Erin Mewes — a homemaker from Bristow, Virginia
Miles Lake — a biology student from Pasadena, California
Joe Nguyen — an attorney from New York, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $50,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $2,000 | $4,200 | $16,600 |
$27,201
3-day champion: $77,202 |
$15,400
25 R (including 2 DDs), 5 W |
| Miles | $2,800 | $3,600 | $13,600 |
$5,823
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,600
17 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Erin | $2,400 | $3,600 | $6,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
13 R, 3 W |
| CELEBRITY MEMOIRS | HOUSEHOLD VOCABULARY | I USED TO RUN THE PLACE | GET SOME EXERCISE! | ARCHAEOLOGY | SPEAKING "FRENCH" |
|
$200
[1]
He begins his memoir "A Life in Parts" by telling about "the most harrowing scene I did on 'Breaking Bad'"
Bryan Cranston
Joe
|
$200
[11]
Don't stand up for yourself & you become one of these lying at the front of a dwelling
a doormat
Miles
|
$200
[4]
Vicente Fox of the National Action Party
Mexico
Joe
|
$200
[26]
Here's the logo of Peloton, an indoor one of these that lets you take live studio classes from home
a bicycle
Joe
|
$200
[21]
9 periods of habitation have been discovered in this ancient city of Anatolia; VIIa is the one written about by Homer
Troy
Erin
|
$200
[16]
In Prokofiev's "Peter & the Wolf", the wolf is represented by this instrument
the French horn
Joe
|
|
$400
[2]
In "The Princess Diarist", this late star revealed that she & Harrison Ford had an affair while making "Star Wars"
Carrie Fisher
Joe
|
$400
[12]
"That dwelling is illuminated but unoccupied" is another way to say this, meaning someone is thick or inattentive
the lights are on, but no one is home
Erin
|
$400
[5]
47-year ruler Hussein I
Jordan
Miles
|
$400
[27]
Upper body straight, step back with one leg & lower your hips in this move
a lunge
Erin
|
$400
[22]
A hill marking the site of an ancient city, it's found in the names of some Middle East cities, including one of Israel's largest
tel
Joe
|
$400
[17]
La Isla Restaurant in New Jersey is known for this breakfast dish, stuffed with strawberry/guava cream cheese
French toast
Joe
|
|
$600
[3]
"A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages" is by this 4'11" Broadway & TV star
(Kristin) Chenoweth
Miles
|
$600
[13]
If you're doing this with a painful subject, you're hiding it under the shag
sweeping it under the rug
Joe
|
$600
[8]
From 1989 to 1994, F.W. de Klerk
South Africa
Joe
|
$600
[28]
Lie on one of these to force your core to work harder during an abs workout
a foam roller
Erin
|
$600
[23]
Using traditional archaeology & 3D tech, scientists reconstructed a house in Pompeii as it looked before this 79 A.D. event
the eruption of Mount Vesuvius
Miles
|
$600
[18]
This breedhereis said to be a good watchdog, but does snore
a French bulldog
Miles
|
|
$800
[6]
In "Out Came the Sun", she discusses mental illness, addiction & the suicides of grandfather Ernest & sister Margaux
Mariel Hemingway
Miles
Erin
|
$800
[14]
A home-based business is called this homey kind of industry
cottage
Erin
|
$800
[9]
Later president of Yugoslavia, Slobodan Milosevic
Serbia
Miles
|
$800
[29]
It's the proper name for "hot" yoga, practiced in a heated room
bikram
Miles
|
$800
[24]
A 2015 discovery of a Plains Indian site included a kind of mini-Stonehenge of these animals' bones
the buffalo
Miles
|
$800
[19]
Fort Necessity National Battlefield is the site of the first battle of this war that began in 1754
the French and Indian War
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[7]
In the 2005 memoir "Dean & Me", Dean is Dean Martin & me is he
Jerry Lewis
|
$1,000
[15]
Excuse my this type of "reach" to get the salt instead of asking you to pass it
boardinghouse
Erin
|
$1,000
[10]
Gustav I Vasa, elected king in 1523
Sweden
Erin
|
$1,000
[30]
The weight of these, seen here, isn't distributed evenly, creating a need to counter-balance while using them
a kettle bell
Joe
Erin
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Prior to his famous 1922 discovery, this Brit found the tombs of Hatshepsut & Mentuhotep, among others
Howard Carter
Miles
|
$1,000
[20]
Larry Bird called himself a "hick from" this Indiana town
French Lick
Erin
|
| SHAKESPEARE BUFFS | THE 50 STATES | SCIENCE & NATURE | SPELLING "BEE" | THE MANCUNIAN | CANDIDATE |
|
$400
[30]
These "star-crossed lovers" performed in the buff for a production by the Russian National Ballet Theatre
Romeo and Juliet
Joe
|
$400
[2]
This "Great" breed has been the state dog of Pennsylvania since 1965
the Great Dane
Joe
|
$400
[1]
Seems counterintuitive, but the Earth is farthest from the Sun during this month
July
Joe
Erin
|
$400
[10]
A towering hairdo, or an insect nest
a beehive
Miles
|
$400
[25]
Soccer star Wes Brown was born in Manchester & was a member of this storied local team from 1996 to 2011
Manchester United
Joe
|
$400
[18]
Vying for high school president, Tracy Flick must be stopped in this 1999 movie, & Matthew Broderick is on the job
Election
Miles
|
|
$800
[6]
"It felt really second nature", said Reanna Roane playing Ariel in an all-nude production of this Bard play
The Tempest
Joe
|
$800
[3]
The first state to secede from the Union, it bailed in December 1860; 10 others soon followed suit
South Carolina
Joe
|
$800
[15]
Evolutionary term for changes in behavior & /or physiology of an organism to become suited to a new environment
adaptation
Miles
|
$800
[11]
A B&T is this brand of gin (& tonic)
Beefeater
Joe
|
$800
[26]
He wrote more than 30 books, but Manchester's Anthony Burgess is best remembered for this dystopian novel
A Clockwork Orange
Joe
|
$800
[19]
Will Ferrell's candidacy takes a hit after he punches one of these in "The Campaign"
a baby
Erin
|
|
$1,600
[8]
London's Theatre N16 did "Gertrude-The Cry", a reworking, with some nudity, of this play
Hamlet
Joe
Erin
|
$1,200
[4]
The Census Bureau says the Midwest is the twelve states seen here, & this is the most populous state, with the most populous city
Illinois
Joe
|
$1,200
[16]
This hardest tissue in the body covers the crown of a tooth in mammals
enamel
Joe
|
$1,200
[12]
Bluecorn Naturals makes candles of 100% this
beeswax
Erin
|
$1,200
[27]
This actor, singer & member of The Monkees hailed from Manchester
Davy Jones
Erin
|
$1,200
[22]
"Game Change" on HBO featured Julianne Moore as Sarah Palin & Ed Harris as this man at the top of the ticket
John McCain
Miles
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Nudity abounds in "Sleep No More", a version of this tragedy
Macbeth
Joe
Erin
|
DD
$1,800
[5]
Nebraska's name comes from an Otoe word meaning "flat water", referring to this river
the Platte
Joe
|
$1,600
[20]
Iron is Fe, not Ir, which belongs to this metallic element impervious to almost all acids
iridium
Miles
|
$1,600
[13]
400 revelers can imbibe in the shade of the chestnut trees in this part of Munich's Hofbrauhaus
the beer garden
Joe
Miles
|
$1,600
[28]
Manchester-born addict Thomas de Quincey wrote 1821's "Confessions of an English" eater of this drug
opium
Joe
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1962's "The Manchurian Candidate", this singer/actor tries to prevent a political assassination
(Frank) Sinatra
Joe
|
|
DD
$2,200
[7]
Before her Oscar for playing a 20th century queen, she scandalized as a nude Cleopatra with the Royal National Theatre
(Dame) Helen Mirren
Joe
|
$2,000
[9]
The first woman to serve in both houses of Congress, Margaret Chase Smith represented this NE state
Maine
|
$2,000
[21]
18,399 feet down & probably pretty darn cold, the Molloy Deep is the deepest point in this ocean
the Arctic
Joe
|
$2,000
[14]
Luke 11:15 calls him "the chief of the devils"
Beelzebub
Miles
|
$2,000
[29]
For actions in France during WWI, Manchester-born John Thomas was awarded this top British award for bravery
the Victoria Cross
Joe
|
$2,000
[24]
Political intrigue in "Napoleon Dynamite" centers on the title dude trying to get people to vote for this friend
Pedro
Miles
|
Condoleezza Rice & South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore became the first female members of this in 2012
Augusta National Golf Club