Lara Owens — a middle school teacher from Amesbury, Massachusetts
Jimmy Rollins — an international economic development consultant from Washington, D.C.
Dave Rapp — a writer from Valley Village, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $47,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave | $4,800 | $5,800 | $17,400 |
$22,000
3-day champion: $69,200 |
$16,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jimmy | $3,200 | $5,600 | $10,600 |
$18,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,200
20 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Lara | $800 | $1,000 | $-2,200 |
$-2,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-2,200
4 R, 4 W |
| OH, THE THINGS I'VE DONE | EDIBLE ETYMOLOGY | A CHAPTER OF IT BEGINS... | TONY-WINNING MUSICALS BY SONG | INTERNATIONAL PRISONS | 6-LETTER VERBS |
|
$200
[11]
The very first czar, in 1565 I formed the Oprichnina to deal with traitors as I wished (& my wishes were kinda super-harsh)
Ivan the Terrible
Lara
|
$200
[1]
Stop by the salad bar for this, from "kool", the Dutch word for cabbage
coleslaw
Jimmy
|
$200
[19]
"During the summer the packing houses were in full activity again, and Jurgis made more money"
The Jungle
|
$200
[16]
1980:"Peron's Latest Flame"
Evita
Lara
|
$200
[27]
Anne Boleyn is said to haunt this prison & castle begun by William the Conqueror in 1066
the Tower of London
Jimmy
|
$200
[6]
It's paired with "forgive" in an idiom meaning you should pretend past wrongs never happened
forget
Dave
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1931 I took an autogiro up to a record 18,415 feet; oh yeah, I wed George Putnam that year too, so y'know... busy
Amelia Earhart
Jimmy
|
$400
[2]
Thisfruit's name comes from the Latin "praecoquum", meaning "early to ripen"
an apricot
Jimmy
Lara
|
$400
[20]
"Vronsky had never had a real home life... his father he scarcely remembered"
Anna Karenina
Jimmy
|
$400
[17]
1977:"You Won't Be An Orphan for Long"
Annie
Dave
|
$400
[28]
A synonym for labyrinth, this prison in Northern Ireland held IRA prisoners like Bobby Sands until it closed in 2000
the Maze
|
$400
[7]
This word with a double letter pair in the middle can mean to bubble just below boiling or to seethe with inner turmoil
simmer
Dave
|
|
$600
[18]
In June 1791, Itried to escape captivity, fleeing Paris in a regular-guy hat; unfortunately, peopletend to recognize the king
King Louis XVI
Dave
Jimmy
|
$600
[3]
In England, it's a cookie & in the U.S. it's a roll, but either way, it's from Old French for "twice baked"
a biscuit
Jimmy
|
$600
[21]
"When I reached home, my sister was very curious to know all about Miss Havisham's, and asked a number of questions"
Great Expectations
Jimmy
|
$600
[24]
1952:"March Of The Siamese Children"
The King and I
Dave
|
$600
[15]
Russia's Petak Island Prison in the middle of a lake is often compared to this Calif. lockup that started in 1861 as a military prison
Alcatraz
Dave
|
$800
[9]
Disinter is another word for this action of digging something out of the ground
to exhume
|
|
$800
[14]
Czech-born, in 1997 I was confirmed by the Senate to be Secretary of State, 99-0. Think that'd happen today?
Madeleine Albright
Jimmy
|
$800
[4]
Denoting its traditional preparation, gravlax is from Swedish words meaning "trench" & this fish
salmon
Jimmy
|
$800
[22]
"My dearest Lucy,--forgive my long delay in writing, but I have been simply overwhelmed with work... your loving Mina"
Dracula
Dave
|
$800
[25]
1965:"Sabbath Prayer"
Fiddler on the Roof
Jimmy
|
$800
[29]
Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison was known by this infamous nickname when it held captured U.S. pilots like James Stockdale
the Hanoi Hilton
Dave
|
$1,000
[10]
To remove a stock from the roster of securities traded on an exchange
delist
Lara
|
|
$1,000
[13]
Around 342 B.C. I got the call from Philip II of Macedonia to tutor his 13-year-old kid, Al; well, that's just great
Aristotle
Dave
|
$1,000
[5]
The name of this style of slow-roasted, seasoned chicken of Jamaica comes from the Quechua for "dried meat"
jerk chicken
Dave
|
$1,000
[23]
"At this epoch, Marius was twenty years of age. It was three years since he had left his grandfather"
Les Misérables
Dave
|
$1,000
[26]
1995:"Every Movie's A Circus", along with "As If We Never Said Goodbye"
Sunset Boulevard
Jimmy
|
$1,000
[30]
This German prison that housed Nazi war criminals was demolished after the death of Rudolf Hess, its last inmate
Spandau Prison
|
DD
$1,600
[8]
This word meaning "to interfere" comes from the Latin for "foot"
impede
Dave
|
| THE 50 STATES | WHO WAS THAT MASCARA-ED MAN? | U.N. RESOLUTIONS | THE HUMAN BODY | FROM THE OLD TOOL SHED | IT'S THE ONLY VOWEL |
|
$400
[1]
This state has dozens of mountain peaks that exceed 14,000 feet, including Yale, Princeton &, of course, Pikes Peak
Colorado
Dave
|
$400
[25]
In a 1993 film this actor asks Harvey Fierstein, playing his makeup artist brother, "Could you make me a woman?"
Robin Williams
Dave
|
$400
[11]
The General Assembly's first resolution, from Jan. 1946, set up a commission on problems raised by discovery of this
discovery of atomic energy (the nuclear age)
|
$400
[14]
It's another name for the kneecap
patella
Dave
|
$400
[20]
First made from bone & animal horn, eyed versions of this tool made from iron popped up in the Low Countries in the 15th century
a needle
Dave
|
$400
[2]
...in where you're said to "start from" when you begin a new project
A
Jimmy
|
|
$800
[5]
In 2021, this state raised a newflag, doing away with the Confederate battle emblem, & adding a magnolia
Mississippi
Jimmy
Lara
|
$800
[26]
A Monty Python skit finds Terry Jones as a waitress repeatedly screeching the name of this Hormel meat product
Spam
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[18]
A 1961 General Assembly resolution started the WFP, this anti-hunger "programme" that won the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize
the World Food Programme
Jimmy
|
$800
[13]
Its central ridge is called the Adam's apple
the larynx
Dave
Jimmy
|
$800
[21]
Here'ssculptor Antoine Coysevox holding this tool that he put to good use while at Versailles
a chisel
Dave
|
$800
[3]
...in the word that follows "any" when it precedes "in a storm"
O
Dave
|
|
$1,200
[6]
In the 1860s this state got the first professional baseball team, the Red Stockings
Ohio
Dave
|
$1,200
[27]
As Tobias Fünke on "Arrested Development", this actor took on an alter ego as cheery maid Mrs. Featherbottom
(David) Cross
Dave
|
$1,600
[19]
In October 1956 the Security Council unanimously approved a complaint by Great Britain & France against this country
Egypt
|
$1,600
[15]
This hormone first isolated in 1958 plays an important role in regulating sleep
melatonin
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[22]
A symbol of the Grim Reaper, this long-handled farming tool had its "hay" -day mowing down hay until around the 1850s
a scythe
Jimmy
|
$1,200
[4]
...in a word that precedes "force trauma" if you are in a car accident or get punched
U
Lara
|
|
$1,600
[7]
The Blackfeet Reservation on the eastern edge of Glacier Natl. Park is one of 7 Indian reservations found in this state
Montana
Dave
|
$1,600
[28]
He got an Oscar nomination for playing soap star Dorothy Michaels
Dustin Hoffman
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[30]
In 2019 the General Assembly resolved to explore ways to save this shrinking Asian "sea" that was once the world's 4th-largest lake
the Aral Sea
Dave
|
$2,000
[16]
Bilirubin, a pigment of bile, is the result of the breakdown of these cells
red blood cells
|
$1,600
[23]
This 3-letter hole-poking tool can be used on hides or leather; Africa's Blombos Cave has Stone Age ones
an awl
Dave
|
$1,600
[9]
...in a clear or yellowish fluid that helps remove bacteria from body tissues
Y
Jimmy
Lara
|
|
$2,000
[8]
Rhodonite is its state gem & Roxbury Puddingstone, its state rock
Massachusetts
Lara
|
$2,000
[29]
In a 1959 comedy these 2 actors donned dresses as members of Sweet Sue's all-girl orchestra
Lemmon & Curtis
Dave
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
Issued on this date, Security Council resolution 1368 was on "threats to international peace and security caused by terrorist acts"
September 12, 2001
Jimmy
|
DD
$3,600
[12]
2-word term for the group of nerves behind the stomach
the solar plexus
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[24]
Seen here is an engraving showing one of these toolsthat turns wood
a lathe
Jimmy
|
$2,000
[10]
...in the 2 title words of a Shakespeare comedy where we meet Sir Andrew Aguecheek (2 different vowels)
E, I
Dave
Jimmy
|
Early in his career he worked for a newspaper whose style guide said, "use short sentences" & "use vigorous English"
(Ernest) Hemingway