Annie Marggraf — an unemployed bartender from Vancouver, Washington
John Paul Gove — a social media marketer and go-go dancer from Laverne, California
Todd DeFilippi — a software engineer from Mountain View, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $24,583)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd | $200 | $1,800 | $1,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 8 W (including 1 DD) |
| John Paul | $0 | $800 | $3,600 |
$3,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$3,600
10 R, 3 W |
| Annie | $1,600 | $7,200 | $15,600 |
$20,000
New champion: $20,000 |
$14,200
25 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| PRESIDENTIAL CELEBS? | SPECIAL MONTHS | PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS | NATIONALITEASE | MUSIC SOOTHES | THE SAVAGE BEAST |
|
$200
[9]
This actor played a British prime minister in "Love Actually"
Hugh Grant
Annie
|
$200
[7]
Say namaste in September, the national month for this practice, whether hatha or Bikram
yoga
John Paul
|
$200
[2]
A performance of the farce "Our American Cousin" by Tom Taylor was cut short due to this tragedy in 1865
the assassination of President Lincoln
Annie
|
$200
[1]
A deadly game of ____ roulette
Russian
Annie
|
$200
[18]
Known for his "high lonesome" sound, Del McCoury was a leader in this"colorful" music genre
bluegrass
Todd
|
$200
[3]
Puppy Bowl, seen on this appropriate channel during the Super Bowl, has young canids fighting fang & paw
Animal Planet
John Paul
|
|
$400
[10]
A lawyer on "Sex and the City", she returned to HBO to play Eleanor Roosevelt in "Warm Springs"
Cynthia Nixon
Todd
|
$400
[8]
In the name of a June celebration, this 5-letter synonym for self-esteem follows LGBT
pride
Todd
|
$400
[6]
This Shakespeare comedy set in Illyria is said to have first been performed on January 6
Twelfth Night
Todd
Annie
|
$400
[4]
Hat dance &beaded lizard
Mexican (Mexico accepted)
John Paul
|
$400
[20]
The L.A. County Fair has a contest for this type of singing, & also honors the hosts called KJs
karaoke
Annie
|
$400
[19]
They're just larvae but many, including the saddleback type seen here, sport toxic hairs
caterpillars
Annie
|
|
$600
[11]
This actor was dismissed from "Grey's Anatomy" after using some colorful language in a run-in with Patrick Dempsey
Isaiah Washington
Annie
|
$600
[14]
It's when National Poetry Month is celebrated; T.S. Eliot called it "the cruellest month"
April
Todd
|
$600
[28]
Tony Kushner won his second straight Best Play Tony Award for "Perestroika", part 2 of this play
Angels in America
Todd
Annie
|
$600
[5]
It precedes not only checkers but also chess
Chinese
Annie
|
$600
[21]
whalesong.net is known for sharing the songs of these whales as they visit Hawaii from November to June
humpback whales
Todd
|
$600
[25]
This James Patterson tale of animals going on the attack became a series on CBS
Zoo
Todd
|
|
$800
[12]
Get smart & tell us the name of the guy who provided the voice for the animated Inspector Gadget
Don Adams
|
$800
[16]
December is the month to celebrate both fruit cake & this holiday beverage
egg nog
Annie
|
— |
$800
[15]
A set of 21 "____ Dances" by Brahms
Hungarian
Todd
John Paul
Annie
|
$800
[23]
A brand name based on a pre-WWII patent, it became synonymous with soothing sounds in elevators
Muzak
John Paul
|
$800
[26]
Not the feared "killer" ones from South America, a group of these still managed to delay a Sept. 18, 2016 Angels game
bees
Todd
|
|
$1,000
[13]
This former MTV VJ who goes by 1 name moved on to a more buttoned-down gig at Fox Business
Kennedy
Annie
|
DD
$2,400
[17]
The month of May brings pollen & with it the awareness month for these 2 "A"ilments pollen can trigger
asthma & allergies
Annie
|
— |
$1,000
[22]
The type of cotton in a Ritz-Carlton king sheet
Egyptian
Annie
|
$1,000
[24]
The song heardhereat a Jewish wedding reception means that it's time for this Israeli round dance
the hora
John Paul
|
$1,000
[27]
In 2014 this species of big cat terrorized the people of Northern India, with at least 10 kills
Bengal tiger
John Paul
|
| SUMMING UP OSCAR'S BEST PICTURE | EDIBLE EXPRESSIONS | CLOCKS | OCEANIA! | EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY | "HY"-ER EDUCATION |
|
$400
[22]
Ben Affleck takes a business trip to Iran but never does make the title movie
Argo
Todd
|
$400
[3]
A person who doesn't move much from his favorite TV-watching settee
a couch potato
Annie
|
$400
[2]
Japan is home to the largest one of these; it measures 18 feet in height & contains 629 billion grains of sand
an hourglass
Annie
|
$400
[1]
Mount Cook, not Mont Blanc, is the highest of the Southern these on New Zealand's South Island
the Alps
Annie
|
$400
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) In late 1620 an Atlantic stormaltered the course of history because this ship ended up in Cape Cod& not in Virginiaas intended
the Mayflower
John Paul
|
$400
[15]
In 1656 Christopher Wren did the first experiments poking a rudimentary version of this needle into a vein
hypodermic
Annie
|
|
$800
[6]
The title character hangs out with Kicking Bird & Stands with a Fist
Dances with Wolves
Annie
|
$800
[4]
It's what's being done literally in the photo here; idiomatically, it means to make a good situation even better
icing the cake
Annie
|
$1,200
[27]
Once called a longcase clock, its name came from an 1876 song that said it was "taller by half than the old man himself"
a grandfather clock
Annie
|
$800
[25]
More than two-thirds of the population of French Polynesia lives on this island; lucky them
Tahiti
John Paul
|
$800
[10]
In 1579 during his trip around the world, he stopped near present-day San Francisco & named the area Nova Albion
Drake
Todd
John Paul
|
$800
[16]
This part of the brain regulates body temperature & other autonomic activities
hypothalamus
John Paul
|
|
$1,200
[7]
From 1950:Bette does Broadway
All About Eve
Annie
|
$1,200
[5]
This expression refers to an approach that uses a reward & a punishment as incentives to get a horse to move
a carrot & stick (approach)
Todd
Annie
|
DD
$3,000
[19]
The Black Forest Clock Association provides a seal of approval guaranteeing the authenticity of these clocks
cuckoo clocks
Todd
|
$1,600
[23]
Display your wisdom & name this island group that includes Guadalcanal
the Solomon Islands
Todd
|
$1,200
[12]
The first Atlantic-crossing ship built in what's now the U.S. took French settlers home from this S.C. island now used by the Marines
Parris Island
Annie
|
$1,200
[17]
To treat the bends, patients are placed in this chamber & given oxygen at greater than atmospheric pressure
hyperbaric chamber
Annie
|
|
$1,600
[8]
From 1960:About Jack Lemmon's not-necessarily-crash pad
The Apartment
Todd
|
$1,600
[20]
A nice way of saying MYOB is "keep your breath to cool" this boiled cereal
porridge
Annie
|
— |
$2,000
[26]
This region's name comes from Greek words for "black" & "island"; it'll be esia to respond if you know Greek
Melanesia
Todd
Annie
|
$1,600
[13]
In 1735 James Oglethorpe invited this founder of Methodism to evangelize in Georgia
John Wesley
Annie
|
$1,600
[18]
With a cluster of huge blue or pink blooms, Big Daddy is one type of this flower
hydrangea
Todd
Annie
|
|
DD
$2,600
[9]
It was the '70s:Ted against Joanna regarding little Billy
Kramer vs. Kramer
Todd
|
$2,000
[21]
In Matthew 5:13 Jesus calls his disciples this
salt of the earth
Todd
John Paul
|
— | — |
$2,000
[14]
Years before Coronado, a Moor named Estevanico searched for 7 wealthy cities he called this
Cíbola
Todd
|
$2,000
[24]
In the hair type of this instrument used to measure relative humidity, hairs shorten or lengthen, moving a scale pointer
a hygrometer
John Paul
Annie
|
"The Tale of Kitty-in-Boots", written by her in 1914, was first published in 2016
Beatrix Potter