Megan Beesley — a public defender from St. Louis, Missouri
Joe Castro — a comptroller from Pasadena, California
Leslie Manion — a bookseller from Vancouver, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $599)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslie | $400 | $3,000 | $2,600 |
$5
2nd place: $2,000 |
$2,600
14 R, 5 W |
| Joe | $3,400 | $4,000 | $12,600 |
$9,384
New champion: $9,384 |
$14,600
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Megan | $1,200 | $2,000 | $3,600 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| TRUE CRIME BOOKS, SWEETHEART | PULITZER PRIZE MUSICALS | BALL IN THE FAMILY | HAWAIIAN CROSSWORD CLUES | I DON'T WANNA CRAMP | YOUR STYLE |
|
$200
[1]
Including 1922's unsolved murder of director William Desmond Taylor, "Fallen Angels" spills secrets from this city
Los Angeles
Megan
|
$200
[6]
They did not give out a Drama award in 1944, but this stately Rodgers & Hammerstein musical won a special award
Oklahoma!
Joe
|
$200
[7]
This home run king's dad Bobby hit 332 dingers of his own, with nary an asterisk in sight
Barry Bonds
Joe
|
$200
[12]
Stringed music maker(7)
a ukulele
Leslie
|
$200
[22]
Focal hand dystonia is this profession's "cramp", though it also affects musicians
writer's
Leslie
|
$200
[17]
It's a product for hair or a type of chilled after-dinner treat, but definitely not both at once
mousse
Leslie
Joe
|
|
$400
[2]
The worldwide hunt for this Colombian drug lord is chronicled in "Killing Pablo"
Escobar
Joe
|
$400
[13]
He had plenty of Tonys by then, but this composer finally won a Pulitzer in 1985 for "Sunday in the Park with George"
Sondheim
Leslie
|
$400
[8]
NBA Hall of Famer Bill Walton's son Luke is head coach of this team he played on for 9 seasons
the Lakers
Joe
|
$400
[27]
Big Island coffee district(4)
Kona
Joe
|
$400
[23]
This 2-word "animal" term for a painful leg cramp traces back to 19th century baseball slang
a Charley horse
Joe
|
$400
[18]
In 2017 Harry Winston paid a ton of green--$5.5 million--for the 18.04-carat Rockefeller this gem
an emerald
Megan
|
|
$800
[4]
"Black Mass" about the life & capture of this notorious gangster, was made into a film with Johnny Depp
Whitey Bulger
Joe
|
$600
[14]
Jonathan Larson posthumously won the 1996 Drama award for this musical
Rent
Leslie
|
$600
[9]
'50s MLB star Ray Boone sired Bob, who sired this Boone named in 2017 as the Yankees' manager
Aaron Boone
Joe
|
$600
[28]
Headquarters of the U.S. Navy's Pacific fleet(5, 6)
Pearl Harbor
Megan
|
$600
[24]
Men's Fitness' "5 Nutrient-Rich Dishes" providing this cramp-fighting element included avocado, salmon & papaya
potassium
Leslie
|
$600
[19]
"Disappearing" 4-letter hairstyle sported by musical artists like Bobby Brown back in the day
a fade
Megan
|
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
"The Skies Belong to Us" narrates one 1972 instance of this crime that was unfortunately big in that era
skyjacking
Joe
|
$800
[15]
5 people, including Marvin Hamlisch, shared the 1976 Drama award for this musical
A Chorus Line
Leslie
|
$800
[10]
Rick Barry made 8 of these teams in 10 NBA seasons; sons Brent, Jon & Drew were 0 for 31
an all-star team
Joe
|
— |
$800
[25]
Diuretics lower this measure, so you can fit the new 2017 standards, but deplete fluid, which can lead to cramping
blood pressure
Leslie
Megan
|
$800
[20]
Gingham, along with percale & taffeta, is called this type of weave, like a cat with a striped coat
tabby
Leslie
|
|
$1,000
[5]
How 50 of the world's most infamous crimes were solved is revealed in "The Little Book of" these techniques
forensics
Megan
|
$1,000
[16]
There are 8 words in the title of this Frank Loesser musical that won in 1962
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Leslie
|
$1,000
[11]
Last name of college football legend Bobby, whose sons Jeff, Terry & Tommy have followed him into coaching
Bowden
Joe
|
— |
$1,000
[26]
This type of fever characterized by muscle stiffness & painful joints may take its name from the Swahili for "cramp"
dengue fever
Leslie
|
$1,000
[21]
In Paris it's a men's shirt; in New York it's a type of dress, loose-cut & short
a chemise
|
| BLACK-&-WHITE PHOTO CHALLENGE | 17th CENTURY SCIENCE | THE RAMBO CONNECTION | GEOGRAPHY "B" | THE INTERJECTION SECTION | PORTUGAL, THE MAN |
|
$400
[1]
Remember this historic landmark, built as a Roman Catholic mission
the Alamo
Joe
|
$400
[2]
A clock invented by Christiaan Huygens using this feature that oscillates was the accuracy standard until quartz in 1927
a pendulum
Leslie
|
$400
[12]
In 2016 this actor said he wasn't playing Rambo again: "The heart's willing, but the body says, 'Stay home!'"
Sylvester Stallone
Leslie
|
$400
[21]
This capital of Colombia is located about 300 miles north of the Equator
Bogotá
Megan
|
$400
[17]
Expressing shock today, it's also a command to horses to stop
whoa
Joe
|
$400
[7]
Years after fleeing Portugal with the royal family, Pedro I became emperor of this country
Brazil
|
|
$800
[3]
Why bother with a color photo when the skin of this water mammal is grayish anyway?
a manatee
Joe
|
$800
[8]
Working at the Royal Observatory in Paris in 1676, Ole Romer demonstrated that this travels at a finite speed
light
Joe
|
$800
[13]
General Rambo was one of the many warlords to plague this African nation under the rule of Charles Taylor
Liberia
|
$800
[22]
It's the northernmost of New York City's boroughs
the Bronx
Joe
Megan
|
$800
[18]
From Ireland, this interjection for "by God" is often paired with "faith"
begorrah
Leslie
|
$800
[20]
Portugal's national poet Luis de Camoes wrote the 16th century epic "The Lusiads" about this explorer
Vasco da Gama
|
|
$1,200
[4]
In black-&-white may be the way many remember this alliterative actress of the 1930s, who starred in films like "Ninotchka"
Greta Garbo
Joe
|
$1,200
[9]
In 1643 Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, enabling the measurement of this
air pressure (or atmospheric pressure)
Joe
|
$1,200
[14]
Army engineers have developed a grenade launcher called Rambo mostly made by this futuristic process
3-D printing
Megan
|
$1,600
[24]
The Brahmaputra & Ganges Rivers both empty into it
the Bay of Bengal
Megan
|
$1,200
[19]
After big plays, Yankees broadcaster Phil Rizzuto would often exclaim this 2-word beastly interjection
holy cow
|
DD
$1,000
[28]
Despite his nickname, this prince who sponsored many voyages didn't go on the expeditions himself
Henry the Navigator
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Get your kicks from these rhymingly named boots here
mukluks
Megan
|
$1,600
[10]
Logarithmic scales are key to this adjustable calculator invented by William Oughtred
a slide rule
Joe
|
$1,600
[15]
A type of survival knife, the Rambo knife is officially called this, after the 1982 film it was created for
First Blood
Leslie
|
$2,000
[25]
The misidentification of ospreys may have given this Massachusetts bay its name
Buzzards Bay
|
$1,600
[26]
The French have "voila!"; we use this hyphenated word ending in "A" for the same purpose
ta-da
Leslie
|
— |
|
$2,000
[6]
Theseferns, whose name includes a word for a young lady, take their name from their delicatefronds
maidenhair
Leslie
|
$2,000
[11]
With his telescope in 1610, Galileo focused in on this moon, the largest of Jupiter & of our solar system
Ganymede
Leslie
Joe
|
$2,000
[16]
"Rambo III" was originally dedicated to these rebel fighters of Afghanistan; the dedication has been removed
the Mujahideen
Leslie
|
DD
$4,000
[23]
In 2017 Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah marked 50 years on the throne of this country
Brunei
Megan
|
$2,000
[27]
An interjection meaning "way to go!", or any piece of encouragement; it can end in "girl" as well as "boy"
atta
Joe
|
— |
He got a real N.Y. Times obit in 1975; it said he wore "false mustaches to mask signs of age that offended his vanity"
Hercule Poirot