Vidya Srinivasan — a student from Chevy Chase, Maryland
Sean Harrington — an engineer from Houston, Texas
Neil Uspal — a pediatric emergency medicine physician from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $25,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neil | $4,400 | $4,600 | $12,600 |
$7,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$15,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sean | $2,200 | $6,800 | $17,200 |
$9,200
New champion: $9,200 |
$14,800
22 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Vidya | $400 | $1,200 | $4,000 |
$4,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
8 R, 4 W |
| FROM CHUMPS TO CHAMPS | HEALTH & MEDICINE | QUIZINE | SHOOTING BLANKS | GREEK LETTERS & ROMAN NUMERALS | AMERICAN WOMEN |
|
$200
[1]
They went from 29-53 in 1979 to 62-20 & an NBA title in 1981; adding Bird, Parish & McHale will do that
the Boston Celtics
Neil
|
$200
[6]
If you want to vent this lymphatic organ, you'll find out that it filters old red blood cells out of the bloodstream
the spleen
Neil
Sean
|
$200
[10]
In radio ads back in the day, Kate Smith & Jack Benny both pitched this trademarked jiggly dessert
Jell-O
Neil
|
$200
[8]
Shooting the ____, a "windy" term of communication
the breeze
Neil
|
$200
[22]
It went by so fast:CCCLXV
365
Vidya
|
$200
[14]
In 1961 she topped Clare Boothe Luce & Jackie Kennedy to be named woman most admired by Americans for the 13th time in 14 years
Eleanor Roosevelt
Sean
Vidya
|
|
$400
[2]
From 1962 to 1968, they never finished higher than 9th; in 1969, amazingly, they won the World Series
the New York Mets
Sean
|
$400
[7]
Diverticulitis is common in the U.S., where diets are low in this, AKA roughage
fiber
Sean
|
$400
[12]
Look up "calamari" in the "Food Lovers Companion" & it says "see" this; (doesn't sound nearly as appetizing)
squid
Neil
Sean
|
$400
[18]
Shooting the ____, like the Class III on Oregon's Rogue River
the rapids
Neil
|
$400
[23]
Bruce Banner knows a little something about this letter
gamma
Vidya
|
$400
[15]
Gloria Steinem said, "A woman has two choices: either she's" this term "or a masochist"
a feminist
Sean
|
|
$600
[3]
After a last-place finish in 2007, they dropped the "Devil" from their name; in 2008, they won 31 more games & the A.L. pennant
the Tampa Bay Rays
Sean
|
$600
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation on the monitor.) The spine bends forward as the thoracic vertebrae become compressed in a condition called kyphosis, more commonly known as a Dowager's hump, a symptom of this disease of thinning bones
osteoporosis
Vidya
|
$800
[26]
This Cajun crayfish stew takes its name from a word meaning "suffocated"
étouffée
Neil
Sean
Vidya
|
$600
[19]
Shooting ____ in a ____, something pretty easy
fish in a barrel
Neil
|
$600
[28]
One of our favorite primes:MMMMXXVII
4027
Sean
|
$600
[16]
In 1967 Kathrine Switzer broke the gender barrier by becoming the first female runner to officially enter this race
the Boston Marathon
Sean
|
|
$800
[4]
After never making the playoffs in their first 6 years of existence, this Northwest team scouted the way to an NBA title in 1977
the Trail Blazers
Neil
|
$800
[11]
Those who suffer from carpal tunnel or arthritis may get a shot of this 9-letter steroid to reduce inflammation
cortisone
Neil
Sean
|
$1,000
[27]
Per Islamic dietary laws, "haram" refers to forbidden foods & this word refers to permitted ones
halal
Vidya
|
$800
[20]
Don't shoot the ____; you'll be taking it out on the wrong person
the messenger
Sean
|
$800
[24]
No hints, but having been in a fraternity or sorority would help
psi
Sean
|
$800
[17]
"She guided Post through Pentagon Papers and Watergate", said the headline of her obituary in her own paper
Katharine Graham
|
|
$1,000
[5]
The Twins went from last in 1990 to the 1991 World Series, where they beat John Smoltz & this team that did the same thing
the Atlanta Braves
Neil
|
DD
$2,200
[13]
Daltonism is a type of this, a problem with cone receptors
color blindness
Neil
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
Shoot the ____, a goal in the card game Hearts
the moon
Sean
|
$1,000
[25]
Toronto calling!CDXVI
416
Vidya
|
$1,000
[29]
This "Battle Hymn Of The Republic" author was also the first president of the New England Woman Suffrage Association
Julia Ward Howe
Vidya
|
| PYRAMIDS | NATIONAL PARKS OF THE WORLD | DOUBLE O, 7 | OTHER BOND FILM CHARACTERS | BOOKS BY PROFESSORS | RELIGIOUS MATTERS |
|
$400
[21]
At 42.3 billion candlepower, the light beaming from the top of this Las Vegas pyramid is the strongest in the world
Luxor
Neil
Sean
|
$400
[2]
Eucalyptus is common in Southwest National Park on this island state of Australia
Tasmania
Sean
|
$400
[3]
Job description of a singer like Bing Crosby
crooner
Vidya
|
$400
[8]
Miss Moneypenny is the personal assistant of this character, the head of MI6
M
Sean
|
$800
[16]
W.V. historian Otis K. Rice had a posthumous bestseller on these feudin' families when they became a miniseries
the Hatfields and McCoys
Neil
|
$800
[1]
The Trimurti, or Hindu trinity, consists of Brahma, Vishnu & this "destroyer"
Shiva
Neil
|
|
$800
[22]
In 2016 ABC revived "The $100,000 Pyramid", now hosted by this pro football Hall of Famer
(Michael) Strahan
Neil
|
$800
[12]
This giant monitor lizard is a must-see on a visit to the Indonesian park located on 3 of the Lesser Sunda Islands
the Komodo dragon
Vidya
|
$800
[7]
A train crew's quarters are usually found in this last car
caboose
Sean
|
$800
[9]
First name of American spy Mr. Leiter, who often helped James Bond defeat the bad guys
Felix
Sean
|
$1,200
[17]
This Cornell professor wrote "English Metres" but is best known for 1918's "The Elements of Style"
William Strunk, Jr.
|
$1,600
[26]
Remove your shoes & cover your head when entering a gurdwara, a temple of this religion founded in northern India
Sikhism
Neil
|
|
$1,200
[23]
Its glass pyramid is composed of 673 triangular & diamond-shaped panes
the Louvre
Neil
|
$1,200
[13]
Tulum National Park in the Yucatan has the ruins of one of the last thriving cities of this civilization
the Mayan civilization
Sean
|
$1,200
[4]
To cheat, or a type of pool game
snooker
Vidya
|
$1,200
[10]
Ben Whishawis the new computer-savvy version of this character
Q
Sean
|
$1,600
[18]
Illinois professor & librarian Dee Brown changed the field of Native American history with "Bury My Heart" here
Wounded Knee
Neil
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1959 Young Oon Kim, known as Miss Kim, left South Korea to become this church's first missionary in the United States
the Unification Church
Sean
|
|
$1,600
[20]
Who says a pyramid has to be pointy & up?Here's the headquarters of Slovak Radio in this capital city
Bratislava
Sean
|
DD
$4,000
[14]
Venezuela's Canaima National Park is home to the picturesque Canaima Lagoon & this other watery icon
Angel Falls
Sean
|
$1,600
[5]
There's an animal in this slang word starting with "V" that means "get outta here"
vamoose
Sean
|
$1,600
[11]
Supervillain Ernst Stavro Blofeld shows up in "Thunderball" as the head of this criminal organization
SPECTRE
Neil
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[19]
According to legend, this gospel writer's body & relics were transported from Alexandria, Egypt to Venice in 828
Saint Mark
Neil
|
|
$2,000
[24]
The reverse of the Great Seal of the United States features an unfinished pyramid with this right above it
an eye (the Eye of God)
Vidya
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
This woodwind has a doubled tube & a curved metal crook
a bassoon
Neil
|
$2,000
[15]
The giant metal-mouthed assassin "Jaws" chews up the scenery in "The Spy Who Loved Me" & this film in space
Moonraker
Neil
|
— | — |
The title of this hit from a 1933 Disney "Silly Symphony" inspired a Tony-winning 1962 drama & an Oscar-nominated 1966 film
"Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolf?"