Jason Washington — a customer service representative from Quincy, Illinois
Emily Herndon — a bakery owner from Knoxville, Tennessee
Terri Pous — a social media editor from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terri | $2,000 | $3,200 | $7,000 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
20 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Emily | $2,000 | $3,000 | $4,200 |
$8,100
New champion: $8,100 |
$4,200
11 R, 4 W |
| Jason | $-1,200 | $-1,000 | $200 |
$200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$200
8 R, 6 W |
| NAMED IN THE BIBLE & THE KORAN | SONG LYRICS | JOURNALISM CLICHES | FRUIT & NUTS | BORDERING MISSOURI | YOU'RE SO VAIN |
|
$200
[25]
This 2014 movie would be "Nuh", except it was banned in many Islamic lands
Noah
Terri
|
$200
[2]
TLC:"Please stick to the rivers and the lakes that you're used to"
"Waterfalls"
Terri
|
$200
[1]
A recent search on the nexis.com database found 580 uses in a month of "shrouded in secrecy" or "shrouded in" this
mystery
|
$200
[7]
The sweet Royal Ann variety of this is usually the type used to make maraschinos
a cherry
Terri
|
$200
[13]
A "Trail of Tears" outdoor drama in a Tahlequah amphitheater was once an annual event in this state
Oklahoma
Jason
|
$200
[18]
A magic mirror gives the vain queen the bad news that another has surpassed her in beauty in this Grimm fairy tale
"Snow White"
Terri
Emily
|
|
$400
[27]
Musa is this lawgiver
Moses
Jason
|
$400
[3]
David Guetta:"I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose, fire away"
"Titanium"
Terri
|
$400
[12]
Someone who switches from one pastime to another, or an action that effects a major shift
a game changer
Emily
|
$400
[8]
To blanch these nuts, like for Greek cookies called ergolavi, put them in boiling water for 3-5 min., then remove skin
almonds
Terri
|
$400
[14]
The area around Hot Springs National Park in this state is called "The American Spa"
Arkansas
Terri
|
$400
[19]
This trademarked drug from Allergan is injected into the face to treat wrinkles & crow's feet
Botox
Terri
|
|
$600
[28]
Beware of Iblis, this figure
the Devil
|
$600
[4]
The B-52's:"There goes a dogfish chased by a catfish"
"Rock Lobster"
Emily
Jason
|
$600
[23]
Affluent folks' lawns are described as this, as if they were tended using nail scissors
manicured
Terri
|
$600
[9]
The Gravenstein variety of this fruit is named for a village in Denmark
an apple
Terri
|
$600
[15]
Check out Herbert Hoover's birthplace, a two-room cottage in this state
Iowa
Terri
|
$600
[20]
She says her No. 1 hit "You're So Vain" isn't about James Taylor; some think it's about Warren Beatty
Carly Simon
Terri
|
|
$800
[29]
Jibril is this messenger
Gabriel
Emily
|
$800
[5]
Kelly Clarkson:"Doesn't mean I'm lonely when I'm alone"
"Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)"
Emily
|
$800
[24]
If something is a quick fix to a difficult problem, it's one of these werewolf killers
a silver bullet
Jason
|
$800
[10]
Six-letter name of the winter melon seen here
casaba
Terri
Jason
|
$800
[16]
This state follows "Bleeding" in an 1850s nickname
Kansas
Terri
|
$800
[22]
In mythology, this handsome but vain youth loved only his own reflection
Narcissus
Terri
|
|
$1,000
[30]
This reluctant prophet is Yunus
Jonah
Jason
|
$1,000
[6]
Katy Perry:"Make me your Aphrodite, make me your one and only"
"Dark Horse"
Emily
|
$1,000
[26]
A representative example; the first such youngster appeared in the 1930s
poster child
|
$1,000
[11]
In parts of Africa, sharing these nuts with anti-fatigue properties is the equivalent of the North American peace pipe
kola nuts
|
DD
$2,000
[17]
It has the smallest legislative branch in the nation, 49 senators
Nebraska
Terri
|
$1,000
[21]
A vanity search is self-Googling or this kind of surfing
ego surfing
|
| THAT BOOK GAVE ME A NIGHTMARE | SPANISH HISTORY | GRAVE NEW WORLD | MOVIE SOUND FX | INTERJECTIONS! | YOU'RE SO VEIN |
|
$400
[12]
Prosecutor Vincent Bugliosi's "Helter Skelter" is an account of the crimes of this man & his followers
(Charles) Manson
Terri
|
$400
[4]
Hitler said that he'd rather have teeth pulled than negotiate with this Spanish generalissimo
Franco
Terri
|
$400
[1]
Washington Irving "dozes" in the cemetery of what's now called this town
Sleepy Hollow
Terri
|
$400
[8]
Aye aye, captain! We'll locate the hidden submarine soon enough using this device
sonar
Jason
|
$800
[7]
To mend a sock!
darn!
Emily
Jason
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Ancient Egyptians & Romans believed in the vena amoris, a vein thought to run straight to the heart from this finger
the ring finger
Terri
|
|
$800
[16]
These monsters du jour are the villains of "The Remaining", about a plague survivor waiting in a bunker
zombies
Emily
|
$800
[6]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) When the Armada was defeated in 1588, the Spanish Empire covered large areas of the New World; by 1825, only these two island possessions remained
Cuba & Puerto Rico
Emily
|
$1,200
[3]
This city's San Fernando Cemetery was closed to new interments after Benito Juarez was buried there
Mexico City
Jason
|
$800
[9]
Put 'em up; one of these contests is about to start
a boxing match
Jason
|
$1,200
[22]
Gets rid of, like with corn!
shucks!
Emily
|
$1,200
[27]
Phlebitis, the inflammation of a vein, can sometimes develop into a thrombus, a synonym for this
a clot
Terri
|
|
$1,200
[19]
This children's author is not so innocent--a kitten is almost baked in a pie in her "Tale of Samuel Whiskers"
Beatrix Potter
Emily
|
$1,200
[13]
In the 1520s this founder of the Jesuits was twice imprisoned by the Spanish Inquisition
St. Ignatius of Loyola
|
$1,600
[5]
The tombstone seenhereisn't in Tombstone, Arizona, but in Glenwood Springs in this Western state
Colorado
|
$1,200
[10]
Keep your head down! Just heard one of these, a word from the French
a ricochet
Jason
|
$1,600
[23]
Several long-tailed critters of the family Muridae!
rats!
Emily
|
$1,600
[26]
A Swedish doctor developed this diagnostic technique to identify blocked veins using X-rays & contrast media
an angiogram
|
|
$1,600
[20]
In "The Hungry Moon", horror stalks a town in England that practices the faith of these pre-Christian priests
the druids
Terri
|
$1,600
[14]
In 1808 Napoleon gained control of Spain & named this brother as king
Joseph Bonaparte
Emily
|
DD
$2,000
[2]
He was entombed with his Gibson Les Paul in 1981 in Saint Ann, Jamaica
Bob Marley
Terri
|
$1,600
[11]
It's a spooky night if we hear the sound of this"great" raptor
the great horned owl
Emily
Jason
|
$2,000
[24]
(Meaning nonsense)violin bows!
fiddlesticks!
|
$2,000
[25]
The 2 largest veins in the human body are the inferior & superior this, Latin for "hollow vein"
vena cava
Emily
Jason
|
|
$2,000
[21]
Bearing the name of a Catholic rite, it's Whitley Strieber's supposedly true account of his abduction by aliens
Communion: A True Story
Jason
|
$2,000
[15]
This capital of Andalusia served as capital of the Moors for more than 500 years
Seville
Terri
|
$2,000
[18]
Many who died on the Titanic were buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia; their gravestones were paid for by this company
the White Star Line
|
$2,000
[17]
Named for a character, the cry known as this scream has been used in countless movies
the Wilhelm
Terri
|
— | — |
"His madness being stronger than any other faculty", he "resolved to have himself dubbed a knight by the first person he met"
Don Quixote