Sharon Stern Gerstman — an attorney from Buffalo, New York
Rachel Hopkins — a student from Middletown, Rhode Island
Vivek Ravishanker — a freelance consultant from Higganum, Connecticut (whose 2-day cash winnings total $43,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vivek | $1,600 | $6,000 | $8,800 |
$17,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Rachel | $4,500 | $6,500 | $15,300 |
$21,799
New champion: $21,799 |
$14,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Sharon | $2,200 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$14,388
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,200
11 R, 1 W |
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|
$200
[16]
Unlike compote, pie has this; the perfect one has been described as "wonderfully flaky, tender" & golden brown
crust
Rachel
|
$200
[3]
In Ambroise Thomas' opera version, you'll need a mezzo-soprano to play this queen & mother of Hamlet
Gertrude
Vivek
|
$200
[17]
Last name of the man who published a reading system in 1829 based on a "cell" of 6 dots
Braille
Rachel
|
$200
[1]
"Every Little Wheeze Seems to Whisper" this Saints QB who threw for 5,069 yards in 2008
Drew Brees
Rachel
|
$200
[26]
Everyone wants a turn gazing at this spectacular planet
Saturn (in want s a turn )
Sharon
|
$200
[11]
Caught demanding a bribe? You have your proverbial "hand in" this 2-word item
the cookie jar
Sharon
|
|
$400
[22]
This company that says, "With a name like" this, "it has to be good" sells jams & jellies but no compote
Smucker's
Vivek
|
$400
[2]
Cordelia refuses to flatter Dad just to get a bigger inheritance, unlike these 2 siblings
Regan & Goneril
Rachel
|
$400
[18]
Take a picture, it lasts longer! In 2012 Mark Zuckerberg paid a cool billion to acquire this photo-sharing app
Instagram
Vivek
|
$400
[4]
Let's be "Fiddling While" this Cowboy QB "Burns"; he was hot when he won the D-1AA version of the Heisman
Tony Romo
Vivek
|
$400
[27]
All that we are came from this unmistakable entity
the sun (in thi s un mistakable)
Vivek
|
$400
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) The penalty box awaits an NHL player after the ref makes the signal for this infraction
hooking
Vivek
|
|
$600
[23]
Compote is often made with apples or berries; marmalade, most commonly from fruit of this genus
Citrus
Rachel
|
$600
[8]
She'spicturedherein the lawyer's disguise she wears to save the Merchant of Venice
Portia
Rachel
|
$600
[19]
The first primitive form of this device that sends print over a telephone line was made in 1843 by a Scottish inventor
a fax machine
Vivek
Rachel
|
$600
[5]
Darn, somebody beat us to this Hall of Fame 1970s Dolphin fullback "& the Chocolate Factory"
Larry Csonka
|
$600
[28]
I'll bet that more than seven used-up probes will someday orbit this planet
Venus (in se ven us ed-up)
Rachel
|
$600
[13]
He's the sensational point guard for the Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook
Vivek
|
|
$800
[24]
Compote is traditional on Rosh Hashanah; this dessert, on Christmas--Mrs. Cratchit even whips some up
pudding
|
$1,000
[10]
After being banished, Rosalind runs off to the Forest of Arden dressed like a man in this play
As You Like It
Sharon
|
$800
[20]
This company was founded in 1851 to build a telegraph line from Buffalo to St. Louis
Western Union
Vivek
|
$800
[6]
"I'm Just A" him, the Patriots head coach who won at least 10 games a season from 2003 to 2015
Bill Belichick
Rachel
|
$800
[29]
Traveling near one of these would be no vacation
a nova (in no va cation)
Vivek
|
$800
[14]
7-letter "chess" term for a penguin's breeding colony
a rookery
|
|
$1,000
[25]
"Compote" can mean a dish for serving it; this layered dessert also has its own glass, but it's taller & narrower
a parfait
|
DD
$1,500
[9]
Bianca must wait for this bad-tempered older sister to wed before she can
Katherine
Rachel
|
$1,000
[21]
Claude Chappe's set of arms that pivoted on a post in 1794 was an early version of this communication system using flags
semaphore
Vivek
|
$1,000
[7]
We'll have this 2-time Super Bowl-winning starting QB for the Steelers "To Go"; enjoy the 240-pounder!
Roethlisberger
Rachel
|
$1,000
[30]
To see one of these objects, come to the observatory
a comet (in come t o)
Rachel
|
$1,000
[15]
It's a rivulet, pretty much
a brook (a brooklet accepted)
Sharon
|
| SOME PEOPLE CALL ME MAURICE | 10-LETTER WORDS | AMERICAN HISTORY | GEOGRAPH"IA" | I LIKE BIG BUCKS | & I CANNOT LIE |
|
$400
[3]
In 2013 Google commemorated his 85th birthday with a doodle featuring characters from "Where the Wild Things Are"
(Maurice) Sendak
Sharon
|
$400
[15]
It's the beach favorite being played here
paddleball
Vivek
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
In 1540 Garcia Lopez de Cardenas found this natural wonder; his men tried to climb down to the Colorado River but failed
the Grand Canyon
Sharon
|
$400
[8]
Until 1935 Iran was known by this name
Persia
Sharon
|
$400
[7]
Need a lift? Apparently so, as in 2016, this 7-year-old app was valued at nearly $70 billion
Uber
Sharon
|
$400
[26]
Using accepted truths like axioms & postulates, this Greek came up with 467 propositions of plane & solid geometry
Euclid
Vivek
Rachel
|
|
$800
[17]
Ida Rubinstein commissioned him to compose a work for ballet with a Spanish flavor & he did--"Bolero"
(Maurice) Ravel
Sharon
|
$800
[16]
A stern boss or supervisor may be called a "harsh" this
taskmaster
|
$800
[2]
In 1974, over Ford's veto, Congress passed amendments to this act granting public access to government files
the Freedom of Information Act
Rachel
|
$800
[9]
2 of the 3 Baltic states
Estonia & Latvia (& Lithuania)
Rachel
|
$800
[10]
In 2016 this car company said orders for its new Model 3 electric sedan topped $10 billion in 36 hours
Tesla
Rachel
|
$800
[27]
The title of this official newspaper of the Communist Party of the USSR translates to "truth"
Pravda
Sharon
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Maurice Lucas of the 1970s Portland Trail Blazers inspired this teammate to name his son Luke
Bill Walton
Vivek
|
$1,200
[19]
Background info in a novel or movie, or the type of international event seen here
exposition
Rachel
|
$1,200
[4]
This Nebraska Democrat lost an 1894 bid for the U.S. Senate but was nominated for president 2 years later
William Jennings Bryan
Vivek
|
$1,200
[12]
It covers more than 26,000 square miles, mainly in Tanzania & Uganda
Lake Victoria
Vivek
|
$1,200
[11]
This ex-Microsoft man has fun with his billions, owning 3 pro sports teams & giving away $2 billion to charity
(Paul) Allen
Vivek
Rachel
Sharon
|
$1,200
[28]
The game show "To Tell the Truth" returned to TV in 2016 with this star of "black-ish" as its host
Anthony Anderson
Rachel
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Sadly, shining star Maurice White, who founded this R&B group, passed away in 2016
Earth, Wind & Fire
Rachel
|
$1,600
[20]
Skill in navigating a boat on the waves
seamanship
Rachel
|
$1,600
[5]
A 1621 treaty with the Wampanoags gave the Pilgrims protection against this tribe from what's now Rhode Island
the Narragansett
|
$2,000
[14]
You might say this region of Croatia that extends about 230 miles along the coast has a "spotty" reputation
Dalmatia
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
An article about this app was titled "How 3 guys turned renting an air mattress in their apartment into a $25 bil. company"
Airbnb
Rachel
|
— |
|
$2,000
[23]
Maurice Evans played this wise simian "Dr." in "Planet of the Apes"
Dr. Zaius
|
$2,000
[21]
10-letter "cardiac" object of passion, maybe even a "teen" one like Shaun Cassidy or Ryan Beatty
heartthrob
Sharon
|
$2,000
[6]
On April 4, 1891 this brother of John Wilkes Booth ended his 40+-year acting career appearing in "Hamlet" in NYC
Edwin Booth
Rachel
|
DD
$4,800
[13]
This dry, windswept region covers almost all of southern Argentina
Patagonia
Vivek
|
$2,000
[25]
(I'm Lara Logan of CBS News.) I conducted a rare interview with Jack Ma, founder of this Chinese Internet company that made a big splash in 2014 by finishing its first day of trading with a market value of $231 billion dollars
Alibaba
Vivek
Rachel
|
— |
In a 1926 book, he "is in a very sad condition, because it's his birthday, & nobody has taken any notice of it, & he's very gloomy"
Eeyore