Joe Nguyen — an attorney from New York, New York
Lisette Pringle — a jewelry store assistant manager from Little River, South Carolina
Kerry Benn — a legal news editor from Springfield, New Jersey (whose 1-day cash winnings total $14,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerry | $2,000 | $2,000 | $6,000 |
$11,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,000
8 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Lisette | $400 | $1,600 | $11,600 |
$12,001
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
14 R, 1 W |
| Joe | $2,000 | $3,000 | $9,200 |
$12,200
New champion: $12,200 |
$14,400
24 R, 7 W (including 2 DDs) |
| CAMEL LOT | HETERONYMS | SOURCES OF POWER | PRESIDENTIAL BIOGRAPHIES | MOVIEMAKING | WHY I DRINK |
|
$200
[27]
Camels were brought to this country to work in the Outback; today, it has the world's largest herd, about 750,000
Australia
Lisette
|
$200
[1]
To fight against authority & one who does so
rebel [re-BEL] and rebel [REB-el]
Lisette
|
$200
[11]
The TVA's Paradise Fossil Plant in Kentucky
coal
Lisette
Joe
|
$200
[30]
"Dutch" is "A Memoir of" this president
Reagan
Lisette
|
$200
[16]
If I look over to see Vanna White in Johnny Gilbert's spot, you might see this 2-word acting term I'm doing here
a double take
Joe
|
$200
[6]
Because it's this "Meatless" day, now a global movement
Monday
Joe
|
|
$400
[28]
For textile purposes, camels aren't usually sheared or plucked; the hair is gathered via this natural process
shedding
Joe
|
$400
[2]
To plant seeds & a female swine
to sow [SOH] & a sow [SAU]
Joe
|
$400
[12]
The ancient Greek ship called the Penteconter--50 of them
oars
Lisette
|
$400
[21]
A multivolume biography of this president begins with "The Engineer 1874-1914"
Herbert Hoover
|
$400
[17]
Standard film speed is this many frames per second; a NBA shot clock has the same number of seconds
24
Joe
|
$400
[7]
Because it's this day whose evening Elton John once deemed "Alright For Fighting"
Saturday
Kerry
|
|
$600
[29]
To protect against sand, some camels have 2 rows of these, so a curler makes a good gift
eyelashes
Joe
|
$600
[3]
Portion of an hour & an adjective meaning "very tiny"
minute [MIN-it] and minute [my-NUTE]
Joe
|
$600
[13]
The Three Gorges facility in China
water hydroelectric
Lisette
|
$800
[23]
"The River of Doubt" tells of his "darkest journey"
Teddy Roosevelt
|
$600
[18]
It was gloomy in L.A. that day, the day I asked 3 strangers aboutthis1940s film style, French for "black film"
film noir
Joe
|
$600
[8]
Because it's this day, the one named for the guy Chris Hemsworth plays in those Marvel movies
Thursday
Kerry
|
|
$800
[26]
A swaying motion that makes riders seasick gave rise to this nickname for camels
the ship of the desert
Lisette
|
$800
[4]
A book for a beginning reader & a treatment layer applied before painting
primer [PRIM-er] and primer [PRY-mer]
Joe
|
$800
[14]
A barouche, mentioned by Jane Austen
horses
|
$1,000
[24]
A book about "The Political Murder" of this president calls Charles Guiteau "the odd little man"
Garfield
Joe
|
$800
[19]
In "Trading Places" Eddie Murphy broke this 2-word "barrier" by turning to camera, deadpan, when told something obvious
the fourth wall
Joe
|
$800
[9]
Because it's this day, also the name of a literary character described as a "savage"
Friday
Joe
|
|
$1,000
[25]
There are 2 distinct species of this 2-humped camel: the domestic & the wild
a Bactrian
Joe
|
$1,000
[5]
To switch back & forth & a replacement team captain in the NHL
alternate [ALL-ter-nit] and alternate [ALL-ter-nate]
Joe
|
$1,000
[15]
Next Era in Tehachapi, California, "The Birthplace of" this kind of power
wind power
Lisette
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
Lawyer David O. Stewart wrote a book subtitled "The Trial of" this president
Andrew Johnson
Joe
|
$1,000
[20]
(Sarah of Clue Crew demonstrates.) Visually, this effect is an inconsistency in an image's magnification between the center and edges of the frame; in audio, it makes my voice sound pretty rock 'n' roll
distortion
Joe
|
$1,000
[10]
Because it's this day of the week preceded once a year by "Shrove"
Tuesday
Kerry
|
| JAPANESE GEOGRAPHY | ALSO A CLASSIC TV TITLE | SOME FASHION CENTS | QUOTH THE POET | GOING DOWN IN HISTORY | BETWEEN FIVE & FOUR |
|
$400
[23]
In 2007 Japan changed the name of this island to Iwo To; it still means "sulfur island"
Iwo Jima
Joe
|
$400
[4]
3 aces, 2 jacks
Full House
Joe
|
$400
[10]
It would cost the devil $1,100 to wear leather platform espadrille wingtip oxfords made by this Italian company
Prada
Joe
|
$400
[17]
"and specially, from every shires ende of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende"
Chaucer
Joe
|
$400
[16]
The first invasion with a main role for these troops was when the Nazi Fallschirmjäger descended from the sky on Crete
the paratroopers
Joe
|
$400
[1]
9-letter word used to describe a plan so well-designed that nothing could go wrong
foolproof
Kerry
|
|
$800
[20]
Goraiko is a term for seeing the sunrise from the top of this most popular tourist site in the country
Mount Fuji
Joe
|
$800
[5]
Working an additional job
Moonlighting
Lisette
|
$800
[12]
It's about $30 a gallon if you shell out $299 for a Tom Mix 10-gallon cowboy hat from this U.S. company
Stetson
Kerry
|
$800
[18]
"I, who now bid thee on this errand forth, am Beatrice; from a place I come revisited with joy"
Dante
|
$800
[25]
In Jan. 2016 in Cortina, Italy, she was fastest down the hill for the 37th time, breaking the women's World Cup record
Lindsey Vonn
Joe
|
$800
[2]
I just bought this kind of hyphenated home, a term implying that it needs some work
fixer-upper
Joe
|
|
$1,200
[21]
"Ku" is Japanese for 9; in ancient times, this island had 9 provinces--today, it has 7prefectures
Kyushu
Joe
|
$1,200
[6]
Untanned cattle skin
Rawhide
Joe
|
$1,200
[13]
Oh, Domenico & Stefano, heads of this brand, your $3,495 cherry-motif striped A-line dress is just to die for!
Dolce & Gabbana
Lisette
|
$1,600
[29]
"One, if by land, and two, if by sea; and I on the opposite shore will be"
Longfellow
Lisette
Joe
|
$1,200
[26]
From 1940 to 1944 this rate in the U.S. went down from 14.6 to 1.2%
the unemployment rate
Kerry
|
$1,200
[3]
"Insectoid" term for a sleazy hotel
a flea trap (or fleabag)
Lisette
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Home to the 1998 Winter Olympics, this city is famous for its soba, or buckwheat, noodles
Nagano
Lisette
|
$1,600
[7]
Franklin beat him in the 1936 presidential election
Alf
|
$1,600
[14]
It's crystals... actually, it's crystalline as in the $1,250 Crystalline Hours watch from this company
Swarovski
Kerry
|
DD
$2,200
[19]
"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know what I was walling in or walling out"
Robert Frost
Joe
|
DD
$2,000
[27]
In 1858 British & American ships laid the first of these, as much as 2 miles down
transatlantic cables
Kerry
|
$1,600
[9]
It's another term for the involuntary surrender of property
foreclosure (or forfeiture)
Lisette
|
|
$2,000
[24]
Ie Shima, just off this largest island in the Ryukus, has a memorial to WWII reporter Ernie Pyle, who died there
Okinawa
|
$2,000
[8]
Something drawn along the bottom of a river to catch fish
a Dragnet
Kerry
|
$2,000
[15]
A crocodile lady bag PM from the French house named for this 19th c. trunk maker would set you back a mere $54,500
Louis Vuitton
Lisette
|
— |
$2,000
[28]
The 1683 siege of Vienna was one example of gaining this lofty 2-word spot so you can sweep downhill on the enemy
the high ground
Joe
|
$2,000
[11]
Sure, I'll have some ale; I even brought my own one of these drinking vessels
a flagon
Joe
|
Shigetaka Kurita designed the original set of 176 of these, which included the zodiac glyphs, hearts & a pair of googly eyes
emojis