Rob Russell — a tutoring and testing director from Johnson City, Tennessee
Marie Halvorsen-Ganepola — a professor from Granger, Indiana
Ricky Hudson — a physical therapist from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,199)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ricky | $2,200 | $3,600 | $8,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 0 W |
| Marie | $1,800 | $1,000 | $1,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Rob | $1,600 | $6,200 | $18,800 |
$20,800
New champion: $20,800 |
$17,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| PUZZLERS | NORTH & SOUTH | A LITTLE READING | MEASURING WHAT? | I'M IN LOVE WITH THAT SONG | POLITICS, FOR SHORT |
|
$200
[8]
Itcontrols most language functions
the left brain
Rob
|
$200
[1]
New Mexico's border with old Mexico is mainly with this state, dog
Chihuahua
Rob
|
$200
[11]
First & last name of E.B. White's adventurous mouse-like boy from a 1945 story
Stuart Little
Ricky
|
$200
[14]
If you're holding a Methuselah, you have a lot of this
champagne
Rob
|
$200
[6]
Yo-Yo Ma named this as his favorite Beatles song "maybe because of the French lyrics", ma belle
"Michelle"
Rob
|
$800
[27]
Considered a pejorative, RINO stands for this
Republican in name only
Rob
|
|
$400
[9]
Adistortionof space-time
a wormhole
Ricky
|
$400
[2]
About 75 miles due north of Liverpool is the British national park named for this watery district
the Lake District
|
$400
[13]
4-word rallying mantra repeated by the "Little Engine that Could" to inspire it to persevere
I think I can
Marie
|
$400
[15]
Ream weight is the weight of 500 sheets of this
paper
Ricky
|
$400
[7]
In 2008 Barack Obama picked as his favorite song "Ready Or Not" by this Lauryn Hill & Wyclef Jean band
The Fugees
Ricky
|
$1,000
[26]
Nobody gets a better deal is the actual meaning of MFN, short for this
most favored nation
Rob
|
|
$600
[10]
Brrr! There's a draft in the room &thisis why
the door is ajar (a door ajar accepted)
Marie
|
$600
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) If you fly due south from Belize, you'll pass over these two countries on your way to El Salvador
Honduras & Guatemala
Rob
|
$600
[18]
"Little Women" detailed the passage from childhood to womanhood of these 4 March sisters
Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy
Marie
|
$600
[21]
It's what a scientist counting atmospheres is measuring
air pressure
Ricky
|
$600
[17]
(Hi, I'm Mark Kelly.) In 2006 my future wife Gabrielle Giffords chose one of the wake-up songs for me & my fellow crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery: "Beautiful Day" by this band
U2
Marie
|
— |
|
$800
[12]
Don't tell the little kidsit's about the plague
"Ring Around The Rosie"
Marie
|
$800
[4]
The next country due north of Australia's northernmost point is this 3-named one
Papua New Guinea
Ricky
|
$1,000
[20]
The first book in Laura Ingalls Wilder's series was "Little House in" this place with more shade than the prairie
the Big Woods
Marie
|
$800
[22]
A pica is a measure of the size of this
a font type (or typeface)
Ricky
|
$800
[25]
In 2014 Spotify reported that this Etta James standard was No. 1 for wedding first dances
"At Last"
Rob
|
— |
|
$1,000
[16]
For example, when the cost of a servicevariesaccording to income
a sliding scale
Rob
|
$1,000
[5]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Head due north from Lida, Belarus & you'll pass through these three countries on your way to the Gulf of Finland
Lithuania, Latvia & Estonia
Rob
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
This 1886 Frances Hodgson Burnett novel inspired a fad of dressing young boys in velvet suits
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Marie
|
$1,000
[23]
If you buy a 15-34 men's dress shirt, the numbers are the sizes of these
the neck & sleeve
Rob
|
$1,000
[24]
Jennifer Aniston said she likes to work out to this Lady Gaga tune; perhaps she pictures running from the title
"Paparazzi"
|
— |
| GIVING THANKS | OUR "FREE"DOM | NATURE'S WONDERS | THE AMERICAN MILITARY | A BOUNTIFUL TABLE | MARY-LOUISE PARKER |
|
$400
[1]
"Thank You for Life" is a volume of letters from transplant recipients to the families of these people
donors
Ricky
|
$400
[2]
In the 1988-89 season, Magic Johnson led the NBA in this percentage at 91%
free throw percentage
Ricky
Marie
|
$400
[8]
The largest living organism is said to be a variety of this fungus that covers 2,200 acres in an Oregon forest
a mushroom
Rob
|
$400
[15]
The Army's school for these at Fort Jackson stresses the service's multi-faith environment
chaplains
Marie
|
$400
[11]
Everything's better with bacon, even these babies that have made a big comeback
brussels sprouts
Marie
|
$1,200
[25]
Mary-Louise won an Emmy for her role inthisHBO movie written by Tony Kushner
Angels in America
|
|
$800
[7]
In May 2011 the President came to this Virginia community to give the CIA the thanks of a grateful nation
Langley
Ricky
|
$800
[3]
It's a fight or contest without any rules, open to everyone
a free-for-all
Ricky
|
$800
[9]
One species of grouse feeds almost exclusively on this wise-sounding desert plant seen here
sage (or sagebrush)
Marie
|
$1,600
[16]
This slang term for a U.S. Marine comes from a collar that was once part of the uniform
leatherneck
Rob
|
$800
[21]
For Mexican-style this, Rachael Ray uses flour tortillas instead of flat pasta strips to separate the layers
lasagna
Marie
|
$1,600
[24]
What a dame! In "Red", this actress had to explain something to Mary-Louise: "I kill people, dear"
Helen Mirren
Rob
|
|
$1,200
[13]
In 2014, Sergeant-at-Arms Kevin Vickersgot a 2-minute ovation from a grateful House of Commons in this city
Ottawa
Rob
|
$1,200
[4]
Robert Frost acknowledged he'd "given offense by saying that I'd as soon write" this "as play tennis with the net down"
free verse
Rob
|
$1,600
[19]
Once "spreading" throughout the Eastern U.S., this nut tree was almost wiped out by a blight in the early 20th century
the chestnut
Rob
|
$2,000
[17]
Creech Air Force Base in this state is known as the home to the Predator drone
Nevada
|
$1,200
[12]
A fall favorite issoupmade from this squash that has a dairy product in its name
butternut
Rob
|
$2,000
[23]
In 2007 Mary-Louise was Zee James, wife (& 1st cousin) of Jesse, played by him; Casey Affleck was "the coward Robert Ford"
Brad Pitt
Rob
|
|
$2,000
[18]
When this Wampanoag chief who'd helped them fell ill in 1623, grateful pilgrims nursed him back to health
Massasoit
|
$1,600
[5]
This hyphenated term meaning "lacking an apparent cause or focus" often precedes "anxiety"
free-floating
Marie
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Called a "saltie" by the Aussies, the saltwater this of Northern Australia is one of the world's largest reptiles
a crocodile
Marie
|
— |
$2,000
[22]
For you carnivores, hot off the grill, it'sthis11-letter steak; dig in
a porterhouse
Ricky
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[14]
After hearing of the U.S. entry into WWII, he "went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful"
Winston Churchill
Rob
|
$2,000
[6]
When Springsteen sings "My Hometown", it's this New Jersey town where he was raised
Freehold
Rob
|
$2,000
[20]
Humans' nearest genetic cousins are these animals, who are about 99% genetically similar to us
chimps
Marie
|
— | — | — |
With a population of under 400,000, this founding member of NATO remains the smallest of the member nations
Iceland