Kate Reed Hauenstein — a high school history teacher from Cedar Park, Texas
Megan Hersman — an arts marketer from Chicago, Illinois
Kirstin Cutts — a graduate student from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kirstin | $1,600 | $3,800 | $17,100 |
$14,601
2-day champion: $25,602 |
$16,800
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Megan | $200 | $-200 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-1,000
4 R, 4 W |
| Kate | $4,000 | $5,600 | $14,600 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
23 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| COUNTRIES' NEWSPAPERS | POTENT POTABLES | MAN VS. BEAST | PLAYING TRIBUTE | "V"OCABULARY | SLAMILTON |
|
$200
[16]
The Hindustan Times
India
Kate
|
$200
[7]
To make a sea breeze, mix 2 parts vodka, 3 parts grapefruit juice & 1 part this juice--for the red color
cranberry juice
Kirstin
Megan
|
$200
[19]
Since the dawn of camping, man has tried to keep food from this beast; a product called the Ursack says it's the answer
bears
Kate
|
$200
[22]
Hell's Belles is an all-female tribute to this all-male band
AC/DC
Megan
|
$200
[1]
It can mean the judgment of history as well as a decision in a court case
a verdict
Kate
|
$200
[2]
This "pen of the revolution" is a "man of profound ambition & violent passions"
Jefferson
Kate
|
|
$400
[17]
The Guadalajara Reporter
Mexico
Kate
|
$400
[12]
The name of this Scandinavian spirit derived from grain or potatoes is a shortening of the Latin for "water of life"
aquavit
Kate
|
$400
[27]
In 1763 an early one of these, from the Latin for "plague", was made from tobacco to kill aphids
a pesticide
Megan
|
$400
[23]
Who's Bad bills itself as "an unrivaled celebration of pop music's one true king"--this man
Michael Jackson
Kirstin
|
$400
[8]
From the Latin for "entrance", it's a large reception area at the main door of a building
a vestibule
Megan
Kate
|
$400
[3]
"I take it he is for or against nothing but as it suits his interest or ambition... I feel it a religious duty to oppose his career"
Aaron Burr
Kate
|
|
$600
[18]
The Hamilton Spectator
Canada
Kirstin
|
$600
[13]
You might croon like Elvis, or maybe not, after having a Blue Hawaii made with this blue liqueur
Curaçao
Kate
|
$600
[28]
This legendary alliterative guy terminates Hamelin's vermin with extreme prejudice
the Pied Piper
Kirstin
|
$600
[24]
It's not just hearsay--L.A. & Liverpool both have bands named for this 1977 Fleetwood Mac album
Rumours
Kirstin
|
$600
[9]
This jazz instrument is seen & heard here
a vibraphone
Kirstin
|
$600
[4]
Hamilton deemed the views of this once "Federalist Papers" pal to be "dangerous to the Union"
James Madison
Kate
|
|
$800
[20]
The Cape Argus
South Africa
|
$800
[14]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) a snifter of this clear anise liqueur may be served con la mosca, meaning "with the fly"; each fly is really one of thethree espresso beans
sambuca
Kate
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
In a Hawthorne story, a witch makes one of these to protect her corn, then brings him to life
a scarecrow
Kirstin
|
$800
[25]
The Fillers & Hot Fuss are U.K. bands that pay tribute to this Las Vegas quartet
The Killers
Kate
|
$800
[10]
Foxy adjective
vulpine
Kirstin
|
$800
[5]
"As wicked as he is mad", this vice president got people "alarmed by appearances of some eccentric tendencies"
John Adams
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Muscat Daily
Oman
|
$1,000
[15]
Tuborg Pilsner has been brewed in this country since 1880
Denmark
|
$1,000
[30]
New South Wales' webpage on the control of these animals includes fences, as in the title of a 2002 movie
rabbits
Kirstin
Megan
|
$1,000
[26]
Candy-O revs up the hits from these rockers
The Cars
|
$1,000
[11]
The scientific study of ultramicroscopic infectious agents
virology
Kate
|
$1,000
[6]
This first N.Y. gov., also a VP with a presidential last name, has "narrow views, a prejudiced and contracted disposition"
Clinton
Kate
|
| LOVE | TV NICKNAMES | THEOED, FROM POISE TO QUELT | MUNICIPAL LITERATURE | -OLOGIES | ALPHANUMERICALLY YOURS |
|
$400
[13]
Secretly in love with Roxane, this title play character with a huge nose helps his inarticulate rival with love letters
Cyrano de Bergerac
Kate
|
$400
[1]
On "Gilligan's Island", the skipper often called Gilligan his "little" this
little buddy
|
$400
[26]
"A period (orig. of forty days) during which persons who might serve to spread a contagious disease are kept isolated"
a quarantine
Kirstin
|
$400
[5]
"London!--that great place!--Nobody--not even Mr. Bumble--could ever find him there!" thinks this poor Dickens lad
Oliver Twist
Kate
|
$400
[10]
For a B.S. degree in this -ology, you have to take courses like weather forecasting & climate dynamics
meteorology
Kirstin
|
$400
[18]
Traditional, simple & safe harbor are 3 types of these retirement plans
a 401(k)
Megan
Kate
|
|
$800
[14]
L'amour is the raison d'etre of this character who does "zee woo-ing" in cartoons like "For Scent-imental Reasons"
Pepé le Pew
Kate
|
$800
[2]
In season 5 of "Entourage", it was revealed that Sal was the actual first name of this character
Turtle
Kate
|
$800
[27]
"Situated behind" or "the hinder part or back side"
posterior
Kirstin
|
$800
[7]
The canals are frozen over as Det. Lotte Meerman tries to solve a really cold case in "A Cold Death in" this European city
Amsterdam
Kirstin
Kate
|
$800
[9]
It's the -ology associated with the symbol seenherethat was created back in the '60s
ecology
|
$800
[19]
The first attempt to reach the summit of this mountain came in 1902; the first success? 1954
K2
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[16]
This Old Testament book, an 8-chapter love poem, has lines like "Behold, thou art fair, my love...thou hast doves' eyes"
the Song of Solomon
Kirstin
|
$1,200
[3]
On the BBC's "Sherlock", this character is sometimes called "Mike", though he abhors it
Mycroft Holmes
|
$1,600
[29]
"Condensation and deposition of moisture... esp. in the formation of dew, rain"
precipitation
Kirstin
|
$1,200
[8]
Willa Cather's 1931 novel "Shadows on the Rock" details the lives of French colonists in the "rock" that is this Canadian city
Quebec City
|
$1,200
[23]
Piscatology is the art or science of this activity
fishing
|
$1,200
[20]
HB2 is this state's controversial 2016 Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act, AKA the bathroom bill
North Carolina
Kate
|
|
$2,000
[17]
One of Gustav Klimt's most famous works portrays a pair of embracing lovers, united by this, the title of the work
The Kiss
Kate
|
$1,600
[4]
British actress Millie Bobby Browngot this numeric nickname on "Stranger Things"
Eleven
Kirstin
|
$2,000
[30]
"To drink (liquor) copiously"
quaff
Kirstin
|
$1,600
[11]
Herbert Asbury's "The Barbary Coast" is an informal history of the underworld of this West Coast city
San Francisco
|
$1,600
[24]
From a Greek word for "creeping", it's the branch of zoology that deals with snakes & other reptiles
herpetology
Kirstin
|
$1,600
[21]
In 1989 this group hit No. 3 with "Love Shack", baby
the B-52s
Megan
|
|
DD
$3,000
[15]
From the Greek for "carry", these scents are released by some insects to attract members of the opposite sex
pheromones
Kate
|
$2,000
[6]
In the 1950s Theodore was the real name of this son of Ward & June
the Beaver
Kate
|
DD
$2,500
[28]
"One who practices the art of boxing"
a pugilist
Kirstin
|
$2,000
[12]
This writer from Lowell portrayed small-town Mass. & big New York City in his first novel, 1950's "The Town and the City"
Jack Kerouac
|
$2,000
[25]
It's the 11-letter name for the study of how extremely low temperatures affect living organisms
cryobiology
|
$2,000
[22]
Niacin
B3
Megan
Kate
|
Since "The Godfather Part II", this film has been the only sequel to win Best Picture
Lord of the Rings: Return of the King