Aurora Nibley — a tour guide from Valley Village, California
Steve Stoffle — a leadership trainer from Decatur, Georgia
Gwen Niksic — a major account manager originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gwen | $2,200 | $1,000 | $15,800 |
$399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,800
16 R, 2 W |
| Steve | $3,000 | $4,800 | $8,800 |
$17,599
New champion: $17,599 |
$8,800
14 R, 1 W |
| Aurora | $3,600 | $6,800 | $15,600 |
$7,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
16 R (including 3 DDs), 0 W |
| BRITISH HISTORY | ANAGRAMS | BOOKS FOR YOUNG READERS | HITT"ING" THE TOP 40 | LET'S RIDE THE WHEEL! | POLITICAL SHORTHAND |
|
$200
[27]
In May 2015 this prime minister & his Conservative Party defied the polls & won a clear majority in Parliament
David Cameron
|
$200
[22]
So, a man walked into a bar & said, give me this type of beer, & make it a large
a lager
Gwen
|
$200
[21]
This Dr. Seuss character is undoubtedly very patient & a really good listener
Horton
Gwen
|
$200
[12]
The title of this song by Drake refers to a late-night cellphone call
"Hotline Bling"
Aurora
|
$400
[16]
The 550-foot-tall "High Roller" is a landmark in this U.S. city
Las Vegas
Steve
|
$400
[24]
Don't want a landfill in your neighborhood? Then you know that NIMBY stands for this
not in my backyard
Steve
|
|
$400
[26]
Mistaking cheering for a riot, William the Conqueror's guards burned local houses after his coronation on Xmas of this year
1066
Aurora
|
$400
[6]
Without a telescope, you are unable to see the Crab one of these clearly
nebula (for unable)
Aurora
|
$400
[20]
"Beware, the Snowman" & "Night of the Living Dummy" are 2 titles in this R.L. Stine book series
Goosebumps
Steve
|
$400
[2]
George Harrison's first Beatles A-side, it says, "You're asking me will my love grow, I don't know, I don't know"
"Something"
Aurora
|
$600
[17]
A wheel with a circumference of 1,392 feet, the "Eye" of this world capital is upon you
London
Aurora
|
$600
[15]
FOB refers to supporters & acquaintances of this politician
Bill Clinton
Steve
|
|
$600
[14]
This group of islands was the only part of Britain occupied in WWII by the Germans
the Channel Islands
|
$600
[1]
False alarm, Fido is free of these
fleas (for false)
Steve
|
$600
[19]
In a Patricia MacLachlan title, these 2 words describe Sarah, an American mail order bride of the 19th century
plain & tall
Gwen
Steve
|
$600
[3]
This 1973 No. 1 hit by Roberta Flack won Grammys for Record of the Year & Song of the Year
"Killing Me Softly With His Song"
Gwen
|
$800
[25]
Vienna's 212-foot giant Ferris wheel is featured in this post-WWII film with Orson Welles as baddie Harry Lime
The Third Man
Aurora
|
$800
[8]
The format of Sunday morning political shows, BOGSAT is this group "sitting around talking"
a bunch of guys
Steve
|
|
$800
[7]
Still negotiating for peace, this prime minister met with Mussolini in Rome in January 1939
Chamberlain
Aurora
|
$800
[4]
We raced up the hill to this type of tree & then back down
cedar (for raced)
Gwen
|
$800
[10]
Its apples & its branches are 2 of the offerings provided to the boy in this work about sacrifice
The Giving Tree
Gwen
|
$800
[9]
Wise men know that this Elvis Song was inspired by the French melody "Plaisir d'amour"
"I Can't Help Falling In Love With You"
Aurora
|
$1,000
[28]
Enjoy a butler-served meal on the "Flyer" in this Asian island & city-state at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula
Singapore
|
$1,000
[23]
HR is short for one of these legislative proposals put forth by one part of Congress
House Resolution
Gwen
|
|
$1,000
[13]
In 598 St. Augustine built a monastery near this settlement, which became the main religious center of England
Canterbury
Aurora
|
$1,000
[5]
The writer sent out several of these to Esquire magazine hoping to sell an article
queries (for Esquire)
|
DD
$1,400
[18]
In this Roald Dahl work, the title edible eventually comes to rest on top of the Empire State Building
James and the Giant Peach
Aurora
|
$1,000
[11]
Appropriately, this CCR hit was on the soundtrack to "An American Werewolf in London"
"Bad Moon Rising"
Steve
|
— | — |
| SPACE FIRSTS | TOM, DICK & HARRY | "INNER" THOUGHTS | I HAVE A GREAT IDEA | THAT JUST WON'T FLY | BAYS |
|
$400
[24]
In 1986 the Giotto spacecraft became the first to fly by the nucleus of a comet, this comet
Halley's Comet
Aurora
|
$400
[1]
Over 1,000 feet long, the USS Harry S. Truman is one of these vessels
an aircraft carrier
Steve
|
$400
[23]
One who has succumbed to vainglory or gluttony
a sinner
Gwen
|
$400
[22]
Legend says this 1964 Ford newcomer was born from a simple idea: give a European sports car a back seat
the (Ford) Mustang
Steve
|
$400
[15]
Possible titles for Monty Python's BBC series were "Owl Stretching Time" & "A Toad Elevating Moment", but they chose this
( Monty Python's ) Flying Circus
Aurora
|
$1,600
[21]
The beach at Magens Bay near Charlotte Amalie on this island has been called one of the world's most beautiful beaches
St. Thomas
|
|
$800
[9]
The 1st commercial facility built as a spaceport, spaceport America lies north of Las Cruces in this state
New Mexico
Gwen
|
$800
[7]
With songs like "Day-O", a 1950s fad for Calypso music was begun by this man
Harry Belafonte
Gwen
|
$800
[19]
Andes' Creme de Menthe are the bestselling this type of mint
after-dinner mints
Aurora
|
$800
[2]
The late 1800s brought surgical innovations: wearing gloves & these, the latter pioneered by Dr. Paul Berger
masks
Steve
|
$800
[6]
The "flying" this was a masonry structure found in Gothic architecture & had no wings
a (flying) buttress
Steve
|
DD
$3,000
[20]
Washington, D.C. chefs suggest that one way to rid this bay of the invasive blue catfish is to simply eat more blue catfish
Chesapeake Bay
Aurora
|
|
$1,600
[26]
The mission of this first Mars rover lasted 3 months in 1997 before communications were cut from Pathfinder
Sojourner
Steve
|
$1,200
[8]
He played John Fitzgerald, one of the folks against whom "The Revenant" Leonardo DiCaprio sought vengeance
Tom Hardy
Steve
|
$1,200
[16]
A Stephen King novel, writing as Richard Bachman
Thinner
Gwen
|
$1,200
[3]
Newton & Leibniz both came up with the fundamental theorem that unites 2 types of this branch of math
calculus
Aurora
|
$1,200
[12]
Back casts & reach casts are part of this fly activity
(fly) fishing
Gwen
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[25]
In 1975 a Soviet spacecraft landed on this planet & sent back the first photographs from the surface; the craft soon melted
Venus
Aurora
|
$1,600
[10]
Named for a 5-time All Pro, this award goes to the best linebacker in high school, college & pro football
the Dick Butkus Award
Gwen
|
$1,600
[17]
A tyro
a beginner
Gwen
|
$1,600
[4]
3-letter surname of Belgian instrument maker Adolphe; it's also slang for his greatest invention
Sax
Gwen
|
$1,600
[13]
This dancing group on TV's "In Living Color" could jump but not sustain any significant altitude
the Fly Girls
Gwen
|
— |
| — |
$2,000
[11]
A former governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack has served as this Cabinet secretary since 2009
Agriculture
|
$2,000
[18]
These spider organs produce the silk used to make webs
spinnerets
Gwen
|
$2,000
[5]
It seemed wasteful to "live much by candlelight and sleep by sunshine", so Ben Franklin came up with this "timely" idea
Daylight Savings
Steve
|
$2,000
[14]
Looks like Phil Silvers just caught this dog breed in the act of not flying
an Airedale
Gwen
|
— |
His creator sometimes found him a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome little creature"
Hercule Poirot