Brock Thompson — a librarian at the Library of Congress from Washington, D.C.
Kaya Blauvelt — a paraeducator from Portland, Oregon
Carlos Ross — a customer service representative from Austin, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlos | $4,200 | $7,000 | $14,900 |
$29,800
2-day champion: $64,601 |
$17,400
23 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kaya | $1,400 | $5,200 | $13,600 |
$9,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$13,600
17 R, 0 W |
| Brock! | $600 | $2,600 | $8,600 |
$8,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
10 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| HAVE A DRINK | GUINNESS | FINLANDIA | CANADIAN CLUB | ON THE ROCKS | FEELING TIP"SY" |
|
$200
[2]
Some recipes for a hurricane call for both the dark & light types of this
rum
Kaya
|
$200
[11]
A grooming brush & ham slices helped a British feline set the record for loudest this by a domestic cat, 67.7 decibels
a purr
Carlos
|
$200
[1]
The Evangelical variety of this major Protestant denomination is the religion most widely practiced by Finns
Lutheran
Kaya
|
$200
[26]
Rachel McAdams & this co-star of "The Notebook" were both born in London, Ontario
Ryan Gosling
Kaya
|
$200
[14]
More than 7 billion tons of this black or brown energy-producing rock are used worldwide every year
coal
Carlos
|
$200
[6]
When having photos printed, you usually have your choice between matte or this finish
glossy
Kaya
Brock!
|
|
$400
[3]
Aged for 40 years or more, Armagnac is a type of this made in France
brandy
Carlos
|
$400
[22]
2 guys kept a rally going for over 8 hours in this indoor sport
table tennis
Carlos
|
$400
[4]
In the 1920s this Finnish track athlete won 9 Olympic gold medals & 3 silvers
(Paavo) Nurmi
Kaya
|
$400
[27]
Canadian Cobie Smulders plays Canadian Robin Scherbatsky (aka Robin Sparkles) on this sitcom
How I Met Your Mother
Carlos
|
$400
[15]
Consisting of tiny crystals of quartz, this rock that provides a spark was utilized in early firearms
a flint
Carlos
|
$400
[9]
In January 1431 Joan of Arc went on trial for witchcraft & this
heresy
Kaya
|
|
$600
[5]
According to its website, it's the world's top-selling cream liqueur brand
Baileys
Carlos
|
$600
[23]
At a 2009 U.K. competition, Terry Burrows & his squeegee cleaned 3 45 x 45 in. these in 9.14 seconds
windows
Carlos
|
$800
[20]
In 2013 Microsoft agreed to buy this Finnish company's mobile phone business for $7.2 billion
Nokia
Carlos
|
$600
[29]
Born in Vancouver, he was People's Sexiest Man Alive in 2010 & the Green Lantern in 2011
Ryan Reynolds
Kaya
|
$600
[16]
Tampa's "Sinkhole Alley" is caused in part by acidic water eroding this porous "stone"
limestone
Carlos
|
$600
[10]
During Prohibition New York's famed 21 Club operated as one of these illegal bars
a speakeasy
Carlos
|
|
$800
[7]
Ads for this Kentucky bourbon say, "Give 'em the Bird"
Wild Turkey
Carlos
|
$800
[24]
Just over a foot across at one point, the Spreuerhofstrasse in Reutlingen is the world's narrowest this
a street
Carlos
Brock!
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
One of the 2 countries that took turns controlling Finland from the 1100s to its 1917 independence
Russia (or Sweden)
Brock!
|
$1,000
[28]
In 2003 this British Columbia crooner gave us his jazzy takes on standards like "Fever" & "The Way You Look Tonight"
Michael Bublé
Kaya
|
$800
[17]
The most common plutonic rock of the Earth's crust, it is big in tombstones
granite
Brock!
|
$800
[12]
Literary genre of Piers Anthony & Robert Jordan
fantasy
Brock!
|
|
$1,000
[8]
It's the rhyming name of the tequila created by Sammy Hagar to serve at his Mexican cantina
Cabo Wabo
Carlos
|
$1,000
[25]
Edward Watson's dog Rose caught 7 of these one at a time, keeping them all in her mouth at once
frisbees
Kaya
|
$1,000
[21]
Before Finland was free, the musical work "Finlandia" by this native son was banned for arousing patriotism
(Jean) Sibelius
Kaya
|
— |
$1,000
[18]
The Amar Singh Gateat the Fort of Agra, India, is made of this second-most-common sedimentary rock
sandstone
Brock!
|
$1,000
[13]
This adjective describes the "Chaperone" in the title of a 2006 Tony-winning musical
Drowsy
|
| BRITISH NOVELS' FIRST LINES | WRAP MUSIC | ALL "GON" | AFFLICTIONS OF YORE | AFTER I LOST THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION | THE CALENDAR |
|
$400
[8]
A Christie mystery: "It was 5:00 on a winter's morning in Syria. Alongside the platform at Aleppo stood the train..."
Murder on the Orient Express
Kaya
|
$400
[16]
"It's The End Of The World As We Know It", this band sang in 1987 (& they felt fine)
R.E.M.
Kaya
|
$400
[2]
Large percussive disk
a gong
Carlos
|
$400
[21]
In addition to black lung, these workers were regularly afflicted by stink damp & silicosis
coal miners
Brock!
|
$400
[1]
I helped form the Alliance for Climate Protection & appeared as myself on "Futurama"
Al Gore
Carlos
|
$1,200
[28]
This calendar was introduced in the 1790s
the French Revolutionary calendar
Carlos
|
|
$800
[9]
1813: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a... fortune, must be in want of a wife"
Pride and Prejudice
Kaya
|
$800
[20]
In a 1989 hit, Don Henley lamented "The End Of" this--sounds like a song of experience
"The Innocence"
Carlos
|
$800
[3]
It's the only mythical creature in the Chinese zodiac
a dragon
Brock!
|
$800
[22]
Canine madness have you foaming? Then you've come down with this unfortunate sickness
rabies
Carlos
|
$800
[4]
I practiced law in Los Angeles, then lost a run for statewide office; I wasn't done with politics, though
Richard Nixon
Brock!
|
$1,600
[26]
The Celtic word Samhain can refer to this month or to a festival on the first day of it
November
Carlos
|
|
$1,200
[10]
E.M. Forster: "Except for the Marabar Caves... the city of Chandrapore presents nothing extraordinary"
A Passage to India
Brock!
|
$1,200
[19]
This coach on "The Voice" won a 2010 Grammy for "Forget You", which has a colorful alternate title
CeeLo Green
Kaya
|
$1,200
[13]
Crazy a la Hunter S. Thompson
gonzo
Carlos
|
$1,200
[23]
Illuminating gas poisoning had nothing to do with that second helping of pudding, but rather this gas, CO
carbon monoxide
Carlos
|
$1,200
[5]
I stayed on as gov. of N.Y. & turned down an offer to be Chief Justice of the U.S.; I also learned not to believe newspapers
(Thomas) Dewey
Brock!
|
DD
$2,500
[27]
John Wilkes Booth saw himself as a dictator-slayer, so his original target date was April 13, which is this on the Roman calendar
the Ides of April
Carlos
|
|
$1,600
[11]
1962: "'What's it going to be then, eh?' There was me, that is Alex, and my three droogs"
A Clockwork Orange
Kaya
|
$1,600
[17]
In 1992 Boyz II Men reached the "End Of" this, & it took them to No. 1
"The Road"
Brock!
|
$1,600
[14]
Ancient supercontinent
Gondwana (or Gondwanaland)
Carlos
|
$1,600
[24]
"Hardening of the liver" is what we now call this of the liver
cirrhosis
Carlos
|
$1,600
[6]
Having lost control of my newspaper as well as the vote, I died Nov. 29, 1872, before the electors even met
Horace Greeley
|
— |
|
$2,000
[12]
Edward Bulwer-Lytton: The often parodied "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents"
Paul Clifford
|
$2,000
[18]
In a Bob Dylan song title, this 4-word declaration of finality precedes "Baby Blue"
"It's All Over Now"
Kaya
|
$2,000
[15]
A line in the Song of Solomon requests, "stay me with" these drinking vessels
a flagon
Carlos
|
$2,000
[25]
"The horrors" was a term for the hallucinations experienced during this "shaking" state of alcohol withdrawal
the DTs
Kaya
|
DD
$2,400
[7]
I helped my wife run for president & later, successfully, for the Senate
(Robert) Dole
Brock!
|
— |
Consisting of a peninsula & 2 islands, it was the longest-lasting European colony in Asia: 442 years, ending in 1999
Macau