Rebecca Golden — a writer from Hamtramck, Michigan
Mike Duval — a television production coordinator from Norwood, Massachusetts
Scott Ylinen — a draftsman and college student from Morgantown, West Virginia (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,655)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scott | $800 | $1,000 | $18,700 |
$19,050
3-day champion: $62,705 |
$15,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Mike | $2,000 | $3,600 | $2,000 |
$3,989
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,200
13 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $400 | $3,400 | $9,000 |
$10,980
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| WORLD OF WATERCRAFT | CENTRAL AMERICA | WHAT ABOUT BOB? | COMPLETE THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD TITLE | LIGHT THE CANDLES | ADD AN "S" |
|
$200
[15]
In 1932 Oskar Speck paddled from Germany to Australia in one of these whose name is Inuit for "small boat of skins"
a kayak
Rebecca
|
$200
[5]
A rain forest area called the Darien Gap is an obstacle to the completion of this highway system of almost 30,000 miles
the Pan-American Highway
Scott
|
$200
[1]
I gotta tell ya, this comic got 5 special Academy Awards for his humanitarian services & services to the film biz
Bob Hope
Mike
|
$200
[13]
William Styron, 1980:"____ Choice"
Sophie's
Mike
|
$200
[19]
Idiomatically, do this to the candle & you're going too hard by both day & night
burning it at both ends
Mike
|
$200
[11]
An empty space fills up with an "S" to be a sudden, short, surprised intake of breath
gap & gasp
Mike
|
|
$800
[28]
3-word name of the boating weather advisory issued when winds reach 20+ knots along with dangerous wave conditions
a small-craft advisory
Scott
Rebecca
|
$400
[6]
A 1972 earthquake destroyed just about all of this Nicaraguan capital's downtown
Managua
Scott
|
$400
[2]
But I would not feel so all alone, everybody must get this man who gave us "Lay Lady Lay" in 1969
Bob Dylan
Mike
|
$400
[14]
E. Annie Proulx, 1993:"The ____ News"
Shipping
Scott
|
$400
[23]
This facility was renamed for the tech company 3Com from 1995 to 2002
Candlestick Park
Rebecca
|
$400
[12]
A pricey place for lodging travelers tones it down with an "S" to put up kids on a bike trip, inexpensively
hotel & hostel
Rebecca
|
|
$1,000
[27]
Depicting an event from 1816, Theodore Gericault's "Raft of"this vessel might make you a little seasick
the Medusa
Scott
|
$600
[7]
"Rich coast"? Heck, this country has 2 of 'em--one on the Caribbean & one on the Pacific
Costa Rica
Mike
|
$600
[3]
This Olympic & team sports broadcaster carries a 1958 Mickey Mantle baseball card everywhere
Bob Costas
Mike
|
$600
[16]
1950:"The Man with the ____ Arm"
Golden
Rebecca
|
$600
[24]
A 1997 revised version of this song sold more than 30 million copies
"Candle In The Wind"
Mike
|
$600
[20]
A term meaning to remain inactive until something expected happens adds an "S" to be a body part we "watch"
wait & waist
|
| — |
$800
[8]
Guatemala's 37 of these tempt some climbers; be careful on the one fittingly named Fuego
a volcano
Scott
|
$1,000
[10]
In 1978, this choreographer's final Broadway hit was titled, appropriately, "Dancin'"
Bob Fosse
Mike
|
$800
[17]
1982:"____ Is Rich"
Rabbit
Rebecca
|
$800
[25]
As a verb, it means to get thinner at one end; as a noun, it's a tall candle
a taper
Rebecca
|
$800
[21]
A word meaning to defeat gets that "S" & morphs into a savage animal
beat & beast
Mike
|
| — |
$1,000
[9]
The southern coast on the Gulf of Fonseca is the only outlet to the Pacific for this country big in bananas
Honduras
Scott
|
DD
$1,200
[4]
He put out the live double album "Babylon by Bus" in 1978
Bob Marley
Mike
|
$1,000
[18]
Jaimy Gordon, 2010:"Lord of ____"
Misrule
|
$1,000
[26]
These 2 items were paired with candle in a Roman Catholic excommunication ceremony
bell & book
|
$1,000
[22]
An amount of money set by a court picks up an "S" & becomes an aromatic herb of the mint family
bail & basil
Rebecca
|
| AGRICULTURE | TV ODDS & ENDS | UNNAMED BIBLE PEOPLE NAMED | YOU | ...& WHAT ARMY? | 9-LETTER WORDS |
|
$400
[9]
About 400 of these beans are required to make a pound of chocolate
cocoa beans
Scott
|
$400
[29]
Robin Leach promised "champagne wishes & caviar dreams" on the TV show "Lifestyles of" these people
the Rich and Famous
Scott
|
$400
[16]
The 1st century Book of Jubilees lists this man's wife as Emzara; hope she could swim!
Noah
Mike
Rebecca
|
$400
[28]
...are made up of more than 35 trillion of these, the basic units of the human body
cells
Scott
|
$400
[1]
In 1862 Robert E, Lee's Confederate Army of the Potomac was renamed the Army of Northern this
Virginia
Rebecca
|
$800
[6]
A practice session between 2 units of the same sports team
scrimmage
Mike
|
|
$800
[10]
California's top cash crop is grapes; a close 2nd is this nut for which the state supplies 80% of world production
almonds
Scott
|
$800
[3]
The Facebook page for the Indiana Office of Tourism said they'd miss this retiring sitcom almost as much as Li'l Sebastian
Parks and Recreation
Mike
|
$800
[17]
The Bible doesn't name her, but Josephus gives us this name for Herod's dancing stepdaughter
Salome
Scott
|
$800
[27]
...have 23 intervertebral these, each composed of a soft center surrounded by a tough, flexible ring
a disc
Scott
|
$1,200
[22]
A 2014 documentary titled this "Army" isn't about war but a great hockey team led by Vyacheslav Fetisov
the Red Army
Scott
|
$1,200
[5]
This peace officer has less authority than a sheriff & is empowered to serve warrants & make arrests
constable
|
|
$1,200
[11]
The emblem of this "forward-looking" youth organization features an ear of corn & an owl sitting on a plow
the Future Farmers of America
Rebecca
|
$1,200
[2]
After "Cheers", she went on to star in "Veronica's Closet"
Kirstie Alley
Mike
|
$1,200
[18]
Traditional Ethiopian lore names this royal female friend of Solomon as Makeda
the Queen of Sheba
Scott
|
$1,600
[25]
...have a fissure of Rolando in this organ, even if you're not named Rolando
the brain
Scott
|
$1,600
[23]
This name for an army that went kaput at the end of World War II is German for "defense force"
the Wehrmacht
Scott
|
$1,600
[7]
It's a young bird that has recently acquired its flight feathers
fledgling
Scott
|
|
$1,600
[14]
The Bible commands that every 7 years, land should be left unused, lying this 6-letter word
fallow
Scott
|
$1,600
[4]
McArdle & Lowell were the last names of this sitcom-title pair played by Susan Saint James & Jane Curtin
Kate & Allie
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[19]
The Babylonian Talmud identifies this patriarch's mother as Amthlai Bath Khrubu
Abraham
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
...were one of these, from Greek for "newborn animal", for the first 7 weeks after you were conceived
an embryo
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[24]
John J. Pershing commanded the AEF; despite his name, John French was in charge of the BEF, this "Force"
the British Expeditionary Force
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[8]
It's a colonnade surrounding an open area
peristyle
Scott
Mike
Rebecca
|
|
$2,000
[15]
Last name of father & son John & Don, who made Arkansas a national leader in poultry
Tyson
Scott
Mike
|
$2,000
[13]
Adrian Paul starred as Duncan MacLeod in this TV series that was based on a Christopher Lambert film
Highlander
Scott
|
$2,000
[20]
The Gospel of Nicodemus names the thieves crucified with Jesus: him & Gestas
Dismas
|
$2,000
[26]
...are hearing me through this membrane aka the eardrum
the tympanic membrane
Scott
|
DD
$4,500
[21]
In 1974, farmers in China discovered the army seen here, made of this earthy material
terra-cotta
Scott
|
— |
In 1906 this city's Academy of Fine Arts admitted Egon Schiele; in 1907 it rejected Adolf Hitler
Vienna, Austria