Ben Zimmer — a linguist and language columnist from Jersey City, New Jersey
Melinda Dudley — a recent law school graduate from Hayden, Colorado
Jill Rowley — a flight attendant from Baltimore, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $3,000 | $4,800 | $18,800 |
$31,601
2-day champion: $43,802 |
$18,800
17 R, 1 W |
| Melinda | $2,400 | $4,700 | $7,300 |
$10,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ben | $2,800 | $5,400 | $15,800 |
$18,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| MAN OVERLORD! | 3-LETTER WORDS | TV HOSTS | REMEMBER THE ALIMONY | POTENT POTABLES | A MODEL OF FORD, &... |
|
$200
[1]
Here comes this Hun king, who in the 440s made the Eastern Roman Empire pay 2,100 pounds of gold per year
Attila
Melinda
|
$200
[6]
A gear tooth; you may feel like one in a machine
a cog
Melinda
|
$200
[12]
Let's make a deal--name this host of "Let's Make a Deal"
Wayne Brady
Jill
|
$200
[11]
The 1969 family law act made California the first U.S. state to legalize this "blameless" form of divorce
no-fault
Ben
|
$200
[23]
The 2 main styles of this liquor are Dutch & London dry
gin
Melinda
|
$200
[18]
To slip from confinement
Escape
Melinda
|
|
$400
[2]
The 24-year rule of this Soviet leader led to the deaths of millions of peasants caught up in collectivization
Joseph Stalin
Jill
|
$400
[7]
It's slang for a $5 bill
a fin
Ben
|
$400
[13]
Nathan Sawaya created a life-sized, Lego-izedversionof thisTV pundit, & that's "The Word"
Stephen Colbert
Ben
|
$400
[17]
In 1979 a court granted girlfriend Michelle Triola Marvin $104,000 & alimony was leng thened 1 letter to this
palimony
Ben
|
$400
[24]
Varicella you don't want; valpolicella, one of this country's top red wines, you do
Italy
Melinda
|
$400
[19]
The second sign of the zodiac, said to be stubborn
a Taurus
Melinda
|
|
$600
[3]
Refusing to see Spain's Charles I as a new overlord led to Atahualpa becoming the last ruler of this Peruvian empire
the Incan Empire
Melinda
|
$600
[8]
A curve joining 2 points in geometry, or anything bow-shaped
an arc
Melinda
|
$600
[14]
Stay up "Late Late" with this funnyman seen here
Craig Ferguson
Jill
|
$600
[28]
In Illinois, it's grounds for divorce if, at the time of your marriage, your husband had one of these living
another wife
Ben
|
$600
[25]
The brand called Mike's Hard makes cider & punch, but its logo shows this is its flagship drink
lemonade
Ben
|
$800
[21]
Term for a man who accompanies a lady to a formal, public event
an Escort
Jill
|
|
$800
[4]
Macias Nguema was the son of one of these "doctors", & his prescription for Equatorial Guinea was brutal repression
a witch doctor
Melinda
|
$800
[9]
It means to invest with a title, such as a knighthood
dub
Ben
|
$800
[15]
For the 11th season of her talk show, the double "L" in her first name was changed to the number 11
Ellen DeGeneres
Jill
|
$800
[29]
Connecticut will grant a divorce if one spouse has been absent & out of touch for this "itchy" length of time
seven years
Melinda
|
$800
[26]
A chelada is a mix of this alcoholic beverage & clamato--we know, but just try it
beer
Melinda
|
$1,000
[22]
Something everyone is looking at; it's also the point where an earthquake starts
a Focus
Jill
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1998 rioting due to a bad economy ended the 32-year rule of this Indonesian president
Suharto
Ben
|
$1,000
[10]
Scrabble players know it's a 3-letter word for meadow
a lea
Jill
|
$1,000
[16]
This star of "Community" hosts "The Soup"
Joel McHale
Melinda
|
$1,000
[30]
Grounds for divorce in Georgia include "moral" this, meaning depravity or vileness
turpitude
Ben
|
$1,000
[27]
Excuse the spelling, but peppar & kurant are products from this Swedish vodka brand
Absolut
Melinda
|
DD
$2,500
[20]
A thermonuclear reaction
Fusion
Melinda
|
| MASHED-UP BOOK TITLES | WILDLIFE | ONE-HIT WONDERS | U.S. COLONY NAMES | "EAU", NOT SORRY | LASTS |
|
$400
[14]
"Charlotte's Little"
Charlotte's Web & Stuart Little
Melinda
|
$400
[2]
The San Diego zoo says this ursine carnivore can smell prey on ice 20 miles away
a polar bear
Melinda
|
$400
[1]
In 1983 Jump 'N the Saddle released its only hit record, "The Curly Shuffle", a tribute to this comedy team
The Three Stooges
Jill
|
$400
[19]
This colony's name came from one of the Channel Islands
New Jersey
Ben
|
$400
[7]
It can be a government department or a chest of drawers
a bureau
Melinda
|
$400
[26]
Thomas McKean was the last to sign this document--sometime after January 18, 1777
the Declaration of Independence
Melinda
|
|
$1,200
[16]
"In Cold Tiffany's"
In Cold Blood & Breakfast at Tiffany's
Melinda
|
$800
[10]
Badger & Toad could hang with the star-nosed this seen here
a mole
Jill
Melinda
|
$800
[3]
He died of cardiac arrest in 1996 moments after singing his lone hit, "Tip Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me"
Tiny Tim
Ben
|
$800
[22]
Rhode Island may be named for a place in this sea
the Aegean Sea
Jill
Ben
|
$800
[8]
When something hits one of these, it stops increasing after a period of growth
a plateau
Ben
|
$800
[27]
In 1995 the funnies got less funny with the ending of both "The Far Side" & this comic strip by Bill Watterson
Calvin & Hobbes
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[17]
"Mansfield Abbey"
Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey
Jill
Melinda
|
$1,200
[11]
As if it's not freaky enough, a male duckbilled this has spurs behind each ankle that are connected to poison glands
a platypus
Jill
|
$1,200
[4]
Bertie Higgins' only Top 40 hit, it was inspired by a 1948 Bogart-Bacall flick set on a Florida island
"Key Largo"
Ben
|
$1,600
[24]
New York is named for the duke of York, who would become this king in 1685
James II
Ben
|
$1,200
[9]
At the start of winter, this state capital barely gets 6 1/2 hours of daylight
Juneau
Jill
|
$1,200
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the California Science Center in Los Angeles.) The Space Shuttle Endeavour's final mission began May 16, 2011; among those watching the launch was this Arizona congresswoman, whose husband, Mark Kelly, was on board as commander
(Gabrielle) Giffords
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[18]
"The Pickwick Shop"
Pickwick Papers & The Old Curiosity Shop
Jill
|
$1,600
[12]
The mud puppy, a type of this amphibian, breathes through gills even though it has lungs
a salamander
Jill
|
$1,600
[5]
Daniel Powter's one hit came in 2006 when he sang, "Cause you had" this (maybe tomorrow will be better)
a bad day
Ben
|
$2,000
[25]
Pennsylvania comes from the Latin for this area "of Penn", "Penn" referring to William Penn's dad
woods
Jill
Melinda
|
$1,600
[20]
Named for a region of Burgundy, it's a red wine drunk when it's young; the "nouveau" type, when it's very young
Beaujolais
Melinda
Ben
|
$1,600
[29]
Lord John Russell, who left office in 1866, was the last prime minister of Great Britain who was one of these, foes of the tories
the whigs
Melinda
|
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
" 'A' is for Trespass"
" 'A' is for Alibi & 'T' is for Trespass
Melinda
|
$2,000
[13]
This bloodsucking eel-like fish arrived in Lake Erie around 1920; within 25 years all the Great Lakes were infested
a lamprey
Jill
|
$2,000
[6]
1983's "Too Shy" was the peak for this group with baby talk in its name
Kajagoogoo
Ben
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
Massachusetts means "at the big" one of these; colony Gov. John Winthrop said, "we shall be as a city upon" one of these
a hill
Ben
|
$2,000
[21]
It's the clothing & linens a bride assembles for her marriage
a trousseau
Jill
Melinda
|
$2,000
[30]
This Hitler deputy was the last prisoner at both the Tower of London & Spandau
Rudolf Hess
|
In 2013 Mario Cuomo said he finally saw this film, which he had boycotted for personal reasons, & called it "maybe... a masterpiece"
The Godfather