First game of Season 34.New title graphics.
Andrew Clyne — a lawyer and legal recruiter from Hoboken, New Jersey
Laura Kelsay — a hotel desk reception clerk from Grand Island, Nebraska
Shadi Peterman — a high school history teacher from St. Louis, Missouri (whose 2-day cash winnings total $18,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shadi | $200 | $1,800 | $5,600 |
$4,600
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
14 R, 3 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Laura | $4,000 | $8,200 | $16,400 |
$14,400
New champion: $14,400 |
$14,600
20 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Andrew | $1,400 | $2,400 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$6,400
11 R, 3 W |
| REJECTED GREETING CARDS | SELF-HELP BOOKS | BACK IN BLACK | HIGHWAY TO HELL | "A-C"/"D-C" | NAME HER SPORT |
|
$200
[17]
"Have fun in" this country! "But remember the State Department travel warning of Taliban insurgents in Kabul!"
Afghanistan
Andrew
|
$200
[16]
Don't procrastinate, get your copy of Eckhart Tolle's spiritual self-help book "The Power of" this
now
Shadi
Andrew
|
$200
[8]
A slump in comic book sales drove it into bankruptcy in 1996; since then its cinematic universe alone has raked in $10 billion
Marvel
Andrew
|
$200
[4]
Route 495 takes those in New Jersey to Hell's Kitchen via this "presidential" tunnel
the Lincoln Tunnel
Shadi
|
$200
[1]
It means "severe", as in "we have to resort to" these "measures"
drastic
Shadi
|
$600
[28]
Sue Bird
basketball
|
|
$400
[18]
"It's OK, applicant! You didn't want to go to" this Calif. university a 6-mile drive from the Googleplex "anyway"
Stanford
Shadi
|
$400
[22]
In dealing with others, we need to set these lines, the title of a book subtitled "When to Say Yes, How to Say No"
boundary
Laura
|
$400
[9]
On the verge of going bust in 1997, it was saved by a $150 million investment by rival Microsoft
Apple
Andrew
|
DD
$400
[5]
This state's Highway 67 will get you a nice view of Devils Head Mountain in Pike National Forest
Colorado
Shadi
|
$400
[2]
Term for someone who can't remember who he is
amnesiac
Laura
|
$800
[26]
Gabrielle Reece
volleyball
Laura
|
|
$600
[19]
"Tummyache? Next time, take a close look at" this "C" food "casino", made with wine, Parmesan & bacon
clams
Laura
|
$600
[23]
"Quantum Healing" & other books by this New Delhi-born man aim to put you on the path to wellness
Deepak Chopra
Laura
|
$600
[10]
It went from filing for bankruptcy in 2011 to merging with U.S. Airways & becoming the world's largest airline in 2014
American Airlines
Andrew
|
$600
[13]
West of Akron, Route 57 takes you over this 4-letter river, & you don't have to pay a toll to Charon
the Styx
Andrew
|
$600
[3]
Late in 2016 President Obama expelled from the U.S. several Russian members of this corps
the diplomatic corps
Andrew
|
$1,000
[27]
Simona Halep
tennis
Andrew
|
|
$800
[20]
"Nice surgery! You finally vented" this soft, purplish organ, that filters blood & stores platelets
spleen
Laura
|
$800
[24]
One purpose of this evangelical leader's "The Purpose Driven Life" is to answer the question "What am I here for?"
Rick Warren
|
$800
[11]
It took more than a "moment", but this Rochester, N.Y. company emerged from bankruptcy & still sells cameras
Kodak
Shadi
Laura
|
$800
[14]
Take the 395 in this state to Inyo National Forest and to Devils Postpilealong the middle fork of the San Joaquin River
California
|
$800
[6]
Meaning "antiquated", it has nothing to do with a Biblical boat
archaic
Laura
|
— |
|
$1,000
[21]
"Sorry you two had" these 14-letter "differences" that couples often cite as legal grounds for divorce
irreconcilable
Shadi
|
$1,000
[25]
Thisself-help guru penned bestsellers like "Your Erroneous Zones" and "The Power of Intention"
(Wayne) Dyer
Laura
|
$1,000
[12]
U.S. taxpayers ponied up $180 billion to rescue this 3-letter insurance co., but got it all back, plus a profit
AIG
Laura
|
$1,000
[15]
Highway 71 gets you to America's deepest gorge, Hells Canyon, & this river that flows through it
the Snake
Laura
Andrew
|
$1,000
[7]
St. Nilus of Ancyra was AKA Nilus the this type of monk who lives simply
ascetic
Shadi
|
— |
| ARCHITECTURE | COMEDY TONIGHT! | NICKNAMES | HISTORY OF SCIENCE | IT HAPPENED IN EUROPE | SPANISH WORDS & PHRASES |
|
$400
[15]
The flamboyant type of this medieval style of architecture features curves in the tracery that resemble flames
gothic
Laura
|
$400
[10]
Sheheaded to Netflix for "The Leather Special"
Amy Schumer
Andrew
|
$400
[20]
This type of body of water is in a nickname for Massachusetts
bay
Shadi
|
$400
[6]
This man announced his periodic law of the elements before the Russian Chemical Society in 1869
Mendeleyev
Shadi
|
$400
[1]
In 1453 the Turks captured Constantinople & killed the 11th emperor there to have this very appropriate name
Constantine
Laura
|
$800
[29]
Cesar Chavez heard Latino leaders say "No se puede" & immediately his United Farm Workers had this slogan
Sí, se puede
Shadi
|
|
$800
[16]
This uppermost part of the capital of a column shares its name with an ancient calculator
an abacus
Shadi
|
$800
[11]
Thisgravel-voiced funny guy won a Grammy for his comedy album "Stark Raving Black"
Lewis Black
Shadi
|
$800
[21]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a diagram of troop movements on the monitor.) At the first Battle of Bull Run, Union troops threatened a decisive breakthrough but couldn't get past a Virginia brigade, earning its commander this nickname
Stonewall
Laura
|
$800
[7]
In 1880 Alphonse Laveran discovered that parasites caused this disease named for the "bad air" thought to cause it
malaria
Shadi
|
$800
[2]
In spring 1939 the U.K. instituted this compulsory measure in peacetime for the first time
the draft
Shadi
|
$1,200
[28]
Order camarones in a restaurant & you'll get this seafood
shrimp
Laura
|
|
$1,600
[18]
Flat roofs & lots of glass were a trend around 1950, thus the alliterative term this period "modern"
mid-century
Laura
|
$1,200
[12]
He's the late, great comedy legend seen here
Richard Pryor
Laura
|
$1,600
[23]
Robert A. Lewis was the co-pilot of the plane with this nickname that dropped the A-bomb on Hiroshima
the Enola Gay
Andrew
|
$1,200
[8]
There would be no sodas without the invention of carbonated water by this scientist as part of his 18th c. oxygen studies
Joseph Priestley
|
$1,200
[3]
A symbol of this intellectual movement, Frederick II was dubbed "philosopher king"
the Enlightenment
Laura
|
$1,600
[27]
It means "market" & precedes bursatil to mean "stock market"
mercado
Andrew
|
|
$2,000
[19]
In 1923 this Swiss mister with a French nom de architecture wrote, "A house is a machine for living in"
Le Corbusier
|
$1,600
[13]
He asked, "Do you think that God gets stoned once in a while? Look at a platypus. I think so"
Robin Williams
Laura
Andrew
|
$2,000
[24]
Alexander Pope's nicknames include "The Bard of Twickenham" & "The Sweet" this bird "of Thames"
The Sweet Swan of Thames
|
$1,600
[9]
Around 1929 this physicist with labs later named for him built the first cyclotron to produce artificial radioactivity
Ernest Lawrence
Laura
|
$1,600
[4]
In 1622 this cardinal was elected president of the Sorbonne & began rebuilding the university; he's buried in its chapel
Richelieu
Laura
|
$2,000
[26]
"¿Cómo estás?" is casual; "¿cómo está" this pronoun, more formal
usted
Andrew
|
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
As seen here, vermiculated masonry features wandering grooves that resemble tracks of these creatures
worms
Shadi
|
$2,000
[14]
George Carlin said, "Scientists have discovered a vaccine for" this, but "no one is showing the slightest interest"
apathy
Shadi
|
DD
$3,000
[22]
A gaudy, glittering metallic substance is in this nickname for the L.A. movie industry
Tinseltown
Laura
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1807 President Jefferson created the Coast Survey; today, it's part of this oceanic agency
NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration)
|
$2,000
[5]
King Zog I ruled this Balkan country until 1939; Communist Enver Hoxha would lead it from 1944 to 1985
Albania
|
— |
In 1929 Georgia O'Keeffe painted the tree in New Mexico under which this British-born author used to write
D.H. Lawrence