Michael Roy — a controls engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana
Bonnie Harris — an English instructor and administrator from New York, New York
Jessica Johnston — a college admission officer from Pasadena, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $20,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jessica | $3,600 | $9,200 | $19,200 |
$19,900
2-day champion: $40,300 |
$17,000
23 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Bonnie | $800 | $1,400 | $9,200 |
$17,201
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Michael | $1,000 | $1,200 | $8,800 |
$9,201
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
11 R, 2 W |
| HOT PLACES | BOOKS FOR COOKS | THE MARCH OF HISTORY | REALITY TELEVISION | FULL OF QUESTIONS | 5 "W"s |
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[1]
In 1967, the town of Wadi Halfa in this country had a reported high temperature of 127 degrees
Sudan
Michael
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$200
[16]
A cookbook that promises "A Culinary Journey Through India" is called "Beyond" this 5-letter dish
curry
Jessica
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$200
[6]
In March 1985 this man who would make big changes became general secretary of the Soviet Communist Party
Gorbachev
Jessica
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$200
[11]
In 2016 the title guy on this show chose Lauren Bushnell as the winner
The Bachelor
Michael
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$200
[14]
In 2002 ads for Verizon Wireless began asking this question
"Can you hear me now?"
Jessica
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$200
[26]
The 2 most popular forms of this are Greco-Roman & freestyle
wrestling
Michael
|
|
$400
[2]
In 1994 Lake Havasu City in this state reached 128, the highest temp. ever recorded in the U.S. outside Death Valley
Arizona
Bonnie
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$400
[17]
Mimi Kirk explains how to "Live" this 3-letter way in which food is not cooked over 118 degrees Fahrenheit
raw
Jessica
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$400
[7]
She married Napoleon March 9, 1796; 2 days later, her groom left for the army
Josephine
Jessica
|
$400
[12]
Episodes of this competition show include "Glamazonian Airways" & "Ru Pocalypse Now!"
RuPaul's Drag Race
Jessica
|
$400
[15]
When it comes to a tough decision, you might ask this popular question abbreviated WWJD
"What would Jesus do?"
Bonnie
|
$600
[25]
A cowboy, or his brand of jeans, perhaps
wrangler
Bonnie
|
|
$600
[3]
Inthisnorthernmost part of the Indian Ocean, surface temperatures can reach 90 degrees in July
the Persian Gulf (or the Arabian Gulf)
Jessica
Michael
|
$600
[18]
This brand, "the original slow cooker", offers a book of its "Best-Loved Slow Cooker Recipes"
Crock-Pot
Jessica
|
$600
[8]
In March 1865 this general said all his congress did was "eat peanuts and chew tobacco, while my army is starving"
Robert E. Lee
Jessica
Michael
|
$600
[13]
After getting $60,000 in capital for her lemonade on this show, an 11-year-old got a bigger deal with Whole Foods
Shark Tank
Michael
|
$600
[21]
This rock classic begins, "Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?"
"Bohemian Rhapsody"
Jessica
|
— |
|
$800
[4]
Records show Tirat Tsvi, one of these small collective farms in Israel, hitting 129 in 1942
a kibbutz
Jessica
|
$800
[19]
This title "At Home" is one of Ina Garten's many cookbooks
Barefoot Contessa
Jessica
|
$800
[9]
This country once known as South West Africa gained full independence in March 1990
Namibia
Jessica
|
$1,000
[24]
In an "SNL" parody of this survival show, Leslie Jones was only the first part of the title; Peter Dinklage took care of both
Naked and Afraid
|
$1,000
[23]
We applaud you if you know this Zen question about a certain extremity & the noise it may or may not make
"What is the sound of one hand clapping?"
Bonnie
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— |
|
$1,000
[5]
With temperatures near 120, the Gobi Desert is perfect for this ruminant, named for an area also in Asia
a Bactrian camel
Jessica
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$1,000
[20]
This savory meat jelly is covered in the cold buffet chapter of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking"
aspic
Bonnie
|
$1,000
[10]
On March 23, 1933 this body passed the "Enabling Act" making Hitler absolute dictator
the Reichstag
Jessica
|
— |
DD
$3,000
[22]
"Where's my serpent of old Nile?" is a line from this Shakespeare play
Antony and Cleopatra
Jessica
|
— |
| COUNTRIES' POLITICAL PARTIES | MONEY MUSIC | WORD ORIGINS | WHO "RU"? | OPEN THE PODCAST DOORS, HAL | LITERATURE ACROSS AMERICA |
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$400
[2]
The Bloc Quebecois
Canada
Jessica
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$400
[1]
In 1983 this singer told us, "She works hard for the money, so hard for it, honey"
Donna Summer
Jessica
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$400
[7]
Hand me the hamburger condiment that you know better by this word from Chinese for "fish brine"
ketchup
Bonnie
|
$400
[18]
Let's see if the name of this 1970s & 2000s Secretary of Defense is a known or an unknown
Rumsfeld
Bonnie
|
$400
[26]
Appropriately, a podcast focusing on politics & hosted by ex-Obama advisors is called "Keepin' It" this 4-digit number
Keepin' It 1600
|
$400
[8]
(I'm M.J. Acosta from NBC 7 San Diego.) This man resided at the Hotel Del Coronado for months at a time & wrote parts of several books here including "Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz"
Frank Baum
Bonnie
|
|
$800
[3]
The Communist Party of Bohemia & Moravia
the Czech Republic
Jessica
|
$800
[10]
A 1997 hit on Bad Boy Records warned us, "Mo money mo" these
problems
Jessica
|
$800
[14]
You can see thegrainy qualitythat gave this type of stone its name
granite
Bonnie
|
$800
[19]
Here's this Baroque master's idea of Venus
(Peter Paul) Rubens
Bonnie
|
$800
[27]
Guests ranging from Julie Andrews to Dwight Gooden to Anthony Weiner are on "Here's the Thing", hosted by this "30 Rock" man
Alec Baldwin
|
$800
[9]
(I'm Juliana Mazza with 22News.) Leaping from the pages of the Dr. Seuss memorial sculpture are Thing 1 & Thing 2, agents of mayhem from this 1957 classic
The Cat in the Hat
Michael
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Sinn Fein
Ireland
Jessica
|
$1,200
[11]
This '80s hit also offered "chicks for free"
"Money For Nothing"
Michael
|
$1,200
[23]
Taking its Greek origin literally, it's an outbreak of disease that can affect every single person
pandemic
Bonnie
Michael
|
$1,600
[21]
Last name of Ann, said (maybe wrongly) to have been Abe Lincoln's first love
Rutledge
|
$1,200
[28]
The World Wide Web can be wacky, & this 2-word show whose title can be a dangerous click when e-mailing fills in details
Reply All
Jessica
Bonnie
|
$1,200
[15]
(Hi. I'm Mark Allan from WDTN.) I'm at the Dayton home of poet Paul Laurence Dunbar, the son of former slaves; he wrote in Black dialect, including this 2-word question used by the New Orleans Saints, among others
"Who dat?"
Michael
|
|
$1,600
[5]
Kadima
Israel
Jessica
|
$1,600
[12]
Wisdom from this group: "Money, it's a gas. Grab that cash with both hands and make a stash"
Pink Floyd
Jessica
|
$2,000
[25]
From the French for "flat", it's a flat or banal remark uttered as if it were profound
a platitude
|
$2,000
[22]
He'll go down in history as the first German king of the Habsburg dynasty
Rudolf
Michael
|
— |
$1,600
[16]
(Hi. I'm Ryan Kristafer from News 8.) This author of "Uncle Tom's Cabin" lived in this Hartford home from 1873 until her death in 1896
(Harriet Beecher) Stowe
Michael
|
|
$2,000
[6]
The Unified Lumumbist Party
the Democratic Republic of Congo
Jessica
|
$2,000
[13]
It's the Steve Miller Band's song about criminal lovers Billy Joe & Bobbie Sue
"Take The Money And Run"
Michael
|
DD
$3,000
[24]
Used to describe a wealthy or powerful person, it was originally a title applied by foreigners to the shogun of Japan
tycoon
Bonnie
|
DD
$6,000
[20]
Henry was the first name of this early 1800s philanthropist who supported education in New Jersey
Rutgers
Bonnie
|
— |
$2,000
[17]
(I'm Julie Nelson from Kare 11.) The Minnesota State Fair is the setting of the 1928 story "A Night at the Fair" by this author born in St. Paul
Fitzgerald
Bonnie
|
Among the places he visited on his second missionary journey were Galatia & Corinth
St. Paul (or Saul)