Vicky Smith — a children's book review editor from South Portland, Maine
Larissa Dizon — an academic advisor from San Diego, California
Gavin Borchert — a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 2-day cash winnings total $29,400)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin | $800 | $3,600 | $15,800 |
$20,800
3-day champion: $50,200 |
$14,000
20 R (including 1 DD), 3 W |
| Larissa | $-600 | $1,200 | $3,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,000
10 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Vicky | $1,800 | $3,000 | $9,800 |
$19,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
16 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| ABBREVIATED NO. 1 TV SHOWS | NATION STATE | KID LIT | YOU GET A "D" | ICYMI | HIDDEN GEMS |
|
$200
[10]
On CBS, 1983-1984:big "D"
Dallas
Gavin
|
$200
[1]
Majority ANC party plagued by infighting; military deployed to keep Zimbabweans from coming over the border
South Africa
Gavin
Vicky
|
$200
[2]
Once "of Green Gables" she grows up & becomes a principal in "of Windy Poplars"
Anne
Larissa
|
$200
[7]
A situation with no chance for progress, or a street with no exits
dead end
Vicky
|
$200
[22]
In 2017 the Westminster Dog Show included this animal for the first time in its 140 years; what could go wrong?
a cat
Vicky
|
$200
[17]
How charming! The cherub you painted has cheeks as rosy as this red birthstone
a ruby (in che rub y ou)
Larissa
|
|
$400
[11]
On ABC, 1999-2000:"W.W.T.B.A.M."
Who Wants to be a Millionaire
Gavin
|
$400
[27]
Has border spats with Thailand, but fairly calm since Prince Norodom Sihamoni took over for his dad in 2004
Cambodia
Gavin
|
$400
[3]
When "The Enormous Egg" hatches in an Oliver Butterworth book, one of these 3-horned dinosaurs emerges
a triceratops
Vicky
|
$400
[8]
It's a calendar or list of the upcoming cases set to be tried at a court
docket
Vicky
|
$400
[23]
In 2013, this "Enter Sandman" metal band became the first to perform on all 7 continents when it played at an Antarctic base
Metallica
Larissa
|
$400
[18]
After seeing the 37.8-carat Chalk one at the Smithsonian, Angela had ephemeral dreams of this green gem
an emerald (in eph emeral d reams)
Larissa
|
|
$600
[12]
On NBC, 1997-1998:the uproarious "S"
Seinfeld
Gavin
|
— |
$600
[4]
At the beginning of "The Lightning Thief", this kid thinks his pre-algebra teacher turns into a monster
Percy Jackson
Vicky
|
$600
[9]
Mr. Gilbert, I have here this collection of information & documents about you--most interesting
a dossier
Gavin
|
$600
[24]
Mexico's first Trump-era IPO was a success for this tequila company named for an 18th c. señor
Jose Cuervo
|
$600
[19]
To buy the fire type of this gem, shop along Pitt Street in Sydney's city centre
an opal (in sh op al ong)
Gavin
|
|
$800
[13]
On Fox, 2006-2007:a different kind of "A.I."
American Idol
Gavin
|
— |
$1,000
[6]
The "Everlasting" family with this last name is cursed to live forever
Tuck
Vicky
|
$800
[15]
The courtship type of this may be a dance or a show of special feathers or crests as donehereby a couple of grebes
a display
Larissa
Vicky
|
$800
[25]
Sam Bradford of this purple-clad team completed an NFL record 71.6% of his passes but not a run to the playoffs in 2016
the Vikings
Larissa
|
$800
[20]
A top azalea breeder named Hans Hachmann came up with a flower in a gold one named for this gem
topaz (in top az alea)
Gavin
|
|
$1,000
[14]
On ABC, 1977-1978:roommates "L & S"
Laverne & Shirley
Vicky
|
— |
DD
$1,200
[5]
Milo of "Phantom Tollbooth" fame learns you can only get to the Isle of Conclusions by doing this
by jumping
Vicky
|
$1,000
[16]
In a 1999 auction Ty Cobb's pair of these took an over $7,000 "bite" out of someone's wallet
dentures
Gavin
Larissa
|
$1,000
[26]
The Australian Natl. Univ. created an algorithm in 2016 to help warn coastal cities of this dangerous event
a tsunami
Larissa
|
$1,000
[21]
The raja delved into the history of the carved figure & found it was made of this prized gemstone
jade (in ra ja de lved)
Vicky
|
| KANSAS HISTORY | THE BIBLE | MUSIC TO MY YEARS | THE ORIENT EXPRESSION | BIG BEN | YOU CAN SET YOUR WATCH BY IT |
|
$400
[25]
Kansas became the 34th U.S. state in this year that also saw the beginning of a war
1861
Vicky
|
$400
[19]
In Mark 1 he says, "There cometh one mightier than I after me"
John the Baptist
Vicky
|
$400
[1]
Orwell's estate nixed a David Bowie musical based on this novel, but a song with the title made it onto "Diamond Dogs"
1984
Vicky
|
$400
[7]
No, not for anything, "not for all" this "in China"
tea
Gavin
|
$400
[2]
In 1978 Ben Abruzzo & 2 companions made the first transatlantic flight in one of these full of gas, not hot air
a balloon
Gavin
|
$400
[16]
Boston residents peeved at this ship's twice-a-day cannon blasts should know it's been going on for over 200 years
the Constitution
Vicky
|
|
$800
[27]
Kansas voters decide every 6 years whether to retain the members of this body; in 2016 all 5 survived a challenge
the state supreme court
|
$800
[20]
Fittingly, in the King James version the New Testament ends with this 4-letter word
amen
Gavin
|
$800
[3]
This title of a 2014 Taylor Swift album is also the year of her birth
1989
Larissa
|
$800
[8]
In a Kipling poem this line precedes" and never the twain shall meet"
East is East and West is West
Gavin
|
$800
[12]
Ben Rich used the security alias Ben Dover when he helped design the F-117 Nighthawk, the first of these hard-to-spot craft
stealth craft
Gavin
|
$800
[17]
First a gavel, then a gong, now one of these is sounded each day at 4 P.M. to close trading at 11 Wall Street
a bell
Gavin
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Last name of 1930s governor Alf; in 1978 Kansans made his daughter Nancy their first female U.S. senator
Landon
Gavin
|
$1,200
[21]
Isaiah 1:10 tells these 2 cities to "hear the word of the Lord"; they didn't
Sodom and Gomorrah
Larissa
|
$1,200
[4]
This Prince album was released October 27, 1982
1999
Gavin
|
$1,200
[9]
The Viggo Mortensen movie title "Eastern" these echoes a U.K. candy slogan
promises
Larissa
|
$1,200
[13]
This Ben, no longer head of the Fed, became an advisor to investment management firm Pimco
Ben Bernanke
Gavin
|
$1,600
[24]
Reveille is played every morning at 6:30 A.M. at Fort Leonard Wood; this other "re" is sounded at 5 P.M.
retreat
Gavin
|
| — |
$2,000
[23]
Appropriately, "she weepeth sore in the night" & "the ways of Zion do mourn" are in this Old Testament book
Lamentations
|
$1,600
[5]
"No Elvis, Beatles, or the Rolling Stones", sang The Clash in the song titled this year of Elvis' passing
1977
Vicky
|
$1,600
[10]
It precedes "Thai" in the name of the sport also known as kickboxing
Muay
Larissa
|
$1,600
[14]
Ben Shahn rose to fame in the 1930s with a series of paintings based on the trial of these two Italian-American anarchists
Sacco and Vanzetti
Vicky
|
$2,000
[26]
Soldiersface off every day in an energetic & patriotic ritual at the Wagah border between these two countries
India & Pakistan
|
| — |
DD
$3,000
[22]
In Romans 1 Paul says "I am debtor both to" the barbarians & these people from whom "barbarians" derives
the Greeks
Larissa
|
$2,000
[6]
"Oh What A Night" The Four Seasons had in late December of this title year
1963
Gavin
|
$2,000
[11]
"Orient' is from the Latin for "rising sun"; French for "rise" gave us this word for the area east of the Mediterranean
the Levant
|
$2,000
[15]
In 1598 this dramatist killed an actor in a duel, no doubt putting him out of his humour
Ben Jonson
Gavin
Vicky
|
DD
$3,000
[18]
For years the third U.S. infantry has been doing this ritual "every hour on the hour" at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
the changing of the guard
Gavin
|
This Pulitzer winner changed his first name to that of an Irish king, avoiding associations with a famous ventriloquist's dummy
Cormac McCarthy