Scott McFadden — a librarian from Muncie, Indiana
Amy Goodchild — a library youth services associate from Morton Grove, Illinois
Andrew King — a lawyer from Little Rock, Arkansas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $1,198)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew | $3,800 | $6,200 | $13,000 |
$26,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,000
15 R, 2 W |
| Amy | $200 | $1,400 | $9,200 |
$15,801
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Scott | $4,400 | $4,800 | $15,800 |
$26,001
New champion: $26,001 |
$18,400
24 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE HERO'S JOURNEY | ALLUSIONS | WAY BACK IN THE '60s, MAN | A LITTLE MISTAKE | MAKING A FEDERAL CASE OUT OF IT | CRAFTS & HOBBIES |
|
$200
[16]
"The Fellowship of the Ring" included Elijah Wood as this hobbit on a hero's journey
Frodo Baggins
Scott
|
$200
[6]
A barbarous, ignorant era between the Roman Empire & medieval times, or any unsophisticated period
the Dark Ages
Amy
|
$200
[7]
The name of this artistic dynasty that began in 1368 means "bright" in Chinese
Ming
Scott
|
$200
[22]
An owie, or double talk for a little mistake
a boo-boo
Scott
|
$200
[1]
An oath-taker in a federal court who "states...any material matter which he does not believe to be true" has committed this
perjury
Scott
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
Terms used in this craft include batting, binding & block of the month
quilting
Scott
|
|
$400
[17]
Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold takes his family on a road trip to Wally World in this classic comedy
( National Lampoon's ) Vacation
Scott
|
$400
[12]
Any very busy place, or this specific transport center at Park Avenue & 42nd Street
Grand Central Station
Andrew
|
$400
[8]
This anti-discriminatory act of 1964 finally passed after a more than 2-month filibuster in the Senate
the Civil Rights Act
Scott
|
$400
[23]
4-letter result of hitting the "Q" on the keyboard instead of the "W"
a typo
Amy
|
$400
[2]
You promised the senator a consulting gig in exchange for his vote? You're looking at 15 years for this, pal
bribery
Andrew
|
— |
|
$600
[18]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Here is a map approximating the 3 years, 2 months, 14 days & 16 hours of running this title man does in a 1994 Oscar-winning film
Forrest Gump
Andrew
|
$600
[13]
Meaning a large amount of people used on a project, it comes from promos for a movie that boasted 125,000 extras
a cast of thousands
Scott
|
$600
[9]
On Feb. 22, 1862--Washington's birthday, no less--he delivered an inaugural address in Richmond
Jefferson Davis
Andrew
Scott
|
$600
[21]
It rhymes with "hitch" & once meant a hitch caused by a small spike in voltage
glitch
Scott
|
$600
[3]
Someone who blows up an arsenal in wartime can get 30 years for this, from French for "shoe"
sabotage
Scott
|
— |
|
$800
[19]
Miguel journeys to the land of the dead in this 2017 animated film with a look inspired by traditional Mexican folklore
Coco
Andrew
|
$800
[14]
Courtesy of Cervantes, to battle imaginary injustices is to tilt at these
windmills
Andrew
|
$800
[10]
On Sept. 29, 1662 he wrote in his diary, "Saw 'Midsummer Night's Dream'...it is the most insipid ridiculous play"
(Samuel) Pepys
Scott
|
$800
[24]
You may have one "of judgment"; it can also mean the passage of a period of time
a lapse
Amy
|
$800
[4]
The sentence for attempted kidnapping of the director of this agency created in 1947 is "any term of years or for life"
the CIA
Andrew
|
— |
|
$1,000
[20]
Captain Willard journeys into the heart of darkness to find Col. Kurtz in this Vietnam-set film
Apocalypse Now
Andrew
|
$1,000
[15]
Phrase for a deadly array, poised for action, also a prison term applied to the lineup of the 1927 Yankees
murderers' row
Scott
|
$1,000
[11]
Kidnapping boy-king Francis II was the goal of 1560's conspiracy of Amboise by this French Protestant group
the Huguenots
Andrew
|
$1,000
[25]
I used 30 instead of 29.87 in my calculations, leading to this kind of minor error
a rounding error
Scott
|
$1,000
[5]
18 USC 96 defines this gangster activity as "any act or threat involving" murder, gambling, extortion, etc.
racketeering
Andrew
|
— |
| 15 MINUTES OF FAME | 4-LETTER U.S. CITIES | POET-POURRI | MATH WORDS | NOT IN THE ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME | ALLITERATION |
|
$400
[21]
The 2017 movie about this title skater brought some limelight back to her ex-husband Jeff Gillooly
Tonya Harding
Amy
|
$400
[1]
It's Pennsylvania's fourth-largest city & its only lake port
Erie
Amy
|
$400
[7]
Joyce Kilmer's "Rouge Bouquet" is about the dead of this war that Joyce himself did not survive
World War I
Scott
|
$400
[4]
P:Scheme up this figure with a polygon for a base & triangles with a common vertex for faces
a pyramid
Amy
|
$400
[16]
The Hall is still saving all its love of this 25-time Grammy nominee & her 11 No. 1 hits
Whitney Houston
Amy
Scott
|
$400
[24]
Type of tournament where you play each opponent at least once
a round-robin
Amy
|
|
$800
[22]
The Navy SEAL who wrote a book on killing Bin Laden also helped rescue a ship's captain from pirates of this nation
Somalia
Amy
|
$800
[2]
"There's no place like" this city on the Seward Peninsula, population about 3,500
Nome
Scott
|
$800
[8]
From 1993 to 1995 writer & teacher Rita Dove held this position appointed by the Librarian of Congress
a poet laureate
Andrew
|
$800
[9]
E:It's a closed, oval-shaped curve
an ellipse
Amy
|
$800
[17]
Are they not men? Then why aren't these New Wave pioneers from nearby Akron in the Hall?
Devo
Scott
|
$800
[25]
Zero Points foods are part of this company's plan
Weight Watchers
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Red-sweatered Ken Bone gained fame in 2016 after asking a question at one of these events
a presidential debate
Andrew
|
$1,200
[3]
Renee Zellweger hails from this Texas city that sounds like a girl's first name
Katy
Andrew
|
DD
$1,000
[11]
This Romantic poet, who wrote "The World is Too Much With Us", had a perfect last name for his profession
(William) Wordsworth
Scott
|
$1,200
[13]
A:2 angles that share a vertex & a side are this, like neighboring lots
adjacent
Scott
|
$1,200
[18]
Are you "Kid A"-ing? These alt-rock legends weren't part of the class of 2018, their first year of eligibility
Radiohead
Andrew
|
$1,200
[26]
Abundant, or 10 cents for 12
a dime a dozen
Andrew
|
|
$1,600
[27]
Brian Cullinan, working for this company on Oscar night in 2017, got his 15 minutes after mixing up envelopes
Pricewaterhouse
Scott
|
$2,000
[6]
On Maui the legendary, winding "Road to" this town takes you past waterfalls, rain forests & plunging pools
Hana
|
$1,200
[10]
In the 600s B.C. the Greek poet Tyrtaeus composed verses to inspire this militaristic city's people to fight bravely
Sparta
Scott
|
$1,600
[14]
R:A multiplicative inverse
a reciprocal
Andrew
|
$1,600
[19]
This famously gloomy Robert Smith band has been passed over for 14 years
The Cure
Scott
|
$1,600
[30]
Sweet sliced pickle that mentions 2 other foods
a bread and butter pickle
|
|
$2,000
[28]
In January 2018 journalist Michael Wolff became the story with his book "Fire and" this appropriate word
fury
Andrew
|
DD
$2,200
[5]
It's home to the Colorado Ski & Snowboard Museum & Hall of Fame
Vail
Amy
|
$2,000
[12]
This 3-named Amer. 19th century poet wrote, "Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: 'It might have been!'"
John Greenleaf Whittier
Scott
|
$2,000
[15]
O.P.:2 numbers whose position is important, so (X, Y) is different than (Y, X)
an ordered pair
Scott
|
$2,000
[20]
Sadly, Lemmy won't be around to accept if & when this "Ace Of Spades" powerhouse is ever inducted
Motörhead
Scott
|
$2,000
[29]
French trouver, "to find", is related to the second word in this phrase for a fabulous find or store of wealth
a treasure trove
Amy
|
This annual event first held in 1934 includes play in areas named Pink Dogwood, Flowering Peach & Azalea
the Masters Tournament