Kat Lewin — a composition lecturer from Irvine, California
Georjean McKeeman — a homemaker from Prescott, Arizona
Chuck Dunn — a mathematics professor from Tigard, Oregon (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chuck | $400 | $3,200 | $16,400 |
$4,399
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,200
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Georjean | $2,200 | $1,600 | $8,000 |
$15,990
New champion: $15,990 |
$8,000
10 R, 3 W |
| Kat! | $4,200 | $7,200 | $14,200 |
$8,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| WHAT'S YOUR MOVIE OCCUPATION? | BESTSELLERS BY AUTHOR | PARTY TIME! | THAT'S OXYMORONIC | TOYS & GAMES | USNS COMFORT |
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$200
[1]
Kurt Russell in "Backdraft"
a firefighter
Georjean
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$200
[2]
"Salem's Lot"(1975)
Stephen King
Kat!
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$200
[23]
Founded in 1854:This U.S. party that also goes by a 3-letter nickname
the Republican Party (or the GOP)
Chuck
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$200
[16]
It's the oxymoronic name for the comparatively small instrument seen here
a baby grand piano
Chuck
Georjean
|
$200
[7]
Percy the Small Engine & James the Red Engine are among this toy's friends on the Island of Sodor
Thomas the Tank Engine
Kat!
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$200
[26]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the USNSComfortin Norfolk, VA.) Comfort made its first deployment during Operation Desert Shield & while offshore of this small Mideast country, bordering Saudi Arabia & Iraq, the crew treated over 8,700 patients
Kuwait
Kat!
|
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$400
[9]
Johnny Depp in "Sweeney Todd..." (we'd give it away with the full title)
a barber
Chuck
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$400
[21]
"The Martian"(2011)
Andy Weir
|
$400
[24]
Active from the 1790s to the 1810s:This party of the second U.S. president
the Federalists
Georjean
|
$400
[17]
Simon & Garfunkel hit No. 1 for the first time with this deafening title
"The Sound Of Silence"
Kat!
|
$400
[3]
Originally offered in off-white, this product expanded in 1957 to include red, yellow & blue colors all served in airtight cans
Play-Doh
Kat!
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$400
[27]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the USNSComfortin Norfolk, VA.) Comfort is adorned with large red crosses to show that it's a medical ship & is protected by this set of agreements, first made in Switzerland in 1864
the Geneva Convention
Kat!
|
|
$600
[10]
Cuba Gooding Jr. in "Jerry Maguire", ya know?!
a football player
Chuck
Kat!
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$600
[19]
"The King of Torts"(2003)
John Grisham
Kat!
|
$600
[25]
Founded in 1973:This Israeli party to the right of Labor
Likud
Chuck
|
$600
[14]
L'Oreal makes a lip gloss in this dull finish also used for photos
matte
Chuck
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$600
[4]
Action figures inspired by these animated characters include Bob with teddy bear & a banana-eating Kevin
Minions
|
$600
[28]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USNSComfortin Norfolk, VA.) Comfort provided shelter for 10,000, meals for 30,000 & medical & psychological treatment for many of the workers at the New York site immediately dubbed this in the wake of 9/11
Ground Zero
Kat!
|
|
$800
[11]
Anil Kapoor in "Slumdog Millionaire" (a very honorable profession!)
a quiz show host
|
$800
[20]
"All the Pretty Horses"(1992)
Cormac McCarthy
Kat!
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
Dissolved in 1991:At its height, this party had about 19 million members
the Communist Party
Kat!
|
$800
[18]
Laurel & Hardy had a 1930 short called "Another Fine" this
Mess
Georjean
|
$800
[5]
The box for this classic said you can see the insects "dig tunnels", "build bridges" & "move mountains"
an ant farm
Kat!
|
$800
[29]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from the USNSComfortin Norfolk, VA.) In 2010, Comfort moved to the Caribbeanafter a 7.0 earthquake decimated this country; its 10operating roomsran at full capacity & delivered 9 babies during the relief effort
Haiti
Chuck
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Tom Hanks in "Charlie Wilson's War"
a congressman
Georjean
|
$1,000
[8]
"The Aquitaine Progression"(1984)
Robert Ludlum
|
$1,000
[13]
Active 1834-1854:This U.S. party that borrowed its name from a British party
the Whigs
Kat!
|
$1,000
[22]
Merrell has a line of running shoes oxymoronically called this; actually running that way is said to be better for you
barefoot
Chuck
|
$1,000
[6]
This game's action cards include reverse, skip & wild draw four
Uno
Georjean
|
$1,000
[30]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from the USNSComfortin Norfolk, VA.) To help evacuate & treat wounded patients, the ship is equipped with these helicopters, the Navy's equivalent of the Army's Blackhawk
Seahawks
|
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$400
[6]
In 1945's "Spellbound", Alfred Hitchcock filmed a trippy dream sequence designed by this Surrealist
(Salvador) Dalí
Chuck
|
$400
[1]
Nome, Alaska
the Bering Sea
Chuck
|
$400
[18]
There's no more perfect 10, so it was a 15.933 floor exercise that clinched her all-around gymnastics gold
Simone Biles
Kat!
|
$400
[23]
From the Greek for "treasury", it's a book that contains lists of words that have similar meanings
thesaurus
Kat!
|
$400
[26]
(Hi, I'm Kate Bolduan of CNN.) In 2013 I covered the birth of the first baby of this other Kate; in 2014 I had my own little princess, so maybe a playdate sometime
Kate Middleton
Kat!
|
$400
[17]
Change the lone vowel in the pulpy part of a fruit to "A" & you get "jumpin' jack"
flesh & flash
Chuck
|
|
$800
[7]
Intonaco is the final, smooth coat of plaster spread onto a wall in the buon', or true, type of this painting technique
fresco
Chuck
|
$800
[2]
Riga
the Baltic Sea
Chuck
Kat!
|
$800
[19]
Officials gave multiple lessons in chemistry as they tried to explain why the diving pool turned this color
green
Georjean
|
$800
[24]
A good place to find international background info online is the World Factbook, a resource produced by this agency
the CIA
Chuck
|
$1,200
[28]
Martin Winterkorn resigned as the CEO of this car company in 2015 amid an EPA cheating scandal
Volkswagen
Georjean
|
$800
[13]
Change the "O" in a symbol of Christianity to an "A" & you get a word that lacks refinement
cross & crass
Kat!
|
|
$1,200
[8]
A circa 1620 portrait of Cornelis van der Geest shows the pointy beard that bears this artist's name
van Dyck
Georjean
|
$1,600
[4]
Cartagena (the older city)
the Mediterranean
Georjean
|
$1,200
[20]
Her 4 gold medals included a world record & a win by nearly 12 seconds in the 800-meter freestyle
(Katie) Ledecky
Chuck
|
$1,600
[12]
This man whose books of rules helped standardize card game rules died in 1769 about age 97
(Edmond) Hoyle
Kat!
|
$1,600
[27]
88,000 people, the entire population of Fort McMurray in this Canadian province, were evacuated in 2016 due to a wildfire
Alberta
|
$1,200
[15]
Change the "I" in a liquor-producing apparatus & you get a delaying tactic
still & stall
Kat!
|
|
$1,600
[9]
As a type of ink, this brown pigment secreted by cuttlefish has been around since at least ancient Roman times
sepia
Georjean
|
$2,000
[5]
Liverpool
the Irish Sea
Chuck
|
$1,600
[21]
The first ROT, short for this "Olympic team", demonstrated the plight & resolve of displaced people
refugees
Georjean
|
$2,000
[25]
An alphabetical index of the principal words of a book; Strong's is a well-known one of the Bible
a concordance
Kat!
|
— |
$1,600
[14]
Replace the "E" in what the Brits watch their BBC on & you get a counting word
telly & tally
Georjean
|
|
$2,000
[10]
"High Cliff, Coast of Maine" is a typical work by this American
(Winslow) Homer
Kat!
|
DD
$2,400
[3]
Edinburgh
the North Sea
Chuck
|
$2,000
[22]
Known as "Chicken Legs" as a kid, she's now the most-decorated U.S. female track & field athlete in Olympic history
(Allyson) Felix
Chuck
|
DD
$3,000
[11]
On his 1914-16 expedition to the South Pole, Ernest Shackleton carried 2 sets of the 11th edition of this multi-volume work
the Encyclopaedia Britannica
Kat!
|
— |
$2,000
[16]
Change the "U" in a slang word for an infantryman to an "A" & you get a word of bestowal
grunt & grant
Chuck
|
Oddly, the California gull is the state bird of this landlocked state
Utah