Kelly Sullivan — an actuary from Glen Allen, Virginia
Daniel Okamura — a lecturer from Los Angeles, California
Tanya Obreiter — a cell biologist from Frederick, Maryland (whose 1-day cash winnings total $34,805)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanya | $2,600 | $3,800 | $15,800 |
$28,405
2-day champion: $63,210 |
$15,800
18 R, 0 W |
| Daniel | $800 | $3,400 | $12,600 |
$1
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
15 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Kelly | $2,000 | $5,200 | $7,400 |
$7,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
13 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| MONOGRAM MANIA | COOKING TERMS | HISTORY | TV KILLERS | KNOW THE NOSE | A LITTLE ENTITLED |
|
$200
[26]
Evolutionary war starter:CD
Charles Darwin
Daniel
|
$200
[7]
In this colorful technique, meat is rubbed with Cajun spices & cooked at high heat until charred, giving it a crispy crust
blackening
Tanya
|
$200
[2]
I believe we're all in accord that the League of Nations assembly met for the first time in 1920 in this Swiss city
Geneva
Tanya
|
$200
[17]
Teri Bauer does not live to see another day on this TV show, killed by her hubby's duplicitous coworker
24
Daniel
|
$200
[12]
An epistaxis is one of these, maybe after a punch
a nosebleed
Kelly
|
$200
[1]
It's said of some people, "Born on third base & thinks he hit" this
a triple
Daniel
|
|
$400
[27]
Lawyer & evolutionary war defender:CD
Clarence Darrow
Tanya
|
$400
[8]
This term refers to making sugar brown by heating in a skillet over low heat until melted & golden
caramelizing
Daniel
|
$400
[3]
This document that said the king was subject to the rule of law was reissued with some changes in 1216, '17 & '25
the Magna Carta
Tanya
|
$600
[19]
On "The Office" he killed Sprinkles, the cat of his sometime love interest Angela
Dwight
Kelly
|
$400
[13]
The columella or tip of your nose is the lower, front portion of this nasal divider
the septum
Tanya
|
$400
[5]
Oliver Goldsmith once noted that a certain man was born with one of these in his mouth, another with a wooden ladle
a silver spoon
Kelly
|
|
$600
[30]
A famous playwright:GBS
George Bernard Shaw
Daniel
|
$600
[9]
This thin cotton cloth is used to strain liquids & bundle up herbs & spices that can be dropped into soup stock
cheesecloth
Daniel
|
$600
[4]
In 1984 this Minnesotan got the fewest electoral votes, 13, of any Democrat since 1872
Walter Mondale
Kelly
|
$800
[20]
As serial killer Billy Flynn, Tim Curry confronted Shemar Moore on this CBS show
Criminal Minds
Daniel
|
$600
[23]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows the brain on a monitor.) Inhalations come through the nostrils and trigger odor signals that are relayed to the brain by these cranial nerves
the olfactory
Kelly
|
$600
[6]
The '70s were called this 2-letter decade
the "Me" decade
Tanya
|
|
$800
[28]
Women's rights activist:SBA
Susan B. Anthony
Daniel
|
$800
[10]
Thisterm for vegetables cut into long, thin strips to accompany a salad comes from a French first name
julienne
Kelly
|
$800
[14]
This Siberian mystic didn't make it to New Year's 1917, getting poisoned, shot twice, tied up & drowned, all in 1 rough Dec. night
Rasputin
Tanya
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
An early episode of this killer cable show was "Shrink Wrap"; near the finale came "Goodbye Miami"
Dexter
Daniel
|
$800
[24]
A nose job is the common name for this 11-letter medical procedure
a rhinoplasty
Tanya
|
$800
[11]
In 1989 a syndrome named for this type of coddled child was identified as involving self-centered & immature behavior
the spoiled child syndrome
|
|
$1,000
[29]
Retired from the Supreme Court in 1932 at age 90:OWH (Jr.)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Kelly
|
$1,000
[16]
To do this to herring or salmon, you must split, salt & smoke it
kipper
Daniel
|
$1,000
[15]
On March 13, 1954 50,000 Vietminh attacked 10,000 French troops at a base in this village
Dien Bien Phu
|
$1,000
[21]
On "The Last Man on Earth", January Jones got revenge of a sort, gunning down this actor in a cameo
Jon Hamm
Kelly
|
$1,000
[25]
It's that weird divot just below the nose & above the upper lip
a philtrum
|
$1,000
[22]
Describing the idle wealthy, in 1899 Thorstein Veblen wrote of this "class", now a common phrase
the leisure class
|
| THE 2016 SIENA INTERNATIONAL PHOTO AWARDS | CATHOLIC GEOGRAPHY | BRITISH POETS LAUREATE | PREFIXES | CREATURES IN MYTHOLOGY | A "LITTLE" IN TITLE |
|
$400
[18]
Grab a spot of oolong and enjoy watching the lush, rolling hills of China as this is being cultivated
tea
Kelly
|
$400
[5]
A structure called the Vatican Obelisk towers over this square
St. Peter's
Kelly
|
$400
[4]
Poet laureate Nahum Tate wrote "A New Version of the Psalms of" this Biblical king
King David
Tanya
Kelly
|
$400
[20]
It can mean "a million" or just "a lot" as before "bucks"
mega
Daniel
|
$400
[11]
Ovid said frankincense was the food of this bird that always rises again
the phoenix
Tanya
|
$400
[1]
Jeff Bridges voiced the aviator in the Netflix reworking of this Antoine de Saint-Exupery tale
The Little Prince
Daniel
|
|
$800
[24]
Greg Lecoeur captured thehuntof all kinds of predators for these fish that are proverbially crowded in
sardines
Kelly
|
DD
$1,000
[6]
This American colony was chartered by George Calvert in 1632 as a refuge for English Catholics
Maryland
Kelly
|
$800
[10]
This father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis was poet laureate & a professor of poetry at Oxford
Cecil Day-Lewis
|
$800
[21]
Synonymous with "anti-", it precedes "intelligence" & "intuitive"
counter
Daniel
|
$800
[12]
When Apollo was born, his father Zeus gave him a golden chariot pulled by these white water birds
swans
Tanya
|
$800
[2]
In this song Queen cautioned, "Be cool, relax"
"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"
Daniel
|
|
$1,200
[25]
Giuseppe Famiani caught Mount Etnaclearing its throat on this island in 2015
Sicily
Tanya
|
$1,200
[7]
Once home to an order of medieval Catholic knights, this island nation between Italy & Libya is more than 90% Catholic
Malta
Tanya
|
$1,200
[19]
His "Birthday Letters" is a collection of poems addressing wife Sylvia Plath over a period of 25 years
Ted Hughes
|
$1,200
[22]
A homophone of a letter, it comes before "bolden" & "powerment"
em
Tanya
|
$1,200
[13]
In the mythology of the Inca, this camel relative warned 2 shepherd brothers of an impending worldwide flood
a llama
Daniel
Kelly
|
$1,200
[3]
Every bro knows Twilight Sparkle & Pinkie Pie are characters in this "Friendship is Magic" animated series
My Little Pony
Tanya
|
|
$1,600
[26]
Thestructuresthe Turkish strawberry farmer moves between are actually these despite their color
greenhouses
Daniel
|
$1,600
[8]
Founded by the Jesuits in 1881, Marquette University is the largest private college in this state
Wisconsin
|
$1,600
[28]
His tenure as poet laureate was the longest at 42 years, 1850 to 1892
Lord Tennyson
Kelly
|
$1,600
[23]
It's one "S" shorter than the Greek word for "universe"
cosmo
|
$1,600
[15]
In Norse myth a never-ending supply of this drink is produced by the she-goat Heidrun, not by bees
mead
Kelly
|
$1,600
[14]
This Sondheim show with a Mozartean title returned to Broadway in 2009 with Catherine Zeta-Jones
A Little Night Music
Tanya
|
| — |
$2,000
[9]
A natural spring flows at this site where St. Bernadette saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary in 1858
Lourdes
Tanya
|
— |
DD
$4,000
[27]
It precedes "phile" if you love Sichuan & Shanghai
Sino
Daniel
|
$2,000
[16]
This oldest & wisest of the centaurs mentored such heroes as Jason & Achilles
Chiron
|
$2,000
[17]
Kate Winslet starred in this 2006 movie from Tom Perrotta's novel about moms & kids
Little Children
Tanya
|
Jonathan Cain was a struggling musician when his father told him to keep at it & never give up, inspiring this 3-word 1981 title
"Don't Stop Believin'"