Tanya Obreiter — a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland
Justin Braddock — a power engineer from Chattanooga, Tennessee
Ragavan Ramsubramani — a financial analyst from New York, New York (whose 3-day cash winnings total $54,603)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragavan | $1,400 | $4,000 | $16,200 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,400
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Justin | $4,600 | $5,600 | $8,800 |
$10,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,800
17 R, 2 W |
| Tanya | $2,400 | $5,800 | $18,600 |
$34,805
New champion: $34,805 |
$18,000
17 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| DGA FEATURE FILM AWARD WINNERS | THUNDER & LIGHTNING | BOOKS | WORDS WITH SILENT LETTERS | BEERS BY STATE | THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL |
|
$200
[17]
2016:Damien Chazelle for this musical
La La Land
Tanya
|
$200
[12]
Familiar name for a roof-mounted air terminal, so called because it's a terminal for the electricity in the air
a lightning rod
Justin
|
$200
[1]
E.L. James added to her oeuvre with "Grey: Fifty Shades of Grey as Told by" him
Christian Grey
Tanya
|
$200
[30]
50 percent
half
Justin
|
$200
[3]
Samuel Adams
Massachusetts
Tanya
|
$200
[10]
(Alley Mills and Dick Christie give the clue as Pamela and Charlie from The Bold and the Beautiful.)"You go ahead, Charlie, I'll be home in a few hours.""Pammy, do I need to steal you away like this beautiful Grecian woman abducted by Paris around 1100 B.C."
Helen of Troy
Justin
|
|
$400
[18]
1995:Ron Howard, who must have been over the Moon
Apollo 13
Justin
|
$400
[13]
Ar-Ra'd, the 13th Surah or chapter of this holy book, is also known as "The Thunder"
the Koran
Justin
|
$400
[2]
Chapter 1 of this novel says, "For the record... I didn't die on Sol 6. Certainly the rest of the crew thought I did"
The Martian
Justin
|
$400
[29]
In the Bible No. 137 begins, "By the rivers of Babylon"
Psalm
Justin
|
$400
[4]
Sierra Nevada Pale Ale
California
Justin
|
$400
[22]
(Karla Mosley and Jacob Young give the clue as Maya and Rick from The Bold and the Beautiful.)"Rick, if you keep obsessing about taking over the company, you're gonna make yourself sick.""No, Maya, it's time to strike like this bold U.S. commander during the Korean War who cut off & surrounded the enemy with his brilliant Inchon landing"
(Douglas) MacArthur
Tanya
|
|
$600
[19]
2013:Alfonso Cuaron, who must have been at least nearer to the Moon
Gravity
Ragavan
Justin
|
$600
[14]
This NFL team's mascot, an Arabian horse named Thunder, sprints down the sidelines when the team scores
the Denver Broncos
Justin
|
$600
[7]
In 2016 this independent senator released "Our Revolution: A Future to Believe In"
Bernie Sanders
Ragavan
|
$600
[28]
The day that gets you over the hump
Wednesday
Justin
|
$600
[5]
Jai Alai IPA
Florida
Justin
|
$600
[23]
Last name of Floria, the bold & beautiful title diva in an opera by Puccini
Tosca
Ragavan
|
|
$800
[20]
2009:Kathryn Bigelow, who is the bomb
The Hurt Locker
Tanya
|
$800
[15]
On summer nights watch the flashes of the lightning bugs, better known as these
fireflies
Justin
|
$800
[8]
A review said ancestors of this Yann Martel novel include "Gulliver's Travels" & "Robinson Crusoe"
the Life of Pi
Tanya
|
$800
[27]
Total throne time for a monarch
reign
Ragavan
|
$800
[6]
Yuengling
Pennsylvania
Ragavan
|
$800
[24]
(Katherine Kelly Lang and Don Diamont give the clue as Brooke and Bill from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Bill, you've got to concentrate & do the right thing.""You expect me to concentrate, when you walk in the room like this Greek goddess of love walking ashore from the sea in all your radiant glory"
Aphrodite
Ragavan
|
|
$1,000
[21]
2010:Tom Hooper, who then had to give a non-royal one
The King's Speech
Tanya
|
$1,000
[16]
Lying on the shore of Lake Superior, this Ontario city was created in 1970 from the twin cities of Port Arthur & Fort William
Thunder Bay
|
DD
$1,200
[9]
William Strunk said this book "aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English" form
The Elements of Style
Tanya
|
$1,000
[26]
This 9-letter type of episode involves a break from reality & may include hallucinations & delusions
psychotic break
Tanya
|
$1,000
[11]
Shiner Bock
Texas
Justin
|
$1,000
[25]
(Heather Tom and Thorsten Kaye give the clue as Katie and Ridge from The Bold and the Beautiful.) "Ridge, why are you still concealing the truth?" "Because, Katie, it is our secret to reveal, no one else's. & I'll stand behind that like Leonidas & his 300 men at this famous mountain pass in the 5th century B.C."
Thermopylae
Ragavan
|
| RUSSIAN CULTURE | ASIAN-AMERICAN PERFORMERS | WORLD TOUR | 19th CENTURY CONGRESSMEN | ENDS WITH A DOUBLE VOWEL | WEEDS |
|
$400
[7]
This epic novel was first published in its entirety in 1869 under the title "Voyna i Mir"
War and Peace
Ragavan
|
$400
[21]
In 2004 New Jersey-born Kal Penn played Kumar, hungry for this title place for some reason
White Castle
Ragavan
|
$400
[8]
The 4,500-year-oldpyramidsof Giza are today just 10 minutes from the center of this capital
Cairo
Ragavan
|
$400
[10]
Before dealing with the wild frontier, Davy... Davy Crockett dealt with Congress for this southern state
Tennessee
Justin
|
$400
[16]
From the French for a tuft of hair, it's a man's wig
a toupee
Tanya
|
$800
[15]
Some scientists believe this "crazy" herb is poisonous because of the large amounts of selenium absorbed from the soil
locoweed
Justin
|
|
$800
[6]
Made of gold & enamel, thehen eggwas the first of some 50 creations he produced for the imperial family beginning in 1885
(Peter Carl) Fabergé
Ragavan
|
$800
[22]
Maggie Q fulfilled the second part of this 2007 Bruce Willis title after plunging down an elevator shaft in an SUV
Live Free or Die Hard
|
$800
[4]
Rio de Janeiro's version of this several-day pre-Lenten celebration has been called the biggest party in the world
Carnival
Ragavan
|
$800
[17]
There's no debating Illinois sent this state Supreme Court judge to the House in 1843
(Stephen) Douglas
Ragavan
|
$800
[13]
One piece of dermis art
tattoo
Ragavan
|
$1,200
[14]
One of these hay fever plants, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, can produce 1 billion pollen grains
ragweed
|
|
$1,200
[5]
The 1980 Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film went to the Soviet romcom "Moscow Does Not Believe in" these
tears
|
$1,200
[23]
As Tom Haverford on "Parks & Rec", he said, "I have no interest in art. Let me clarify--I have no interest in non-nude images"
Aziz Ansari
Ragavan
|
$1,600
[3]
In 1406 the Hall of Supreme Harmony, once China's highest structure, was built by this dynasty known for smaller-scale art
the Ming Dynasty
Justin
|
$1,200
[18]
James G. Blaine, former co-owner of the Kennebec Journal, repped this state
Maine
Justin
Tanya
|
$1,200
[9]
Hawaiian housedress
a muumuu
Tanya
|
$2,000
[28]
This "stinging" weed is sold as a diuretic & as an herbal drug for prostate diseases
stinging nettle
Tanya
|
|
$1,600
[25]
Rimsky-Korsakov's opera "The Tale of Tsar Saltan" features this famous piece heard here
Flight of the Bumblebee
Ragavan
|
$1,600
[24]
This part-Korean singer who goes by a name & an initial fronts the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Karen O.
|
$2,000
[2]
London has not the Left Bank but this artsy bank where in 1999 the London Eye went up & changed the iconic skyline
the South Bank
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
This man said that Massachusetts electing him to the House pleased him more than winning the presidency
John Quincy Adams
Tanya
|
$1,600
[11]
A low droning wooden tube instrument of the Aborigines
didgeridoo
Justin
|
— |
|
$2,000
[26]
The "Father of Russian Literature", this poet & dramatist was mortally wounded in a duel in 1837
Pushkin
Tanya
|
$2,000
[27]
Constance Wu has recently arrived on & is all aboard with this ABC sitcom as Jessica Huang
Fresh Off the Boat
Tanya
|
DD
$3,000
[1]
The Coliseumis one structure bolstering this nickname for Rome, suggesting it'll endure for all time
the Eternal City
Ragavan
|
$2,000
[20]
He was a congressman from Georgia before & after his stint as vice president of the Confederacy
(Alexander) Stephens
Tanya
|
$2,000
[12]
Delicate ornamentation in gold or silver wire
filigree
Ragavan
|
— |
The city that some 19th century Englishmen called "Caranjee" is now the biggest city in this country
Pakistan