Rachel Lindgren game 6.
Melissa Stewart — a baker and barista from Spokane, Washington
Jennifer Tomassi — a freelance writer from Los Angeles, California
Rachel Lindgren — a fire lookout from Bend, Oregon (whose 5-day cash winnings total $75,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rachel | $2,800 | $3,000 | $9,600 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jennifer | $4,200 | $6,600 | $11,600 |
$20,401
New champion: $20,401 |
$12,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Melissa | $0 | $3,800 | $10,200 |
$200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
12 R, 1 W |
| CAUTIONARY TRAILS | DURING THE OBAMA PRESIDENCY | SIMILES IF YOU PLEASE | TV SHOWS BY WORKPLACE | THE FABRICS OF OUR LIVES | THE THING'S THE PLAY |
|
$200
[1]
The Canadian signherewarns of caribou, the same species as this animal
reindeer
Rachel
|
$200
[30]
March 2016 saw Obama become the first sitting U.S. president in 80 years to visit this nation
Cuba
|
$200
[21]
"Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd, and I'm" this 1980s song title
"Hungry Like The Wolf"
Jennifer
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$200
[4]
Dunder Mifflin in Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Office
Jennifer
|
$200
[13]
We'd be only tutu happy for you to name this netted tutu fabric seen here
tulle
Jennifer
|
$200
[11]
It's the thing rolling through New Orleans in the title of a 1947 Tennessee Williams Pulitzer winner
a streetcar named Desire
Jennifer
|
|
$400
[2]
Three monosyllables make up the caution represented here, asking you to be mindful
men at work
Rachel
|
$400
[29]
In 2010 this group released a trove of 250,000 classified diplomatic cables
Wikileaks
Rachel
Jennifer
Melissa
|
$400
[22]
Someone with limited compassion might be called "hard as" or "tough as" these fasteners
nails
Jennifer
|
$400
[5]
The Bluth Company
Arrested Development
Jennifer
|
$400
[16]
Twill is a weave; this fabric that also starts with "TW" is made of coarse wool
tweed
Jennifer
|
$400
[12]
The title of this 1879 Ibsen masterpiece is a child's plaything
A Dollhouse
Rachel
|
|
$600
[3]
Bon Jovi could help you with this sign, also the title of their hit album from 1986
slippery when wet
Jennifer
|
$600
[26]
Per USA Today, the 2 most read news stories in 2014 were about events in Ferguson, Mo. & this comedian's death in California
Robin Williams
Melissa
|
$600
[23]
It's what Forrest Gump's mama always said
"Life is like a box of chocolates"
Rachel
|
$600
[6]
On the Fox series, Wayne Enterprises
Gotham
Jennifer
|
$600
[18]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew gives the clue from Old Sturbridge Village in Massachusetts.) For the ladies, 19th century New England stores, like in Old Sturbridge Village, had to stock the latest in this fabric named for a large Indian city; the fabric would vary between darker & lighter colors & busier & plainer prints
calico
|
$800
[15]
The title object of this 1959 Pinter play is a small freight elevator, not a stupid server
The Dumb Waiter
Rachel
|
|
$800
[9]
Your trail may lead you to the sea, so awarningto be mindful of these invertebrates
jellyfish
Rachel
|
$800
[27]
Raised in a housing project in the Bronx, she joined the Supreme Court in 2009
Sotomayor
Melissa
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$800
[24]
This simile about being content may refer to a quahog or littleneck
happy as a clam
Jennifer
|
$800
[7]
The WJM-TV newsroom
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
|
$800
[19]
Pashmina is a type of this downy wool that comes from certain goats
cashmere
Rachel
Melissa
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Literally, this Arthur Miller title is a clay melting pot
The Crucible
Jennifer
|
|
$1,000
[10]
Norway is home to the sign here, warning of this mythic creature--perhaps there's a bridge up ahead
a troll
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2011 Utah became the first state with an official this, a Browning; the bill's sponsor said it captures part of Utah's history
a gun
|
$1,000
[25]
This simile thought to relate to deranged milliners may originally have been about a type of snake
mad as a hatter
Melissa
|
$1,000
[8]
On NBC, San Antonio Memorial Hospital, featuring doctors Jordan & TC working late
Night Shift
Rachel
|
$1,000
[20]
Bleeding of this plaid cotton fabric is sometimes considered an asset
madras
Jennifer
|
$1,000
[17]
You could ride on this Rodgers & Hammerstein musical about the tribulations of an amusement park barker
Carousel
Melissa
|
| CREDITORS & PREY | VICTORIAN ARCHITECTURE | RIVERS | SWORD CINEMA | CHARACTERS IN MYTH | ENDS WITH "Z" |
|
$400
[26]
Named for when you get your work check, these rhyming loans have been called "financial quicksand"
payday loans
Rachel
|
$400
[21]
A memorial to Victoria's late husband, this venue opened in 1871 & is a leading live music performance space
the Royal Albert Hall
Jennifer
|
$400
[16]
The Snake joins this river just south of Pasco, Washington
the Columbia
Melissa
|
$400
[7]
This 2017 title character attends a cocktail party with the god killer sword in her dress
Wonder Woman
Melissa
|
$400
[1]
The Argonauts are comrades who accompany Jason in his search for this treasure
the Golden Fleece
Jennifer
|
$400
[6]
An expert, or the sound of something moving fast
a whiz
Melissa
|
|
$800
[27]
This type of "inflatable" mortgage is cheap at first, but has a harder-to-meet payment down the line
a balloon
Jennifer
|
$800
[22]
In 1901 Queen Victoria died at Osborne House, built to royal specifications on this isle
the Isle of Wight
|
$800
[17]
Here's the famed Lorelei rock in this European river
the Rhine
|
$800
[8]
Connor MacLeod travels from 16th c. Scotland to 20th c. New York to stop the evil Kurgan with his sword in this film
Highlander
Melissa
|
$800
[2]
After overthrowing the rulers of the universe, Zeus forces this one into a new job as punishment
Atlas
Rachel
|
$800
[10]
In a Robert Frost poem, something white at the bottom of a well is either truth or a pebble of this
quartz
Jennifer
|
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
Aristotle & Cato the Elder opposed this 5-letter practice characterized by high lending rates
usury
Jennifer
|
$1,200
[23]
Home to the houses of Parliament, this palace was rebuilt in Gothic revival style after an earlier building burned in 1834
the Palace of Westminster
|
$1,200
[18]
The ancient city of Ur lay along this river that helped make the Fertile Crescent fertile
the Euphrates
Melissa
|
$1,200
[9]
"The bride" doesn't throw a bouquet, she wields the Hattori Hanzo katana samurai sword in this Tarantino film
Kill Bill
Rachel
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
Cupid's lover, she loses Cupid for a time after disobeying his request to not seek his identity
Psyche
Rachel
|
$1,200
[11]
To chat & joke around, or to offer unwanted advice to chess players
kibitz
Melissa
|
|
$1,200
[28]
"Negative" this, from the Latin for "death", happens when a monthly loan installment can't even cover the interest
negative amortization
|
$1,600
[24]
These 3-letter gardens have some of the most notable iron & glass structures from the Victorian era
the Kew Gardens
Rachel
|
$1,600
[19]
Meaning "great river", it rises out of a bog in Zambia
the Zambezi
Rachel
|
$1,600
[12]
Kroenen couldn't cut down this big red Guillermo del Toro-directed hero with his swords
Hellboy
Rachel
|
$1,600
[4]
She warned her fellow Trojans not to accept the gift of a big horse, but nobody listened
Cassandra
Jennifer
|
$1,600
[14]
The name of this type of brandy is from a Croatian word for plum
slivovitz
Rachel
|
|
$2,000
[30]
An Obama-era rule that never took effect said a credit card company can't force you into this process to settle a dispute
arbitration
Jennifer
|
$2,000
[25]
You can see why an 1892buildingat the University of Liverpool inspired this term for a university other than Oxford or Cambridge
red brick universities
|
$2,000
[20]
Whitehorse is on this river
the Yukon
Melissa
|
$2,000
[13]
Cryptic inscriptions are etched on the Atlantean sword used by this film character out of pulp stories
Conan the Barbarian
|
$2,000
[5]
These 2 Greek buddies were so faithful to each other one volunteered to die in the other's place
Damon & Pythias
|
$2,000
[15]
It's abbreviated GHz
gigahertz
Rachel
|
Introduced in 1945, she claimed to have the middle names Delicatessa Windowshade Mackrelmint Efraim's Daughter
Pippi Longstocking