL ABBREVIATION |
|
$200
[6]
This late funnyman, ever in search of respect: "I met the Surgeon General. He offered me a cigarette"
(Rodney) Dangerfield
John
|
$200
[17]
These 2 men clash in 1 Samuel 17 in a game of rock, sword, spear; rock beats sword & spear
David & Goliath
Mike
|
$200
[11]
It's said "no man" is one, but one in a kitchen makes a man happy when he has a place to put stuff
an island
Shanna
|
$200
[12]
The colorful title of this Antarctic graphic novel from Greg Rucka refers to a visibility condition created by a snowstorm
Whiteout
Mike
|
$200
[22]
Popes taking office in 575, 855 & 2005 used this name
Benedict
John
|
$200
[1]
The objective case of I
me
John
|
|
$400
[7]
By George, this standup comic said, "As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is"
George Carlin
John
|
$400
[18]
These 2 classic Monopoly properties are available for a combined price of $750
Boardwalk & Park Place
Mike
|
$400
[13]
Types of this furniture include Shelby &--ah do believe ah have the vapors--fainting
a couch
Mike
|
$400
[25]
32 years after "A Wrinkle in Time", she wrote of the South Pole in "Troubling a Star"
Madeleine L'Engle
Shanna
|
$400
[23]
Latin was made the church language by a pope of this name, Latin for winner or conqueror
Victor
John
|
$400
[2]
Sir, you don't look 18; I'll need to see this
ID
John
|
|
$600
[8]
Jack Handey: "Blow ye winds, like" this Miles Davis instrument "blows, but without that noise"
a trumpet
Mike
|
$600
[19]
Though linked today, the 2 men behind A&F, this clothing company, were working partners only from 1900 to 1907
Abercrombie & Fitch
Mike
|
$600
[14]
This small elevator used for moving food between floors actually sounds pretty smart to us
a dumbwaiter
Mike
|
$600
[26]
Clive Cussler's "Atlantis Found" finds this protagonist--no relation to Brad--in Antarctica
Dirk Pitt
Mike
|
$600
[24]
A 20th century pope took this name to honor the popes who made him a bishop & a cardinal
John & Paul
Mike
|
$600
[3]
A conjunction
or
John
|
|
$800
[9]
For "Blazing Saddles", this legendary black standup wrote the classic line "Mongo only pawn in game of life"
Richard Pryor
Mike
|
$800
[20]
In "Through the Looking-Glass", these "fat little men only looked at each other and grinned", not good for much else
Tweedledee & Tweedledum
Shanna
|
$800
[15]
Thomas Crapper did not invent the modern this; Al Giblin patented it in 1819, 17 years before Crapper was born
the (flush) toilet
Mike
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
Beryl Bainbridge's "Birthday Boys" fetes this explorer's fatal 1912 expedition to the South Pole
Robert Falcon Scott
Shanna
|
$800
[29]
The last pope with this name from Latin for "good-doer" died in 1404
Boniface
Shanna
|
$800
[4]
For Ice Cube it was a good day because "I didn't even have to use" this weapon
A.K.
John
|
|
$1,000
[10]
This extremely deadpan comic asked, "What's another word for thesaurus?"
Steven Wright
Mike
|
$1,000
[21]
In 1877 these 2 moons of Mars got their names from words denoting fear & terror
Phobos & Deimos
Mike
John
|
$1,000
[16]
It's the word for the kind of post seen here
a newel post
Mike
|
$1,000
[28]
In John Campbell's novella "Who Goes There?", filmed with this title, an alien ship is found in Antarctica
The Thing
Mike
|
$1,000
[30]
Reigning from 1471 to 1484, the fourth pope of this name had a certain chapel built
Sixtus
John
|
$1,000
[5]
William James Mayo got his in 1883
M.D.
Mike
|
| REMEMBER 1791? | "B" GOOD | ENRAPTURED WITH RAPTORS | SEQUELS | SOUND GEOGRAPHY | EDUCATION |
|
$400
[26]
On December 15 the U.S. ratified this important 10-part package
the Bill of Rights
John
|
$400
[2]
This game of Italian origin similar to lawn bowling is played with wooden balls on a court covered with fine gravel
bocce
John
|
$400
[16]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sitka Raptor Center in Alaska.) The great gray owl has acute hearing due in part to its enormous facial disk that acts like one of these receivers, trapping & concentrating sounds, allowing it to hear prey that's a foot beneath the snow
antenna (a satellite accepted)
Mike
Shanna
|
$400
[3]
This duo "Escape from Guantanamo Bay"
Harold & Kumar
Shanna
|
$400
[12]
Pillsbury Sound between St. Thomas & St. John in this U.S. territory was named for a U.S. admiral, not a baker
the Virgin Islands
John
|
DD
$200
[25]
This New Jersey-based organization says it's the world's largest provider of scholarships to young women
the Miss America Organization (the Miss American Pageant accepted)
Shanna
|
|
$1,200
[17]
Nuestra Senora de la Soledad, the 13th of these Franciscan outposts, was founded in California
a mission
John
|
$800
[7]
This adjective means having anatomical structures that are enhanced by electronic components
bionic
Shanna
|
$800
[18]
A toy on a string was named after this bird of prey because it hovers in the air in the same way
a kite
John
|
$800
[4]
This film "II: The Legend of Curly's Gold"
City Slickers
Shanna
|
$800
[13]
Milford Sound in this country's South Island was described by Rudyard Kipling as the 8th Wonder of the World
New Zealand
Mike
|
$1,200
[23]
In 1998 this program in Chicago Public Schools "attracted " future Education Secretary Arne Duncan as its head
the magnet program
John
|
|
$2,000
[27]
After New York gave up claims to its territory, on March 4 it joined the Union as the 14th state
Vermont
John
|
$1,200
[8]
Also called the ward, it's the courtyard of the castle & usually pairs with "motte"
bailey
|
$1,200
[19]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sitka Raptor Center in Alaska.) The bald eagle has made a remarkable recovery from the ravages of this now-banned pesticide, which caused affected birds to lay thin-shelled eggs, producing fewer young
DDT
John
|
$1,200
[1]
This comedy "2 1/2: The Smell of Fear"
The Naked Gun
Mike
|
$1,200
[11]
Darwin Sound lies on the south coast of this South American island, the "land of fire"
Tierra del Fuego
Mike
|
$1,600
[24]
This test was developed in 1926 by Carl Campbell Brigham for the College Entrance Examination Board
the SAT
Shanna
|
|
DD
$5,000
[22]
In August the Treaty of Sistova ended war between the Hapsburgs & this empire to the east
the Ottoman Empire
Shanna
|
$1,600
[9]
To brighten up a piece of silver; a public figure may do it to "his reputation"
burnish
Shanna
|
$1,600
[20]
In 1982 biologists began capturing the California species of this bird to breed it & save it from extinction; so far, so good
the California condor
Mike
|
$1,600
[5]
2013's "A Good Day to" do this
Die Hard
John
|
$1,600
[14]
Almost all of Connecticut's coastline lies along this arm of the Atlantic
Long Island Sound
John
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[10]
Life is good at this tree seen here
beech
|
$2,000
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sitka Raptor Center in Alaska.) Peregrine falcons are not only fast, they also have great eyesight, which might be why the ancient Egyptians depicted this sky god as having the eye of a peregrine falcon, used as a motif to represent the all-seeing eye
Horus
Shanna
|
$2,000
[6]
"28 Weeks Later" is a sequel to this film
28 Days Later
Shanna
|
$2,000
[15]
This 1,980-mile-long river flows across Alaska & enters the Bering Sea via Norton Sound
the Yukon
John
|
— |
Over 8,000 people have been saved from harm by this program authorized in a 1970 law, but we're not allowed to name any
the Witness Protection Program