Lena Liberman — a content editor from Baltimore, Maryland
Jace Cochran — a municipal judge from Dayton, Tennessee
Abigail Myers — an education administrator from Brooklyn, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $29,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | $1,400 | $4,800 | $12,200 |
$10,200
2-day champion: $39,200 |
$13,200
20 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jace | $5,400 | $5,200 | $11,400 |
$9,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$16,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lena | $1,400 | $2,800 | $4,800 |
$2,802
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,800
7 R, 2 W |
| WHEN IN DOME | QUOTATIONS | TURKISH DELIGHTS | EPONYMS | MEDICAL CENTER | CHEESY ANAGRAMS |
|
$200
[6]
This Louisiana venue has hosted events featuring Barry Manilow & Leon Spinks, but not at the same time
the Superdome
Jace
|
$200
[12]
"Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven" is a sentiment from this Milton epic
Paradise Lost
Abigail
|
$200
[22]
Iznik, in Anatolia, is historically a center of production of these ceramic wall & floor coverings
tile
Abigail
|
$200
[1]
The guy for whom this device was named said of it, "I can whisk off your head in a twinkling" & you won't feel it
the guillotine
Jace
|
$200
[20]
A lobotomy is an operation on the brain; a lobectomy is usually an operation on this body part
the lungs
Jace
|
$200
[16]
A global fave:RED CHAD
cheddar
Abigail
|
|
$400
[5]
Demolished in a kind of "Viking funeral", the Metrodome in this state was no longer dome sweet dome after 2014
Minnesota
Jace
|
$400
[10]
In a 1934 speech, this Italian dictator said, "We have buried the putrid corpse of liberty"
Mussolini
Abigail
|
$600
[29]
Turkey is noted for this art of fine handwriting; a practitioner is called a hatta
calligraphy
Abigail
|
$400
[11]
This amusement park ride made the rounds in Chicago in 1893 & carried passengers 264 feet into the air
a Ferris wheel
Jace
|
$400
[21]
From Latin for "draw back", it's a medical tool used to pull away edges of an incision for surgical access
a retractor
Lena
|
$400
[26]
Made into dressing:FOR TORQUE
Roquefort
Abigail
|
|
$600
[4]
In 2011 the Georgia Dome hosted this event XXVII; matches included the Undertaker v. Triple H & the Miz vs. John Cena
WrestleMania
Jace
|
$600
[9]
In 1996 Bill Clinton told the country, "I still believe in a place called" this, "a place called America"
Hope
Lena
|
$800
[28]
The name of this type of pipe is German for sea-foam, but the Turks excel at making decorative ones
Meerschaum
Lena
|
$600
[15]
This disease first described by a German physician in 1906 was once known as presenile dementia
Alzheimer's
Jace
|
$600
[17]
Term for the transplanting of tissue from one part of the body to another, or the tissue itself
a graft
Abigail
|
$600
[24]
Just grate:SPEAR MAN
Parmesan
Abigail
|
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
In 1965 this baseball venue had female ushers dubbed "Spacettes"
the Astrodome
Jace
|
$800
[8]
This director told Francois Truffaut, "What is drama, after all, but life with the dull bits cut out"
Alfred Hitchcock
Lena
|
$1,000
[27]
The Kutahya Archaeological Museum houses relics of this empire that fell in the 15th century
the Byzantine
Abigail
|
$800
[14]
This brand of mouthwash is named in honor of a British doctor who pioneered antiseptic surgery
Listerine
Abigail
|
$800
[18]
6-letter name for the process of treating patients in order of the seriousness of their injuries
triage
Abigail
|
$800
[23]
It can be quite pungent:RUMBLE RIG
Limburger
|
|
$1,000
[3]
Lucas Oil Stadium, "The House That Peyton Built" in this city, replaced the RCA Dome
Indianapolis
Jace
|
$1,000
[7]
From his "Analects": "To go too far is as bad as not to go far enough"
Confucius
|
— |
$1,000
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports.) Lots of cattle ranching terms come from here in Texas, including this one, meaning an unbranded calf or a person who does things his own darned way
a maverick
Jace
|
$1,000
[19]
Abbreviated P.O., "per os" means to take medication this way
by mouth
Lena
|
$1,000
[25]
Often stretched into sticks:POOR NOVEL
provolone
Abigail
|
| SHAKESPEAREAN OPERA | TV NETWORK NEWS | "DEB"-8 | BATTLE HIM | OF THE REPUBLIC | GARDENING |
|
$400
[24]
Bellini's opera "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" tells the same story as this play
Romeo and Juliet
Jace
|
$400
[25]
The co-anchors of ABC's "Good Morning America" report the news from studios at this square at 44th & Broadway
Times Square
Abigail
|
$400
[27]
Removed errors from a computer
debugged
Abigail
|
$400
[18]
"Oh, but we had a bully fight", he said, referring to the 1898 Battle of San Juan Hill
Teddy Roosevelt
Jace
|
$400
[17]
This Central American nation is often called the "Crossroads of the World"
Panama
Abigail
|
$800
[29]
From the Latin for "mixture", it's a mixture of leaves, manure & other organic materials used to improve the soil
compost
Abigail
Lena
|
|
$800
[23]
Operas with him as the main character include "At the Boar's Head" by Holst & "Sir John in Love" by Vaughan Williams
Falstaff
Lena
|
$800
[11]
This Wolf Blitzer CNN news show shares its name with a White House crisis management center
The Situation Room
Abigail
|
$800
[26]
A step in preparing a fish to be eaten, sometimes it's done at the table by your waiter
deboning
Lena
|
$800
[13]
In 1794 this "Mad" Pennsylvania general won the Battle of Fallen Timbers
Mad Anthony Wayne
|
$800
[5]
In 2002 the pres of this country renamed January after himself: Turkmen-Bashi, or "Father of All Turkmen"
Turkmenistan
Jace
|
DD
$1,000
[22]
To keep this vegetable's head white, tie up the leaves around the developing curd
a cauliflower
Abigail
|
|
$1,200
[16]
Edmund Spenser's famous poem has the same title as this Henry Purcell opera based on "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
The Fairy-Queen
Abigail
|
$1,200
[10]
From 1978 to 2011 "60 Minutes" featured this curmudgeon's short editorial observations on the news & life
Andy Rooney
Lena
|
$1,200
[1]
Not owing a penny to anyone
debtless (or debt-free)
Jace
|
$1,200
[12]
Hewas killed in battle in June 1876, along with all of his approximately 210 soldiers
Custer
Jace
|
$1,200
[3]
Valparaiso & Atacama are among the 15 administrative regions of this South American republic
Chile
|
$1,200
[28]
For beginners to this Japanese art of growing dwarf trees, juniper & Chinese elms work particularly well
bonsai
Abigail
|
|
$1,600
[15]
This Italian composer's opera "Macbeth" from 1847 features the aria "There's Still A Spot There"
Verdi
Abigail
|
$1,600
[9]
"Murder in Pinyon Pines" was a 2015 episode of this "timely" CBS News investigative series
48 Hours Investigates
Jace
|
$1,600
[20]
A charming gentleman may be described as this type of man about town
debonair
Abigail
|
$2,000
[6]
British general William Howe probably passed a flask to celebrate his victory in this Penn. battle September 11, 1777
Battle of Brandywine Creek
|
$1,600
[2]
Its highest point is Njesuthi at an elevation of 11,181 feet near its border with Lesotho
South Africa
Jace
|
$2,000
[21]
Strawberries propagate themselves by using these long, horizontal stems, also called stolons
runners
|
|
$2,000
[14]
This 19th c. French Romantic composer wrote many Shakespearean works, including the opera "Beatrice et Benedict"
Hector Berlioz
|
$2,000
[8]
Until 2016 she was "On the Record" covering headlines on Fox News
Greta Van Susteren
Jace
|
$2,000
[19]
Proved something to be false, like the good folks at snopes.com often do
debunked
Jace
|
DD
$5,000
[7]
In 2012 the remains of Richard III were found in Leicester not far from this August 1485 battlefield
Bosworth
Jace
|
$2,000
[4]
Almost half the population of this 4-letter South Pacific nation is descended from laborers imported from India
Fiji
|
— |
Raised in industrial Yorkshire, he moved to L.A. in 1964 & thought, "This is the place to be--in the land of swimming pools"
David Hockney