Megan Williams — a chief of operations from Brooklyn, New York
Clint Thompson — a project manager from Putnam, Connecticut
Nathan Flynn — an English teacher from Royal Oak, Michigan (whose 1-day cash winnings total $18,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nathan | $3,200 | $5,400 | $10,995 |
$17,610
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Clint | $2,600 | $4,800 | $19,800 |
$22,000
New champion: $22,000 |
$19,200
20 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Megan | $2,200 | $5,000 | $6,200 |
$12,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| INVERTEBRATES | "N" THE MAP | SPORTS | ADD A LETTER | LYRE, LYRE | PANTS ON FIRE |
|
$200
[23]
This main body type of jellyfish is named for a snake-haired gal
Medusa
Clint
Megan
|
$200
[18]
The New Jersey Devils play home games at the Prudential Center in this city
Newark
Nathan
|
$200
[2]
In a Super Bowl first, in 2017 this team's Matt Ryan had a perfect QB rating for the first half
the Atlanta Falcons
Clint
|
$200
[1]
A letter added to something owed turns it into a first public appearance
a debt and debut
Clint
|
$200
[7]
This Biblical king was known for hanging a type of lyre called a kinnor above his bed to catch the wind
King David
|
$200
[12]
Women's Wear Daily coined this term for the ultra-short shorts whose sales were on fire in the 1970s
hot pants
Clint
|
|
$400
[24]
Butterflies have taste receptors on their tarsi, or these, allowing them to determine if a leaf is a good place to lay eggs
feet
Megan
|
$400
[19]
2 Ugandan portions of this river are known as Victoria & Albert
the Nile
Megan
|
$400
[3]
This last name of golfer David is applied to what he called a "correction shot"
Mulligan
|
$400
[8]
Add a letter to a god of love & he becomes one of the canine teeth
cuspid and Cupid
Megan
|
$400
[17]
The lyre was an attribute of this Greek bigwig, god of music & the sun
Apollo
Nathan
Megan
|
$400
[13]
In the 1960s Sonny & Cher helped popularize these wide-flared pants based on ones originally worn by sailors
bell-bottoms
Clint
|
|
$600
[25]
The earthworm has no teeth, but like a chicken, it has this organ that helps grind its food
the gizzard
Megan
|
$600
[20]
This Bahamian city got its name from a family name of England's King William III
Nassau
Clint
|
$600
[4]
Amanda Nunes KO'd her in December 2016
Ronda Rousey
Nathan
|
$800
[10]
Insert a letter in a train station & it becomes a tyrant
depot and despot
Megan
|
$600
[28]
Zeus threw this legendary bard's lyre into the heavens, where it can be enjoyed as the constellation Lyra
Orpheus
Nathan
|
$600
[14]
A big trend of the '80s was denim treated with bleach to fade the color, creating this-washed jeans
acid
Nathan
|
|
$800
[26]
The sea anemone's tentacles provide a protective home for this "circus" fish while the anemone dines on the fish's scraps
a clownfish
Clint
|
$800
[21]
This region of France includes the departments of Manche, Calvados & Seine-Maritime
Normandy
Megan
|
$800
[5]
This "A-Rod" of tennis was 2003 U.S. Men's Open champ
Andy Roddick
Clint
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Add a letter to a Spanish cheer & you'll be cheering for a spicy, chocolatey Mexican sauce
olé and mole
Megan
|
$800
[29]
Erato & Terpsichore, 2 of these, were often depicted lyre in hand
the Muses
Megan
|
$800
[15]
The brand called this Couture got trendy putting its name in rhinestones on the seats of its velour sweatpants
Juicy
Clint
|
|
$1,000
[27]
The giant triton species of this gastropod is protected in Australia because it eats starfish that feed on coral
the snail
Megan
|
$1,000
[22]
Prudence & Patience (very New England values) are islands in this bay
the Narragansett
Nathan
|
$1,000
[6]
Fernando Valenzuela threw this reverse curve with a zany name
a screwball
Nathan
|
$1,000
[11]
Stick a letter to a picture made by pasting various objects onto a surface to get a protein that helps keep your skin firm
collage and collagen
Nathan
|
$1,000
[30]
The bull head seenhereadorned one of the famed lyres found at the site of what was once this 2-letter city of Sumer
Ur
Clint
|
$1,000
[16]
Part of a bicycle is in the name of these cropped pants, originally worn for biking
pedal pushers
Megan
|
| AT THE OPERA | WOODY | WORLD HISTORY | BRING YOUR "EI" GAME | ECONOMICS | FREQUENTLY BANNED BOOKS |
|
$400
[19]
Mozart would live just 2 months after this "Magic" work premiered Sept. 30, 1791
The Magic Flute
Nathan
|
$400
[6]
He has more Oscar nominations for Best Original Screenplay than anyone else
Woody Allen
Nathan
|
$400
[5]
In 195 B.C. this Carthaginian fled the Romans & went into exile under the protection of the Seleucid Empire
Hannibal
Clint
|
$400
[27]
You're so this blood vessel
vein
Nathan
|
DD
$5
[29]
Full employment can be defined as the highest percentage that won't trigger this as workers ask for more money
inflation
Nathan
|
$400
[14]
This H.G. Bissinger book about a small-town Texas football squad was oft-penalized
Friday Night Lights
Nathan
|
|
$800
[23]
Vasek, a ninny, is the intended groom, but this Smetana title character has other ideas
The Bartered Bride
|
$800
[15]
His song "Do Re Mi" warned Dust Bowl migrants that California might not be so receptive
Woody Guthrie
Clint
|
$800
[4]
The 1864 convention in this city called for "relief to the wounded without any distinction as to nationality"
the Geneva Convention
Clint
|
$800
[20]
A whinny
a neigh
Nathan
|
$400
[21]
The opposite of progressive, it's the type of tax that takes a bigger portion as income drops
regressive
Nathan
|
$800
[10]
"The Perks of Being" this by Steven Chbosky became an Emma Watson film & got itself banned
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Nathan
|
|
$1,200
[24]
The "March of the Toreadors" from this opera is heard here
Carmen
Clint
|
$1,200
[16]
One of his earliest TV characters married Kelly Gaines, daughter of one of Boston's richest men
Woody Harrelson
Megan
|
$1,600
[2]
During the reign of Egypt's Ptolemy II around 280 B.C., Sostratus completed this ancient wonder
the Lighthouse at Alexandria
Clint
|
$1,200
[11]
The anchor seenhereis this, clear of the sea floor, my boys
aweigh anchor
Clint
|
$800
[22]
A downturn in the U.S. economy from 1836 to 1838 was partly caused by a lack of confidence in this common type of currency
paper currency
Nathan
Megan
|
$1,200
[7]
Dav Pilkey made the list with his cheeky series about the character seen here, named Captain this
Captain Underpants
Nathan
|
|
$1,600
[25]
After Mussorgsky died, this friend with a hyphenated name revised the orchestration for his "Boris Godunov"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Clint
|
$1,600
[17]
This jazz clarinetist fronted the herd
Woody Herman
|
DD
$1,800
[1]
In 1966 the Chinese government unleashed radical youth against older Communists in this movement
the Cultural Revolution
Clint
|
$1,600
[12]
Very light brown
beige
Clint
|
$1,200
[28]
In 1886 Henry George published "Protection or" this 2-word policy, which he preferred
free trade
Megan
|
$1,600
[8]
Profanity was one objection to this Katherine Paterson book about a structure to a fantastic place
Bridge to Terabithia
Nathan
|
|
$2,000
[26]
(I'm Mario Andretti.) Most people aren't aware that I'm an opera lover & can sing several complete arias; I was about 10 when I saw my first opera--this one by Verdi in which the dying Violetta sings "Gran Dio! Morir si giovine"
La traviata
|
$2,000
[18]
Woody Paige of the Denver Post is a regular guest on this network's "Around the Horn"
ESPN
Clint
|
$2,000
[3]
In 1783 the Russians began building this naval base & fortress in the Crimea
Sevastopol
|
$2,000
[13]
The doomed Edmund Fitzgerald was one
a freighter
Clint
|
$2,000
[30]
This economist in the Bloomsbury Group theorized governments must practice deficit spending during depressions
John Maynard Keynes
|
$2,000
[9]
The spectrum of challenged books includes "The Color Purple" & this first novel by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye
Megan
|
Its contiguous territory covers 36 degrees of latitude, the longest stretch of any country not in the top 10 in area
Chile