Maureen O'Neil game 2.
Gundeep Singh — an analyst from Franklin Lakes, New Jersey
Miranda Wilson — an occupational therapist from Fayetteville, West Virginia
Maureen O'Neil — an executive assistant from Rye Beach, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureen | $2,000 | $4,200 | $9,400 |
$18,800
2-day champion: $21,000 |
$9,400
14 R, 2 W |
| Miranda | $600 | $3,800 | $6,200 |
$12,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,600
16 R, 6 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gundeep | $1,800 | $2,600 | $8,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,200
15 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| ANTHROPOLOGIST'S DICTIONARY | THE AT LEAST 5 LABORS OF HERCULES | REALITY SHOW SPIN-OFFS | MORE THAN ONE MEANING | OCEANS | 11 |
|
$200
[18]
Anthropologists identify 2 basic types of these as extended or nuclear
families
Miranda
|
$200
[26]
We wonder who would adopt this 3-headed dog as a rescue after Hercules grabbed him away from his underworld post
Cerberus
Miranda
|
$200
[24]
"Kourtney & Khloé Take Miami"
Keeping Up with the Kardashians
Miranda
Gundeep
|
$200
[25]
A pathogen, or a hidden listening device
bug
Maureen
|
$200
[5]
The lowest point of Tanzania is the shore of this ocean
the Indian Ocean
Maureen
|
$200
[4]
Released in 2021, this Microsoft operating system 11 is the first version in over 20 years shipped without Internet Explorer
Windows
Maureen
|
|
$400
[19]
3-word term for recurring traditions in a society marking important transition points, like baptisms, marriages or funerals
a rite of passage
Maureen
|
$400
[27]
Herc had to capture the mad bull of this island, the largest in modern Greece
Crete
Miranda
|
$400
[1]
"Snooki & Jwoww"
Jersey Shore
Maureen
|
$400
[7]
The person who runs the last leg in a relay race, or a TV news person who introduces others' reports
an anchor
Gundeep
|
$400
[8]
The Arctic Ocean is home to creatures like snailfish, sea butterflies & a "bearded" type of this mammal
seal
Maureen
Miranda
Gundeep
|
$400
[15]
11 is the atomic number of this silvery white chemical element with symbol Na
sodium
Miranda
|
|
$600
[20]
Couvade is sympathetic behavior by a man during this event; Central America's Garifuna men quit fishing
childbirth
Miranda
|
$600
[28]
Hercules could have used a sign for this animal "crossing"--it took him a year to track down the Arcadian one
a deer
Gundeep
|
$600
[2]
"Under the Gunn" (as in Tim Gunn)
Project Runway
Maureen
|
$600
[12]
A bathroom fixture with a sink & a countertop, or excessive pride in one's looks
vanity
Miranda
|
$600
[9]
A "point" in the Pacific that's the farthest from any land--1,670 miles--bears the name of this Jules Verne captain
Nemo
Gundeep
|
$600
[16]
This religious epic from 1959 was the first film to win 11 Academy Awards
Ben-Hur
Maureen
Miranda
|
|
$800
[21]
This word refers to the taming & purposeful breeding of animals by humans
husbandry (domestication)
Miranda
|
$800
[29]
All cattle, no hat; Hercules had one day to work solo & completely clean this structure belonging to King Augeas
the stables
Miranda
|
$800
[3]
"Vanderpump Rules"
The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills
|
$800
[13]
A spoken-word poetry event, or a big success playing bridge
a slam
Gundeep
|
DD
$600
[10]
These islands off Florida have ocean cliffs a mile deep--don't know about that theory that the name is from Spanish for "shallow sea"
the Bahamas
Gundeep
|
$800
[17]
In craps, a winning dice roll of 11 on the first throw is called this
a natural
|
|
$1,000
[22]
Victor Turner's "The Forest of" these basic anthro items says they can stand for many concepts, as the milk tree does for the Ndembu
Symbols
|
$1,000
[30]
In what could be called a fashion (please) don't, Hercules stole this 6-letter article of clothing from the queen of the Amazons
a girdle
Miranda
|
$1,000
[6]
"The Hills" on MTV
Laguna Beach
|
$1,000
[14]
A workout coach, or a sports shoe in British English
a trainer
Gundeep
|
$1,000
[11]
300 million years ago, a giant ocean called Panthalassa surrounded this landmass with the same first 3 letters
Pangaea
Maureen
|
$1,000
[23]
The Duchess of Richmondis one of the "Windsor Beauties", 11 portraits of women in the life of this Restoration king
Charles II
Maureen
|
| ANCIENT WARFARE | POETRY FILL IN THE BLANK | 14-LETTER WORDS | FIRST & LAST ALPHABETICALLY | THE OSCA"R"s | PEOPLE IN SCIENCE |
|
$400
[7]
At the Battle of Gaugamela, the Greeks let these wheeled Persian vehicles pass between the ranks, then wiped them out
chariots
Gundeep
|
$400
[6]
Whitman: "Exult O shores, and ring O bells! But I with mournful tread, walk the deck my ____ lies, fallen cold and dead"
my Captain
Gundeep
|
$400
[17]
This verb means to travel completely around the globe
circumnavigate
Gundeep
|
$400
[12]
Adams, Wilson
presidents
Miranda
|
$400
[1]
Starring Dustin Hoffman, it definitely, definitely was named 1988's Best Picture
Rain Man
Maureen
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1705 he wrote, "I dare venture to foretell, that it will return again in the year 1758"
Halley
Maureen
|
|
$800
[8]
Thrusting rather than throwing it, the Macedonians got extra reach with the sarissa, this type of weapon that could be 22' long
a spear (javelins accepted)
Gundeep
|
$800
[11]
Eliot: "April is the ____ ____ breeding lilacs out of the dead land"
the cruelest month
|
$800
[18]
From words meaning "heart" & "vessel", this adjective means relating to the heart & blood vessels
cardiovascular
Gundeep
|
$800
[13]
Acadia, Zion
national parks
Gundeep
|
$800
[2]
You can't have forgotten this 2017 best song from "Coco"
"Remember Me"
Miranda
|
$1,600
[27]
No longer a "Hidden Figure", in 2015, thisma them atician & NASA pioneerreceivedthe Medal of Freedom
Katherine Johnson
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The ancient sambuca was not a liqueur but a ladder latched from a ship to a wall to enter a city in this kind of warfare
siege
Gundeep
|
$1,200
[24]
Silverstein: "There is a place where ____ ____ ____ and before the street begins, and there the grass grows soft and white"
the sidewalk ends
Miranda
|
$1,200
[19]
By definition this type of speech is given without preparation
extemporaneous
Gundeep
|
$1,600
[15]
"Das Rheingold","Siegfried"
the operas in Wagner's Ring Cycle
|
$1,200
[3]
For his role in "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri", he was 2017's Best Supporting Actor
Sam Rockwell
Miranda
|
$2,000
[28]
Sir Isaac Newton had a famous dispute with this German philosopher & mathematician over who invented calculus first
Gottfried Leibniz
|
|
$1,600
[10]
Stymied by a small force, the invading Persians won this battle only after a Greek traitor showed them a way around the pass
Thermopylae
Miranda
|
$2,000
[26]
Byron: "She walks in ____, like the night of cloudless climes and starry skies"
beauty
Miranda
|
$1,600
[20]
Martin Luther & John Calvin both believed in this religious doctrine that life & salvation are already decided by God ahead of time
predestination
Miranda
|
DD
$2,000
[14]
Argon, xenon
the noble gases
Gundeep
|
$1,600
[4]
In her only nomination, she was named 1940's Best Actress for "Kitty Foyle", & she didn't even dance with Fred
Ginger Rogers
Maureen
|
— |
|
$2,000
[23]
Thesetwo formations--one Greek & one Roman, met a few times; the masked Greeks won the early battles, & the more flexible Romans the latter
the phalanx & the legion
Miranda
|
DD
$2,400
[25]
Kipling: "Yours is the earth and everything that's in it, and--which is more--you'll be a ____, ____ ____!"
man, my son
Miranda
|
$2,000
[22]
I found a thousand bucks in this word that often follows "self" to mean the act of making oneself seem important
aggrandizement
Maureen
Miranda
Gundeep
|
$2,000
[16]
Anointing of the sick, reconciliation
the (Seven) Sacraments
Maureen
|
$2,000
[5]
For "West Side Story" Robert Wise shared Best Director with this man, seenworkingon the film
Jerome Robbins
Maureen
|
— |
Characters Mark, Roger & Maureen in this musical were inspired by Marcello, Rodolfo & Musetta in another work
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