Jill Locascio — an academic librarian from Brooklyn, New York
Nate Burgan — a research manager from Oak Park, Michigan
Alex Navissi — a business development associate originally from Katy, Texas (whose 1-day cash winnings total $13,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | $3,000 | $4,000 | $9,600 |
$13,401
2-day champion: $26,901 |
$13,600
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Nate | $200 | $800 | $4,400 |
$8,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,800
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jill | $3,000 | $5,000 | $13,400 |
$7,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
18 R, 2 W |
| BROADWAY HIT ALIASES | CAN I HAVE A WORD? | TAKE ME TO YOUR LITER | YOU CAN'T SPELL GEOGRAPHY WITHOUT "M" | DEATH OF A VEEP | WEARING BLACK |
|
$200
[6]
"46th State!"
Oklahoma!
Nate
|
$200
[19]
A somniloquist is one who does this in his sleep
talk
Nate
|
$200
[30]
Earthlust's 1-liter stainless steel bottles are part of its "mission to eliminate" single-use water bottles made of this
plastic
Alex
|
$200
[1]
France & the Mediterranean border this less-than-one-square-mile country
Monaco
Jill
|
$200
[7]
This VP's divorce was granted on the day of his death, Sept. 14, 1836; no gunplay was involved in either case
Aaron Burr
Jill
|
$200
[10]
This designer has a Black Label line in addition to his Polo brand
Ralph Lauren
Alex
|
|
$400
[15]
"Instruction for Corporate Advancement Requiring Little Effort"
How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
Alex
|
$400
[20]
Low is another term for this animal sound
moo
Nate
Jill
|
$400
[29]
Feels like I've waited forever to open my 1-liter bottle of Ancient Age "Kentucky straight" this
bourbon
Nate
|
$400
[2]
This celeb-filled community in L.A. County lies on 21 miles of gorgeous but unstable coast
Malibu
Alex
|
$400
[8]
This former New York governor died in New York City on Jan. 26, 1979
Rockefeller
Jill
|
$400
[11]
Scarlett Johansson wears a form-fitting black leather suit as this Avenger
Black Widow
Alex
|
|
$600
[16]
"Tresses"
Hair
Nate
|
$600
[23]
Someone who sells items made of this is known as a xylopolist
wood
Nate
|
$600
[28]
ezcap.net makes resealable 1-liter amber bottles specially designed to hold "micro" these
microbrews
Jill
|
$600
[3]
Only Greenland, New Guinea & Borneo are larger islands than this one off the coast of Africa
Madagascar
Alex
|
$600
[9]
The first Democrat elected to the Senate from Minnesota since 1858, he died in Waverly on Jan. 13, 1978
Hubert Humphrey
|
$600
[12]
Named for Teutonic invaders, the people in this subculture are identifiable by their pallor & black clothes
goths
Jill
|
|
$800
[17]
"Hilarious Chick"
Funny Girl
Nate
|
$800
[24]
It goes around & around carrying carved horses or airline passengers' bags
a carousel
Nate
|
$800
[27]
The 21st century generation can get 1-liter bottles of this soda with a red, white & blue circle logo
Pepsi
Jill
|
$800
[4]
This city's million-plus people live about 20 miles north of the Po
Milan
Jill
|
$800
[21]
He died Nov. 23, 1814, but his name lives on whenever districts are redrawn
(Elbridge) Gerry
Alex
Jill
|
$800
[13]
This memoir by Johnny Cash is subtitled "His Own Story in His Own Words"
Man in Black
Jill
|
|
$1,000
[18]
"Shoeless Within a Common"
Barefoot in the Park
Jill
|
DD
$1,400
[25]
A public place for walking, or a square dance move in which couples march counterclockwise
a promenade
Nate
|
$1,000
[26]
Is this an IQ test? Amazon sells a 1-liter bottle of this "vapor distilled" glaceau brand for $1.90--plus $8.99 shipping
Smartwater
Nate
Jill
|
$1,000
[5]
The 9,068-foot Mount Korab is the highest peak in this former Yugoslav republic
Macedonia
Alex
|
$1,000
[22]
This fiery veep from South Carolina died March 31, 1850 & was laid to rest in Charleston's Cemetery of St. Philip's
Calhoun
Jill
|
$1,000
[14]
This detergent with a fabric in its name has a "Darks" formula to keep your black clothes from fading
Woolite
|
| FRENCH COMPOSERS | PLAYING GOD | OROGENIES | IT'S MY WAY & THE HIGHWAY | GET THE "URGE" | AUTHORS BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[6]
In 1653 Jean-Baptiste Lully became court composer for this king with whom he had earlier danced in a ballet
Louis XIV
Alex
|
$400
[8]
God (Harry Shearer) tells this guy (Dan Castellaneta), "If you'll excuse me, I have to appear in a tortilla"
Homer Simpson
Jill
|
$400
[12]
The geologic term "orogeny" comes from Greek oro, "mountain", plus this biblical term for creation
genesis
Alex
|
$400
[24]
I gave my name to I-10, the transcontinental highway that runs from California to Florida, not Spain to the Indies
Columbus
Nate
|
$400
[19]
Your computer probably has a protector to guard against one of these
a surge
Nate
|
$400
[1]
"Basic Instinct" & "Traffic" actor who got wacky & wrote "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"
Michael Douglas Adams
Nate
|
|
$800
[7]
Georges Bizet died at 36, just 3 months after the initial failure of this opera
Carmen
Nate
|
$800
[15]
Graham Chapman had a 2-way conversation as both the voice of God & King Arthur in this classic 1975 comedy
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Alex
|
$800
[13]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an animation on the monitor.) Orogenies are usually accompanied by folding or faulting of these layers, from Latin for "spread out"
strata
Nate
|
$800
[25]
The highway named for me, this king, winds from Kailua to Honolulu
Kamehameha
Alex
|
$800
[23]
The beluga this grows to 2,900 pounds but is at its most delicious in teeny egg form
sturgeon
Jill
|
$800
[2]
"Marathon Man" novelist/screenwriter & investment bank whose stock symbol is GS
William Goldman Sachs
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Achille-Claude was the full first name of this faun-portraying composer
Debussy
Jill
|
$1,200
[16]
For lo! This actor hath returned to his supreme being role in 2007's "Evan Almighty"
Morgan Freeman
Nate
|
$1,200
[14]
The huge Nevadan orogeny began about 156 million years ago during the late part of this geologic period
the Jurassic period
Alex
|
$1,200
[26]
I didn't defeat Truman in 1948, but I did get New York's highway system named for me in 1964
(Thomas) Dewey
Jill
|
$1,200
[22]
To spend money in an extravagant fashion
splurge
Alex
|
$1,200
[3]
"Paradise Lost" poet who won who the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1976
John Milton Friedman
Jill
|
|
$1,600
[10]
A decade before composing "Bolero", he served as a driver in World War I
Ravel
Alex
|
$1,600
[17]
God's burning bush voice in "The Ten Commandments" is this actor's, slowed down; he had another role in the '56 film, too
Charlton Heston
Jill
|
— |
$1,600
[27]
In Idaho U.S. Highway 12 is named for us; it follows parts of our route
Lewis & Clark
Alex
|
$2,000
[20]
Highfalutin term for a playwright
a dramaturge
Alex
|
$1,600
[4]
George Harrison song that says, "I really want to see you" & is the titled poet who was mad, bad & dangerous to know
"My Sweet Lord Byron"
Nate
|
|
$2,000
[11]
From 1979 to 1981 Georges Delerue won this French Oscar 3 straight years for scores including "The Last Metro"
the César
|
$2,000
[18]
Ralph Richardson "stole" the show as God in this 1981 Terry Gilliam sci fi comedy, saying "Oh, I hate having to appear"
Time Bandits
Nate
|
— |
$2,000
[28]
Part of I-90, my tollway goes from Rockford to Chicago, like I did before I settled at Hull House
(Jane) Addams
Alex
|
DD
$4,000
[21]
It's the specialty of operating on the brain & spinal cord
neurosurgery
Alex
|
$2,000
[5]
"The Cantos" poet who is a dessert made with flour, butter, sugar & eggs
Ezra Pound Cake
Jill
|
Kipling wrote of this city, "If a car" can "run up & down a slit in the ground... why shall I seek the reasons of the miracle?"
San Francisco