Nicole Jarvis — a graduate student from Seattle, Washington
Kara Chandler — a stay-at-home mom from Berwyn, Illinois
Monica Ashar — an attorney from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monica | $0 | $1,200 | $9,200 |
$2,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
12 R, 1 W |
| Kara | $3,200 | $5,200 | $16,200 |
$12,799
New champion: $12,799 |
$20,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Nicole | $1,600 | $3,400 | $9,800 |
$4,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,800
15 R, 2 W |
| THE HANDMADE TALE | BOOKS & AUTHORS | MUSICALS' OPENING NUMBERS | ALPHABET SOUP WHEN YOU'RE SICK | MISSISSIPPI | "HOLD" GLORY |
|
$200
[13]
This artsy-craftsy e-commerce company says it was founded in 2005 "in the spirit of handmade"
Etsy
Monica
|
$200
[8]
Time magazine's 1951 review of this novel said Holden Caulfield's code is "survival of the flippest"
Catcher in the Rye
Nicole
|
$200
[1]
"Willkommen"
Cabaret
Kara
|
$200
[16]
EMR is short for this type of medical record accessed digitally
an electronic medical record
Nicole
|
$200
[21]
Mississippi gets its nickname from this state flower
the magnolia
Monica
|
$200
[6]
All the people living in a single home, including foster children, wards & lodgers
a household
Monica
|
|
$400
[23]
The Academy of Handmade Artists & Supporters Awards include Best Artist in this pottery-making art
ceramics
Kara
|
$400
[9]
Robert James Waller, who passed away in 2017, was best known for this bittersweet tale set in Iowa
The Bridges of Madison County
Kara
|
$400
[2]
"Tradition"
Fiddler on the Roof
Nicole
|
$400
[17]
HTN is a short form of this long word for a condition that makes your heart work harder
hypertension
Monica
|
$400
[22]
In 1898 in Biloxi, Edward Barq began bottling & selling this beverage
root beer
Nicole
|
$400
[7]
An athlete who refuses to play until he gets a better contract
a holdout
Nicole
|
|
$600
[24]
Tito's Handmade this is distilled in Austin, not Omsk, from corn, not potatoes
vodka
Nicole
|
$600
[10]
The preface to Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" was written by this lover & fellow author
Anais Nin
Kara
|
$600
[3]
"Good Morning Baltimore"
Hairspray
Monica
|
$600
[18]
This is not a bill--it's an EOB, "explanation of" these
benefits
Monica
|
$600
[28]
The stampherecelebrates not only Mississippi's bicentennial but also this style of music from the Delta
blues
Nicole
|
$600
[14]
8-letter word for captured area in hostile territory that is used as a base for further advances
foothold
Kara
Nicole
|
|
$800
[25]
Portland Leather Goods makes $34 handmade covers for these, available from the State Department for $135
passports
Kara
|
$800
[11]
This blockbuster novel by William P. Young about a spiritual journey was made into a 2017 film
The Shack
|
$800
[4]
"I Hope I Get It"
A Chorus Line
Kara
|
$800
[19]
An OPO is a "procurement organization" seeking these for needy patients
an organ procurement
|
$800
[29]
He modeled his fictional Yoknapatawpha County on the area around his hometown of Oxford
(William) Faulkner
Kara
|
$800
[15]
Continuing as Defense secretary under Obama, Robert Gates was this from the George W. Bush administration
a holdover
Kara
|
|
$1,000
[26]
From French for "cutting out", it's the use of paper cutouts to simulate painting or other designs
decoupage
Kara
|
$1,000
[12]
His 1935 novel "It Can't Happen Here" is a cautionary tale about the rise of fascism in the United States
Sinclair Lewis
Monica
|
$1,000
[5]
"Why Can't The English?"
My Fair Lady
Kara
|
$1,000
[27]
If you see b.i.d. on a prescription, it's giving you this instruction
telling you to take it twice a day
|
DD
$2,000
[30]
Sadly, of the 17,000 Union soldiers buried in the national cemetery at this battle site, 75% are listed as unknowns
Vicksburg
Kara
|
$1,000
[20]
"Ecce homo", in part
behold the man
Kara
|
| OUT ON THE TOWN IN THE 1600s | IDIOMS, ANNOTATED | "R" MOVIES | THANK YOU, SENATOR | AN EXCELLENT QUESTION | I TAKE THE FIFTH |
|
$400
[17]
I ordered us a Berlin, a type of this; I hope it's one of the new ones with shock absorbers
a carriage
Kara
|
$400
[13]
"Let the buyer beware" is the message behind why you shouldn't buy this animal in a poke, a type of bag
a pig
Nicole
|
$400
[2]
2015:Co-starring Tom Hardy & an angry bear
The Revenant
Nicole
|
$400
[1]
We thank this senator for his brave military service, especially as a P.O.W. from 1967 to 1973
John McCain
Nicole
|
$400
[11]
The title of Chapter XI of this classic is the very excellent question "Who Stole the Tarts?"
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Monica
|
$400
[26]
I take the fifth set 7-6 (7-3) in this, played instead of a 13th game
a tiebreaker
|
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
I got a deal on a bouquet of these flowers, since the market for them just crashed in 1637
tulips
Kara
|
$800
[24]
When the military trained outdoors, the soldiers were "having" this kind of "day", now a time of opportunistic joy
field day
Kara
|
$800
[3]
1976:Co-starring Talia Shire
Rocky
Kara
|
$800
[7]
Seenin his beloved Wisconsin nature, Senator Gaylord Nelson had the idea for this annual day, observed since 1970
Earth Day
Kara
Nicole
|
$800
[12]
The great question he could not answer despite "30 years of research into the feminine soul is, 'What does a woman want?'"
Sigmund Freud
|
$800
[27]
I take the fifth of Jameson whiskey to a party for this holiday; it's a limited edition bottle just for it
St. Paddy's Day
Kara
|
|
$1,200
[19]
My date's going bold, fashion-wise, wearing the Millstone type ofthis4-letter collar
a ruff
Kara
Nicole
|
$1,200
[22]
Put your pole in water or chop up some sardines for the hook--this idiom boils down to: "Do something"
fish or cut bait
Monica
|
$1,200
[4]
1954:We don't need a clip, just thestill; Jimmy Stewart doesn't move much
Rear Window
Kara
|
$1,200
[8]
After receiving a Bronze Star for WWII heroism, he put his name on the IRA that expanded allowable tax-free savings
Roth
Monica
|
$1,200
[14]
Matt Damon used this rhetorical question in "Good Will Hunting" to brag about getting a girl's phone number
How do you like them apples?
Nicole
|
$1,200
[28]
I take this fifth commandment I learned in catechism very seriously & would be a conscientious objector
thou shalt not kill
Kara
|
|
$1,600
[20]
We'll put the "mad" in this type of music when one of Thomas Tomkins' vocal pieces begins
a madrigal
Kara
|
$1,600
[23]
Betting win, place & show at the horse track is betting "across" this, now a term for something that applies to all
the board
Monica
|
$1,600
[5]
1981:Co-starring Karen Allen
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Kara
|
$1,600
[9]
We can thank him for being a fierce antislavery sen. from New York starting in 1849 & also, y'know, for getting us Alaska
(William) Seward
Kara
|
$1,600
[15]
In Matthew 26 Jesus says that one of the 12 shall betray him & each asked, "Lord," this 3-word question
Is it I?
Monica
|
$1,600
[29]
I take Lipitor, the fifth drug approved in this class of cholesterol reducers
statins
|
|
$2,000
[21]
The waiter brought a complimentary bottle of the rosemary-spiced cordial named this "water", what it's meant to prevent
plague water
Nicole
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Saying they raised "customers", Adam Smith called the English "a nation of" this profession
shopkeepers
Kara
|
$2,000
[6]
2009:Starring Viggo Mortensen as "Man" & Kodi Smit-McPhee as "Boy"
The Road
Nicole
|
$2,000
[10]
This 19th century California senator helped form the Central Pacific Railroad & founded a university
(Leland) Stanford
Monica
|
$2,000
[16]
"Shall I" hear from you this 8-word question that begins Shakespeare's sonnet 18?
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Nicole
|
$2,000
[30]
I take the fifth of May off work to celebrate the victory under this Mexican president in 1862
Benito Juárez
|
The world's highest international airport, at an elevation of over 13,000', serves this South American capital city
La Paz, Bolivia