Ten April Fools' Easter eggs edited into the show.
Milton John — a physical therapist from Nanuet, New York
Oliver Bundy — an attorney originally from Anchorage, Alaska
Todd Giese — a hotel front desk manager from New Orleans, Louisiana (whose 3-day cash winnings total $74,402)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $2,000 | $5,400 | $19,000 |
$8,001
4-day champion: $82,403 |
$19,000
22 R, 2 W |
| Oliver | $1,200 | $3,200 | $800 |
$1,599
3rd place: $1,000 |
$2,800
14 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Milton? | $1,000 | $1,200 | $4,000 |
$2,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$6,000
7 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| DAVID MUIR COVERS POLITICS | THE "-PHILE" FILE | CAST OF THE TV SHOW | TRAVEL USA | TUBA | TOOTHPASTE |
|
$200
[19]
(David Muir, anchor of ABC's World News Tonight, presents.) In 2015, I helped moderate the third Democratic presidential debate & asked the candidates about topics including whether to accept refugees from this specific country
Syria
Todd
|
$200
[13]
One who admires the customs of England
an Anglophile
Oliver
|
$200
[3]
In a classic '70s sitcom, newsroommates Gavin MacLeod, Edward Asner & Ted Knight
The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Oliver
|
$200
[8]
To see how this religious sect lives in Lancaster, Penn., you can take a buggy ride in the country & visit one of their farms
the Amish
Oliver
|
$200
[18]
Wagner tubas were built especially for this 4-opera cycle
Ring
Milton?
|
$200
[1]
You can whiten your smile with this brand's 3D White toothpaste & Whitestrips
Crest
Todd
Oliver
|
|
$400
[20]
(David Muir presents.) In my 2015 interview with Hillary Clinton, she said, quote "That was a mistake, I'm sorry" about using one of these while Secretary of State
a private server
Oliver
|
$400
[14]
One who loves & collects books
a bibliophile
Milton?
|
$400
[4]
Tim Daly & Tea Leoni, dealing with the federal government
Madam Secretary
Oliver
|
$400
[9]
Every June & July, "The Miracle Worker" is performed on the grounds of Ivy Green, her home in Tuscumbia
Helen Keller
Oliver
|
$400
[24]
This character seenhereis both musical & instrumental
Tubby the Tuba
|
$400
[2]
You might want to use a toothpaste that controls this, hardened plaque
tartar
Oliver
Milton?
|
|
$600
[21]
(David Muir presents.) Marking an abrupt change after decades, the normalization of relations with this country was the subject of an exclusive interview I conducted with President Obama in December of 2014
Cuba
Todd
Oliver
|
$600
[16]
A devoted, knowledgeable moviegoer
a cinephile
Todd
|
$600
[5]
Abbi Jacobson & Ilana Glazer, navigating New York
Broad City
Oliver
|
$800
[11]
You can visit a weather museum at the top of this New Hampshire peak, reachable via a cog railway
Mt. Washington
Todd
|
$600
[25]
In the 1890s this "March King" redeveloped a style of bass tuba that was eventually named for him
Sousa
Todd
|
— |
|
$800
[22]
(David Muir presents.) Political reporting often means hitting the presidential campaign trail, like I did in 2015 when I conducted a one-on-one interview in English & Spanish with this ex-governor
Jeb Bush
Todd
|
$800
[17]
One who enjoys wines as a connoisseur
an oenophile (a vinophile accepted)
Todd
|
$800
[6]
Jim Caviezel & Michael Emerson, fighting evil in a high-tech way
Person of Interest
|
$1,000
[12]
The National Farm Toy Museumin Dyersville is an attraction in this corn-rich state
Iowa
Milton?
|
$800
[26]
The name of this instrument, which serves as a tenor tuba in military bands, is from the Greek for "good sounding"
the euphonium
|
— |
|
$1,000
[23]
(David Muir presents.) I interviewed this first-term senator in April 2014 & she insisted she was not running for president
Elizabeth Warren
Todd
|
$1,000
[15]
A lover of words; hopefully you're enough of one to get this
a logophile
Todd
|
$1,000
[7]
Noah Wyle & Moon Bloodgood began dealing with aliens in 2011
Falling Skies
Oliver
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
Louisburg Square in this "elevated" neighborhood of Boston features red brick townhomes & a gated private park
Beacon Hill
Oliver
|
$1,000
[27]
His album "Birth of the Cool" includes the French horn & tuba, instruments rarely heard in a jazz context
Miles Davis
Oliver
|
— |
| LITERARY LATIN AMERICA | ROCKS & MINERALS | OSCARS | BACKSTAGE AT THE THEATRE | ON THE OLD MAP OF EUROPE | WORDS OF SUBSTANCE |
|
$400
[1]
Colombian writer Jose Eustasio Rivera's 1924 novel "The Vortex" was set in the rubber plantations of this rain forest
the Amazon
Todd
|
$400
[21]
The Carrara quarries in Tuscany are prized for this rock used by Michelangelo for his "Pieta"
marble
Todd
|
$400
[3]
Profession that made Oscar de la Renta famous
fashion
Todd
|
$400
[7]
A baby is a small one of these, usually about 750 watts
a light (a spotlight)
Oliver
|
$400
[6]
Two countriesvisible on themap of Europetoday used to be united as this dual monarchy
Austria-Hungary
Oliver
|
$400
[25]
This 6-letter term is used to describe the climbing of a mountain
ascent
Milton?
|
|
$800
[2]
Mexican poet Octavio Paz quit his diplomatic post due to a massacre of protesters 10 days before this 1968 event
the Olympic games in Mexico
|
$800
[22]
Sial, the upper layer of the Earth's crust, primarily consists of these 2 elements
silicon & aluminum
Milton?
|
$800
[4]
This "Big O" was only the second NBAer to score more than 25,000 points
Oscar Robertson
Oliver
|
$800
[8]
A delight to most actors, "S.R.O." stands for this, meaning a packed house
standing room only
Milton?
|
$800
[17]
On Oct. 7, 1949 the Soviets announced the formation of this country, aka the DDR
East Germany
Todd
|
$800
[26]
A position on an issue, or a batting position at home plate
stance
Oliver
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Gauchesco is literature about the South American equivalent of this American job
cowboy
Todd
|
$2,000
[24]
A prized variety of this ornamental stone mined in the American Southwest is robin's egg blue
turquoise
Todd
|
$1,200
[5]
Author Oscar Hijuelos created this group who "Play Songs of Love"
the Mambo Kings
|
$1,200
[14]
It means to furnish a stage with props, scenery & furniture, but not necessarily clothing
dress
Todd
|
$1,200
[18]
Caesar could tell you France & parts of other nationsmade up this region that faded from history in the 500s
Gaul
Todd
|
$1,200
[27]
A Hindu social division with its own privileges & restrictions
caste
Todd
|
|
$1,600
[10]
His 1985 work "Love in the Time of Cholera" was partially based on his parents' courtship
(Gabriel García) Márquez
Milton?
|
DD
$3,000
[23]
The inside walls of these hollow rocks are lined with crystals
geodes
Milton?
|
$1,600
[12]
This member of the double-first-name club has played Llewyn Davis & Poe Dameron
Oscar Isaac
Todd
Oliver
|
$1,600
[15]
A rumble pot is a receptacle in which hot water is mixed with this, solid carbon dioxide, to create fog
dry ice
Todd
Oliver
|
$1,600
[19]
In 1946 this federal state took up a big slab of the Balkans with 6 republics; in 2003, not so much
Yugoslavia
Todd
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
This writer who died fighting for Cuba's independence in 1895 is a national hero of the island
José Martí
Milton?
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
"A Jazz Odyssey" is the autobiography of this pianist
Oscar Peterson
|
$2,000
[16]
This 2-word term for sound effects from out of view of the audience is also the name of a 1982 play by Michael Frayn
noises off
Todd
|
$2,000
[20]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) A big player in Medieval & Renaissance times, by 1861, the entity known as these "States" shrank to adoton the map
the Papal States
Todd
|
— |
Of Asia's 10 most populous urban areas, this city on an island is the only one south of the equator
Jakarta (in Indonesia)