Meghan Phillips — a library and archives assistant from Lancaster, Pennsylvania
David Rigsby — a Social Security Administration attorney from Alexandria, Virginia
Nilanka Seneviratne — an international development nonprofit professional from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $7,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilanka | $1,800 | $2,600 | $12,100 |
$3,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
18 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| David | $4,600 | $8,200 | $10,200 |
$8,200
New champion: $8,200 |
$9,200
16 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Meghan | $3,600 | $6,600 | $5,400 |
$399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
14 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. HERSTORY | LITERATURE | ALMA MATERS | CROSSWORD CLUES "D" | SCHWARZENEGGER | IT'S NOT A TUBER! |
|
$200
[11]
In 1774 Penelope Barker organized an Edenton, N.C. version of this 1773 Boston protest
the Boston Tea Party
David
|
$200
[6]
Upton Sinclair refers to the Chicago stockyards as "Packingtown" in this 1906 novel
The Jungle
Nilanka
|
$200
[19]
(I'm political commentator S.E. Cupp.) I wasn't a politics or history major but graduated from this upstate New York Ivy League school with a degree in art history & wrote art reviews for the Sun
Cornell
Nilanka
|
$200
[16]
Unmanned plane(5)
a drone
Meghan
|
$200
[1]
In 2011 a museum dedicated to Arnold's life opened in Thal, his childhood home in this country
Austria
David
|
$200
[28]
This plant whose heart is a delicacy is not a tuber, though the unrelated Jerusalem type is
an artichoke
Meghan
|
|
$400
[12]
She joined hubby MLK Jr. in civil rights activism, taking part in the Montgomery bus boycott
Coretta Scott King
David
|
$400
[7]
She won a Pulitzer Prize not for "My Antonia" but for another Nebraska novel, "One of Ours"
Willa Cather
Nilanka
|
$400
[20]
He was a shock jock in training at Boston University where a radio show he created was canceled after one broadcast
Howard Stern
Meghan
|
$400
[17]
Strike that(6)
delete
Meghan
|
$400
[2]
Going undercover as an elementary school teacher in this film, Arnold has headache but tells the kids, "It's not a tumor!"
Kindergarten Cop
David
|
$400
[29]
This veggie that goes into a classic cream cheese-frosted cake is a taproot, not a tuber
carrot
David
|
|
$600
[13]
In 1916 Jeannette Rankin from this "Big Sky Country" state was elected the first female member of Congress
Montana
Nilanka
|
$600
[8]
His "Sevastopol Sketches" were based on the defense of Sevastopol in the Crimean War, in which he served
Tolstoy
Nilanka
|
$600
[22]
(I'm ABC News senior legal correspondent Sunny Hostin.) I received my law degree from this Indiana university that houses the oldest Roman Catholic law school in the nation
Notre Dame
Nilanka
|
$600
[18]
Write out of a will(10)
disinherit
David
|
$600
[3]
Sharon Stone kicks Arnold in this film & says, "That's for making me come to Mars!"
Total Recall
David
|
$800
[26]
Thepotatois a tuber, an underground stem; this4-letter onion relative, potato's partner in soup, is not
a leek
Meghan
|
|
$800
[14]
Margaret Bourke-White was one of the original 4 photographers for this magazine & a war zone photojournalist
Life
David
|
$800
[9]
The movie "Simon Birch" was adapted from John Irving's novel "A Prayer for" him
Owen Meany
Meghan
|
$800
[23]
Rashida Jones studied religion & philosophy at this school & was also involved in its Hasty Pudding theatricals
Harvard
David
|
$800
[21]
Wine weed(9)
dandelion
David
|
$800
[4]
The indispensable Arnold has played Trench in the first 3 films in this recent series
The Expendables
Meghan
|
$1,000
[27]
Commonly mixed with yams in the West African dish fufu is this member of the banana family
a plantain
David
|
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
This 1972 numerical clause was later renamed the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act
Title IX
David
|
$1,000
[10]
At age 25 in 1774, young Goethe had a bestseller with "The Sorrows of" this young man
Werther
Meghan
|
$1,000
[24]
Dan Brown, Harlan Coben & David O. Russell all attended this college in Emily Dickinson's home town
Amherst
Meghan
|
$1,000
[25]
The Ten Commandments(9)
the Decalogue
|
$1,000
[5]
In 2006 Gov. Arnold signed a bill saying California would reduce these alliterative emissions to 1990 levels by 2020
greenhouse gasses
Meghan
|
— |
| BROKE ENGLISH | BALLET | ANIMALS ON THE MAP | 1990s NO. 1 ALBUMS | THE ANCIENT WORLD | IT'S ALL SAM-ANTICS |
|
$400
[16]
One who is broke may be called this, paired with "The Prince" in a book title
a pauper
David
|
DD
$100
[28]
In 1967 this dancer was just 19 when he became a soloist at the Kirov Ballet of Leningrad
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Nilanka
|
$400
[11]
This city in New York state is sometimes called "Nickel City"
Buffalo
Meghan
|
$400
[1]
This rap group had "Ill Communication"; take a "Sure Shot"
the Beastie Boys
Nilanka
|
$400
[6]
More than 2,000 years ago, the Zhou dynasty had this service, with couriers changing mounts regularly
a postal service
|
$400
[21]
Since leaving the D.A.'s office, he's been seen in "The Newsroom " & on "Grace and Frankie"
Sam Waterston
Nilanka
|
|
$800
[17]
Chapter 11 is known as a reorganization one of these
a bankruptcy
Nilanka
|
$400
[26]
"Waltz Of The Flowers" & "Dance Of the Sugar-Plum Fairy" are part of this ballet & seasonal favorite
The Nutcracker
David
|
$800
[12]
About 3% of this country lies at the eastern edge of southern Europe in Thrace
Turkey
Nilanka
|
$800
[2]
"Hell Freezes Over" to culminate this band's unlikely reunion in an MTV special
The Eagles
Nilanka
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) After the death of Alexander the Great, his generals divided his empire intofour kingdoms; Ptolemy I took over this one& founded its Ptolemaic Dynasty
Egypt
Nilanka
|
$800
[22]
In 1962 with his brother James, he opened the first of his discount stores in Rogers, Arkansas
Sam Walton
Nilanka
David
|
|
$1,200
[18]
A specific coin is referenced in this word meaning "having no money"
penniless
Nilanka
|
$800
[27]
In 2016 this Moscow company ended its 240th season with "The Damnation of Faust", its first Berlioz work
the Bolshoi Ballet
Nilanka
David
|
$1,200
[13]
This river rises in New Mexico & flows into the Colorado River near Yuma, Arizona
the Gila River
Nilanka
|
$1,200
[3]
He returned--& then left?--with "Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell"
Meat Loaf
Meghan
|
$1,200
[8]
A divorced woman in ancient Rome would expect to get this back in full; if found to be an adulterer, often only half
a dowry
David
|
$1,200
[23]
For hits like "Cupid" & "Twistin' The Night Away", he was known as "The King of Soul"
Sam Cooke
Meghan
|
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1824 Charles Dickens' father went to this type of prison; "Little Dorrit" is partly set in one
a debtors' prison
David
|
$1,600
[29]
Critic Edwin Denby said this 1942 Agnes de Mille ballet established the genre of "American local-colour ballet"
Rodeo
|
$1,600
[14]
Thisislandknown for its great wineries is just a short hop by plane from Adelaide, Australia
Kangaroo Island
Meghan
|
$1,600
[4]
This hard rock group conjured up "Use Your Illusion II"
Guns N' Roses
Nilanka
|
$1,600
[9]
The Hasmonean Palace was named for the dynasty of these Hanukkah heroes
the Maccabees
Meghan
|
$1,600
[24]
This Texan's 17-year tenure as Speaker of the House was the longest in history
Sam Rayburn
Nilanka
|
|
$2,000
[20]
A classic by Ray Charles begins, "My bills are all due and the baby needs shoes and I'm" this title word
busted
Nilanka
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
Dolly Parton's Dixie Stampede in this Tennessee town is billed as "the most fun place to eat in the Smokies"
Pigeon Forge
Meghan
|
$2,000
[5]
That's them in the corner with "Out of Time"
R.E.M.
Nilanka
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Nineveh was a huge city of this land which, if the first 2 letters were removed, would spell a current Mideast country
Assyria
Meghan
|
$2,000
[25]
The last project he directed before his 1984 death wasn't another western, but a music video for Julian Lennon
Sam Peckinpah
|
Published in L'Aurore on January 13, 1898, it caused its author to be convicted of libel
J'accuse