Alex chokes up wishing his mother Lucille a happy 95th birthday.
Margaret Miles — a librarian from Wilmington, North Carolina
Hannah Gage — an archivist originally from Newport, Oregon
Carter Spires — a law student originally from Birmingham, Alabama (whose 2-day cash winnings total $31,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carter | $1,600 | $4,800 | $20,000 |
$32,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Hannah | $600 | $-200 | $5,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,400
9 R, 1 W |
| Margaret | $7,600 | $13,000 | $32,000 |
$40,100
New champion: $40,100 |
$27,200
28 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| HISTORY OF THE WORLD, PART II | CLICHES MADE FANCY | FEMALE ATHLETES | PASTA GLOSSARY | HORNS YOU CAN'T PLAY | NO-FLY ZONE |
|
$200
[12]
The 1928 eruption of this Sicilian volcano buried the village of Mascali
Mount Etna
Carter
|
$200
[1]
"Arise, then discover an aroma of java"
"Wake up and smell the coffee"
Carter
|
$200
[26]
Cammi Granato played 205 games for the U.S. women's team in this sport & has been a rinkside reporter for NBC
ice hockey
Hannah
|
$200
[11]
This basic type of pasta gets its name from a word meaning "thin rope"
spaghetti
Hannah
|
$200
[6]
This shaped piece of metal or wood can help you get into your patent leathers
a shoehorn
Margaret
|
$200
[21]
"The happiest place on Earth" in California
Disneyland
Carter
|
|
$400
[13]
Transparency & openness in diplomacy was No. 1 on this 1918 declaration by President Wilson
the Fourteen Points
Hannah
|
$400
[2]
"Similar to absconding with the sweets of one tot"
"Like taking candy from a baby"
Carter
|
$400
[27]
In the 1980s Katarina Witt dominated women's figure skating competing for this country that no longer exists
East Germany
Carter
|
$400
[17]
These long ribbons of pasta have a name meaning "little tongues"
linguine
Margaret
|
$400
[7]
If you round Cape Horn, you've gone around the tip of this continent
South America
Margaret
|
$400
[22]
Apollo 11 was launched from there
Cape Canaveral (the Kennedy Space Center)
Carter
|
|
$600
[14]
In 1797, 3 French agents asked for a $250,000 bribe from the U.S. in what came to be known as this 3-letter "Affair"
the XYZ Affair
Margaret
|
$600
[3]
"After suffering a single chomp, doubly bashful"
"Once bitten, twice shy"
Margaret
|
$600
[28]
Seen here, she's been playing golf since she was four years old
Michelle Wie
Carter
|
$600
[18]
Little disks, orecchiette are named for their resemblance to these body parts
the ears
Margaret
|
$600
[8]
It's the most frequently caught fish in the Bighorn River
a trout
|
$600
[23]
Nevada "Area"
Area 51
Carter
|
|
$1,000
[16]
The Lex Cornelia Majestatis was the ancient Roman & a Ghostbuster-ish way of saying "Don't cross this stream!"
the Rubicon
Carter
Margaret
|
$800
[4]
"Beelzebub coerced my actions in said regard"
"The devil made me do it"
Carter
|
$800
[29]
Julie Krone was the first female jockey to win a Triple Crown race, this third leg
the Belmont
Margaret
|
$800
[19]
Narrow flat noodles, margherite means these white & yellow flowers
daisies
Margaret
|
$800
[9]
This fastest land mammal in the W. hemisphere is sometimes called an antelope, but they're not closely related
a pronghorn
Margaret
|
$800
[24]
The Bush family compound in this Maine resort
Kennebunkport
Margaret
|
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
A play in 5 acts, or a king in 2 years, 1483 to 1485
Richard III
Margaret
|
$1,000
[5]
"Every turnpike ends in the seven-hilled city"
"All roads lead to Rome"
Margaret
|
$1,000
[30]
On July 30, 2002 Lisa Leslie became the first woman to do this in a pro game
a slam dunk
Carter
|
$1,000
[20]
The name of this totally tubular pasta is said to mean "little mustaches"
mostaccioli
Margaret
|
$1,000
[10]
Old-time slang term meaning to cheat or swindle
to hornswoggle
Margaret
|
$1,000
[25]
Boundary Waters Canoe Area in this northern state's Superior National Forest
Minnesota
Carter
Hannah
|
| FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS | ELEMENTS OF SONG | 6 CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF THEIR NOVELS | THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF SYDNEY | ALL YOU CAN "EAT" | RANCHING AS IT WAS |
|
$400
[1]
There were 36 stars on the flags lowered to half staff due to this April 1865 event
Lincoln's assassination
Hannah
|
$400
[6]
Sweet:"Love is like ____. You get too much you get too high"
oxygen
Carter
Hannah
|
$400
[7]
Boo Radley
To Kill a Mockingbird
Carter
|
$400
[26]
Sydney's 110,000-seat Stadium Australia, designed primarily to host this event, opened in 1999
the Summer Olympics
Carter
|
$400
[12]
A prong on an athletic shoe to prevent slippage
a cleat
Margaret
|
$400
[17]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) On a cattle drive that could last months, all of the food & equipment needed to prepare meals was carried on this transport that was likely named for the food served & not for its inventor
the chuck wagon
Margaret
|
|
$800
[2]
The U.S. "Centennial flag" had the stars arranged in the form of these 2 years
1776 & 1876
Carter
|
$800
[19]
Fleetwood Mac:"Rock on ____ dust woman"
gold
Hannah
|
$800
[8]
Augustus Gloop &Veruca Salt
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Margaret
|
$800
[27]
The Sydney Opera House is on the harbor; the shells of its roof are known by this nautical name
sails
Margaret
|
$800
[13]
One ewe emission
a bleat
Hannah
|
$800
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) Vital to the ranch at the turn of the century was the town blacksmith, whose main job was to make and repair tools, wagons & household items, first by heating iron to over 1,000 degrees in a forage, then hammering & shaping it on this metal block
an anvil
Carter
|
|
$1,200
[3]
The Bennington flag is also known as this flag, after a family who passed one down; Millard's cousin was one owner
the Fillmore flag
Carter
|
$1,200
[20]
Simon & Garfunkel:"When my eyes were stabbed by the flash of a ____ light"
neon
Carter
|
$1,600
[10]
Baseball player Roy Hobbs
The Natural
Margaret
|
$1,200
[28]
Sydney is situated on an inlet of this sea that separates Australia & New Zealand; we hope you're Abel to name it
the Tasman Sea
Margaret
|
$1,200
[14]
Hard red winter & hard red spring are 2 types of this
wheat
Margaret
|
$1,200
[23]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) Today filled with water for demonstration purposes, prior to the 1950s, dipping vats were used as part of a controversial program to eradicate Texas fever ticks using a solution that contained this toxic poison--chemical symbol As
arsenic
Margaret
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Official for just over a year, the flag seenherewas adopted after the admission of this state
Alaska
Carter
|
$1,600
[21]
America:"Oz never did give nothing to" this man "that he didn't, didn't already have"
the Tin Man
Hannah
|
$2,000
[11]
Arthur Dent (his first novel appearance)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Margaret
|
$1,600
[29]
Sydney is the capital of this state in Australia's southeast corner
New South Wales
Margaret
|
$1,600
[15]
To request earnestly
to entreat
Hannah
|
$1,600
[24]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) Barbed wire has been called the invention that tamed the west by letting cattlemen keep their livestock in & farmers with crops keep the cows out; it brought an end to the freewheeling era known as "open" this
range
Carter
|
|
DD
$3,200
[4]
Flags of the Revolutionary War included ones featuring a rattlesnake & this 4-word warning
Dont tread on me
Carter
|
$2,000
[22]
Black Sabbath:"I am" this man, "has he lost his mind?"
Iron Man
Carter
|
DD
$3,800
[9]
Young Civil War soldier Henry Fleming
The Red Badge of Courage
Margaret
|
$2,000
[30]
This convict-unloading bay a few miles to the south is now ringed by Sydney's suburbs
Botany Bay
Margaret
|
$2,000
[16]
A 6th century southern Swede; Beowulf was one
a Geat
Margaret
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from George Ranch Historical Park in Richmond, TX.) After the Civil War, many African-American families rented & tended plots of land in exchange for a portion of the agriculture they grew, a system called "tenant farming", or this
sharecropping
Carter
|
Far from New England, it's the state that has the shortest land border with Canada, only 45 miles
Idaho