Tricia Riley — a nurse practitioner from Quincy, Massachusetts
Rachel Levinson-Emley — a literature Ph.D. student from Goleta, California
Julie Brannon — a professor of English from Jacksonville, Florida (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie | $3,000 | $6,200 | $12,800 |
$18,800
2-day champion: $47,200 |
$11,400
23 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Rachel | $1,000 | $2,400 | $8,800 |
$13,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,800
9 R, 0 W |
| Tricia | $0 | $2,800 | $9,200 |
$18,399
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| IT COMES ONCE A YEAR | FOOTWEAR | 1967 | WHAT'S THEIR SPORT? | ROCKS | & "AWAY" THEY GO |
|
$200
[8]
An autumn harvest celebration in 1621 gave way to this holiday, for which we're most grateful
Thanksgiving
Julie
|
$200
[7]
Minnetonka has been making these soft leather Native American shoes since 1946
moccasins
Tricia
|
$200
[1]
The Constitution left the order of this unclear; it wasn't until 1967 that the 25th Amendment cleared it up
succession to the presidency
Tricia
|
$200
[14]
The Indiana Fever, whose star Tamika Catchings retired in 2016
basketball
Julie
|
$200
[15]
This limestone mass on the southern coast of Iberia is 1,398 feet at its highest point
(the Rock of) Gibraltar
Julie
|
$200
[2]
Type of car idling outside a bank that's being robbed
a getaway car
Julie
|
|
$400
[19]
Lucky lottery winners get to attend this annual spring event on the South Lawn of the White House
the Easter Egg Roll
Julie
Tricia
|
$400
[10]
"Off the wall" is the slogan of this brand known for its skate shoes
Vans
Julie
|
$400
[9]
This Arab-Israeli conflict that broke out June 5 ended less than a week later
the Six Days War
Rachel
Tricia
|
$400
[23]
The New York Empire, coached by Patrick McEnroe
tennis
Julie
|
$400
[27]
This "colorful" stone was used to make (& describes) 19th century Eastern U.S. row houses
brownstone
Julie
|
$400
[3]
A segment between curved sections on a racetrack
a straightaway
Tricia
|
|
$600
[20]
Closer than Munich, Columbus, Ohio hosts its own version of this event with plenty of beer, polkas & music
Oktoberfest
Julie
|
$600
[16]
A backless closed-toe shoe isn't a hinny but this
a mule
Rachel
|
$600
[11]
This seasonal term was first used in the name of an org. set up to deal with young people flocking to San Francisco
the Summer of Love
Tricia
|
$600
[24]
The Durham Bulls
baseball
Julie
|
$600
[28]
It's the piece of history seen here
Plymouth Rock
Tricia
|
$600
[4]
Actress who was feline fine in "The Dark Knight Rises"
Anne Hathaway
Rachel
|
|
$800
[21]
Thisspring festival involves a different kind of pole dancing with ribbons
May Day
Julie
Tricia
|
$800
[17]
This type of religious man precedes "strap" in the name of the shoe seen here
a monk
Rachel
|
DD
$1,000
[12]
On October 26 this future politician was shot down over North Vietnam
John McCain
Tricia
|
$800
[25]
The Portland Timbers
soccer
|
$800
[29]
Sounding like it gets you clean, it's almost synonymous with Inuit carvings
soapstone
Julie
|
$800
[5]
"Seedy"-sounding narrator of an F. Scott Fitzgerald novel
Nick Carraway
Julie
|
|
$1,000
[22]
In England fireworks & the burning of effigies are part of the festivities for this November 5 holiday
Guy Fawkes Day
Tricia
|
$1,000
[18]
A kiltie is a shoe that has this decorative type of tongue over the instep
a fringe
Julie
|
$1,000
[13]
First name of Joseph Stalin'sdaughter, who caused a sensation by defecting to the West; in the United States she went by "Lana"
Svetlana
|
$1,000
[26]
Hoosier Team Pineapple, 2016 men's champs of the PVL, the "Premier" this "League"
volleyball
Tricia
|
$1,000
[30]
This word for a light-colored rock used in building comes from an old Roman name for Tivoli, Italy
travertine
Julie
Tricia
|
$1,000
[6]
General MacArthur famously said this is the eventual end for old soldiers like himself
(they just) fade away
Julie
|
| "A" CAST | OF THOUSANDS | IT'S EPIC | ASIAN FLAGS | 4-LETTER WORDS | JACQUES COUSTEAU |
|
$400
[12]
1999:Alyson Hannigan, Jason Biggs
American Pie
Rachel
|
$400
[11]
In the Book of Revelation, an angel "laid hold on the dragon... which is" him "and bound him a thousand years"
the devil
Rachel
|
$400
[1]
"The Lusiads" is an epic poem in this language about explorer Vasco da Gama
Portuguese
Julie
|
$400
[26]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a flag on the monitor.) The design of the national flag of Malaysia was based on the Stars & Stripes of the United States combined with thesymbolism of this religion on the blue canton
Islam
Julie
|
$400
[6]
It's the bottom of a sleeve
a cuff
Tricia
|
$400
[21]
(Céline Cousteau presents.) Learning in 1960 that France was going to dump nuclear waste into the Mediterranean, my grandfather quickly organized opposition to it; after he confronted this French president, the idea was scrapped
(Charles) de Gaulle
Julie
|
|
$800
[13]
2013:Amy Adams, Christian Bale
American Hustle
Julie
|
$800
[17]
A 46.17 400m run & an 18.40m shot put each earn you 1,000 points in this Olympic track & field event
the decathlon
Julie
|
$1,200
[3]
All the epic events of the "Iliad" & the "Odyssey" keep Odysseus away from Penelope & Ithaca for this many years
20
Julie
|
$800
[27]
Traditional name for the hexagram at the center of Israel's flag
the Star of David
Tricia
|
$800
[7]
Unemployed Brits are said to be "on" it
the dole
Tricia
|
$800
[22]
(Céline Cousteau presents.) In 1950 Cousteau took an old British minesweeper & outfitted it as an oceanographic research vessel with an undersea observation chamber; in November 1951thisship sailed on its first scientific journey to the Red Sea to study coral
the Calypso
Tricia
|
|
$1,200
[14]
1998:Edward Furlong, Edward Norton
American History X
Julie
|
$1,600
[19]
The Thousand Islandslie in this river between Canada & New York State
the Saint Lawrence
Julie
Tricia
|
DD
$1,400
[2]
This Roman poet wrote his own epic around 19 B.C. & in 1321 A.D. appeared as a character in one
Virgil
Julie
|
— |
$1,200
[8]
The sound when a bell or laughter rings out
a peal
Julie
|
$1,200
[23]
(Céline Cousteau presents.) During World War II, Jacques Cousteau joined the French Resistance spying on Italian troops & documenting their movements; for his espionage work, Cousteau was made a chevalier in this, the premier order of the French Republic
the Legion of Honour ( la Légion d'honneur )
|
|
$1,600
[15]
2016:Shailene Woodley, Naomi Watts
Allegiant
|
DD
$2,000
[18]
One thousand of these make up a micrometer
a nanometer
Julie
|
$1,600
[4]
Perhaps the first ever written, "The Epic of" this king of Uruk includes a Sumerian account of a great flood
Gilgamesh
Rachel
|
— |
$1,600
[9]
A pillowcase with a tricky flap
a sham
|
$1,600
[24]
(Céline Cousteau presents.) In 1943 my grandfather & the engineer Emile Gagnan revolutionized diving by creating a valve to automatically regulate a diver's air pressure & supply; the valve was the main component in this Cousteau scuba system
the Aqua-Lung system
|
|
$2,000
[16]
1997:Harrison Ford, Glenn Close
Air Force One
Rachel
|
$2,000
[20]
Maxwell Anderson's play about a monarch of England was titled her "of the Thousand Days"
Anne
Tricia
|
$2,000
[5]
Come blow your horn at the Battle of Roncesvalles, the climax of this Old French epic "Song"
The Song of Roland
Rachel
|
— |
$2,000
[10]
A magical charm, or skill or flair you don't want to lose
your mojo
|
$2,000
[25]
(Céline Cousteau presents.) The famous yellow submarine my grandfather used for photography & filmmaking ison displayin front of the Oceanographic Museum of this principality where is served as director from 1957 to 1988
Monaco
|
NASA wished John Glenn this 8-letter word when he made the 1st U.S. manned orbital flight in 1962 & again upon his passing in 2016
godspeed