Sean McShane game 3.
Mollie Cowger — an assistant puzzles & games editor from San Francisco, California
Dan Rosen — an accounting clerk from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sean McShane — a nonprofit membership associate originally from West Islip, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean | $6,200 | $5,800 | $23,000 |
$27,201
3-day champion: $80,401 |
$27,000
31 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Dan | $1,800 | $3,800 | $13,600 |
$6,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Mollie | $1,400 | $2,200 | $5,100 |
$4,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,600
10 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| HISTORIC NAMES | ANIMALS IN FRENCH | WHO LOU? | LIGHTS, CAMERA, AUCTION! | THE PROOF | IN THE PUDDING |
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$200
[1]
She once took First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on a flight over Washington, D.C., both attired in evening gowns
Amelia Earhart
Sean
|
$200
[4]
Sly or otherwise:renard
a fox
Dan
|
$200
[30]
In an iconic speech at Yankee Stadium, he said, "Today I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the Earth"
Lou Gehrig
Sean
|
$200
[16]
A rare packaging of a 1985 Nintendo video game featuring "Super" these "Bros." bounced to $114,000 in 2020
Mario Bros.
Mollie
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$200
[29]
A deviation from an established norm is often said to be "the exception" that does this
proves the rule
Dan
|
$200
[28]
Man cannot live by this alone, but maybe by the pudding made of it saturated with milk, eggs, sugar, vanilla & spices
bread pudding
Mollie
|
|
$400
[2]
The middle initial "T." in the name of this Tuskegee Institute founder stood for Taliaferro
Booker T. Washington
Sean
|
$400
[5]
In your garden:papillon
a butterfly
Dan
|
$400
[20]
Before making his exit in 2021, he hosted the most watched show on the Fox Business Network
Lou Dobbs
Sean
Mollie
|
$400
[14]
In 2020,"Stan", one of these creatures, was king, his skeleton fetching $31.8 million
a T-rex
Mollie
|
$400
[23]
The proof of a bottle of booze is double its percentage of ABV, this measurement
alcohol by volume
Sean
|
$400
[27]
What's this in the fridge? Unopened containers from the last time you ordered Chinese takeout? Perfect to make this pudding
rice pudding
Sean
|
|
$600
[3]
Before Little Bighorn, this Sioux leader had a vision that all his enemies would be delivered into his hands
Sitting Bull
Dan
|
$600
[6]
Down on the farm:mouton
a sheep
Sean
|
$600
[15]
Lou Diamond Phillips portrayed rock & roller Ritchie Valens in this 1987 movie
La Bamba
Dan
|
$600
[11]
Coo... coo... cool; the Belgian racing type of this bird is a bit more valuable than one in a city park, going for $1.9 million in 2020
a (homing) pigeon
Sean
|
$600
[17]
In civil law, a plaintiff usually shoulders this 3-word responsibility to establish disputed facts
the burden of proof
Sean
|
$600
[26]
Godiva makes a mix for this kind of pudding; so does Jell-O
chocolate pudding
Sean
|
|
$800
[7]
Wrongly convicted of treason, sent to Devil's Island & later pardoned, this French Jew went on to fight for France in World War I
Dreyfus
Sean
|
$800
[9]
Look out! Serpent à sonnettes
a rattlesnake
Sean
|
$800
[21]
Restaurateur Lou Malnati gave many people their first taste of this Windy City specialty
deep dish pizza
Mollie
|
$800
[12]
I'd pay $1.5 million to know the time, said someone after taking home a Daytona John Player Special 6264 watch by this luxury brand
Rolex
Sean
|
$800
[18]
This "little neutral" particle got its name in the 1930s, but its existence wasn't proved until the 1950s
a neutrino
Dan
|
$1,000
[24]
Lawry's the prime rib restaurant is famous for this British pudding that's a side, not a dessert
Yorkshire pudding
Sean
|
|
$1,000
[8]
In 1271 this teen set out with his father & uncle on a journey from Europe to the Far East & into history
Marco Polo
Sean
|
$1,000
[10]
In a seafood restaurant:homard
lobster
Mollie
|
$1,000
[22]
Though not a pro athlete or built like one, this Lou is in the Baseball Hall of Fame--well, his "Who's On First" record is
(Lou) Costello
Dan
|
$1,000
[13]
A pair of glasses thought to belong to this "Great Soul" of India netted $340,000 in 2020
Gandhi
Sean
|
$1,000
[19]
To prove to Boswell that the material world was real, this English writer & lexicographer kicked a big rock
Dr. Johnson
|
DD
$4,000
[25]
This type of "pudding" is actually sausage, but sanguinaccio dolce, made with the same stuff, is pudding pudding
blood pudding
Sean
|
| CAPITAL CITY RIVERS | 8-LETTER CROSSWORD CLUES | INSTRUMENTAL PAST | THE NONFICTION SECTION | THE "J.C"s | 1982: A YEAR IN FILM |
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$400
[7]
Cross the River Liffey using O'Connell Bridge & grab a stout or 2 at one of the welcoming pubs in this city
Dublin
Mollie
|
$400
[30]
Place where petroleum is purified
a refinery
Dan
|
$400
[6]
The Army says this 4-letter song was first played at a funeral by a bugler in 1862
"Taps"
Sean
|
$400
[18]
Lawrence Wright's "The Looming Tower" examines the events & failures that led up to this history-changing date
9/11
Mollie
|
$400
[24]
In 2019, at age 94 years & 172 days, he became the longest-living president in U.S. history
Jimmy Carter
Sean
|
$400
[29]
This legendary actor & his legendary blue eyes--which, by the way, were color blind--awaited "The Verdict" as Frank Galvin
Paul Newman
Sean
|
|
$800
[11]
This capital lies astride the Molonglo River, whose name is from Aboriginal words meaning "the sound of thunder"
Canberra
Sean
|
$800
[14]
Wicked city near Sodom
Gomorrah
Dan
|
$800
[5]
In 1861 Harper's Weekly reported Major Anderson left Fort Sumter with "Yankee Doodle" being played by drum & this
fife
Dan
|
$800
[15]
Biologist Robert Sapolsky studies the effects of stress & anxiety in "Why" these African equines "Don't Get Ulcers"
Zebras
Mollie
|
$800
[23]
In 2022, Hollywood mourned the death of this legendary actor whose career touched 7 decades
James Caan
Sean
|
$800
[28]
The zen of Sean Penn's Jeff Spicoli in this film: "All I need are some tasty waves, cool buzz & I'm fine"
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Sean
|
|
$1,200
[9]
The Cynics once taught along the banks of the Ilisos River in this capital; today, the Ilisos is underground
Athens
Sean
|
$1,200
[1]
Gomez' life partner
Morticia
Dan
|
$1,600
[3]
The recovered violinherewas bandleader Wallace Hartley's; his troupe performed this fitting 1841 hymn as the "Titanic" sank
"Nearer, My God, To Thee"
Sean
|
$1,200
[16]
Get insights into your own mind in Daniel Kahneman's 2011 bestseller "Thinking" at these 2 opposite speeds
fast & slow
Mollie
|
$1,200
[20]
Premiering in 2022, an HBO Max drama looks at the life & career of this "French chef"
Julia Child
Sean
|
$1,200
[27]
What's best in life, this Arnold guy? "Crush your enemies, see them driven before you & hear the lamentation of their women"
Conan the Barbarian
Sean
|
|
$1,600
[8]
Known in the region as the "River of Nine Dragons", the Mekong flows through this Laotian capital
Vientiane
Mollie
|
$1,600
[12]
Like a friendship without benefits
platonic
Sean
|
$2,000
[4]
This Babylonian king in the book of Daniel wanted people to drop to the ground & worship a statue if they heard a dulcimer or harp
Nebuchadnezzar
Sean
|
DD
$1,500
[19]
In "Disappointment River", Brian Castner retraces Sir Alexander Mackenzie's 1789 search for this waterway
the Northwest Passage
Mollie
|
$1,600
[21]
He founded a society that strives to "uncover the secrets held within our water planet" & "work to keep it alive and healthy"
Jacques Cousteau
Sean
|
$1,600
[26]
The "Tears in Rain" speech to Harrison Ford in this film was a page long; Rutger Hauer cut it down, in part, to get out of the rain
Blade Runner
Sean
|
|
$2,000
[10]
Petroleum products have been sent downstream from Bamako, the capital of Mali, on this river with the name of a neighbornation
the Niger River
Sean
|
$2,000
[13]
Pooch-y peninsula
Labrador
Sean
|
DD
$3,000
[2]
James Reid, who played these during the Jacobite Rebellion, was hanged--the English viewed them as instruments of war
bagpipes
Dan
|
$1,600
[17]
Cathy O'Neil's "Weapons of" this punning kind of "Destruction" looks at how algorithms & big data control us
Math
Dan
|
$2,000
[22]
"The Enormous Radio" is among the 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning "Stories of" this writer
John Cheever
|
$2,000
[25]
In "Poltergeist", after watching TV in a room that gets shaky, Heather O'Rourke makes this 2-word declaration to her parents
"they're here"
Dan
|
Only 3 presidents have married while in office--John Tyler was the first & he was the last
(Woodrow) Wilson