Toni Johnson — a retail sales associate from Charlotte, North Carolina
Jeff Crosby — a youth ministry consultant from Rochester, New York
Udit Banerjea — an international relations graduate student from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $21,300)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Udit | $4,200 | $7,400 | $16,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,000
21 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Jeff | $2,000 | $4,200 | $12,000 |
$8,400
New champion: $8,400 |
$15,000
21 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Toni | $0 | $2,600 | $7,800 |
$100
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
12 R, 3 W |
| ALL THE PRESIDENTS' CHILDREN | FROM THE GERMAN | OFFICIAL STATE ANIMALS | TRANS"PO"TATION | THE BEATLES... GEAR! | INDIRECT QUOTES |
|
$200
[10]
Since 2009, this presidentialdaughterhas been a correspondent for the "Today" show
Jenna Bush
Toni
|
$200
[20]
Put this 4-letter word after "gab" or "fun" & you get an event with lots of those
fest
Jeff
Toni
|
$200
[30]
The West Indian species of this sea cow is Alabama's official state marine mammal
a manatee
Udit
|
$200
[25]
In 1919 George Hansburg patented this jumping device, a big hit in the bouncing '20s
a pogo stick
Toni
|
$200
[1]
Ringo played Ludwig these, with the band's logo
drums
Jeff
|
$200
[15]
"Absolute (work divided by time) corrupts absolutely"
power
Udit
|
|
$400
[11]
In 2014 she & husband Marc Mezvinsky welcomed their first child, Charlotte
Chelsea Clinton
Toni
|
$400
[21]
If you say "he took a lot of" this, either he was criticized or his plane was shot at
flak
Udit
|
$400
[29]
In 1995 Missouri designated this stubborn equine its state animal
a mule
Jeff
Toni
|
$400
[2]
Symbolic of a profession, the car known as the Ford Crown Victoria this Interceptor went out of production in 2011
a police car
Jeff
|
$400
[6]
John & George used Vox AC30s, these (they might get loud)
amplifiers
Udit
|
$400
[16]
"Our Constitution is (suffering from monochromatism) and neither knows nor tolerates classes among citizens"
colorblindness
Toni
|
|
$600
[12]
That's Abraham Lincoln looking at a book with son Thomas, who was better known by this three-letter nickname
Tad
Jeff
Toni
|
$600
[22]
I can't sit still; I've got this 10-letter need to roam
wanderlust
Jeff
|
$600
[26]
School kids in Montana chose this fierce brown bear to be the state's official animal
a grizzly
Udit
|
$600
[3]
Ittransports a very special person around town
the Popemobile
Udit
Jeff
|
$600
[7]
Paul played a Hofner '61 "violin"-shaped one of these
a bass
Udit
Jeff
|
$600
[17]
"The carriage held but just ourselves--/ And (eternal life)"
immortality
|
|
$800
[13]
In the 1970s Susan Ford, who became a photojournalist, studied with this landscape photographer
Ansel Adams
Udit
|
$800
[23]
Bringing extra defensive players to rush the passer
a blitz
Udit
|
$800
[28]
Kentucky & Maryland, which both host legs of the Triple Crown, both have this as the state horse
a thoroughbred
Toni
|
$800
[4]
During WWII this Austrian automotive engineer helped develop the Tiger tank
Porsche
Jeff
|
$800
[8]
That crashing chord at the end of "A Day In The Life" is John, Paul, Ringo & Mal Evans on 3 of these
pianos
|
$800
[18]
"The (quantitative measure of inertia) of men lead lives of quiet desperation"
mass
Jeff
|
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
Last name of John, who before his death in 2013 at 91 was the oldest living child of a president
Eisenhower
Udit
|
$1,000
[24]
In 1969 the first watch using this mineral to keep time came on the market
quartz
Udit
|
$1,000
[27]
The peregrine this is Idaho's state raptor
a falcon
Jeff
|
$1,000
[5]
Until 2014 Chris Christie's friend David Samson was head of this transportation agency
the Port Authority
Udit
|
$1,000
[9]
The bloke playing the solo on "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" isn't a Beatle but this guitar god, using a Les Paul
(Eric) Clapton
Udit
|
$1,000
[19]
"(This family game) is business at the end of its journey"
Monopoly
Toni
|
| SUTTER'S FORT | TOUGH EUROPEAN CAPITALS | A LITERARY MARY | MOVIE COMMON THREADS | FAMOUS PAIRS | THE "X" FACTOR |
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) In 1840, John Sutter received a grant from Mexico of around 50,000 acres here in the Sacramento Valley on which he built hisfort; he named his landholdings New Helvetia for his homeland in this country
Switzerland
Jeff
|
$400
[4]
Zagreb
Croatia
Jeff
|
$400
[1]
In the Sherlock Holmes tale "A Scandal in Bohemia", this man has settled into married life with Mary Morstan
(Dr.) Watson
Toni
|
$400
[25]
"American ____ & Flow"
Hustle
Udit
|
$400
[12]
Unveiled in 2013, their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is just steps away from Houdini's
Penn & Teller
Udit
|
$400
[19]
Shaft on which a wheel rotates
an axle
Jeff
|
|
$800
[27]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) After years of disrepair, the fort was restored in the 1890s to serve as a museum; refugees from this 1906 event were temporarily housed at the fort, with the immigrant room here serving as a shower room
the San Francisco earthquake
Jeff
|
$800
[7]
Nicosia
Cyprus
Jeff
|
$800
[2]
Her books about life on the prairie include telling how her sister Mary lost her eyesight at age 14 in 1879
(Laura) Ingalls Wilder
Jeff
|
$800
[24]
"Maid in ____ Murder Mystery"
Manhattan
Udit
|
$1,200
[8]
This couple, shot dead in a 1934 ambush, is believe to have committed 13 murders as well as robberies
Bonnie & Clyde
Toni
|
$800
[20]
The marimba is a type of this instrument
a xylophone
Udit
|
|
$1,200
[28]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) In operation for only a short time, the distillery at the fort was used to make wine, but the grapes were so low in sugar, Sutter decided to distill the wine and make this fruity alcoholic drink that became known in California as aguardiente, or "burning water"
brandy
Jeff
|
$1,200
[3]
Minsk
Belarus
Udit
|
$1,200
[9]
This author's father William Godwin has been called the father of philosophical anarchism
(Mary) Shelley
Jeff
|
$1,200
[16]
"Bridge of ____ Like Us"
Spies
Udit
|
$1,600
[14]
They wrote some of England's most popular operettas, including "The Pirates of Penzance"
Gilbert & Sullivan
Jeff
|
$1,200
[21]
No need to be anxious with this drug aka alprazolam
Xanax
Udit
|
|
$1,600
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) Since almost everything shipped or stored had to be in barrels, the cooperage where they were made was crucial to Sutter's enterprises, one of which was baking & exporting the tough flour & waterbiscuitsknown as ship's bread, or this
hardtack
Jeff
|
$1,600
[5]
Valletta
Malta
Jeff
|
$2,000
[18]
Mary Jane Reed submerges herself into this Philip Roth character's Jewish identity to reap some missing family love
(Alexander) Portnoy
Jeff
|
$1,600
[11]
"2 Days ____ ____ ____ of Elah"
in the Valley
Udit
|
DD
$2,000
[13]
In the 1990s their "two thumbs up" became a registered trademark
Siskel & Ebert
Udit
|
$1,600
[22]
This horse racing bet is also called a perfecta
an exacta
Toni
|
|
$2,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from Sutter's Fort in Sacramento, CA.) In July 1846, this army officer known as "The Pathfinder" took temporary control of the fort after the Bear Flag Revolt, renaming it Fort Sacramento, thus leaving John Sutter as a figurehead in his own fort
(John C.) Frémont
Udit
|
$2,000
[6]
Podgorica
Montenegro
Udit
Jeff
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
Mary Stewart's enchanting Arthurian trilogy starts with "The Crystal Cave", the saga of this character's youth
Merlin
Jeff
|
$2,000
[17]
"Gray Lady ____ by Law"
Down
Toni
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1924, they published the first crossword puzzle book, & their company still publishes them today
Simon & Schuster
Toni
|
$2,000
[23]
A limb of the body, or the terminal point of something
extremity
Toni
|
This cereal brand that's been with us since the 1920s teamed up with a brewer in 2015 to create a Hefeweizen
Wheaties