Bonnie Megel — an administrative assistant from Grinnell, Iowa
Neil Sondov — a psychotherapist from Greenville, South Carolina
Matt Hoffer-Hawlik — an investment banker and strategy consultant from Boston, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matt | $200 | $2,000 | $15,600 |
$10,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Neil | $-1,000 | $1,400 | $3,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Bonnie | $4,200 | $6,200 | $19,400 |
$31,400
New champion: $31,400 |
$17,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ALL HAIL THE CREATOR | FOOD & DRINK HOLIDAYS | 19th CENTURY PEOPLE | THE WRITE STUFF | POST HASTE | GOOD & BAD INVESTMENTS |
|
$200
[24]
This Mindy of "The Mindy Project" was named after Mindy in "Mork & Mindy"
Mindy Kaling
Matt
|
$200
[20]
Every dog has his day, including the hot dog (July 23); this condiment gets the first Saturday in August
mustard
Neil
|
$200
[14]
The worse speller of a famous duo, in November 1805 he wrote in his journal, "Ocian in view! O! the joy"
William Clark
Bonnie
|
$200
[6]
The leader of the French Romantic movement, this man wrote volumes of poetry before a hunchback rang his bell
Victor Hugo
Bonnie
|
$200
[2]
A boat opening
hatch
Matt
Bonnie
|
$600
[18]
Different from Nationwide, this co. led by Angelo Mozilo saw its stock skyrocket, then collapse with the mortgage bust
Countrywide
Matt
|
|
$400
[26]
Its creator Phil Rosenthal summed it up as "a guy with this family who lives across the street from his parents"
Everybody Loves Raymond
Neil
|
$600
[22]
National Beer Day is held on April 7, the date in 1933 that the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted, limiting this
Prohibition
Matt
Neil
|
$400
[15]
Seen here is an illustration of "The Frog Prince" in this duo's 1812 collection
the Brothers Grimm
Neil
|
$400
[7]
She wrote "The Tale of Benjamin Bunny", about Peter Rabbit's cousin
(Beatrix) Potter
Matt
|
$400
[3]
Arrogantly proud & condescending
haughty
Matt
|
$800
[8]
One of the best investments in the last 20 years was this tech maker of Java, which despite the name isn't based in Delphi
Oracle
Matt
Bonnie
|
|
$600
[27]
In 1998 this man played up "Sports Night"; the next year, he came up with "The West Wing"
Sorkin
Neil
|
$800
[19]
Appropriately, this tri-colored alliterative Halloween staple has its day on October 30
candy corn
Neil
|
$600
[16]
A former slave, Emperor Jean-Jacques Dessalines was assassinated in what's now this Caribbean nation in 1806
Haiti
Matt
|
$600
[9]
Mark Twain didn't think Shakespeare wrote the famous plays, wondering why this 1616 document mentions no books
his will
Matt
Neil
|
$600
[1]
To carry a large weight, or drag someone before a judge
haul
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[12]
One of Warren Buffett's best investments was in this federal corporation, often associated with Fannie Mae
Freddie Mac
Matt
|
|
$800
[28]
The initials of this creator of "Alias", also a big-time movie director, stand for Jeffrey Jacob
Abrams
Neil
|
DD
$1,000
[21]
Free Slurpee Day is on this date, honoring the place that dispenses them
July the 11th (7/11)
Neil
|
$800
[13]
Puttering about with peas, this monk laid the foundation for modern genetics
(Gregor) Mendel
Bonnie
|
$800
[10]
A poem by him begins, "All in green went my love riding on a great horse of gold into the silver dawn"
E.E. Cummings
|
$800
[4]
The hip or hindquarter of a beast
haunch
Neil
Bonnie
|
— |
|
$1,000
[25]
Ronald D. Moore co-created the 2005 version of this frakkin' awesome sci-fi show featuring Adama & Starbuck
Battlestar Galactica
Neil
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[23]
This food is celebrated on August 24, the anniversary of the patent of the iron used for making them
waffles
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[17]
On a roll, this king of Prussia became the first kaiser of Germany in 1871
Wilhelm (I)
Matt
Neil
|
$1,000
[11]
Gustav Meyrink is best known for supernatural stories like a 1915 tale about this avenging clay figure of folklore
a golem
Matt
|
$1,000
[5]
It's German for "housewife"
hausfrau
Matt
Bonnie
|
— |
| HAPPY HISTORY | AND I QUOTE | PUNNY & NOT-PUNNY DEFINITIONS | GIANTS | EUROPEAN LAKES & RIVERS | JETS |
|
$400
[9]
Venezuela declared independence on this date, 35 years & 1 day after ours
July 5, 1811
Neil
|
$400
[12]
He defiantly said, "I have not become the king's first minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire"
Churchill
Bonnie
|
$400
[1]
"To prepare for an exam insufficiently", or a Broadway acting replacement
understudy
Neil
|
$400
[18]
The stories of the giant lumberjack Paul Bunyan & this blue ox companion date back to early frontier folk tales
Babe (the Blue Ox)
Neil
|
$800
[17]
In the 19th century the city of Paris bought the land at the source of this river & erected a statue of the goddess Sequana
the Seine
Neil
|
$800
[28]
Jet engines & rockets both use jet propulsion; a jet engine takes in this element to burn fuel
oxygen
|
|
$800
[8]
"Bloodless" is our preferred type of this 4-letter event, like the 1975 Nigerian one that deposed General Gowon
coup
Neil
|
$800
[13]
He told his people, "I have found it impossible... to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do"
Edward VIII
Matt
|
$800
[2]
"After the corn bread", or to delay an event
postpone
|
$800
[19]
Pro wrestler Andre the Giant bodyslammed the role of Fezzik in this 1987 film
The Princess Bride
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[23]
It rises under Cuilcagh Mountain & divides Ireland almost in 2
the River Shannon
Matt
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[27]
This company's 787 has a 70-yard wingspan & cruises at Mach .82
Boeing
Matt
|
|
$1,200
[7]
In 1979 a Seminole chief used Indian sovereignty to offer healthy jackpots in this game also played in churches
bingo
Neil
|
$1,200
[14]
In 2013 he said of contraception & related topics, "It is not necessary to talk about these issues all the time"
Pope Francis
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[3]
"Before a cell phone message", or a reason for taking action
pretext
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[20]
Nicknamed "The Freak", this long-haired pitcher helped the San Francisco Giants win 3 World Series
Tim Lincecum
|
$2,000
[24]
At Hamburg, this river splits into 2 branches, which rejoin farther downstream
the Elbe
|
$1,600
[25]
In 60 A.D. the scientist Hero of this city known for its lighthouse built a steam-powered jet engine--but not for flight
Alexandria
Matt
|
|
$1,600
[10]
In 1989 this then-country ended Communist rule with its Velvet Revolution
Czechoslovakia
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[16]
New Yorker founder Harold Ross said the magazine is "not edited for the old lady in" this Iowa city
Dubuque
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[4]
"Put a noisemaker back on the cat", or to rise up in insurrection
rebel
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[21]
He's a giant colorful canine in a children's book series by Norman Bridwell
Clifford the Big Red Dog
Matt
|
DD
$4,000
[6]
You can cruise this lake on a paddle steamer with stops at Lausanne & Montreux
Lake Geneva
Matt
|
$2,000
[26]
A July 4, 1956 flight by this new alphanumeric plane put the Soviet Union's military buildup on camera
a U-2
Matt
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Let's revive this multi-day December celebration from ancient Rome that featured unrestrained merrymaking
Saturnalia
Bonnie
|
DD
$4,000
[15]
At the Scopes trial, he said of his agnosticism, "I do not pretend to know where many ignorant men are sure"
Darrow
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[5]
"To fill in the ditch around the castle", or to reduce in rank
demote
Matt
|
$2,000
[22]
We're Certainly Dwarfs, a band in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, is an homage to this alt-rock band
They Might Be Giants
Matt
Neil
|
— | — |
In an 1887 novel this narrator's old wartime injury is in his shoulder; in an 1890 novel by the same author, it's in his leg
Dr. Watson