Woody Bell — an Air Force officer from Columbia, Maryland
Rachel Hirsch — a high school history teacher from Cambridge, Massachusetts
Meredith Larson — an attorney from Washington, D.C. (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,701)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith | $2,200 | $5,200 | $3,600 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,400
11 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Rachel | $1,600 | $5,200 | $8,400 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,200
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Woody | $1,200 | $2,200 | $12,600 |
$8,399
New champion: $8,399 |
$10,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| HAPPY DECEMBER, EVERYBODY! | T.C.L.T. | TV BARS & SALOONS | THE KILLING | CHOP WOOD | CARRY "WATER" |
|
$200
[22]
It's the national month for this holiday-time drink to which rum & nutmeg are sometimes added
egg nog
Meredith
|
$200
[13]
"T.O.C."(either one)by Henry Miller
Tropic of Cancer (or Tropic of Capricorn )
Rachel
|
$200
[5]
Homer Simpson & his thirsty buddies gather here to grab a glass of Duff & blow off some steam
Moe's
Meredith
|
$200
[1]
In myth he killed King Laius of Thebes (but he had serious mommy issues)
Oedipus
Meredith
|
$200
[4]
The History Channel show "Ax Men" centers on guys in this job, & they're OK
lumberjacks
Rachel
|
$200
[12]
This phrase has been applied to sadistic dripping & to Houdini's escape act from a water tank
water torture
Rachel
|
|
$400
[23]
This British observance on the first weekday after Christmas doesn't refer to pugilists but to gift packages
Boxing Day
Rachel
|
$400
[14]
"O.H.B."by Somerset Maugham
Of Human Bondage
Rachel
|
$400
[6]
Sam Malone sold this bar & left for an around-the-world sailing trip, but the boat sank & he was soon back at the bar
Cheers
Rachel
|
$400
[2]
Aldo Moro, 5 times the premier of this country, was kidnapped & murdered by Red Brigades terrorists in 1978
Italy
Rachel
|
$400
[18]
Shel Silverstein poetically waxed that you could hear this mythic logger's axe "ring for a mile and a half"
Paul Bunyan
Meredith
|
$400
[27]
Navy SEAL training includes 5 minutes of doing this--in diving gear & a weight belt, using no hands
treading water
Woody
|
|
$600
[24]
This reserve part of the U.S. military celebrates its birthday December 13
the National Guard
Meredith
|
$600
[15]
"F.H.T.E."by James Jones
From Here to Eternity
|
$600
[7]
The bar where the Seattle Grace Hospital doctors hang out on this series is really 72 North in Pasadena, Calif.
Grey's Anatomy
Woody
|
$600
[3]
On June 28, 1914 Slavic nationalist Gavrilo Princip killed this royal & his consort Sophie
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Woody
|
$600
[19]
In a quirky 2012 movie, this president chops wood & quite a few vampires
Abraham Lincoln
Rachel
|
$600
[28]
A Chopin etude is named after this natural feature; hearthe arpeggios "cascade" up & down the piano
a waterfall
Woody
|
|
$1,000
[26]
In December 1936 members of the United Auto Workers began a sit-down strike against this automaker
General Motors
|
$800
[16]
"T.U.L.O.B."by Milan Kundera
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Rachel
|
$800
[8]
The Boars Nest, owned by Boss Hogg, was the local watering hole on this series
The Dukes of Hazzard
Rachel
|
$800
[10]
In Buffalo on Sept. 6, 1901 Leon Czolgosz shot this man twice; the first shot ricocheted off a button; the second was fatal
McKinley
Meredith
|
$800
[20]
The Wicked Witch of the East maliciously enchants his axe over his love for a munchkin maiden
the Tin Man
Rachel
|
$800
[29]
If you start to cry, you "turn on" these
the waterworks
Meredith
|
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Hallmark suggests including a strip of adinkra cloth with your card for this holiday
Kwanzaa
Meredith
|
$1,000
[17]
"T.L.T.O.C."by Nikos Kazantzakis
The Last Temptation of Christ
|
$1,000
[9]
A New Jersey strip club called Satin Dolls served as this club on "The Sopranos"
Bada Bing
Rachel
|
$1,000
[11]
On July 13, 1793 Charlotte Corday pretended to seek the protection of this Parisian, whose bath was ruined, big time
(Jean-Paul) Marat
Meredith
|
$1,000
[21]
Chopping down a tree starts with making this V-shaped cut; open-faced & Humboldt are 2 styles
a notch
Meredith
|
$1,000
[30]
A land ridge dividing the areas drained by 2 different river systems
a watershed
Rachel
|
| SANTA FE | McCARTHYISM | YOU'RE AN ANIMAL! | NEW TO THE OXFORD DICTIONARIES | POLITICAL BOOKS | "DARK" MOVIES |
|
$400
[21]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from Santa Fe, NM.) Though the palace of the governors is just a short walk from the jail where this young outlaw sat in 1880, Governor Lew Wallace refused to meet with him & discuss the pardon he had offered; a jailbreak soon followed
Billy the Kid (William Bonney)
Rachel
|
$400
[9]
1998's "Cities on the Plain" completed his Border trilogy; he's not exactly a laugh-a-minute novelist
Cormac McCarthy
Rachel
|
$400
[22]
This national symbol of the U.S. has a wingspan of more than 6 feet
bald eagle
Meredith
|
$400
[14]
"A photograph that one has taken of oneself... with a smartphone... & uploaded to a social media website"
selfie
Woody
|
$400
[4]
"The Price of Power" is Seymour Hersh's take on this Secretary of State's years in the Nixon White House
Kissinger
Woody
|
$400
[1]
Morgan Freeman played Lucius Fox, a valued employee of Wayne Enterprises, in this 2008 film
The Dark Knight
Rachel
|
|
$800
[27]
The most-visited museum in all of New Mexico is the Santa Fe museum dedicated to & named for this woman painter
Georgia O'Keeffe
Woody
|
$800
[10]
Candice Bergen said that when she was growing up, his bedroom was bigger than hers
Charlie McCarthy
Meredith
|
$800
[23]
While a little awkward on land, these rodents are actually good swimmers; their quills help them float
porcupine
Rachel
|
$800
[17]
"Obtaining information or services by soliciting from a large number of people, typically via the Internet"
crowdsourcing
Woody
|
$800
[5]
"Justice for All" is the subtitle of a tribute to this man & his ground-breaking 1967 appointment to the Supreme Court
(Thurgood) Marshall
Woody
|
$800
[2]
The third "Transformers" movie had this 4-word subtitle
Dark of the Moon
Meredith
Woody
|
| — |
$1,200
[11]
In 1968 this Democrat won presidential primary elections in Wisconsin & Oregon
Eugene McCarthy
Rachel
|
$1,600
[25]
Pray tell, it's the monkey seen here
capuchin
Rachel
Woody
|
$1,200
[18]
"Dance... in a sexually provocative manner involving thrusting hip movements & a... squatting stance"
twerking
Rachel
|
$1,600
[7]
Former White House Chief of Staff Hamilton Jordan penned "Crisis: The Last Year of" this man's presidency
Jimmy Carter
|
$1,200
[3]
Movie in which Meryl Streep as Lindy Chamberlain had the memorable line "The dingo's got my baby!"
A Cry in the Dark
|
| — |
$1,600
[12]
Mary McCarthy's brother Kevin starred in this 1956 film in which his neighbors are replaced by pod people
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Rachel
|
$2,000
[26]
Growing to more than a foot long, this giant is the largest of all frogs
the goliath frog
Woody
|
$1,600
[19]
"A digital currency in which transactions can be performed without the need for a central bank"
bitcoin
Woody
|
$2,000
[8]
"The Triumph of Politics: Why the Reagan Revolution Failed" is by this former wunderkind budget director
David Stockman
|
$1,600
[15]
"The Exorcist" author William Peter Blatty co-wrote this movie that featured Inspector Clouseau
A Shot in the Dark
Rachel
|
| — |
$2,000
[13]
Kevin McCarthy's sister Mary wrote "The Group", which follows the lives of friends who went to this women's college
Vassar
Meredith
|
DD
$2,800
[24]
In 1925 Australia sent the San Diego Zoo Snugglepot & Cuddlepie, its first pair of these
koalas
Rachel
|
$2,000
[20]
Rhyming term for "the dress... & culture associated with computing... enthusiasts, regarded as stylish"
geek chic
|
DD
$3,200
[6]
"Nerve Center" is Michael Bohn's history of this "room", the White House crisis-management center that he once ran
the Situation Room
Woody
|
$2,000
[16]
This 1982 film features a universe of Jim Henson creatures
The Dark Crystal
Woody
|
In a letter to the author, President Obama called this "a lovely book--an elegant proof of God, and the power of storytelling"
Life of Pi (by Yann Martel)