Larry White — an actuary from Hatboro, Pennsylvania
Kristina Lukach — a youth minister from Shrewsbury, Massachusetts
Jon Choi — a law student originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,900)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon | $1,600 | $1,200 | $3,400 |
$4,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$4,400
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kristina | $200 | $2,200 | $2,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,200
10 R, 4 W |
| Larry | $2,000 | $5,600 | $20,200 |
$25,200
New champion: $25,200 |
$15,800
23 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| ANCIENT CHINESE EMPERORS | STREET SMARTS | IT'S MAGIC TIME! | LATIN WORDS & PHRASES | GREETINGS FROM THE NORTH POLE | MERRY CHRIS |
|
$200
[6]
Ruling from about 1600 B.C., it was this man whose name sounds like a breakfast drink
Tang
Larry
|
$200
[7]
It's a street without an exit, or a phrase commonly used of some jobs
a dead end
Kristina
|
$200
[22]
According to their contract rider, the talking one of this magical duo "eats fire...(but) does not blow or shoot flames"
Penn & Teller
Larry
|
$200
[1]
In Latin, John 8:32 reads, "veritas liberabit vos", or in the King James version, this "shall make you free"
the truth
Jon
|
$200
[13]
In July 2007 Lewis Pugh became the first human to do this across the North Pole: we bet his Speedo was chilly!
swim
Larry
|
$200
[8]
Chris Parnell & Andy Samberg rapped their love of Google maps & the Chronic-what?-cles of Narnia on this show
Saturday Night Live
Jon
|
|
$400
[18]
In legend not me, but Yu tamed this disaster by dredging out existing waterways
flooding (the Great Flood)
Jon
|
$400
[16]
In the 19th century Baron Haussmann created many of these wide streets in Paris; one is now named for him
a boulevard
Larry
|
$400
[23]
The magician Kuda Bux was most famous for his ability to drive a car this way
blindfolded
Jon
Kristina
Larry
|
$400
[2]
Meaning "bountiful mother", it's been used for centuries to refer to the school someone attended
alma mater
Jon
|
$400
[14]
In 2102 this star, also called the Pole or North Star, will be less than one-half degree from celestial north
Polaris
Larry
|
$400
[9]
Gun control? No, bullet control, said this comic: "If a bullet costs $5,000, there'll be no more innocent bystanders"
Chris Rock
Kristina
|
|
$600
[19]
From 180 to 157 B.C. it was this man whose name sounds like the female symbol of a burger chain
Wen Di
Larry
|
$600
[17]
A recessed area at the side of a road to carry off surface water; keep your mind out of it
a gutter
Jon
|
$800
[25]
Talk about a "Mindfreak"! A YouTube video of this Vegas star walking on water across a pool has 46 million views
Criss Angel
Kristina
|
$600
[3]
Postmortem means after death; postbellum is after this
war
Larry
|
$600
[15]
The North Pole lies at the latitude of this many degrees
90 (degrees north)
Larry
|
$600
[10]
In this film Chris Tucker asks Jackie Chan, "Do you understand the words that are coming out of my mouth?!"
Rush Hour
Kristina
|
| — |
$800
[20]
The shape of narrowing lanes for drivers gives us this term for the congestion that results
bottleneck
Kristina
|
$1,000
[26]
Thismagic man is known for his 52 assistants, which help him accomplishspectacular feats
Ricky Jay
|
$800
[4]
A 1988 body-switching movie comedy, or a 2-word Latin term meaning "conversely"
vice versa
Jon
|
$800
[27]
Sunrise at the North Pole takes place just before the spring one of these, & sunset is just after another one 6 months later
the equinox
Kristina
|
$800
[11]
Told that Spinal Tap's album cover is sexist, Nigel, played by this actor, asks, "What's wrong with being sexy?"
Christopher Guest
|
| — |
$1,000
[21]
Manhattan's Alphabet City gets its name from these, lettered A, B, C & D (no Q)
Avenues
Jon
Larry
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
Leonardo DiCaprio hosted a 1996 "Street Magic" TV special by this man now known for his endurance stunts
David Blaine
Larry
|
$1,000
[5]
Caveat emptor is "let the buyer beware" & caveat lector is this
let the reader beware
Kristina
|
$1,000
[28]
Kaffeklubben Island, which belongs to this larger Danish island, is the closest land to the North Pole
Greenland
Larry
|
$1,000
[12]
As Jim on "Taxi", he asked, "What does a yellow light mean?" (Slow down!) "OK. What... does... a... yellow... light... mean?"
Christopher Lloyd
|
| CHEESY COUNTRIES | DOUBLE "F" | MASTERS OF SAX | I AM SOMEBODY | SOLVE THE MYSTERY TITLE | RADIOASTRONOMY |
|
$400
[11]
Provolone
Italy
Kristina
|
$400
[6]
French for "puffed out", it's a puffed-out hairstyle
a bouffant
Kristina
|
$400
[25]
That's Bobby Keys blowing sax all over this band's "Exile on Main Street" & other classic albums
the Rolling Stones
Larry
|
$400
[19]
I'm the gal who married Joe DiMaggio in 1954
Marilyn Monroe
Jon
|
$400
[15]
Starting a series by Lawrence Sanders,"The First Deadly ____"
Sin
Larry
|
$400
[1]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) The Byrd Telescope has helped astronomers map the remnants of SN 1006, one of these spectacular events; when it was first observed 1,000 years ago, It was so bright, it was visible to the naked eye in daylight
a supernova
Jon
|
|
$800
[12]
Stilton
the U.K.
Jon
|
$800
[7]
Newborns of this African mammal may stand 6 1/2 feet tall & weigh 250 pounds
a giraffe
Kristina
|
$800
[26]
Stan Getz provided the lilting sax on this 1964 hit about a "tall and tan and young and lovely" Brazilian gal
"The Girl From Ipanema"
Larry
|
$800
[20]
I'm "the great" king of Persia, Koresh in Hebrew, who ended the Jews' Babylonian exile
Cyrus
Jon
Kristina
|
$800
[16]
Agatha Christie's"The Mirror ____ from Side to Side"
Crack'd
Larry
|
$800
[2]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) Green Bank's telescopes are so sensitive that even the radiation emitted by a car's spark plugs can cause interference, so the observatory's vehicle fleet, including old pickups and Checker cabs, is powered solely by this type of spark-plug-free engine
diesel
Larry
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Gouda
the Netherlands
Jon
|
$1,200
[8]
In baseball, it's slang for a strikeout
a whiff
Larry
|
$1,200
[27]
The "Big Man" of the E Street Band, he blew his last solo in 2011
Clarence Clemons
Larry
|
$1,200
[21]
I am Susan Bennett & I revealed myself to be the original voice of this iPhone assistant
Siri
Kristina
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
By Kathy Reichs,"____ Are Forever" &"206 ____"
Bones
Jon
|
$1,200
[3]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) In addition to giant modern scopes, Green Bank houses the first radio telescope used in 1938 to confirm that mysterious static on phone lines was caused by radiation emanating from this, visible as a glowing band across the night sky
the Milky Way
Larry
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Havarti
Denmark
|
$1,600
[9]
This white or colorless wax is used to make candles & to seal materials
paraffin
Larry
|
$1,600
[28]
Alto sax man Paul Desmond composed this numerical classic for the Dave Brubeck Quartet
"Take Five"
|
$1,600
[22]
I'm the British 8th Army field marshal who beat Rommel at El Alamein
Montgomery
Larry
|
$1,200
[17]
Michael Connelly's"The Lincoln ____"
Lawyer
Jon
|
$1,600
[4]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) In 2013, Green Bank scientists, using the Byrd telescope, found possible signs of these waves, ripples in space-time that were predicted by Einstein's general theory of relativity nearly a century before
gravity waves
Larry
|
| — |
$2,000
[10]
Dating from the early 1920s, this term refers to a person who shows contempt for rules or accepted practices
a scofflaw
Kristina
|
— |
$2,000
[23]
I'm the author of "Sartoris" & "Intruder in the Dust"
William Faulkner
|
$2,000
[24]
Lawrence Block's"The ____ in the Closet" &"The ____ on the Prowl"
Burglar
Larry
|
DD
$5,000
[5]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents the clue from the Green Bank Observatory in West Virginia.) In the last decade alone, Green Bank's Byrd telescope has discovered more than 100 of these rapidly spinning stars that act like interstellar lighthouses, emitting strong bursts of radiation at regular intervals
pulsars
Larry
|
Jimmy Carter held 480 screenings at the White House; his first was this film set in 1970s Washington, D.C.
All the President's Men