Nora Rowaily — a scoring director from Cincinnati, Ohio
Amy Falconetti — an accountant from Denver, Colorado
Abigail Myers — an education administrator from Brooklyn, New York (whose 2-day cash winnings total $39,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abigail | $4,000 | $9,400 | $19,000 |
$21,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$20,400
25 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amy | $-800 | $-200 | $17,200 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$13,000
12 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Nora | $0 | $1,800 | $13,600 |
$23,600
New champion: $23,600 |
$10,200
15 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| THE COUNTRY'S PRESIDENT | TV TALK | THE WORLD ALMANAC 2017 | 5-LETTER BODY PARTS | BEFORE & AFTER | ICE CREAM KOANS |
|
$200
[25]
Sean Thomas O'Kelly (1945 to 1959); we truly defy you to get this one wrong
Ireland
Abigail
|
$200
[24]
"Wide World of Sports" showed us "The Thrill of Victory, & the Agony of" this
defeat
Abigail
|
$200
[9]
Under surprising facts, Americans in 2016 paid an average of 25.6% of their earnings in income tax & into this fund
Social Security
Nora
|
$200
[10]
Its right half is believed to specialize in nonverbal concepts
the brain
Abigail
|
$200
[16]
Cabinet department established in 2002 that becomes a bedding item carried by a kid for reassurance
Department of Homeland Security blanket
Abigail
|
$600
[26]
What is the sound of one ice cream melting? The actual flavor made with this German pickled cabbage
sauerkraut
Amy
|
|
$400
[7]
Hosni Mubarak (1981 to 2011)
Egypt
Abigail
|
$400
[23]
On the news you hear about PTSD; on "Downton Abbey", the WWI soldiers had this similar alliterative condition
shell shock
Abigail
|
$400
[8]
Top 10 news topics of 2016 included the security concerns raised by these solo terrorist attacks with a canine name
lone wolves
Nora
|
$400
[11]
It differs from the other digits by having only 2 phalanges
the thumb
Nora
|
$400
[17]
NYC nickname that refers to the most special person ever
Big Apple of my eye
Nora
|
$800
[27]
Master Cho asked, "When is a meal dessert? When it is this treat that sounds like it has 2 slices of bread"
an ice cream sandwich
Nora
|
|
$600
[2]
Ferdinand Marcos (1965 to 1986)
the Philippines
Nora
|
$600
[15]
"La Toti" is a nickname of this "Modern Family" actress
Sofia Vergara
Nora
|
$600
[1]
This team set a new NBA record on April 13, 2016 when it won its 73rd game of the regular season
the Golden State Warriors
Abigail
|
$600
[12]
From the Italian for "stump", it's the trunk of a human body independent of the head & limbs
the torso
Abigail
|
$600
[18]
The atom bomb partner of Little Boy become a fabric-related term for a clergyman
Fat Man of the cloth
Abigail
|
$1,000
[28]
If you meet the Buddha, kill him by overserving him this flavor with unbaked Tollhouse bits
chocolate chip cookie dough
Abigail
|
|
$800
[3]
Nguyen Van Thieu (1967 to 1975)
South Vietnam
Abigail
Nora
|
$800
[22]
A Kiefer Sutherland show taught us this term for the cabinet member who doesn't attend the State of the Union
designated survivor
Abigail
|
$800
[5]
In a statistical spotlight, the almanac mapped the active transmission of this mosquito-borne virus in 2016
Zika
Abigail
|
$800
[13]
It's a word from the Latin; the frontal one is indicated here
sinus
Amy
Nora
|
$800
[19]
Luxury auto from the Ford Motor Company that also served as Washington's fighting force
Lincoln Continental Army
|
— |
|
$1,000
[4]
Park Chung Hee (1963 to 1979)
South Korea
Abigail
|
$1,000
[21]
The website politifact has a page called this fact, to check the experts who come on political talk shows
PunditFact
Abigail
|
$1,000
[6]
This Fox News CEO was ousted after Gretchen Carlson charged him with sexual harassment
Roger Ailes
Abigail
|
DD
$1,400
[14]
The epidermis covering the head, excluding the face
the scalp
Abigail
|
$1,000
[20]
A "Little House" actress & sister of Sara gets operatic merging with a 19th century show-writing duo
Melissa Gilbert and Sullivan
Abigail
|
— |
| NATURAL WONDERS | AVIAN LITERATURE | GERMAN SURNAMES | ROMAN NUMERAL WORDS | AMERICAN HISTORY | "BEFORE", NO AFTER |
|
$400
[2]
For spectacular views of this American wonder, take the South Kaibab trail along its south rim
the Grand Canyon
Nora
|
$400
[1]
A fun-loving rebel inspires a mental ward's patients to challenge a nurse's cruel rule in this novel
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Nora
|
$400
[20]
Just as Smith is common in the U.S., this name that means a smith is one of Germany's top 10
Schmidt
Abigail
|
$400
[21]
Aromatic pickle herb
dill
Amy
|
$400
[9]
Seen here on a break is Billy Johnson, a celebrated rider for this service of the early 1860s
the Pony Express
Nora
|
$400
[26]
These are the 5 words that begin the poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
"Twas the night before Christmas"
Abigail
|
|
$800
[3]
This Australian monolith is naturally gray but its iron content is causing it to "rust", resulting in its iconic red color
Uluru (or Ayers Rock)
Nora
|
$800
[5]
In "The Maltese Falcon", this detective is hired by the fragrant Miss Wonderly
Sam Spade
Amy
|
$800
[16]
Mueller... Mueller... your last name involves one of these structures
a mill
|
$1,200
[23]
Poorly illuminated
dim
Amy
|
$800
[10]
On April 9, 1865 Lee surrendered to Grant in this Virginia village whose name sounds like a judiciary building
Appomattox Courthouse
Amy
|
$800
[27]
It completes the title "1001 Books You Must Read...", of which "The Big Sleep" is one
Before You Die
Amy
|
|
$1,200
[4]
Since its formation 10,000 years ago, this cataract has eaten away 7 miles of cliff; in 50,000 years, it will join with Lake Erie
Niagara Falls
Abigail
|
$1,200
[6]
Rebecca West's "Black Lamb & Grey Falcon" is a study of this troubled Balkan country that broke apart in the 1990s
Yugoslavia
Nora
|
$1,200
[17]
Klein means this, regardless of your stature
small (or little)
Amy
|
$1,600
[24]
Popeyes' fried chicken usually comes in spicy or this alternative
mild
Abigail
|
$1,200
[11]
On April 9, 1979, 12 days after it began, the Nuclear Regulatory Comm. declared the crisis at this facility over
Three Mile Island
Abigail
|
$1,200
[28]
Ethan Hawke & Julie Delpy share one night in Vienna in this 1995 film
Before Sunrise
Abigail
|
|
$1,600
[7]
Many bathe in the unusual mud volcanoes near this Azerbaijani capital believing they have medicinal qualities
Baku
Nora
|
$2,000
[15]
This literary pair "went to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat"
the Owl and the Pussycat
Amy
|
$1,600
[18]
An ancestor of this actress seenheremust've been a knight--that's what her last name means
Krysten Ritter
Amy
|
$2,000
[25]
I know we don't like each other, but can't we at least be this 5-letter word
civil
Amy
|
$1,600
[12]
The son of Increase & grandson of Richard, this minister had 15 children but only 2 survived him
Cotton Mather
Abigail
|
$1,600
[29]
A wronged-in-song Carrie Underwood: "Slashed a hole in all 4 tires, maybe next time he'll think" this title
"Before He Cheats"
Amy
|
|
$2,000
[8]
The spectacular Mapu a Vaea blowholes in this Pacific kingdom create plumes that reach almost 100 feet in height
Tonga
|
DD
$5,000
[14]
When this Anton Chekhov play debuted in St. Petersburg in 1896, it was a dismal failure
The Seagull
Nora
|
$2,000
[19]
Schneider means this professional who makes people look fashionable
a tailor
Abigail
|
DD
$5,000
[22]
Another term for a resumé is sometimes abbreviated this way
CV
Amy
|
$2,000
[13]
At a women's convention in Ohio in 1851 this former slave delivered her "Ain't I A Woman" speech
Sojourner Truth
Nora
|
$2,000
[30]
To the victor goes this "morbid" 2015 miniseries starring Kristen Wiig & an Orson Welles-like Will Ferrell
The Spoils Before Dying
|
The animal on this NBA team's primary logo peaked about 75 million years ago
the Toronto Raptors