Stephanie Schlatter — a stay-at-home parent from Toledo, Ohio
Wren Allen — a botanical artist from Santa Fe, New Mexico
Sam Scovill — a G.I.S. technician from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (whose 3-day cash winnings total $56,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam | $1,400 | $4,400 | $6,600 |
$13,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Wren | $800 | $5,400 | $-2,200 |
$-2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,200
14 R, 8 W |
| Stephanie | $0 | $3,000 | $7,000 |
$13,201
New champion: $13,201 |
$8,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| GRAND MARSHALS OF THE ROSE PARADE | LITERARY TERMS | ON "EDGE" | PICK YOUR BATTLE | MORE THAN AN ATHLETE | YOU'RE THE BALM |
|
$200
[7]
This legendary animator was grand marshal in 1966; he died later that year
Walt Disney
Sam
|
$200
[10]
From the Greek for "rival", it's the main character working against the hero or heroine
antagonist
Wren
|
$200
[15]
A serious & often public promise to do something
a pledge
Wren
|
$200
[21]
On the high seas:Ankara, Puebla, Midway
Midway
Sam
|
$200
[1]
He took "Heat" leaving the Cavs, but that televised "decision" raised $2.5 million for the Boys & Girls Clubs of America
LeBron James
Stephanie
|
$200
[2]
Bag balm was originally used to moisturize these cow parts alluded to in the ointment's name
udders
Sam
|
|
$400
[8]
Thisbeloved L.A. personality did the honors in 2014
Vin Scully
|
$400
[11]
It means "all knowing" & refers to a narrator who knows what all the characters do & think
omniscient
Wren
|
$400
[16]
It can precede fund or hog
hedge
Sam
|
$400
[22]
During World War I:Culloden, Sedan, Verdun
Verdun
Wren
|
$400
[3]
We're off to see this team's John Wall, an NBA Cares Community Assist Award winner for his work aiding homeless kids
the Wizards
Sam
|
$400
[24]
In the alphabet soup of cosmetics, CC cream is for color correction; BB cream is this balm
beauty balm
Wren
|
|
$600
[9]
He got the nod in 1953 as a senator from California; he rode again in 1960
Nixon
Wren
|
$600
[12]
It's the final outcome of the conflict in a story, or a plan made on New Year's
resolution
Wren
|
$600
[18]
To remove dirt or sand from the bottom of a river or lake
dredge
Sam
|
$600
[23]
The arrows flew:Dien Bien Phu, Crécy, Balaklava
Crécy
Stephanie
|
$600
[4]
Seen here, he was one of the first U.S. athletes to speak out against South Africa's apartheid laws
Arthur Ashe
Sam
|
$600
[25]
A certain feline is on the label of this balm that "works where it hurts"
Tiger balm
Stephanie
|
|
$800
[17]
She was grand marshal as a child star in 1939 & also got the call in 1989 & '99
Shirley Temple
Wren
|
$800
[13]
David Foster Wallace used way more of these than most novelists, calling them "a second voice in your head"
footnotes
Sam
Stephanie
|
$800
[19]
To grow enough feathers to start to fly
to fledge
Wren
|
$800
[28]
Won by the Rebs:Fredericksburg, Gettysburg, Sharpsburg
Fredericksburg
Sam
|
$800
[5]
The SEC's 2013 Co-Defensive Player of the Year, he became the first openly gay man to be drafted into the NFL
Michael Sam
Sam
|
$800
[26]
Brut makes an after-shave balm with shea butter & this 4-letter sunburn soother
aloe
Stephanie
|
|
$1,000
[30]
In 1955, shortly after becoming chief justice of the U.S., he served as grand marshal
(Earl) Warren
Sam
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
It can mean adecorative borderof vines, or, in literature, a short anecdote
a vignette
Stephanie
|
$1,000
[20]
Thisplant is found in wet areas all over the world
sedge
Wren
|
$1,000
[29]
Starring Napoleon:Marathon, Marengo, Megiddo
Marengo
Wren
|
$1,000
[6]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here's the 1980 Marathon of Hope run by this one-legged Canadian hero, who covered 3,339 miles in 143 days to support cancer research
Terry Fox
Wren
|
$1,000
[27]
In the Bible, Jeremiah wonders, "Is there no balm in" this place; "is there no physician there?"
Gilead
Stephanie
|
| TIME: THE 1980s | 4-LETTER WORDS | GEOGRAPHIC EXTREMES | BIRDS IN THE BIBLE | DIRECTED BUT DIDN'T STAR IN | NONFICTION |
|
$400
[14]
This Iranian cleric was on the cover of the Jan. 7, 1980 issue
Ayatollah Khomeini
Sam
|
$400
[23]
To cover with a thin layer of gold
to gild
Stephanie
|
$400
[7]
The lowest point in both the western & southern hemispheres is Laguna del Carbon in this nation's Patagonia region
Argentina
Sam
|
$400
[5]
In this address Jesus asks, "Behold the fowls of the air; for they sow not...yet your heavenly father feedeth them"
the Sermon on the Mount
Stephanie
|
$400
[2]
2014's "Lost River", featuring girlfriend Eva Mendes
Ryan Gosling
Stephanie
|
$1,600
[22]
This 1-word title of "A Brief History of Humankind" comes from a scientific name & means "wise"
Sapiens
Sam
|
|
$800
[15]
"Viet Nam as It Really Was" declared the Jan. 26, 1987 cover, accompanied by a photo from this film
Platoon
Sam
|
$800
[24]
The United Kingdom's Wight or Man
isle
Sam
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
The world's northernmost national capital is this one that's on an island
Reykjavik
Sam
|
$800
[6]
Job 39 asks "Doth" this large predatory bird "mount up at they command and make her nest on high?"
an eagle
Wren
|
$800
[12]
"Unbroken"
Angelina Jolie
Wren
|
$2,000
[25]
Thisrecent presidential candidate wrote a book called "God, Guns, Grits and Gravy"
Huckabee
Sam
|
|
DD
$1,200
[16]
"The Odd Couple" on the July 25, 1988 cover was Texan Lloyd Bentsen & this man from Massachusetts
Dukakis
Sam
|
$1,200
[19]
It's the gusto with which all the reindeer shouted, "Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, you'll go down in history"
glee
Stephanie
|
$1,200
[9]
Northwestern China has Eurasia's continental pole of inaccessibility, the farthest point from any of these
seacoasts
Sam
|
$1,200
[1]
The osprey, vulture & cormorant are among birds said to be unclean in this 3rd book of the Old Testament
Leviticus
Sam
|
$1,200
[13]
2016's "Money Monster":this Oscar-winning actress
Jodie Foster
Sam
|
— |
|
$1,600
[17]
"Moving Away from Marx" informed the September 23, 1985 issue with this Chinese leader & successor of Mao on the front
Deng Xiaoping
Wren
|
$1,600
[20]
From the Middle English for "stray animal", it has come to mean a forsaken or orphaned child
a waif
|
$1,600
[10]
For Africa's lowest point, Lake Assal, this measurement is about 35%
salinity
Wren
|
$1,600
[3]
This king's pursuit of his son-in-law David is compared to a partridge hunt in the mountains
Saul
Wren
Stephanie
|
$1,600
[27]
In 2015 the non-Shakespearean "Cinderella"
Kenneth Branagh
|
— |
|
$2,000
[18]
The March 21, 1983 cover showed "Detroit's Comeback Kid", Lee Iacocca of this company
Chrysler
Wren
Stephanie
|
$2,000
[21]
William Ernest Henley wrote, "I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my" this
soul
Sam
Wren
|
$2,000
[11]
Of the 15 now independent former Soviet republics, this non-"stan" is the smallest in area
Armenia
Sam
Wren
Stephanie
|
$2,000
[4]
In the wilderness God provided the Israelites manna & large quantities of this small plump game bird
quail
Wren
|
$2,000
[26]
"Into the Wild"
Sean Penn
Wren
|
— |
The name of this moon refers to the mythical group that its planet’s name belonged to
Titan