Sara-Jane Whitaker — an office clerk from Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gavin Borchert — a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington
Kelly Lasiter — an administrative assistant from Granite City, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $22,800)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly | $1,200 | $2,600 | $8,600 |
$14,400
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Gavin | $1,000 | $1,800 | $14,600 |
$19,600
New champion: $19,600 |
$14,600
18 R, 4 W |
| Sara-Jane | $2,600 | $5,400 | $7,200 |
$14,400
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,200
15 R, 2 W (including 2 DDs) |
| WHERE AM I? | BIG & SMALL SCREEN DOCTORS | THOREAU-ING A 200th BIRTHDAY! | A PODCAST OF CHARACTERS | GIVE ME 5 "CC"s | STAT! |
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$200
[6]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew reports from an urban Asian street.) I'm in the old quarter of this capital city that once had the name Tonkin
Hanoi
Kelly
|
$200
[11]
Advised to make a change in his life, this Mark Ruffalo character says, "That's my secret, Captain. I'm always angry"
the Hulk or Bruce Banner
Kelly
|
$200
[12]
In his Harvard class bio, Thoreau wrote, "I first saw the light in" this "quiet village" that's not far from Lexington
Concord
Gavin
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$200
[23]
In 2015 "Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!" angered some fans when this reality TV star was on to promote her book of "Piktures"
Kim Kardashian
Sara-Jane
|
$200
[1]
Hurry up & name this synonym for "quicken"
accelerate
Kelly
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$200
[15]
96,950,000:boxes of oranges produced in 2014-15 by this state
Florida
Sara-Jane
|
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$400
[7]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from a beach with tropical blue waters.) Behind me is this Pacific island whose double-talk name means "first born"; according to Polynesian mythology, it's the first island that the god Ta'aroa fished out of the water
Bora Bora
Sara-Jane
|
$400
[14]
This title guy played by Peter Sellers notes, "The whole point of the doomsday machine is lost if you keep it a secret!"
Dr. Strangelove
Kelly
|
$400
[13]
This "Little Woman" memorialized her former school teacher with a poem called "Thoreau's Flute"
Louisa May Alcott
Sara-Jane
|
$400
[24]
"I Was There Too" has as guests supporting actors like Clancy Brown, prison guard captain Hadley in this 1994 film
The Shawshank Redemption
Gavin
|
$400
[2]
A type of snake, or that old soft shoe
moccasin
Kelly
|
$400
[19]
5:permanent members of this U.N. body
the Security Council
Sara-Jane
|
|
$600
[8]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a hillside with architecture behind her.) I'm at the building housing the president's office in this administrative, not legislative or judicial, capital of South Africa
Pretoria
Kelly
Gavin
Sara-Jane
|
$600
[16]
This Golden Globe winner plays Rainbow Johnson, wife, mom & doctor on ABC's "Black-ish"
Tracee Ellis Ross
Gavin
|
$600
[25]
In a travel book about this peninsula, Thoreau called it "the bared and bended arm of Massachusetts"
Cape Cod
Kelly
|
$600
[28]
80 years old, this former "Face the Nation" host is trying a new format with a podcast "About the News"
Bob Schieffer
Gavin
|
$600
[3]
This ball-rolling game is a Special Olympics event
bocce
Gavin
|
$600
[20]
The Cubs' Hack Wilson, 1930:191 these
RBI (runs batted in)
Gavin
Sara-Jane
|
|
$800
[9]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew reports from up high, with the sea behind her.) Named for the sailor who first sighted it in 1767, I'm on this island that was eventually populated by the mutineers of the Bounty
Pitcairn
Gavin
|
$800
[17]
This Mike Myers man had "one simple request, & that is to have sharks with frickin' laser beams attached to their heads"
Dr. Evil
Sara-Jane
|
$1,000
[27]
In the opening of this essay, Thoreau wrote, "That government is best which governs least'"
"Civil Disobedience"
Kelly
Gavin
|
$800
[29]
Malcolm Gladwell "Re"examines an accepted view in the podcast called this type of "History"
revisionist
|
$800
[4]
Odd or irregular
eccentric
Kelly
|
$800
[21]
4.6 seconds:this figure for a 1964 Pontiac Tempest GTO, per Car and Driver
0 to 60
Sara-Jane
|
|
$1,000
[10]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew reports, flanked by soldiers in fatigues and with a helicopter behind her.) I'm at the U.S. Army garrison in this German city that was once a spa town where Goethe, Brahms & Dostoevsky all took the waters; the "baden" in its name means "baths"
Wiesbaden
|
$1,000
[18]
On this Adult Swim series, Nate Corddry was Dr. Jason Mantzoukas & Jason Mantzoukas was Mole Man
Childrens Hospital
Gavin
|
DD
$1,800
[26]
Thoreau was a protege of this thinker & lived at his home, acting as handyman & gardener
Emerson
Kelly
|
$1,000
[30]
Hosted by Josh Barro & Rich Lowry, this political podcast from public radio comes at you from all directions
Left, Right & Center
|
$1,000
[5]
A respiratory spasm
a hiccup
Sara-Jane
|
$1,000
[22]
23.5 miles:distance you travel under the sea in this, opened 1994
the Chunnel
Gavin
|
| THE PITTSBURGH ADDRESS | GEOG. DICT. ABBREV. | TURN ON YOUR HEAVY METAL DEFECTOR | HODGEPODGE | KABOOM! | BIBLICAL BEFORE & AFTER |
|
$400
[16]
In a 1932 Pittsburgh campaign speech, he accused Republicans of "spreading the gospel of fear"
FDR
Gavin
|
$400
[1]
AFB:a place full of flyboys
Air Force base
Gavin
|
$400
[14]
This singer left Black Sabbath in 1979--hold on a sec... Shaaaaaronnn!--but was back with the band in 2016
Ozzy Osbourne
Kelly
|
$400
[6]
She's appeared on every cover of O magazine since it was launched in 2000
Oprah
Gavin
|
$400
[11]
The 4 varieties of this explosive are straight, ammonia, straight gelatin & ammonia gelatin
dynamite
Sara-Jane
|
$400
[9]
Wayward offspring who in a parable marries your daughter
the Prodigal Son-in-law
Sara-Jane
|
|
$800
[17]
In 1948 this general told the Chamber of Commerce, "Business has a special stake in European recovery"
(George C.) Marshall
Sara-Jane
|
$800
[2]
S.R.:you may have heard of a Soviet one
a socialist republic
Kelly
|
$800
[20]
Whether he got canned or he quit, as of '96, Sammy Hagar was no longer the voice of this band of 2 brothers
Van Halen
Gavin
|
$800
[7]
A muscular membranous sac, this internal organ stores & concentrates bile produced by the liver
the gallbladder
Kelly
|
$800
[23]
On July 16, 1945 this secret project got big results near Alamogordo, New Mexico
the Manhattan Project
Kelly
|
$800
[10]
Betrayal payment in Matthew 26 that's a term for the medium of film
30 pieces of silver screen
Gavin
|
|
DD
$1,500
[28]
In a 1983 Pittsburgh speech, Ronald Reagan spoke about frustrated & "permanently laid-off" workers in this industry
steel
Sara-Jane
|
$1,200
[3]
Auton:this political status
autonomous
Gavin
|
$1,200
[21]
In 1983 drummer Phil Rudd left this "high voltage" Aussie band powered by guitarist Angus Young
AC/DC
Gavin
|
$1,200
[8]
Rubber & duplicate are the 2 main types of the contract version of this card game
bridge
Kelly
|
$1,200
[24]
Cosmologists believe that the universe started from a very small volume with this event
the Big Bang
Sara-Jane
|
$1,200
[15]
Visitors to Jesus' birthplace who sang "Who Can It Be Now?"
the three wise Men at Work
Kelly
|
|
$1,600
[29]
"You want to look back and say, 'I did the best I could'", this Pitt grad & Dolphins HOF QB said at the 2008 commencement
Dan Marino
|
$1,600
[4]
G.R.:this place where wild animals are kept safe
a game reserve
|
$1,600
[22]
In 1981 singer Paul Di'Anno was out & Bruce Dickinson was in this Brit metal band named for a torture device
Iron Maiden
Kelly
|
$1,600
[12]
You can become a master of molding & trim with this type of saw that resembles a hacksaw
a coping saw
Gavin
|
DD
$1,500
[25]
The National Demolition Assoc. says this process of collapsing a building "is the most visible face" of the industry
implosion
Sara-Jane
|
$1,600
[18]
Roman-installed monarch stretching from Liaoning province to Jiayu Pass
Herod the Great Wall of China
Kelly
|
|
$2,000
[30]
In Pittsburgh in 1964, LBJ said, "The Great" this "is when America's promise and her practice come together"
society
Kelly
|
$2,000
[5]
NHS, as in Golden Spike NHS
National Historic Site
Kelly
|
$2,000
[27]
In October 1996 Axl Rose faxed MTV (how '90s is that!) that this guitarist had not been making music with their band since '94
Slash
Sara-Jane
|
$2,000
[13]
Since her marriage to Prince Charles, Camilla Parker Bowles uses the title Duchess of this place
Cornwall
Gavin
|
$2,000
[26]
In 1908 the Tunguska object smashed into a remote region of this country, flattening half a million acres
Russia
Gavin
|
$2,000
[19]
Amazing shrub seen by Moses that says the U.S. has the right to preemptive action to stop terror
the burning Bush Doctrine
Gavin
|
A landmark 1957 New York Times story called him "a powerful six-footer, olive-skinned...with a straggly beard"
Fidel Castro