Maura DeGrande — a client relations director from Shelby Township, Michigan
Scott Claremon — a tax attorney from Sacramento, California
Steven Durham — a writer and stay-at-home dad from Asheville, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $41,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven | $7,600 | $9,800 | $15,700 |
$100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $800 | $1,600 | $11,800 |
$7,899
New champion: $7,899 |
$10,400
9 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Maura | $1,000 | $5,600 | $15,600 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,600
19 R, 0 W |
| A CHRISTMAS STORY | 1 MAN, 1 CAREER, 1 TEAM | ALPHANUMERIC STUFF | CALIFORNIA | STOCK SYMBOLS | CONTRONYMS |
|
$200
[16]
"It's Christmas Day!", said this character, "I haven't missed it. The spirits have done it all in one night"
Ebenezer Scrooge
Steven
|
$200
[6]
Walter Payton, 13 seasons for Da these
Bears
Scott
|
$200
[11]
His (its?) entry at starwars.com says "astromech hero", "saver of the day" & "plucky droid"
R2-D2
Maura
|
$200
[27]
Castroville is the Artichoke Capital of the World, & its first Artichoke Queen was Norma Jean Baker, better known by this name
Marilyn Monroe
Steven
|
$200
[1]
Fill 'er up with this company, XOM
ExxonMobil
Steven
|
$200
[21]
To put something in place, like a tent; to throw something away, like a ball
to pitch
Maura
|
|
$400
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue.) The popularity of reindeer as a symbol of Christmas probably only dates back to this 19th-century poem that also gave Santa's reindeer their names--Dasher, Dancer, etc.
"A Visit from St. Nicholas" ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas" accepted)
Maura
|
$400
[7]
Mariano Rivera, 19 seasons of near perfection
the Yankees
Steven
|
$400
[12]
Varieties of this condiment include Bold & Spicy, Thick & Hearty & New York Steakhouse
A.1.
Steven
|
$400
[30]
At a national monument near the Oregon border, you can go tubing--walking through tubes of this volcanic stuff
lava
Steven
Maura
|
$400
[2]
This nickname for a Harley-Davidson is also the 3-letter stock symbol for the company
HOG
Steven
|
$400
[22]
It's right to say it means both "went away" & "remaining behind"
left
Maura
|
|
$600
[18]
In a Christmas story by Berkeley Breathed, Opus, this type of bird, makes "a wish for wings that work"
a penguin
Maura
|
$600
[8]
Troy Aikman, how 'bout them for 12 seasons?
the Cowboys
Steven
|
$600
[13]
This lubrication product "stops squeaks" & "loosens rusted parts"
WD-40
Scott
|
$600
[29]
On the Avenue of the Giants in Humboldt County, the giants are these amazing organisms
trees
Steven
|
$800
[4]
"Everything's" a buck (or less) at this store, DLTR
Dollar Tree
Maura
|
$600
[23]
To give official permission, or to impose a penalty on a country, like the U.S. has done with Iran
sanction
Steven
|
|
$800
[19]
"One dollar and eighty-seven cents. And the next day would be Christmas", said this O. Henry story
"The Gift of the Magi"
Maura
|
$800
[9]
Sharpshooting Reggie Miller, 18 seasons of making Spike Lee miserable
the Pacers
Steven
|
$800
[14]
These funds' name comes from an Internal Revenue code section that lets employees set aside tax-deferred retirement money
a 401(k)
Steven
|
$800
[26]
Spanish for "devil", it precedes Canyon in the name of a plant supplying power to California's central coast
Diablo
Maura
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Enjoy a cup of Starbucks while checking out the bestsellers here, BKS
Barnes & Noble
Steven
|
$800
[24]
It's curtains for this "sketchy" word that can mean both to open & to shut
draw
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[20]
In "The Polar Express", for the first gift of Christmas, a boy asks for one of these from Santa's sleigh
a (silver sleigh) bell
Steven
|
$1,000
[10]
Steve Yzerman, 22 seasons in Hockeytown
the Red Wings
Steven
|
$1,000
[15]
Thisflying wing bomber is flown by a crew of two and carries 40,000 pounds of ordnance
a B-2
Steven
|
$1,000
[28]
This spectacular coastal region just south of Monterey, Calif. is the title of a "Big" Jack Kerouac novel
Big Sur
Maura
|
$1,000
[5]
Headquartered at Love Field in Dallas, this airline has the symbol LUV
Southwest
Steven
|
$1,000
[25]
To be this "of" something means you find fault with it; to be this "to" something means you're very important to it
critical
|
| ANCIENT WOMEN | FROM Z TO A | SCULPTURE | NAME THE ROLE | WE PROTEST! | ANIMAL IMPOSTORS |
|
$400
[6]
King David had her husband killed in battle so that he could marry her
Bathsheba
Steven
|
$400
[16]
Last name of Dweezil & Moon Unit
Zappa
Maura
|
$400
[15]
"She-goat" & "Baboon and Young" are examples of this Cubist's metal sculptures
Picasso
Steven
|
$400
[1]
Dealing with the manic Mozart: Ian McKellen on the stage, F. Murray Abraham in the film
Salieri (in Amadeus )
Maura
|
$400
[11]
Protesting injustice made this New York City movement get pretty "in tents"--pun intended
Occupy Wall Street
Steven
|
DD
$100
[29]
Crayfish aren't fish but these, like their relative the lobster
crustaceans
Steven
|
|
$800
[7]
Hypatia, the first known female mathematician, lived & taught with her father Theon in this Egyptian port city
Alexandria
Steven
|
$800
[21]
In 1964 this landlocked country became independent with Kenneth Kaunda its first president
Zambia
Steven
|
$800
[17]
Luca della Robbia used this semi-fired "earthy" clay for his "Madonna and Angels" because it was less expensive than marble
terra cotta
Maura
|
$800
[2]
A pink lady: Adrienne Barbeau on the Great White Way, Stockard Channing on the silver screen
Rizzo (in Grease )
Scott
|
$800
[12]
When you see the sign here, you know you're in this country
Poland
Maura
|
$800
[28]
The common European glowworm isn't an annelid but this
an insect
|
|
$1,200
[8]
Only one of the poems of this Greek poetess has survived in its entirety, although there are many fragments
Sappho
Scott
|
$1,200
[22]
A downward-curving mustache is named for this early 20th century Mexican revolutionary
(Emiliano) Zapata
Steven
|
$1,200
[18]
Charles-Antoine Coysevox' equestrian statues of Mercury & Fame sit at the entrance to these gardens near the Louvre
the Tuileries
Scott
|
$1,200
[3]
Messing everything up: Walter Matthau on stage in 1965 & onscreen in '68
Oscar Madison (in The Odd Couple )
Maura
|
$1,200
[13]
A banner at the 1968 Miss America pageant taught many Americans the term "Women's" this 10-letter word
Liberation
Steven
|
$1,200
[26]
Don't feed cheese to a titmouse, silly! a titmouse is one of these
a bird
Maura
|
|
$2,000
[10]
After this mother of Caligula accused Tiberius of murdering her husband, she was exiled
Agrippina
|
$1,600
[23]
It's Zoroaster's Persian name
Zarathustra
Steven
|
$1,600
[19]
This sculpture from Samothrace is on a pedestal like a ship's prow, & her cloak is "held" against her by the "wind"
Nike ( Winged Victory )
Maura
|
$1,600
[4]
For "The Producers": Gene Wilder on film, Matthew Broderick on stage
Leo Bloom
|
$1,600
[14]
Perhaps the most famous of all protests began when Martin Luther posted these on the Schlosskirche in 1517
the 95 Theses
Maura
|
$1,600
[27]
The horned toad isn't a frog or toad & is sometimes more correctly called the "horned" this
a lizard
Steven
|
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
In 40 A.D. Trung Trac & her sister gathered an army & drove the Chinese out of what's now this country
Vietnam
Scott
|
$2,000
[24]
This popular garden flower originated as a purplish wildflower that grew in the Mexican deserts
a zinnia
Maura
|
$2,000
[20]
Constantin Brancusi, born in this country, used simplicity & purity in such works as "The Newborn"
Romania
|
$2,000
[5]
A singing waif: Judy Kuhn on Broadway, Amanda Seyfried in a 2012 movie
Cosette (in Les Misérables )
Scott
|
$2,000
[25]
Tea Party rallies have displayed this 4-word slogan that dates back to a 1775 flag showing a rattlesnake
"Dont tread on me"
Scott
|
— |
In 2012, 22 years after their first album, they released a new one that includes "Good Vibrations" & "Monday Monday"
Wilson Phillips