Alex Navissi — a business development associate originally from Katy, Texas
Lesley Cooksey — a health care subject matter expert from Springfield, Missouri
Gina Shaddox — an accounting service representative from Corvallis, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $11,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gina | $5,800 | $6,400 | $7,600 |
$5,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
19 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lesley | $1,200 | $2,400 | $4,800 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
11 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Alex | $2,000 | $1,600 | $6,800 |
$13,500
New champion: $13,500 |
$6,800
11 R, 2 W |
| STATE THE SENATOR | ANNUAL EVENTS | SWEET STUFF | "HAT"s ON! | CELEBS ON TWITTER | WE'RE THE GOOD GUYS |
|
$200
[17]
In 1951:The state of the man seen here
Texas
Lesley
|
$200
[26]
A March festival in Valencia features these, los fuegos artificiales, so loud that it bans pregnant women from some events
fireworks
Gina
|
$200
[4]
Crumbs & Sprinkles are bakeries that specialize in these individual-sized treats; Sprinkles even has an ATM to dispense them
cupcakes
Lesley
|
$200
[11]
"Urban" cocktail made with whiskey & sweet vermouth
a Manhattan
Gina
|
$200
[1]
@The Rock is this WWE star-turned-actor
Dwayne Johnson
Alex
|
$200
[16]
In 1982 fashion designer Guy Laroche introduced Drakkar Noir, this type of men's product
cologne
Alex
|
|
$600
[19]
In 1955:Prescott Bush
Connecticut
Gina
|
$400
[27]
Little Big Horn Days in Hardin, Montana includes a reenactment of this June 1876 event
Little Bighorn (Custer's Last Stand)
Lesley
Alex
|
$400
[5]
The traditional filling & frosting for German chocolate cake contain chopped pecans & this, dried & flaked
coconut
Gina
|
$400
[12]
A sloping rear car door that is lifted to open
a hatchback
Gina
|
$400
[2]
@Stephen At Home is this Stephen who has his own nation
Stephen Colbert
Alex
|
$400
[20]
Guy de Chauliac discerned the pneumonic & bubonic forms of this, which he thought had an astrologic cause
the plague
Lesley
|
|
$800
[23]
Since 2007:Claire McCaskill
Missouri
Lesley
|
$600
[28]
The annual marathon up & down this Colorado peak is called "America's Ultimate Challenge"
Pikes Peak
Lesley
|
$600
[6]
Thistraditional New Orleans yeast pastry gets its name from the French for "fritter"
beignets
Alex
|
$600
[13]
Internet place where users can communicate in real time
a chatroom
Gina
|
$600
[3]
He comes thundering in @KDTrey5
Kevin Durant
Gina
|
$600
[21]
Guy Laliberte, founder of this world-famous circus, is the first Canadian to visit space as a private citizen
Cirque du Soleil
Alex
|
|
$1,000
[24]
In 2002:Bob Graham
Florida
|
$800
[29]
Since 1950 this Caribbean capital has played host to an international Ernest Hemingway fishing tournament
Havana
Lesley
|
$800
[9]
It's the dessert mentioned in "We Wish You A Merry Christmas" & we won't leave until we get some!
figgy pudding
Gina
|
$800
[14]
Adjective for glass that resists splintering into many pieces when broken
shatter-proof
Alex
|
$800
[7]
@official_flo is this rapper from Carol City
Flo Rida
Gina
|
$800
[22]
During the Third Crusade Guy de Lusignan held the title king of this Middle Eastern city from 1186 to 1192
Jerusalem
Alex
|
|
DD
$1,200
[18]
In 1910:Henry du Pont
Delaware
Lesley
|
$1,000
[30]
September's World of Speed event at this Utah site features the world's fastest wheel-driven cars
Bonneville Salt Flats
Gina
|
$1,000
[10]
The origin of the whimsical name of these cookies, a New England favorite, is a mystery
a snickerdoodle
Lesley
|
$1,000
[15]
In First Kings Judah is jumpin' with this man in charge
Jehoshaphat
Gina
|
$1,000
[8]
@rustyrockets is the nom de tweet of this British comic
Russell Brand
Gina
|
$1,000
[25]
Banking baron Guy de Rothschild won this medal fighting for France against the Nazis
the Croix de Guerre
|
| HISTORICAL TIME UNITS | LITERARY CHARACTERS BASED ON REAL PEOPLE | ENDS WITH A VOWEL | '80s TONY AWARDS | GOOD "EVENING" | LADIES & GERMS |
|
$400
[3]
In the 1920s people started nostalgically calling this decade "gay"
the 1890s
Gina
|
$400
[5]
This H.B. Stowe character was partially based on josiah Henson, a slave who escaped the south to Canada
Uncle Tom
Gina
|
$400
[2]
It's good to have a new this when it comes to an innovation; lining your face, not as much
a wrinkle
|
$400
[1]
In 1980 Mandy Patinkin took home a Tony for his role as Che in this musical
Evita
Gina
|
$400
[6]
It's a long, elegant woman's dress for formal occasions
an evening gown
Alex
|
$400
[18]
Louise Pearce wasn't napping on the job when she helped cure trypanosomiasis, this African sickness
sleeping sickness
Alex
|
|
$800
[4]
An observer said this day in Philly in 1777 had "ringing of bells all day... & the bonfires in the streets, & the fireworks"
July 4th
Lesley
|
$800
[11]
Tom Blankenship, the son of the town drunkard in Hannibal, was the inspiration for this classic character
Huckleberry Finn
|
$800
[12]
This buzzing musical toy is also called a mirliton
a kazoo
Gina
|
$800
[16]
In 1989 "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" won 6 Tonys, including one for this "Seinfeld" co-star
Jason Alexander
Lesley
Alex
|
$800
[7]
Venus, shortly after sunset
the Evening Star
Lesley
|
$800
[19]
The first medical school for women was the Female Medical College of this state, founded by Quakers in 1850
Pennsylvania
Gina
|
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
The Seven Weeks' War of 1866 is why this 90% German-speaking country isn't part of Germany
Austria
Gina
|
$2,000
[28]
Self-destructive poet Delmore Schwartz was the model for this title gift-giver in a Saul Bellow book
Humboldt
|
DD
$1,000
[13]
It's like, totally from Italy, meaning a spacious indoor mall with a vaulted roof, to the max!
a galleria
Gina
|
$1,200
[17]
In 1988 this drama by David Henry Hwang flew off with the Tony for Best Play
M. Butterfly
Gina
Lesley
|
$1,200
[8]
Walter Cronkite became its anchor in 1962
the CBS Evening News
Gina
|
$1,200
[20]
Francoise Barre-Sinoussi shared a 2008 Nobel Prize for identifying this virus
HIV
Gina
Lesley
|
|
$1,600
[24]
The House of Tomorrowwas in the innovation-focused 1930s Chicago World's Fair called "Century of" this
Progress
|
— |
$1,600
[14]
In prescriptions, it's wax; in "Superbad", it's actor Michael
cera
Alex
|
$1,600
[26]
This funny lady's "Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe" yielded her a Tony in 1986
Lily Tomlin
|
$1,600
[9]
You can still subscribe to this, "America's magazine"
The Saturday Evening Post
Lesley
|
$1,600
[21]
Gertrude Elion helped develop leukemia drugs, malaria drugs & allopurinol for this inflammation of foot joints
gout
Gina
|
|
$2,000
[25]
Brutal repression of Communists made 1965 this Asian country's "Year of Living Dangerously"
Indonesia
|
— |
$2,000
[15]
Time to dig up, to disinter, this word
exhume
|
$2,000
[27]
She won her third Tony 2 days before her 74th birthday for her role in "Foxfire"; an Oscar would come at age 80
(Jessica) Tandy
Alex
|
$2,000
[10]
Dads know this PBS show with a 3-word title, featuring Arthur Fiedler & John Williams, premiered in 1970
Evening at Pops
|
$2,000
[22]
In the 1960s pathologist Elizabeth Stern first linked this herpes virus to the development of cervical cancer
herpes simplex
Gina
|
Jean Valliere, burned in 1523, is considered the first martyr of this religious group
the Huguenots