Sarah Waldsmith — a claims adjudicator from Westerville, Ohio
Scott Bergeron — a business development manager from Norwalk, Connecticut
Bala Kumar — a lawyer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bala | $2,200 | $2,600 | $12,000 |
$9,999
2-day champion: $42,999 |
$12,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| Scott | $600 | $2,800 | $2,800 |
$300
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,800
12 R, 7 W (including 1 DD) |
| Sarah | $2,200 | $1,400 | $7,000 |
$8,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,000
9 R, 2 W |
| TIM FLIES | WHERE THE LANGUAGE IS SPOKEN | WOOD WORDS | THE NEW DEAL | THE TV "A" | TRICKY ANIMALS |
|
$200
[1]
You could say that in the 1990s Tim Daly earned his these, the title of the sitcom in which he played a Nantucket pilot
Wings
Bala
|
$200
[17]
Breton
France
Scott
|
$200
[3]
This type of magazine fiction usually containing lurid material was named for the cheap paper on which it appeared
pulp
Sarah
|
$200
[12]
The act creating this agency didn't mention TV but did mention mobile service--not as in cell phones, as in 2-way radios
the FCC (or the Federal Communications Commission)
Bala
|
$200
[6]
It premiered June 11, 2002, changed the pop music scene & aired its last show on Fox April 7, 2016
American Idol
Scott
|
$400
[23]
"White" in Russian, this type of whale can mimic different sounds & has been known to rescue humans
the beluga
Scott
|
|
$400
[16]
Tim Roels was once the slot position on this "avian" Air Force demonstration squadron
the Thunderbirds
Bala
|
$400
[20]
Malagasy
Madagascar
Scott
|
$400
[4]
This device in a plane controls the elevators & ailerons
the stick
Bala
|
$400
[7]
Title I of this 1935 act grants financial assistance "to aged needy individuals"
the Social Security Act
Bala
|
$400
[8]
Donald Glover won Golden Globes as both an actor for & the creator of this TV show
Atlanta
Bala
|
$600
[24]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a video and an animation on the monitor.) When confronted with prey, the electric eel can double the charge of its shock when it's positive this at the head & negative one at the tail come into proximity
the poles
Scott
|
|
$800
[19]
Timothy Q. Mouse is borne aloft after exhorting this character to take flight in a 1941 movie
Dumbo
Bala
|
$600
[21]
Amharic
Ethiopia
|
$600
[5]
Ads for this dating app ask, "What are you doing tonight?"
Tinder
Bala
Scott
|
$600
[13]
Among the thousands of projects built under the WPA was this observatory on L.A.'s Mount Hollywood
Griffith Park Observatory
Sarah
|
$600
[9]
In 2011, after 41 years, Pine Valley & this daytime drama left ABC
All My Children
Sarah
|
$800
[25]
Paul, one of these in a German aquarium, got a lot of ink after going 6-for-6 in World Cup picks in 2010
an octopus
Scott
Sarah
|
|
DD
$1,000
[18]
WWII pilot Tim Vigors felt a "taste of fear" aiding the evacuation of this French port in 1940
Dunkirk
Scott
|
$800
[22]
Nahuatl
Mexico
Scott
|
$800
[27]
When paired with "up", it means to make trim & neat, such as one's appearance
spruce
Bala
|
$800
[14]
The Glass-Steagall Banking Act of 1933 created this agency that insured bank accounts up to $2,500 originally
the FDIC
Sarah
|
$800
[10]
Billy Bush is no longer allowed past the velvet rope on this show that's been covering the stars since 1996
Access Hollywood
Bala
|
$1,000
[26]
Prey are attracted to the end of the appendage on this tricky creature, whose name contains a term for a fisherman
an anglerfish
Scott
|
|
$1,000
[2]
In 2015 Timothy Peake became the first British astronaut of the ESA, this organization, to travel in space
the European Space Agency
Bala
Scott
|
— |
$1,000
[28]
Move or walk clumsily
lumber
Scott
|
$1,000
[15]
This New Deal program, the CCC, built more than 800 parks & 30,000 wildlife shelters
the Civilian Conservation Corps
|
$1,000
[11]
From 1997 to 2002 Calista Flockhart's neuroses were on full display on this show
Ally McBeal
Bala
|
— |
| PREQUELS & SEQUELS | U.S. GOVT. ABBREV. | CITY PARKS | FAITH IN ENTERTAINMENT | WHAT'S "NU"? | FINAL RESTING PLACES |
|
$400
[1]
The first 2 sequels to "A Game of Thrones" are "A Clash of Kings" & "A Storm of" these
swords
Bala
|
$400
[6]
JPL:Got us to Pluto & beyond
the Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Sarah
|
$400
[18]
Will Rogers Park in this state capital is home to a horticultural garden famous for its roses
Oklahoma City
Bala
|
$400
[14]
"Braveheart" writer Randall Wallace directed the 2014 film this place "Is For Real"
heaven
Scott
|
$400
[9]
In a fraction, it goes above the line
the numerator
Scott
|
$400
[25]
The marker on his grave in Illinois says "My Jesus Mercy", not "Scarface"
(Al) Capone
Bala
|
|
$800
[2]
Linda Berdoll couldn't bear the story to end, so she wrote "Mr. Darcy Takes a Wife" as a sequel to this novel
Pride and Prejudice
Bala
|
$800
[7]
NPS:Provides a streaming webcam of Old Faithful
the National Park Service
Scott
|
$800
[19]
This ruler's baths, Aztec-built waterfalls & canals, are a feature of Mexico City's Chapultepec Park
Montezuma
Bala
|
$800
[15]
This 2016 Martin Scorsese film follows 2 priests struggling to spread Catholicism in Japan
Silence
|
$800
[10]
Henry David Thoreau was reportedly one of these--he liked to swim & take walks in the buff
a nudist
Sarah
|
$800
[26]
This English poet who died age 25 in 1821 is buried in Rome under an inscription about his malicious enemies
Keats
Bala
|
|
$1,600
[4]
In Stephen King's sequel to "The Shining", Danny Torrance grows up & fights evil as this title medical man
Doctor Sleep
Sarah
|
$1,200
[8]
ICE:Controls our borders
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Bala
Scott
Sarah
|
$1,200
[20]
This park named for a Spanish explorer is home to the world famous San Diego Zoo
Balboa Park
|
$1,200
[23]
Married to a country music superstar, she's brought Christian music to millions of listeners
Amy Grant
Bala
Scott
|
$1,200
[11]
It can be a place for young children or a place to buy plants
a nursery
Scott
|
$1,200
[16]
In Westminster Abbey, he's shown leaning on books, one of which is labeled "Optics"
Newton
Scott
|
|
$2,000
[5]
"Be Cool" is this author's sequel to "Get Shorty"
Elmore Leonard
|
$1,600
[21]
NOAA:Keeps track of the weather & climate data
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
|
DD
$1,600
[27]
This London park has the Princess Diana fountain & "The Huntress", which honors another Diana, the goddess of hunting
Hyde Park
Bala
|
$1,600
[24]
In this Aaron Paul show on Hulu, believers climb the ladder to try to reach the garden
The Path
|
$1,600
[12]
This ancient African region & trading center extended from the first cataract of the Nile to about Khartoum
Nubia
Bala
|
$1,600
[17]
This "Hallelujah" singer was buried in a plain pine box next to his parents in Montreal's Shaar Hashomayim Cemetery in 2016
(Leonard) Cohen
Bala
|
|
DD
$2,200
[3]
This popular Gregory Maguire novel is a prequel of sorts to the "Wizard of Oz" books
Wicked
Bala
|
$2,000
[22]
AOTUS:He oversees the storage of our documents
the Archivist of the United States
Sarah
|
$2,000
[28]
This architect led the design team of Sao Paulo's Ibirapuera Park, which has a planetarium shaped like a flying saucer
Oscar Niemeyer
|
— |
$2,000
[13]
After defecting to the West, hebecame one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century
(Rudolf) Nureyev
Sarah
|
$2,000
[29]
His grave at Arlington National Cemetery says that he was governor of California & chief justice of the United States
(Earl) Warren
Bala
|
Credited with saving thousands of lives before his disappearance, in 2016 he was officially declared dead by Sweden
Raoul Wallenberg