WE ASKED: Elizabeth Vargas.
Wilbur Farley — a lecturer from Patchogue, New York
Kiana Nakamura — a graduate student from Corona, California
Eric Maher — an attorney from Epping, New Hampshire (whose 1-day cash winnings total $31,500)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric | $5,600 | $7,200 | $9,200 |
$2,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$7,400
19 R (including 1 DD), 4 W |
| Kiana | $1,000 | $2,200 | $9,200 |
$10,500
New champion: $10,500 |
$9,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Wilbur | $-200 | $2,000 | $10,200 |
$1,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$11,600
12 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| BIBLE STUDY | WORDS FROM THE GREEK | STATE CAPITAL HAIKU | PARTS OF THE "HOLE" | A 1- THROUGH 5-STAR RATING | 20/20AT 40 |
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$200
[2]
In the book of Matthew, to calm his disciples who are on a boat during a storm, Jesus does this
walk on water
Kiana
|
$200
[14]
Perhaps Wile E. Coyote knows it's from the Greek for "highest point"
acme
Wilbur
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$200
[1]
Willamette Valley /It's not the witch trial one /A "Lot" to look at
Salem
Kiana
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$200
[5]
Cover, concrete walls, sewer main
a manhole
Eric
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$200
[21]
Wirebound college rule these are among the Five Star school supplies from Mead
notebooks
Eric
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$200
[26]
(David Muir of20/20presents the clue.) In 2015 I had the honor of moderating a town hall with this man before his first visit to the U.S.; he asked Americans to pray for him
Pope Francis
Wilbur
|
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$400
[3]
Used to refer to the first 5 books of the Bible, this Hebrew word is usually translated as "law"
the Torah
Kiana
|
$400
[15]
Take a long look; it's the type of photo seen here
a panorama
Kiana
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$400
[10]
The "City of Trees" /& potatoes! Potatoes! /Potatoes! 'Taters!
Boise
Eric
Wilbur
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$400
[6]
Event horizon, singularity
a black hole
Eric
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$400
[22]
Wear one star on your U.S. Army uniform & you're a BG, short for this
a brigadier general
Eric
|
$400
[27]
(Elizabeth Vargas of20/20presents the clue.) In 2002 Peter Jennings sat down for a last interview with Hollywood legend Charlton Heston & his wife to talk about acting, the NRA & dealing with this memory-robbing disease
Alzheimer's
Kiana
|
|
$600
[4]
In Genesis he is sold to Pharaoh's officer Potiphar & Mrs. P. tries to seduce him
Joseph
Eric
|
$600
[18]
A synonym for predicament, it's made up of 2 words that together mean "two propositions"
dilemma
|
$600
[11]
No roads lead to it /Named for a gold prospector /It gets quite cold there
Juneau
Eric
|
$600
[7]
Flour, vegetable oil, glaze
a donut hole
Kiana
|
$600
[23]
A deal made by Conn Smythe led to this sport's "three stars" of each game, sponsored by Three-Star gasoline
hockey
Eric
|
$600
[28]
(David Muir of20/20presents the clue.) Some stories we bring you are particularly troubling; in 2016 I reported on a growing epidemic in America, the rise in use of this illegal & deadly opioid, the majority of users having started with prescription pain medications
heroin
Eric
|
|
$800
[16]
Many find this N.T. figure foretold in Malachi: "I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way"
John the Baptist
Eric
Kiana
|
$800
[19]
From Greek for "world citizen", it describes someone who is worldly & sophisticated
cosmopolitan
|
$800
[12]
South of Pawtucket /Founded 1636 /Best-loved color? Brown!
Providence
Eric
|
$800
[8]
Nasal plug, phonic lips, air sacs
blowholes
|
$800
[24]
In 2011 NASA announced the discovery of the first known circumbinary planet, meaning it does this
orbit two stars
Eric
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$800
[29]
(Elizabeth Vargas of20/20presents the clue.) In 2015 I traveled to Iraq to cover the plight of Christian refugees trying to flee the horrors of this terrorist group
ISIL (or ISIS)
Eric
|
|
$1,000
[17]
Rembrandt painted this prophet, sad that his book says all the houses of Jerusalem were burned
Jeremiah
Eric
|
$1,000
[20]
This adjective meaning having the same property throughout is from the Greek for "of the same kind"
homogenous
Wilbur
|
DD
$2,800
[13]
Mark Twain called it home /Founded 1635 /Knows Courant events
Hartford
Eric
|
$1,000
[9]
Camouflage, shovel, grenade trap
a foxhole
Eric
|
$1,000
[25]
4 stars for BNP Paribas, one of Europe's major banks; Paribas is short for Paris et des Pays-Bas, Paris & this country
the Netherlands
|
$1,000
[30]
(David Muir of20/20presents the clue.) The words mad & unstable came up when Barbara Walters interviewed this Arab leader in 1989
Gaddafi
Wilbur
|
| MILLENNIALS | UNPLUGGED | TRUUUE | "INSTA"! | THIRSTY | NETFLIX & SPELL |
|
$400
[12]
Around 1000 A.D. Russia began using this alphabet and still uses a version of it today
Cyrillic
Kiana
|
$400
[5]
Bluesnarfing & bluejacking are different ways of using this wireless technology to hack your phone
Bluetooth
Wilbur
|
$400
[1]
"Chaos Monkeys" is subtitled "Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in" this tech region of California
Silicon Valley
Eric
|
$400
[2]
Now common, this TV sports innovation was first used in the 1963 Army-Navy college football game
instant replay
Eric
|
$400
[18]
Tanqueray suggests this libation from a 1993 Snoop Dogg song should include orange & pineapple
gin and juice
Eric
|
$400
[23]
Last name of the science guy who "Saves the World" on Netflix
N-Y-E
Kiana
|
|
$800
[13]
This Icelandic parliament considered Christianity around 999 A.D. & then made it the state religion
the Althing
|
$800
[6]
The Kérastase Hair Coach, a wireless this beauty item, can help Marcia Brady count to 100 maintaining her lustrous locks
a hairbrush
Eric
|
$800
[17]
"My Own Words" is her first book since joining the U.S. Supreme Court in 1993
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Eric
|
$800
[3]
"A community of more than 600 mil. who capture & share the world's moments" is promised by this internet service
Instagram
Kiana
|
$800
[19]
The dried bark of this spice makes an appearance on the label of Fireball whisky
cinnamon
Kiana
|
— |
|
$1,200
[14]
A European first, Leif Ericson may have landed around 1000 A.D. at L'Anse aux Meadows on this Canadian island
Newfoundland
Eric
|
$1,200
[9]
This company introduced Bixby, its new assistant, on its Galaxy S8 phones
Samsung
Wilbur
|
$1,200
[24]
Released on January 17, 2017, "My Life, My Love, My Legacy" is about this woman, a famed wife & civil rights icon
Coretta Scott King
Wilbur
|
DD
$1,000
[4]
It's the ceremonial process of placing a new official in a job
installation (or instating)
Kiana
|
$1,200
[20]
Diddy has been known to shill for Cîroc, a French type of this liquor that's all the rage
vodka
Wilbur
|
— |
|
$1,600
[15]
Fearing a coup, in 1002 A.D. this "unready" English king ordered that all men from Denmark be slain
Ethelred
Wilbur
|
$1,600
[10]
You can bother your cat remotely with the Kittyo pet camera with one of these to make the red dot
a laser
Kiana
|
DD
$1,400
[25]
Chapter 5 of David McCullough's 2015 biography of them is titled "December 17, 1903"
the Wright brothers
Wilbur
|
$1,600
[7]
This Kodak camera used an easily loaded drop-in film cartridge
an Instamatic
Wilbur
|
$1,600
[21]
Also a type of medical emergency, it's equal parts lager & cider
snakebite
Wilbur
|
— |
|
$2,000
[16]
With about 100,000 people, this city was Europe's most populous in 1000; today it's around number 10 in Spain
Cordoba
|
$2,000
[11]
Vivalnk makes a patch you put below your little one's armpit so you can wirelessly monitor this
their body temperature
Eric
Kiana
|
— |
$2,000
[8]
Referring to an unsettled situation, this word used in meteorology can be "regional" in political science
instability
Wilbur
|
$2,000
[22]
A white cord adorns bottles of this hazelnut liqueur whose name begins with the Italian for "brother"
Frangelico
Wilbur
|
— |
Hailed as the "greatest album of all time", in 2017 it returned to the top of the charts 50 years after its first release
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band