Graydon Mears — an analytics director from San Antonio, Texas
Deborah Elliott — an educator from Cleveland, Ohio
Gavin Borchert — a writer and editor from Seattle, Washington (whose 3-day cash winnings total $50,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavin | $3,600 | $7,400 | $18,200 |
$35,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$18,200
21 R, 1 W |
| Deborah | $3,800 | $5,800 | $21,800 |
$36,800
New champion: $36,800 |
$18,400
19 R (including 2 DDs), 1 W |
| Graydon | $800 | $1,200 | $7,200 |
$14,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,400
12 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| A DAY AT THE HORSE RACES | PLASTICS | SCHOOLS ON SCREENS | 7-LETTER WORDS | HODGEPODGE | AUTHORS' RHYME TIME |
|
$200
[17]
A horse may win a close race by a head or by this part of a head, sometimes literally
a nose
Graydon
|
$200
[16]
Plastics are made from polymers; change the first 4 letters in "polymers" to get these smaller units they're made of
monomers
|
$200
[1]
Judge Reinhold & Jennifer Jason Leigh had some "Fast Times" at this school
Ridgemont High
Graydon
|
$200
[11]
A kid learning to walk, or the size of clothing that the child may wear
a toddler
Graydon
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$200
[19]
It's the person named in a will to administer the disposition of an estate, not to impose capital punishment
an executor
Gavin
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$200
[6]
A.A.'s pottery ovens
Milne's kilns
Deborah
|
|
$400
[18]
The Kentucky Derby is run the first Saturday in May at this Louisville racetrack
Churchill Downs
Graydon
|
$400
[27]
Groucho Marx once quipped that a woman "got her good looks from her father--he's" this kind of physician
a plastic surgeon
Gavin
|
$400
[2]
Dean Wormer says, "Fat, drunk & stupid is no way to go through life, son" before kicking Kent out of Faber College in this film
Animal House
Graydon
|
$400
[12]
This word can precede proof, stripping or bureau
weather
Gavin
|
$400
[21]
Like Matthew, Luke includes these blessings such as "Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh"
the Beatitudes
Graydon
|
$400
[7]
Robert B.'s felt-tipped pens
Parker's markers
|
|
$600
[20]
According tohis1989 obituary, this racing legend was survived by more than 300 sons & daughters
Secretariat
Gavin
|
$600
[28]
The word plastic comes from the Greek "plastikos", meaning it has this quality
shapeable
Deborah
Graydon
|
$600
[3]
Ms. Summers & pals matriculated over to UC Sunnydale, where some folks really vamped it up on this TV show
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Deborah
|
$600
[13]
As a noun, it can be a heroic act or deed; as a verb, it means to take unfair advantage of someone
exploit
|
$600
[22]
One study said this alliterative act, putting the same chip back into the guacamole, really does transfer bacteria
double dipping
Gavin
|
$600
[8]
Amy's cookware
Tan's pans
Gavin
|
|
$800
[25]
Male or female, single or not, it's the term for a horse that has never won a race
a maiden
|
$800
[29]
Plastics are commonly used in these "zones" of a car that are designed to squish & absorb energy in crashes
crumple
Deborah
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
Chevy Chase was Pierce Hawthorne & you were not at Greendale, this type of college that gave the show its title
community
Deborah
|
$800
[14]
From the Latin for "split", it's a long narrow crevice made by the splitting of a rock or the earth
a fissure
Gavin
|
$800
[23]
In 1893 J.J. Hill finished the first transcontinental one of these built without government aid
a railroad
Deborah
|
$800
[9]
Ms. Proulx' favorite older relatives
Annie's grannies
Gavin
|
|
$1,000
[26]
You can cash in big if you correctly pick the first 3 finishers in a race in exact order in this type of bet
a trifecta
Gavin
|
$1,000
[30]
Epoxies are an important structural type of this, used as an alternative to rivets & welds
adhesive
Deborah
|
$1,000
[5]
Adam Sandler hit the gridiron for South Central Louisiana State after having this title job
waterboy
Deborah
|
$1,000
[15]
It's the 7-letter word for the underground reservoir seen here
a cistern
Deborah
|
$1,000
[24]
Around the time of the American revolution a "Brown Bess", weighing about 10 pounds, was this type of firearm
a musket
Gavin
|
$1,000
[10]
Mr. McCourt's handles to start up Model T Fords
Frank's cranks
Gavin
|
| JIMI HENDRIX | JOURNALING JOURNEYERS | "O" YES! | THE REIGN IN SPAIN | FALLS | MAINLY ON THE PLANE |
|
$400
[11]
Zappa, Ozzy & The Cure have all recorded this "colorful" Hendrix tune, but none like Jimi
"Purple Haze"
Graydon
|
$400
[21]
A modern travel classic is William Least Heat-Moon's this color "Highways", the color they were on old maps
blue
Gavin
|
$400
[19]
A Tandoor is a traditional clay one
an oven
Deborah
|
$400
[6]
In 2014 this king stepped down in favor of his son, Prince Felipe
Juan Carlos
Deborah
|
$400
[1]
In 1965 Labrador's Great Falls were renamed to honor this great Englishman who died that year
Churchill
Gavin
|
$400
[16]
The name of this main airplane structure comes from the French for "spindle"
fuselage
Deborah
|
|
$800
[12]
Naturally, Jimi is featured in "Uncommon Sound", John Engel's book about guitarists who play this way
left-handed
Graydon
|
$800
[22]
Alexander Frater was "Chasing" this wet weather event around India to see its impact
the monsoon
Deborah
|
$800
[20]
Comedian Henny Youngman was "The King of" these short, witty remarks
one-liners
Gavin
|
$1,200
[8]
His older brother Joseph was king of Naples from 1806 to 1808 & king of Spain from 1808 to 1813
Napoleon
Graydon
|
$800
[2]
Among the cataracts in South America's Iguazu Falls are the pair called Dos Hermanas, this in English
the Two Sisters
Graydon
|
$800
[17]
Yes, most jets do have these alliterative items to deal with moisture & each pilot can control his own
windshield wipers
Graydon
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Jimi's first album was "Are You" this word--remember his band's name
experienced
Gavin
|
$1,200
[23]
The author of "Wild" chose her name by "scanning words that sounded good with Cheryl...nothing fit until" this one
strayed
Gavin
|
$1,200
[26]
With its distinctive cone-shaped speculum, this instrument is used to examine your ears
the otoscope
|
$1,600
[9]
After abdicating in 1556, Charles I, who was also Holy Roman Emperor, retired to this type of religious place of seclusion
a monastery
Deborah
|
$1,200
[3]
Don't chuckle at these falls in Minnesota, though Longfellow said they "laugh and leap into the valley"
Minnehaha Falls
Gavin
|
$1,600
[29]
The rudder on planes helps to control the side-to-side force known as this 3-letter word
yaw
Deborah
|
|
$1,600
[14]
Bob Dylan said he was "overwhelmed" by Jimi's version of this song Bob wrote
"All Along The Watchtower"
Deborah
|
$1,600
[24]
John Hanning Speke's diary has been published as "Journal of the Discovery of" this (turns out it's Lake Victoria)
the origin (or source) of the Nile
Deborah
|
$1,600
[27]
Wild marjoram is another name for this pizza herb
oregano
Gavin
|
$2,000
[10]
This king XIII, who kept Spain neutral during World War I, was forced to flee the country in 1931
Alfonso
Gavin
|
$1,600
[4]
A good view of Niagara Falls can be had on this bridge that replaced the earlier Honeymoon Bridge
the Rainbow Bridge
Deborah
|
$2,000
[30]
The parts seenhereare called the horizontal & vertical these, & as the name implies, they're there to keep things steady
the stabilizers
Gavin
|
|
$2,000
[15]
In this grim single from 1967, Jimi asks, "Where you goin' with that gun in your hand?"
"Hey Joe"
|
$2,000
[25]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows a map on the monitor.) Leaving Sag Harbor on September 23, 1960, heading west across the U.S., & reaching Mississippi by December was this author with his dog; when he got back to New York, he got lost & had to ask for directions
(John) Steinbeck
Gavin
|
$2,000
[28]
This gem is often used in cameos as in the example seen here from Roman times
onyx
Deborah
Graydon
|
DD
$4,000
[7]
Grandson of Louis XIV of France, Philip V was the first Spanish ruler from this dynasty
the Bourbon dynasty
Deborah
|
$2,000
[5]
One of the highest waterfalls in the U.S. is Olo'upena Falls on this island between Oahu & Maui
Molokai
Gavin
|
DD
$4,000
[18]
The name of this international carrier, once the world's largest airline, is right on the plane in Cyrillic letters
Aeroflot
Graydon
|
The National Ocean Service says one lethal type of this bone-free creature is the most venomous marine animal
a jellyfish