WE ASKED: Leonard Maltin.
Jordan Garroway — a mechanical engineer from Rochester, New York
Lisa Beth Davis — a retired Army master sergeant from Altadena, California
Kate O'Connor — an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $-200 | $2,400 | $9,600 |
$19,200
2-day champion: $40,200 |
$9,600
11 R, 2 W |
| Lisa Beth | $1,800 | $1,000 | $6,800 |
$13,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
17 R (including 2 DDs), 8 W |
| Jordan | $3,200 | $6,800 | $7,400 |
$1,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| CHRISTMAS MOVIES WITH LEONARD MALTIN | SOUNDS LIKE A LIQUOR BRAND | AMERICAN HISTORY | FIRST LADIES OF THE WORLD | "SOCIAL" | SECURITY! |
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$200
[26]
(Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Will Ferrell is a delight in this 2003 film whose cast also includes old pros like Ed Asner & Bob Newhart
Elf
Jordan
|
$200
[20]
Mumbai, formerly
Bombay
Jordan
|
$200
[1]
The U.S. got involved in Vietnam by helping this nation try to regain control of its former colony
France
Lisa Beth
|
$200
[6]
Akie Abe is the first lady of this country
Japan
Kate
|
$200
[11]
Entomological personality who flits from one public gathering to another
a social butterfly
Lisa Beth
|
$200
[16]
We need you to bring a wand up front! Someone set off the walk-through type of this
a metal detector
Jordan
|
|
$400
[27]
(Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) I found the laughs mild & sparse in this reworking of "A Christmas Carol" starring Bill Murray as a vernal TV executive
Scrooged
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[21]
In math it's found before "value"; in thermodynamics, before "zero"
absolute
Jordan
|
$400
[2]
This period in the South can be divided into presidential (1865-1867) & Congressional or Radical (1867-1877)
Reconstruction
Kate
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[7]
In 2017 Zimbabwe's controversial first lady said this nonagenarian husband of hers could run again even after he dies
Mugabe
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[12]
An assistant who handles someone's correspondence & plans appointments; doesn't everybody have one?
a social secretary
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[17]
No, pocketing 2 company pens does not call for a "full" this with your hands locked behind the offender's neck
a full nelson
Lisa Beth
|
|
$600
[28]
(Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Edmund Gwenn was the real deal as Kris Kringle, working as a department store Santa, in this delightful 1947 film
Miracle on 34th Street
Jordan
|
$600
[22]
A carnivore, or a yeoman warder at the Tower
Beefeater
Jordan
|
$600
[3]
First performed in 1897, this musical work was designated the official march of the United States in 1987
"Stars And Stripes Forever"
Lisa Beth
|
$800
[9]
In 2012 this man's wife was listed as comrade Ri Sol Ju, but that is thought to be a made-up name
Kim Jong-Un
Jordan
|
$600
[13]
The Motion Picture Academy "liked" this 2010 offering, awarding it 3 Oscars
The Social Network
Jordan
|
$600
[18]
When you told Eric to bring this to work, I think you meant a deterrent spray, not a spiked club
mace
Jordan
|
|
$800
[29]
(Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) In the perennial favorite "A Christmas Story", Peter Billingsley plays this boy who wants nothing more than a Red Ryder BB gun
Ralphie
Kate
|
$800
[23]
A gander whose color is between black & white
grey goose
Jordan
|
$800
[4]
In old New England a regular use of the village green was training this body of men mentioned in the Second Amendment
the militia
Jordan
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
"Destilando Amor" & "Huracán" are telenovelas featuring Angélica Rivera de Peña, first lady of this country
Mexico
Lisa Beth
|
$800
[14]
Before literary fame, Alice Walker had this job with the New York City Welfare Department
a social worker
Lisa Beth
|
$800
[19]
The RFID system, short for this "identification", is not working & we need to let people in
radio frequency identification
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(Film critic Leonard Maltin presents the clue.) Bing Crosby introduced the timeless song "White Christmas" in this 1942 film about a hotel in the country
Holiday Inn
|
$1,000
[24]
Australian wilderness grain-grinding buildings
bush mills
|
$1,000
[5]
In 1915 the 1st transcontinental telephone call was made when A.G. Bell called this former assistant in San Francisco
(Thomas) Watson
Kate
|
$1,000
[10]
Rosario Murillo is now first lady & vice president of her country, standing beside this husband, a fellow Sandinista
Daniel Ortega
Kate
Lisa Beth
|
$1,000
[15]
According to this 2-word -ism, civilization is subject to the same laws of natural selection as animals
Social Darwinism
Jordan
|
$1,000
[25]
The intruder wouldn't stop & now we have a breach of this, also a geometry term for a boundary line
perimeter
Kate
|
| THE CITY OF NICKNAMES | MORE THAN ONE MEANING | MICROBIOTA | DEAD MEN TELL SOME TALES | ANGELS IN AMERICA | "HOPE"FUL ENTERTAINMENT |
|
$400
[6]
The rich architectural heritage of this Czech capital makes it "The City of 100 Spires"
Prague
Jordan
|
$400
[11]
A hunted animal, or a place from which stone is extracted
a quarry
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[18]
Demodex folliculorumis one of these tiny parasitic arachnids that live on you in or near your hair follicles
mites
Lisa Beth
Jordan
|
$400
[16]
The Blue Man is the first person Eddie hears from in Mitch Albom's "The Five People You Meet" here
heaven
Jordan
|
$400
[22]
An angel one of these helps startups; a business professor took the term from Broadway
an angel investor
Lisa Beth
|
$400
[1]
It's the subtitle to "Star Wars" Part IV, which is kinda Part I 'cause it was the first one made... my head hurts
A New Hope
Jordan
|
|
$800
[7]
The china-making city of Meissen, Germany is "The City of" this translucent ceramic
porcelain
Lisa Beth
|
$800
[12]
This word can refer to theboaton the left or thepileon the right
junk
Lisa Beth
|
$800
[26]
Bacillus subtilis is a bacterium found in soil & in this 3-letter area where it may aid human health
the gut
Jordan
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
The Stage Manager says, "Doc Gibbs died in 1930", but a minute later the doc is chatting away in this play
Our Town
Jordan
|
$1,200
[24]
In 1973 this Angel fanned Rich Reese for this 383rd strikeout of the season, still the modern record
Nolan Ryan
Kate
|
$800
[2]
On May 6, 1941 this comic put on a show for airmen at March Field in California & a tradition began
Bob Hope
Kate
|
|
$1,200
[8]
I'll put a spell on you if you don't know that Escazu, Costa Rica is "The City of" these, AKA brujas
witches
Lisa Beth
|
$1,200
[13]
It can mean past due or a "juvenile" lawbreaker
delinquent
Kate
|
$1,200
[27]
A form of life discovered in the 1970s, Archaeacan thrive in harsh environments, like this park's Octopus Spring
Yellowstone National Park
Kate
|
$1,200
[20]
The spirits of Heisenberg & this Danish mentor remember the A-bomb in the play "Copenhagen"
Niels Bohr
Lisa Beth
|
$1,600
[25]
Itlooks like a ray, but between the category title & itstail, you should know it's called this
an angel shark
Lisa Beth
|
$1,200
[3]
Sandra Bullock says the "Hope fl--" line that gives this 1998 film its title
Hope Floats
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[9]
On France's Garonne River, it's the "City of Wine" & has a wine theme park called that
Bordeaux
|
$1,600
[14]
This word describing a shape can also refer to an ad or notice left in your mailbox
a circular
Lisa Beth
|
— |
$1,600
[21]
Residents of this fictional town tell their story from the grave in Edgar Lee Masters' "Anthology"
Spoon River
Lisa Beth
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
Hereis this group of the United States Navy doing its thing with precision & grace
the Blue Angels
Lisa Beth
|
$1,600
[4]
In The Who's "My Generation", "Things they do look awful c-c-cold", which leads to this wish
"I hope I die before I get old"
Kate
Lisa Beth
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Guangzhou, China, which is also known by this English name, is "The City of Five Goats"
Canton
|
$2,000
[15]
A coffin, or the gloomy feeling that comes upon you as it's being carried
a pall
Lisa Beth
|
— |
$2,000
[19]
The dead Leon, son of Kilgore Trout, recounts this author's 1985 "Galapagos"
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
— |
$2,000
[5]
James Earl Jones earned his first Tony as boxer Jack Jefferson, who fights the title Caucasian in this play
The Great White Hope
Lisa Beth
|
The book "From the Volcano to the Gorge" tells the story of this World War II battle
Iwo Jima