Second game in which reigning champion did not return.Alex returns from a full knee replacement, stays at his lectern during the contestant interviews, and uses acaneduring the closing credits chat.
Shoshana Gordon Ginsburg — a children's librarian from Washington, D.C.
Jay O'Brien — a physics instructor from Waterford, New York
Liz Quesnelle — a retail store owner from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liz | $2,200 | $5,800 | $15,000 |
$20,001
New champion: $20,001 |
$14,400
23 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Jay | $600 | $3,000 | $3,800 |
$7,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$1,800
11 R (including 1 DD), 6 W |
| Shoshana | $-600 | $4,000 | $10,000 |
$17,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
10 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| COMMON BOND CUISINE | NOVELISTS | MEASURED WORDS | NOPE, NOT BORN IN AUSTRALIA | OUR BODIES | OUR ELVES |
|
$200
[1]
Corn, fish, Manhattan clam
chowder
Liz
|
$200
[17]
Once in hiding, he began a book tour in 2015 for his novel "Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights"
(Salman) Rushdie
Shoshana
|
$200
[6]
This word of measure can precede "bird" "-of-ale" & "stick"
yard
Liz
Jay
|
$200
[12]
This actress who played Satine in "Moulin Rouge!" was actually born in Honolulu
Nicole Kidman
Liz
|
$200
[7]
To talk a lot, especially in order to persuade someone, isn't "to mandible" but this synonym
to jaw
Liz
|
$200
[24]
Winky tells this boy wizard, "House-elves is not supposed to have fun...house-elves does what they is told"
Harry Potter
Liz
|
|
$400
[2]
Jasmine, Arborio, Texmati
rice
Liz
|
$400
[21]
On December 7, 1941 this Tarzan creator was playing tennis with his son in Honolulu when Pearl Harbor was attacked
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Jay
|
$400
[30]
A 4-inch tall horse would measure one of these, & be very hard to ride
a hand
Liz
|
$400
[13]
A surprise about this original "Mad Max": He was born in Peekskill, New York
Mel Gibson
Jay
|
$600
[9]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an X-ray illustration on the monitor.) Falling on an outstretched arm is the most common cause of a broken wrist, & it's often this forearm bone, which is closer to the thumb, that is fractured
radius
Liz
Jay
|
$400
[25]
In TV commercials, Buckets the elf is in charge of splashing fudge on this brand's cookies
Keebler
Jay
|
|
$600
[3]
Spanish, pearl, Maui
onions
Liz
Shoshana
|
$600
[20]
Thomas Hardy set most of his books in rural areas, as suggested in the title "Far From" this throng
the madding crowd
Liz
|
$600
[29]
This word found before "of women Voters" is also a distance of about 3 miles
league
Jay
|
$600
[14]
At my signal unleash your response of this Wellington, New Zealand-born actor & Oscar winner
Russell Crowe
Jay
|
$800
[10]
This area behind the brain stem is involved in the coordination of voluntary motor movement
the cerebellum
|
$600
[28]
Azari is a fire elf & Naida a water elf in this Danish company's toy line & accompanying media franchise
Lego
Liz
|
|
$800
[4]
Tamale, pumpkin, black bottom
pies
Jay
|
$800
[19]
In 1992, this "Hotel New Hampshire" author, once a college wrestler, was inducted into the Natl. Wrestling Hall of Fame
John Irving
Shoshana
|
$800
[23]
Someone drunk is "in his" these, though in his pints is more like it
cups
Shoshana
|
$800
[15]
"You're the One That I Want" hit No. 1 in 1978 for John Travolta & this Cambridge, England-born woman
Olivia Newton-John
Liz
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
The first cervical vertebra is called this after a Greek god because it supports the head
Atlas
Liz
|
$800
[27]
Tolkien would have said "Who the heck is Tauriel?", the wood elf played by this actress--she was created for the "Hobbit" films
Evangeline Lilly
Shoshana
|
|
$1,000
[5]
Dosa, blini, palacsinta
pancakes
Liz
|
$1,000
[18]
She says that "Mama" & "How Stella Got Her Groove Back" are her most autobiographical novels
Terry McMillan
Shoshana
|
$1,000
[22]
After you land at the airport, pick up your car at this unit of frequency counter
Hertz
Jay
|
$1,000
[16]
The British Isles was the birthplace of the Disco kings of the '70s, this band of brothers
the Bee Gees
Liz
|
$1,000
[11]
The thyroid gland has 2 lobes, one on each side of this tube
the trachea
Liz
|
$1,000
[26]
In a Grimm tale, the wife of this artisan made clothes for the elves to show her gratitude for making them rich
the shoemaker
Shoshana
|
| WORLD WAR I | I HATE QUOTES | A FABRIC-ATED CATEGORY | REMEMBER THE '80s? | DOUBLE F WORDS | COLORFUL U.S. CITIES |
|
$400
[9]
The Russian people suffered greatly during the war & blamed this czar who was forced off the throne in early 1917
Nicholas II
Liz
Shoshana
|
$400
[5]
This first gospel contains Jesus' words, "Bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you"
Matthew
Shoshana
|
$400
[19]
This fabric used in coats usually comes from the Bactrian type
camel's hair
Jay
|
$400
[27]
How square! In the mid-'80s this "amazing" puzzle showed off its colors on its own cartoon series
the Rubik's Cube
Liz
|
$800
[7]
This word means operating disconnected from an associated computer
offline
Liz
|
$1,200
[16]
You can visit the city of Bowling Green & the state university of the same name; they're both in this state
Ohio
Shoshana
|
|
$800
[10]
The May 8, 1915 headline in the N.Y. Times blared this ship "sunk by a submarine... twice torpedoed off Irish coast"
the Lusitania
Jay
|
$800
[6]
In a preface to this book, Walt Whitman urged people to "despise riches" & "hate tyrants"
Leaves of Grass
Liz
|
$800
[20]
A fabric made from this tall grass is all the rage in part due to its antibacterial properties
bamboo
Liz
|
$800
[4]
This video game was based on a Japanese folk hero known for his voracious appetite
Pac-Man
Shoshana
|
$1,200
[8]
Hey, dummy! The healthiest way to be hanged is "in" this way
in effigy
|
$1,600
[17]
For more than 40 years, Edison worked in this town with both a direction & a color
West Orange
|
|
$1,600
[12]
On July 4, 1917 this AEF leader marched his troops through Paris to lay a wreath on the tomb of Lafayette
(John J.) Pershing
Jay
|
$1,200
[21]
In a 1981 movie this actor declares, "I hate snakes"
Harrison Ford
Jay
|
$1,200
[24]
This lace named for a town in France was paired in song with "a pretty face and a ponytail hanging down"
Chantilly
Liz
|
$1,200
[1]
He's seenherein a current photo, but he remembers the '80s when he was a TV & music heartthrob
Rick Springfield
Liz
|
$1,600
[14]
It's a written declaration upon oath made before an official
an affidavit
Jay
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
This Alabama college town's name was inspired by a line from Oliver Goldsmith's poem "The Deserted Village"
Auburn
Shoshana
|
|
$2,000
[13]
The Allies suffered around 250,000 casualties trying unsuccessfully to reopen this strait also known as the Hellespont
the Dardanelles
Jay
|
$1,600
[22]
Congress says this 2-word phrase is an "offense involving actual or perceived race, color, religion", etc.
a hate crime
Liz
|
$1,600
[25]
This woven fabric used for suits sounds like a poetic contraction referencing the future
twill
|
$1,600
[3]
As this "Wall Street" corporate raider, Michael Douglas taught us that greed is good
Gordon Gekko
Liz
|
$2,000
[15]
It's an iron hook with a handle for landing big fish
a gaff
|
— |
|
DD
$3,200
[11]
The Zimmerman Note encouraged this nation to ally with Germany, which promised to let it annex lost land in the U.S.
Mexico
Jay
|
$2,000
[23]
In this Shakespeare play, Viola says "I hate ingratitude more in a man than lying, vainness", etc.
Twelfth Night
|
$2,000
[26]
Sails & beach umbrella are 2 items traditionally made of this hempen or flaxen cloth
canvas
Jay
|
$2,000
[2]
Miles Davis so loved the melody of her hit "Time After Time", he recorded an instrumental version
Cyndi Lauper
Liz
|
— | — |
In 1927 the publishers of the Modern Library widened its scope and took this name, meant as a joke about how it would select titles
Random House