Laura Mogul — an executive director from Port Washington, New York
Fariha Ali — an attorney from Wellesley, Massachusetts
Todd Giese — a hotel front desk manager from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 2-day cash winnings total $52,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $1,200 | $2,600 | $11,000 |
$22,000
3-day champion: $74,402 |
$11,000
16 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Fariha | $1,400 | $3,200 | $10,400 |
$602
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,400
15 R, 2 W |
| Laura | $5,200 | $8,600 | $11,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| FIRST NAMES | HYDROLOGY | COUNTRY RHYME TIME | MIDDLE S | NATIONAL STATUARY HALL | THE COLLEGE/ATHLETE |
|
$200
[5]
This Italian form of Louis is the first name of a Super Mario brother
Luigi
Todd
|
$200
[16]
This term for the surface flow of excess rainwater sounds like an additional contest after a tie
runoff
Todd
|
$200
[1]
A large extended family in Yokohama
a Japan clan
Laura
|
$200
[21]
You have a cavity--this one pertaining to the nose
nasal
Fariha
|
$200
[11]
Representing Florida is inventor John Gorrie, who pioneered this technology vital to life there in the summer
air conditioning
Todd
|
$200
[26]
John Elway, Kerri Strug & Tiger Woods had fun out west on the Farm
Stanford
Fariha
Laura
|
|
$400
[6]
2010's most popular names for girls included Ella, Bella & this No. 1 name that included both of those names
Isabella
Fariha
|
$400
[17]
A structure such as the Pont du Gard, designed to transport water from a remote source, usually by gravity
aqueduct
Todd
|
$400
[2]
Single footwear in Lima
a Peru shoe
Laura
|
$400
[22]
Type of tree, or powdery burn residue
ash
Todd
|
$400
[12]
John McLoughlin represents this state from which he managed the region between Spanish California & Russian Alaska
Oregon
Todd
Laura
|
$400
[27]
Jim Harbaugh, Chris Webber & Jim Abbott looked a-maize-ing in blue
the University of Michigan
Laura
|
|
$600
[7]
This first name of the leader of the Argonauts is perfect for a doctor--it's from the Greek for "healer"
Jason
Todd
|
$600
[18]
The gradual movement of water through porous openings in rock or soil, it's also a way to make coffee
percolation
Todd
|
$600
[3]
A father in a landlocked central African country
a Chad dad
Todd
|
$600
[23]
On the gridiron, this type of "conduct" costs you 15 yards
unsportsmanlike
Laura
|
$800
[14]
One a priest & one a monarch, they're the 2 men whose statues represent Hawaii in the Hall
Father Damien and King Kamehameha
|
$600
[28]
Ru-dy! Ru-dy! Rudy Ruettiger, Carl Yastrzemski & Bill Laimbeer
Notre Dame
Laura
|
|
$800
[8]
This Old Testament name, that of the youngest of Jacob's 12 sons, means "son of the right hand"
Benjamin
Fariha
Laura
|
$800
[19]
Effluent is wastewater that flows from one of these facilities, like NYC's Bowery Bay
a water treatment facility
Laura
|
$800
[4]
A home rental agreement in Athens
a Greece lease
Fariha
|
$800
[24]
This pop style of dancing will never be dead
disco
Laura
|
$1,000
[15]
One of the statues representing California is of this mission builder canonized in 2015
(Father Junipero) Serra
Laura
|
$800
[29]
The real "Crash" Davis, Sonny Jurgensen & Christian Laettner had Carolina in their minds
Duke
Fariha
|
|
$1,000
[9]
Think of the French for "born", used before a woman's maiden name, & you'll know this female name means "born again"
Renée
Laura
|
$1,000
[20]
In the Americas this hydrological line stretches from Cape Prince of Wales in Alaska down to Southern Patagonia
the Continental Divide
Todd
|
$1,000
[10]
A song's chorus in Kiev
a Ukraine refrain
Fariha
|
$1,000
[25]
Direct pecuniary aid given by government to a private business
subsidy
|
DD
$1,400
[13]
A statue of this governor & assassination victim stands solid for Louisiana
Huey Long
Laura
|
$1,000
[30]
Mark McGwire, Reggie Bush & O.J. (We mean Mayo!)
USC
Fariha
|
| I LOVE A SYMPHONY | PUP QUIZ | THE WINE CELLAR | ODD WORDS | VICTOR | HUGO AWARD-WINNING NOVELS |
|
$400
[24]
The melody of the third movement of Gustav Mahler's "Titan" symphony is based on this French children's song
"Frère Jacques"
Laura
|
$400
[1]
Despite being a total chicken, this animated Great Dane stumbles on clues to help Fred & the gang solve mysteries
Scooby-Doo
Fariha
|
$400
[13]
A fruity pink wine is white zin, short for this
Zinfandel
Todd
|
$400
[7]
If your celebrating your octingentenary in 2016, you were born in this year
1216
Laura
|
$400
[2]
The 48 B.C. Battle of Pharsalus: This comer, seer & conqueror
Julius Caesar
Fariha
|
$400
[9]
J.K. Rowling won in 2001 for this novel partly about an object full of flames
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Fariha
|
|
$800
[25]
"Merrymaking of the Country Folk" is the third movement of his "Pastoral" symphony
Beethoven
Laura
|
$800
[16]
Mickey Mouse's companion, he had his own cartoon shorts including 1945's "Canine Casanova"
Pluto
Fariha
|
$800
[17]
The CMS, the Court of Master these, has guidelines for its professionals, including what to do if wine is spilled on a guest
a sommelier
Fariha
|
$800
[8]
Buffy Summers knows that sanguivorous means subsisting on this
blood
Fariha
|
$800
[3]
The Wars of the Roses: This noble house
Tudor or Lancaster
Fariha
|
$800
[10]
This author's 5 Hugo-winning novels include "Farmer in the Sky" & "Starship Troopers"
Robert Heinlein
|
|
$1,600
[27]
"Lamentation" is one movement of Leonard Bernstein's symphony named for this Biblical prophet
Jeremiah
Todd
|
$1,200
[21]
Lucky dog! Legend has it that this Warner Bros. German Shepherd died in the arms of Jean Harlow
Rin Tin Tin
Todd
|
$1,200
[18]
In the U.S., if a wine label says "contains" these, SO2was used, probably as a preservative
sulfites
Todd
|
$1,200
[12]
Decorticate a birch & you are peeling this from it
bark
Fariha
|
$1,200
[4]
In 2 Samuel: This King of Israel over the Philistines, whom he smote from Gera to Gazer
David
|
$1,200
[11]
Frederik Pohl's 1978 winner "Gateway" is about an abandoned alien base "formed around" one of these space rocks
an asteroid
Todd
|
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
Fitting 4-word subtitle of the Dvorak symphony Neil Armstrong listened to on his trip to the moon
"From the New World"
Laura
|
$1,600
[22]
This boy reporter & adventurer created by Herge has a dog named Snowy
Tintin
Laura
|
$1,600
[19]
This adjective means that wine has been made stronger by the addition of a spirit; sherry is one type
fortified
Todd
|
$1,600
[14]
A zapata, inspired by Emiliano Zapata's, is one of these that curves down on each side
a mustache
Todd
Laura
|
$1,600
[5]
The Battle of Antietam: The Army of this river
the Potomac
Laura
|
$1,600
[29]
This author won twice in a row in the 1980s, for "Speaker for the Dead" & "Ender's Game"
Orson Scott Card
Fariha
|
|
$2,000
[28]
An 1829 visit to Holyrood Palace inspired Felix Mendelssohn to write this "national" symphony
"The Scottish Symphony"
Laura
|
$2,000
[23]
Brad Anderson created this comic strip canine back in 1954
Marmaduke
|
DD
$2,000
[20]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Viticulture & Enology Department at UC Davis.) A treasure of the special collections room is a 1934 vintage from Chateau Latour, one of the four chateaux that in 1855 received first growth status in this French region
Bordeaux
Todd
|
$2,000
[15]
Mafficking, which means boisterous celebrating, was inspired by the end of the Siege of Mafeking in this war
the Boer War
Todd
|
$2,000
[6]
The 431-404 B.C. Peloponnesian War: The alliance headed by this city-state
Sparta
Todd
|
$2,000
[30]
A new planet's appearance wreaks havoc on Earth in this 1965 winner named for what "planet" means in Greek
The Wanderer
|
Since 1998 this actress has received 7 Oscar nominations, the most earned after age 60 by any performer
Dame Judi Dench