Dennis Fawcett — a painter and handyman from San Diego, California
Anupama Srirangan — a technology director from Aurora, Illinois
Ivan Plis — a magazine editor from Washington, D.C. (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan | $1,000 | $5,200 | $15,500 |
$19,500
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,800
22 R (including 2 DDs), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Anupama | $200 | $-1,000 | $-3,000 |
$-3,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$-3,000
7 R, 8 W |
| Dennis | $3,000 | $4,800 | $12,000 |
$24,000
New champion: $24,000 |
$12,000
15 R, 3 W |
| THE WORKS OF VICTOR HUGO | HORSE SENSE | NFL TEAMS BY HALL OF FAMER | ONE STATE, UNDER CANADA | COMPOUND WORDS | LIBRARIANS |
|
$200
[8]
In "The Last Day of a Condemned Man," a prisoner wakes up every morning knowing each day could lead to this instrument of doom
the guillotine
Ivan
|
$200
[13]
In ancient Rome, a quadriga was one of these pulled by 4 horses
a chariot
Anupama
|
$200
[27]
Defensive tackle "Mean Joe" Greene
the Pittsburgh Steelers
|
$200
[3]
Using the Trans-Canada Highway, it's only about an hour from Lynden in this state over the border to Vancouver
Washington
Anupama
|
$200
[12]
It can describe previously used garments found in a thrift shop, or smoke inhaled by non-smokers
secondhand
Ivan
|
$200
[1]
Also the form in which Dickens first put out his novels, it's the librarian term for a periodical like a magazine
serial
Ivan
|
|
$400
[9]
"The Toilers of the Sea" is a story of a shipwreck in these islands between France & Britain where Hugo lived in exile for decades
Channel Islands
Anupama
Dennis
|
$400
[26]
A term for a candidate's partner, it was originally used for a horse entered in a race to set the pace for another
running mate
Ivan
|
$400
[23]
Wide receiver Michael Irvin
the Dallas Cowboys
|
$400
[4]
Part of the eastern border of this state is along Lake Superior; Manitoba is a neighbor to its north
Minnesota
Anupama
Dennis
|
$400
[17]
If you are paddling in the direction opposite the current, you're traveling in this direction
upstream
Ivan
|
$400
[2]
Librarians use not square but linear these to measure the space books take up; it's about 3 to a standard shelf
feet
Dennis
|
|
$600
[10]
Hugo's only opera libretto was for "La Esmeralda," based on this novel of his
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Ivan
|
$600
[22]
In "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," this man borrows a "broken-down plow-horse" named Gunpowder
Ichabod Crane
Anupama
|
$600
[28]
Running back Marcus Allen
the Los Angeles Raiders
Anupama
|
$600
[5]
100 miles from Montreal, Burlington in this state is a popular destination for Canadian shoppers
Vermont
Dennis
|
$600
[16]
It's the barrier seen here on a diamond
backstop
|
$600
[11]
In 2016 the U. of Maryland became the latest to change its MLS degree to MLIS, Master of Library and this Science
information science
Ivan
|
|
$800
[20]
The early novel "Bug-Jargal" is set during the Revolution in this French Caribbean island possession
Haiti
Ivan
|
$800
[24]
Conkers, which are used in a British kid's game, are the fruits of the horse type of tree
chestnut
Dennis
|
— |
$800
[6]
Of states sharing land and water boundaries with Canada, Alaska leads at 1,538 mi.; this contiguous one is next with 721
Michigan
Ivan
|
$800
[15]
Maybe because his writing room was breezy, Oscar Wilde had a collection of these glass items
paperweight
Anupama
|
$800
[18]
Up Concord way state librarian Michael York is celebrating the tricentennial of this state library, the USA's oldest
New Hampshire
Ivan
|
|
$1,000
[21]
Hugo's last novel, "Ninety-Three" refers to 1793, the fourth year of the French Revolution & the beginning of this brutal period
the Reign of Terror
Ivan
|
$1,000
[25]
American Revolutionary War cavalry officer Henry Lee got this nickname from his skillful riding
Light-Horse Harry
Dennis
|
— |
$1,000
[7]
This state is massive enough to border 3 Canadian provinces
Montana
Dennis
|
$1,000
[14]
It can mean to underwrite a business venture, or the wad of paper money used to do so
bankroll
Anupama
Dennis
|
DD
$800
[19]
This man whose name is still on librarians' lips established the first training program for them in 1887
(Melvil) Dewey
Ivan
|
| MYTHOLOGY | THE CITY'S TV SHOW | WORLD HISTORY | "PRE" SCHOOL | IT'S YOUR BODY | LIBRA-RIANS |
|
$400
[6]
His punishment for war against Zeus was being condemned to hold up the heavens
Atlas
Anupama
|
$400
[20]
Episodes of this sitcom include "The Gang Cracks the Liberty Bell" & "Frank Sets Sweet Dee on Fire"
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Ivan
|
$400
[13]
In the early 19th century, philhellenic groups sprang up across the world to aid this country's independence
Greece
Ivan
|
$400
[1]
It's defined as "an action taken in advance to protect against possible danger"
precaution
Ivan
Anupama
Dennis
|
$400
[9]
Of coccyx, sternum, or fibula, the bone that you have 2 of
the fibula
Dennis
|
$400
[21]
Libras can be diplomatic, perhaps explaining why this British prime minister stepped down in 2016
David Cameron
Ivan
|
|
$800
[7]
When Achilles was a wee lad, he gotinstructionon the lyre from Chiron, one of these creatures
a centaur
Dennis
|
$800
[28]
Lee Iacocca, G.Gordon Liddy & the Fat Boys guested on this 1980s Don Johnson superhip cop show
Miami Vice
Dennis
|
$800
[14]
The ANC for short, it was founded in 1912, banned in 1960 & made a legal party again in 1990
the African National Congress
Ivan
|
$800
[2]
Chrissie Hynde is their frontwoman
The Pretenders
Dennis
|
$800
[10]
A large muscle at the back of the thigh is called this, like a large muscle of the upper arm
biceps
Anupama
|
$800
[22]
The scales of justice represent Libra, the perfect zodiac sign for this chief justice seen here
Rehnquist
Anupama
|
|
$1,200
[8]
To rid himself of a gift he no longer wanted, this king of Phrygia bathed in a river whose sands then became gold
Midas
Ivan
|
$1,200
[27]
As good cop Molly Solverson, Allison Tolman laid down the law in season 1 of this FX drama inspired by a movie
Fargo
Ivan
|
$1,600
[18]
This company established in 1602 went oost, establishing trading posts on the Javanese shore
the Dutch East India Company
Dennis
|
$1,200
[3]
The sculpture seenheredates back to this period in the Americas
the pre-Columbian
Dennis
|
$1,200
[11]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows an anatomical animation.) The name of this organ system animated here refers to its function and comes from the Latin for "to make round"
circulatory
Ivan
|
$1,200
[23]
A couple in which both are Libras can work, as with Michael Douglas & this wife who was born exactly 25 years later
Catherine Zeta-Jones
Anupama
|
|
DD
$2,000
[12]
This Titan is mentioned in the subtitle of "Frankenstein"
Prometheus
Ivan
|
$1,600
[25]
On this CBS spin-off in 2016, les bons temps stopped for a petty officer murdered during Mardi Gras
NCIS: New Orleans
Anupama
|
$2,000
[19]
The first head of state of Chile in 1817, his baptismal certificate said he was the son of a Spanish officer of Irish origin
(Bernardo) O'Higgins
Ivan
|
$1,600
[4]
A district of a city, or the district's local police station
a precinct
Dennis
|
$1,600
[16]
The parotid glands, which swell in cases of mumps, are the largest of these glands vital to eating & digestion
the salivary glands
Anupama
Dennis
|
$1,600
[24]
In the film "The Birth of a Nation", Scorpio Nate Parker played this Libra, leader of a slave rebellion
Nat Turner
Ivan
|
|
$2,000
[17]
This guy known in myth for his judgment was killed by the archer Philoctetes
Paris
|
$2,000
[26]
Partners came & went, but Dennis Franz stayed on the beat for the entirety of this show's 1993 to 2005 run
NYPD Blue
Dennis
|
DD
$2,500
[15]
Step pyramidsdesigned by the vizier Imhotep are a feature of Saqqara, this type of 10-letter dead place
a necropolis
Ivan
|
$2,000
[5]
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was a founder of this brotherhood of British painters who banded together in 1848
the Pre-Raphaelites
Ivan
|
— | — |
The statue of a sailor seenherein Watchet, England is based on a famous poem by this man
Samuel Taylor Coleridge