Larry Coben — an archaeologist and foundation executive director from New York, New York
Ellen Wernecke — a social media analyst from Chicago, Illinois
Jen Sosnowski — a high school science teacher from Roanoke, Virginia (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,801)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jen | $1,400 | $3,500 | $5,100 |
$5,100
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,600
19 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Ellen | $2,200 | $4,800 | $12,800 |
$6,500
New champion: $6,500 |
$12,800
17 R, 2 W |
| Larry | $2,600 | $3,600 | $6,400 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,400
14 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| U.S. BUILDINGS | CLAM UP | 3 OF A KIND | "LIKE" A SONG | SYMBOLS | IT'S AN INTERJECTION! |
|
$200
[2]
Towers in this Las Vegas casino include Octavius & Forum
Caesars Palace
Larry
|
$200
[4]
Take that, oysters! One of the largest of these is a 75-pound specimen extracted from a giant clam
a pearl
Ellen
|
$200
[9]
This animated character's nephews are Huey, Dewey & Louie
Donald Duck
Ellen
Larry
|
$200
[5]
The Steve Miller Band soared with this Top 10 hit way back in 1977
"Fly Like An Eagle"
Larry
|
$200
[1]
On WWI recruitment posters, James Montgomery Flagg drew this icon who is pointing & saying, "I want you for U.S. Army"
Uncle Sam
Larry
|
$200
[14]
In CB radio talk this numeric expression means "understood", good buddy!
10-4
Larry
|
|
$400
[3]
Cue the choir! In 2007 this Salt Lake City building reopened after a 2-year renovation
the Mormon Tabernacle
Jen
|
$400
[18]
This term for organisms like clams means they're made of 2 shells
bivalves
Jen
|
$400
[10]
I've got to hand it to you, these are the 3 choices when playing roshambo
rock, paper, scissors
Ellen
|
$400
[11]
The Bangles instructed us all with this 1986 hit that was fit for a pharaoh
"Walk Like An Egyptian"
Jen
|
$400
[12]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew shows some flags on the monitor.) Many countries have special names for their flags; we have the Stars and Stripes, Denmark has its Dannebrog& then there's this flag
the Union Jack
Ellen
|
$400
[20]
It can mean to mend clothing, & not go all the way to damn!
darn
Jen
|
|
$600
[6]
Asculpturein this New York City building depicts its founder holding one of the nickels used to create his five-and-dime empire
Woolworth (Building)
Larry
|
$600
[19]
This soft-shell clam named for 1 way it's cooked is pronounced in New England to rhyme with "Lima"
a steamer clam
|
$600
[15]
Replicas of these 3 ships were built to promote Expo '92 in Seville, Spain
the Niña , the Pinta and the Santa Maria
Ellen
|
$600
[13]
Nirvana reached the charts for the first time in 1991 with this grunge anthem
"Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Jen
|
$600
[23]
In a 2013 movie, this character says of a symbol he wears, "It's not an 'S'--on my world it means 'hope'"
Superman
Ellen
|
$600
[21]
Letter/number lotto game!
bingo
Jen
|
|
$800
[7]
In 1742 a gilded grasshopper weathervane was placed atop this Boston hall; it's been there since
Faneuil Hall
Ellen
|
$800
[29]
To grow their protective outer shells, clams secrete this compound, CaCO3
calcium carbonate
Jen
|
$800
[17]
Classical music's "Million Dollar Trio" was Heifetz, Rubinstein &, on this instrument, Gregor Piatigorsky
cello
Jen
|
$800
[16]
This Madonna parody operated well for Weird Al in 1985
"Like A Surgeon"
Jen
|
$800
[26]
These 2 cosmic forces in Eastern thought are sometimes symbolized by the tiger & the dragon
yin and yang
Jen
|
$800
[22]
Exciting 3-letter palindromic audio term!
wow
|
|
$1,000
[8]
The 400-year-old Palace of the Governors in this SW capital city now serves as the state's history museum
Santa Fe
Larry
|
$1,000
[30]
The tide exposes clam-diggingareascalled these, a 5-letter plural; Essex, Massachusetts has a hotline devoted to them
flats
Ellen
|
$1,000
[25]
The big 3 of ancient Greek gods were Zeus, Poseidon & this brother of theirs
Hades
Larry
|
$1,000
[24]
The title of this 2011 single by Selena Gomez & The Scene mentions the kind of song it is
"Love You Like A Love Song"
Ellen
|
DD
$3,500
[27]
The caduceus is symbolic to many cultures, but it really took off when these were added above the serpents
wings
Jen
|
$1,000
[28]
Fencing word used to acknowledge a rejoinder!
touché
Jen
|
| THE SUMMER OF LOVE: 1967 | THEIR FIRST PUBLISHED NOVEL | LANGUAGES OF AFRICA | MOVIE QUEENS | THE ORIENT EXPRESS | IT'S IN INTERJECTION |
|
$400
[6]
This lawyer was confirmed as the 96th justice & first African American on the Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
Larry
|
$400
[14]
"Catch-22"(1961)
Joseph Heller
Ellen
|
$400
[11]
The Nubian languages are spoken primarily along the banks of this river
the Nile
Larry
|
$400
[19]
Kirsten Dunst & Norma Shearer are among the many actresses who have played this queen of France
Marie Antoinette
Jen
|
$400
[26]
Having a cocktail on the train, many have wondered how they got the baby grand into the carriage with this rhyming name
the bar car
Jen
|
$400
[1]
To repeat a lesson's words from memory for the teacher
recite
Jen
Larry
|
|
$800
[7]
Pope Paul VI ordained 27 new cardinals, including one from Poland who would later become this pope
John Paul II
Jen
|
$800
[15]
"The Time Machine"(1895)
H.G. Wells
Ellen
|
$800
[12]
Tsonga isn't spoken in Tonga but is one of 11 official languages in this country, as are Tswana & Zulu
South Africa
Larry
|
$800
[20]
Young Freya Wilson played future Queen Elizabeth II in this 2010 film
The King's Speech
Jen
Ellen
|
$800
[27]
As well as a mystery novel, she wrote a short story set on the Express, "Have You Got Everything You Want?"
Agatha Christie
Ellen
|
$800
[2]
A personal quirk, or an involuntary muscle contraction
a tic
Larry
|
|
$1,200
[8]
The first U.K. TV broadcasts in color began with live coverage of these championships
Wimbledon
Ellen
|
$1,200
[16]
"Looking for Alaska"(2005)
John Green
Ellen
|
$1,200
[13]
The world's Austronesian languages include Tagalog, Javanese & Malagasy, spoken mainly on this island nation
Madagascar
Jen
Ellen
Larry
|
$1,200
[21]
In "The Queen" Michael Sheen as this man helps Helen Mirren's Elizabeth II do right by Princess Diana's memory
Tony Blair
Ellen
|
$1,200
[28]
When Georges Nagelmackers saw this man's sleeper cars, he realized he could create a train to span a continent
George Pullman
Jen
|
$1,200
[3]
It describes a withered old broomstick-riding woman
a crone
Jen
|
|
$1,600
[9]
Media response to all the love included the CBS special "The Hippie Temptation", that being mainly this drug
LSD
Jen
Ellen
|
$1,600
[17]
"The Joy Luck Club"(1989)
Amy Tan
Jen
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
It's the official language in 5 African countries, including Mozambique & Cape Verde
Portuguese
Larry
|
$1,600
[22]
9 years after "Elizabeth", she had another go-round as the monarch in 2007's "Elizabeth: The Golden Age"
(Cate) Blanchett
Larry
|
$2,000
[30]
The scenery on an Orient Express journey includes the view in this Alpine pass from Austria into Italy
the Brenner Pass
|
$1,600
[4]
This term for a stupid person sounds like someone from a Greek isle
a cretin
|
|
$2,000
[10]
At Governor George Romney's request, troops were sent to deal with racial unrest in this city
Detroit
Larry
|
$2,000
[18]
"Player Piano"(1952)
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
|
$2,000
[24]
This official language of Morocco & Algeria is named for a nomadic people of north Africa
Berber
Ellen
|
$2,000
[25]
This actress received her first of 7 Oscar nominations for playing Queen Victoria in 1997's "Mrs. Brown"
Judi Dench
|
DD
$4,000
[29]
The Orient Express went as far Orient as this city, after a few days' trip from Paris
Istanbul
Jen
|
$2,000
[5]
In printingbooks, a left-hand page is called a verso, and its other side is called this, from the Latin for "right"
a recto
Larry
|
The corporation of this British man got its name from his early inexperience in business
Richard Branson