Chris Frantz — an on-call office administrator from Orwigsburg, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Zoshak — a language specialist from State College, Pennsylvania
Lisa Mueller — a technical services librarian from Naperville, Illinois (whose 2-day cash winnings total $33,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa | $5,200 | $5,800 | $7,200 |
$13,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
16 R (including 1 DD), 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $1,400 | $2,200 | $7,400 |
$14,407
New champion: $14,407 |
$7,400
10 R, 2 W |
| Chris | $1,000 | $1,600 | $6,600 |
$12,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| 5-LETTER WORDS | NOT-SO-SERIOUS LAWS | I'VE SEEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT ON BROADWAY | MIX -OLOGY | SENIOR MOMENTS | NEWSPAPERS |
|
$200
[17]
The British pronounce this office worker & account keeper to rhyme with "mark"
clerk
Rebecca
|
$200
[22]
Betteridge's law states that any headline ending in a question mark can be answered safely by this word
no
Rebecca
Chris
|
$200
[15]
"Merrily We Roll Along" ran just 16 shows in 1981 despite a score by this alliterative king of Broadway songwriters
Stephen Sondheim
Chris
|
$200
[12]
It's all about star signs:ARTSY LOGO
astrology
Chris
|
$400
[16]
This retired physician completed the first edition of his thesaurus in 1852 at age 73
Roget
Rebecca
|
$400
[8]
It's the word blocked outherein the August 22, 2017 edition of a Midwest paper
Sun
Lisa
|
|
$400
[18]
Sometimes including insults, to do this other 5-letter "T" word is meaner than just to tease
taunt
Chris
|
$400
[23]
According to Muphry's law, any written criticism of proofreading will contain these
errors (or mistakes, typos)
Lisa
|
$400
[1]
Based on the lives of Broadway dancers, this musical passed its first audition for 15 years before closing in 1990
A Chorus Line
Lisa
|
$400
[13]
It's fossil-fueled:LOOPY TANGELO
paleontology
Rebecca
|
$600
[9]
Thiscelebrated actress was 80 when she won an Oscar for "Driving Miss Daisy"
(Jessica) Tandy
Lisa
|
$600
[5]
After "JFK Jetblue Pilot Goes Nuts in Midair", this Rupert Murdoch tabloid subtly headlined "This Is Your Captain Freaking"
The New York Post
|
|
$600
[19]
2-syllable adjective for a comment that sums things up in a few words
pithy
Lisa
|
$600
[24]
Hanlon's (not Occam's) this:"Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity"
razor
Rebecca
|
$600
[2]
"The Rocky Horror Show" did not last a month in 1975, but this actor was back in the "Picture" as Frank-N-Furter
Tim Curry
Lisa
|
$600
[14]
It's drug-fueled:MARCH APOLOGY
pharmacology
Chris
|
$1,000
[11]
In 2015 at age 84, this "Beloved" author published her 11th novel, "God Help the Child"
(Toni) Morrison
Rebecca
|
$800
[6]
This financial paper tore the lid off Teapot Dome with the 1922 headline "Sinclair Consolidated in Big Oil Deal with U.S."
The Wall Street Journal
Lisa
|
|
$800
[20]
A midwife is a medical worker who's there for the birth; this is a supportive counselor before, during & after it
a doula
Rebecca
|
$800
[25]
This alliterative principle says, "In a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence"
the Peter principle
Lisa
|
$800
[3]
The first run of this musical with Velma & Roxie lasted from 1975 to 1977; a revival stayed a lot longer
Chicago
Lisa
|
— |
DD
$2,600
[10]
He was 77 when he returned to space aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1998
(John) Glenn
Lisa
|
$1,000
[7]
This metroplex city's Star was founded in 1906 & merged with the Telegram 3 years later
Fort Worth
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Used to create little channels in the wood, it's the tool seen here--keep it away from your eye
a gouge
|
$1,000
[26]
His law tells us work always expands to fill the available time
Parkinson
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[4]
As the song says, "They'll pass you by", & this musical about former high school pals opened & closed May 6, 2008
Glory Days
Lisa
|
— | — | — |
| PIZARRO WORLD | LAWYER TV | TRIPLE RHYME TIME | FULL SENTENCE LITERARY TITLES | ETHNI-CITIES | DEUS EX MACHINA |
|
$400
[22]
Francisco Pizarro was born around 1475 in this Spanish kingdom that would soon unite with Aragon
Castile
Lisa
|
$400
[7]
Former Navy fighter pilot & attorney Harmon Rabb, as played by David James Elliot
J.A.G.
Rebecca
|
$400
[4]
Blackish spot on a hammerhead
a dark shark mark
Lisa
|
$400
[1]
In Robert Heinlein's sci-fi novel about a penal colony there, this "Is a Harsh Mistress"
the moon
Lisa
Chris
|
$800
[21]
In 2011 this European capital's 8.2 million people included 1 million ethnic Indians, Pakistanis & Bangladeshis
London
Chris
|
$800
[18]
Freedom 7 & Friendship 7 were both capsules in this NASA space program
Mercury
Chris
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1519 Pizarro became mayor of this then-new city that shares its name with an isthmus
Panama
Chris
|
$800
[8]
Raymond Burr as the title master criminal defense lawyer handling the most difficult cases
Perry Mason
Chris
|
$800
[13]
Serious stage play about the 44th president & an alpaca relative
Obama llama drama
Lisa
|
$800
[2]
"God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater" by this author introduced his alter-ego, a sci-fi writer
(Kurt) Vonnegut
Lisa
|
$1,200
[10]
2 million revelers partied as this NYC borough's 2017 West Indian Day parade wound from Crown Heights to Flatbush
Brooklyn
Lisa
Chris
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
In 1990 the first of these autos rolled out of a GM plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee
Saturn
Lisa
|
|
$1,200
[15]
In 1535 Pizarro founded this South American capital where he was assassinated in 1541
Lima
Lisa
|
$1,200
[9]
Bridget Moynahan as A.D.A. Erin Reagan, whose dad is NYC's police commissioner
Blue Bloods
Lisa
|
$1,200
[26]
Improved written correspondence from someone who owes you money
a better debtor letter
Chris
|
$1,200
[3]
It's the avian title of Maya Angelou's first in a series of autobiographical works
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Rebecca
Chris
|
$1,600
[11]
irishcentral.com says this city's metro area is the most Irish in the U.S., & Sully will fight you if you disagree
Boston
Chris
|
$1,200
[19]
A hundred eyes had Argos, a good name for a company that watches the Earth via these
satellites
Lisa
|
|
$1,600
[16]
Before heading north, this Mississippi man served as Pizarro's chief lieutenant
Hernando de Soto
|
$1,600
[24]
Portia de Rossi as attorney Nelle Porter
Ally McBeal
|
— |
$1,600
[5]
This Tom Robbins novel features the beautiful Sissy Hankshaw, a hitchhiker with big dreams & big thumbs
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Rebecca
|
DD
$3,000
[12]
Buenos Aires' many people of this European origin call themselves Tanos
Italians
Chris
|
$1,600
[20]
Canon has a camera that shares a name with this 3-letter dawn goddess
Eos
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[17]
Pizarro scored big in an agreement with the Spanish crown known as the capitulation of this city 40 miles from Madrid
Toledo
|
$2,000
[25]
Andy Griffith as a Southern lawyer & favorite of Grandpa Simpson
Matlock
Rebecca
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
"Never Let Me Go" is by this Japanese-born British writer, the winner of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature
Kazuo Ishiguro
Lisa
|
— | — |
Bernard Herrmann scored this 1960 black & white thriller using only the string section of an orchestra
Psycho