Matthew LaMagna — a digital consultant from Arlington, Virginia
Angela Chuang — a public defender from New York, New York
Ali Palmer — an analyst from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ali | $3,000 | $2,400 | $1,200 |
$1,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,800
12 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Angela | $1,400 | $1,400 | $8,400 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,200
8 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Matthew | $3,800 | $10,000 | $20,800 |
$17,800
New champion: $17,800 |
$18,800
24 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| ALASKAN PLANT LIFE | WHAT THE?! | THAT IS LIKE SO LATE 20th CENTURY | I'M SEXY | & I KNOW "IT" | U.S. MILITARY MEDALS |
|
$200
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a boat in Alaska.) Bull kelp is named for its resemblance to a rope-like bullwhip, and its 120-foot stem or stipe was used by native peoples for any number of purposes, including attaching it to these whaling spears
harpoon
Matthew
|
$200
[16]
Milton begins this work with Satan in hell, plotting against Adam & Eve
Paradise Lost
Matthew
|
$200
[1]
TV's "Martin" popularized "talk to" this body part
the hand
Angela
|
$200
[6]
She played an X-Man, & also Catwoman in "Catwoman"
Halle Berry
Ali
|
$200
[11]
Scratchy's co-star in a cartoon-within-a-cartoon
Itchy
Ali
|
$600
[26]
Medals for "Distinguished Service" & "Distinguished Flying" are both in this shape
cross
Matthew
|
|
$400
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a riverbank in Alaska.) The most common tree in the forests of southern Alaska is the western hemlock, a tree of this type that's named for its seed-bearing structure & includes the world's tallest & one of the smallest trees
coniferous
Matthew
|
$400
[17]
The Greeks believed those who sinned greatly went to Tartarus; this underworld realm was thought to be dull, not painful
Hades
Matthew
|
$400
[2]
"Who let" these "out?" was inescapable in 2000
dogs
Matthew
|
$400
[7]
She played a witch of Eastwick, & also Catwoman in "Batman Returns"
Michelle Pfeiffer
Ali
|
$400
[12]
Adjective for a nursery-rhyme crawler
itsy bitsy
Matthew
|
DD
$2,800
[27]
To be eligible for this medal, you must have been held captive after April 5, 1917
the Prisoner of War Medal (P.O.W. Medal)
Matthew
|
|
$600
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a riverbank in Alaska.) At about 17 million acres, Tongass is the biggest in this system that began in 1891 in part to conserve timber
National Forest system
Ali
|
$600
[18]
Dante would love the "Saturday Night Fever" tune that goes, "burn baby burn, disco" this
inferno
Matthew
|
$600
[3]
"It's all about" these first names, aka C-notes
Benjamins
Ali
|
$600
[8]
imdb.com says this TV "Mad Man" "usually plays intelligent, easy-going, and often handsome characters"--duh!
Jon Hamm
Matthew
|
$600
[13]
The name of a Mayan tribe, it follows "chichen" in the name of a famous ruin
Itza
Matthew
|
— |
|
$800
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a tree in Alaska.) Indians ate its bark & made its roots into hats; today, it's used for lumber, guitars, & gliders; no wonder thestate tree, the Sitka type of this, is called the most valuable tree species in Alaska
Sitka spruce
|
$800
[19]
Hel was banished by this chief god to run Niflheim, but it's not hell, per se, just a spot for those dead of old age or disease
Odin
|
$800
[4]
"It's on like" this Nintendo video game
Donkey Kong
Ali
|
$800
[9]
In 2011shewon Spike TV's Guys Choice Holy Grail of Hot Award; she also got a cool Golden Globe nomination
Mila Kunis
Angela
Matthew
|
$800
[14]
Clara Bow was the original
the "It" Girl
Ali
|
— |
|
$1,000
[25]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a tree in Alaska.)Aldersare the only commercial tree west of the Rockies that take part in the fixation of this gas, turning it into nutrients, so where alders grow, other species of plants can often follow
nitrogen
|
$1,000
[20]
This "epic" Sumerian god-king finds hell is where the dead "drink dirt and eat stone"
Gilgamesh
Matthew
|
$1,000
[5]
Calm down! "Take" this rhyming medication
a chill pill
Angela
|
$1,000
[10]
This actor has portrayed Johnny Storm & the patriotic Steve Rogers
Chris Evans
Matthew
|
$1,000
[15]
It means to repeat, even without the introductory "re"
iterate (reiterate accepted)
Angela
|
— |
| LITERARY SAN FRANCISCO | CANALS | I HAVE A THEORY | WINSTON CHURCHILL | TV INITIALS | 3 "T"s |
|
$400
[21]
Jack London's birthplace was destroyed by this 1906 disaster, but a plaque at Third & Brannan streets marks the spot
the San Francisco earthquake
Ali
|
$400
[16]
The bridge of the Americas crosses this canal at the city of Balboa
Panama Canal
|
$400
[11]
13.8 billion years ago our whole universe was in a hot, dense state, says this theory
the big bang theory
Matthew
|
$400
[26]
As a young man, Churchill wrote news stories from South Africa during this war & was captured
The Boer War
Matthew
|
$400
[1]
Known by 3 initials for short, this crime series spinoff is currently TV's longest-running prime time drama
(Law & Order) SVU
Angela
Matthew
|
$400
[6]
Its name literally means "a short burst of inconsequential information" & "chirps from birds" #FYI
Twitter
Matthew
|
|
$800
[22]
When not "On the Road", this author & friend Neal Cassady hoisted brews at Vesuvio in North Beach
(Jack) Kerouac
Angela
|
$800
[17]
A windmill & the Molengracht canal, seen here, reflect Pella, Iowa's heritage from this country
the Netherlands
Matthew
|
$800
[12]
On "Cosmos", Neil de Grasse Tyson said, "the theory of" this, "like the theory of gravity, is a scientific fact"
evolution
Matthew
|
$800
[27]
The evacuation from this French seaport inspired Churchill's "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech
Dunkirk
|
$800
[2]
In 2013 fans were shocked & saddened when Cote de Pablo, aka special agent Ziva David, left this series
NCIS
|
$800
[7]
Megan Massacre of TLC's "NY Ink" is this type of artist
tattoo
Angela
|
|
$1,200
[23]
A plaque on Burritt St. marks the spot where in this novel, "Miles Archer, partner of Sam Spade, was done in"
The Maltese Falcon
Ali
|
$1,200
[18]
This country's Corinth canal shortens the sailing distance from the Adriatic to the port of Piraeus by 200 miles
Greece
Matthew
|
$1,200
[13]
World Book cites the Masons, the United Nations & area 51 in its listing for this type of theory
conspiracy
Angela
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1955 Churchill left office as PM for good at this round age that no sitting U.S. president has reached
80
Ali
|
$1,200
[3]
The last episode of "The Andy Griffith Show" served as the pilot for "Mayberry" this
R.F.D.
Ali
|
$1,200
[8]
Barhopping is out for people who practice this, abstinence from alcoholic beverages
teetotaling
Matthew
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This author's "Tales of the City" center on the denizens of an apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane
(Armistead) Maupin
Ali
|
$1,600
[19]
The Suez Canal is entered from the Mediterranean through this Egyptian port
Port Said
|
$2,000
[15]
Britannica calls this theory the study of seemingly "random...behavior in systems governed by deterministic laws"
chaos theory
Matthew
|
— |
$1,600
[4]
In the title of the Jack Klugman series, the initials following "Quincy"
M.E.
Ali
|
$1,600
[9]
For their operettas, Sullivan was the composer & Gilbert was this
librettist
Ali
|
|
DD
$5,600
[25]
This bookstore on Columbus Avenue at Broadway is also a publisher whose books include "Howl"
City Lights
Ali
|
$2,000
[20]
Operated from 1828 to 1924, the C&O canal, which stands for this, runs parallel to the Potomac River
Chesapeake & Ohio
Ali
|
DD
$3,800
[14]
John Nash's Nobel Prize announcement mentions this theory that looks at rivalries among competitors
game theory
Angela
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
On "Full House", Candace Cameron played this one of the Tanner girls
DJ
Matthew
|
$2,000
[10]
In Rome you might find yourself marching to one of these small, casual restaurants
trattoria
Matthew
|
A popular product was born when Jean Naigeon of this city substituted the juice of unripe grapes for vinegar
Dijon