Laurie MacDougall — a cancer registrar originally from Medford, Massachusetts
Ben Foley — a structural engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana
Sally Neumann — a mental health counselor from Seattle, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $10,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sally | $1,800 | $1,000 | $1,800 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
8 R, 4 W |
| Ben | $3,200 | $5,200 | $13,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,400
28 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Laurie | $2,400 | $4,800 | $13,700 |
$26,700
New champion: $26,700 |
$11,800
16 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| TAKE ME OUT OF THE BALL GAME | ORGANIZATIONS | SCIENTIFIC & MEDICAL ABBREV. | WORDS WITH FRIENDS | THE DISASTER OF THE CENTURY | THE 5 W's |
|
$200
[11]
(Dan Patrick presents the clue.) He retired in '93, then came back to lead the Bulls to 3 straight titles; retirement & comeback no. 2... could've gone better
Michael Jordan
Laurie
|
$200
[12]
In 1949 the Dutch co-founded this defensive organization headquartered in Brussels
NATO
Laurie
|
$200
[1]
You deserve a big bear hug if you known that UMa is an abbreviation for this constellation
Ursa Major
Ben
|
$200
[6]
This word for a stupid or gullible person contains a "chum" of yours
chump
|
$200
[26]
The sinking of the Lusitania
the 20th century
Ben
|
$200
[14]
When: the year LBJ was elected president
1964
Ben
|
|
$400
[20]
On May 2, 1939 Babe Dahlgren (not Ruth) took over for this man who sat down for the first time in 2,130 games
Gehrig
Ben
|
$400
[13]
Global prosperity is the goal of the Milken Institute, a nonprofit one of these that sounds like a container for contemplation
a think tank
Sally
|
$400
[2]
Fast or slow, HR or HRT is short for this
heart rate
Laurie
|
$400
[7]
You'll find a dear "crony" in this type of word formed from the initial letters of other words
an acronym
Sally
|
$400
[27]
The Boston Massacre
the 18th century
Laurie
|
$400
[15]
Why: with sense receptors at their tips, they help Kitty judge if she can fit into a tight space
whiskers
Ben
|
|
$600
[19]
After winning a Super Bowl with N.Y. in 2008, this D.E. hung it up; he soon began co-hosting a morning show
Strahan
Ben
|
$600
[18]
FDR founded the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, better known as this group
the March of Dimes
Ben
Laurie
|
$600
[3]
Vegetables that have had their DNA altered to produce better traits are known as GM foods, standing for this
genetically modified
Laurie
|
$600
[8]
You've got a "bud" in this official who mediates between private citizens & the government
an ombudsman
Ben
|
$600
[28]
The Chicago fire, leaving 90,000 homeless
the 19th century
Ben
Laurie
|
$600
[23]
Who:this uncrowned royal son who died imprisoned in Paris at age 10 in 1795
Louis XVII
|
|
$800
[17]
His last match was a 1977 exhibition game between the New York Cosmos & Brazil's Santos; he played for both sides
Pelé
Laurie
|
$800
[22]
The ACSR, the assn. for this type of reconstruction, can hook you up with courses in bloodstain pattern analysis
crime scene
Ben
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Abbreviated TM, it separates the outer ear from the middle ear
the tympanic membrane
Laurie
|
$800
[9]
Someday you'll get used to this word meaning "to adapt"; it features a "mate' of yours
acclimate
Ben
|
$800
[29]
The destruction of Pompeii
the 1st century
Sally
Ben
Laurie
|
$800
[24]
What: an Arabian horse named Godolphin is considered one of the first 3 of these
a thoroughbred
Ben
|
|
$1,000
[16]
In March 2016 he said, "18 is a good number and" after 18 years "today I retire from pro football"
Peyton Manning
Ben
|
$1,000
[21]
Founded in 1958 this public opinion research organization is named after pollster George
Gallup
Laurie
|
$1,000
[5]
CP is an abbreviation for chest pain, as well as for this crippling disorder caused by damage to the brain
cerebral palsy
Sally
|
$1,000
[10]
You've got a "pal" in this adjective that means able to be felt by touch
palpable
Ben
|
$1,000
[30]
The Black Death that killed at least 25 million Europeans
the 14th century
Sally
Ben
Laurie
|
$1,000
[25]
Where: this country that's home to the Sofia Princess Hotel
Bulgaria
Sally
|
| FAMOUS ELEPHANTS | MEMORY | COUNTRIES WITH SHORT COASTLINES | AS EASY AS C-D-E | BOOKS & AUTHORS | BIG SCREEN CHARACTER MASHUPS |
|
$400
[30]
In 2003 86-year-old Lin Wang, the oldest-known Asian elephant, died in this Taiwanese capital
Taipei
Ben
|
$400
[16]
RAM, computer memory used for the temporary storage of data, is short for this
random-access memory
Ben
|
$400
[6]
All 40 miles of Belgium's coast are along this sea
the North Sea
Ben
|
$400
[17]
Known as a poison, it's also used to extract gold
cyanide
Sally
|
$400
[11]
While in the army he wrote the initial draft of his first novel, "This Side of Paradise"
Fitzgerald
Laurie
|
$400
[1]
Truman Ventura
Jim Carrey
Ben
|
|
$800
[29]
He crossed the Alps with his favorite elephant, a one-tusked beauty named Surus
Hannibal
Sally
|
$800
[18]
Serta offers Cool Action Gel Memory Foam for "more support where you need it most" in one of these
a mattress
Ben
|
$800
[7]
It has just 306 miles of coastline between Kuwait & Iran
Iraq
Ben
|
$800
[19]
It describes a witness worthy of belief; that's...!
credible
Ben
|
$1,200
[13]
Due to fear U.S. readers wouldn't pronounce its title properly, this first James Bond book was published as "You Asked For It"
Casino Royale
Ben
|
$800
[2]
Jor-El Kowalski
Marlon Brando
Ben
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In 570 A.D. a Yemeni ruler tried to destroy the Kaaba in this city but his elephant Mahmud refused to enter the city
Mecca
Sally
Ben
|
$1,200
[23]
"Memory, all alone in the moonlight, I can smile at the old days, I was beautiful then" is sung in this Broadway musical
Cats
Laurie
|
$1,600
[9]
One of the largest countries in Africa at 905,000 sq. mi., this democratic republic has only a 23-mile coastline along the Atlantic
the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Sally
|
$1,200
[20]
To turn sour or congeal; when you're scared, your blood is said to do this
curdle
Sally
Laurie
|
$1,600
[14]
Hespent much of his later years in Italy observing what he called "The United States of Amnesia"
Gore Vidal
|
$1,200
[3]
Philip Spade
Bogart
Ben
|
|
$1,600
[27]
In the late 19th century a circus elephant named for this bare-knuckle champ boxed with a glove on his trunk
John L. Sullivan
Ben
|
$1,600
[24]
Remembering info by using a rhyme, like "Ask for clues from 1 to 5, or you won't leave the stage alive" is this type of "device"
mnemonic device
Ben
|
$2,000
[10]
This nation's tiny shore on the Adriatic is bordered on either side by parts of Croatia
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Sally
Ben
|
$1,600
[21]
It can be a small waterfall, an outpouring of objects or events, or the simple juggling pattern seen here
a cascade
Ben
|
$2,000
[15]
With an architect friend, this "Ethan Frome" author wrote an interior design book, "The Decoration of Houses"
(Edith) Wharton
Laurie
|
$1,600
[4]
Ethan Reacher
Tom Cruise
Ben
|
|
$2,000
[26]
After this elephant was killed in a railyard accident in 1885, P.T. Barnum continued to exhibit his skeleton
Jumbo
Laurie
|
$2,000
[25]
Many colleges now give notifications that class material might remind students of remembered trauma--"these" warnings
trigger
Laurie
|
DD
$5,000
[8]
This principality has only about 2.5 miles of coast, on the Mediterranean Sea
Monaco
Ben
|
$2,000
[22]
The rhythmic flow of a sequence of sounds
cadence
Ben
|
DD
$2,500
[12]
Hemingway's 1936 Esquire essay "On the Blue Water" formed the basis for this 1952 story
The Old Man and the Sea
Laurie
|
$2,000
[5]
Bonnie Mulwray
Faye Dunaway
|
Later a book title, the 2-word title of this 1968 song is a British name for a spiral slide seen at fairgrounds
"Helter Skelter"