Michael Shockley — a pro sports executive from Seattle, Washington
Steph Bundy — a summer camp director from Oak Park, California
Saralee Etter — a writer from Pataskala, Ohio (whose 1-day cash winnings total $8,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saralee | $400 | $600 | $600 |
$600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$600
8 R, 5 W |
| Steph | $2,000 | $5,800 | $18,200 |
$18,801
New champion: $18,801 |
$16,600
25 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Michael | $2,400 | $2,600 | $9,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 3 W |
| DIETS | THE ZONE | THE MEDITERRANEAN | DASH | PALEOLITHIC | WAIT WATCHERS |
|
$200
[2]
Trainer Bob Harper wrote a foreword to a book of recipes from this NBC reality competition
The Biggest Loser
Steph
|
$200
[1]
A telephone "code", or in an Onion headline, the local "man" who "nervously asks girlfriend if she'll settle"
area
|
$200
[13]
This small, "Grace"ful country is surrounded on 3 sides by France & on the 4th by the Mediterranean
Monaco
Saralee
|
$200
[7]
Reordering became ridiculously easy when this company introduced Dash Buttons & the Dash Wand
Amazon
Steph
|
$200
[16]
As the name implies, Paleolithic refers to what's called the "Old" this age
Stone Age
Saralee
|
$200
[3]
On Dec. 5, 2015 throngs began lining up for this J.J. Abrams "Star Wars" flick, 12 days before it opened
The Force Awakens
Steph
|
|
$400
[19]
Elisabeth Hasselbeck wrote "The G-Free Diet", a survival guide to being free of this G
gluten
Michael
|
$400
[23]
Tracts of land with no real boundaries; "nether" ones can refer to the Underworld
regions
Steph
|
$400
[14]
The ancient region of Tripolitania forms the northwest part of this modern Mediterranean country
Libya
Saralee
|
$400
[9]
When you are operating this old-timey kitchen device, the dash is the plunger you pull up & down to agitate the cream
a butter churner (or butter churn)
Steph
|
$400
[17]
Scholars name paleolithic figurines like the one seenherefor this Roman love goddess
Venus
Saralee
|
$400
[4]
U.K. fans braved frigid climes in 2015, hoping this E.L. James film adaptation would raise their temperature
Fifty Shades of Grey
Steph
|
|
$600
[20]
Mark Bittman's plan to lose weight & restore health is "VB6": eat this 5-letter way before 6 PM
vegan
Saralee
|
$600
[24]
An animal may mark it, & a government may, too, like 1787's Northwest one
territories
Michael
|
$600
[15]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) From the Italian port of Pescara to Dubrovnik in Croatia, it's about 200 miles across this arm of the Mediterranean
the Adriatic
Saralee
|
$600
[10]
Carli Lloyd is a star on the Houston Dash, a professional women's team in this sport
soccer
Michael
|
$600
[18]
In 2008 the Lombok, a paleo-era type of this craft, navigated Indonesian waters for science
a raft
Saralee
Steph
|
$600
[5]
Tom Felton, AKA Draco Malfoy, brought pizza to some campers who came to see this final film in the Potter franchise
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2
Steph
|
|
$800
[21]
The doctor who created this diet wrote, "Because I live in Florida, the best fruit example I can think of is the orange"
the South Beach Diet
Steph
Michael
|
$800
[25]
5-letter word for a royally ruled region; if you're in the House of Lords, you're a "peer of" it
the realm
Saralee
|
— |
$800
[11]
Police corruption is one reason why this country of 140 million has so many dash cams (just check YouTube)
Russia
Saralee
Michael
|
— |
$800
[6]
Fans queued in L.A. in 2008 not to see a movie but rather to catch a glimpse of stars R-Patz & K-Stew from this soon-to-be hit
Twilight
Saralee
|
|
$1,000
[22]
"The Right Carbs in the Right Amounts" is a chapter in "The New" this diet "For a New You"
the new Atkins
Steph
|
$1,000
[26]
Geometry term also used to denote a prime part of a country's economy, like the housing one
a sector
Steph
|
— |
$1,000
[12]
A blue-dash charger is not a muscle car but a ceramic type of this made in the United Kingdom
a dish (or a plate)
Steph
Michael
|
— |
$1,000
[8]
Churches around America bought out entire screenings of this 2004 epic that opened on Ash Wednesday
Passion of the Christ
Steph
|
| NOVELS WITHIN NOVELS | 2-DIGIT NUMBERS | STATE OF THE COLLEGE | CHIEF JUSTICES | THE BUSINESS OF CELEBRITY | "SALT" |
|
$400
[18]
The novel "My Father's Illusions" is part of "The World According to" this John Irving character
Garp
Steph
|
$400
[10]
Young Charlie Parker played in the band of Lawrence Keyes, who was nicknamed this, the number of piano keys
88
Saralee
|
$400
[2]
St. Anselm College, Granite State College
New Hampshire
Michael
|
$400
[1]
Before becoming the 17th chief in 2005, he argued before the Court 39 times, his side winning 25
John Roberts
Michael
|
$400
[16]
In 2017 George Clooney & partners sold Casamigos, a brand of this liquor, in a deal potentially worth $1 billion
tequila
Michael
|
$400
[6]
To make someone already miserable feel even worse is to do this--ouch!
add salt to the wound
Steph
|
|
$1,200
[20]
This heroine of "The Fault in Our Stars" excitedly buys the sequel "Requiem for Mayhem"
Hazel Grace Lancaster
Steph
|
$800
[11]
As in the title of a Judd Apatow comedy, "This is" the only 2-digit number whose letters are in alphabetical order
40
Steph
|
$800
[3]
The Citadel, Furman
South Carolina
Michael
|
DD
$700
[27]
In 2017 Charlie Taney apologized to the family of this slave for the terrible decision made under his ancestor Roger
Dred Scott
Steph
|
$800
[17]
This daytime host did well with funny clips on YouTube, so she created her own "Tube", a website with exclusive clips
Ellen DeGeneres
Steph
|
$800
[7]
Seen here, it's used to make sure animals get their vitamins & minerals
a salt lick
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[21]
In this author's "The Blind Assassin", Laura dies in Toronto on page 1 but leaves a novel, yes, "The Blind Assassin"
Margaret Atwood
Steph
|
$1,200
[13]
My Ukrainian and French-Canadian roots are backed by aDNA reportby this number andme.com: 29% East European, 15% French-German
23
Michael
|
$1,200
[4]
Marshall, Appalachian Bible College
West Virginia
Saralee
|
$1,200
[28]
This man who led 2 branches of govt. in one way or another resigned in 1930 due to ill health & was dead a month later
Taft
Steph
|
$1,200
[23]
"4:44", the 2017 album by this rapper, debuted exclusively on the Tidal music service also owned by this rapper
Jay-Z
Steph
|
$1,200
[9]
The first Chinese propellants used sulfur, charcoal & this, potassium nitrate
saltpeter
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[22]
In this Michael Chabon novel that became a Michael Douglas film, Grady Tripp struggles to finish a novel
Wonder Boys
|
$1,600
[14]
Janis Joplin & Jimi Hendrix are members of this morbid numeric club, as they were both this age when they passed
27
Saralee
Steph
Michael
|
$1,600
[5]
Reed College, Lewis & Clark College
Oregon
Steph
|
— |
$1,600
[24]
Apple's deal to buy this headphone brand nearly sank when Dr. Dre posted a prematurely exuberant video
Beats
Steph
|
$1,600
[12]
That rotten egg smell just south of Coachella, California is probably this body of water
the Salton Sea
Michael
|
|
DD
$2,500
[19]
She created fictional mystery writer Ariadne Oliver, author of "The Affair of the Second Goldfish"
Agatha Christie
Steph
|
$2,000
[15]
Any self-respecting buccaneer knows there are this many "men on the dead man's chest--yo-ho-ho, & a bottle of rum!"
15
Steph
|
$2,000
[8]
Transylvania University, Murray State
Kentucky
Michael
|
— |
$2,000
[25]
Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo is the "CR" in the Pestana CR7, a new hotel in Funchal in this European country
Portugal
Michael
|
$2,000
[26]
From Italian for "jump into the mouth", it's a specialty with sliced veal & prosciutto
saltimbocca
Steph
|
This character's famed entrance aria actually introduces him as a handyman, repeats his name & adds "la-la-la-la-las"
Figaro