Vinnie Chiappini — an attorney from Providence, Rhode Island
Molly Thacker — a doctoral student from Arlington, Virginia
Sam Scovill — a G.I.S. technician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (whose 2-day cash winnings total $38,802)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $2,200 | $5,000 | $11,800 |
$17,399
3-day champion: $56,201 |
$12,000
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Molly | $2,800 | $2,000 | $2,800 |
$1,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,800
9 R, 2 W |
| Vinnie | $400 | $4,200 | $13,200 |
$2,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| POWER AWARDS | PLACES THAT BECAME WORDS | BEASTLY STATE SYMBOLS | COCKLES & MUSCLES | NFL CHEERLEADING SQUADS | IT'S OVER |
|
$200
[18]
(I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) I earned an Edward R. Murrow Award for "Ramadi: On the Front Line"; a report on troops under fire in this country
Iraq
Vinnie
|
$200
[13]
It's a hairy tropical spider that gets its name from an Italian seaport
a tarantula
Molly
|
$200
[6]
In 1986 the bluegill was designated Illinois' official state this
fish
Sam
|
$200
[11]
It's the muscle at the front of the upper arm
the bicep
Molly
Vinnie
|
$200
[1]
The Liberty Belles
the (Philadelphia) Eagles
Sam
|
$200
[22]
If you "go off the deep" one, you've lost emotional control
end
Molly
|
|
$400
[19]
In 2013 this agency's director John Brennan gave Jack Downey & Dick Fecteau the Distinguished Intelligence Cross
the CIA
Sam
|
$400
[14]
Named for a German valley, this prehistoric precursor was a forerunner and rival of modern humans
the Neanderthal
Molly
|
$400
[7]
The blue crab is the tasty state crustacean of this Eastern state
Maryland
Sam
|
$400
[12]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Stand on the edge of a step with the balls of your feet firmly planted while the heels hang over the edge; lower the heels, then lift up on your toes to do a standing raise of these leg muscles
the calf muscles
Sam
|
$600
[3]
The Jills (it's a rhyme thing)
the (Buffalo) Bills
Vinnie
|
$400
[23]
This 10-letter word means an ending or a logical deduction
conclusion
Sam
|
|
$600
[20]
(I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) As a federal prosecutor, I received the Special Achievement Award fromthisU.S. Attorney General, the first woman to hold the job
Janet Reno
Sam
|
$600
[15]
A Hungarian town spelled K-O-C-S gave us this word for a class of travel or for a vehicle for travel
coach
Vinnie
|
$600
[8]
Texas calls its state reptile a horned lizard; Wyoming uses this amphibian name for a related animal
the horned toad
Sam
Vinnie
|
$600
[28]
In rhyme, features of her garden include cockleshells & pretty maids all in a row
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
|
$800
[4]
The Flight Crew--clear the runway!
the New York Jets
Sam
|
$600
[25]
In football, it's a successful forward pass
a completion
Sam
|
|
$800
[21]
The "Election Night" episode of this HBO show won the Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series Emmy in 2015
Veep
Vinnie
|
$800
[16]
Named for a town in China, it's a glossy fabric, typically silk, used to make fine garments like pajamas
satin
|
$800
[9]
This type of whale known for its elaborate courtship songs is a Hawaiian marine mammal
the humpback whale
Sam
|
$800
[29]
In the full name of your lats, this word follows "latissimus" to indicate location in your back
dorsi
Vinnie
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The Gold Rush
the Niners (or 49ers)
Sam
|
$800
[26]
That's all, wrap it up, this word, also the surface coating of polished wood
finish
Sam
|
|
$1,000
[24]
Tobias Wolff & Sally Field have won the National Medal of Arts from this "National" government agency
the National Endowment for the Arts
Molly
Vinnie
|
$1,000
[17]
This town, "The Pearl of the Ardennes", is the original spot to take the waters
Spa
Sam
|
$1,000
[10]
The green darner one of these is Washington's state insect
a dragonfly
Sam
Molly
|
$1,000
[30]
The shell with radiating ribs identifies cockles, part of this vast group that also includes snails & squid
mollusks
Sam
|
$1,000
[5]
The Embraceable Ewes (the last time the team was on the coast)
the (Los Angeles) Rams
Molly
|
$1,000
[27]
A closing argument in a courtroom is also called this, from the Latin for "highest"
summation
Vinnie
|
| GLORY TO GOD | IN THE HIGHEST | PIECE | ON EARTH | GOOD WILL | TOWARD "MEN" |
|
$400
[2]
In "The Expanse" on Syfy, the Nauvoo is a spaceship being built by this religious group, the LDS
the Church of Latter Day Saints
Molly
|
$400
[11]
Playing without wild cards, this is the highest-ranking 5-card poker hand you can have
a royal flush
Sam
|
$400
[30]
In 1880 the top piece of this boulder was reunited with its base & the year "1620" was carved into it
Plymouth Rock
Sam
|
$400
[16]
"Canada's Gateway to the Pacific", this Olympic city stands on the southern shore of Burrard inlet
Vancouver
Vinnie
|
$400
[1]
Of the few known portraits of William Shakespeare, one is theengravingthat adorns this 1623 publication
the First Folio
Vinnie
|
$400
[21]
Part of the body where you'll find your 6-pack (or your spare tire)
abdomen
Vinnie
|
|
$800
[3]
"These Things Shall Pass" & "Swing Low, Sweet Chariot" are Johnny Cash recordings in this 6-letter genre
gospel
Sam
|
$800
[12]
Higher than a flute, this small woodwind is the highest-pitched instrument in an orchestra
the piccolo
Molly
|
$800
[27]
Artifacts embedded in the first floor wall of Chicago's Tribune Tower include a piece of this barrier that crumbled in 1989
the Berlin Wall
Sam
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
In 1896 the mountain now called Denali was named for this man, 5 years before his death
Mount McKinley
Vinnie
|
DD
$800
[4]
This man enjoyed good Will Shakespeare & his actors so much, he made them Grooms of the King's Chamber
King James I
Sam
|
$800
[22]
Collective term for pawn, knight, bishop, rook, king & (strangely) queen
chessmen
Vinnie
|
|
$1,200
[8]
In broad-brimmed black hat & untrimmed beard, Matisyahu gained fame as a musician of this faith
Hasidic Judaism
Sam
|
$1,200
[13]
Garrett McNamara set a record by doing this with a 78' wave in 2011; there have been claims of 100-footers since
surfing
Sam
|
$1,200
[26]
In 1962 the IV version of this Soviet satellite burned up on re-entry--except a hunk that crashed in Manitowoc, Wisc.
Sputnik
Vinnie
|
$1,200
[18]
London Bridge isn't falling down; residents of this Arizona lake city will tell you the bridge is just fine right here
Lake Havasu City
Sam
|
$1,200
[5]
Shakespeare was a master of this poetic pattern, unrhymed iambic pentameter, & even used the term in "Hamlet"
blank verse
Vinnie
|
$1,200
[23]
You're here to display this, sharp-wittedness
acumen
Molly
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Jim Caviezel played Jesus in this controversial film made by Mel Gibson
The Passion of the Christ
Sam
|
$1,600
[14]
"For the highest achievement of an American of African descent", the NAACP awards this medal annually
the Spingarn Medal
|
$1,600
[29]
Wagner's Siegfried forges Nothung, one of these, from the pieces of his father's
a sword
|
$1,600
[19]
This capital of Australia's Victoria state was founded in 1835 by John Fawkner & Batman...John Batman, that is
Melbourne
Molly
|
$1,600
[6]
William Shakespeare's mother's maiden name, it's also the name of the forest in "As You Like It"
Arden
Vinnie
|
$1,600
[24]
Unit used to measure an amount of light
a lumen
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Bob Marley expanded on Rastafarian teachings in this song that pleads, "Don't give up the fight"
"Get Up, Stand Up"
|
$2,000
[15]
This tiny nation on the Mediterranean has the world's highest life expectancy at 89.52 years; in the U.S., it's 79.68
Monaco
Vinnie
|
$2,000
[28]
P.S.: it's the 2-syllable archaeological word for a piece of broken ear then ware
potsherd
Vinnie
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1870 this 4-letter lake in north central Africa covered some 10,800 square miles; today, only around 580
Lake Chad
Vinnie
|
$2,000
[7]
Written around 1589, this history "Part One" is generally agreed to be Shakespeare's first play
Henry VI
|
$2,000
[25]
Fancy Latinate synonym for "nickname"
cognomen
|
Guinness recognizes his 1902 version of Leoncavallo's "Vesti La Giubba" as the 1st million-selling record
Enrico Caruso