Emily Wood — an attorney from Waltham, Massachusetts
Nina Emkin — a tutor from Los Angeles, California
Bill Tolany — a marketing executive from Austin, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill | $400 | $3,000 | $12,000 |
$17,700
3-day champion: $44,200 |
$22,000
28 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Nina | $800 | $1,000 | $3,800 |
$2,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,800
8 R, 3 W |
| Emily | $1,800 | $5,600 | $8,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
13 R, 1 W |
| GAMBLING | AT THE TRACK | SPORTS BOOK | '21 | PARLEZ? | ALL IN |
|
$200
[1]
This word, from the Italian for "little house", sounds a lot classier than "gamblatorium" would
casino
Nina
|
$200
[21]
The "Toy Train" is a nickname of this country's Darjeeling Himalayanwith a two-foot gauge to help it climb hills
India
Bill
|
$200
[7]
"Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream"
high school football
Bill
|
$200
[11]
1921:On November 11, the first burial is held at this spot in Arlington National Cemetery
the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Bill
|
$200
[24]
Michel is mort; we will miss Michel much
dead
Bill
|
$200
[16]
Brick red, hot magenta, sea green & 117 more options are in a 120-count box of these
crayons
Bill
|
|
$400
[2]
Want to gamble on a race but can't get to Churchill Downs? Go to an OTB satellite, OTB standing for this
off-track betting
Emily
|
$400
[22]
The tracks of these mountains' "Scenic Railroad" run from Utica, New York to Lake Placid
the Adirondacks
Emily
|
$400
[10]
"Pinstripe Empire"
(major league) baseball
Bill
|
$400
[12]
1421:According to the title of a Gavin Menzies book, the Chinese do this, 7 decades before it was supposedly done
discover America
Bill
|
$400
[25]
Angelique gave the victim bouche a bouche
mouth-to-mouth
Emily
|
$400
[17]
Nevis, the Windward Passage & the Spanish Main are all in this sea
the Caribbean Sea
Bill
|
|
$600
[3]
A number that is marked when playing keno is known as this, also the name of Dick & Jane's dog
spot
Emily
|
$600
[23]
Historically, north of the Frisco rail line was "the wrong side of the tracks" in this northeast Oklahoma city
Tulsa
Bill
|
$600
[9]
"Into Thin Air"
mountain climbing
Nina
|
$600
[13]
1821:In his second inaugural, he pats himself on the back for the acquisition of Florida
Monroe
Bill
|
$600
[28]
I'm not spending cinquante euros on that scarf
50
Emily
|
$600
[18]
At its core, this boozy clan was Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin & Sammy Davis Jr.
the Rat Pack
Emily
|
|
$800
[4]
This term refers to a group of linked slot machines that offer a big payday, or to a political "forward" thinker
progressive
Bill
|
$800
[26]
This rail service zooms through the Chunnel on a track called High Speed 1 out of London's St. Pancras station
the Eurostar
Bill
Nina
Emily
|
$800
[6]
"The Sweet Science"
boxing
Emily
|
$800
[14]
1721:Johann Sebastian Bach completes these concertos bearing the name of a German state
"Brandenburg"
Bill
|
$800
[29]
I'm wearing jeans because it's vendredi decontracte, this day
casual Friday
Bill
|
$800
[19]
The "Discobolus" statue, a Viking antler comb & a Henry I halfpenny are all in this London site
the British Museum
|
|
$1,000
[5]
It's an automatic pass line loser if I get a 2, 3 or this total on my come out roll
12
Bill
|
$1,000
[27]
One of Manhattan's newer attractions, this park on the West Side was converted from unused freight tracks
the High Line
Emily
|
$1,000
[8]
"A Season on the Brink" by John Feinstein
basketball
Bill
|
DD
$5,000
[15]
1521:The tenth pope of this name excommunicates Martin Luther with a papal bull
Leo
Bill
|
$1,000
[30]
Join me for petit dejeuner, won't you?
a little breakfast
Nina
|
$1,000
[20]
If you had raided this object, you might have found a pot of manna, Aaron's rod & the 2 stone tablets of Moses
the Ark of the Covenant
Bill
|
| FARTHER LEFT THAN BARACK OBAMA | CLASSICAL LITERATURE | SEVEN UP | WOMEN DIRECTORS | ANIMAL VERBS | POINT "A" TO POINT "B" |
|
$400
[5]
Hehas something in common with Obama--bothtook over their jobs from George W. Bush, & that's about it
Rick Perry
Bill
|
DD
$200
[28]
The "lives" of Aristides & Cato the Elder were among those this biographer covered
Plutarch
Bill
|
$400
[19]
First enumerated in the 6th century, they include sloth & gluttony
the seven deadly sins
Emily
|
$400
[1]
For the 2009 Oscars, she was in competition against ex-husband James Cameron for Best Director; she won
Kathryn Bigelow
Bill
|
$400
[13]
As a noun, it's a chickenlike game bird; as a verb, it means to complain or grumble
grouse
Nina
|
$400
[3]
A couple of hours flying south will get you from this Paraguayan capital to this Argentinean capital
from Asunción to Buenos Aires
Bill
|
|
$800
[6]
The Pres is seen here with this man, leader of a close ally
Netanyahu
Bill
|
$400
[18]
In the "Aeneid" Virgil wrote, "Whatever it is, I fear" them "even when they bring gifts"
the Greeks
Nina
|
$800
[20]
Proverbs 9:1 & the title of T.E. Lawrence's memoir mention 7 of these
the pillars of wisdom
|
$800
[8]
British director Gurinder Chadha had a cameo in the wedding scene in this 2002 girls' soccer film
Bend It Like Beckham
Emily
|
$800
[14]
Mimic or imitate
ape
Nina
|
$1,200
[24]
Thoughfarfrom Europe, you return to Dutch soil when you sail between these two islands
Aruba & Bonaire
Bill
Emily
|
|
$1,200
[7]
Thismanlost his 1997 Parliament run, but today is the U.K.'s top dog
David Cameron
Nina
|
$800
[26]
Philippic, meaning a bitter rant, comes from the speeches Demosthenes made against this kingdom's Philip II
Macedon
|
$1,200
[21]
His comedy routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say on Television" led to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling
George Carlin
Bill
|
$1,200
[12]
This sister of Francis Ford Coppola & aunt of Sofia also directed "One Night Stand", starring Ally Sheedy
Talia Shire
Nina
|
$1,200
[15]
A gastropod, or a verb meaning to strike heavily, as with a fist
slug
|
$1,600
[25]
It's less than 30 miles between this pair of cities, Belgium's largest & its capital
Antwerp & Brussels
Bill
|
|
$1,600
[9]
You may recall this governorhanging with the president--actually, in 2012, Wisconsin did not
Scott Walker
Bill
|
$1,200
[27]
This poetess of Lesbos was known as the "tenth muse"
Sappho
Bill
|
$1,600
[22]
In antiquity Mons Palatinus was the first of this group to be built upon
the seven hills of Rome
Emily
|
$1,600
[2]
This first film directed by Barbra Streisand was based on a story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Yentl
Emily
|
$1,600
[16]
To tease the hair in order to give it volume
rat
Nina
|
DD
$3,600
[4]
It's about a 30-hour drive between these 2 rhyming state capitals
Austin & Boston
Bill
|
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2011, this manwent from whip to House majority leader
Eric Cantor
Bill
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
Vassar & Smith are 2 of the institutions collectively known as this
the Seven Sisters
Bill
|
$2,000
[11]
In 2013 this New Zealander directed the Sundance Channel's 7-part miniseries "Top of the Lake"
Jane Campion
Bill
|
$2,000
[17]
Bamboozle, or intimidate by a display of power or importance
buffalo
Nina
|
— |
Iran's 50,000 rial note includes an international symbol for one of these, featuring 3 well-defined orbits
an atom