Alex uses acaneduring the closing credits chat.
Johnny Saunders — a retired convenience store manager from Dallas, Texas
Erik Johns — a marketing manager from Chicago, Illinois
Camille Hooper — an accountant from Port Saint Lucie, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $2,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camille | $2,600 | $5,400 | $6,600 |
$5,599
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,600
13 R, 2 W |
| Erik | $600 | $3,600 | $9,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,200
16 R, 3 W |
| Johnny | $3,600 | $4,000 | $13,000 |
$13,000
New champion: $13,000 |
$13,800
17 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| AVIATION | A TOUGH FOOD CATEGORY | RANDOM HOUSE DEFINITIONS | LITERARY CHARACTERS | BOXER BRIEFS | SEWING |
|
$200
[3]
The mid-1930s TBD Devastator was the first American naval aircraft with one of these that could be totally enclosed
a cockpit
Erik
|
$200
[4]
Biltong is a South African version of this tough & salty 5-letter food, thin strips of meat that's been dried
jerky
Erik
|
$200
[20]
"The body of a dead person given the semblance of life"
zombie
Erik
Johnny
|
$200
[9]
Beatty is the captain of the firemen in this Bradbury novel
Fahrenheit 451
Johnny
|
$200
[13]
He was a lad of 12 when he struck up the pose seen here
Muhammad Ali
Camille
|
$600
[14]
To shorten one of these, use wire cutters to remove the top stops, remove teeth, & then crimp the stops back on
a zipper
Camille
|
|
$400
[6]
Members of the Caterpillar Club are those whose lives have been saved by using one of these to escape a disabled aircraft
a parachute
Camille
|
$400
[1]
Eating this organ meat can be tough but does help ward off anemia; an oil is also made from the cod's
liver
Camille
|
$400
[21]
In 13 letters, "a freshman or sophomore"
underclassman
Johnny
|
$400
[10]
This 1901 Chekhov drama features siblings Olga, Masha & Irina
Three Sisters
Johnny
|
$400
[16]
Played himself in "The Hangover"
Mike Tyson
Erik
|
$800
[15]
It's the spool that holds the bottom thread on a sewing machine
a bobbin
Erik
|
|
$600
[26]
This international airport was named for an agricultural village near London inhabited in Neolithic times
Heathrow
Johnny
|
$600
[2]
Large pods of this gumbo ingredient may be tough & fibrous
okra
Erik
Johnny
|
$600
[22]
"A male given name: from an Arabic word meaning 'generous'" (& not "skyhook master")
Kareem
Erik
|
$600
[8]
Lucy Honeychurch, on vacation in Italy, wants this, the title of the E.M. Forster novel, from her hotel
A Room with a View
Johnny
|
$600
[17]
Father of 5 sons named for him & a Lean Mean Grilling Machine
George Foreman
Johnny
|
$1,000
[25]
Like a paperweight, there is a type of "weight" to keep this paper template on the fabric
a pattern
Camille
|
|
DD
$1,000
[27]
The National Aviation Hall of Fame was founded in 1962 in this city, the "Birthplace of Aviation"
Dayton, Ohio
Johnny
|
$800
[5]
It's the Italian name for squid, whose meat is firm & chewy
calamari
Johnny
|
$800
[23]
Under "T", "a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head"
tassel
Camille
|
$800
[11]
Heavenly last name of Sal, who goes "On the Road" with Dean Moriarty
Paradise
|
$800
[18]
1992 gold medalist known as "The Golden Boy"
Oscar De La Hoya
Erik
|
— |
| — |
$1,000
[7]
Tough & requiring long cooking, it's the lining of beef stomach
tripe
Camille
|
$1,000
[24]
"Latin. In the same book, chapter"
ibid
Camille
|
$1,000
[12]
In a 1946 novel an unnamed narrator heads to Crete & hires him, "the Greek", as a foreman & cook
Zorba (the Greek)
Johnny
|
$1,000
[19]
This $300 million man is nicknamed "Money" as well as "Pretty Boy"
(Floyd) Mayweather
Erik
|
— |
| WHAT A SUCCESSION! | GEO-PARDY | PLAYING REEL PEOPLE | FAILED CHILDREN'S BOOK ANIMALS | "RAG"s | RICHES |
|
$400
[6]
A Civil War in 1532 over succession within this empire made it easy for Pizarro to seize control of it within a year
the Incan Empire
Johnny
|
$400
[1]
The name of this Ethiopian capital means "new flower"
Addis Ababa
Erik
|
$400
[16]
In 1994 Johnny Depp played this B- or maybe Z-movie director
Ed Wood
Camille
|
$400
[25]
Champion Slobbering Runaway has misadventures at this dog show's 50th edition in 1926
the Westminster Dog Show
Erik
|
$400
[15]
Composer Eubie Blake excelled in this heavily syncopated style
ragtime
Erik
|
$400
[11]
In the U.S. thoroughbred horses are usually bred with quarter horses to produce the ponies for this team sport
polo
Camille
|
|
$800
[7]
This first Roman emperor flailed about looking for a successor, adopting sons & having them die or disappoint
Octavian (or Augustus)
Johnny
|
$800
[2]
Svalbard, meaning "cold coast", is an archipelago that's part of this country
Norway
|
$800
[18]
Austin Stowell plays this pilot detained in the Soviet Union in "Bridge of Spies"
Francis Gary Powers
|
$800
[26]
Little Gusano is one of these living in a bottle of mezcal, until the day he's set free
a worm
Camille
|
$800
[22]
It's slang for a convertible automobile with a soft cover
a ragtop
Erik
|
$800
[13]
The Oyster Perpetual watch is from this pricey brand
Rolex
Johnny
|
|
$1,600
[9]
The Salic law of succession included the principle that these people couldn't succeed to a throne
women
Camille
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
In the U.S. it borders Florida; in Europe, it borders Russia & Turkey
Georgia
Johnny
|
$1,200
[19]
"Nixon" could only be this Welshman
Anthony Hopkins
Camille
|
$2,000
[27]
Terry Termite learns to read when he follows the line made by a pen whose ink mimics these chemicals
pheromones
Erik
|
$1,200
[23]
People susceptible to allergy symptoms from this plant may also get them from cantaloupe & banana
ragweed
Johnny
|
$1,200
[10]
Better than first class! I'm flying private in one of these jets named for electrical engineer William
a Learjet
Erik
|
|
DD
$2,000
[8]
The war of this country's succession erupted in 1701 after the death of the childless Charles II
Spain
Johnny
|
$1,200
[3]
These islands off the coast of South America are known by Argentina as Islas Malvinas
the Falklands (the Falkland Islands)
Camille
Erik
Johnny
|
$1,600
[20]
He was "Hoffa" in 1992
Jack Nicholson
|
— |
$1,600
[21]
Odin dies, but his son Vidar survives this Norse mythic twilight
Ragnarok
Johnny
|
$1,600
[12]
A route to riches is managing this type of investment fund named for the practice of balancing a risk with a safer bet
hedge (hedging accepted)
Erik
|
| — |
$2,000
[5]
This country controls the only land route from Asia to Malaysia & Singapore
Thailand
Camille
|
$2,000
[17]
In a 2005 movie Gretchen Molplayed"The Notorious" this sex symbol
Bettie Page
Erik
|
— |
$2,000
[24]
Thisstyle of sleeve is named for a British commander in the Crimean War
Raglan
Erik
|
$2,000
[14]
In 1868 Baron James de Rothschild acquired this winemaking chateau
the Château Lafite Rothschild
|
Best known for his theories about planetary orbits, in 1604 he became the first to explain how eyeglasses correct vision
Johannes Kepler