Will Valverde — a fund-raising consultant from San Francisco, California
Ellen Lewis — a retired high school math teacher from Mount Vernon, New York
Emily Gifford — a historical researcher and writer from Middletown, Connecticut (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $2,800 | $7,000 | $13,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Ellen | $1,600 | $800 | $10,600 |
$10,000
New champion: $10,000 |
$10,800
13 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Will | $3,800 | $7,600 | $17,200 |
$7,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,200
22 R, 1 W |
| LET'S TAKE A BATH | VEGAS CASINO RESTAURANTS | IN THE "HOUSE" | GILLIGAN'S ISLAND | FRIEZES | THAWS |
|
$200
[10]
The waiting room of NYC's old Penn Station was inspired by the Baths of Caracalla built in the 3rd century in this city
Rome
Will
|
$200
[20]
Neros, Empress Court
Caesars Palace
Emily
|
$200
[1]
The name of this enclosure for growing things out of season tells you it's kept warm
a hothouse
Emily
|
$200
[11]
The island seen in the credits of "Gilligan's Island" is in Kaneohe Bay near this most populous Hawaiian island
Oahu
Ellen
|
$200
[6]
Afriezethat once adorned the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus shows Greeks battling these warrior women
the Amazons
Emily
|
$200
[18]
In 2009 the President spoke of "a new beginning" with this nearby island nation
Cuba
Will
|
|
$400
[12]
In the late 1700s this American statesman brought the shoe-shaped slipper bathtub back from France
Benjamin Franklin
Will
|
$400
[24]
Eiffel Tower Restaurant, Le Provencal
Paris
Ellen
Will
|
$400
[2]
John Zenor was a longtime keeper of one of these towers at Yaquina Head on the Oregon Coast
a lighthouse
Will
|
$400
[17]
This tour boat was named for the chairman of the FCC who called television "a vast wasteland"
the Minnow
Emily
|
$400
[7]
Asked why his frieze showed 14 of these followers of Jesus, sculptor Jorge Oteiza said, "There was no room for more"
the disciples (or apostles)
Will
|
$400
[19]
On July 11, 1995 President Clinton announced normalization of relations with this Southeast Asian country
Vietnam
Will
|
|
$600
[13]
In Istanbul you can visit a hammam, this kind of place, where Franz Liszt & Tony Curtis also got clean
a Turkish bath
Will
|
$600
[25]
Canaletto, Valentino
the Venetian
Ellen
|
$600
[3]
In "Sing a Song of Sixpence", it's where "the king was"
the counting house
Ellen
|
$600
[28]
For the second season, the theme song was changed to include "The Professor and" this Kansas girl
Mary Ann
Emily
|
$600
[8]
A templefriezeat Kailasanatha depicts abattle from "The Mahabharata", an ancient epic from this country
India
Emily
|
$800
[22]
In 2006 Iraq agreed to restore ties with this northwestern neighbor, an ally of Iran
Syria
Will
|
|
$800
[14]
Sodium sesquicarbonate is one chemical sold as the soothing additions called "bath" these compounds
salts
Emily
|
$800
[26]
The Steakhouse at Camelot, Round Table Buffet
Excalibur
Emily
|
$800
[4]
Cha-mise is a Japanese word for this type of place, seen here
a teahouse
Will
|
$800
[29]
In the episode "Gilligan Meets Jungle Boy", the Jungle Boy was this future "Escape from New York" star
(Kurt) Russell
Emily
|
$800
[9]
Because itdepictsthe official counting of Roman citizens, an ancient relief is known as this frieze
a census
Ellen
|
$1,000
[23]
This 13-letter word for the reestablishment of good relations is apt when France makes up, as with Rwanda in 2009
rapprochement
|
|
$1,000
[15]
The earliest known surviving bathtub dates back to 1700 B.C. & was used in the Palace of Knossos on this island
Crete
Will
|
$1,000
[27]
Roxy's Diner, Top of the World
the Stratosphere
Emily
Ellen
|
$1,000
[5]
The New York Times said about Peter Luger, "No other steakhouse serves" one of these "so breathtaking"
a porterhouse (steak)
Emily
|
$1,000
[30]
This socialite's maiden name was Wentworth
Mrs. Howell
Will
|
$1,000
[16]
An RAF veteran poses with a life-sizefriezeat the London memorial to this pivotal 1940 battle
the Battle of Britain
Will
|
DD
$2,000
[21]
A brief thaw in the icy chill of Soviet repression is named for this Russian leader who took power in 1953
Nikita Khrushchev
Emily
|
| SWEET TALK | BROADWAY MUSICAL STARS | I'M GONNA MOON YOU! | HERBAL MEDICINE | ON THE COAST | THAT'S SO CLICHE! |
|
$400
[1]
This hymn says, "How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me!"
"Amazing Grace"
Will
|
$400
[6]
She starred in "Victor/Victoria" on film & on Broadway
Julie Andrews
Emily
|
$400
[7]
As the Moon changes from new to full & more & more of it becomes visible, it's said to be doing this 6-letter action
waxing
Ellen
|
$400
[26]
This bog fruit is traditionally used to prevent urinary tract infections
cranberries
Ellen
|
$400
[16]
Mathias Day of Ohio went to the Florida coast & got this "Beach" named for him
Daytona
Emily
|
$400
[19]
If you're out of touch with reality, you're said to be "out in" this part of a ballpark past third base
left field
Will
|
|
$800
[2]
In "Hamlet", he says, "Good night, sweet prince, and flights of angels sing thee to thy rest"
Horatio
Emily
Ellen
Will
|
$800
[8]
He portrayed Peter Allen in "The Boy from Oz" between stints as Wolverine in "X-Men"
Hugh Jackman
Ellen
|
$800
[12]
On July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong radioed from the Moon, "Houston", this "base here. The Eagle has landed"
Tranquility
Emily
|
$800
[27]
Raw cloves of this may slow the development of heart disease (& ward off vampires)
garlic
Will
|
$800
[17]
New Zealand's West Coast region features the little blue type of this bird, the smallest of our flippered friends
a penguin
Will
|
$800
[22]
As animated here, it means to go out & celebrate boisterously
paint the town red
Emily
|
|
$1,200
[3]
Ernest Lehman wrote, "The muted sounds of the city and the rich, sweet smell of" this... lulled "my senses"
success
Ellen
|
$1,200
[9]
She split with Dr. Crane on "Cheers" to star in "Chicago" & "Damn Yankees"
Bebe Neuwirth
Ellen
|
$1,600
[14]
When the Moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie, it has 3 interior zones--core, mantle & this (just like Earth)
crust
Emily
|
$1,200
[28]
A 1982 study showed that this spice, Zingiber officinale, controlled nausea better than Dramamine
ginger
Will
|
$1,200
[18]
Niigata is a leading coastal port on this sea
the Sea of Japan
Will
|
$1,200
[23]
To suffer a major defeat or setback is to "meet your" this, like Napoleon
Waterloo
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[4]
Milton called this lover of Narcissus "sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen within thy airy shell"
Echo
Ellen
|
$1,600
[10]
Megan Mullally played Victor's high-strung fiancee in this Mel Brooks musical
Young Frankenstein
Emily
|
DD
$1,800
[13]
On Feb. 1, 1958 the Detroit Free Press said, "U.S. Fires Moon!"; they meant the USA's first of these, Explorer 1
a satellite
Emily
|
$1,600
[29]
Hoodia, sold as an appetite suppressant, is used to reduce hunger by the native San of this S. Africa desert
the Kalahari
Ellen
|
$1,600
[20]
If you're on the southern coast of Yemen, you're dipping a toe in this gulf
the Gulf of Aden
Emily
Ellen
|
$1,600
[24]
As seen here, it's another way of saying old or aging
long in the tooth
Will
|
|
DD
$1,800
[5]
Keats' "Ode on" this says, "Sylvan historian, who canst thus express a flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme"
a Grecian Urn
Ellen
|
$2,000
[11]
A longtime talk show host & short-time "The View" co-host, she once played Golde in "Fiddler on the Roof"
Rosie O'Donnell
Emily
|
$2,000
[15]
"I'll be back" to say it's the dividing line between the illuminated & unilluminated parts of the Moon
a terminator
Will
|
$2,000
[30]
For centuries, herbalists have used this wort to treat depression
St. John's wort
Will
|
$2,000
[21]
A 19th c. "Committee of Vigilance" fought the crime that gave part of San Francisco this North Africa-inspired nickname
the Barbary Coast
Emily
|
$2,000
[25]
To try to ease a difficult situation is "to pour" this "on troubled waters"
oil
Emily
|
Still in existence, it began in 1688 in a British coffee shop popular with maritime folk; it soon got involved in their business
Lloyd's of London