Aaron Benor — an online sales director from Rutherford, New Jersey
Andrea Palmiter — a strategic data analyst from Woodinville, Washington
Eric Vernon — a retired government relations specialist from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $2,800 | $3,800 | $11,800 |
$23,600
2-day champion: $50,400 |
$11,800
13 R, 2 W |
| Andrea | $2,400 | $3,600 | $14,000 |
$4,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,400
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Aaron | $200 | $2,400 | $7,200 |
$7,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
14 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE 50 STATES | SUPPORTING ACTRESS OSCAR WINNERS | IT HELPS TO REMEMBER | BOOKS & AUTHORS | SPECIAL DOUBLE K | BREAKFAST CEREALS |
|
$200
[10]
That's a Space Shuttle above the trees on this state'squarter
Florida
Aaron
|
$200
[5]
Patty Duke as her in 1962's "The Miracle Worker"
Helen Keller
Eric
|
$200
[14]
4-word mnemonic to remember how to adjust your clocks for daylight saving & standard time
spring forward, fall back
Andrea
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$200
[3]
In 2016 Bruce Springsteen released an autobiography called this, a title he'd used before
Born to Run
Aaron
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$200
[1]
Job of keeping account ledgers of financial transactions
a bookkeeper
Eric
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$600
[15]
A 2016 poll in Utah found this cereal, introduced in 1963 & promoted by a navy man, was the most popular in the state
Cap'n Crunch
Aaron
|
|
$400
[19]
The World Almanac's entry on this state uses a glottal stop in its name
Hawaii
Andrea
|
$400
[6]
Heras the mother of the boy in "Boyhood"
(Patricia) Arquette
Andrea
|
$600
[21]
"Mites grow up, tights come down" can help you to remember the difference between these 2 cave features
stalagmites & stalactites
Aaron
|
$400
[4]
The first part of this H.G. Wells novel is "The Coming of the Martians"; part 2 is "The Earth Under the Martians"
War of the Worlds
Andrea
|
$400
[2]
A cutting implement, or a fancy dive
a jackknife
Aaron
|
$800
[28]
Items on drop-down menus at the website of this cereal include "Our honey", "Our oats" & "Healthy hearts"
Cheerios
Andrea
|
|
$600
[18]
This state no longer features the spires of Churchill Downs on its license plates, but still has a horse logo
Kentucky
Aaron
|
$600
[7]
This actress as the spicy Maria Elena in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"
(Penélope) Cruz
Andrea
|
$800
[22]
To recite these in order, just recall "Richard of York gave battle in vain"
the colors of the rainbow
Andrea
|
$600
[11]
"Deep Down" & "Never Go Back" are 2 of Lee Child's tales about this tough ex-Army guy
(Jack) Reacher
Eric
|
$600
[27]
A Tokyo stock exchange index
Nikkei
Aaron
|
$1,000
[24]
Franken Berry & this other "Monster Cereal" were introduced in 1971; Boo Berry got scared up in 1972
Count Chocula
Aaron
|
|
$800
[16]
The Sequoyah Constitution became part of this state's Constitution when it was admitted to the Union in 1907
Oklahoma
Andrea
Aaron
|
$800
[8]
Melissa Leo as boxing mom Alice Ward in this film
The Fighter
Andrea
Aaron
|
DD
$1,000
[20]
"She makes Harry eat onions" is one way to remember these 5 geographic features
the Great Lakes
Andrea
|
$800
[12]
This giant of African-American lit was named after another literary great: Emerson
(Ralph Waldo) Ellison
Eric
|
$800
[26]
Time to meet this aircraft used by the Germans in World War I
the Fokker
Aaron
|
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|
$1,000
[17]
The highest temperature ever recorded in this state was a blistering 118 degrees at Keokuk on July 20, 1934
Iowa
Andrea
|
$1,000
[9]
Linda Hunt as Billy Kwan (a male role) in this Indonesia-set film
The Year of Living Dangerously
Eric
|
$1,000
[23]
Britain's royal houses can be recalled with "No plan like yours to study history wisely", with study standing for this
Stuart
Aaron
|
$1,000
[13]
A little bird told me that this Kristin Hannah novel is the story of 2 French sisters living through World War II
The Nightingale
|
$1,000
[25]
A period of play in polo
a chukker
Eric
|
— |
| UNFORTUNATE HISTORY | THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH | GENERAL SCIENCE | EUROPEAN ARTISTS | STREET MUSIC | SKIMMING THE MAGAZINES |
|
$400
[20]
Developed as a miracle insecticide in 1939, it was later discovered to cause damage to wildlife & was restricted in 1972
DDT
Andrea
|
$400
[12]
It's the 5-letter British slang term for what they've watched "Eastenders" on since 1985
the telly
Andrea
|
$400
[21]
The fifth & sixth of these subatomic particles, bottom & top, were once called truth & beauty
quarks
Andrea
|
$400
[4]
In 1816 this onetime court painter to Spanish royalty published "Tauromaquia", his etchings on bullfighting
Goya
Eric
Andrea
|
$400
[27]
"Well, I found a new place to dwell, well, it's down at the end of" this street "at Heartbreak Hotel"
Lonely Street
Andrea
|
$400
[23]
Its name is French for "enjoy the meal!"
Bon Appétit
Eric
|
|
$800
[19]
Pressed into service during WWII, this "royal" luxury liner rammed a navy cruiser in 1942, cutting it in half
the Queen Mary
Eric
|
$800
[13]
Zebra crossing isn't an African road sign, it's one of these found on the street
a crosswalk
Andrea
|
$800
[30]
In 1851 this scientist used a pendulum in the pantheon in Paris to show that the Earth rotates on its axis
(Jean) Foucault
Andrea
|
$800
[5]
Although best known for his nonsense poems such as "The Jumblies", he was an accomplishedlandscape painter
Edward Lear
|
$800
[29]
This Beatles song is also the name of a character in "Almost Famous"
"Penny Lane"
Aaron
|
$800
[24]
Founded to rival Time; briefly went all-digital in 2013
Newsweek
Eric
|
|
$1,200
[1]
This president from N.H. began his inaugural address in "bitter sorrow", his son having recently died in a train wreck
Franklin Pierce
|
$1,200
[14]
The Brits use a different prefix, producing this word instead of "counter-clockwise"
anticlockwise
Eric
|
$1,200
[18]
Marble is classified as this type of rock because it changed from limestone due to heat & pressure
metamorphic
Eric
|
$1,200
[6]
This 17th century Dutch master who had at least 7 daughters painted "The Milkmaid" & "A Maid Asleep"
(Johannes) Vermeer
Andrea
|
$1,600
[10]
Sheryl Crow told us, "All I wanna do is have some fun until the sun comes up over" this "Boulevard"
Santa Monica
Andrea
|
$1,200
[25]
Founded 1888; first issue had compelling article "The Survey & Map of Massachusetts"
National Geographic
Aaron
|
|
$1,600
[2]
In 2003 this traditional French vacation month was marred by a heat wave that killed nearly 15,000
August
Eric
|
$1,600
[15]
The trunk of a car is called this, also a type of footwear
the boot
Aaron
|
DD
$2,000
[16]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew demonstrates.) Plasma spheres have differing effects on naturally colorless xenon & krypton, which are this class of gas; when they're near the sphere, they become ionized & colorful
inert (or noble)
Aaron
|
$1,600
[7]
This Venetian's use of his iconic red color can be seenherein his 1548 work "Empress Isabella of Portugal"
Titian
Aaron
|
$2,000
[11]
Perhaps paved with good intentions, this title AC/DC thoroughfare has "no stop signs, speed limits"
the highway to hell
Andrea
|
$1,600
[28]
Where folks "Ask Marilyn" every Sunday
Parade
Aaron
|
|
$2,000
[3]
This Caribbean island was all but obliterated in 1997 when the Soufriere Hills volcano woke up
Montserrat
Andrea
|
$2,000
[22]
To New Yorkers it's a type of subway train; to Brits, it's the pub near home you usually frequent
the local
Eric
|
$2,000
[17]
2 compounds made of the same elements in the same proportions but with different properties are called these
isomers
|
$2,000
[8]
This Austrian known for using gold leaf in his paintings was a founder of the Vienna Secession
Gustav Klimt
|
DD
$4,000
[9]
The statuehereis a tribute to Glenn Frey in this Arizona city where he sang of standing on a corner
Winslow
Aaron
|
$2,000
[26]
Get hernia news in this, JAMA for short
The Journal of the American Medical Association
Eric
|
He used the coat of arms granted to his father in 1596; it depicts a long-shafted weapon, a visual pun on the family name
William Shakespeare