Megan Loyd — a stay-at-home mom originally from Marietta, Georgia
Sarah Godwin — a head of operations at a venture capital firm from Frederick, Maryland
Kyle Webb — a veterinary clinical pathologist originally from Boyertown, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $4,399)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle | $5,000 | $6,400 | $23,600 |
$23,600
2-day champion: $27,999 |
$22,600
28 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Sarah | $2,600 | $4,400 | $4,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,800
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $-400 | $1,800 | $5,000 |
$1,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
8 R, 1 W |
| THE WORLD ALMANAC2016 EDITION | INCREDIBLY SPECIFIC WEDDING VOWS | DWELLING ON THE PAST | '90s POP CULTURE | BETWEEN 5 FERNS | IT'S A "WR"AP |
|
$200
[26]
This U.S. paper currency features B. Franklin & a bell that changes color from copper to green as a security measure
a $100 bill
Megan
|
$200
[11]
I will always let you be the racecar or top hat when we play this game; I'm cool with being the thimble
Monopoly
Kyle
|
$200
[21]
For insurance purposes, Thomas Jefferson put the value of this house & outbuildings at $6,300
Monticello
Kyle
|
$200
[1]
With Zoo TV & Pop Mart, they had 2 of the highest-grossing concert tours of the '90s
U2
Kyle
|
$200
[16]
A young girl named Fern saves a pig from certain death in this E.B. White novel
Charlotte's Web
Kyle
|
$200
[8]
Squirm in agony
writhe
Kyle
|
|
$400
[27]
Within 24 hours of its Oct. 19, 2015 release, the trailer for this "Star Wars" film was viewed more than 112 mil. times
The Force Awakens
Megan
|
$400
[12]
If Waffles, this breed of dog, has to do his business at 3:00 A.M., I'll always take the big fella out & let you sleep
a Great Dane
Kyle
|
$400
[22]
We wonder if there were fences to paint on the 1874 completion of this author's Hartford home, now open to the public
(Mark) Twain
Kyle
|
$400
[2]
She was Billy Joel's "Uptown Girl" until their marriage ended in 1994
Christie Brinkley
Sarah
Megan
|
$400
[17]
Ferns produce not seeds but spores, which form on these, a fern's version of leaves
fronds
Megan
|
$400
[6]
South Carolina's state bird is the Carolina variety of this small flyer
a wren
Kyle
|
|
$600
[28]
In 2012 Libya's all-time world record high temp. was invalidated & replaced by this U.S. spot's 134 degrees set in 1913
Death Valley
Megan
|
$600
[13]
I vow I won't keep looking at my watch as you shop at A.T., this clothing store
Ann Taylor
Sarah
|
$600
[23]
Since 1984 the Wadowice, Poland building in which this religious figure lived before WWII has been a museum
Pope John Paul II
Megan
|
$600
[3]
In 1994 Tess Trueheart served him with divorce papers
Dick Tracy
Kyle
|
$600
[18]
The animated fantasy film "Ferngully" is subtitled "The Last" of these tropical locales where ferns thrive
a rainforest
Kyle
|
$600
[7]
In a 2013 hit Miley Cyrus "came in like" one of these
a wrecking ball
Sarah
|
|
$800
[29]
Only Arizona & Montana allow doing this while driving for all motorists
texting
Sarah
|
$800
[14]
You like the Springsteen song, so I will take you to aranchnear Amarillo that has 10 of these, dating from 1949 to 1963
Cadillacs
Kyle
|
$800
[24]
This Frank Lloyd Wright-designed National Historic Landmark was named for obvious reasons
Fallingwater
Sarah
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In September 1996 Jacquelyn Mitchard's "The Deep End of the Ocean" became its first selection
Oprah's Book Club
Kyle
|
$800
[19]
For a yummy treat that's high in vitamins A & C, steam this type of fern named for a stringed musical instrument
a fiddlehead
Sarah
|
$800
[9]
As you might gather from its name, escritoire is French for this type of desk
a writing desk
Kyle
|
|
$1,000
[30]
On the list of the world's richest people, Bill Gates is on top with this Mexican telecommunications mogul at No. 2
Carlos Slim
|
$1,000
[15]
I will watch your favorite movie repeatedly--"From Justin to Kelly", with Justin being this "American Idol" runner-up
Justin Guarini
Kyle
|
$1,000
[25]
Buckingham's nice, but this castle above the Thames is nifty, too; William the Conqueror picked its site
Windsor Castle
Sarah
|
$1,000
[5]
The "original 9" of these to hit store shelves included Patti the Platypus & Squealer the Pig
Beanie Babies
Sarah
|
$1,000
[20]
In the 1961 novel "Where the Red Fern Grows", a boy's dogs are killed defending him from attack by one of these cats
a mountain lion
|
$1,000
[10]
A past participle of work, as in "What hath God..."
wrought
Kyle
|
| BOOKS, "OF" ALL THINGS | SYNONYMS | YOU MIGHT NEED SURGERY | FOUND IN ROY G. BIV | SCREAMS, SHOUTS | WALES |
|
$400
[3]
Okies on the move west
The Grapes of Wrath
Kyle
|
$400
[1]
"Home On The Range" uses this synonym for infrequent
seldom
Megan
|
$400
[8]
A hemostat is this device that's closed over a cut blood vessel to stop bleeding
a clamp
Sarah
|
$400
[13]
In Ireland it began in 1981 as the ecology party
the Green Party
Kyle
|
$400
[18]
At the end of the song "Helter Skelter", this drummer screams, "I got blisters on my fingers!"
Ringo Starr
Kyle
|
$400
[30]
The publication of the complete translation of this in 1588 helped preserve the Welsh language
the Bible
|
|
$800
[4]
Schoolboys divide up & kill
Lord of the Flies
Kyle
|
$800
[2]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a bowling animation on the monitor.) PBA.com says a pin that rolls across the pin deck into a pin to break up a split is called this synonym of courier; don't kill it
the messenger
Kyle
|
$800
[9]
In this technique, the reflection of sound waves is recorded to produce images from inside the body
ultrasound
Kyle
|
$800
[14]
Due to fear of communism, in the 1950s this color was followed by "Legs" to make a new baseball team name
red
Sarah
|
$800
[19]
For the 75th anniv. of "King Kong" in 2008, 9-year-old Shannon O'Hanlon won the scream-alike contest named after her
Fay Wray
Sarah
|
$800
[29]
Wales' national instrument, it has 3 rows of strings; Prince Charles appoints a player on a scholarship program annually
the harp
|
|
$1,600
[6]
Greg's journal of being uncool in middle school
Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Megan
|
$1,200
[23]
This synonym for clumsy is the title of an MTV show about the drama of being a teenager
Awkward
Megan
|
$1,200
[10]
To relieve pressure, trepanning is boring or drilling a hole through this
the cranium (the skull bone)
Sarah
|
$1,600
[16]
The Sannar Dam in Sudan impounds the flow of this
the Blue Nile
|
$1,200
[20]
Corey Taylor of metal band Slipknot provided the roar of an alien warlord on this Peter Capaldi show
Doctor Who
Kyle
|
$1,200
[26]
Near Llanrhaeadr-ym-mochnant splashes a 240' this; not so high, but I love to say Llanrhaeadr-ym-Mochnant
a waterfall
Kyle
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Powerful pup reverts to the primitive
The Call of the Wild
Kyle
|
$1,600
[24]
Hereis a black-throated blue type of this songbird, whose name is a synonym for singer
a warbler
Sarah
|
$1,600
[11]
When used to open the thoracic cavity, a surgical guillotine transects this group of bones, not the neck
the ribs
Kyle
|
$2,000
[17]
Frank Sinatra covered this "emotional" Duke Ellington composition in 1955
"Mood Indigo"
|
$1,600
[21]
Shelley Duvall loudly indicates her displeasure at the imminent arrival of an axe-bearing Nicholson in this film
The Shining
Kyle
|
$1,600
[27]
Built on the site of an old Roman fort, it didn't become the capital of Wales until 1955
Cardiff
Sarah
|
|
$2,000
[7]
A Savannah slaying saga with a statue on the cover
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Kyle
|
$2,000
[25]
This synonym for "glee" is found in the title of an Edith Wharton novel
mirth
Sarah
|
$2,000
[12]
It's the intentional burning away of tissue by electric current or heat
cauterization
Kyle
|
DD
$6,800
[15]
This title is borne by heirs apparent to the Dutch throne
Prince of Orange
Sarah
|
$2,000
[22]
Donald Sutherland was a total scream dealing with pod people in this 1978 horror remake
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
Kyle
|
$2,000
[28]
You might want to wear a sweater when visiting Aberaeron on this bay, as it can be quite chilly
Cardigan Bay
Sarah
|
From a word meaning "tradition", this branch has over a billion followers, many in the Middle East
Sunni