Samantha Slama — a high school English teacher from Los Angeles, California
Steve Schiraldi — a data analyst from Arlington, Virginia
Dennis Coffey — a bartender from Old Orchard Beach, Maine (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,202)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennis | $1,400 | $4,000 | $7,200 |
$12,001
3-day champion: $51,203 |
$10,200
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Steve | $2,200 | $2,400 | $10,000 |
$5,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
14 R, 2 W |
| Samantha | $2,000 | $2,000 | $6,000 |
$11,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
13 R, 4 W |
| CHECK OUT THE CRITTER | WORDS FROM MYTHOLOGY | SPACES | SPORTS DEFINITIONS | GRAVESITE OFFERINGS | I MISSED THE START OF THAT NURSERY RHYME |
|
$200
[23]
Get me pictures of the Mwanza flat-headed rock agama, alizardthat looks like this Marvel superhero created in 1962
Spider-Man
Steve
|
$200
[2]
An elaborate maze
a labyrinth
Samantha
|
$200
[12]
3 basic types of home foundations are a basement, a slab & this "space" you can slither into to access pipes
a crawl space
Dennis
|
$200
[17]
A dig & a spike are actions April Ross executes in this sport
volleyball
Steve
|
$400
[16]
Guitar picks are taped to this man's grave, inscribed "1942-1970", in Greenwood Memorial Park near Seattle
Jimi Hendrix
Dennis
|
$400
[24]
"...three men in a tub"
"Rub-a-dub-dub"
Samantha
|
|
$400
[11]
Get an "E" for effort with this egg-laying Aussie mammal. Here are itsbabiescalled puggles
echidna
|
$400
[3]
This word meaning given to quick & unpredictable mood changes goes back to the Roman messenger god
mercurial
Dennis
|
$400
[18]
Just like an amusement park, an airport has carousels, in this area
the baggage claim
Samantha
|
$400
[9]
Reaching this tessellated banner first means you've won an auto race
a checkered flag
Steve
|
$800
[14]
Fans visiting Graceland sometimes leave these stuffed animals from a 1957 hit song on Elvis' grave
teddy bear
Dennis
|
$600
[25]
"...the first star I see tonight"
"Star light, star bright"
Dennis
|
|
$600
[10]
Less than an inch long, thesea bunnyis this type of being with both male and female reproductive organs
hermaphrodite
Dennis
Samantha
|
$600
[1]
Step right up & identify this musical instrument that bears the name of a muse
a calliope
Samantha
|
$600
[19]
Named for its shape, it's the fighting area in a UFC cage
an octagon
Dennis
|
$600
[6]
In pool, if you've sunk the cue ball or sent it flying into the bar area, you've done this foul & lost your turn as a result
to scratch
Dennis
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
Visitors often leave pennies face up on the Baltimore grave of this assassin
John Wilkes Booth
Dennis
|
$800
[26]
"...how does your garden grow?"
"Mary, Mary, quite contrary"
Dennis
|
|
$800
[22]
Despite its name, the sunda flying this, an animal native to Madagascar, is notone, nor does it fly
a lemur
Dennis
Samantha
|
$800
[4]
From the name of Rome's top god, it means "full of good cheer"
jovial
Samantha
|
$800
[20]
It's a Spanish word for an interior courtyard, or an American word for a paved backyard area
a patio
Steve
|
$800
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) In figure skating, a long backward glide on the outside edge of one foot leads into a Lutz. You face forward before leaping into the air to do one of these
an axel
Steve
|
$1,000
[15]
A glass barrier now prevents visitors from kissing Oscar Wilde's tomb with lipstick in this storied Paris cemetery
Père Lachaise
Samantha
|
$1,000
[27]
"...and can't tell where to find them"
"Little Bo Peep has lost her sheep"
Dennis
|
|
$1,000
[28]
Aw, the smallest of the foxes, this critter stands about 8 inches tall at the shoulders and weighs 3 pounds
a fennec fox
Samantha
|
$1,000
[5]
From the name of the Greek goddess of vengeance, it's a longstanding rival or enemy
nemesis
Dennis
|
$1,000
[21]
In the 1970s Ed Mullinax Ford in Amherst, Ohio had the world's largest one of these indoor spaces, holding 120 cars
a showroom
Steve
Samantha
|
$1,000
[8]
When a soccer player dribbles the ball between the legs of an opponent, it's called this spice
a nutmeg
Steve
|
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| BOOKS & AUTHORS | A CAPITAL CITY IDEA | SPACED-OUT POP CULTURE | WORDS START WITH "U" | THE USG | IN SOVIET RUSSIA |
|
$400
[18]
Before her death, Sue Grafton had planned to write a final alphabet mystery, counting down to "Z is for" this
Zero
Steve
|
$400
[6]
This city lies 5 miles from the Bay of Phaleron, an inlet of the Aegean Sea
Athens
Samantha
|
$400
[1]
Bad robots & Xenomorphs are on the deadly prowl yet again in "Covenant", the most recent film in this interstellar terror franchise
Alien
Samantha
|
$400
[13]
Bear with us--in the night skies, it precedes "Major" & "Minor"
Ursa
Steve
|
$800
[19]
"Democracy demands wisdom", says the website of the NEH, the National Endowment for these
the Humanities
Dennis
|
$800
[21]
As its name says, Agitprop was the Soviet department responsible for these 2 tactics
agitation & propaganda
Steve
|
|
$800
[26]
A TV writer & producer, Maria Semple more recently wrote the bestseller "Where'd You Go" her
Bernadette
Samantha
|
$800
[7]
In 1976 it became the capital of the reunified North & South Vietnam
Hanoi
Steve
|
$800
[2]
The start of the 1977 "Star Wars" movie informed us it all happened "a long time ago in" this place
"a galaxy far, far away"
Dennis
Steve
|
$800
[14]
YouTube has plenty of this type of video where people open new stuff & show you how it works
unboxing
Samantha
|
$1,200
[22]
The CBO, this, analyzes economic issues on behalf of the House & Senate
the Congressional Budget Office
|
$1,200
[11]
Beginning in 1954 this security agency of the Soviets began dealing harshly with enemies of the state
the KGB
Steve
|
|
$2,000
[25]
This British author of a famous dystopian novel was the grandson of a prominent biologist & the brother of 2 more biologists
Huxley
Steve
|
$1,200
[9]
Cáemgen in Gaelic, the 7th century's Saint Kevin is a patron saint of this capital city
Dublin
Dennis
|
$1,200
[3]
Directed by Stanley Kubrick, this epic film was inspired by the short story "The Sentinel" by Arthur C. Clarke
2001: A Space Odyssey
Steve
|
$1,200
[15]
Adding an "M" to this word meaning "to speak" makes it something hard to hear
utter
|
$2,000
[24]
The DIA, this, provides info for the JCS, Joint Chiefs of Staff
the Defense Intelligence Agency
Samantha
|
$1,600
[12]
Ludmilla Alexeyeva, one of these activists who "dis"agreed with the Soviet line, noted there's no good word for them in Russian
dissidents
|
| — |
$1,600
[8]
The official residence of King Mohammed VI of Morocco is the Dar al-Makhzen Royal Palace in this capital city
Rabat
Steve
|
$1,600
[4]
Led by Capt. Mercer, this sci-fi series on FOX sees its title ship & crew boldly going where no comedy has gone before
The Orville
|
$1,600
[16]
This crime involves charging unusually high interest
usury
Samantha
|
DD
$2,500
[23]
The USCCR isn't a classic rock band but the United States Commission on these important CRs
Civil Rights
Dennis
|
$2,000
[20]
Instituted in 1968, his "Doctrine" allowed for Soviet interference in countries where Socialism was threatened
Brezhnev
Dennis
|
| — |
DD
$2,500
[10]
Playwright August Strindbergs home, with rooms that he furnished like stage sets, is now his museum in this capital
Stockholm
Dennis
|
$2,000
[5]
Shewas Lieutenant Starbuck on "Battlestar Galactica" and now seeks out aliens as astronaut Niko Breckenridge on "Another Life"
Katee Sackhoff
Samantha
|
$2,000
[17]
Thisiron-rich earth is used as a brown pigment
umber
|
— | — |
This 1939 film was loosely based on Senator Burton Wheeler, victim of a sham investigation for looking into the Justice Department
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington