Ani Gupta — an economist from Berkeley, California
Kimberly Bond — a writer and stay-at-home mom from Cumming, Georgia
Jamie Newland — a loan coordinator from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie | $3,800 | $4,000 | $15,200 |
$14,399
2-day champion: $29,899 |
$16,000
24 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Kimberly | $0 | $2,200 | $5,400 |
$10,799
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,400
11 R, 4 W |
| Ani | $1,600 | $4,400 | $8,000 |
$799
3rd place: $1,000 |
$7,800
12 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| FROM THEIR INAUGURAL ADDRESSES | IN THE DICTIONARY | GRAVE MATTERS | STATE THE CITY | DRINKS FOR EVERYONE! | GAMBLING ON VEGAS MOVIES |
|
$200
[26]
"In your hands, my dissatisfied countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war"
Lincoln
Ani
|
$200
[13]
The name of a land agent gives us this tactic for refusing to buy a company's products
boycott
Kimberly
|
$200
[12]
Frank Sinatra's epitaph is this song title (but not "And babe, won't that be fine")
"The Best Is Yet To Come"
Ani
|
$200
[6]
Ohio:The most populous on Lake Erie
Cleveland
Jamie
Ani
|
$200
[1]
Part of a tradition dating back centuries, a toji is a master overseer of the creation of this fermented beverage
sake
Jamie
|
$200
[7]
New-in-town alcoholic writer Nicolas Cage decides to have his last ride in Vegas in this 1995 film
Leaving Las Vegas
Jamie
Kimberly
|
|
$400
[27]
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem"
Reagan
Ani
|
$400
[14]
As a verb, it means to stop the flow of blood; as an adjective, steadfast or loyal
stanch
Ani
|
$400
[18]
The central nave of the National Pantheon of Venezuela is dedicated to this liberator of South America
Bolívar
Kimberly
|
$400
[22]
Massachusetts:A "saucy" place on the Blackstone Canal
Worcester
Ani
|
$400
[2]
Untappd is an app used by drinkers of this beverage to keep track of what they drink & to share notes on taste
beer
Ani
|
$400
[8]
Fiance Nicolas Cage had a rough plane ride over Vegas in this 1992 film
Honeymoon in Vegas
Jamie
Ani
|
|
$600
[28]
From his second inaugural address: "I see one-third of a nation ill-housed, ill-clad, ill-nourished"
Franklin Roosevelt
Ani
|
$600
[15]
It's the holiday-themed term for a hidden bonus in a film or computer game
an Easter egg
Jamie
|
$600
[19]
In 2016 this basketball coach of the Lady Vols was laid to rest in Mount Carmel Cemetery in Tennessee
Pat Summitt
|
$600
[23]
Indiana:Named for a "Mad" major general
Fort Wayne
Jamie
|
$600
[3]
One story says that this cocktail got its name from the Italian vermouth manufacturer this & Rossi
martini
Jamie
|
$600
[9]
Newly paroled Nicolas Cage had a rough plane ride into Vegas in this 1997 film
Con Air
Jamie
|
|
DD
$1,000
[29]
"My fellow citizens: the world and we have passed the midway point of a century of continuing challenge"
Eisenhower
Ani
|
$800
[16]
A few pages after bagel, you'll find this somewhat similar onion roll
a bialy
Jamie
|
$800
[20]
When Spenser was buried near Chaucer at Westminster Abbey, the concept of this area was begun
Poets' Corner
Kimberly
|
$800
[24]
Down south, "the birthplace of California"
San Diego
Ani
|
$800
[4]
A tax-dodging "ring" during the Grant administration was named for this liquor
whiskey
Ani
|
$800
[10]
A security guard exposition called this "Mall Cop" character back to duty in a Vegas-set sequel
Paul Blart: Mall Cop
Ani
|
|
$1,000
[30]
"I have just taken the oath of office on the Bible my mother gave me just a few years ago"
(Jimmy) Carter
Jamie
|
$1,000
[17]
It's the long word specifically for a 150th anniversary
a sesquicentennial
Kimberly
|
$1,000
[21]
Edith Piaf is among those buried in this Paris cemetery
Père Lachaise
|
$1,000
[25]
Michigan:Served by Gerald R. Ford International Airport
Grand Rapids
Jamie
Ani
|
$1,000
[5]
Admiral Edward Vernon is known as the father of this 4-letter rum drink for sailors
grog
|
$1,000
[11]
In "Lost in America" the Desert Inn doesn't have as much heart as this actor hopes after his wife loses the nest egg
Albert Brooks
Jamie
|
| BASEBALL | POWER HITTERS | FOWL | DUG OUT | "GRAND" SLAM | DOUBLE PLAY |
|
$400
[26]
In 2016 Cleveland's hopes died as this team won it all for the first time since the year Grover Cleveland died
the (Chicago) Cubs
Jamie
|
$400
[21]
John J. Astor IV built the St. Regis, wrote a sci-fi novel & designed a turbine engine before his fatal trip on this ship
the Titanic
Jamie
|
$400
[1]
The 7 subspecies of this goose include Hudson Bay & Vancouver
a Canadian goose (or Canada goose)
Kimberly
|
$400
[16]
No medieval British castle is complete without one of these dug around it
a moat
Jamie
|
$400
[6]
"Race 'n' Chase" was the working title for this video game series
Grand Theft Auto
Kimberly
|
$400
[15]
"American Buffalo" & "Glengarry Glen Ross"
(David) Mamet
Jamie
|
|
$800
[27]
Babe Ruth was the first to wear No. 3 for the Yankees; this man was their first No. 4
Lou Gehrig
Kimberly
|
$1,200
[23]
Ted Turner took a $7 billion hit after this company merged with AOL in 2001 but rest easy; Ted's still doing okay
Time Warner
Kimberly
|
$800
[2]
Around 1520 Spanish explorers introduced this largest native North American game bird to Europe
the turkey
Kimberly
|
$800
[17]
At Kimberley, South Africa, you can visit "The Big Hole", dug for the purpose of finding these
diamonds
Kimberly
|
$800
[7]
The 5th Amendment: "No person shall be held to answer" for a capital crime except on "indictment of" one of these
a grand jury
Jamie
|
$800
[14]
"Tartuffe" & "The Imaginary Invalid"
Molière
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Before they were named for their hosiery, this American League team was known simply as the Americans
the (Boston) Red Sox
Jamie
|
$1,600
[24]
In the 1920s & '30s this camera man gave away $75 million, which was more than half his fortune
(George) Eastman
Jamie
Kimberly
|
$1,200
[3]
"The Joy of Cooking" says this fowl was once served "under glass" to keep it moist between oven & table
pheasant
Jamie
Kimberly
|
$1,200
[18]
Sebastien le Prestre de Vauban was an early practitioner of this type of warfare named for what was dug
a trench
Kimberly
|
$1,200
[8]
Epilepsy can involve this French-named type of seizure with severe convulsions & loss of consciousness
grand mal
Jamie
|
$1,200
[13]
"Ghosts" & "The Wild Duck"
(Henrik) Ibsen
Jamie
|
|
$1,600
[29]
In 2012 Miguel Cabrera got on his horse & became the first hitter to win this distinction since 1967
the Triple Crown
Jamie
|
DD
$2,000
[22]
Her forbes.com profile says it all: "$2.9 billion... producer, entrepreneur, personality, philanthropist"
Oprah Winfrey
Jamie
|
$1,600
[4]
Gulls will follow flocks of the common Merganser type of this to steal its prey
duck
|
$1,600
[19]
Britain's Anatomy Act of 1832 halted this practice that involved some digging, presumably at night
grave robbery
Ani
|
$1,600
[9]
It's the big ballet leap being performed here
a grand jeté
Jamie
|
$1,600
[12]
"An American Daughter" & "The Heidi Chronicles"
(Wendy) Wasserstein
Jamie
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Wins above replacement is a statistic in this field of baseball statistical analysis
sabermetrics
Ani
|
$2,000
[25]
@jack is the handle of this Twitter CEO
(Jack) Dorsey
Kimberly
|
$2,000
[5]
In the 1950s breeder Te Makowsky took the chicken with this British geographic name & made it "rock"
Cornish
Jamie
|
$2,000
[20]
Isaac & Abraham dug wells in this town of southern Israel whose name means "seven wells"
Beersheba
|
DD
$2,000
[10]
It makes sense that this Colorado city is found where the Gunnison & Colorado Rivers meet
Grand Junction
Jamie
|
$2,000
[11]
"True West" & "Buried Child"
Sam Shepard
Jamie
|
The U.S. Navy's photonics mast has replaced this familiar device
a periscope