Joanna Rom — a docent from Washington, D.C.
Mike Jenkins — an environmental consultant from Ewing, New Jersey
Erik Agard — a puzzlemaker from Gaithersburg, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erik | $7,200 | $8,400 | $15,800 |
$14,800
2-day champion: $40,001 |
$20,400
25 R (including 1 DD), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Mike | $400 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
5 R, 1 W |
| Joanna | $1,400 | $6,400 | $3,600 |
$3,666
2nd place: $2,000 |
$1,600
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| DOWN____ | A EUROPEAN HOLIDAY | NO LONGER AROUND | PIECES OF 8 | HERSTORY | ARE YOU READY FOR SOMEMONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL? |
|
$200
[1]
Cut a business' staff
downsize
Mike
|
$200
[17]
This country's Unity Day, October 3, commemorates its 1990 reunification
Germany
Mike
|
$200
[23]
In 2010, Sony announced that it was stopping production of this device after 30 years
a Walkman
Mike
|
$200
[11]
In pool the eight ball is mainly this color
black
Erik
|
$200
[10]
Around 50 B.C. this queen was forced to flee Egypt to Syria, but she came back with an army a few years later
Cleopatra
Mike
|
$400
[18]
In 2016 "MNF" aired its first game from outside the U.S. as the Raiders beat the Texans in this city's Estadio Azteca
Mexico City
Joanna
|
|
$400
[2]
Something causing ruin
a downfall
Erik
|
$600
[20]
Ancient Romans whooped it up in this February festival as blood was smeared on laughing priests called Luperci
the Feast of Lupercalia
|
$600
[28]
As of summer 1999, you could no longer hail one of these iconic rides in New York
a checker cab
Erik
Mike
|
$400
[15]
In Buddhism this ultimate blessed state can be attained by following the eightfold path
nirvana
Erik
|
$400
[9]
This woman in history is the subject of a biography called "Don't Ride the Bus on Monday"
(Rosa) Parks
Erik
|
$600
[16]
In Dec. 1974 Howard Cosell interviewed this music star in the "MNF" booth; in Dec. 1980, Cosell announced his murder
John Lennon
Joanna
|
|
$600
[3]
"The lights are much brighter there"
downtown
Erik
|
$800
[21]
December 5 is the big day for this country's kids: Sinterklaas drops off a sack of gifts on each doorstep
the Netherlands
Joanna
|
$800
[27]
Bovinity Divinity & Rainforest Crunch are among the "dearly de-pinted" flavors from this company
Ben & Jerry's
Joanna
|
$600
[12]
Used in horse racing, 8 of these equal a mile
furlongs
Erik
|
$600
[6]
Britannica notes that this Russian "would not have become empress if her husband had been at all normal"
Catherine the Great
Joanna
|
$800
[24]
On Dec. 21, 2003 his dad passed away; on Dec. 22 he had the highest passer rating of his career in a 41-7 Packers win
(Brett) Favre
Erik
|
|
$800
[4]
When hunting, it's where you can smell your prey but it can't smell you
downwind
Erik
|
$1,000
[22]
On Tynwald Day on this isle in the Irish Sea, citizens may present petitions for redress
the Isle of Man
|
$1,000
[26]
In 1997 after nearly 120 years in business, this iconic 5 & dime chain closed up shop in the USA
Woolworth
Mike
|
$800
[13]
Hebrew for "candlestick", its candlesare lit for 8 nights during Hanukkah
a menorah
Erik
|
$800
[7]
Jiang Qing was one-quarter of this "numerical" group that enjoyed a decade of power
the Gang of Four
Joanna
|
$1,000
[25]
This jack-of-all-sports-trades has had the longest sting of any "MNF" play-by-play guy, from 1986 through 2005
(Al) Michaels
Erik
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Tyrannized, literally trampled upon
downtrodden
Erik
|
DD
$2,400
[19]
This country's national day is November 19, Saint-Rainier Day
Monaco
Joanna
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
It's No. 8 on the periodic table
oxygen
Erik
|
$1,000
[8]
The first woman elected to Congress, Jeannette Rankin reps this western state in Statuary Hall
Montana
Erik
|
— |
| CLASSICAL RAPPERS | SUPREME COURT CASES | THRE"E"-LETTER WORDS | SOMETHING TO READ | VARIOUS COWBOYS | VENOM |
|
$400
[9]
Before Lil Jon there was "Lil Johann"--this composer of 1729's "St. Matthew Passion"
(Johann Sebastian) Bach
Erik
|
$400
[19]
Norma McCorvey used an alias to protect her identity as the plaintiff in this big case, decided Jan. 22, 1973
Roe v. Wade
Erik
|
$400
[1]
It can be "de luce" or "de toilette" as well as "de Cologne"
eau
Joanna
|
$400
[16]
In the dystopia of "Brave New World", the highest caste is known by this Greek letter
alpha
Erik
|
$400
[22]
Glen Campbell sang about this sparkly cowboy "riding out on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo"
a rhinestone cowboy
Erik
|
$400
[7]
The few venomous mammals include this Down Under oddity that also lays eggs
the duck-billed platypus
Joanna
|
|
$800
[21]
Erik Satie, AKA "Ice Satie", threw down with the movement known as this -ism, closely related to Dadaism
surrealism
|
$800
[18]
Thurgood Marshall argued this 1954 landmark Supreme Court case on school segregation
Brown v. Board
Erik
|
$800
[2]
A football position or a sudden demise
an end
Erik
|
$800
[15]
After a Kansas family of 4 is murdered this 3-word title way, investigators track down the killers
in cold blood
Joanna
|
$800
[25]
In 1980 this actor left Barbarino behind for country music at Gilley's in "Urban Cowboy"
John Travolta
|
DD
$500
[17]
Heloderma suspectum is this "horrific" venomous reptile of the U.S. Southwest
a Gila monster
Erik
|
|
$1,200
[6]
Teaching at a girls' school, Holst composed "for the ladies", as he wrote this 7-part work based on astrology
The Planets
Erik
|
$1,200
[10]
This case from December 2000 stopped a recount of votes in Florida
Bush v. Gore
Erik
Joanna
|
$1,200
[3]
Alexander Pope wrote in 1711 that "to" do this "is human"
err
Joanna
|
$1,200
[13]
In books by James Patterson, this detective takes on the Mastermind, AKA Kyle Craig
(Alex) Cross
Erik
|
$1,200
[24]
This is one of the nicknames of Steve Miller's "The Joker", & also another of Steve's songs
"Space Cowboy"
|
$800
[8]
The venomous snake seenhereis called the water type of this
a water moccasin
|
|
$2,000
[28]
This modest "Night on Bald Mountain" composer was an imposing member of the Russian crew "The Five"
Modest Mussorgsky
Joanna
|
$2,000
[20]
The Supreme Court struck down limits on campaign contributions by corporations & unions in this 2010 ruling
Citizens United
|
$1,600
[4]
Glorfindel was one
an elf
Erik
|
$1,600
[12]
In "Heart of Darkness", Mr. this goes savage & is worshipped like a god
Mr. Kurtz
Joanna
|
$1,600
[23]
In 1989 Matt Dillon starred as this "cowboy", searching for prescription medications
the drugstore cowboy
|
$1,200
[27]
The Brazilian wandering type of this packs a powerful venom; check those bunches of bananas for it!
a spider
|
| — |
DD
$3,500
[11]
The plaintiff in this landmark 1803 case was a would-be circuit judge; the defendant was the Secretary of State
Marbury v. Madison
Erik
|
$2,000
[5]
A unit of work or energy
an erg
Erik
|
$2,000
[14]
After a returning Civil War general is murdered by his wife, their children take revenge in this O'Neill trilogy of plays
Mourning Becomes Electra
Joanna
|
$2,000
[26]
This "singing cowboy" had a huge hit singing "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer"
Gene Autry
Joanna
|
— |
In a hint of the future, in 1973 Marjorie Post gave it to the U.S. govt. as a warm-weather presidential retreat, but it was returned
Mar-a-Lago