Annie Moriondo — a bookseller from Somerville, Massachusetts
Paul Hoan Zeidler — a writer and director from Los Angeles, California
Brent Povis — a board game designer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,789)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brent | $-400 | $800 | $7,200 |
$13,601
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
17 R, 6 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Paul | $2,200 | $4,000 | $6,800 |
$7,300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
11 R, 3 W |
| Annie | $4,200 | $7,400 | $14,600 |
$22,300
New champion: $22,300 |
$13,800
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| TRAVELING ALONG ROUTE 66 | PLAYBOY | TV IS REALLY COOKING | LITERARY LAST NAMES | 2015 CONGRESS FOLK | ALPHABETIC HOMOPHONES |
|
$200
[29]
One end of Route 66 is at Grant Park on the corner of Jackson & Michigan Avenues in this city
Chicago
Brent
|
$200
[7]
In 2015 Playboy made news by announcing it would no longer publish these, but we still have the interviews
nude photographs
Brent
Paul
Annie
|
$200
[19]
Tortellini with Bolognese sauce & pizza Margherita were featured in "Mario Eats Italy", Mario being this guy
Mario Batali
Brent
Annie
|
$200
[4]
"The Godfather":Sonny
Corleone
Paul
|
$200
[22]
The process was... interesting--yeah, that's the word--but in the end, this man became Speaker of the House in 2015
(Paul) Ryan
Brent
|
$200
[20]
A former spouse
ex
|
|
$400
[18]
One of these theaters was opened in 1949 in Carthage, Missouri; occupying 9 acres, it's still in operation
a drive-in
Annie
|
$400
[11]
Art Paul created the Playboy logo of this creature wearing a bowtie
a rabbit
Paul
|
$400
[10]
Bam! In 1990 he opened his first restaurant; bam! Later that decade, Food Network gave us the "Essence of" him
Emeril
Paul
|
$400
[3]
"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows":Luna
Lovegood
Annie
|
$400
[26]
This Arizona man said, "I believe in evolution. But I also believe, when I hike the Grand Canyon...the hand of God is there"
(John) McCain
Brent
|
$400
[21]
It precedes Capitan, Dorado & Salvador
El
Paul
|
|
$600
[16]
The only major city on Route 66 in Texas' upper panhandle; its attractions include Taylor's Texaco station
Amarillo
Paul
|
$600
[12]
In 2009, shestepped down after twenty years running Playboy Enterprises
Christie Hefner
|
$600
[6]
Chairman Kaga oversaw culinary "battles" that were held in Kitchen Stadium on this show
Iron Chef
Paul
|
$600
[1]
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer":Becky
Thatcher
Brent
|
$800
[28]
Here are some numbers on this senator: 5 (Emmy wins) & 312 (more votes than Norm Coleman in 2008)
Al Franken
Annie
|
$600
[23]
It can be an exclamation of surprise, or a command given to a horse or ox to make it turn right
gee
Brent
|
|
DD
$1,000
[15]
Part of this 1940 Henry Fonda movie was filmed in Santa Rosa, New Mexico on Route 66
The Grapes of Wrath
Brent
|
$800
[13]
Women from this Houston company that went bankrupt in 2001 showed off their assets in a 2002 issue
Enron
Paul
|
$800
[8]
On this Fox show where you best not mess up the risotto, cooks vied to be the new head chef at a Gordon Ramsay restaurant
Hell's Kitchen
Annie
|
$800
[2]
"The Count of Monte Cristo":Edmond
Dantes
Brent
Annie
|
$1,000
[27]
Her website bio says she led legislation to turn the Presidio into an urban national park
Nancy Pelosi
Paul
|
$800
[25]
The Random House Dictionary calls it "a medium or yellowish green"
pea
Annie
|
|
$1,000
[17]
In 2009 the Route 66 Alliance designated this California city's pier as the "end of the trail"
Santa Monica
Paul
|
$1,000
[14]
In this year Jimmy Carter revealed to Playboy that "I've committed adultery in my heart many times"
1976
Brent
|
$1,000
[9]
Adam Richman hit New Orleans to eat 180 oysters in under an hour in a challenge on this Travel Channel show
Man v. Food
Annie
|
$1,000
[5]
"The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo":Mikael
Blomkvist
Annie
|
— |
$1,000
[24]
A long braid or pigtail historically worn by men
a queue
Annie
|
| ORGANS OF THE BODY | CLASSICAL COMPOSERS | ALL THE GLITTERING PRIZES | OF "THY" I SING | JOHNNY DEPP FILMS | WHEN THINGS WERE ROTTEN |
|
$400
[22]
Inside these organs, branches 3 millimeters wide or less are called bronchioles
the lungs
Annie
|
$400
[4]
In 1802 he described the humiliation he felt when someone next to him "heard a flute in the distance and I heard nothing"
Beethoven
Annie
|
$400
[7]
Finally in 1983, after 132 years, Australia II became the first foreign yacht to win this prize
the America's Cup
Brent
|
$400
[16]
In the words of Benjamin Franklin, "Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man" these 2 things "and wise"
healthy and wealthy
Brent
|
$400
[23]
Johnny is sweet as Willy Wonka
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Brent
|
$800
[21]
In 1946 this economic measure made Hungary swap currencies, with 1 new forint worth 400,000 quadrillion of the old pengo
inflation
Paul
|
|
$800
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) The largest gland in the body, it metabolizes proteins, removes waste matter, destroys old cells, & even synthesizes blood clotting factors
the liver
Paul
|
$800
[2]
His 1884 "Holberg Suite" was written to honor the bicentennial of the birth of Norwegian writer Ludvig Holberg
(Edvard) Grieg
Brent
|
$800
[9]
The Rembrandts are annual film awards given out in this nation
Holland (or the Netherlands)
Paul
|
$800
[14]
Type of card you send someone in her "time of sorrow"
sympathy
Brent
|
$1,600
[25]
Johnny fancies himself a legendary Spanish lover
Don Juan DeMarco
Brent
|
$1,600
[20]
Avalanches of this are not uncommon in poor areas of large cities; in 1993 one killed more than 30 near Istanbul
garbage
Brent
Annie
|
|
$1,600
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical diagram on the monitor.) In your kidneys, helping to filter the entire body's content of blood every 45 minutes, are millions of these small tubular units
nephrons
Brent
|
$1,200
[1]
A proud Czech, Smetana wrote of "Brandenburgers In" this region & a work depicting the region's "Meadows And Forests"
Bohemia
Brent
|
$1,200
[10]
This World War I U.S. Army general won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1932
Pershing
Brent
|
$1,200
[13]
Paul addressed 2 of his epistles to this friend born in Asia Minor to a Jewish mother & a Greek father
Timothy
Annie
|
— |
$2,000
[24]
In retaking this capital city from "the Commune" in May 1871, govt. troops killed or executed 17,000 people
Paris
|
|
DD
$2,000
[5]
These swishing or hissing sounds heard after normal heart action may indicate leaky valves
a heart murmur
Annie
|
$1,600
[3]
This Russian composer dipped into the heritage of neighboring lands with his "Scheherazade"
Rimsky-Korsakov
Brent
|
$2,000
[18]
A peace prize is now named for this Russian scientist who won the Nobel Peace Prize for 1975
Andrei Sakharov
|
$1,600
[15]
From Greek for "without feeling", it's another word for indifference
apathy
Annie
|
— | — |
|
$2,000
[12]
This lymphatic organ located under the diaphragm is divided into red pulp & white pulp tissues
the spleen
|
$2,000
[8]
To become director of the Vienna court opera in 1897, this Austrian converted from Judaism to Catholicism
(Gustav) Mahler
Paul
|
DD
$4,000
[17]
In 1929 he won first place & $450 in the Iowa State Fair's art show
Grant Wood
Brent
|
$2,000
[19]
Perhaps you have the "Forsyte" to know that this British author wrote "The Forsyte Saga"
Galsworthy
Brent
|
— | — |
2 U.S. state capitals & 2 major Panamanian ports are named after this European
Christopher Columbus