Chris Giglio — a naval officer from Virginia Beach, Virginia
Rebecca Harlow — a lawyer from San Francisco, California
Jill Panall — an H.R. consultant from Newburyport, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jill | $1,800 | $4,600 | $9,400 |
$15,802
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,000
17 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Rebecca | $2,400 | $6,000 | $12,800 |
$5,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,800
20 R, 0 W |
| Chris | $3,600 | $5,600 | $15,800 |
$25,800
New champion: $25,800 |
$16,800
16 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THAT TOWN'S IN TEXAS, TOO | CRIME TIME | DRINKING SONGS | SINGLE S, DOUBLE S | PRAYERS | THE MAN UPSTAIRS |
|
$200
[30]
No big Rock & Roll Hall of Fame here, but say hello, this Texas city named for a local judge
Cleveland
Jill
|
$200
[7]
It's a 6-letter term for a military revolt against authority on land as well as aboard ship
a mutiny
Jill
|
$200
[1]
A classic song from a boozy film:"Days Of ____ And Roses"
Wine
Rebecca
|
$200
[9]
A snack cake brand, or the job of a woman who seats you at a restaurant
Hostess
Rebecca
|
$200
[6]
When reciting the Islamic prayer salat, practitioners face this city
Mecca
Rebecca
|
$200
[25]
Sanjay Shah paid $17 million cash for the top floor of the spiffy Chicago "Tower" bearing this mogul's name
Trump
Jill
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[8]
Bada bing! You can find touches of New Jersey in Texas, what with Camden & this city named for the capital
Trenton
Rebecca
|
$400
[12]
It's also known as retail theft
shoplifting
Jill
|
$400
[2]
It rhymes:"____ Sheila"
Tequila
Rebecca
|
$400
[10]
You can "mean" it, "get down to" it or "mind one's own"
business
Rebecca
|
$400
[16]
The Hindu prayer called savitri is traditionally said at dusk until these appear in the sky
the stars
Jill
|
$400
[26]
Though he stepped down in 2015, he kept his Milwaukee penthouse office, as he's now MLB's commissioner emeritus
(Bud) Selig
Rebecca
|
|
$600
[13]
Warren Buffett would feel right at home-away-from-home in this city of about 1,000 folks
Omaha
Jill
|
$600
[20]
In words for different kinds of smuggling, it follows "rum" or "gun"
running
Rebecca
|
$600
[3]
Snoop was sippin' on it:"____ And Juice"
Gin
Rebecca
|
$600
[11]
To pronounce a syllable with emphasis
stress
Jill
|
$800
[23]
On this holiday of beginnings, Jews say tashlich prayers by a body of water into which sins are symbolically cast
Rosh Hashanah
Jill
|
$600
[27]
Designer shoes, a vintage Rolex & his Manhattan penthouse were among the items sold off from this disgraced financier
(Bernie) Madoff
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[14]
In 1887 a railway agent named this Texas town for his former home; perhaps this can be Kiss' "Rock City", too
Detroit
Chris
|
$800
[21]
A numbers racket is the illegal counterpart of this, run by around 45 states
a lottery
Jill
|
$800
[4]
A folk song recorded by Thin Lizzy & Metallica:"____ In The Jar"
Whiskey
Chris
|
$800
[19]
There's a syndrome named for these "legs" that keep you from lying still at night
restless legs syndrome
Jill
|
DD
$1,000
[17]
Meaning "good speech", it's a blessing by a minister at the close of a service
benediction
Jill
|
$800
[28]
The building where "SNL" creator Lorne Michaels has a 17th floor office, or the title of another TV comedy
30 Rock
Rebecca
|
|
$1,000
[15]
While it does not have a 92,000-capacity Rose Bowl, this Texas city does have an annual Livestock Show & Rodeo
Pasadena
Chris
|
$1,000
[22]
Rhyming term for a place where stolen cars are dismantled so the pieces can be sold separately
a chop shop
Chris
|
$1,000
[5]
A No. 1 song:"Escape (The ____ ____ Song)"
Piña Colada
Chris
|
$1,000
[18]
To reject, or give permission to depart
dismiss
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[24]
In Roman Catholic liturgy, lauds are morning prayers & these are evening prayers
vespers
Chris
|
$1,000
[29]
Thisinterior designer & TV host has no doubt brought style to his New York City penthouse
Nate Berkus
Jill
|
| ALL KINDS OF RAYS | WHAT A CHARACTER | LOANWORDS | THE NATURAL WORLD | THE LEAGUE OF NATIONS | "LAST" FILMS |
|
$400
[28]
You can call a certain flat fish a giant devil ray or this 5-letter ray--same creature
manta
Rebecca
|
$400
[12]
Revenge against this creature is Captain Ahab's obsession
Moby Dick
Rebecca
|
$400
[30]
German for "leader", it has bad associations
Fuhrer
Chris
|
$400
[14]
Aphotoposted on Facebook led to the discovery of a new carnivorous plant north of Rio in this country
Brazil
Chris
|
$400
[23]
The charter of the League of Nations was attached as a covenant to this 1919 treaty
the Treaty of Versailles
Jill
|
$400
[13]
We're not sure if Algren or Katsumoto is the title character in this Japan-set 2003 epic
The Last Samurai
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[27]
Before she was a TV personality, she offered a cooking class called 30-Minute Mediterranean Meals
Rachael Ray
Jill
|
$800
[11]
This character's 1996 "Diary" is an updating of "Pride and Prejudice"
Bridget Jones
Rebecca
|
$800
[29]
Get out of here! Amscray is a loanword from this quasi-language
Pig Latin
Rebecca
|
$800
[15]
Oak trees are propagated in part due to these rodents not remembering where they buried their acorns
squirrels
Chris
|
$800
[22]
Article 21 of the League charter mentions that nothing in it would supersede this 1823 doctrine
the Monroe Doctrine
Chris
|
$800
[7]
Michael Douglas & his old, old pals cavort in the Aria & Binion's in this comedy
Last Vegas
Chris
|
|
$1,200
[2]
He didn't just discover X-rays--he coined the term
Röntgen
Jill
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
Despite his name, the character Richard Parker in this recent bestseller isn't human--he's a tiger
Life of Pi
Chris
|
$1,200
[26]
The OED defines this 3-letter word from Mexican Spanish as "a form of address for a man"
ese
|
$1,200
[16]
Each flower of the Vanilla planifolia type of this blooms for only one day
an orchid
|
$1,200
[21]
In May 1939, one month after ending its Civil War, this nation withdrew from the League
Spain
Chris
|
$1,200
[1]
Cybill Shepherd made her film debut in this 1971 movie set in the fictional town of Anarene, Texas
The Last Picture Show
Jill
|
|
DD
$2,000
[3]
In 1954 this salesman visited the McDonald Brothers' California restaurant & the rest was history
Ray Kroc
Jill
|
$1,200
[9]
We wager you might know that Phileas Fogg is the man in motion in this Jules Verne work
Around the World in 80 Days
Jill
|
$1,600
[25]
Arabic for "peace", it means to make a low bow
salaam
Jill
|
$1,600
[17]
The longest horns of any sheep belong to an Asian species named for this explorer who first described it in 1273
Marco Polo
Chris
|
$1,600
[20]
Between WWI & WWII, this Polish port was a Free State supervised by a commissioner from the League
Danzig
Chris
|
$1,600
[5]
L.A. does have a football team & it's called the stallions in this Bruce Willis/Damon Wayans caper
The Last Boy Scout
Jill
Chris
|
|
$2,000
[4]
The mossbauer effect permits atomic nuclei to absorb these shortest Greek-letter rays
gamma rays
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[10]
Clarissa Dalloway is a self-conscious & introspective title character in a work by this author
Virginia Woolf
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[24]
In music "with vigor" is "con" this Italian word
brio
|
$2,000
[18]
These birds, like the North American white, catch their prey by using an expandable throat pouch called a dip-net
a pelican
Chris
|
$2,000
[19]
When this southern neighbor seized Leticia, Colombia in 1932, the League settled the dispute in favor of Colombia
Peru
Jill
|
$2,000
[6]
Based on a David Mamet play, this '80s film about 2 guys & 2 girls was remade in 2014 with Kevin Hart
About Last Night...
|
This 1,400-square-mile tourist destination's name comes from a Latin word for "greater"
Majorca