Coby Klein — a Ph.D. candidate in biology from Huntington, New York
Christie Burke — a school librarian from Richfield, Minnesota
Joe Nguyen — an attorney from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $12,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe | $3,200 | $4,200 | $24,800 |
$37,801
2-day champion: $50,001 |
$17,000
18 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Christie | $2,000 | $4,800 | $10,800 |
$6,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,800
17 R, 3 W |
| Coby | $3,000 | $9,700 | $18,900 |
$900
3rd place: $1,000 |
$15,200
21 R (including 2 DDs), 0 W |
| HOPE-POURRI | BEASTLY VERBS | BIBLE STUDY | WHAT'S THE SCORE? | CHINESE CUISINE | THIS IS 40 |
|
$200
[1]
A quote that's been around since the 1730s says that hope does this "eternal in the human breast"
springs
Coby
|
$200
[3]
To keep all of something for oneself
to hog
Joe
|
$200
[12]
God chose this most righteous man & his family to survive the events of Genesis 7
Noah
Christie
|
$200
[24]
Jets 16, Colts 7 in the third (or IIIrd) of these
a Super Bowl
Christie
|
$200
[19]
Mu shu pork is normally served with thin Mandarin these
pancakes
Joe
Christie
|
$200
[26]
At 40 in 1962 he decided once wasn't enough & decided to orbit the Earth a second & third time
John Glenn
Coby
|
|
$400
[2]
In a victory speech in October 2015, this PM of Canada said, "We beat fear with hope. We beat cynicism with hard work"
(Justin) Trudeau
Coby
|
$400
[7]
To quickly & hungrily devour all your food
wolf (it down)
Christie
|
$400
[13]
This woman "out of whom went seven devils" became a follower of Jesus & was present at his crucifixion & resurrection
Mary Magdalene
Coby
|
$400
[11]
John Isner 70, Nicolas Mahut 68 in the 5th set of the longest match in the history of this sport
tennis
Coby
|
$400
[20]
A successive selection of small portions of different foods, its name means "heart's delight"
dim sum
Coby
|
$400
[27]
He had his first vision at age 40 in the cave of Hira in 610 A.D.
Mohammed
Joe
|
|
$600
[4]
The Oscars were first telecast in 1953 with this comedian as the host
Bob Hope
Joe
|
$600
[8]
To bother someone repeatedly, like Wisconsin's state animal
badger
Coby
|
$600
[14]
The passage "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son" is in this book
John
Joe
|
$600
[15]
Blackhawks 4, Flyers 3 on June 9, 2010, enabling Chicago to hoist this for the first time since 1961
the Stanley Cup
Christie
|
$600
[21]
It'll be sheer panda‑monium when you add this essential of Chinese cooking, seenherepeeled
bamboo
Christie
|
$600
[28]
In 1974, a few months after his 40th, he had a big hit in Atlanta, breaking a record that had stood since 1935
Hank Aaron
Coby
|
|
$800
[5]
In Texas hold'em, it's the highest card you hope will come up on the river to make a straight flush
a jack of hearts
Joe
|
$800
[9]
Toextendone'sneckfora betterview
crane
Christie
|
$800
[16]
The last book attributed to Moses, this fifth book is written in the form of a farewell address by him
Deuteronomy
Joe
|
$800
[17]
March 31, 1973, Ken Norton over Muhammad Ali by 7-5, 5-4, 5-6, this kind of decision
a split decision
Coby
|
$800
[22]
Not vegetables as their name implies, they're relatives of the sea urchin & often used in soups
a sea cucumber
Christie
|
$800
[29]
Alexis Tsipras, leader of the radical left Syriza party, was elected P.M. of this country before his 41st birthday
Greece
Coby
|
|
$1,000
[6]
"Lingvo Internacia" is an 1887 book detailing this new language whose name translates to "one who hopes"
Esperanto
Coby
|
$1,000
[10]
To habitually get money from someone without doing anything in return for it
to leech (or to sponge)
Joe
|
DD
$1,900
[18]
The ark of the covenant was kept for a time in this city that's also the name of a Civil War battle site in Tennessee
Shiloh
Coby
|
$1,000
[25]
Dodgers 5, A's 4 after this limping hero hit a 2-out homer in the bottom of the 9th in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series
Kirk Gibson
Coby
|
$1,000
[23]
A signature dish of Chinese cuisine, itbears the old name of a major city
Peking duck
Coby
|
$1,000
[30]
At 40 she became head of AT&T's North American Division--Hewlett-Packard & politics would follow
Carly Fiorina
Christie
|
| MUSICALLY TITLED LIT | U.S. PLACE NAMES | BIOPIC SUBJECTS | GUYS MAKIN' STUFF | LONG NONSTOP FLIGHTS | THIS IS 5-"D" |
|
$400
[13]
If you can't be with the one you love, remember this title of a novel by Emily Giffin
Love the One You're With
Coby
|
$400
[3]
This state capital was named for the fourth president of the United States
Madison
Christie
|
$400
[29]
The rap group N.W.A.
Straight Outta Compton
Joe
|
$400
[30]
He invented a flexible plastic he called Poly-T, the basis for the food storage "ware" that bears his name
Tupper
Christie
|
$400
[28]
Enjoy 15 nonstop hours of Cathay Pacific as you jet from Hong Kong to the New York City airport known by these 3 initials
JFK
Joe
|
$400
[8]
To leave someone, perhaps in that roadside trench of the same name
to ditch
Joe
|
|
$800
[22]
If James Baldwin wrote a sequel to this 1953 novel, he could have called it "Over the Hills & Everywhere"
Go Tell It on the Mountain
Christie
|
$800
[4]
This birthplace of FDR wasn't named for the place in London but for a colonial governor of New York
Hyde Park
Coby
|
$800
[14]
Boxer Jake LaMotta
Raging Bull
Joe
|
$800
[23]
Hissteamboat technology included a mobile gun platform to protect New York from the British fleet
Fulton
Coby
|
$800
[27]
G'day! & g'night! This carrier flies 8,600 miles & 15 1/2 hours between Sydney & Dallas
Qantas
Christie
|
$800
[1]
St. Augustine felt that Rome was slowly destroyed by an internal "moral" this
decay
Coby
|
|
$1,200
[18]
Please allow me to introduce this Jerrilyn Farmer mystery with the same 4-word title as a Rolling Stones song
Sympathy for the Devil
Joe
|
$1,600
[6]
The name of this Pennsylvania borough is from Algonquian for "town of gnats", not groundhogs
Punxsutawney
Joe
|
$1,200
[11]
Transgender artist Lili Elbe
The Danish Girl
Joe
|
$1,200
[19]
When U.S. demand was not big for his 1840s version of this machine, Elias Howe sold the patent rights in England
the sewing machine
Joe
Christie
|
$1,200
[26]
On Qatar Airways it's 8,000 miles between Doha & the Houston intercontinental airport named for this ex-president
George Herbert Walker Bush
Christie
Coby
|
$1,200
[7]
In "Oliver!", Nancy warbles about this kind of tune "they're singing in the city" called "Oom-Pah-Pah"
a ditty
Christie
Coby
|
|
$1,600
[17]
A classic of African-American lit gets its title from this Billie Holiday song that says, "Mama may have..."
"God Bless The Child"
|
$2,000
[2]
Twin cities on the border of the "Lone Star State" & the "Natural State" share this name
Texarkana
Christie
|
$1,600
[12]
Richard & Mildred, the interracial couple at the heart of a landmark Supreme Court case
Loving
Christie
|
$2,000
[21]
On March 23, 1857 in a NYC store, he installed the first safety elevator for passenger service
(Elisha) Otis
Joe
|
$1,600
[25]
Singapore Air flew SQ21, a 9,500-mile, nearly 19-hour journey between the country & this New Jersey airport
Newark
Christie
|
$1,600
[9]
This round pin fits into holes in 2 adjacent pieces to align them or to prevent their slipping
a dowel
|
|
$2,000
[16]
This song gave Bruce Catton the titles of 2 Civil War histories, "Terrible Swift Sword" & "Never Call Retreat"
"The Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
Christie
|
DD
$4,000
[5]
The German statesman seenheregave his name to this Midwestern capital
Bismarck
Coby
|
$2,000
[15]
Composer, actor & dancer George M. Cohan
Yankee Doodle Dandy
|
DD
$9,400
[20]
To allay fears of alternating current, he publicly lit lamps by allowing electricity to flow through his body
(Nikola) Tesla
Joe
|
$2,000
[24]
Emirates Airlines will pass you over 3 continents flying 16 hours from this skyscraper-laden city to Los Angeles
Dubai
Joe
|
$2,000
[10]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) On a ship, the distance from the deck to the waterline is called the freeboard; the distance from the waterline to the keel is this other vital depth measurement
the draft
|
This port city on the Congo River was founded in 1883 & is named for a European explorer
Brazzaville