Jon Brown — a bartender from Los Angeles, California
Deirdre Thomas — an attorney and editor from Seattle, Washington
Diana Hsu — a legal records assistant from Malden, Massachusetts (whose 2-day cash winnings total $44,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diana | $1,500 | $2,900 | $11,600 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,600
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Deirdre | $2,600 | $5,000 | $19,800 |
$16,399
New champion: $16,399 |
$19,800
20 R, 1 W |
| Jon | $1,600 | $2,000 | $5,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
13 R, 3 W |
| DOMAIN EXTENSIONS MATTER | GEOGRAPHY | WORDS ABOUT WORDS | INVENTIONS | CANADIAN HISTORY | CELEBRITY FATHERS & SONS |
|
$200
[7]
Visit this.gov & you get the current hour & minute; visit this.com & you get the current news
time
Diana
|
$200
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the Andes on the monitor.) A small stream in Peru's Andes flows into the Apurimac, becoming a source of this river that some 4,000 miles later flows into the Atlantic
the Amazon
Diana
|
$200
[6]
In "Tell anyone you see they should leave", the word "they" is this-neutral
gender
Jon
|
$200
[13]
Mary Anderson is in the National Inventors Hall of Fame for creating this car device; intermittent ones would come later
windshield wipers
Diana
|
$200
[22]
Calixa Lavallee composed the music for this song in 1880; drop the puck!
"O Canada"
Deirdre
|
$200
[21]
Comedian Jerry & comic actor, director & producer Ben
the Stillers
Jon
|
|
$400
[8]
this.com shows you the Navigator & Continental; this.org shows you tourist sites in a Midwest state capital
Lincoln
Jon
|
$400
[2]
The main entry point for tourists from California, this Mexican city is just south of San Diego
Tijuana
Jon
|
$400
[9]
Kompositum is the German word for this type of word the Germans are famous for, like Schmutzfang-matte, "doormat"
compound
Jon
|
DD
$500
[14]
In 1950 Zenith introduced the first one of these gadgets; it was called the "Lazy Bones"
a (TV) remote control
Diana
|
$400
[26]
In 1916thisprairie province became the first in Canada to give women the right to vote
Manitoba
Diana
Deirdre
Jon
|
$400
[23]
Comedian Carl & actor/filmmaker Rob
Reiner
Deirdre
|
|
$600
[18]
these.gov takes you to Atlantic marine forecasts; these.com takes you to Carolina NHL action
hurricanes
Deirdre
|
$600
[3]
Remember Albert's title & you'll know that Monaco is not a monarchy but this entity
a principality
Diana
Jon
|
$600
[10]
This 5-letter verb meaning "to express feeling", maybe on stage, is an example of a back-formation
emote
Jon
|
$600
[15]
Ben Franklin, describing this invention: "I have only to move my eyes up or down... to see distinctly far or near"
bifocals
Diana
|
$600
[28]
William Lyon Mackenzie King's long stretch as PM saw the creation of this radio & TV entity that gave me my big break
the CBC (or Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
Diana
|
$600
[24]
Oscar winner Henry & Oscar-nominated Peter
the Fondas
Jon
|
|
$800
[19]
this.gov is an agency that polices Wall Street; this.org takes you to a college sports organization
SEC
Deirdre
|
$800
[4]
A vast grassland from central Europe to Manchuria is called by this 1-syllable word from the Russian
a steppe
Deirdre
|
$800
[11]
Alliteratively, this animal goes with "word" to mean language used to avoid taking a stand
weasel
Deirdre
|
$800
[16]
In addition to his machine gun, this Civil War-era man also invented a steam plow
(Richard) Gatling
Diana
|
— |
$800
[25]
Late actor/composer Alan & singer Robin
Thicke
Diana
|
|
$1,000
[20]
this.com is an outdoor clothing company; this.edu is an Ivy League school
Columbia
|
$1,000
[5]
Eritrea's vital region along this sea includes the major port cities of Massawa & Assab
the Red Sea
Deirdre
|
$1,000
[12]
This -ism is the use of an old or obsolete term
archaism
Diana
Jon
|
$1,000
[17]
In 1846 Elias Howe took this invention to Washington to apply for a patent
the sewing machine
Diana
Deirdre
|
— |
$1,000
[27]
James of "The Godfather" & his sonny, Scott, of "Hawaii Five-0"
Caan
Deirdre
|
| BEASTLY MYTHOLOGY | SINGLE MOMS ON TELEVISION | MEANWHILE... | ABBRE-"V"-IATIONS | 1-WORD PLAY TITLES | EDIBLE BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[1]
In Egyptian myth Sobek is an ancient god with the head of these reptiles of the Nile
a crocodile
Diana
|
$400
[19]
Chris, Tracy, Danny, Laurie & Keith were the solo concerns of a singing single mom on this show
The Partridge Family
Deirdre
|
$400
[26]
In late April 1789 Parisians were rioting while on the other side of the world the crew of this ship was in mutiny
the Bounty
Jon
|
$400
[14]
VMI for short, it has produced citizen-soldiers for over 170 years
the Virginia Military Institute
Jon
|
$400
[11]
This play opens with "the barely distinguishable word assassin!" & whispers of "Salieri!... Salieri!"
Amadeus
Diana
Jon
|
$400
[6]
Choral singing group that's got 3 slices of toasted bread, turkey, bacon, lettuce & tomato
a glee club sandwich
Deirdre
|
|
$800
[2]
The Cretan bull is dad to this monster
the Minotaur
Jon
|
$800
[20]
As Christie on "Mom", this actress gets sober & struggles through parenthood with the help of her own mom
Anna Faris
Deirdre
|
$800
[27]
In 1815, while Napoleon was abdicating in France, the Serbs were rising against this empire
the Ottoman Empire
Diana
|
$800
[15]
VR is virtual reality & VL is this, which you might spend there
virtual life
Diana
|
$800
[12]
Pack a basket for this William Inge play about a group of lonely women whose lives are disrupted by a drifter
Picnic
Jon
|
$800
[7]
Deep-fried circles from a Vidalia go into a set of 4 operas by Richard Wagner
the onion Ring cycle
Diana
|
|
$1,200
[3]
When Zeus played follow the Leda, he did it disguised as this
a swan
Diana
|
$1,200
[21]
On "Desperate Housewives", this actress played Susan Mayer, a single mom who was the daughter of a single mom
Teri Hatcher
Deirdre
|
$1,600
[29]
The Sumerians settled the city of Ur in the 3000s B.C., the beginning of this civilization's "long count" calendar
the Maya
Diana
|
$1,200
[16]
The VOA; its first broadcast was in German in 1942
the Voice of America
Diana
|
$1,200
[13]
Talking giant lizards show up in this "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" author's play "Seascape"
Edward Albee
|
$1,200
[8]
Transformer leader of the Autobots who is really good with horseradish as a meat entree
Optimus Prime rib
Deirdre
|
|
DD
$1,500
[4]
In west African myth, many tales were spun about Anansi, a trickster in the form of this
a spider
Diana
|
$1,600
[22]
41 years apart, it's the title in common to the two shows featuring the divorced single moms seen here
One Day at a Time
Deirdre
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1867 Nebraska joined the Union & a union called the Ausgleich created this dual monarchy in Europe
Austro-Hungary
Diana
|
$1,600
[17]
In Oklahoma, to join a VFD, this, you must be 18 to 44 years old, have a good driving record & pass a background check
a volunteer fire department
Deirdre
|
$1,600
[24]
"Gin was mother's milk to her", says Eliza Doolittle of her aunt in this Shaw play
Pygmalion
Deirdre
|
$1,600
[9]
Jewish soup dumpling also called a knaidel that's the title of Jim Bouton's baseball memoir
matzo Ball Four
Jon
|
|
$2,000
[5]
At Ragnarok, the final battle in Norse mythology, Odin will be swallowed up by this giant wolf & son of Loki
Fenrir
Diana
|
$2,000
[23]
Alexis Bledel & this actress were the "Gilmore Girls" teenage daughter & single mom
Lauren Graham
Deirdre
|
DD
$6,000
[28]
In 1603 the Tokugawa shogunate began in Japan & this English dynasty came to an end
Tudor
Diana
|
$2,000
[18]
Through the VA, a veteran might have his VA tested, this ophthalmological measure
visual acuity
Deirdre
|
$2,000
[25]
In this "colorful" play, abstract expressionist Mark Rothko struggles with art & fame
Red
Deirdre
|
$2,000
[10]
French-named toasted sandwich with ham, cheese & a fried egg that's a London museum of wax figures
croque Madame Tussauds
Diana
|
A Portuguese explorer gave this name to an island he sighted off Africa's coast 40 days after Easter
Ascension Island