Grant McSheffrey — a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Lolita Welch — an independent contractor from Fort Worth, Texas
Jessica Johnston — a college admission officer from Pasadena, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | $1,200 | $4,400 | $11,600 |
$23,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
18 R, 2 W |
| Lolita | $2,600 | $7,000 | $10,400 |
$12,427
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Grant | $2,200 | $6,000 | $13,400 |
$23,400
New champion: $23,400 |
$10,800
14 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD | WOMEN ON TELEVISION | SHAKESPEAREAN BABY NAMES | 2 WORDS TO COMPLETE THE PHRASE | RVs | IT'S A TOY HALL-ER |
|
$200
[1]
If you're bored in Botswana, just bore an 8,000-mile hole & say aloha to this island chain
Hawaii
Lolita
|
$200
[5]
(I'm political commentator Ana Navarro.) In 2015 I became a political contributor for this show that is co-hosted by Joy Behar & Whoopi Goldberg
The View
Jessica
Lolita
|
$200
[2]
For a baby born on February 14, this name of one of "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" is perfect
Valentine
Grant
|
$200
[17]
"A leopard cannot change..."
its spots
Lolita
|
$200
[16]
Another word for a recreational vehicle, or one who sleeps outside at national parks
a camper
Grant
|
$200
[7]
2009 seems really, really late for this 4-letter thing to make the Hall, be it a foot, volley, golf or any other type
a ball
Jessica
|
|
$400
[3]
Go straight through the globe from anywhere in the contiguous U.S. & you'll reach not China but this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Lolita
Grant
|
$400
[6]
(I'm Mad Mencreator Matthew Weiner.) A few good things happened in the '90s: I was a "Jeopardy!" champ in 1992 & in '97 I got to write for "The Naked Truth" with this woman, now "Madam Secretary"
Téa Leoni
Lolita
|
$400
[15]
Though the king was slain by Macbeth, you still might like this boy's name meaning "brown warrior"
Duncan
|
$400
[19]
"You can catch more flies with honey than..."
with vinegar
Jessica
|
$400
[18]
The RV Industry Association classifies RVs 2 ways: motorized, or those that move this way
towed
Grant
|
$400
[9]
Sometimes, simple is simply best; this 1-word disc made the Hall in 1998
Frisbee
Lolita
|
|
$600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a globe on the monitor.) From Madrid, Spain, spin the globe and diametrically opposite is the hamlet of Weber on this country's North Island
New Zealand
Lolita
|
$600
[8]
Seen here, she's had stints on "60 Minutes" & "The Today Show"
Meredith Vieira
Lolita
|
$600
[28]
Personally, I'd avoid these paired names, chums of Hamlet; it's a lot to write
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
Grant
|
$600
[20]
Long a slogan of the United Negro College Fund or UNCF: "A mind is a terrible thing..."
to waste
Grant
|
$600
[25]
This company that makes the RV seenhereshares its name with Wisconsin's largest inland lake
Winnebago
Lolita
|
$600
[10]
Sometimes, simple is simply best; this 2-word circle made the Hall in 1999
the hula hoop
Grant
|
|
$800
[11]
Isla de Pascua in Spanish, it's on the other side of the world from India's state of Rajasthan
Easter Island
Jessica
|
$800
[23]
On Netflix, Ellie Kemper stars as this "Unbreakable" woman, rescued from a cult
Kimmy Schmidt
Jessica
|
$1,000
[30]
With this name from "The Tempest", your boy should "live long and" succeed financially
Prospero
Jessica
|
$800
[21]
"The road to hell is paved with..."
good intentions
Lolita
|
$800
[26]
RVs traveling in a group are called this, from the Persian for "desert travelers"
a caravan
Lolita
|
$800
[13]
This action figure with 21 moving parts & "life like hair" stepped up for a different kind of induction in 2004
G.I. Joe
|
|
$1,000
[12]
Burrow through the Earth from Manila & you'll be tired, dirty & in this country's state of Mato Grosso
Brazil
Grant
|
$1,000
[24]
Working in the coroner's office gives Liv Moore access to fresh brains on this CW series
iZombie
Lolita
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
This feminine name from "The Taming of the Shrew" means "white"
Bianca
Grant
|
$1,000
[22]
"Revenge is a dish best..."
served cold
Jessica
|
$1,000
[27]
"Boondocking" refers to using your RV at a site that doesn't provide these
hookups (or utilities)
Lolita
|
$1,000
[14]
This video game company's 2600 invaded the space of the Hall in 2007, joysticks & all
Atari
Lolita
|
| FUNGI | GRAMMY RECORD OF THE YEAR | WRITERS' VOCABULARY | STATE HOLIDAYS | 1917 | THAT'S A MYTHTAKE! |
|
$400
[15]
"Unearthed" is a Discovery Channel show in which foragers dig up these valuable black fungi in the forests of Oregon
truffles
Lolita
|
$400
[11]
2013:Daft Punk was fortunate
"Get Lucky"
Jessica
|
$400
[22]
It's a list of all source material used in preparation of a text
a bibliography
Jessica
|
$400
[17]
Massachusetts celebrates Patriots' Day, the third Monday in April, with the running of this race
the Boston Marathon
Jessica
|
$400
[1]
In November the price of a first class one rose by 50% to 3 cents
a stamp
Jessica
|
$400
[6]
Daedalus fled to Sicily while this son flew too close to the sun & melted the wax in his wings
Icarus
Lolita
|
|
$800
[27]
Fungi requiring a host to live are called these; some chitonomyces fungi depend on just one species of water beetle
parasites
Lolita
|
$800
[12]
2007:They tried to make Amy go
"Rehab"
Jessica
|
$800
[23]
"He was alone in this noisy hive with no place to roost" is a mixed one of these figures of speech
a metaphor
Grant
|
$800
[18]
Arbor Day was first celebrated in 1872 in this state; other states soon followed
Nebraska
Grant
|
$800
[2]
This city's Love Field airport began in 1917 as an Army base to train pilots
Dallas
Jessica
|
$800
[7]
An oracle told King Laius & Jocasta that this son would kill Dad; the prophecy came true despite countermeasures
Oedipus
Lolita
|
|
$1,200
[28]
In the 1840s late blight caused by the water mold Phytophthora infestans destroyed this crop in Ireland
potatoes
Grant
|
$1,200
[13]
1987:Paul Simon tries world music
"Graceland"
Jessica
|
$1,200
[24]
It's the French term for an expression that can have multiple meanings, though the name implies just 2
a double entendre
Lolita
|
$1,200
[19]
In 2012 Ohio governor John Kasich signed a law designating February 20 as this man's Friendship 7 Day
John Glenn
Jessica
|
$1,200
[3]
On August 10 this future president was appointed to serve as food administrator for the war effort
Herbert Hoover
Jessica
|
$1,600
[9]
He took a bribe from Aphrodite for his judgment & was rewarded with Helen of Troy, which led to the Trojan War
Paris
Lolita
|
|
DD
$3,000
[29]
Seed is to plant as this is to fungus
spore
Grant
|
$1,600
[14]
2012:Gotye got it
"Somebody That I Used To Know"
Jessica
Lolita
Grant
|
$1,600
[25]
"Animal Farm" uses anthropomorphism while "the walls have ears" is an example of this similar literary device
personification
|
$1,600
[20]
Its Cherokee Strip Day celebrates the 1893 land rush in which former Indian lands were opened to settlement
Oklahoma
|
$1,600
[4]
Naturalist Charles Sheldon brought Pres. Wilson the bill making this Alaskan "Great One" part of a national park
Denali
Grant
|
DD
$1,800
[8]
She angered Hera, who took away her power of speech, except for the ability to repeat the last words of another
Echo
Lolita
|
| — |
$2,000
[16]
2000:For U2, it was one of these
a "Beautiful Day"
Jessica
|
$2,000
[26]
This word can refer to a punctuation mark or a type of imagery, like "O Death, where is thy sting"
an apostrophe
Jessica
Lolita
|
$2,000
[21]
This Progressive politician known as "Fighting Bob" has his own day, June 14, in Wisconsin where he was born
La Follette
Jessica
|
$2,000
[5]
In August this U.S. journalist sailed to Russia & joined the Bureau of International Revolutionary Propaganda
John Reed
|
$2,000
[10]
She boasted that her daughter Andromeda was more beautiful than the Nereids; Poseidon got mad & ravaged the land
Cassiopeia
|
This is the most populous city on the world's most populous island; both begin with the same letter
Jakarta