Joel Goldes — a dialect coach from Oak Park, California
Yoey Sacks — a store planner from New York, New York
Lani Gonzalez — a managing director of an art bazaar from Austin, Texas (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,600)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lani | $5,400 | $8,200 | $15,000 |
$15,000
3-day champion: $50,600 |
$15,400
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Yoey | $2,000 | $4,400 | $2,400 |
$4,800
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joel | $0 | $1,400 | $7,400 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,400
9 R, 2 W |
| NAME THE CAPITAL | THRILLERS & MYSTERIES | MAGAZINES | SOUNDS LIKE A FLOWER | THE "IV" LEAGUE | JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE |
|
$200
[2]
Kentucky
Frankfort
Lani
|
$200
[1]
A woman seeks to solve her parents' murder in "The Hunt for" this, also the mythical home of Kubla Khan
Xanadu
Yoey
|
$200
[30]
Kate Upton revealed she suffered frostbite after posing in Antarctica for this magazine's 2013 swimsuit issue
Sports Illustrated
Joel
|
$200
[13]
Actress Graham or Locklear
Heather
Yoey
|
$200
[21]
The OED calls this type of bar a "disreputable place of resort"
a dive
Yoey
|
$200
[29]
J.T. & this late night host cover everything from the Sugarhill Gang to Kendrick Lamar in "The History Of Rap"
Jimmy Fallon
Lani
|
|
$400
[3]
Australia
Canberra
Yoey
|
$400
[25]
Frederick Forsyth wrote "The Day of" this beastly assassin trying to take out Charles de Gaulle
the Jackal
Joel
|
$400
[9]
SA for short, in 1950 it published an article by Albert Einstein "On the Generalized Theory of Gravitation"
Scientific American
Lani
|
$400
[27]
It regulates the light entering the eye
iris
Yoey
|
$400
[20]
Russian equivalent of G.I. Joe
Ivan
Lani
|
$400
[28]
This "fashionable" hit helped make Justin's album "The 20/20 Experience" one of the biggest sellers of 2013
"Suit & Tie"
Yoey
|
|
$600
[6]
South Dakota
Pierre
Yoey
|
$600
[26]
In this 1977 Robin Cook thriller with a 4-letter title, patients in surgery fail to awaken & then are used as organ donors
Coma
Lani
|
$800
[11]
Launched in 1987, Cooking Light grew out of a column in this magazine that celebrates the best of Dixie
Southern Living
Yoey
|
$600
[16]
Got up from a chair
rose
Yoey
|
$600
[19]
Late at night while you're sleeping, Toxicodendron radicans, this, comes around
poison ivy
|
$600
[22]
Justin says this man with a similar name who co-produced "Future Sex/Love Sounds" is like a brother to him
Timbaland
Lani
|
|
$800
[5]
The Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Yoey
|
$800
[8]
"Postmortem" from 1990 was Patricia Cornwell's first mystery featuring this female medical examiner
Dr. Kay Scarpetta
|
DD
$1,000
[10]
We're excited to tell you that this magazine focusing on technology & innovation coined the term "crowdsourcing"
Wired
Lani
|
$800
[14]
The Red Sox' David Ortiz is nicknamed "Big" this
Papi
Lani
|
$800
[18]
As a verb, it means to live together closely, like bees
to hive
Joel
|
$800
[23]
Justin plays Napster founder Sean Parker in this movie about a start-up
The Social Network
Yoey
|
|
$1,000
[4]
Saskatchewan
Regina
Lani
Yoey
|
$1,000
[7]
2015's "The Nature of the Beast" is one of the Armand Gamache mysteries by this author with a coinage name
Louise Penny
|
$1,000
[12]
This French satirical magazine got its name in part from a "Peanuts" character
Charlie Hebdo
Lani
|
$1,000
[15]
2 words:A foppish king of the beasts
a dandy lion
Lani
|
$1,000
[17]
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species banned this trade in 1989
ivory
Lani
|
$1,000
[24]
In 2016 this feel-good dance tune from the movie "Trolls" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100
"Can't Stop The Feeling!"
|
| PEOPLE OF THE BIBLICAL BOOK | DEWEY | NORTH CAROLINA, HISTORICALLY | WHATSAMATTA "U"? | FROM SCREEN TO STAGE | WORD ORIGINS |
|
$400
[27]
Big boo-boo in Genesis 25 as this man "sold his birthright unto Jacob", his twin brother
Esau
Lani
|
$400
[20]
In 1883 Melvil Dewey took this job at Columbia College
librarian
Joel
|
$400
[7]
At a Greensboro lunch counter in 1960, 4 students began this hyphenated type of protest & it lasted for 6 months
a sit-in
Lani
|
$400
[12]
Peptic ones can be duodenal or gastric
an ulcer
Lani
|
$400
[1]
With co-writer Sylvester Stallone, this musical got in the ring & hit the Great White Way in 2014
Rocky
Lani
|
$400
[19]
This term for a personal driver originally meant someone who stoked a steam engine
a chauffeur
Joel
|
|
DD
$800
[26]
The heat is on Abednego & his friends when they show up in this book
Daniel
Lani
|
$800
[21]
A N.Y. prosecutor before he was a 2-time presidential nominee, he won convictions in 72 of 73 racketeering cases
Thomas Dewey
Lani
|
$800
[8]
In 1524 this Italian made it to the mouth of the Cape Fear River; there was no bridge named for him there, though
Verrazzano
Lani
Yoey
|
$800
[13]
Relax, it's just dyspepsia--this common 2-word ailment of the abdomen
upset stomach
Lani
|
$800
[2]
Sammy Hagar & Kenny Loggins kicked off their Sunday shoes as Tony nominees for composing this musical
Footloose
Yoey
|
$800
[18]
Originally it was a place where rain fell from a roof; now it means to listen unseen to a conversation
to eavesdrop
Joel
|
|
$1,200
[28]
This kinswoman to the Virgin Mary & mother of John the Baptist is mentioned only in Luke
Elizabeth
Lani
|
$1,200
[22]
On a 1954 show on WHBQ Memphis, star DJ Dewey Phillips played an advance copy of this man's "That's All Right" 30 times
Elvis Presley
Lani
|
$1,200
[9]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the Wright Brothers Nat'l Memorial in North Carolina.) In 1902, the Wright Brothers made over 1,000 glider flights from the slopes ofthis90-foot hill that was then a massive sand dune
Kill Devil Hill
Lani
|
$1,200
[14]
Yep, it's sinusitis, an infection of this lofty tract
the upper respiratory tract
Joel
|
$1,200
[4]
A Monty Python film did succeed on Broadway as this 2005 musical
Spamalot
Yoey
|
$1,200
[3]
The name of this small magnifying glass used by jewelers is from a French term for a flawed gem
a loupe
Joel
|
|
$1,600
[29]
Goliath makes his presence known in the first book of this man
Samuel
Yoey
|
$1,600
[23]
You may ring in when ready & name this May 1, 1898 battle that made Admiral George Dewey a national hero
the Battle of Manila Bay
|
$1,600
[15]
North Carolina's second-oldest town was named "New" this by Swiss settlers; a capital idea!
Bern
Yoey
|
$1,600
[16]
Worked with nuclear fuel & now have liver problems? Could be this type of poisoning
uranium
Joel
|
$2,000
[6]
With songs like "Saving All My Love", this musical about a singer & an ex-Secret Service agent ran for 2 years in London
The Bodyguard
Lani
|
$1,600
[10]
From the German, it's pleasure at someone's misfortune, combining words meaning "harm" & "joy"
Schadenfreude
Joel
|
|
$2,000
[30]
The Book of John is where you'll find this Pharisee's discourse with Jesus
Nicodemus
|
$2,000
[24]
John Dewey helped found this philosophical "ism" that stresses practical consequences
pragmatism
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1776 this N.C. tribe supported the British & led by Chief Dragging Canoe attacked the colonists
the Cherokee
|
$2,000
[17]
Swollen, painful big toe--sounds like gout, caused by elevated blood levels of this acid
uric acid
Joel
|
DD
$6,400
[5]
Songs from this musical based on a 1968 film included "Haben Sie Gehoert Das Deutsche Band?" & "Where Did We Go Right?"
The Producers
Yoey
|
$2,000
[11]
The name of this Greek goddess of vengeance is now used to mean an unbeatable rival
Nemesis
Lani
|
The Centre for European Reform is one of the sources credited with coining this new 6-letter portmanteau word
Brexit