Atissa Banuazizi — a writer and communication instructor from Allston, Massachusetts
Steve Gavenas — an artist and business consultant from South Pasadena, California
Greg Chin — a direct service provider from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $16,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greg | $3,400 | $5,800 | $13,800 |
$21,399
2-day champion: $37,599 |
$13,800
18 R, 2 W |
| Steve | $4,400 | $6,000 | $10,000 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Atissa | $600 | $1,000 | $2,000 |
$2,401
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,000
9 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| THE PEACE CORPS | THEIR FIRST NO. 1 HIT | WORLD CAPITALS | WAIT"ER" | IN MY SOUP | THERE'S A FLY |
|
$200
[9]
For 20 years the Peace Corps was part of this Cabinet department, but in 1981 it became an independent agency
the State department
Steve
|
$200
[6]
"Wrecking Ball"(2013)
Miley Cyrus
Greg
|
$200
[2]
This South Korean capital is said to be the world's most wired city, with around 95% of households having broadband
Seoul
Steve
|
$200
[15]
California's penal code describes this as waiting around on a property "without a lawful purpose"
loitering
Steve
|
$400
[7]
Clam chowder turned reddish by the addition of tomato is named for this island
Manhattan
Greg
|
$600
[8]
Flies are of the order Diptera, referring to their dual these
wings
Atissa
|
|
$400
[10]
The first group of 51 Peace Corps volunteers were sent to Accra in this African nation to serve as teachers
Ghana
Steve
|
$400
[24]
"I Get Around"(1964)
The Beach Boys
Atissa
|
$400
[1]
The 2 main roads in this city are King Fahd Highway, running north-south, & Mecca Highway, running east-west
Riyadh
Steve
|
$400
[19]
2-word term for what you're in when waiting in the sky past arrival time until your plane is allowed to land
a holding pattern
|
$600
[27]
Miso soup can have strands of wakame, this greenery, sunk to the bottom of the bowl
seaweed
Steve
|
$800
[26]
Not so bother some here, but the horsefly is also called this, a term for someone who can get your goat
a gadfly
|
|
$600
[11]
Famous volunteers include MSNBC host Chris Matthews & Reed Hastings, founder of this media streaming service
Netflix
Greg
|
$600
[12]
"You Give Love A Bad Name"(1986)
Bon Jovi
Greg
|
$800
[4]
In 1957 urbanist Lucio Costa won a contest to design this new capital, which was dedicated 3 years later
Brasília
Greg
|
$600
[25]
The Cranberries had a hit song called this, meaning "wait around"
"Linger"
Greg
|
$800
[22]
Italian wedding soup is best known for these miniature round treats bobbing in it
meatballs
|
$1,000
[14]
Discovered in 1929 in Florida, this destructive fruit fly is named for a body of water far from the Sunshine State
the Mediterranean fruit fly
Steve
|
|
$800
[16]
In 2005 Peace Corps volunteers served on home soil for the first time when they went to La. after the ravages of this storm
Hurricane Katrina
Greg
|
$800
[18]
"Just Dance"(2009)
Lady Gaga
|
DD
$1,000
[3]
This European capital city is served by 3 main ports: Piraeus, Rafina & Lavrion
Athens
Steve
|
$800
[13]
Ted Cruz did a Darth Vader impression & read from "Green Eggs and Ham" during a 21-hour one of these
a filibuster
Greg
|
$1,000
[17]
Your pozole is chock-full of these hulled corn kernels, the basis for grits
hominy
Greg
|
— |
|
$1,000
[20]
John F. Kennedy tapped this brother-in-law to organize & serve as the first director of the Peace Corps
(Sargent) Shriver
Greg
|
$1,000
[23]
"Black Water"(1975)
The Doobie Brothers
Greg
Steve
|
$1,000
[5]
2 African capitals, Brazzaville & this one, lie across the Congo River from each other
Kinshasa
Steve
|
$1,000
[21]
After a pope's death, the period when the faithful wait for a new pope is referred to by this 11-letter term
the interregnum
|
— | — |
| THE ROYAL THEY | LIVE TV | LIBRARIES | PLANETARY PEOPLE & THINGS | SPEAKING ITALIAN | WINDOW TREATMENTS |
|
$400
[22]
1660 to 1683:this radiant royal & Marie-Therese
Louis XIV
Steve
|
$400
[21]
"The West Wing" did a 2005 live episode about this one-on-one matchup between Alan Alda & Jimmy Smits
debate
Atissa
|
$400
[25]
The University of Pennsylvania archive of this man includes the publishing contract for "Leaves of Grass"
Walt Whitman
Steve
|
$400
[6]
This element & its compounds have been used in antiseptics & to treat syphilis
mercury
Atissa
|
$400
[1]
When you said I was buffo, this, I'm buffo how? I mean, buffo like I'm a clown, I amuse you?
funny
Greg
|
$800
[13]
She "waits at the window, wearing the face that she keeps in a jar by the door"
Eleanor Rigby
Steve
|
|
$800
[8]
1956 to 1982:he & Grace
Rainier
Atissa
|
$800
[2]
In 2016 this "Daily Show" host went live on Comedy Central after both the Republican & Democratic conventions
Trevor Noah
Greg
Steve
|
$800
[26]
In 2002 this Egyptian city opened a library that stands where another stood 2,300 years ago
Alexandria
Atissa
|
$800
[15]
This singer headlined the 2014 Super Bowl halftime
Bruno Mars
Atissa
|
$800
[5]
Don't fiddle around; "nero" translates to this color
black
Greg
|
$1,200
[14]
In "Farewell, My Lovely," he wrote, "It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained glass window"
Raymond Chandler
Atissa
|
|
$1,200
[3]
1924 to 1989:he & Nagako
Hirohito
Greg
|
$1,200
[23]
Set at County General Hospital, this No. 1 drama of 1996-97 did a live show for the East Coast & then the West Coast
ER
Atissa
|
$1,200
[4]
Jay Walker used his fortune from this say-what-you-want-to-pay website to create his "Library of Human Imagination"
Priceline.com
Atissa
|
$1,200
[16]
11-letter word for pottery of hardened clay
earthenware
Atissa
|
DD
$1,000
[19]
An Italian word for "strong" isn't arabica but this counterpart
robusta
Atissa
|
$1,600
[28]
"The Way of" this Daoist philosopher says, "One may see the way of heaven without looking through windows"
Lao Tzu
Steve
|
|
$1,600
[7]
1677 to 1694:they
William and Mary
Steve
|
$1,600
[11]
In 1999 this "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" host fittingly served up some improv for a live performance of his sitcom
Drew Carey
Greg
|
$1,600
[27]
200,000 volumes fill the fittingly named Long Roomin the library of this Irish college
Trinity
Atissa
|
$1,600
[17]
With no dad issues because he had no dad, he was the sky in Greek myth
Uranus
|
$1,200
[10]
The bancomat is this 3-letter acronym to us
an ATM
Greg
|
— |
|
DD
$2,000
[9]
1894 to 1918:____ II & ____
Nicholas and Alexandra
Atissa
|
$2,000
[24]
With no pro theater experience, Maddie Baillio went live as Tracy Turnblad in a 2016 version of this musical
Hairspray
Greg
|
$2,000
[12]
This organization's Madison Avenue library has rare volumes like 1570's "De Canibus Britannicus"
the American Kennel Club
|
$2,000
[18]
This cremation services company was incorporated in 1985
the Neptune Society
Greg
|
$2,000
[20]
The opera "Pagliacci" appropriately ends, "La commedia è" this word
finita
Greg
|
— |
There are rest stops named for Edison, Lombardi & Woodrow Wilson on this road mentioned in the 1968 song "America"
the New Jersey Turnpike