Melissa Fall — a writer from Los Angeles, California
Tal Kedem — an attorney from New York, New York
Lisa Kristina — a freelance musician from Chicago Heights, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $2,600 | $5,600 | $15,200 |
$20,200
2-day champion: $36,100 |
$15,200
17 R, 1 W |
| Tal | $2,600 | $9,200 | $20,000 |
$9,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,800
30 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Melissa | $200 | $200 | $3,800 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
6 R, 3 W |
| THRILLERS & MYSTERIES | BEASTLY GLOSSARY | 3 CONSECUTIVE VOWELS | U.S. LANDMARKS | FITNESS | NEW GAME VERSIONS |
|
$200
[4]
In "The Woman in Cabin 10", a travel writer on assignment on one of these hears a possible murder
a cruise ship
Tal
Melissa
|
$200
[1]
For nesting, the horned puffin uses its feet & bill to dig & excavate one of these, just like a rabbit
a burrow
Tal
|
$200
[9]
A pig's typical exclamation
squeal
Tal
|
$200
[14]
(D.C. mayor Muriel Bowser presents the clue.) The cornerstone of this structure was laid on July 4, 1848; Abraham Lincoln & the 90-year-old widow of Alexander Hamilton were in attendance
the Washington Monument
Tal
|
$200
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue while lifting weights.) Weightlifting isn't futile; it's a form of this training that builds strength by contracting muscles against an opposing force
resistance
Tal
|
$200
[25]
You wouldn't like this hero when he's angry, so be careful pulling things out of him in Operation--his eyes glow green
the Incredible Hulk
Tal
|
|
$400
[5]
The prologue of this thriller is set in the Louvre at 10:46 p.m.
The Da Vinci Code
Melissa
|
$400
[2]
This 5-letter adjective refers to a wild animal, especially a domestic animal gone wild
feral
Tal
|
$400
[10]
A division of a government department or a chest of drawers
a bureau
Tal
|
$400
[15]
7,000 feet above sea level, the south rim of this Arizona attraction has a view to die for
the Grand Canyon
Melissa
|
$400
[21]
Sprinting & powerlifting are examples of this type of exercise that means "without oxygen"
anaerobic
Tal
|
$400
[26]
Yellowstone Park is the most valuable property in the National Parks version of this game
Monopoly
Tal
|
|
$600
[6]
In "Apprentice in Death", the NYPD's Eve Dallas probes the sniper killings of 3 skaters at this area's Wollman Rink
Central Park
Tal
|
$600
[3]
Mudskipperdon't need water all the time; it gets around on land just fine using two souped-up pectoral these
fins
Melissa
|
$600
[11]
This word for impulsive behavior also begins with "imp"
impetuous
Tal
|
$600
[17]
A granite canopy in Massachusetts now protects this item of national heritage that entered history in 1620
Plymouth Rock
Lisa
|
$600
[22]
With this kind of workout, it sounds like a drill instructor will tell you to drop & do 40 push-ups, but not so at Barry's
boot camp
Tal
|
$600
[27]
Mario needs to climb the blocks in the Donkey Kong edition of this precarious game
Jenga
Lisa
|
|
$800
[16]
The 4-word "occupational" title of this John le Carre thriller was adapted from an English nursery rhyme
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tal
|
$800
[7]
"Caudal" refers to this part of an animal
the tail
Lisa
|
$800
[12]
Completely devoted, religiously
pious
Lisa
Tal
|
$800
[18]
To tour this dam's power plant, you have to take an elevator 530 feet down through the rock wall of Black Canyon
the Hoover Dam
Tal
|
$1,000
[24]
Elizabeth Cutler & Julie Rice created this indoor bike workout that's done in dark, candlelit rooms
SoulCycle
Tal
|
$800
[28]
In the Clue edition based on this sitcom, you need to find who ate the last piece of cheesecake--I suspect Rose!
Golden Girls
Lisa
|
| — |
$1,000
[8]
From the Greek for "transform", it's the beastly process seen here
a metamorphosis
Tal
|
$1,000
[13]
French term for a licentious man; 3 of its 4 letters are vowels
a roué
Lisa
Melissa
|
$1,000
[19]
The Point of Archeson Shi Shi Beach in Olympic National Park in this state makes quite the postcard
Washington
Tal
|
DD
$1,200
[23]
To improve balance, try this ancient exercise with a Chinese name that means "supreme ultimate fist"
tai chi
Tal
|
$1,000
[29]
This dice game gets "all shook up" in the Elvis Shake, Rattle & Roll edition
Yahtzee
Lisa
|
| CZECHNOLOGY | PAINTERS ON FILM | "COMMON" KNOWLEDGE | THAT ISLAND IS OURS! | DOWN HOME TALK | MEDIEVAL FOLKS WHO COULD WRITE |
|
$400
[28]
Semtex, a very dangerous type of this, was created in the Czech town of Semtin
an explosive
Tal
|
$400
[1]
As Michelangelo in "The Agony and the Ecstasy", Charlton Heston initially resists the pope's orders to paint this room
the Sistine Chapel
Lisa
|
$400
[16]
Although hundreds of things can lead to one, rhinoviruses are the most frequent culprit
the common cold
Lisa
|
$400
[21]
Mindanao
the Philippines
Tal
|
$400
[11]
In song it's "wild blue"; down home, it means over there or at a distance
yonder
Lisa
|
$400
[6]
Deposed as ruler of Granada in this country, Ibn Buluggin wrote an autobiography--no word on the size of his advance
Spain
Tal
|
|
$800
[24]
Seen here is a Czech monument to the discovery of a new way to package this pantry staple in the 1840s
sugar
|
$800
[2]
Salma Hayek earned a 2002 Oscar nomination in this Julie Taymor film
Frida
Tal
|
$800
[17]
This Anglican liturgical text was first authorized in 1549
The Book of Common Prayer
Lisa
|
$800
[22]
Clare Island (an island country itself)
Ireland
Lisa
|
$800
[12]
The word vermin got altered to this word for a troublesome wild animal
varmint
Tal
|
$800
[7]
Scholars have identified monks with this job who wrote out the Book of Kells, but only know them as Hands A, B & C
scribes
Lisa
|
|
$1,200
[25]
In the early 20th century, Jan Jansky discovered there were 4, not 3, of these types in humans
blood types
Tal
|
$1,600
[4]
In "Big Eyes", this actress played Margaret Keane, a painter whose husband took credit for her work for years
Amy Adams
Melissa
|
$1,200
[18]
Just over 100 years old, Parkman Bandstandis one of the newer editions to this great American open space
Boston Common
Tal
|
$1,200
[23]
Jupiter, Marco & Sanibel Islands
the United States
Melissa
|
$1,200
[13]
A Trace Adkins hit is called this type of country music bar "Badonkadonk"
a honky tonk
Tal
|
$1,200
[8]
Many Chinese could; the Tang dynasty has left us about 50,000 of these, in forms such as lushi & jueju
poems
Lisa
Tal
Melissa
|
|
$1,600
[26]
In 1963 Czech chemist Otto Wichterle used new HEMA plastics to make the first soft type of these
contact lenses
Lisa
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
This 1952 study of Toulouse-Lautrec bears the name of the burlesque hall where he spent a lot of time
Moulin Rouge
Tal
|
$1,600
[19]
The author claimed that 3 months after publication in 1776, this pamphlet had sold 120,000 copies
Common Sense
Tal
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Elba
Italy
Tal
|
$1,600
[14]
This 4-word phrase for "bad plan" could literally mean "your collie will not sniff out a quail"
that dog don't hunt (or won't hunt)
Lisa
|
$1,600
[9]
Despite its title, this saint's "Summa Contra Gentiles" was partly meant as an argument against Jews
St. Thomas Aquinas
|
|
$2,000
[27]
Josef Ressel really made this simple machine work for him--he applied it to a ship's propeller & a wine-press roller
a screw
Tal
|
$2,000
[5]
Lili Taylor played a militant feminist who commits the title crime against a popular pop artist in this film
I Shot Andy Warhol
Melissa
|
$2,000
[20]
On January 8 the Mariana Islands celebrate this day; Kentucky & Pennsylvania could do the same
Commonwealth Day
Tal
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
Part of the Interior Dept. from 1849 to 1946 to aid settlement; if you're doing this type of "business", business is good
land office
Lisa
|
$2,000
[10]
Around 880 Edred, archbishop of Canterbury, wrote to the pope to tell on this "Great" English king who was harassing him
Alfred (the Great)
Lisa
|
Rome's Colosseum may have gotten its name because of a colossal circa 65 A.D. statue of this emperor erected nearby
Nero