Jesse Parks — a performance manager from Houston, Texas
Liz Schultz — a retired project analyst from Manchester, New Jersey
Kiana Nakamura — a graduate student from Corona, California (whose 2-day cash winnings total $26,700)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiana | $1,000 | $1,200 | $6,900 |
$9,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,000
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| Liz | $2,000 | $3,600 | $3,600 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$3,600
9 R, 2 W |
| Jesse | $-600 | $1,400 | $7,800 |
$11,000
New champion: $11,000 |
$10,800
15 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| REBEL WITHOUT A PULSE | LEFTIST PROPAGANDA | MOVIES BY OSCARS | "WEST" SIDE STORY | SHARKS & JETS | I LIKE TO BE IN NUMERICAL ORDER |
|
$200
[5]
In 1967 this Cuban citizen got himself shot to death by Bolivian soldiers
Che Guevara
Kiana
|
$200
[11]
The left side of the ship was usually alongside the quay when docked, so they called the left side this
port
Jesse
|
$200
[1]
1997:Original Screenplay, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck
Good Will Hunting
Kiana
|
$200
[17]
They include Anguilla & Aruba
the West Indies
Jesse
|
$200
[20]
The Concorde sported the designation SST, which stood for this
supersonic transport
Jesse
|
$200
[3]
Like these first 2 wives of Henry VIII
Catherine and Anne Boleyn
Kiana
|
|
$400
[7]
I'm this man from Thrace who led a 90,000-man slave rebellion vs. Rome until his death in 71 B.C.--No! I'm this man!
Spartacus
Kiana
|
$400
[12]
The 1941 Boston Globe story about pitcher Lefty Grove's 300th win called him "the gaunt" this directional word
southpaw
Liz
|
$400
[2]
2010:Actor Colin Firth &Director Tom Hooper
The King's Speech
Liz
|
$400
[18]
Its motto is montani semper liberi, "Mountaineers are always free"
West Virginia
Jesse
|
$400
[23]
Mako sharks don't have a swim bladder, so this is true of them & is often also said of very busy people
they can't stop moving
Kiana
|
$400
[27]
Like presidential succession, with vice president 1, House speaker 2 & this Senate position 3
president pro tem of the Senate
|
|
$600
[8]
In 1884, 14 years after Robert E. Lee died, this city put up hisstatue; to Mayor Landrieu's approval, it wasremovedin 2017
New Orleans
Liz
Jesse
|
$600
[13]
This French word for "left" means clumsy or awkward to us
gauche
Jesse
|
$600
[4]
2002:Supporting actress Catherine Zeta-Jones & Costume Design, Colleen Atwood
Chicago
Liz
Jesse
|
$600
[19]
Mayfair & Soho are neighborhoods in this fashionable London district
the West End
Kiana
|
$600
[24]
The first aerial victories for American military jets came during this war
the Korean War
Liz
|
$600
[28]
Like these US. states that start with the same letter, Nos. 48 & 49
Arizona and Alaska
|
|
$800
[9]
John J. Pershing's foray into Mexico didn't get this rebel general, but a hail of gunfire a few years later in 1923 did the trick
Pancho Villa
Jesse
|
DD
$1,000
[14]
When an organ is medically referred to as this, it's not evil, it's just on the left side of the body
sinister
Jesse
|
$800
[6]
2013:Cinematography, Emmanuel Lubezki &Director Alfonso Cuaron
Gravity
|
$800
[21]
The Allenby Bridge takes travelers into this territory
the West Bank
Kiana
|
$800
[25]
Most sharks have 5 pairs of these--those with 7 are among the oldest shark species in existence
gills
Jesse
|
— |
|
$1,000
[10]
Who? Wat! When? 1381! Where? England! Why? Wat, with this last name, died leading a rebellion vs. forced labor
Tyler
|
$1,000
[15]
Lurz, an Old German word for "left", led to this phrase for being stuck in a difficult situation
in the lurch
Jesse
|
$1,000
[16]
1982:Supporting actor Louis Gossett Jr.& Song, "Up Where We Belong"
An Officer and a Gentleman
Liz
|
$1,000
[22]
This Indiana city is home to Purdue University
West Lafayette
Jesse
|
$1,000
[26]
The first jetliner, the Comet, came in 1949 from this British company that could be in the cast of "Gone With the Wind"
de Havilland
|
— |
| LINE CRAFT | AFRICAN LITERATURE | COME UP TO THE LAB | POLITICAL QUOTES | FOR A SONG | "ICE" PACK |
|
$400
[6]
He took his continuous line drawings into 3 dimensions with sculpturesthat got him nicknamed "King of Wire"
Alexander Calder
|
$400
[21]
Alan Paton's novel "Cry, the Beloved Country" focused on the fight for freedom & justice in this country
South Africa
|
$400
[23]
A phlebotomist is the lab professional who takes this from a patient & processes it
blood
Kiana
|
$400
[7]
In 1942 FDR cabled this British leader, "It is fun to be in the same decade with you"
Churchill
Liz
|
$400
[1]
"When We Were Young" is found on her album "25"
Adele
Jesse
|
$400
[8]
Intentionally allowing a chess piece to be captured for strategic reasons
a sacrifice
Jesse
|
|
$800
[12]
Parallel lines in a painting converge in a single vanishing point in the system known as linear this
perspective
Kiana
|
$800
[22]
Joseph Mbele's "Matengo Folktales" includes a story about one of these long-eared beasts outwitting a lion
a hare
|
$800
[24]
From the Latin for "growing plants", it's a lab specimen proliferated to identify the possible source of a disease
a culture
|
$800
[10]
In May 2017 this man soon to be fired said he was "mildly nauseous to think we might have had some impact on the election"
James Comey
|
$800
[2]
In 2016 Jimmy Page & Robert Plant testified in an L.A. court that they did not plagiarize when they wrote this classic song
"Stairway To Heaven"
Kiana
|
$800
[9]
Adjective meaning very valuable & impossible to replace
priceless
Jesse
|
|
DD
$1,100
[14]
Picasso made many line drawings of this bird whose Spanish name Paloma he gave to one of his daughters
a dove
Kiana
|
$1,200
[28]
Naguib Mahfouz' novel "Midaq Alley" brings to life the bustling atmosphere of this largest north African city
Cairo
Jesse
|
$1,200
[25]
A revolutionary gene-editing tool is called by this acronym, sounding just like a refrigerator drawer
a CRISPR
|
$1,200
[11]
In a letter to James Madison, he wrote that "a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing"
Thomas Jefferson
Kiana
|
$1,200
[3]
Roy Orbison recorded this song years before Van Halen's 1982 hit
"Oh, Pretty Woman"
Liz
|
$1,200
[16]
This original "Funny Girl" played Baby Snooks on radio
Fanny Brice
Liz
|
|
$1,200
[13]
Check out the lines crafted by this Dutch painter in his"Broadway Boogie Woogie"
Piet Mondrian
|
— |
$1,600
[26]
This national laboratory in Tennessee is the Dept. of Energy's largest & a world leader in nuclear energy research
Oak Ridge
Liz
|
DD
$2,000
[19]
Politician seenherein 1984"'Vice president' has such a nice ring to it..."
Geraldine Ferraro
Jesse
|
$1,600
[4]
Ed Sheeran sang, "I'm in love with" this, the title of the song, "we push & pull like a magnet do"
"The Shape Of You"
Kiana
|
$1,600
[17]
It originates near the shoulder blade & is a conventional symbol of bodily strength
the bicep
Jesse
|
|
$2,000
[15]
This man from Bern said, "Drawing is like taking a line for a walk", and here's one of his strolls
Paul Klee
|
— |
$2,000
[27]
Named for an Italian & used to calculate the number of atoms in a sample of a given substance, it's 6.022 X 1023
Avogadro's number
Kiana
|
$2,000
[20]
In 1964 Barry Goldwater said, "I would remind you that" this -ism "in the defense of liberty is no vice"
extremism
Liz
|
$2,000
[5]
In an Oasis song "someday you will find me, caught beneath the landslide, in a" this title "in the sky"
"Champagne Supernova"
Jesse
|
$2,000
[18]
To lure another with promises or persuasion
to entice
Jesse
|
Of the 8 countries that border Turkey, these 2 extend the farthest east & west
Iran & Greece