Megan Wachspress game 2.
Peggy Gibbons — a legal editor from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gregory Scruggs — a journalist from Seattle, Washington
Megan Wachspress — an attorney from Berkeley, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $17,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Megan | $2,600 | $4,800 | $11,600 |
$11,600
2-day champion: $28,801 |
$11,600
18 R, 3 W |
| Gregory | $400 | $600 | $1,000 |
$2
3rd place: $1,000 |
$5,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Peggy | $3,200 | $5,400 | $5,400 |
$4,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
11 R, 2 W |
| MILWAUKEE: NEWS CLUES | BODY PARTS IN LATIN | STICKS & STONES | THE BRADY BUNCH | COACH & HORSES | WE'RE FULL! |
|
$200
[1]
(Mike Strehlow of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Years that end in 3 & 8 bring out big celebrations of this company; in 2018, its 115th birthday bash had 6,500ridersroaring down Wisconsin Avenue
Harley-Davidson
Megan
|
$200
[16]
Nasus
nose
Megan
|
$200
[11]
In 1973 North Carolina went green in naming this as the official state precious stone
an emerald
Megan
|
$200
[6]
In 2017 he released his first book, "The TB12 Method: How to Achieve a Lifetime of Sustained Peak Performance"
Tom Brady
Peggy
|
$200
[23]
Head coaches of this mile high football team have included John Fox & Gary Kubiak
the Denver Broncos
Megan
|
$200
[18]
Psalm 23 refers to one of these that "runneth over", so stop pouring already
cup
Peggy
|
|
$400
[2]
(Mike Curkov of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) In 1969, Milwaukee Bucks management was excited to introduce this new player who soon led the team to its first championship; he lived in an apartment in Juneau Village with a specially raiseddoorframe
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Megan
Gregory
|
$400
[17]
Pulmo
lungs
Gregory
|
$400
[12]
Teddy Roosevelt cited what he described as a West African proverb: do this "& carry a big stick; you will go far"
speak softly
Megan
Peggy
|
$400
[7]
'80s & '90s Treasury Secretary Nicholas Brady dealt with the crisis & bailout of failing S&Ls, short for these institutions
savings & loans
Megan
|
$400
[24]
Larry Bird once coached this NBA team whose nickname was chosen to refer to horse racing & car racing
the (Indiana) Pacers
Peggy
|
$400
[21]
If the audience is "packed" like these little herring relatives, the venue is pretty full
sardines
Gregory
|
|
$600
[3]
(Nicole Koglin of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) It's not as big as Comic-Con, but thousands attend Gary Conin Lake Geneva, Wisconsin where Gary Gygaxinvented this pioneering role-playing game; you can get your dice blessed near the Riviera Fountain
Dungeons & Dragons
Gregory
|
$800
[29]
Auris
the ear
Megan
|
$600
[13]
Hickory is the traditional material for making these sporting sticks with a net at one end
a lacrosse stick
Gregory
|
$600
[8]
In the late 1890s its territorial gov. John Green Brady called for statehood; he died in Sitka before it happened
Alaska
Peggy
|
$600
[25]
This Notre Dame quartet was coached by Knute Rockne
the Four Horsemen
Peggy
|
$600
[20]
At the theater, SRO is short for this
standing room only
Gregory
|
|
$800
[4]
(Amanda Porterfield of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.) Milwaukee's German heritage is celebrated with a summertimefestivalalong Lake Michigan or more quietly with monumentsall over the city like the one to Schiller & this friend & fellow German romantic writer
Goethe
Gregory
|
$1,000
[30]
Genu (as in genuflect)
the knee
Gregory
Peggy
|
$800
[14]
The stone weighs between 38 & 44 pounds in this sport
curling
Megan
|
$800
[9]
For his PBS Civil War documentary, Ken Burns relied on this man's photographs
Mathew Brady
Peggy
|
$800
[26]
Coaches at Kentucky State in this state capital may want to explain why their team nickname is spelled Thorobreds
Frankfort
Gregory
|
$800
[19]
Your place is really full if you're packed to these exposed beams in the ceiling
the rafters
Gregory
|
|
$1,000
[5]
(Natalie Shepherd of the CBS58 news team presents the clue.)The Milwaukee Art Museumnow has wings designed by geniuses from both ends of Europe; in 2001, a new pavilion with a removablesunscreen, designed by Spain's Santiago Calatrava, joined the original building by this modernist from Finland
(Eero) Saarinen
Gregory
Peggy
|
DD
$1,800
[28]
Bracchium
the arm
Gregory
|
$1,000
[15]
In 1950 this 336-pound object was stolen by Scottish nationalists on Christmas, but it was recovered a few months later
the Stone of Scone
Peggy
|
$1,000
[10]
When the 1993 bill named for him became law, it instituted background checks for gun purchases
(James) Jim Brady
Megan
Gregory
|
$1,000
[27]
Don Nelson coached Dirk Nowitzki & the rest of this NBA team when its uniform logo went horsey in 2001
the Dallas Mavericks
|
$1,000
[22]
Past tense for "eat" is spelled out in this word that means "I couldn't eat another bite"
satiated (sated)
Megan
|
| THE 5th CENTURY | ON THE MAP OF AFRICA | ORPHANS IN BOOKS | STATE FLORA | TV MONSTERS | GETTING "W-R-M" |
|
$400
[11]
Missionary work by Bishop Palladius & this saint succeeded in converting Ireland to Christianity
St. Patrick
Gregory
|
$400
[1]
This African country is home to Tobruk, Tripoli & the oasis town of Tazirbu
Libya
Megan
|
$400
[23]
This character lost his parents in a boating accident & was adopted by Bilbo
Frodo Baggins
Megan
|
$400
[6]
The sabal this, Florida's state tree, has a heart that tastes like cabbage
the palm
|
$400
[21]
Folks guard against these mindless monsters on "Black Summer"
zombies
|
$400
[16]
A heavy dairy product beaten until it's stiff
whipped cream
Megan
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Containing the Mishnah & Gemara, the Babylonian version of this vast compilation of Jewish law was compiled
the Talmud
Megan
|
$800
[2]
To make the national government more accessible to all Nigerians, in 1991, Abuja replaced this city as Nigeria's capital
Lagos
Peggy
|
$800
[24]
This Beverly Cleary girl has a mom & dad; Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 character of the same name does not
Ramona
Megan
Gregory
|
$1,200
[8]
California made the lace type of this fungus-alga partnership its official state one
lichen
|
$800
[22]
"Return of the Killer Catfish" & "Mekong Mutilator" were episodes of this Animal Planet adventure show
River Monsters
|
$800
[17]
A memorable line from "Dr. Strangelove": "Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the ____ ____"
the war room
Megan
|
|
$1,600
[14]
This Christian patriarch & Bishop of Hippo wrote the philosophical treatise "The City of God"
St. Augustine
Gregory
|
$1,200
[3]
The Limpopo River between South Africa & Botswana is also known as this river, after a large predator
(the) Crocodile (River)
Megan
|
$1,200
[29]
At the beginning of this Bronte novel, this orphaned title character is sent to the Lowood Institution, where she is mistreated
Jane Eyre
Megan
|
$1,600
[9]
Hawaii's state plant is kalo, the local name for this root used to make poi
taro
Gregory
|
$1,200
[26]
In a Christmas special narrated by Burl Ives, this title animal meets an abominable snow monster
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
Peggy
|
$1,200
[18]
Type of glasses favored by John Lennon & the farmer in "American Gothic"
wire-rimmed
Megan
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This temple was founded in Henan, China around 495 & became associated with Zen Buddhism & martial arts
the Shaolin
|
$1,600
[4]
Massawa & Assab are important port cities of Eritrea on the shores of this long body of water
the Red Sea
Gregory
|
$2,000
[25]
In this John Irving novel, the eccentric Dr. Wilbur Larch runs an orphanage
The Cider House Rules
Gregory
|
$2,000
[10]
Known for living a long time, one of Nevada's two statetreesis this type of pine named for the feature seen here
a bristlecone
|
$1,600
[27]
The monster-hunting Winchester boys on this show tangled with demons & Rakshasa
Supernatural
Megan
|
$1,600
[19]
It's another name for tungsten
wolfram
Gregory
|
|
DD
$5,000
[12]
This branch of the Goths migrated to the Iberian Peninsula & gained domination over it
Visigoths
Gregory
|
$2,000
[5]
The Blue Nile & the White Nile join together just north of this capital city
Khartoum
Gregory
Peggy
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[7]
Also known as the ground laurel, it has been Massachusetts' state flower since 1918, not 1620
the mayflower
Gregory
|
$2,000
[28]
There were also vampires & werewolves on this Showtime series with characters like Dorian Gray & Victor Frankenstein
Penny Dreadful
|
$2,000
[20]
The shape of an electromagnetic emission or of a gnarly breaker
a waveform
Gregory
|
Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Evan Strong & Roy Campanella broke barriers representing this brand
Wheaties