Lucas Partridge game 3.Last game of Season 39.
Monika Chavez — a career education librarian from Alhambra, California
Sharon Bishop — a high school Spanish teacher from Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Lucas Partridge — a school counselor from Las Vegas, Nevada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $42,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lucas | $1,000 | $5,200 | $12,000 |
$24,000
3-day champion: $66,200 |
$14,400
22 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sharon | $600 | $5,000 | $17,000 |
$9,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,600
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Monika | $1,400 | $1,200 | $1,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,200
5 R, 3 W |
| TALKING ABOUT WOMEN | WORKING WORDS | BREEDS OF SHEEP | MESSIN' WITH TEXAS | IT GETS OLD | REAL FAST |
|
$200
[16]
After her death, a newspaper recalled "those stricken hospitals of the Crimea through which the lady with the lamp passed"
Florence Nightingale
Lucas
|
$200
[9]
Sounds gruesome, but it's actually a person who recruits candidates for top-level jobs
a headhunter
Monika
|
$200
[21]
With a white face mostly free of wool, the Columbia was developed by this Cabinet department in the early 1900s
Agriculture
Lucas
|
$200
[1]
In 2014 Decatur, Texas rescheduled this holiday back to the 30th, as it conflicted with Friday night high school football
Halloween
Lucas
Sharon
|
$200
[3]
The ship Old Ironsides has bolts & sheathing made by this patriot & metalworker
Paul Revere
Sharon
|
$200
[14]
The speedy skating of 1940s NHL great Maurice Richard earned him this self-propelled nickname
the Rocket
|
|
$400
[17]
In 1938 André Breton said the art of this Mexican painter "is a ribbon around a bomb"
Frida Kahlo
Sharon
|
$400
[10]
A good manager knows how to do this 8-letter word, transfer responsibility for specific tasks to their employees
delegate
Lucas
|
$400
[27]
Suffolk is popular both for lamb & this, meat from a sheep that's a yearling or older
mutton
Monika
|
$400
[2]
Allemande left & take a chance / As you do this state folk dance / Swing yer partner & do-si-do / That's it for now, I got to go
square dance
Monika
|
$400
[4]
In the classic children's song, she "ain't what she used to be, many long years ago"
the old gray mare
Sharon
|
$400
[15]
Sifan Hassan holds the women's world record in this track event: 4 minutes, 12.33 seconds
a mile
Sharon
|
|
$600
[7]
Kate McKinnon told The New York Times Magazine that this leader, "to me, is a very emotional German"
(Angela) Merkel
Lucas
|
$800
[19]
It's the controversial cost-saving practice of subcontracting services once done in-house to a third party
outsourcing
Lucas
|
$600
[28]
The North Ronaldsay, the Blackface & the Border Cheviot (with a black muzzle) are breeds first developed in this U.K. country
Scotland
Lucas
Monika
|
$600
[6]
This org. did not make Chuck Norris an honorary member until 2010, so could it have busted Chuck for impersonating an officer in the '90s?
the Texas Rangers
Lucas
|
$600
[5]
Buchanan, in this state, is a beautiful storybooktownper Matthew Ramsay of the band Old Dominion who grew up there
Virginia
Lucas
|
$600
[13]
In 2017 the Minnesota Twins' Byron Buxton zoomed around the bases in 13.85 seconds on one of these exciting plays
in-the-park home run
Sharon
|
|
$800
[8]
A title from a 1974 article about this heiress read, "From Self-Willed College Girl to Gun Toter"
Patty Hearst
Monika
|
$1,000
[20]
It's the 2-word Latin phrase meaning a particular way of doing something, work-wise or criminally related
modus operandi
Sharon
|
$800
[29]
Sheep like the Dorperthat shed & don't need shearing are called not wool, but this type, also a word before "trigger" or "raising"
hair
Lucas
|
$800
[22]
At least 1,800 men took on about 180 at this landmark in February & March of 1836, with predictable results
the Alamo
Lucas
|
$800
[26]
V.S.O.P., standing for very superior old pale, is a premium grade of this liquor aged at least 4 years
cognac
Lucas
|
$800
[24]
Jorge Masvidal used a flying knee strike to knock out his opponent in just 5 seconds at this event in 2019
the UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship)
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Nina Simone said this opera singer of Greek heritage "was a fiery diva" & she "did what she wanted to do"
Maria Callas
Sharon
|
DD
$2,400
[11]
Referring to writers & others who are self-employed & work job to job, it was first used of mercenary knights
freelance
Lucas
|
$1,000
[30]
Originally a Spanish breed, it first came to Australia in 1797 & changed that country's economy forever
the Merino
Sharon
|
$1,000
[12]
At dusk, hundreds of thousands ofbatsemerge from under the Ann Richards Congress Avenue Bridge in this city
Austin
Lucas
|
$1,000
[23]
An unfulfilled claimant to the British throne, in the 18th century James Edward Stuart was known as the "Old" one of these
the Old Pretender
|
$1,000
[25]
Drivingjet-propelled cars, Craig Breedlove repeatedly broke the world land speed record at this Utah spot in the 1960s
Bonneville (Salt) Flats
Sharon
|
| ON THE MONEY | BRITISH LITERATURE | NATIONAL ANTHEMS | IF YOU KNOW WHAT'S GOOD FOR YOU | ACTORS | "CC" ME |
|
$400
[6]
He introduced a bill to limit the death penalty while a member of the Virginia legislature
Thomas Jefferson
Sharon
|
$400
[23]
Thomas Hardy gave up writing fiction after this gloomy novel about Jude Fawley
Jude the Obscure
Lucas
|
$400
[19]
One of its anthems includes the lyrics, "iwi Maori, pakeha, rupeke katoa"
New Zealand
Sharon
|
$400
[11]
It's often said that this is "the best medicine"--it's fun to share, adds joy to life & it relieves stress
laughter
Lucas
|
$400
[3]
Thislate, great actor excelled at playing movie villains
Rickman
Lucas
|
$400
[14]
The American Cancer Society says, "Stay away from" this, "quitting... is not easy but it can be done"
tobacco
|
|
$800
[7]
He was the first to breed mules in America on his farm
George Washington
Monika
|
$800
[24]
Perhaps wandering lonely as a cloud, this poet was inspired to pen "Daffodils" about the flowers he saw at Lake Ullswater
Wordsworth
|
$800
[20]
Again the U.K.'s anthem, "God Save The King" says, "send him victorious... &" this splendid word that rhymes with victorious
glorious
Lucas
Sharon
|
$800
[12]
Doing this before bed can help you sleep better; try the bridge or legs up the wall poses
yoga
Lucas
|
$800
[1]
This redhead was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar for "The Help" but lost out to castmate Octavia Spencer
Chastain
Lucas
|
$800
[15]
In the 5 stages of grief, it comes last
acceptance
Sharon
|
|
$1,200
[8]
He was born in the British West Indies
Hamilton
Lucas
|
$1,200
[25]
Elizabeth Gaskell's 1855 novel "North & South" depicts this British city as a cotton-spinning hellmouth, calling it "Milton"
Manchester
|
$1,200
[21]
Rabindranath Tagore wrote the anthems of these 2 countries, one independent since 1947, one since 1971
India & Bangladesh
Monika
|
$1,200
[13]
You're advised to brush your teeth & floss daily because of a link between heart disease & this 11-letter type of gum disease
periodontal disease
Lucas
Sharon
|
$1,200
[5]
After winning an Oscar in 2023, heexclaimed, "Goonies never say die!"
Ke Huy Quan
Lucas
|
$1,200
[16]
It begins as a hot dry desert wind over northern Africa before picking up moisture as it crosses the Mediterranean
a sirocco
Sharon
|
|
$1,600
[9]
He published a feminist tract written under the pseudonym Silence Dogood
Franklin
Lucas
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
In the 1850s she published the book-length love poem "Aurora Leigh"
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Sharon
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
This anthem was made official in a decree of July 14, 1795
"The Marseillaise"
Sharon
|
$1,600
[27]
Short on time but want to get in a good workout? Some people enjoy this form of exercise, HIIT for short, but don't overdo it
high intensity interval training
Sharon
|
$1,600
[2]
In "A Fish Called Wanda", John Cleese played Archie Leach, actually the real name of this movie star
Cary Grant
Sharon
|
$1,600
[17]
Behold the man, of suffering Christ in the painting called this, seen here
Ecce Homo
|
|
$2,000
[10]
He died on April 15
Abraham Lincoln
|
$2,000
[30]
Her scary story "The Birds" became a scary big-screen thriller
(Daphne) du Maurier
Lucas
|
$2,000
[28]
The music of Germany's anthem was composed by this Austrian for the 1797 birthday of the Holy Roman Emperor
Haydn
|
$2,000
[26]
Plain & simple, give someone a hug; it releases these feel-good hormones, named in part for a narcotic
endorphins
Sharon
|
$2,000
[4]
This Canadian doesn't just act: she also wrote & directed "Women Talking"
Sarah Polley
Monika
|
$2,000
[18]
In medicine it's the complete or partial obstruction of a blood vessel, especially an artery
occlusion
Sharon
|
Theories on the origin of this, a style of journalism, include Cajun slang for unhinged jazz & Boston slang for a person on a bender
gonzo