Laura Lorson — a newscaster and editor from Perry, Kansas
Dave Perkins — a high school assistant principal from Wenatchee, Washington
Alvin Chin — a tutor from Highland Park, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $32,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin | $1,800 | $3,800 | $13,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,200
19 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dave | $4,400 | $12,000 | $16,200 |
$5,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Laura | $2,000 | $3,400 | $11,400 |
$11,400
New champion: $11,400 |
$11,400
15 R, 2 W |
| NEW TO THESCRABBLE PLAYERS DICTIONARY | FILE UNDER "Q" | ABBREVIATED REALITY | NOT-SO-DESPERATE MEASURES | STATE HOLIDAYS | DONE & DONE |
|
$200
[27]
Part pal, part foeNREYEFM
FRENEMY
Dave
|
$200
[25]
It's the piece that plucks a harpsichord; good luck plucking one from a porcupine
a quill
Dave
|
$200
[30]
Time to drop the pounds:"TBL"
The Biggest Loser
Laura
|
$200
[8]
A cup is equal to about 237 milliliters or 16 of these kitchen drawer items
tablespoons
Dave
|
$200
[1]
This president's Feb. 12 birthday is an official holiday in Missouri &, of course, Illinois
Lincoln
Dave
|
$200
[29]
He walked in space for 5 1/2 hours; 3 years later he was the second man to walk on the Moon
Buzz Aldrin
Laura
|
|
$400
[26]
A cocktail made with rumTOIOMJ _
a MOJITO
Dave
|
$400
[18]
Its density exceeds that of the human body, so you can't really sink below its surface--but it can still be dangerous
quicksand
Dave
|
$400
[23]
The MTV mother of all reality shows:"TRW"
The Real World
Alvin
|
$400
[14]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) Originally found by the weight of a plump one of wheat, it's the smallest unit of weight in most systems; you need 7,000 to make 1 pound
a grain
Alvin
Laura
|
$400
[24]
Mardi Gras Day is not only a holiday in Louisiana but in Baldwin & Mobile Counties in this state as well
Alabama
Laura
|
$400
[28]
In 1665 he checked out churches in Paris; on Aug. 27, 1666 his design for a dome at St. Paul's was accepted
Sir Christopher Wren
Dave
|
|
$600
[10]
Calm downCIHLXAL
CHILLAX
Laura
|
$600
[2]
Founded in 1920, it was named Queensland and Northern Territorial Aerial Services
Qantas
Dave
|
$600
[22]
Our version of a British show:"AGT"
America's Got Talent
Laura
|
$800
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew delivers the clue.) It's a term for a small drink of liquor or a specific unit of weight that you need 256 of to amount to a pound, which would be a very big drink
a dram
Alvin
|
$600
[3]
California public schools are closed on March 31 to honor this Latino labor leader
(Cesar) Chavez
Alvin
|
$600
[9]
In the 1760s he was first mate on a slave ship; in 1777 he fought for freedom as captain of the Ranger
John Paul Jones
Dave
|
|
$800
[11]
Beans full of proteinADEMMAE
EDAMAME
Laura
|
$800
[6]
This fruit's name can be traced back to the name of an ancient city on Crete
a quince
Alvin
|
$800
[15]
A competitive yukfest:"LCS"
Last Comic Standing
Alvin
|
$1,000
[21]
This standard unit of length is equal to about 6,076 feet, captain
a nautical mile
Dave
|
$800
[4]
"We will never forget" Wisconsin's special observance day in September for these paired 3-letter groups
POW & MIA
Dave
|
$800
[16]
He's the most recent male appointee to the Supreme Court; in 2014 he said it's "fine if we are not all that popular"
Justice Alito
Alvin
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Make some noise in imitation of the rhythms of hip-hop musicTOBAXEB
BEATBOX
Dave
|
$1,000
[7]
It's the familiar name of the tremulous American aspen
the quaking aspen
Laura
|
$1,000
[13]
Watch the queens sashay:"RPDR"
RuPaul's Drag Race
|
DD
$4,000
[19]
Spare this unit of length equal to 16.5 feet
a rod
Dave
|
$1,000
[5]
This state's Pioneer Day honors those who fled west from Illinois for religious freedom
Utah
Dave
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1954 he was radicalized in Guatemala; in 1967 he failed to radicalize Bolivia & was shot there
Che Guevara
Dave
|
| JOLLY OLD CITIES IN ENGLAND | TIME TO GO EXPLORIN' | BOOKS ABOUT WRITERS | TOOT YOUR "-ONE" | HORN | REMEMBERING LAUREN BACALL |
|
$400
[20]
It's home to the International Slavery Museum, but you may know it as the home of the Beatles
Liverpool
Alvin
|
$400
[23]
982:Greenland gets its name from this man with another color in his name
Erik the Red
Alvin
|
$400
[1]
She's "The Mockingbird Next Door"
Harper Lee
Dave
|
$400
[25]
I have a natural inclination for this term meaning lying face down
prone
Alvin
|
$400
[24]
The Golden Horn, the Bosporus & the Sea of Marmara are the "3 seas" that converge on this city
Istanbul
Alvin
|
$800
[27]
In 1999 Lauren starred in "Too Rich: The Secret Life of" this alliterative tobacco heiress
Doris Duke
Laura
|
|
$800
[14]
This city on the River Cam is home to a univ. founded in the 1200s; the same-named one in Massachusetts has good schools too
Cambridge
Alvin
|
$800
[22]
1592:Starting a long-brewing fight with Argentina, Englishman John Davis lays eyes on these
the Falklands
Alvin
|
$800
[26]
Thomas Beller calls this reclusive man of letters "The Escape Artist"
(J.D.) Salinger
Alvin
|
$800
[18]
John Lamb Reed was a primary one for Gilbert & Sullivan
a baritone
Laura
|
$800
[17]
From the 16th to 18th centuries, the hornbook was this type of schoolbook whose name is from the Latin for "first"
a primer
Laura
|
$1,200
[29]
In "How to Marry a Millionaire", Lauren, Betty Grable & this gal play models out to snag rich husbands
Marilyn Monroe
|
|
$1,200
[2]
Associated with a mean sheriff, this city on the River Trent used to have an "S" in front--ewww
Nottingham
Laura
|
$1,200
[21]
1456:In the service of this Portuguese prince of a guy, Alvise Ca' da Mosto explores the Cape Verde islands
Prince Henry the Navigator
Alvin
|
$1,200
[9]
Scholar Rosamund Bartlett dissected "Scenes from a Life" of this Russian playwright
(Anton) Chekhov
Alvin
|
$1,200
[12]
Depose the king
dethrone
Dave
|
$1,200
[16]
Before "Barefoot in the Park" in 1963, this playwright struck gold in 1961 with "Come Blow Your Horn"
Neil Simon
Laura
|
$1,600
[28]
In 1964 Lauren played a bickering wife in the film based on this Helen Gurley Brown bestseller
Sex and the Single Girl
Alvin
|
|
$1,600
[3]
The Thermae Spahas updated the millennia-old hot springs tradition of this city
Bath
Dave
|
$2,000
[7]
1761:John Harrison wins a Parliament prize for finding a way to measure this at sea; his secret? A good timepiece
longitude
Laura
|
$1,600
[8]
"The Real Life of Mary Ann Evans" paints a portrait of this author
George Eliot
Laura
|
$1,600
[11]
A type of clam, or the center of a Bing
a cherrystone
Laura
|
$1,600
[15]
Due to the small horns above each eye, thesidewinderis also called a "horn" this type of poisonous snake
a viper
Alvin
|
$2,000
[19]
Lauren was into couture in the 1957 film titled this kind of "Woman"
Designing Woman
|
|
$2,000
[4]
The frame of a ship, or a Yorkshire port city of 250,000 people
Hull
Alvin
|
DD
$3,000
[13]
1522: The Spanish king honors Juan Sebastian del Cano for this first; history honors his late boss Magellan
circumnavigation of the Earth
Dave
|
DD
$3,000
[6]
There's an entire book just about him & the Church of Ireland, 1710-1724
Jonathan Swift
Alvin
|
$2,000
[10]
A speaker of the native tongue in Chartres
a Francophone
Alvin
Laura
|
$2,000
[5]
It's home to the Ethiopian Plateau & the Ogaden Desert
the Horn of Africa
Alvin
Dave
|
— |
When the current presidential occupant of the White House was born, this president was living there
John Fitzgerald Kennedy