Debbi Hopkins — an administrative assistant from Charleston, South Carolina
Erin Rettler — a brand manager from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Shannon Dillmore — a genomics research manager from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $49,062)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon | $5,400 | $6,200 | $12,000 |
$15,331
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $1,600 | $3,000 | $6,600 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
8 R, 1 W |
| Debbi | $1,200 | $4,400 | $15,300 |
$18,300
New champion: $18,300 |
$14,400
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| LITERARY NUMBER, PLEASE | THAT EXPLAINS IT | STATE BIRDS | "ILE" BE BACK | FINAL RESTING PLACES | ON THE COVER OFROLLING STONE |
|
$200
[4]
Garcia Marquez' "____ Years of Solitude"
100
Erin
|
$200
[7]
The "Schoolhouse Rock" song "Three Ring Government" explains that these 3 branches are the rings
executive, legislative & judicial
Shannon
|
$200
[28]
These 2 smallest states both have a variety of chicken as their state birds
Rhode Island & Delaware
Debbi
|
$200
[20]
To charm or deceive
beguile
Shannon
|
$200
[15]
A granite obelisk rises 117 feet above his family tomb at Oak Ridge cemetery in Springfield, Illinois
Abraham Lincoln
Shannon
|
$600
[1]
Fronting the "Hot List 2013", this onetime Disney actress-songstress had her tongue on her shoulder
Miley Cyrus
Erin
|
|
$400
[5]
Conan Doyle's "The Sign of ____"
four
Debbi
|
$400
[8]
In this physicist's 1910 research paper on opalescence he also explained why the sky is blue
Einstein
Shannon
|
$400
[12]
This orange & black state bird of Maryland is also called a Firebird or golden robin
the Baltimore oriole
Shannon
|
$400
[21]
This fancy word for a house comes from the Latin for "dwelling"
domicile
Shannon
|
$400
[16]
Born in Germany, he died & was buried in London, where his grave says, "Workers of all lands unite"
(Karl) Marx
Debbi
|
$800
[2]
This Academy Award-winning actress from Kentucky was "America's Kick-Ass Sweetheart" in 2012
Jennifer Lawrence
Erin
|
|
$600
[6]
Seuss' "The ____ Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins"
500
|
$600
[9]
This 21st c. word happens when a male patronizingly tells a female about a topic she already understands
mansplaining
Shannon
|
$800
[14]
South Dakota's state bird, the ring-necked species of this is native to Asia & was introduced to the state in 1898
pheasant
Debbi
|
$600
[22]
There's a river in the 2-word rhyming name of this reptileseen here
the Nile crocodile
Erin
|
$600
[17]
His headstone at Arlington says, "He gave to man control over that dreadful scourge yellow fever"
Walter Reed
Debbi
|
$1,000
[3]
She was on the cover as a "Manic Diva" & inside she discussed her verse on Kanye's "Monster"
Nicki Minaj
|
|
$800
[27]
Daniel Pyne's "____ Palms"
Twentynine
|
$800
[10]
Between 1618 & 1621, hepublished "The Epitome of Copernican Astronomy" explaining planetary orbits
(Johannes) Kepler
Shannon
|
$1,000
[26]
The scientific name of this Arkansas state bird means "many-tongued mimic"
the mockingbird
|
$800
[23]
This "shapely" 2-word term is a facetious way to refer to a wastebasket
the circular file
Erin
|
$800
[18]
Emerson & Thoreau are both buried at the Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in this Massachusetts town
Concord
|
— |
|
$1,000
[25]
Leon Uris' "Mila ____"
18
|
$1,000
[11]
The title "Tipping Point" in this author's book attempts to explain "how little things can make a big difference"
(Malcolm) Gladwell
Shannon
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
The cactus wren represents this state where Cardinals play
Arizona
Shannon
|
$1,000
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew pumps, pumps, pumps.) When you continuously blow up a balloon, it will explode, because the air pressure has surpassed this strength of the plastic from the Latin for "to stretch"
tensile
Debbi
|
$1,000
[19]
His grave at a New York cemetery is marked by a Celtic cross made of stone (not steel) from Scotland
(Andrew) Carnegie
Debbi
|
— |
| EUROPEAN CAPITALS | FURNITURE | QUASI-RELATED PAIRS | TARANTINO'S FAVORITE ACTORS | AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARIES | CROSSED OFF WALTZ |
|
$400
[8]
A day trip from this capital might include hot springs & Thingvellir, once home to the parliament
Reykjavík
Shannon
Debbi
|
$400
[20]
The Japanese hari-bako is a tiny chest of drawers used when doing this; it includes a lidded box for pincushions
sewing
Shannon
|
$400
[14]
Abe Vigoda TV role &symbolic money at a poker table
Fish & chips
Debbi
|
$400
[1]
As an officer who doesn't like Nazis, he gives Christoph Waltz a new look at the end of "Inglourious Basterds"
(Brad) Pitt
Shannon
|
$800
[21]
He donated his salary as postmaster general to the relief of the war's wounded soldiers
(Benjamin) Franklin
Debbi
|
$1,200
[27]
Mastery of the bop waltz stylings from this piano-playing jazz "holy man" has been attained--on to the next
Thelonious Monk
|
|
$800
[7]
Hungry? Stop by Soren K, a restaurant on this city's harbor, & try the squid with cabbage
Copenhagen
Shannon
Erin
|
$800
[11]
To enlarge the surface of a tabletop, some tables have these that hang vertically when not in use
leaves
Erin
|
$800
[13]
Large farm buildings &a British peer
barns & noble
|
$800
[2]
Shegave the audience a shot of adrenaline in "Pulp Fiction", her first Tarantino film
(Uma) Thurman
Shannon
|
$1,200
[23]
America's first major naval victory occurred when he & his men captured the Drake in British waters in April 1778
(John Paul) Jones
Debbi
|
$1,600
[26]
Saint-Saens' waltz in "Danse macabre" was fun to hear; death played one of these like in "The Devil Went Down To Georgia"
a fiddle
Erin
|
|
$1,600
[9]
In 1919 this Balkan city became capital of the kingdom of the Serbs, Croats & Slovenes
Belgrade
Shannon
|
$1,200
[19]
The flat, central support of a chair back, or the sound made when ketchup drops on the floor
a splat
Shannon
|
$1,200
[17]
One who monitors an exam &to risk money
proctor & gamble
Debbi
|
$1,200
[3]
In "Django Unchained", this Tarantino veteran plays a house slave almost as evil as his master
Samuel L. Jackson
Shannon
|
$2,000
[24]
This brewer represented Massachusetts in the Continental Congress & later served as the state's governor
Samuel Adams
Debbi
|
$2,000
[25]
Dancing in "Ain't Misbehavin'" I performed Fats Waller's waltz with this "insect" name
"Jitterbug Waltz"
|
|
$2,000
[10]
This Belarus capital features an odd tourist sight, the apartment of presidential assassin Lee Harvey Oswald
Minsk
Shannon
|
$1,600
[12]
A favorite material in America's federal period was this reddish-brown hardwood, often the Honduras type
mahogany
Debbi
|
$1,600
[15]
Actor Dancy &a synonym for "to bawl"
Hugh & cry
Debbi
|
$1,600
[4]
This veteran actor has appeared in Tarantino movies as Mr. White & the problem-solving man known as "The Wolf"
(Harvey) Keitel
Shannon
|
DD
$2,500
[22]
This attorney wrote 5 essays in the Federalist Papers & was the principal author of the New York State Constitution
John Jay
Debbi
|
— |
|
DD
$5,000
[6]
This capital (& country) is served by the Nice, France airport
Monaco
Shannon
|
$2,000
[18]
By itself, it's a TV cabinet, but it's also a type of table meant to sit against a wall
the console table
Erin
|
$2,000
[16]
A unit of force &a printing symbol that looks like a hyphen
dyne & dash
|
$2,000
[5]
This British actor was unlucky & undercover as Mr. Orange in "Reservoir Dogs"
(Tim) Roth
Shannon
|
— | — |
Keats' line "The sedge is withered from the lake, and no birds sing" inspired the title of this groundbreaking book
Silent Spring (by Rachel Carson)