Nikki Grillos — a freelance associate casting director from New York, New York
Chris Lastrapes — a business developer originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma
Sean Anderson — a law professor from Champaign, Illinois (whose 3-day cash winnings total $71,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean | $1,400 | $800 | $8,400 |
$1,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,600
16 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Chris | $2,000 | $4,200 | $7,400 |
$1,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
12 R, 2 W |
| Nikki | $4,400 | $4,600 | $7,600 |
$14,801
New champion: $14,801 |
$9,400
18 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| PRESIDENTS' MIDDLE NAMES | CONCERT HALLS | AUTO MAKERS | 3-LETTER RESPONSES | TRANSLATE THE FRENCH | FILMS OF THE '90s |
|
$200
[1]
Hussein
Obama
Chris
|
$200
[26]
In Berlin's Philharmonie you might sit behind the orchestra; it's built "in-the-" this, also a term used of theaters
in the round
Sean
|
$200
[21]
Time to head to Nevada in its Tahoe
Chevy
Chris
|
$200
[16]
Just "think"--in 2012 Ginni Rometty became this company's first female CEO
IBM
Nikki
|
$200
[11]
Chaud, as in chocolat chaud
hot
Nikki
|
$200
[2]
The tag line of this film was "A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins"
The Fugitive
Sean
|
|
$400
[3]
Gamaliel
(Warren) Harding
Sean
|
$400
[27]
In the 1940s the BBC Proms concerts moved from Queen's Hall to this one named for a prince
Royal Albert Hall
Chris
|
$400
[22]
Max out storage space in its Sienna minivan
Toyota
Nikki
|
$400
[17]
A make-out session in a restaurant or at a ballgame
PDA
Nikki
|
$400
[12]
For dinner it's poisson (note the double "S")
fish
Nikki
|
$400
[7]
In 2014 ninnies Lloyd & Harry were back in the sequel to this 1994 movie
Dumb and Dumber
Chris
|
|
$600
[4]
Abram
James Garfield
Nikki
|
$600
[29]
Manchester's Bridgewater Hall is so sonically tight that workmen in it didn't hear a 2-ton bomb this org. set off 1/2 mile away
the IRA (the Irish Republican Army)
|
$600
[23]
I think I could learn to enjoy its Ghost Series II
Rolls-Royce
|
$600
[18]
Resembling a flying saucer, the Theme Building locatedhereis a cultural & historical landmark
LAX
Chris
|
$600
[13]
Don't let le gazon grow under your feet
grass
Nikki
|
$600
[8]
(I'm NASCAR driver A.J. Allmendinger.) Tom Cruise plays Cole Trickle, a yankee who breaks into big-time stock car racing in this 1990 film
Days of Thunder
Chris
|
|
$800
[5]
Earl
(Jimmy) Carter
Sean
|
DD
$800
[30]
The hall in Lahti, Finland is named after this composer
Jean Sibelius
Nikki
|
$800
[24]
Perhaps its Impreza will imprezz you
Subaru
Chris
|
$800
[19]
This network's original series have included "Monk", "Psych" & "Suits"
USA
Sean
Chris
|
$800
[14]
A reporter should carry un stylo
pen
Nikki
|
$800
[9]
In 1996 Woody Harrelson portrayed this publisher & champion of free speech
Larry Flynt
Chris
|
|
$1,000
[6]
Alan
(Chester) Arthur
Nikki
|
$1,000
[28]
This European city's philharmonic has a glorious showcase to play Mozart & more at its Musikfreunde
Vienna
Nikki
|
$1,000
[25]
Don't crash its Cadenza into a credenza
Kia
Nikki
|
$1,000
[20]
Timothy Leary was a leading advocate for the use of psychedelic drugs, this one in particular
LSD
Chris
|
$1,000
[15]
La mariee, perhaps all in white
bride
Nikki
|
$1,000
[10]
They're the title objects that split Gwyneth Paltrow's life in two
Sliding Doors
Nikki
|
| BOOKS' SUBTITLES | OLIVIA | NEO GEO | THINK MUSIC | THE U.S. MARINE CORPS | "OO" RAH |
|
$400
[8]
This horse: "An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
Seabiscuit
Sean
Nikki
|
$400
[21]
Australian vineyards provide the grapes for this singer's Koala Blue wines
Olivia Newton-John
Sean
|
$400
[16]
You take the left half of the old name, we'll take the right, said these 2 new European countries in 1993
the Czech Republic & Slovakia
Sean
|
$400
[1]
"If you want my body & you think I'm sexy, come on sugar let me know"
(Rod) Stewart
Nikki
|
$400
[26]
A photo of the flag-raising on this island was used as a model for the Marine Memorial at Arlington
Iwo Jima
Sean
|
$400
[6]
It partners with "whole kit" to denote something in its entirety
caboodle
Sean
|
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
This number: "A Portrait of My Father" by George W. Bush
41
Nikki
|
$800
[22]
Her most famous role came in 1939 as Melanie Wilkes
Olivia de Havilland
Nikki
|
$800
[17]
This Pacific island nation dropped the "Western" from its name & it's now just "the Independent State of" it
Samoa
Sean
|
$800
[2]
"You probably think this song is about you"
Carly Simon
Nikki
|
$800
[27]
The Mameluke sword carried by officers dates to 1805, when the Marines rid the "shores of" this place of pirates
Tripoli
Sean
Nikki
|
$800
[7]
A pipe of near eastern origin with a flexible intake tube
a hookah
Nikki
|
|
$1,200
[11]
"Endurance": this Antarctic explorer's "Incredible Voyage"
Sir Ernest Shackleton
|
$1,200
[23]
Nothing is ordinary for Olivia in this Shakespeare comedy: she loves Cesario, who is Viola in disguise
Twelfth Night
Chris
|
$1,600
[19]
Bombay has become Mumbai & this southern city famous for its fabrics is now known as Chennai
Madras
|
$1,200
[3]
"You're the reason I'm a-travelin' on, but don't think twice, it's all right" (he wrote it)
Bob Dylan
Sean
|
$1,200
[28]
In the Pacific, Marine bases are located at Oahu, Hawaii & this Japanese island in the Ryukyus
Okinawa
Sean
|
$1,200
[9]
A funny reel of footage is named for this type of goof
a blooper
Nikki
|
|
$1,600
[12]
These "Sisters: The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra"
the Romanovs
Nikki
|
$1,600
[24]
Olivia Goldsmith, who wrote this 1992 novel about women whose exes acquire younger spouses, died during a facelift
The First Wives Club
Nikki
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
In its official name this nation now describes itself as a "Bolivarian Republic"
Venezuela
Sean
|
$1,600
[4]
"I'm thinking out loud, maybe we found love right where we are"
Ed Sheeran
|
$1,600
[29]
Marine recruits receive basic training in one of 2 places: Parris Island, S.C. or this Southern California city
San Diego
Sean
Chris
|
$1,600
[14]
French & English are the official languages of this country on Africa's west coast
Cameroon
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[13]
This one-word title: "Confessions of an Unredeemed Drug Addict" by William S. Burroughs
Junkie
|
$2,000
[25]
Olivia Williams is stuck in 1940s New Mexico as a physicist's wife on this WGN series without "Project" in its title
Manhattan
Chris
Nikki
|
$2,000
[20]
Tshwane, after a local chief, is the new name of this South African city formerly named for a Boer leader
Pretoria
Sean
|
$2,000
[5]
"You might think I'm foolish or maybe it's untrue, you might think I'm crazy, all I want is you"
The Cars
|
$2,000
[30]
In 1962 he became the first Marine to orbit the Earth
John Glenn
Sean
|
$2,000
[15]
Imperative & subjunctive are 2 examples of this property of verbs
mood
Sean
|
Anna Freud wrote, "The infantile ego resorts to" this behavior "in order not to become aware of some painful impression"
denial