Steve Pecukonis — a trainer and consultant from Brunswick, Maine
Gretchen Neidhardt — a librarian from Chicago, Illinois
Grant McSheffrey — a software developer from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 2-day cash winnings total $53,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | $2,200 | $4,800 | $11,200 |
$15,801
3-day champion: $69,201 |
$15,200
17 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Gretchen | $3,200 | $5,200 | $15,800 |
$9,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$14,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Steve | $800 | $2,800 | $6,800 |
$6,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,800
9 R, 0 W |
| PRECIOUS GEMS | CABINET DEPARTMENTS | "A" FOR THE WIN | GOT A WIFE & KIDS | IN BALTIMORE | JACK |
|
$200
[4]
The Akoya type of these from the waters of Japan have a wide range of hues like pink, peach & cream
pearls
Gretchen
|
$200
[17]
It includes the Federal Railroad Administration
the Department of Transportation
Gretchen
|
$200
[10]
A substance enclosed under pressure & then released as a fine spray
aerosol
Grant
|
$200
[1]
If you're going to wed 5 times, you might as well have 5 sons, & then you might as well name them all George, like this boxer did
George Foreman
Grant
|
$200
[16]
Baltimore Harbor has 2 links to the Atlantic: a canal &, to the south, this bay
the Chesapeake
Gretchen
|
$200
[15]
It's the common name for the U.K. flag
the Union Jack
Steve
|
|
$400
[5]
The most valuable of these gems, colored ones called fancies, sell for more than $1 million per carat
diamonds
Gretchen
|
$400
[27]
Timothy Geithner once headed it
the Treasury
Grant
|
$400
[11]
5-letter word for a proposition in logic whose truth is taken as self-evident
axiom
|
$400
[2]
He was Mad Max beyond parenthood, fathering 7 kids with his now ex-wife
Mel Gibson
Grant
|
$400
[23]
Pimlico Race Course hosts this Triple Crown race, named for a horse that won at the track in 1870
the Preakness Stakes
Grant
Gretchen
|
$400
[19]
The Sept. 7 2016 announcement that the headphone jack was out on this device was not 100% well received
the iPhone 7
Steve
|
|
$600
[6]
A pink variety of beryl found in 1910 was named by adding -ite to the name of this financier & gem collector
J.P. Morgan
Grant
Gretchen
|
$600
[28]
This department's headquarters were directly attacked on 9/11
the Department of Defense
Gretchen
|
$600
[12]
An underground permeable body that produces groundwater for wells & springs
an aquifer
Steve
|
$600
[3]
This twice-married actor is 7/9 of the way home to having a full "Field of Dreams" baseball team of his kids
Kevin Costner
Gretchen
|
$600
[24]
"Made it, Ma!" With spectacularviewsof the city, it'sthis4-word 27-story attraction
Top of the World
Grant
|
$600
[20]
In 1998 at Lincoln Center, John McDonough was a lumberjack & he was OK as this opera title role & folklore legend
Paul Bunyan
Gretchen
|
|
DD
$800
[9]
Ancient Chinese scholar Hsu Shen called it "the fairest of stones" & gave it 5 human virtues
jade
Gretchen
|
— |
$800
[13]
A storage place for weapons, it precedes "show" regarding a famous 1913 art exhibition
armory
Gretchen
|
$800
[7]
Knowing when to hold 'em in 2004, this country singing legend & his 5th wife welcomed twins just shy of his 66th birthday
Kenny Rogers
Grant
|
$800
[25]
In 1893 a $500,000 endowment was raised to help admit women on the same terms as men to this School of Medicine
Johns Hopkins
Steve
|
$800
[21]
This sturdy leather footwear reaching above the knee can also refer to authoritarian measures
a jackboot
Steve
|
|
$1,000
[18]
Light hitting layers of silica causes the brilliant colors of this gem, including the boulder type
the opal
|
— |
$1,000
[14]
Continental & colorful variety of parrot seen here
African grey
|
$1,000
[8]
All about "One Love" & wed at age 21, this late musician ended up having 13 kids
Bob Marley
Gretchen
|
$1,000
[26]
Elected mayor of Baltimore in 1999, this Democrat ran for president in 2016 but dropped out after Iowa
Martin O'Malley
Grant
|
$1,000
[22]
Jack cheese is said to trace its origins to the late 1800s & a businessman in this city south of San Francisco
Monterey
Grant
|
| ZODIAC RHYME TIME | CHARACTERS IN BOOKS | CRY ME A WORLD RIVER | ORGANIZED LABOR | ENTERTAINMENT "MORE" OR "LESS" | THE NEW YORK TIMES HEADLINES |
|
$400
[7]
Song refrain about a bull
Taurus chorus
Gretchen
|
$400
[12]
In a 1910 novel a young singer named Christine Daae is the heart's desire of this maniacal title character
the Phantom of the Opera
Gretchen
|
$400
[6]
The Yongding & the Chaobai rivers both replenish this capital city
Beijing
Gretchen
|
$400
[21]
In 2016 the NLRB ruled that private university grad students working as these helping professors may unionize
TAs or teaching assistants
Grant
|
$400
[24]
Paul Rudd played Alicia Silverstone's stepbrother in this 1995 comedy
Clueless
Gretchen
|
$400
[1]
May 22, 1927:He "Does It! To Paris in 33 1/2 Hours"
Lindbergh
Steve
|
|
$800
[8]
Emergency situations for the fishes
Pisces crises
Steve
|
$800
[13]
Oliver Twist flees a workhouse for London & falls in with the gang of this "old shrivelled man"
Fagin
Grant
|
$800
[14]
Haridwar is a sacred Hindu city as this river there emerges from the mountains onto the plains
the Ganges
Grant
|
$1,200
[23]
Seen here is the star emblem of the U.S.A.'s largest union of these workers
police
Gretchen
|
$800
[25]
Frank Gallagher's kids on this Showtime series seem to do okay in spite of his presence
Shameless
Gretchen
|
$800
[2]
May 3, 1986:"A Top Soviet Aide Details Situation at Stricken Plant", this nuclear power station
Chernobyl
Steve
|
|
$1,200
[9]
Highly prized violin for a water bearer
Stradivarius Aquarius
Gretchen
|
$1,600
[17]
This name of a hypnotist from the novel "Trilby" now means anyone with a sinister ability to sway people
Svengali
Grant
Gretchen
|
$1,200
[15]
Winning the battle of Ireland's Boyne River in 1690 gave this "colorful" king a complete triumph over the deposed James II
William of Orange
Gretchen
|
$2,000
[29]
Begun by immigrant janitors in 1921, this union has grown to include nurses, security officers & public workers
the Service Employees International Union
|
$1,200
[26]
Based on a Bret Easton Ellis novel, this 1987 movie features the actors who played Iron Man & Ultron
Less Than Zero
|
$1,200
[3]
June 9, 1987:"North's Secretary Describes Effort to Hide Evidence" referred to this political scandal
Iran-Contra
Grant
|
|
$1,600
[10]
One who woos the fourth sign of the zodiac
a Cancer romancer
|
$2,000
[19]
It's the oddly human name of the tiger character in "Life of Pi"
Richard Parker
Grant
|
$1,600
[18]
The waters of this "black river" of Argentina flow 400 miles through northern Patagonia & empty into the Atlantic
the Rio Negro
Gretchen
|
DD
$4,000
[22]
In 1970 table grape growers in California's Central Valley signed their first contracts with this union
the United Farm Workers
Grant
|
$1,600
[27]
NBC has been trying to enlighten us for years with star-studded public service messages entitled this
The More You Know
Gretchen
|
$1,600
[4]
May 7, 1937:It "Burns in Lakehurst Crash; 21 Known Dead, 12 Missing; 64 Escape"
the Hindenburg
Grant
|
|
$2,000
[11]
Brand of laminate flooring for someone born between August 23 & September 22
Virgo Pergo
Steve
|
DD
$3,000
[16]
In a 1719 novel it is the name given to a man who is rescued from a band of cannibals
Friday
Gretchen
|
$2,000
[20]
Chinese soldiers entered the Korean War in October of 1950 crossing this river in support of North Korea
the Yalu River
Grant
|
— |
$2,000
[28]
Dennis Quaid and Kate Bosworth star in this streaming show set in the world of high-stakes auctions
The Art of More
|
$2,000
[5]
January 21, 1945:"Roosevelt Sworn in for Fourth Term; Extends" this "Policy to World"
the Good Neighbor policy
|
The name of this popular beer brand founded in 1897 is a reference to the 20th century
Dos Equis