Joe Gaspard — an operations specialist from Brooklyn, New York
Katia Noll — a director of global food safety from Milford, Connecticut
Kyle Becker — a research scientist from Nashville, Tennessee (whose 3-day cash winnings total $43,601)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyle | $3,400 | $8,000 | $14,400 |
$20,201
4-day champion: $63,802 |
$13,200
17 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Katia | $800 | $2,200 | $9,600 |
$19,199
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,000
17 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Joe | $0 | $1,800 | $4,000 |
$7,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,200
10 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| ANIMALS IN COMPETITION | THE 19th CENTURY | THE STATE UNIVERSITY IN... | LITERARY CHARACTERS | THEY'RE IN THE BAND | PARTS OF SPEECH |
|
$200
[6]
Bawck! At the 2016 Natl. Bird Show, this made up Division 12! Bawck! At the 2016 Natl. Bird Show, this made up Division 12!
a parrot
Katia
Joe
|
$200
[26]
This Paris landmark was assembled from more than 18,000 prefabricated metal parts
the Eiffel Tower
Kyle
|
$200
[1]
Burlington
the University of Vermont
Katia
|
$200
[7]
In "The Mysterious Island", a semi-sequel to "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", he dies & is buried at sea in his submarine
(Captain) Nemo
Kyle
|
$200
[15]
Vini "Mad Dog" Lopez preceded "Mighty Max" Weinberg on drums for this Springsteen ensemble
the E Street Band
Joe
|
$200
[21]
I once started a huge bar fight in Pacoima & broke a guy's ulna:Pacoima
a noun
Katia
|
|
$400
[8]
In 2017 Smooshie & Doobert of Team Ruff took on Slippers & Buttons of team Fluff in the XIIIth "playing" of this event
the Puppy Bowl
Kyle
|
$400
[27]
Tradition said the Liberty Bell cracked when it tolled in 1835 for this chief justice's funeral
Marshall
Joe
|
$400
[2]
Lawrence
the University of Kansas
Kyle
|
$400
[12]
Computer hacker & cyber genius, she's the girl with the wasp tattoo as well as the dragon one
Lisbeth Salander
Katia
|
$400
[16]
Public Enemy's William Drayton is better known by this "tasty" name
Flavor Flav
|
$400
[22]
She got an honorary degree in anthropology at Stanford:an
an article
Joe
|
|
$600
[9]
$28 million in purses is available during the 13 thoroughbred races that make up this championship "Cup"
the Breeders' Cup
Joe
|
$600
[28]
Explorer Richard Burton disguised himself as an Afghan doctor to enter this holy city on Sept. 11, 1853
Mecca
Kyle
|
$600
[3]
Oxford
Ole Miss (or Mississippi)
Kyle
|
$600
[13]
At the beginning of Fredrik Backman's "A Man Called" this, we learn that he's 59, drives a Saab & also points at people
Ove
Joe
|
$600
[17]
Just give in to these Motowners, Melvin Franklin, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin & Otis Williams
The Temptations
Katia
|
$600
[23]
Fraznat! I stubbed my toe on that statue of George Meany, president of the AFL-CIO from 1955 to 1979!: fraznat
an interjection
Katia
|
|
$800
[10]
In 2017 Rumor had it--Rumor being a canine, & "it" being named Best in Show at this competition in New York
Westminster
Katia
|
$1,000
[30]
After this project was completed in 1825, freight rates from Buffalo to New York City dropped from $100 to $10 a ton
the Erie Canal
Kyle
|
$800
[4]
Urbana-Champaign
the University of Illinois
Kyle
|
$800
[14]
In a Herman Melville short story, it's Bartleby's title profession
scrivener
Katia
|
$800
[19]
Zach Filkins & Ryan Tedder met in Colorado & play in this band
OneRepublic
|
$800
[24]
A haiku for you /Who amongst us has knowledge? /Now, we shall find out:amongst
a preposition
Kyle
|
|
$1,000
[11]
Every May brings the frog jumping competition at the fair of this county southeast of Sacramento
Calaveras County
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
In 1859hebecame the only U.S. state governor who had previously been a foreign head of state
(Sam) Houston
Kyle
|
$1,000
[5]
Vermillion
the University of South Dakota
Kyle
|
$1,000
[18]
In a Moliere play this title character poses as a pious man but is really an impostor & crook
Tartuffe
|
$1,000
[20]
Josh Dun & Tyler Joseph take flight with this "Blurryface" band
Twenty One Pilots
Joe
|
$1,000
[25]
The horrible realization struck Melvin far too late:too
an adverb
|
| DESERTS | THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR BIOGRAPHY | "I" LOVE OPERA | NEW TO THEOED | I'M AMEN-ABLE TO THAT | SPEECH OF PARTS |
|
$400
[3]
A single national park in the Simpson desert occupies 4,000 square miles of Queensland in this country
Australia
Joe
|
$400
[21]
The 2003 winner, covering Lyndon Johnson from 1949 to 1960, was "Master of" this political body
the Senate
Kyle
Joe
|
$400
[26]
This role in "Otello" is a baritone
Iago
Kyle
|
$400
[1]
This verb meaning to have a phone meeting with multiple people at different locations
teleconference
Kyle
Joe
|
$400
[12]
Whether or not you are throwing to the end zone, this prayer includes "Blessed are thou among women"
the Hail Mary
Katia
|
$400
[7]
"Tony here is your quarterback, all right? You protect his blind side. When you look at him, you think of me"
Sandra Bullock
Katia
|
|
$800
[8]
Sheepdo find grass to eat in the Rajasthan area of the Thar desert; it's this country's biggest wool-producing area
India
Katia
|
$800
[22]
The first Pulitzer for Biography went to a book about this woman who wrote "Battle Hymn Of The Republic"
Julia Ward Howe
|
$800
[27]
Hereare the leads in the original 1865 production of a Wagner opera; I believe the line is, "Me, Tristan, you" her
Isolde
Katia
|
$800
[2]
This verb meaning to remove a tooth from a snake or a vampire
defang
Katia
|
$800
[17]
"Amen" is said after the recitation of the first sura in this holy book
the Koran
Kyle
Katia
|
$800
[13]
"Ezekiel 25:17... & I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance & furious anger those who... poison... my brothers"
Samuel L. Jackson
Katia
|
|
DD
$1,400
[9]
The southern portion of the Namib desert merges with this much larger desert to the northeast
the Kalahari desert
Katia
|
DD
$1,000
[23]
Joseph Lash won for a dual biography of this presidential couple
FDR & Eleanor
Joe
|
$1,200
[28]
This Italian synonym for interlude is the name of an opera Strauss based on his own life
intermezzo
Katia
|
$1,200
[4]
This 3-word term for a bullet with a hard casing, also a 1987 movie title
full metal jacket
Katia
|
$1,200
[18]
This singer got a No. 1 country single & CMA Award for "Forever And Ever, Amen"
Randy Travis
|
$1,200
[14]
In 2017 this actress asked, "How can a woman fight in this?"
Gal Gadot
Joe
|
|
$1,600
[10]
This desert seen here, North America's hottest, gets its name from a Mexican state
the Sonoran
Katia
Joe
|
$1,600
[24]
Samuel Eliot Morison won a 1960 Pulitzer for his bio of this reformed slaver & 18th c. American naval hero
John Paul Jones
|
$1,600
[29]
Sir Arthur Sullivan composed operettas like "Iolanthe" but only one grand opera, this one based on a Walter Scott book
Ivanhoe
Kyle
|
$1,600
[5]
The acronym SUP, for this type of paddleboarding
standup
Joe
|
$1,600
[19]
Different versions of this prayer appear in Matthew 6 & Luke 11
the Lord's Prayer
Kyle
|
$1,600
[15]
"Tomorrow, after the game, I, Jackie Moon, will wrestle a bear"
Will Ferrell
Katia
|
|
$2,000
[11]
You'll find the Nazca lines, geoglyphs depicting animals & symbols, on the desert floor of this country
Peru
Kyle
|
$2,000
[25]
Margaret Coit won for an "American Portrait" of this South Carolinian veep who resigned after the Eaton affair
John C. Calhoun
|
— |
$2,000
[6]
Da kine, a conversational filler from these islands
the Hawaiian Islands
|
$2,000
[20]
The 1737 "New England Primer" included the children's prayer that begins with these 7 words
"Now I lay me down to sleep"
|
$2,000
[16]
"Details of your incompetence do not interest me. Tell Simone I'm not going to approve that girl... for the Brazilian layout"
Meryl Streep
Joe
|
Since "Man of the Year" became "Person of the Year" in 1999, only 1 individual woman has won: this European for 2015
Angela Merkel