Julie Stapel — an attorney from La Grange Park, Illinois
Damien Martin — a travel adviser from Overland Park, Kansas
Nikki Grillos — a freelance associate casting director from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikki | $2,000 | $5,800 | $15,000 |
$16,001
2-day champion: $30,802 |
$14,600
21 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Damien | $-1,400 | $-1,400 | $-1,000 |
$-1,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,000
6 R, 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| Julie | $800 | $800 | $8,000 |
$0
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| BAD NEWS | GOING BANANAS | TV CREATORS | LET'S GO TO THE AIRPORT | ART | ENDS IN "OON" |
|
$200
[10]
Late on April 14, 1912, things got bad for this ship roughly 400 miles south of Newfoundland
the Titanic
Nikki
|
$200
[14]
In 2014 a U.K. zoo banned bananas from these primates' diet; commercially available fruits are too sugary
gorillas (or monkeys)
Julie
|
$200
[16]
David Chase said, "The final scene" of this mobbed-up show "has no right or wrong answer"
The Sopranos
Nikki
|
$200
[1]
Until 1929, you could visit the Gala Amusement Park; on-site now, runwaysat this airport, named for a New York City mayor
LaGuardia
Julie
|
$200
[19]
In 1924 poet Andre Breton published a manifesto of this movement that joined the dream world with the everyday
Surrealism
Damien
Julie
|
$200
[6]
Kipling wrote, "The flood came along for an extra" this seasonal Asian downpour
a monsoon
Nikki
|
|
$400
[12]
An April 26, 1986 test at this power station ended up producing a radioactive cloud more than 3,000 feet high
Chernobyl
Nikki
Julie
|
$400
[15]
"Fun Facts" at this company's website include "The average American eats 27 pounds of bananas each year!"
Chiquita
Nikki
Julie
|
$400
[17]
He went through the nightmare of combat in the Philippines before creating "The Twilight Zone"
(Rod) Serling
Nikki
Damien
|
$400
[2]
On March 23, 1963 JFK dedicated this airport, saying, "There is no other airport in the world which serves so many people"
O'Hare
Damien
Julie
|
$600
[22]
Marc Chagall painted several versions of this type of musician hovering above roofs
a fiddler
Nikki
|
$400
[7]
I do declare, it means to faint
to swoon
Julie
|
|
$600
[13]
A 7.4 quake in Istanbul in 1999 did lead to better relations with this western border country that gave support
Bulgaria
Damien
|
$600
[24]
This "cooking banana" has a mild squashlike flavor
a plantain
Nikki
|
$600
[18]
Matthew Weiner said, "For me", this "Mad Man" "was a cross between James Garner & William Holden"
Don Draper
Damien
|
$600
[3]
This London airport has but 2 runways, yet served 73.4 million passengers in 2014
Heathrow
Damien
Julie
|
$800
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) A self-taught late bloomer who only began to paint seriously in his 40s, this French artist earned the admiration of avant-garde artists with what is often called hisnaive style
Henri Rousseau
|
$600
[8]
A subdivision of a company, headed by a lieutenant
a platoon
Nikki
|
| — |
$800
[25]
Runner's World said marathoners have a post-race banana to replenish about 500 mg of this metallic element
potassium
Julie
|
— |
$800
[4]
The surrounding terrain is reflected in the design of the international airport seenherethat serves this U.S. state capital
Denver
Damien
Julie
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
It's the Italian term for a mural technique using water-based paint on lime plaster; the Sistine Chapel has examples
fresco
Julie
|
$800
[9]
To decorate with a chain of flowers, lights or other bright & colorful objects
festoon
Damien
|
| — |
$1,000
[26]
A 2013 Bon Appetit article called this, not apple pie, the "most American diner dessert"
banana cream pie
Nikki
|
— |
$1,000
[5]
Thanks to FedEx, this city has the USA's largest cargo airport, handling over 4.3 million tons each year
Memphis
Damien
Julie
|
$1,000
[21]
This 1642 masterpiece by Rembrandt portrays members of an Amsterdam civic militia company
The Night Watch
Nikki
|
$1,000
[11]
Referring in part to its mountains, the name of this area of Hong Kong means "9 dragons"
Kowloon
Nikki
|
| WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE NUMBER? | IN THE DICTIONARY | A LIFE ON THE "B" LIST | NEW MEXICO | LAND OF ENCHANTMENT | APPROXIMATE WEIGHTS & MEASURES |
|
$400
[9]
2012:SEAL Team 6 disposes of Osama bin Laden
Zero Dark Thirty
Nikki
|
$400
[11]
Quadragesimal means suitable for this annual Christian period
Lent
Nikki
|
$400
[20]
In 2015 it seemed like fans might not have this FIFA head to kick around anymore after a life in soccer
(Sepp) Blatter
Julie
|
$400
[23]
Even if you're alien to New Mexico, you probably know the name of this Chaves County seat
Roswell
Julie
|
$400
[16]
"The Horse and His Boy" by C.S. Lewis begins, "This is the story of an adventure that happened" here
Narnia
Nikki
|
$1,600
[27]
In "Porgy and Bess" Porgy praises poverty by singing, "I got" this amount "o' nuttin"'
plenty
Nikki
Damien
|
|
DD
$1,200
[10]
1994:A quintet of social occasions, one not-so-happy
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Nikki
|
$800
[12]
Coined by Edmund Spenser, a prothalamion is a poem written in celebration of one of these ceremonies
a wedding
Damien
|
$800
[21]
From 1757 to 1827 this English poet was burning bright
(William) Blake
Nikki
|
$800
[6]
New Mexico's state insect is a 2-inch longwaspnamed for this type of large spider it preys on
a tarantula
Nikki
|
$800
[17]
Mid-World's last gunslinger searches for the title edifice in this fantasy series by Stephen King
The Dark Tower
Nikki
|
$2,000
[26]
It's a short cluster of feathers or grass that's close together at the base & loose at the upper end
a tuft
Julie
|
|
$1,200
[8]
1999:"The Taming of the Shrew" goes to high school
10 Things I Hate About You
Nikki
|
$1,200
[13]
It means to knock against others intentionally at a rock concert, perhaps in the "pit" of the same name
mosh
Julie
|
$1,200
[22]
He's seenhereafter devoting more than 50 years of his life to representing West Virginia in Washington
(Senator Robert) Byrd
Damien
|
$1,200
[4]
We'll poll you & ask about this city founded in 1881 that calls itself "the Indian Capital of the World"
Gallup, New Mexico
|
$1,200
[18]
In one Seuss tale this place is found in a speck of dust; in another, near Mt. Crumpit
Whoville
|
— |
|
$1,600
[7]
2010:A solo hiking trip in Utah goes very wrong
127 Hours
Nikki
|
$1,600
[14]
This word for an avid enthusiast comes from the Spanish for "supporter"
aficionado
Julie
|
$1,600
[25]
The divine life of this actress included reputed affairs with Victor Hugo & Edward VII
(Sarah) Bernhardt
Julie
|
$1,600
[3]
"Z" if you know that this Pueblo reservation is nestled in a valley 150 miles west of Albuquerque
the Zuni reservation
|
$1,600
[19]
New York, aka the "City of" these in "The Mortal Instruments" series, has faeries, warlocks & Shadowhunters
the City of Bones
|
— |
|
$2,000
[5]
1975:Robert Redford is a CIA researcher
Three Days of the Condor
|
$2,000
[15]
A pangram is a sentence that's special in this way
it contains every letter in the alphabet
Damien
|
$2,000
[24]
Born Ma-ka-tai-me-she-kia-kiak in 1767, he gave his colorful name to an 1832 war
Black Hawk
|
DD
$2,000
[1]
This river that rises in northern New Mexico gave its name to the Southwest's counterpart to Paul Bunyan
the Pecos River
Damien
|
$2,000
[2]
This Terry Pratchett "world" sits on elephants that stand on a great turtle
Discworld
|
— |
On the Horn of Africa, it's the only country whose name in English begins with a silent letter
Djibouti