Pam Platt — a writer and editor from Louisville, Kentucky
Mike Solano — a speech-language pathology graduate student from Sleepy Hollow, New York
Bonnie Megel — an administrative assistant from Grinnell, Iowa (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnie | $2,200 | $4,600 | $12,400 |
$21,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $4,400 | $4,800 | $7,600 |
$4,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
17 R, 4 W |
| Pam | $4,000 | $6,800 | $15,600 |
$27,600
New champion: $27,600 |
$14,000
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| STATES THAT BEGIN WITH CALIFORN | IS THIS A HAT? | CATCH THESE MEN | A PETITE DEJEUNER | "S" WORDS | SNLCRACKS US UP |
|
$200
[16]
Do you know the way to this city, the seat of Santa Clara county? Many do, as it's California's 3rd-most populous city
San Jose
Bonnie
|
$200
[21]
Batuque, perique, toque
toque
Bonnie
|
$200
[11]
Ted Kaczynski, who carried on a lethal 17-year campaign under this name, was caught following a tip from his brother
the Unabomber
Pam
|
$200
[26]
From the Yiddish for "ring" or "bracelet" comes the name of this chewy breakfast item
a bagel
Pam
|
$200
[1]
Legally, it's defamation via speech
slander
Mike
|
$200
[6]
Andy Samberg played this "Ted" actor as he "Talks to Animals" on "SNL"; say hi to your mother for me, okay?
Mark Wahlberg
Pam
|
|
$400
[17]
Lying chiefly in Cali, this national park boasts the lowest point in the Western Hemisphere--282' below sea level
Death Valley
Bonnie
|
$400
[22]
Balaclava, Crimea, Sebastopol
Balaclava
Pam
|
$600
[15]
In 1960 Nazi Adolf Eichmann was captured by Israeli operatives in this country where he had been hiding
Argentina
Mike
|
$400
[30]
"Break out of your shell" with this egg substitute from Con Agra
Egg Beaters
Bonnie
|
$400
[2]
Let's take SWORDS for $400--it's a heavy, slightly curved one-edged cavalry sword
saber
Mike
|
$400
[10]
Musician Will Ferrell let us know, "If Bruce Dickinson wants more" this, "we should probably give him more" this!
cowbell
Bonnie
|
|
$600
[18]
In 1980 nearly 104,000 fans caught Super Bowl 14 at this playhouse in Pasadena
the Rose Bowl
Mike
|
$600
[23]
Dusseldorf, Homburg, Meissen
Homburg
Pam
|
$800
[14]
Wanted for 19 murders, this Bostonian went on the run in 1995 & was finally nabbed in Santa Monica in 2011
Whitey Bulger
Mike
|
$600
[29]
Created at Antoine's in New Orleans, eggs sardou is made with this veggie, creamed
spinach
Pam
|
$600
[3]
An elevated platform where executed criminals hang out
scaffold
Pam
|
$600
[9]
Norm MacDonald created "Celeb. Jeo.!" to get his impression of this man on "SNL" & yes, Turd Ferguson is a funny name
Burt Reynolds
Mike
|
|
$800
[19]
Named for the trees that grew in its hills, this city is a few miles across the bay from San Francisco
Oakland
Mike
|
$800
[24]
Biretta, Mannix, Rockford
biretta
Pam
|
$1,000
[13]
Soon after the fall of Baghdad in 2003, Saddam Hussein was found hiding in a hole near this city, his hometown
Tikrit
Bonnie
|
$800
[28]
This bite-size cereal from Kellogg's has flavors like frosted strawberry & maple brown sugar
Mini-Wheats
Bonnie
Pam
|
$800
[4]
Flags & arm position are crucial in this type of communication
semaphore
Bonnie
|
$800
[8]
This late, great man was the anal retentive chef, whose pepper steak needed "17 1/3 oz. of lean beef cut into 43 pieces"
Phil Hartman
Mike
|
|
$1,000
[20]
Shown here, it's the port city located on the same-named peninsula, Jack
Monterey
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[25]
Trilithon, trilby, troika
trilby
Bonnie
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
12 days after his heinous act, he was discovered in a barn with David Herold & surrounded in rural Virginia
John Wilkes Booth
Pam
|
$1,000
[27]
As opposed to rolled oats, Quaker offers this "metallic" version that has "a heartier texture"
steel-cut
Mike
Pam
|
$1,000
[5]
It can mean yielding sugar or being sappy & sentimental
saccharine
Mike
|
$1,000
[7]
In 2015 "SNL", & specifically this actress, cracked up Ryan Gosling as she described her abduction by aliens
Kate McKinnon
Pam
|
| RANKS & TITLES | SPORTS ON FILM | ANATOMY | SAY IT IN SWEDISH | AMERICAN DRAMATISTS | AN "F" IN HISTORY |
|
$400
[24]
Learn the 3 R's with this college official who keeps track of academic standing & enrollment
the registrar
Mike
Pam
|
$400
[2]
"Moneyball"
baseball
Mike
|
$400
[11]
The hypoglossal nerve moves this organ, allowing for speech & swallowing
the tongue
Bonnie
|
$400
[20]
To safely play the popular sport of ice hockey, you'll need to wear en hjälm, this
a helmet
Mike
|
$400
[15]
The father of this Southern playwright was a big inspiration for the character Big Daddy
Tennessee Williams
Pam
|
$400
[1]
The movie "The Revenant" is about Hugh Glass, who in 1823 went in search of these in the Dakotas
furs
Mike
|
|
$800
[25]
In the Episcopal Church, this title belongs to the cleric in charge of the chapel, whether he's in Wakefield or not
the vicar
Bonnie
|
$800
[3]
"Foxcatcher"
wrestling
Pam
|
$800
[12]
Humans have 7 superior or true pairs of these bones & 5 pairs of inferior or false ones
ribs
Mike
|
$800
[21]
Nature lover, before visiting a naturistcamping, be aware your fellow visitors will be this
nude
Mike
|
$800
[16]
His first Broadway play, "The Man Who Had All the Luck", had no box office luck; "All My Sons" did better
Arthur Miller
Pam
|
$800
[5]
The debate between protectionism & this opposite has been ongoing since at least the 18th century
free trade
Bonnie
|
|
$1,200
[26]
Bestowed on some higher ranking priests, this Catholic title basically means "my elder"
monsignor
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[8]
"The Legend of Bagger Vance"
golf
Mike
|
$1,200
[13]
High concentrations of these nodes in the human body are located in the armpits & groin
lymph nodes
Pam
|
$1,200
[23]
Sweden's top rate of this, imkomstskatt, is 56%
income tax
Pam
|
$1,200
[17]
Thisplaywright/actor explores dysfunctional & barely functional families in plays like 2012's "Heartless"
Sam Shepard
Pam
|
$1,200
[6]
In 1807 his ship was described as a "backwoods sawmill mounted on a scow and set on fire"
(Robert) Fulton
Mike
|
|
$2,000
[28]
Although this U.S. naval rank is no longer used, it lives on as the presiding officer of a yacht club
commodore
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[7]
"McFarland, USA"
track (or running)
Mike
Pam
|
$1,600
[14]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The point called the funny bone is a sensitive spot on the pathway beginning in the spine, going through your shoulder, down your arm, to your ring & pinkie fingers, known as this nerve
the ulnar nerve
|
$2,000
[30]
Fågel means this type of creature
a bird
|
$1,600
[18]
In 1936, a year after she married publisher Henry Luce, her play "The Women" opened on Broadway
Clare Boothe Luce
Bonnie
|
$1,600
[9]
FDR called his domestic programs a "New Deal"; successor Harry Truman had this "Deal"
Fair
Mike
|
|
DD
$4,000
[27]
A French nobleman of the lowest rank, it comes from the Old French for "horseman"
chevalier
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[4]
"Coach Carter"
basketball
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[22]
From Latin for "tailor", this longest muscle in the body crosses the thigh from the hip to the lower leg
the sartorius
|
DD
$5,000
[29]
Smör, as in smorgasbord, is this spreadable stuff
butter
Bonnie
|
$2,000
[19]
Every year Independence, Kansas honors this native son & author of "Picnic" with a 3-day theater festival
William Inge
Pam
|
$2,000
[10]
This post-civil war bureau provided jobs, medical care & land to former slaves & destitute whites
the Freedmen's Bureau
Bonnie
Mike
|
The Trans-Siberian Railway, one of the world's longest, spans 5,770 miles from Moscow to this port city on the Sea of Japan
Vladivostok