Marjika Howarth — a mother of 4 from South Jordan, Utah
Will Gilbert — a retail manager from St. Louis, Missouri
Laurie MacDougall — a cancer registrar originally from Medford, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $51,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurie | $1,200 | $2,800 | $13,500 |
$26,300
3-day champion: $78,000 |
$13,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Will | $400 | $8,200 | $13,800 |
$599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,800
17 R, 2 W |
| Marjika | $1,000 | $400 | $6,400 |
$2,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
9 R, 3 W |
| FIRST FAMILY PETS | LITERARY NICKNAMES | ADELE | GET TOGETHER | FOR DRINKS | & APPS |
|
$200
[6]
In the early 1960s her pet menagerie included a rabbit named Zsa Zsa & hamsters Debbie & Billie
Caroline Kennedy
Laurie
|
$200
[1]
One of Shakespeare's nicknames was this bird "of Avon"
the Swan
Laurie
Marjika
|
$200
[26]
Like Lionel Richie, in 2015 Adele had a No. 1 hit bearing this title
"Hello"
Laurie
|
$200
[8]
In 2011 Angelica & Angelina Sabuco, this type of twins, were no longer so after 10 hours of surgery
conjoined
Laurie
|
$200
[21]
The Spanish-derived name of this punch made with red wine & fruit juice refers to its bloodlike color
sangria
Laurie
|
$200
[10]
Dashlane is an app to manage all your these, so you needn't keep letmein & letmein24 straight
passwords
Laurie
|
|
$400
[7]
In 1807 Zebulon Pike gifted him with 2 grizzly bear cubs who were briefly caged on the White House lawn
Jefferson
Will
|
$400
[2]
For spilling secrets about the rich & famous, this author earned the nickname "The Tiny Terror"
Truman Capote
Laurie
|
$400
[27]
It might sound like surgery on these folds in the larynx would be disastrous to a singer, but Adele soldiered on
her vocal cords
Will
|
$400
[11]
It's the "Con" in Con Edison
Consolidated
Laurie
|
$400
[22]
The book "Southern Cocktails" says this bourbon drink is "de rigueur for any daytime soiree in the South"
a mint julep
Will
|
$400
[17]
The mission of Zomato is to find these in your area
restaurants
Marjika
|
|
$600
[9]
Grace Coolidge dressed herdog Rob Roy in a bonnet for this annual spring event at the White House
the Egg Roll
Marjika
|
$600
[3]
This American was "The Children's Poet" & "The Poet of the Commonplace"
Longfellow
|
$600
[28]
Adele's third album is "25": her second was titled this
21
Laurie
|
$600
[12]
If you "have a short" one of these wicks, you're easy to anger
a fuse
Laurie
|
$600
[23]
El Floridita, a restaurant in Old Havana, claims to be the birthplace of this rum drink sometimes served frozen
a daiquiri
Will
|
$600
[18]
Dragon Dictation is a speech-to-text app that uses this technology, VR for short
voice recognition
Laurie
|
|
$800
[15]
Perhaps sensing something was wrong, his Airedale Laddie Boy howled for 3 days prior to his death in August 1923
Harding
Marjika
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
This Anglo-Irish author went by the nickname "Dr. Presto", Presto being the Italian equivalent of his last name
Jonathan Swift
Laurie
|
$800
[29]
Adele won an Oscar for this movie song she performed at the Oscars in 2013
"Skyfall"
Will
|
$800
[13]
It's a crosspiece with 2 bow-shaped pieces, each enclosing the head of a working animal, & now it's on you
a yoke
Marjika
|
$800
[24]
Tabasco makes mildly seasoned & extra spicy mixes for this cocktail
a Bloody Mary
Will
|
$800
[19]
If you listen to these digital audio files, try Stitcher to sort by recency, duration & more
podcasts
Will
|
|
$1,000
[16]
Old Whitey, his mount from the Mexican War, grazed on the White House lawn in 1849 & 1850
(Zachary) Taylor
Will
|
$1,000
[5]
Much to his displeasure, a friend called this "Vicar of Wakefield" author "Goldy"
Oliver Goldsmith
|
$1,000
[30]
Adele released a live album taped at this London venue mentioned in the Beatles' "A Day In The Life"
Albert Hall
Will
Marjika
|
$1,000
[14]
Specific verb meaning to mix or alloy a metal with mercury
amalgamate
Marjika
|
$1,000
[25]
Orange juice is the "navel" in a fuzzy navel; this flavored liquor makes it "fuzzy"
peach schnapps (peach liqueur accepted)
Will
|
$1,000
[20]
Get in shape, you potato, with the app C25K--the "C" stands for this
couch
Will
|
| THRILLED TO THE MARROW | FRENCH ARTS & CULTURE | PRODUCE THE CELEBRITY NAME | THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS | COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD | WORD OF THE "DAY" |
|
$400
[7]
Red bone marrow, as well as the spleen & this organ, aid in the destruction of old red blood cells
the liver
Marjika
|
$400
[21]
An antique furniture style is named for this long-reigning French king of the late 17th century
Louis XIV
|
$400
[12]
This redheaded prop comedian has a long-term gig at the Luxor in Las Vegas
Carrot Top
Will
|
$400
[26]
The Library was originally housed in this building, which the British set on fire in 1814, destroying almost all its books
the Capitol Building
Will
|
$400
[6]
It takes 2 to do the tango, the national dance of this country where it originated
Argentina
Laurie
|
$400
[1]
A candy bar, or when checks are received at work
Payday
Laurie
|
|
$800
[8]
Triglycerides, a reserve of chemical energy, can be stored in these cells that mainly make up yellow marrow
fat cells
Laurie
|
$800
[22]
In 1857 Flaubert was tried & nearly convicted of immorality due to the subject matter of this novel
Madame Bovary
Laurie
|
$800
[13]
This New York Mets outfielder was Rookie of the Year in 1983 & led the league in home runs 5 years later
(Darryl) Strawberry
Will
|
$800
[27]
The Library has Steve Ditko's drawings for this webslinger's origin story containing notes by Stan Lee
Spider-Man
Laurie
|
$800
[15]
The Order of the Thistle is the highest honor given to men & women of this U.K. country
Scotland
Will
|
$800
[2]
Title time when Snow White's "Prince Will Come"
"Someday"
Laurie
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Megakaryocytes are giant marrow cells that form the small blood cell fragments used in clotting called these
platelets
Marjika
|
$1,200
[23]
At 15 in 1931 this "La Vie En Rose" singer was already supporting herself singing in Paris
(Edith) Piaf
Laurie
|
$1,200
[14]
As Jan Brady on "The Brady Bunch", she uttered the line "Marcia, Marcia, Marcia"
(Eve) Plumb
Laurie
Marjika
|
DD
$1,500
[28]
Of the approximately 700 daguerreotypes in the Library's photo division, about half are from this man's studio
Mathew Brady
Laurie
|
$1,200
[16]
The Letts are the main ethnic group of this country
Latvia
|
$1,600
[4]
Anthony Hopkins played the loyal butler in this 1993 movie based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel
The Remains of the Day
Marjika
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Chronic lymphocytic this, cancer of the bone marrow, may take 10 years to develop
leukemia
Laurie
|
$1,600
[24]
The Musee d'Orsay houses a large collection of 19th century French art, including his scandalous painting "Olympia"
Edouard Manet
|
$1,600
[19]
Her debut album "Tidal" went triple platinum & included the hit song "Criminal"
(Fiona) Apple
Laurie
|
$1,600
[29]
The largestbookin the Library measures 5 feet by 7 feet & features color images of this small Himalayan kingdom
Bhutan
Will
Marjika
|
$1,600
[17]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A former Soviet republic, this landlocked country bounded by Romania & Ukraine is the least-visited country in Europe
Moldova
Will
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
Rhyming period of one's greatest strength, youth or vigor
heyday
Laurie
|
|
$2,000
[11]
"Helping patients before, during and after transplant", be the this.org is a national marrow donor program
match
Laurie
|
$2,000
[25]
"Manon" is probably the best-known opera by this composer whose last name also starts with "MA"
Massenet
|
$2,000
[20]
Once a writer for TV's "The Golden Girls", he later created "Desperate Housewives"
Marc Cherry
|
$2,000
[30]
In 2010 the Library began archiving all public these short messages starting from 2006--sometimes 500 million per day
tweets
Will
|
$2,000
[18]
After it was stolen from India, the Peacock Throne became a symbol of this country's monarchy
Iran
Laurie
|
$2,000
[5]
2-word phrase for what a horrifying sight might scare "out of you"
the living daylights
Will
|
She won a 2006 Oscar & a 2015 Tony for playing the same monarch, though in different productions
Helen Mirren