Molly Mastantuono — a director of university communications from Natick, Massachusetts
Sara Lefort — a third grade teacher from San Jose, California
Emma Saltzberg — a consultant from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $36,999)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma | $2,000 | $5,200 | $24,600 |
$17,200
3-day champion: $54,199 |
$19,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Sara | $3,600 | $3,800 | $4,200 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,200
15 R, 7 W |
| Molly | $-600 | $200 | $5,400 |
$2,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
9 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| DANCE PARTY | MAMMALS | ALL THE BELLS & WHISTLES | NOT AN ANSWER | "R" TOWN | THE STAGE MANAGER |
|
$200
[11]
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, the "Street in Cairo" exhibit helped introduce this exotic dancing to America
belly dancing
Sara
|
$200
[1]
The pachyderms include this mammal whose skin secretes a moistening reddish fluid, which led folks to believe it sweated blood
a hippopotamus
Sara
Molly
|
$200
[6]
The last time it was used for its original purpose was to celebrate George Washington's birthday in 1846
the Liberty Bell
Sara
|
$200
[25]
A distinctive outfit worn by members of a profession
a uniform
Sara
|
$200
[16]
In the names of California cities, this Spanish word precedes Cordova, Cucamonga & Mirage
Rancho
Emma
|
$200
[21]
This union that began with a 1935 meeting at King Vidor'shouse, covers Hollywood stage managers like our very own Jimmy McGuire
the DGA (the Directors Guild of America)
Emma
Sara
|
|
$400
[12]
Curiously, not the Charleston but the shag is this state's official state dance
South Carolina
Emma
Sara
|
$400
[2]
Unlike other vertebrates, in mammals this bone is hinged directly to the skull
the mandible (lower jawbone)
Sara
|
$400
[7]
Idiomatically, "whistling past" this place means putting on a brave face when one is scared
the graveyard
Sara
|
$400
[26]
From Latin for "praise", it's a laudatory speech for the departed
a eulogy
Emma
|
$400
[17]
This capital is about 160 miles north of Vilnius & 160 miles south of Tallinn
Riga
Emma
|
$400
[22]
The iconic role of the stage manager in "Our Town" brought late-in-life Emmy & Tony nominations for this acting legend
Paul Newman
Emma
|
|
$600
[13]
One of the 2 dances that signify a letter in the NATO phonetic alphabet
(1 of) tango or foxtrot
Molly
|
$600
[3]
Most mammals are either placental or these, like the bandicoot
marsupial
Sara
|
$600
[8]
In politics of days past, it was a fast-moving tour that kept the candidate on a train
a whistle stop tour
Emma
|
$600
[27]
The parent of a lamb
a ewe
Molly
|
$600
[18]
With a metro area of more than 13 million, this city is the world's biggest "R" town
Rio de Janeiro
Sara
|
$600
[23]
A TV stage manager needs to be aware of the responsibilities of all crew members, like the head electrician, also called by this word
the gaffer
Emma
Molly
|
|
$800
[14]
Thislively music & its accompanying dance have a name from Czech
polka
Sara
|
$800
[4]
Mammals believed to be monogamous include beavers, wolves & the dik-dik, a tiny variety of this African animal
antelope
Sara
|
$800
[9]
You'll get some applause if you know that this is the name for the tongue inside a bell that makes it ring
a clapper
Sara
|
$800
[28]
Strumming this instrument, Einer Bankz has teamed up with hip-hop artists like Chance the Rapper
a ukulele
Molly
|
$1,000
[20]
Monet made a series of paintings of this French city's Gothic cathedral
Rouen
Molly
|
$800
[24]
Broadway actor Michael Barra plays a stage manager in this 2017 movie about P.T. Barnum
The Greatest Showman
Sara
|
|
$1,000
[15]
This 2-word dance promoted by Rufus Thomas in a 1970 hit involves "flapping" your arms
the Funky Chicken
Molly
|
$1,000
[5]
In mammals this muscle that aids in respiration separates the heart & the lungs from the abdominal cavity
the diaphragm
Emma
|
$1,000
[10]
Heard here, orchestral chimes are also called these shapely bells
tubular bells
|
$1,000
[29]
This mystical spelling device began as a part of the spiritualism movement
a Ouija board
Molly
|
DD
$1,400
[19]
On the 18th of April, 1871, the former North Chelsea, Mass. celebrated this new name with a reading of a Longfellow poem
Revere
Emma
|
$1,000
[30]
One job of a Broadway stage manager is rehearsing understudies for their big break; this understudy got hers in 1954
Shirley MacLaine
|
| TITLE WORD PUZZLES | HISTORIC OFFSPRING | WHEN GOOD ACTORS BREAK BAD | ON THE BEACH | BOOKS & AUTHORS | UKRAINE DROPS |
|
$400
[20]
A Ken Kesey chronicleFLEWCUCKOO'S NEST
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Sara
|
$400
[16]
3 years before his own fatal duel, his son Philip died in another affair of honor a few miles away, using the same guns
Alexander Hamilton
Emma
|
$400
[26]
It was a nearly impossible mission when he played a vicious killer in "Collateral"
Tom Cruise
Emma
|
$400
[11]
This world-famous "Beach" is actually a number of smaller beaches, including Kuhio & Kahanamoku
Waikiki
Sara
|
$400
[1]
Published in 2021, his first novel "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" is based on his film
(Quentin) Tarantino
Emma
|
$400
[6]
On Jan. 20, 2009 this fuel began to move again from Russia to a shivering Europe after a Russo-Ukrainian dispute
natural gas
Emma
|
|
$800
[21]
This musical about Huck & Jim made safe passage to BroadwayRIVER
Big River
|
$1,200
[18]
An actress & dancer, Winston Churchill's daughter Sarah played this man's love interest in the 1951 musical "Royal Wedding"
Fred Astaire
|
$800
[27]
In "Battle of the Sexes", Steve Carell won zero love playing this misogynistic tennis star
Bobby Riggs
Sara
|
$800
[12]
It is estimated that 4% of the sand on beaches in this French region is broken-down shrapnel from D-Day
Normandy
Emma
|
$800
[2]
This author best remembered for writing about his own "Roots" also co-authored "The Autobiography of Malcolm X"
Haley
Emma
|
$800
[7]
Shh! We're in the Monastery of the Caves, founded in the 11th century by St. Anthony & St. Theodosius in this capital
Kyiv
Molly
|
|
$1,200
[22]
Vanish, or a 1970s movie comedySMUPOKE
Up in Smoke
Sara
|
$1,600
[19]
This couple had 2 daughters: Ève, a diplomat, journalist & pianist & Irène, a chemist
the Curies
Sara
|
$1,200
[28]
Notoriously virtuous Matt Damon said "Arrivederci!" to several victims as this "Talented" guy in a 1999 film
Mr. Ripley
Sara
|
$1,200
[13]
Unlike seals, these beach lovers have external ears & can walk on their hind flippers
sea lions
Emma
|
$1,200
[3]
She set her 1927 novel "To the Lighthouse" on the Isle of Skye
Virginia Woolf
Molly
|
$1,200
[8]
About 2 million people live on this 10,000-square-mile peninsula historically part of Ukraine
the Crimea
Emma
|
|
$1,600
[23]
A V.C. Andrews novel or a Schubert workSYM
an Unfinished Symphony
Emma
|
$2,000
[25]
Later known as Lana Peters, his daughter Svetlana defected to the U.S. in 1967 & became a U.S. citizen
Stalin
Molly
|
$1,600
[29]
This actor who played Atticus Finch later portrayed Josef Mengele in "The Boys from Brazil"
Gregory Peck
Molly
|
$1,600
[14]
Donn Beach named his pioneering tiki bar Don the this, a person who searches for shells & things
Beachcomber
Emma
|
$1,600
[4]
"The Wolf Gift", book 1 in her "Wolf Gift Chronicles", deals with the making of a werewolf, not a vampire
Anne Rice
Sara
Molly
|
$1,600
[9]
Viktor Yushchenko, seen before & after dioxin poisoning, came to presidential power during this colorful revolution in 2005
the Orange Revolution
Emma
|
|
$2,000
[24]
A disaster film that could have been called "The Big Chill"TOMORROW DAY
The Day After Tomorrow
Emma
|
DD
$5,000
[17]
His only legitimate heir, a son with Empress Marie-Louise, died in 1832 of tuberculosis
Napoleon
Emma
|
$2,000
[30]
Morgan Freeman ends up being the kidnapper in this film directed by Ben Affleck
Gone Baby Gone
|
$2,000
[15]
During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers helped make this country's Pattaya Beach a popular getaway destination
Thailand
Emma
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
Bill O'Reilly subtitled this 2012 alliterative bestseller "The End of Camelot"
Killing Kennedy
Molly
|
$2,000
[10]
The western end of this "A"-for-effort sea off Ukraine is called the "Putrid Sea" for its nasty-smelling marshes
the Sea of Azov
Sara
|
The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror utilizes technology developed by this company founded in 1853
the Otis (Company)