Rachel Lindgren game 1.
Sarah Daly — an attorney from Lakewood, Colorado
Rachel Lindgren — a fire lookout from Bend, Oregon
Lee Quinn — a teacher from Raleigh, North Carolina (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee | $2,700 | $6,900 | $13,300 |
$23,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Rachel | $4,800 | $6,800 | $14,800 |
$24,800
New champion: $24,800 |
$16,400
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $800 | $2,800 | $4,400 |
$8,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
9 R, 2 W |
| A PERCUSSION DISCUSSION | FINANCIAL GOBBLEDYGOOK | THE BOSTON TANGLER | STATES BY LAKES | IT'S ALL FUN & GAMES | SOMEONE LOSES AN I |
|
$200
[1]
Hey, mister, it's the small drum heard here, man
a tambourine
Rachel
|
$200
[20]
The most widely used interest rate in the world, LIBOR is this city's "interbank offered rate"
London
|
$200
[22]
Youtube shows 3 vintage fights between the Islanders' Clark Gillies & Terry O'Reilly of this Boston NHL team
the Bruins
Rachel
|
$200
[8]
Lake Seminole, Lake June in Winter
Florida
Rachel
|
$200
[2]
Thismove is your best option, player O
middle square
Lee
|
$200
[15]
With out the "I" in her first name, actress Vergara would be this comfy item of furniture
a sofa
Rachel
|
|
$400
[3]
Modern Drummer's "Evolution of" this double-named drum went from "Chinese noisemaker to essential instrument"
tom-toms
|
$400
[23]
Don't get them mixed up: ETF means "exchange-traded" these; EFT means "electronic" these "transfer"
funds
Rachel
|
$400
[27]
In 2008 it was this Manny "being Manny" when he tangled with teammate Kevin Youkilis in the Red Sox dugout
Manny Ramirez
|
$400
[12]
Mark Twain Lake, Blind Pony Lake
Missouri
Lee
|
$400
[7]
This game with a colorful 2-word name turns clotheslining other people into family fun
red rover
Lee
|
$400
[16]
If gymnast Comaneci forgot the "I" in her first name, she would be nothing--this word for nothing
nada
Sarah
|
|
$600
[4]
In the U.S. Army's Fife & Drum Corps, they're the drums held upright & played with drumsticks
snare drums
Lee
|
$600
[24]
An unregulated statement of profit, EBITDA stands for these before interest, tax, depreciation & amortization
earnings
Rachel
|
$600
[28]
In the 1987 Eastern Conference finals, this Celtic legend & 3-time league MVP had a piston-punchin' good time with Bill Laimbeer
Larry Bird
Lee
|
$800
[14]
Seneca Lake, Keuka Lake
New York
Sarah
|
$600
[9]
If your kid keeps asking for a crossbow, give him this brand's Zombie Strike Outbreaker bow with spongy darts
Nerf
Rachel
|
$600
[17]
It wouldn't be so bad if lyricist Gershwin lost his "I"--it would make him this Egyptian god
Ra
Sarah
|
|
$800
[5]
The Yamaha Phoenix, this type of drum, provides a lot of kick, & it better, 'cause it costs more than 3 grand
a bass drum
Rachel
|
$800
[25]
CAGR, short for an investment's compound annual this rate, basically just averages what it did over time
growth
Rachel
|
$800
[29]
Thisgreat 19th-century bare-knuckle heavyweight champ was known as the "Boston Strong Boy"
John L. Sullivan
Lee
|
$1,000
[21]
Tippecanoe Lake, Cagles Mill Lake
Indiana
|
$800
[10]
A treatise on this numerical game states, "The answers in each case must be literally true"
20 Questions
Rachel
|
$800
[18]
If the lead actor from TV's "Coach" misplaced an "I", he would be this type of rocky peak
a crag
Lee
|
|
$1,000
[6]
All right, all right, all right, it's the finger-played instrument heard here
a bongo
Rachel
|
$1,000
[26]
In the VIX index, "V" is for this measure of how much an investment's value fluctuates
volatility
Lee
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2007 this group's conductor paused the music when a fight broke out at Symphony Hall; orchestra crowds can get so rough!
the Boston Pops
Lee
|
DD
$1,100
[13]
Lake Cadillac, Lac Vieux Desert
Michigan
Lee
|
$1,000
[11]
The name of this maternal version of Simon Says is asked by the players
Mother, May I?
Rachel
|
$1,000
[19]
If explorer Drake dropped the "I" overboard, he would become these units of currency
francs
Sarah
|
| SERIAL KILLERS | EASTERN ASIAN HISTORY | TWO-WAY ADJECTIVES | 19th CENTURY OCCUPATIONS | CHANGING CHANGE | SAY UNCLE! |
|
$400
[7]
In a March 1852 serial chapter in The National Era, Harriet Beecher Stowe killed off this title character
Uncle Tom
Lee
|
$400
[18]
It began on June 25, 1950--tens of thousands of soldiers crossed the 38th parallel heading south
the Korean War
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
It can describe the ideas of an ancient philosopher, or a friendship that doesn't get romantic
platonic
Sarah
|
$400
[4]
Once cordwainers made shoes & these guys fixed them
a cobbler
Sarah
|
$400
[17]
In 2017 a new 20-peso coin celebrated the 100th anniversary of this country's constitution
Mexico
Lee
|
$400
[13]
Peter Parker
Uncle Ben
Rachel
|
|
$800
[8]
Charles Dickens dragged out the death of Little Nell over installments of this "Old" novel
The Old Curiosity Shop
|
$800
[20]
1842's Treaty of Nanjing gave the U.K. control of this island, which had a lot fewer people than its 7.3 million today
Hong Kong
Lee
|
$800
[2]
This word goes 3 ways: pertaining to a Southern state, to a former Soviet republic or to British kings
Georgian
Rachel
|
$800
[9]
A turnkey was a person who worked here
a jail
Rachel
|
$800
[19]
A 2017 $1 coin features Sequoyah & writing in this syllabary he created
Cherokee
Lee
|
$800
[24]
Simba
Scar
Rachel
|
|
$1,200
[14]
Stephen King senselessly snuffed out this mouse in part 3 of "The Green Mile"... he'd be back
Mr. Jingles
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1192 Japan's emperor gave this title to Yoritomo, the head of the military government
shogun
Lee
|
$1,200
[3]
This 9-letter word can describe a very tall woman or a fish from a South American river
Amazonian
Lee
|
$1,200
[10]
This person specialized in selling books as well as paper, pens, ink & other writing essentials
a stationer
|
$1,200
[28]
In 2016 a 50p coin commemorating the 950th anniversary of this battle showed Harold with an arrow in his eye
the Battle of Hastings
Sarah
|
$1,200
[25]
Luke Skywalker
Uncle Owen
Rachel
|
|
DD
$2,000
[15]
Mistah Kurtz--he dead; in the April 1899 issue of Balckwood's Magazine thanks to this author
(Joseph) Conrad
Rachel
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1900 Herbert Hoover was 25 & living in China during this event led by the Righteous & Harmonious Fists
the Boxer Rebellion
Lee
|
$1,600
[5]
This word refers to works of William in psychology or brother Henry in literature
Jamesian
Sarah
|
DD
$2,000
[11]
This person didn't drive trucks but rather horses or oxen hauling cargo
a teamster
Rachel
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2015 New Zealand issued its first-ever colored coin to commemorate the centenary of the corps known by this acronym
the Anzacs
|
$1,600
[26]
Wednesday &Pugsley
Uncle Fester
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[16]
In the May 1, 1886 issue of Graphic, this author killed off Lucetta & her unborn child in "The Mayor of Casterbridge"
Thomas Hardy
|
$2,000
[23]
The Cambodian dictator died in a jungle hut in 1998 before he could stand trial for genocide
Pol Pot
Rachel
|
$2,000
[6]
This adjective can describe someone who lives in an eastern U.S. state capital, or in an Adriatic nation
Albanian
|
$2,000
[12]
It was one of the 2 main products sold by a tallow maker
a candle (or soap)
Sarah
|
$2,000
[30]
If you keep 25-paise coins from this country on your nightstand, you are out of luck--they were demonetized in 2011
India
Sarah
|
$2,000
[27]
Dorothy Gale
Uncle Henry
Sarah
|
It's the only world capital whose name is derived from an Algonquin word
Ottawa