Cary Finkelstein — an attorney from Los Angeles, California
Megan Mills — a teacher from Fairfax, Virginia
Laurie MacDougall — a cancer registrar originally from Medford, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie | $6,000 | $7,800 | $29,200 |
$25,000
2-day champion: $51,700 |
$23,800
24 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| Megan | $0 | $2,800 | $6,800 |
$1,201
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
13 R, 3 W |
| Cary | $400 | $2,200 | $7,400 |
$7,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
10 R, 2 W |
| ART TERMS | A MAJOR LEAGUER IN THE SONG | ENGLISH USAGE | -OLOGIES | MILAN | OUT OF FASHION WEEK |
|
$200
[11]
The west side of the Berlin Wall was a fine place for this type of art that gets its name from the Latin for "wall"
a mural
Megan
|
$200
[26]
"The last known survivor stalks his prey in the night and he's watching us all with the eye of the ____"
tiger
Laurie
|
$200
[6]
This verb can mean to swing gently, to play electric guitar or to wear a certain item with great style
rock
|
$200
[1]
A Th.D. from Duke Divinity School is a doctor of this
theology
Laurie
|
$200
[17]
Many Italian cities feature this type of building, but only Milan's had D.H. Lawrence call it "an imitation hedgehog"
a cathedral
Megan
|
$200
[16]
Monday: You went way into the back of the closet for the jacket with these oversized inserts, big in the 1980s
shoulder pads
Megan
|
|
$400
[12]
A pair of paintings on 2 panels, often hinged together, is called this, from the Greek for "double folded"
a diptych
Megan
|
$400
[27]
Juice Newton:"Just call me ____ of the morning, ____. Just touch my cheek before you leave"
angel
Laurie
|
$400
[7]
It might be good to avoid this word that can mean "every 3 1/2 days" or "every 14 days"
biweekly
Laurie
|
$400
[2]
Before global warming was a thing, Marvin Gaye put this -ology into the subtitle of his song "Mercy Mercy Me"
ecology
|
$400
[18]
This man founded his fascist movement in Milan in 1919; 3 years later he was dictator
Mussolini
Cary
|
$400
[22]
Tuesday:Thisbag, named because it was meant to be worn in the back
a fanny pack
Laurie
|
|
$600
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a sketch on the monitor.) To give the illusion of shade or texture in a drawing, artists create a mesh-like pattern oflinesin a technique called this
crosshatching
Megan
Cary
|
$600
[28]
Madonna:"Quicker than a ____ of light"
ray
Cary
|
$800
[9]
This adjective meaning "having the most victories" is a fairly recent sports page creation
winningest
|
$600
[3]
Egyptology got a big push from the discovery of his tomb in 1922
King Tut
Laurie
|
$600
[19]
Milan was devastated in 452 by this barbarian king known as "The Scourge of God"
Attila the Hun
|
$600
[23]
Wednesday: The hair in back has gotten too long & now I'm sporting this hairstyle, aka the Missouri Compromise
a mullet
Megan
|
|
$800
[15]
This blue-green oxidation of bronze & copper is sometimes induced artificially
patina
|
$800
[29]
Jimmy Buffett:"Yes, I am a ____, 200 years too late, the cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder"
pirate
Laurie
|
$1,000
[10]
"Rankle" is traditionally this kind of objectless verb; not "his insults rankled me" but just "his insults rankled"
intransitive
Megan
|
$800
[4]
He specialized in escapology, as seen in his "milk can escape", introduced in 1908
Houdini
Laurie
|
$800
[20]
In 1992 this band let us know, "I'm too sexy for Milan, too sexy for Milan, New York & Japan"
Right Said Fred
Megan
|
$800
[24]
Thursday: Black socks with these German sandals that trace their origins to 1774
Birkenstocks
Cary
|
|
$1,000
[14]
This type of illusionism means "deceive the eye" in French
a trompe l'oeil
Cary
|
$1,000
[30]
Andrews Sisters:"Drinkin' rum & Coca-Cola... both mother & daughter, workin' for the ____ dollar"
Yankee
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
Around 2008 this negative word that had been doing fine as a verb was popular as a noun, often preceded by "epic"
fail
Laurie
|
$1,000
[5]
Dendrochronology counts, measures & analyzes these to date & interpret past events
tree rings
Laurie
Megan
|
$1,000
[21]
You may never "tire" of seeing this company's building in Milan, or visiting its flagship PZero store there
Pirelli
|
$1,000
[25]
Friday: Khakis with these at the waistband; they create a fullness at the hips that really isn't so flattering
pleats
Megan
|
| PREQUELS & SEQUELS | EMMY TIME | OPERA | DO YOUR "OB" | AMERICANA | START UP YOUR CARLOS |
|
$400
[3]
For a charity auction in 2008, she wrote an 800-word Harry Potter prequel
J.K. Rowling
Megan
|
$400
[1]
Bruce Willis won a Guest Actor Emmy in 2000 for playing Rachel's boyfriend on this comedy
Friends
Megan
|
$400
[11]
"Das Rheingold" is the first opera in his "Ring" cycle
Wagner
Megan
|
$400
[16]
To pulsate with pain
throb
Cary
|
$400
[17]
A former mint in this capital is now the Nevada State Museum
Carson City
Laurie
|
$400
[24]
It's the better-known first name used by Carlos Ray Norris, a "Texas Ranger" on TV
Chuck
Megan
Cary
|
|
$800
[2]
Published posthumously in 1977, "The Silmarillion" is a prequel to this trilogy
The Lord of the Rings
Laurie
|
$800
[7]
This comedian's show won in 2015 for the parody song "Girl You Don't Need Make-Up"--turns out she does
Amy Schumer
Cary
|
$800
[18]
Tchaikovsky composed an opera about her based on Schiller's drama "Die Jungfrau von Orleans"
Joan of Arc
Laurie
|
$800
[12]
When there's this type of "rule", no one is in charge
mob
Cary
|
$800
[22]
Mount Spurr & Mount Shishaldin are these, of which Alaska has more than any other state
volcanoes
Cary
|
$800
[25]
In 1981 he became the first crowned monarch to make an official visit to Communist China
King Juan Carlos
Laurie
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Published 2 years later, it was A.A. Milne's sequel to "Winnie-the-Pooh"
The House at Pooh Corner
|
$1,200
[8]
In 1980 it was James Burrows vs. 4 "M*A*S*H" episodes for directing, & Jim won for this show's "Louie & the Nice Girl" episode
Taxi
Laurie
|
$1,200
[19]
(Alex reads from the Metropolitan Opera.) Although he was Hungarian, Franz Lehár set his operetta, "The Merry Widow", in this city in 1905; one of the settings is the Art-Nouveau restaurant Maxim's
Paris
Laurie
|
$1,200
[13]
Mediterranean bean used as a chocolate substitute
carob
Megan
|
$1,200
[23]
A Spanish galleon & one of these later transports adorn Florida's state quarter
a Space Shuttle
|
$1,600
[27]
The terrorist known by this 3-word nickname is serving life for 3 murders in Paris in 1975; he also does not like the name
Carlos the Jackal
Laurie
|
|
$2,000
[5]
John Grisham returned to Clanton, Mississippi for "Sycamore Row", a sequel to this first novel of his
A Time to Kill
Laurie
|
$1,600
[9]
In 2011 & 2012 Margo Martindale & Jeremy Davies won back-to-back Supporting Acting Emmys for roles on this FX show
Justified
Cary
|
$1,600
[20]
Goro is the marriage broker who arranges a wedding for Cio-Cio-San in this opera
Madame Butterfly
Laurie
|
$1,600
[14]
San Francisco hill named for the tycoons who built mansions there
Nob Hill
Laurie
|
$1,600
[30]
Rockaway Inlet is the only outlet of this NYC bay on which JFK Airport is located
Jamaica Bay
|
$2,000
[28]
In poems such as "Spring and All", this 3-named writer emphasized the overlooked beauty of the world around us
William Carlos Williams
Megan
|
|
DD
$2,600
[6]
In a follow-up to an earlier novel, "Closing Time" by this author revisits Yossarian & Milo Minderbinder in NYC in the 1990s
(Joseph) Heller
Laurie
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1969 Steve Martin & Bob Einstein (aka Super Dave Osborne) won for writing these rhyming siblings' "Comedy Hour"
the Smothers Brothers
Laurie
|
$2,000
[21]
(Alex reads from the Metropolitan Opera.) American composer John Adams broke new ground by using a recent event as the subject for an opera, this title man's historic 1972 visit to China
Nixon
Cary
|
$2,000
[15]
Any wealthy or powerful person, from a Hindi word for a European who made a large fortune in India
nabob
Laurie
|
$2,000
[29]
An old burial ground in Rhode Island contains the grave of Elizabeth Pabodie, daughter of this Pilgrim couple
John & Priscilla Alden
|
DD
$2,800
[26]
In 2000 this legendary musician won 8 Grammys, including Album of the Year
Carlos Santana
Laurie
|
Excluding Russia, it has the longest mainland coastline of any European country, 15,626 miles
Norway