WE ASKED: Mo Rocca.
Amelia Hershberger — a management analyst from Albany, New York
Lisa Cech — an information coordinator from Lakewood, Ohio
Adam Hoskins — an attorney from Columbia, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | $1,800 | $6,200 | $13,400 |
$5,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
19 R, 0 W |
| Lisa | $2,400 | $5,000 | $10,800 |
$15,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amelia | $5,200 | $5,800 | $10,600 |
$21,200
New champion: $21,200 |
$9,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| WISCONSIN | THAT'S THE SPIRIT | GOVERNMENT & POLITICS | WORDS OF DESIRE | NONFICTION | THE WEEKEND IN POP CULTURE |
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$200
[22]
On the state seal a miner & a sailor support a shield on top of which is this animal
badger
Adam
|
$200
[7]
Bacardi &Captain Morgan
rum
Lisa
|
$200
[19]
In October 2015 this Californian heir apparent to John Boehner suddenly withdrew his candidacy for House Speaker
Kevin McCarthy
Amelia
|
$200
[21]
It precedes ‑ful thinking & ‑ing well
wish
Adam
|
$200
[1]
"The River of Doubt" documents a journey he took on the Amazon after his 1912 election defeat
Teddy Roosevelt
Amelia
|
$200
[2]
In this TV show's 1st sketch, Michael O'Donoghue said, "I would like to feed your fingertips to the wolverines"
Saturday Night Live
Adam
|
|
$400
[23]
Taliesin near Spring Green is the site of the Hillside Home School, built of sandstone & oak by this architect
Frank Lloyd Wright
Adam
|
$400
[8]
Absolut &Pinnacle
vodka
Lisa
|
$400
[20]
To override a presidential veto, the House & Senate each need at least this fraction of votes
two-thirds
Lisa
|
$400
[27]
A written statement of petition, or something a band may take from the crowd
a request
Amelia
|
$400
[15]
"Vera" is a biography of his mrs., without whom he would not have written novels like "Pale Fire" & "Lolita"
(Vladimir) Nabokov
Amelia
|
$400
[3]
(Hi, I'm Mo Rocca.) I am a correspondent for this CBS news magazine that's hosted by the genial Charles Osgood
Sunday Morning
Adam
|
|
$600
[24]
Wisconsin has no seacoast, but has this 8-letter type of nautical museum, featuring the World War II sub Cobia
maritime
|
$600
[9]
Wild Turkey &Maker's Mark
bourbon
Adam
|
$800
[14]
Marine general Joseph Dunford is chairman of this advisory council of the heads of the Armed Forces
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Amelia
|
$600
[28]
A defendant's answer to a legal charge in court; not guilty is a good one
a plea
Lisa
|
$600
[16]
"The Everything Store" is subtitled this man "and the Age of Amazon"
(Jeff) Bezos
Adam
|
$600
[4]
A hit by The Weeknd says "I can't" do this "when I'm with you"
feel my face
Adam
|
|
$800
[25]
Wisconsin's state fruit, it's also the state berry of Massachusetts
the cranberry
Lisa
|
$800
[10]
Beefeater &Tanqueray
gin
Amelia
|
$1,000
[13]
In 2014 he replaced Jay Carney as President Obama's press secretary
Josh Earnest
|
$800
[29]
Pregnant ladies wanting pickles in their ice cream are familiar with this word, from the Old English for "to demand"
crave
Lisa
|
$800
[17]
"Dead Wake" chronicles the last crossing of this luxury liner, sunk en route to Liverpool from New York
the Lusitania
|
$800
[5]
A Hamptons beach house is the setting for this 1989 film comedy in which Andrew McCarthy props up his dead boss
Weekend at Bernie's
Lisa
|
|
$1,000
[26]
Cities by Lake Winnebago include Appleton, Oshkosh &this one, whose French name comes from its spot on the lake
Fond du Lac
Adam
|
$1,000
[11]
Courvoisier &Remy Martin
cognac
Amelia
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
The Wage and Hour Division & the Mine Safety and Health Administration are agencies of this Cabinet department
Labor
Amelia
|
$1,000
[30]
"Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses" doing this "to breathe free"
yearning
Adam
|
$1,000
[18]
"Between the Dying and the Dead" chronicles this doctor's "Life and the Battle to Legalize Euthanasia"
Kevorkian
Adam
|
$1,000
[6]
This band was No. 1 for one "S-A-T-U-R-D-A-Y Night" in 1975
the Bay City Rollers
Lisa
|
| FIRST ISSUES | WAR OF THE GENERALS | NEW PLACE NAME RHYME TIME | OSCAR WINNERS ON TV | "H" 2"O" | HORSE HEALTH |
|
$400
[6]
When it debuted in 1922, it promised 31 articles each month "in condensed and compact form"
Reader's Digest
Amelia
|
$400
[11]
Burnside, Hooker, Stuart
the Civil War
Adam
|
$400
[12]
Sheep fabric from Constantinople
Istanbul wool
Adam
|
$400
[1]
Her trophy case is getting full: Oscars for "Blue Sky" & "Tootsie" plus 2 Emmys for "American Horror Story"
Jessica Lange
Amelia
|
$400
[17]
Recent trends in this type of flooring include wider planks & darker colors
hardwood
Adam
|
$400
[22]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) At UC Davis, they not only save the lives of animals, they also create new life through their equine reproduction services; for mares, when it doesn't happen the old-fashioned way, it does happen by this 2-word process
artificial insemination
Lisa
|
|
$800
[7]
This entertainment industry staple had an article on "Hobbies of Vaudeville Managers" in its 1905 debut
Variety
Lisa
|
$1,200
[26]
Escobar on one side, Queipo de Llano on the other
Spanish Civil War
|
$800
[13]
A hypnotic state in Gaul
a France trance
Adam
|
$800
[2]
Fresh from her Oscar win for "Boyhood", Patricia Arquette began solving crimes for the FBI on this show
CSI: Cyber
Lisa
Amelia
|
$800
[18]
A coveted possession handed down from one generation to the next
heirloom
Adam
|
$800
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) On a treadmill, doctors test a horse's endurance, cardio & respiratory rates at different gaits, from walking or trotting to this fastest gait, at 25-35 miles per hour
a gallop
Lisa
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The first issue of Tiger Beat in 1965 asked whether this singing duo had lost that lovin' feeling & was breaking up
The Righteous Brothers
Lisa
Amelia
|
$1,600
[27]
Falkenhayn, Foch, French
World War I
|
$1,200
[14]
A short romance in Peking
Beijing fling
Adam
|
$1,200
[3]
This 2-time Oscar winner had a recurring role on "The Newsroom" & stars as Grace on Netflix' "Grace and Frankie"
Jane Fonda
Amelia
|
$1,200
[19]
Gary Cooper won an Oscar for his role as Marshal Will Kane in this film
High Noon
Amelia
|
$1,600
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) A common surgery is for treatment of this gastrointestinal condition that causes irritability & crying in human babies, but is potentially fatal in horses
colic
Amelia
|
|
$2,000
[10]
With James Russell Lowell as editor, in 1857 this monthly called itself "a magazine of literature, art, and politics"
Atlantic Monthly
|
— |
$1,600
[15]
A Formosa hairdressing shop
a Taiwan salon
Amelia
|
$1,600
[4]
Helen Hunt was still on "Mad About You" when she won an Oscar opposite Jack Nicholson in this film
As Good As It Gets
Adam
|
$1,600
[20]
This slang term for a jail comes from the Spanish for "court of justice"
hoosegow
Adam
|
$2,000
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) Horses have been treated with acupuncture for over 2,000 years; it provides pain relief & it is used to treat other conditions by stimulating the release of these morphine-like happy-drug hormones
endorphins
Lisa
|
|
DD
$3,000
[9]
Gloria Steinem wrote about sisterhood in this "new magazine for women" in the spring of 1972
Ms.
Lisa
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
Costs in British Honduras
Belize fees
|
$2,000
[5]
Post-Oscar, Holly Hunter played Detective Grace Hanadarko, offered a chance at redemption on this TV series
Saving Grace
Amelia
|
$2,000
[21]
It's a hot, violent dust or sand storm that blows in the deserts of North Africa & Arabia
a haboob
|
DD
$4,400
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from the Center for Equine Health at UC Davis.) It's an old art, but by studying a horse's teeth--the shape, surface, the angle of the incisors--you can fairly estimate this
its age
Lisa
|
Slave trader turned minister John Newton wrote this hymn that 1st appeared in 1779 as "Faith's Review And Expectation"
"Amazing Grace"