Gwen Niksic — a major account manager originally from Chicago, Illinois
Chris Horton — a data administrator originally from Manville, Rhode Island
Philip Tiu — an educator from Atlanta, Georgia (whose 3-day cash winnings total $96,598)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip | $3,000 | $3,400 | $-400 |
$-400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,600
14 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Chris | $-1,400 | $400 | $4,400 |
$8,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gwen | $2,600 | $5,400 | $15,000 |
$14,000
New champion: $14,000 |
$15,000
15 R, 0 W |
| ONE-VOWEL WORDS | ALL SORTS OF SANDWICHES | FOUNTAINS | WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE NEWS? | BEASTLY BOOK BLANKS | GERSHWIN TUNES |
|
$200
[5]
A saber or a scimitar
a sword
Philip
|
$200
[15]
A falafel sandwich is traditionally made with this Middle Eastern pocket bread
pita
Chris
|
$200
[7]
When this Spanish city's soccer team wins a cup, fans gather around Cibeles Fountain to celebrate
Madrid
Philip
Chris
|
$200
[20]
In 2015 a Penn. town cited federal law to stop a man from paying a $25 parking ticket with this many pennies
2,500
Gwen
|
$200
[9]
"Island of the Blue ____s" by Scott O'Dell
Dolphins
Philip
|
$1,000
[23]
This tune from "Shall We Dance" says, "You say eether and I say eyether, you say neether and I say nyther"
"Let's Call The Whole Thing Off"
Philip
Gwen
|
|
$400
[4]
One variety of these pincers is used to grasp ice
tongs
Gwen
|
$400
[21]
A very traditional tea sandwich is made with this green gourd sliced very thin
cucumber
Philip
|
$400
[16]
The fountain seenhereat Peterhof Palace near Saint Petersburg shows this biblical hero tearing open the jaws of a lion
Samson
Philip
Chris
|
$400
[25]
Glenn Berger estimated he retrieves 1.3 to 1.7 million of these lost sports items a year & sells 'em for $1 each
golf balls
Chris
|
$400
[11]
"The ____ Whisperer" by Nicholas Evans
Horse
Gwen
|
— |
|
$600
[3]
5-letter spot where the scaphoid meets the radius
the wrist
Chris
|
$600
[24]
This McDonald's sandwich is called "le Royal Cheese" in France
the Quarter Pounder
Gwen
|
$600
[17]
This Missouri city's seal boasts, "City of Fountains", like the J.C. Nichols
Kansas City
|
$600
[26]
The 4 leaders of Congress asked people not to try to shake the hand of this visitor in the House chamber on Sept. 24, 2015
the Pope (Francis)
Philip
|
$600
[12]
"The Day of the ____" by Frederick Forsyth
Jackal
Philip
|
— |
|
$800
[2]
Named for a British dentist, it's an artificial tube implanted in a blood vessel to keep it open
a stent
Philip
|
$800
[19]
Michele A. Jordan wrote a cookbook devoted to this sandwich whose name tells you its 3 main ingredients
the BLT
Chris
|
$800
[8]
The fountains in front of this hotel are choreographed to such songs as "Luck Be A Lady" & "Viva Las Vegas"
the Bellagio (Hotel)
Chris
Gwen
|
$800
[22]
REI, an outdoor & fitness gear co., paid its staff & stayed closed on this "colorful" shopping day
Black Friday
Chris
|
$800
[13]
"A Feast for ____s" by George R.R. Martin
Crows
Chris
|
— |
|
DD
$1,000
[1]
Sir Toby Belch is a character in this Shakespeare comedy with a 2-word, 2-vowel title
Twelfth Night
Philip
|
$1,000
[18]
Hunt's Manwich is a sauce for this messy sandwich
sloppy joe
Gwen
|
$1,000
[6]
A fountain tribute to this river in Budapest features female figures representing the Tisza, Drava & Sava Rivers
the Danube
Chris
|
$1,000
[14]
Scandal in Male! The VP of this Asian nation of islands was busted in 2015 for trying to blow up the president on a speedboat
the Maldives
|
$1,000
[10]
"The ____ and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
Mouse
Gwen
|
— |
| ONE-CONSONANT WORDS | AMERICAN DIPLOMATS | HEALTH & MEDICINE | 2-WORD BUSINESS TERMS | TV DETECTIVES | NEW ZEALAND |
|
$400
[7]
It's the currency of both Estonia & Andorra
the euro
|
$400
[19]
Philip Bonsal was the last U.S. ambassador to this island nation before diplomatic ties were cut in 1961
Cuba
Philip
|
$400
[9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a medical animation on the monitor.) A major cause of heart attacks & strokes, atherosclerosis is a narrowing of the arteries caused by a buildup of this combination of fatty substances, cholesterol & calcium on the artery walls
plaque
Philip
|
$400
[26]
AP stands for accounts payable, while AR stands for this counterpart
accounts receivable
Philip
|
$400
[1]
Detective Danny "Danno" Williams
Hawaii Five-O
Chris
|
$800
[20]
New Zealand's 5-dollar note features a penguin on the back & this explorer on the front
Sir Edmund Hillary
Philip
|
|
$800
[6]
It's the largest Hawaiian island in area that fits the category
Maui
Chris
Gwen
|
$800
[18]
Politically important last name of the first Irish American to be U.S. ambassador to Great Britain
Kennedy
Chris
|
$800
[8]
The American Cancer Society now recommends women have this breast cancer screening yearly beginning at age 45
a mammogram
Chris
|
$1,600
[23]
A company attempting a hostile takeover may swallow one of these "deadly" alliterative tablets
poison pill
Gwen
|
$800
[2]
Baltimore detectives Bunk & McNulty
The Wire
Gwen
|
$1,200
[16]
New Zealand's only native land mammals are 2 species of this, short- & long-tailed; they live in trees, not caves
bats
Philip
|
|
$1,200
[3]
This instrument has been called "an ill wind"
an oboe
Gwen
|
$1,200
[13]
His father appointed him minister to Prussia in 1797 but lost the presidency & recalled him 4 years later
John Quincy Adams
Philip
|
$1,200
[24]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows two medical illustrations on the monitor.) At birth, most babies are set to come out head-first; however, 3 to 4 percent present with their feet or buttocks against the cervix in this position & may need a C-section delivery
breech
Chris
|
$2,000
[22]
"Large" buzz-phrase for a mass of information, like about shopping habits, used in business decision-making
big data
|
$1,600
[17]
Portland detective Nick Burkhardt
Grimm
|
$1,600
[15]
In the 19th century New Zealand was governed as a part of this now most populous Australian state
New South Wales
Philip
Chris
|
|
$1,600
[4]
A book by Benjamin Hoff is called this "of Pooh"
Tao
Gwen
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
This former actress' diplomatic career included stops at the United Nations, Ghana & Czechoslovakia
Shirley Temple Black
Chris
|
$1,600
[25]
The most common cause of vision loss in people over 55 is age-related this, AMD for short
macular degeneration
Gwen
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
Star City police detective Quentin Lance
Arrow
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
Settled in the 1850s by the Canterbury Association of England, it's South Island's largest city
Christchurch
Philip
|
|
$2,000
[5]
Here's the razor-billed type of this bird
auk
Gwen
|
$2,000
[11]
In 2009 this Utah governor became ambassador to China but resigned 2 years later to seek the presidency
(Jon) Huntsman
Chris
|
$2,000
[21]
In 2009 the FDA approved this HPV vaccine for boys & young men as well as girls
Gardasil
|
— | — | — |
A pair of shoes that he wore when making history in 1954 sold at auction in 2015 for more than $400,000
Roger Bannister