Denver Wade — an English teacher from Westfield, Indiana
Vivek Ravishanker — a freelance consultant from Higganum, Connecticut
Thea Lawton — a nonprofit resource development specialist from Anchorage, Alaska (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thea | $3,600 | $4,400 | $19,200 |
$1,900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$19,200
21 R, 2 W |
| Vivek | $800 | $4,600 | $17,200 |
$23,199
New champion: $23,199 |
$13,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W |
| Denver | $1,800 | $2,000 | $5,600 |
$11,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,200
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| NASCAR FROM THE DRIVER'S SEAT | GEOGRAPHIC NICKNAMES | ADVERTISING | THAT'S AWFUL GRIMM | YOU'RE THE TOP | E BEFORE I, BUT NO C DO I SPY |
|
$200
[26]
(I'm Joey Logano.) In 2015 I won my first Daytona 500 after some drama: a crash with 3 laps to go & then one of these--when the green flag waves & we hit the gas again
a restart
Vivek
|
$200
[6]
"Haggisland"
Scotland
Thea
|
$200
[21]
Owens Corning uses this pink cartoon character to advertise its pink fiberglass insulation
the Pink Panther
Vivek
|
$200
[1]
These 2 kids, near-victims of cannibalization, burn a woman to death & don't think twice about it
Hansel & Gretel
Denver
|
$200
[11]
With 27, this Major League Baseball team has won more World Series than any other
the Yankees
Thea
|
$200
[16]
Anyone who lives near you
a neighbor
Vivek
|
|
$400
[27]
(I'm Matt Kenseth.) In 2000 I became the first rookie to win the Coca-Cola 600 & beat out this sonof a legendary driver for Rookie of the Year honors
Dale Earnhardt Jr.
Denver
|
$400
[7]
It's "The City of David"
Jerusalem
Vivek
|
$400
[22]
A ad paying tribute to Prince showed one of these under the line "Baby, that was much too fast"
a (little) red Corvette
Thea
|
$400
[2]
The final words in "The Death of the Little" this, a female domestic fowl--"and then everyone was dead"
the hen
|
$400
[12]
Covering about 600,000 square miles, it's the largest gulf in the world
the Gulf of Mexico
Denver
|
$400
[17]
A big steal from a big bank
a heist
Thea
|
|
$600
[28]
Smoke gets in the other drivers' eyes when this champion & team owner hits the track
Tony Stewart
Denver
|
$600
[8]
It's "The Lost City of the Incas"
Machu Picchu
Denver
|
$600
[23]
Ads asked, "How about a nice" one of these, the name of a drink brand
Hawaiian Punch
|
$600
[3]
When 2 girls get too rough playing with a bear, the bear says, this girl & "Rose-Red, will you beat your wooer dead?"
Snow White
Thea
Vivek
|
$600
[13]
Sometimes called the best of its kind in the world, Napa Valley's French Laundry isn't a laundry, but one of these
a restaurant
Denver
|
$600
[18]
It's the soothing color in use here
beige
Vivek
|
|
$800
[29]
(I'm Brad Keselowski.) In 2009 the first lap I ever led in a Sprint Cup race was the winning one at the Aaron's 499 in this city that's familiar to the fans of Ricky Bobby
Talladega
Vivek
|
$800
[9]
"The Parnassus of Japan"
Mount Fuji
Thea
|
$800
[24]
This fictional man seen in ads for the Colombian Coffee Growers Federation is accompanied by his mule Conchita
Juan Valdez
Denver
|
$800
[4]
"The Twelve Brothers" ends with this "wicked" relative "put into a barrel filled with boiling oil and venomous snakes"
the stepmother
|
$800
[14]
Consumed by many each morning, this alkaloid is the most widely used psychoactive substance in the world
caffeine
Thea
|
$800
[19]
Odin or Athena
deity
Vivek
|
|
$1,000
[30]
(I'm Chase Elliott.) In 2016 I followed in the footsteps ofthisNASCAR legend by taking over behind the wheel of the 24 car when he retired from a cup career that began in 1992
Jeff Gordon
Denver
|
$1,000
[10]
German city that's "The Mother of Diets"
Worms
|
DD
$2,600
[25]
One ad in the Clio Hall of Fame is the 1993 "got milk?" commercial named for this man born in 1756
Aaron Burr
Denver
|
$1,000
[5]
In this tale a woman cuts off her own toe to fit into some footwear
"Cinderella"
Thea
|
$1,000
[15]
This Vegas edifice is the tallest tower in the U.S. west of the Mississippi River
the Stratosphere
Vivek
|
$1,000
[20]
Assets used to commit federal crimes are subject to seizure & this
forfeiture
Vivek
|
| REPTILES | THE 19th CENTURY | MISS-ING YOU | PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS | CAN I HAVE A WORD? | MTV MOVIE AWARDS: BEST KISS WINNERS |
|
$400
[26]
Chelonoidis nigra is the scientific name of a tortoise that lives in this island group
the Galápagos
Thea
|
$400
[21]
In 1805 a pharmacy assistant isolated morphine from this 10-times-weaker narcotic substance
opium
Vivek
|
$400
[1]
She has a thing for Kermit the Frog
Miss Piggy
Thea
|
$400
[6]
In 2015 the photography staff of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch won for capturing images of despair & anger in this city
Ferguson (Missouri)
Denver
|
$400
[11]
To rubricate is to highlight with this color, such as Jesus' words in the New Testament
red
Thea
|
$400
[16]
2009:Kristen Stewart & him
(Robert) Pattinson
Vivek
|
|
$800
[27]
Also a feathery fashion accessory, it's a variety of constricting snake
a boa
Vivek
|
$800
[22]
Paul Kruger's 1899 ultimatum provoked this South African war with the British
the Boer War
Vivek
|
$800
[2]
In 2013 Gabriela Isler became the seventh woman from Venezuela to be named this
Miss Universe
Vivek
|
$800
[7]
(I'm Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post.) As part of a New York Daily News team, I won a 1999 Pulitzer for an editorial series that helped rescue this historic Harlem theater from financial mismanagement that had threatened its survival
the Apollo
Vivek
|
$800
[12]
Skirl is a shrill wailing sound; as a verb, it means to play this Highland instrument
the bagpipes
Denver
|
$800
[17]
2006:Jake Gyllenhaal & him
Heath Ledger
Thea
|
|
$1,600
[29]
The bite of this lizard is venomous & painful, but thankfully not deadly to humans
the Gila monster
Thea
|
$1,200
[23]
What we call this 1853 "Purchase" is known in Mexico as La Venta de la Mesilla
the Gadsden Purchase
Thea
Denver
|
$1,200
[3]
Lea Salonga won a Tony for her leading role in this musical, a modern-day "Madame Butterfly"
Miss Saigon
Thea
|
$1,600
[9]
The only U.S. president to win a Pulitzer is JFK, for this series of biographies
Profiles in Courage
Thea
|
$1,200
[13]
If something is hippocrepian, it's shaped like one of these metal objects
a horseshoe
|
$1,200
[18]
2003:Tobey Maguire & her
(Kirsten) Dunst
Vivek
|
|
$2,000
[30]
When the American alligator became protected, this South American crocodilian was imported to sell to tourists
a caiman
Thea
|
$1,600
[24]
In 1893 his daughter Esther became the first child of a president to be born in the White House
Cleveland
Vivek
|
$1,600
[4]
Since 1978 Judith Martin has been doling out etiquette advice under this byline
Miss Manners
Thea
|
$2,000
[10]
Jennifer Egan won the 2011 Pulitzer for fiction for "A Visit from" this group
the Goon Squad
Thea
|
$1,600
[14]
From the Latin for "to wash away", it can mean a heavy downpour, perhaps even a flood
a deluge
Thea
|
$1,600
[19]
1999:Joseph Fiennes & her
Gwyneth Paltrow
Thea
Vivek
Denver
|
|
DD
$3,200
[28]
This lizard was discovered in 1910 by Lt. Van Hensbroek on the Indonesian island for which it's named
the Komodo dragon
Vivek
|
$2,000
[25]
The USA's first passenger RR track was started in 1828 in the harbor area of this mid-Atlantic city, then our second biggest
Baltimore
Denver
|
$2,000
[5]
In this Strindberg play, the daughter of a Swedish count has an illicit affair with her father's valet
Miss Julie
Thea
|
DD
$3,000
[8]
The Washington Post shared a 2014 Pulitzer for revealing widespread secret surveillance by this govt. agency
the NSA (National Security Agency)
Vivek
|
$2,000
[15]
The Latin for "tear" gives us this 10-letter adjective that means mournful or easily shedding tears
lachrymose
Thea
|
$2,000
[20]
2005:Rachel McAdams & him
(Ryan) Gosling
Vivek
|
This nation joined the Warsaw Pact in 1955 & NATO in 2009, & was alphabetically first in each
Albania