Veronica Vichit-Vadakan game 2.
Marlan Badgett — a business analyst from Austin, Texas
Alissa McKinney — a stay-at-home mom from Irving, Texas
Veronica Vichit-Vadakan — a librarian from Portland, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Veronica | $2,600 | $6,600 | $17,200 |
$30,001
2-day champion: $52,000 |
$15,800
21 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Alissa | $800 | $4,200 | $10,600 |
$3,100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Marlan | $5,800 | $7,400 | $15,000 |
$30,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| ANAGRAMMED U.S. CITIES | DRAWING QUITE THE CROWD | MYTHOLOGY | TV SHOWS BASED ON BOOKS | LET'S GET MARRIED! | NOW, THE EXCHANGE OF VOWELS |
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$200
[1]
HAD RUM, North Carolina
Durham
Alissa
|
$200
[26]
Giving new meaning to the word "mass", he was the headliner of one held in Manila in 2015 that drew 6 million people
Pope Francis
Veronica
|
$200
[5]
Hippolyta is the queen of these women
the Amazons
Marlan
|
$200
[21]
Richard Hooker's "Novel About Three Army Doctors" was the basis for a film & a TV show, both with this name
M*A*S*H
Marlan
|
$200
[11]
At the Council of Trent in 1563, the Catholic church said one of these had to perform the wedding to make it legal
a priest
Alissa
|
$200
[16]
I to O:To lose your foothold, perhaps in a type of pig food
slip & slop
Veronica
|
|
$400
[2]
NO CUTS, Arizona
Tucson
Marlan
|
$400
[27]
In 2007 the long-disbanded Rage Against the Machine got together & drew 100,000 at this California festival
Coachella
Marlan
|
$400
[7]
Dryads were the tree-dwelling version of these creatures
nymphs
Alissa
|
$400
[22]
In Season One of this series based on Jay Asher's novel, Clay tries to figure out what made Hannah Baker kill herself
13 Reasons Why
Alissa
|
$400
[12]
Emily Post says the person with this title "offers the first toast to the bride & groom at the reception"
the best man
Alissa
|
$400
[17]
A to U:A tree part enjoys a late-morning meal, as tree parts do
branch to brunch
Veronica
|
|
$600
[3]
TIGHT BURPS, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Alissa
|
$600
[28]
In 2016 an estimated 1 million people protested in Caracas against this president of Venezuela
Maduro
Veronica
|
$600
[8]
Opposite the cave of the sea monster Scylla, you'd find this monstrous personification of a whirlpool
Charybdis
Marlan
|
$600
[23]
The good times roll in Bon Temps, Louisiana, the setting for this drama where some folks really vamped it up
True Blood
Alissa
|
$600
[13]
If the person chosen as maid of honor is already married, traditionally the title gets changed to this
the matron of honor
Marlan
|
$600
[18]
A to O:A work of drama on a stage employs a maneuver to gain a strategic advantage
play & ploy
Alissa
|
|
$800
[4]
JAVELIN LOCKS, Florida
Jacksonville
Veronica
|
$800
[29]
On April 22, 1990 around 750,000 people hit Central Park to celebrate this annual event
Earth Day
Veronica
|
$1,000
[10]
At his death, this great hunter was changed into a constellation
Orion
Alissa
Marlan
|
$800
[24]
Blake Lively & Penn Badgley starred in this CW series based on Cecily von Ziegesar's book series about privileged NYC teens
Gossip Girl
Alissa
|
$800
[14]
In England this rhyme about wedding attire ends with "and a silver sixpence in your shoe"
"Something Old, Something New" ("Something Borrowed, Something Blue" accepted)
Veronica
Marlan
|
$800
[19]
A to I: to quickly seize something like a purse gets you busted because someone did this, to tattle
snatch to snitch
Veronica
|
|
$1,000
[6]
CROUCH SPIRITS, Texas
Corpus Christi
Veronica
|
$1,000
[30]
In 2018 around 1.7 million people trekking from all over the world made this pilgrimage to Mecca
the Hajj
Alissa
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
Echo's love for this lad was unrequited; he only had eyes for himself
Narcissus
Marlan
|
$1,000
[25]
Jeff Lindsay's books about a very different Miami CSI were the basis for this Showtime series
Dexter
Marlan
|
$1,000
[15]
During this part of a military wedding, swords are drawn & the bride & groom pass through the arch
the recessional
Marlan
|
$1,000
[20]
U to A:To sing in the street for money, then do this in the resulting applause
busk & bask
Veronica
|
| ALL STARS | MUSEUMS | FOREIGN-BORN OSCAR WINNERS | THE 11th CENTURY | POEMS' SECOND LINES | TRIPLE B |
|
$400
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an astronomical animation on the monitor.) The Earth wobbles as it spins, moving the Polar Axis through the sky, so 12,000 years from now, Vega will replace Polaris as this
the North Star
Veronica
|
$400
[7]
Like Madame Tussauds, Paris' Musée Grévin primarily deals in exhibits of these
wax figures
Veronica
|
$400
[4]
New Zealand-born Russell Crowe received 3 straight Best Actor nominations, winning in 2001 for this film
Gladiator
Veronica
Marlan
|
$400
[2]
Around 1080 Chinese scientist Shen Kuo made the first scientific mention of one of these magnetic devices
the compass
Marlan
|
$400
[14]
In line 2 of this poem, "The score stood four to two with but one inning more to play"
"Casey at the Bat"
Marlan
|
$400
[1]
Natural insulation found on a seal or whale
blubber
Marlan
|
|
$800
[25]
The Ancients associated this star's pre-dawn rising with the hottest months, giving rise to the term "dog days"
Sirius
Alissa
|
$800
[8]
Ruins from 2 Ancient Wonders of the World, the Temple of Artemis & the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus, are in London here
the British Museum
Veronica
|
$800
[6]
This Welsh-born man won a Supporting Actor Oscar for "The Fighter"
Christian Bale
Veronica
|
$800
[3]
In 1040 Scottish King Duncan I was slain in battle & this man known to readers of Shakespeare succeeded him
Macbeth
Veronica
|
$800
[15]
In a poem by William Blake, these 4 words precede the second line, "In the forests of the night"
Tyger! Tyger! burning bright
Veronica
|
$800
[22]
Adjective for a brook making a low, continuous murmur
babbling
Veronica
|
|
$1,200
[26]
One of the closest stars to the Sun, Barnard's Star can't be seen with the naked eye; it's in this colorful class of small, dim stars
red dwarfs
Veronica
Alissa
Marlan
|
$1,200
[9]
Zaragoza, Spain is home to a museum dedicated to this painter of "The Naked Maja"
Goya
Veronica
|
$1,200
[16]
Born in Vienna, he won a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his role as Col. Hans Landa in "Inglourious Basterds"
Christoph Waltz
Marlan
|
$1,200
[5]
The Arabic-language "Canon of Medicine" recommends willow oil for head pain--willow, genus Salix, as in this common medicine of today
aspirin
Veronica
|
$1,200
[19]
Second line: "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height..."; first line: this
How do I love thee
Alissa
|
$1,200
[23]
It means to mishandle a football or baseball
bobble
|
|
$1,600
[27]
On the morning of February 24, 1987 SN 1987A, one of these, appeared in the large Magellanic Cloud
supernova
Marlan
|
$2,000
[11]
The freeform titanium-sheathed Guggenheim Museum in this Spanish city is a work of art in itself
Bilbao
Marlan
|
$1,600
[17]
Though born in Sweden, she won an Oscar for her supporting role in 2015's "The Danish Girl"
Alicia Vikander
|
$1,600
[12]
This fortress & prison complex was begun around 1078 by William the Conqueror
the Tower of London
Alissa
|
$2,000
[21]
Title of the poem with the second line "He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored"
"The Battle Hymn of the Republic"
Alissa
|
$1,600
[29]
Clothing articles that gave their name to 1940s adolescent girls
bobby socks
Marlan
|
|
$2,000
[28]
In 2016 the IAU renamed this 3-star system just 4.3 light years away Rigel Kentaurus
Alpha Centauri
Veronica
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Originally serving as a private gallery of art, the Hermitage Museum was founded by her in 1764
Catherine the Great
Veronica
|
$2,000
[18]
Jean Dujardin didn't have much to say in becoming the first Frenchman to win Best Actor, for this 2011 film
The Artist
Marlan
|
$2,000
[13]
Around 1071 construction was completed on this Venetian basilica said to house the remains of a Gospel writer
St. Mark's
Alissa
Marlan
|
DD
$4,000
[20]
Its second line is "Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore"
"The Raven"
Alissa
|
— |
About the size of West Virginia, Devon Island is the largest uninhabited island in the world & a possession of this country
Canada