Laura Faddah game 3.
Jenifer Miller — a freelance web developer from Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sean Maguire — a commercial real estate manager from New York, New York
Laura Faddah — a manager from Memphis, Tennessee (whose 2-day cash winnings total $17,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laura | $1,800 | $6,200 | $15,600 |
$13,200
3-day champion: $30,200 |
$15,000
22 R (including 3 DDs), 3 W |
| Sean | $3,000 | $3,400 | $4,200 |
$4,187
2nd place: $3,000 |
$4,200
10 R, 2 W |
| Jenifer | $1,400 | $2,000 | $-2,000 |
$-2,000
3rd place: $2,000 |
$-2,000
8 R, 6 W |
| WHO? WHERE? WHEN? | BODY PARTS' BETTER KNOWN NAMES | AT THE PET STORE | "C" FOOD | TELEVISION CITY | WORDS FROM HINDI |
|
$200
[27]
Lord Nelson, August 1, 1798, defeating Napoleon's forces & isolating them in Egypt; the Battle of this river
the Nile
Jenifer
|
$200
[29]
Umbilicus
your belly button
Laura
|
$200
[1]
In the 1940s Ed Lowe wrote these 2 words on 10 bags of granulated clay to sell to cat owners; now they sell bags at pet stores
kitty litter
Jenifer
|
$200
[30]
These crunchy cubes come in a Parmesan version for your Caesar salad
croutons
Sean
|
$200
[25]
"i Carly" is set in this city & Skybucks Coffee is a major brand in Carly's world
Seattle
Sean
|
$200
[22]
Thisitem of headwear was originally made from tie-dyed silk in India
a bandana
Laura
|
|
$400
[26]
This woman; filling up the empty treasury in Russia by secularizing clergy property;1764
Catherine the Great
Laura
|
$400
[28]
Patella
your kneecap
Laura
|
$400
[15]
At least twice as wide as the wingspan is a rule of thumb if you're buying one of these
a birdcage
Sean
|
$400
[8]
In the same genus as broccoli, it's grown for its large, white curd, or head
cauliflower
Sean
|
$400
[24]
TV shows set in San Diego over the years include "Simon & Simon", "Drake & Josh" & this comedy starring Jane & Lily
Grace and Frankie
Jenifer
|
$400
[21]
This name for a "hot" whiskey drink that your Auntie Minzie thinks will get you over a cold is partly from a Hindi word
a (hot) toddy
Laura
|
|
$600
[2]
This novelist meeting Lincoln in D.C. represented instatueform in Hartford, 1862
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Laura
|
$600
[5]
Scapula
the shoulder blade
Jenifer
|
$600
[14]
You can get the smaller members of this lizard family at a pet store but its largest member, the Komodo dragon, is illegal to sell
a monitor
Laura
Sean
|
$600
[9]
They're not technically nuts, though so called, but the curved edible seeds of a tropical evergreen
cashews
Jenifer
|
$600
[23]
Fictional White Pine Bay, Oregon, is the setting for this drama, featuring young Norman & his mother, Norma
Bates Motel
Laura
|
$800
[17]
Jamaica's govt. set up a group to make recommendations on cannabis laws--the National Commission on this word from the Hindi
ganja
Laura
|
|
$800
[3]
Alfred Eisenstaedt; in Times Square playing photo-voyeur as a sailor kisses a nurse; this month, 1945
August
Laura
Sean
|
$800
[4]
Sternum
your breastbone
Laura
|
$800
[6]
Add another "T" to the second letter of the Greek alphabet to get the name of this fish that's ubiquitous at pet stores
a betta fish
Sean
|
$800
[10]
Boston cream pies are traditionally filled with a layer of this, vanilla flavor
custard
Laura
|
$800
[16]
Garry Marshall created this nostalgic sitcom about the Cunningham family in 1950s Milwaukee
Happy Days
Jenifer
|
$1,000
[19]
This word for a large heavy vehicle & a villain in "Deadpool 2" comes via Hindi from Sanskrit for "lord of the universe"
Juggernaut
Sean
|
|
$1,000
[12]
A future philosopher named William; around 1285; being born in this village in Surrey, now near Heathrow Airport
Ockham
Jenifer
|
$1,000
[13]
Pollex
your thumb
|
$1,000
[7]
A golden or robo type of this animal would work out great on a wheel with a Niteangel pedometer to track its steps
a hamster
Laura
|
$1,000
[11]
This darling member of the mandarin family has a thin peel & is often seedless
clementines
Jenifer
|
$1,000
[20]
From 2006 to 2013, it was all fun in the sun for forensic expert Dexter Morgan in this city
Miami
Sean
|
DD
$1,400
[18]
The name of this relish that accompanies a meal in Indian cuisine goes back to a word meaning "to lick"
chutney
Laura
|
| NAME THAT SUPREME COURT JUSTICE | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | INTERNATIONAL CITIES | AFRICAN AMERICANA | WORLD WAR I WORDS | THE CINEMATIC VAMPIRE |
|
$400
[23]
A 1921 newspaper article says, this "former president... realized his life's ambition to head the Judicial Branch"
Taft
Laura
|
$400
[21]
Based on Thornton Wilder's play "The Matchmaker", this beloved musical was back where it belonged--back on Broadway in 2017
Hello, Dolly!
Jenifer
|
$400
[5]
Come to Sydney for the opera house, stay for SXSW, this festival that's gone pretty far in that direction from its Austin roots
South by Southwest
Laura
|
$400
[6]
Sweet potatoes became a vital food item, with many cooks calling them these, a different tuber with an African name
yams
Jenifer
|
$400
[11]
To be zigzag was to be this, perhaps from too many French 75s
drunk
Sean
|
$400
[16]
(Nicholas Hoult presents the clue.) Some vampires just ooze elegance, like this charming bloodsucker played by Tom Cruise on the big screen; de Lioncourt is his last name & he turned in the 18th century
Lestat
Jenifer
|
|
$800
[24]
In 1986, weeks after becoming a justice, he received an award from the National Italian American Foundation
Scalia
Laura
Sean
|
$800
[22]
After a famous opera singer passes out & can't perform, another man takes his place in Ken Ludwig's comedy "Lend Me a" this
tenor
Laura
|
$800
[1]
The economic center of northern Italy, it's also home to some great art, like "The Last Supper" on the wall of a convent
Milan
Laura
|
$800
[7]
An early Sharon Jones recording had the alliterative title "The" this gesture "Dip"
Dap
|
$800
[15]
In 1917 the London Times wrote of "the unity of the fighting front and" this civilian parallel
the home front
Laura
|
$800
[17]
(Lily-Rose Depp presents the clue.) Playing the delightful death-dealer Selene in this franchise, Kate Beckinsale showed she can kick all kinds of ass
Underworld
|
|
DD
$1,000
[25]
A college on West 59th Street in Manhattan is named for this man
John Jay
Laura
|
— |
$1,200
[2]
Once the center of a vanished kingdom, Benin Cityisn't in Benin, but in this bigger neighbor to the east
Nigeria
Sean
Jenifer
|
$1,200
[8]
This2024 Olympic gold medalist is carrying on a tradition of Black nail art, including among track stars
Richardson
Laura
|
$1,200
[12]
British soldiers were Tommies; U.S. soldiers were these, from the name of a national symbol
Sammies
|
$1,200
[18]
(Lily-Rose Depp presents the clue.) Bill Paxton, Jenette Goldstein & Lance Henriksen chewed the scenery & drank blood as creepy vamps in"Near Dark", an early featured directed by this woman, who went on to win an Oscar
Bigelow
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[26]
This former dean of Harvard Law School was pictured with a robe & gavel in her 1977 New York high school yearbook
Elena Kagan
Jenifer
|
— |
$1,600
[3]
The name of this Israeli economic center is Hebrew for "spring hill"
Tel Aviv
Laura
|
$1,600
[9]
Many at HBCUs, the "Divine 9" are important BGLOs, short for these, & include Omega Psi Phi
Black Greek letter organizations
|
$1,600
[13]
In Britain, "conchie" was a derisive term for one of these
a conscientious objector
Jenifer
|
$1,600
[19]
(Nicholas Hoult presents the clue.) Ages-old Miriam in "The Hunger" was played by this Paris-born actress; her sanguine tastes ran from David Bowie to Susan Sarandon
Catherine Deneuve
|
| — | — |
DD
$2,000
[4]
For its tourist-friendly mix of cultures, this "Lion City" south of Malaysia has been called "Instant Asia"
Singapore
Laura
|
$2,000
[10]
In 1966 this dept. had the 1st African-Amer. Cabinet secy., Robert Weaver; 5 others since have also been Black, including Ben Carson
HUD (Housing & Urban Development)
|
$2,000
[14]
Adapted from German, this word originally meant to punish but soon came to mean to shoot at the ground from the air
to strafe
|
$2,000
[20]
(Nicholas Hoult presents the clue.) Max Schreck starred as the dastardly Count Orlock, whose fingernails & fangs set the template for the future in the grandfather of vampire films, 1922's "Nosferatu", directed by this man
F.W. Murnau
|
In 2009 this leader gave Barack Obama the book "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent"
Hugo Chávez