Justin Bourassa — a high school English teacher and coach from Medford, Massachusetts
Remy Timbrook — a children’s librarian from Oakland, California
Kate O'Connor — an insurance salesperson from Florence, New Jersey (whose 2-day cash winnings total $40,200)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $3,000 | $4,800 | $10,800 |
$21,600
3-day champion: $61,800 |
$10,800
15 R, 1 W |
| Remy | $1,600 | $1,000 | $10,400 |
$9,300
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,400
13 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Justin | $4,400 | $10,200 | $11,400 |
$1,199
3rd place: $1,000 |
$12,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| JOY TO THE WORLD | JINGLE SELLS | SILVER & GOLD | SANTA CLAUS IS COMIN' TO TOWN | WE WISH YOU "A" MERRY CHRISTMAS! | 'TIS THE SEASON |
|
$200
[1]
A year before the Lumiere bros.' first film, this man's Kinetoscope put moving pictures on a screen during a vaudeville show
Thomas Edison
Kate
|
$200
[16]
This product is "2 all-beef patties, special sauce, lettuce, cheese, pickles, onions on a sesame seed bun"
the Big Mac
Kate
|
$200
[25]
Gymnast Viktor Lisitsky won 5 silver medals for this country, but no gold or bronze
the USSR
|
$200
[10]
Mr. C is flying down I-15 to a 5,000-room hotel in this seat of Clark County, 'cause Santa's feelin' lucky!
Las Vegas
Kate
|
$200
[4]
To another place, like "In A Manger", title-wise
away
Justin
|
$400
[29]
Frank Sinatra Dr., Gerald Ford Dr. & Dinah Shore Dr. are a short drive from the airport of this California resort city
Palm Springs
Justin
|
|
$400
[2]
This group of guarantees went into force as a single unit on Dec. 15, 1791
the Bill of Rights
Kate
|
$400
[17]
"We are" this insurance company whose ads feature J.K. Simmons & a snappy 7-note riff
Farmers
Kate
|
$400
[24]
In 2010 German Winter Olympian David Moeller injured himself doing this to his silver medal
biting it
Remy
|
$400
[11]
Santa's heading up I-95 on his way from Winter Haven to this city of NFL Jaguars
Jacksonville
Justin
|
$400
[5]
In the English lyrics of "Adeste Fideles", "O come let us" this word meaning to love
adore
Kate
|
$600
[27]
This disco queen was No. 1 in 1979 "Lookin' for some hot stuff, baby this evenin'"
Donna Summer
Kate
|
|
$600
[3]
In the late 1700s, navigators could find longitude with a new compact type of this instrument, named for covering one-sixth of a circle
a sextant
Justin
|
$600
[18]
"The best part of wakin' up is" this "in your cup"
Folgers
Kate
|
$600
[21]
Michael Phelps first gold medal of his record 23 was at the 2004 Games in this city
Athens
Justin
|
$600
[12]
Santa hops off I-90 & onto Route 85 to go to this S.D. city where Wild Bill Hickok was stopped from being a good boy permanently
Deadwood
Justin
|
$600
[7]
Clothing or garments, donned with the "fa la la"-ing & so forth
apparel
Remy
|
$800
[26]
Graceful gazelle of the Kalahari noted for its leaping ability
a springbok
|
|
$800
[6]
People with allergies could breathe easier in 1937 when Swiss doctor Daniel Bovet discovered the first of these
an antihistamine
Justin
|
$800
[19]
"Every kiss begins with" this, but the real hero in one ad was the delivery dog that balanced a gem box on its nose
Kay
Justin
|
$1,000
[22]
At the first Olympics in 1896, winners received a silver medal & this natural symbol of peace
an olive branch
Remy
Justin
|
$800
[13]
Santa hops on Route 12 to hit Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head & perhaps to enjoy a night in Rodanthe in this state
North Carolina
Kate
|
$800
[8]
It's Latin for "hail", Maria
ave
Justin
|
$1,000
[28]
To go out of consideration, or collapse next to a Longfellow inn
fall by the wayside
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Following World War II, this man's leadership spurred the recovery of a continent and blocked the spread of Communism
(General George) Marshall
Justin
|
$1,000
[20]
"Plop plop, fizz fizz" plopped into existence for this product in the '70s & Sammy Davis Jr. did a version, baby
Alka-Seltzer
Justin
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Games were inlaid with this gem
jade
Justin
|
$1,000
[14]
On I-59 out of Hattiesburg, Santa's confused! Route 15 goes from Louisville to Philadelphia all within this state?!
Mississippi
Kate
|
$1,000
[9]
Merry gentlemen, it means away from the correct path, as in "to save us all from Satan's power when we were gone" this
astray
Remy
|
— |
| BYE, PHOENICIA! | AUTHORS' BIOGRAPHIES | MIND YOUR GRAMMAR | FICTIONAL CHARACTERS' MOST-HATED MOVIES | "S"CIENCE | NONSENSE & STUFF |
|
$400
[20]
Carthage, a Phoenician colony, wouldn't leave this empire alone, leading to the Punic Wars & the end of Carthage
the Roman Empire
Kate
|
$400
[30]
"Kipling Sahib" details the author's birth in this country, being sent to England, hating it there & going back
India
Remy
|
$400
[1]
Nouns not masculine or feminine are termed this gender
neuter
Kate
Remy
|
$400
[6]
Rodent-fearing Winston Smith shuddered through this 2007 Pixar movie featuring the voice of Patton Oswalt
Ratatouille
Remy
|
$400
[10]
Thislate-Jurassic creature was probably not popular for horsie rides
a stegosaurus
Remy
|
$400
[13]
I say "phooey!" to this word for nonsense that rhymes with phooey
hooey
|
|
$800
[21]
After invasions in the 7th century, Phoenicians were forced to convert to this religion or pay a jizya
Islam
Remy
|
$800
[24]
God bless us, every one who reads "The Man Who Invented Christmas", about this author
Dickens
Justin
|
$800
[2]
"We saw the Grand Canyon flying over the USA" contains a misplaced one of these
a modifier
Justin
|
$800
[7]
If Little Miss Muffet could give a negative Metacritic score to this 1990 John Goodman film, she would
Arachnophobia
Justin
|
$800
[11]
8-letter adjective meaning moving at a speed below Mach 1
subsonic
Justin
|
$800
[14]
It means nonsense; put "de" before it & you expose false claims
bunk
Justin
|
|
$1,200
[22]
In 64 B.C. Phoenicia was absorbed into this province just north of Judea
Syria
|
$1,200
[26]
"Eden's Outcasts" tells howherdad's transcendentalist utopia failed and how her writing paid the bills
Louisa May Alcott
Remy
|
$1,200
[3]
A qualifier is an adjective that limits the meaning of a word; this is one that limits the amount or extent of one
a quantifier
Remy
|
$1,200
[8]
Olaf the Snowman confessed he found this 1962 David Lean epic "hard to watch"
Lawrence of Arabia
|
$1,200
[12]
A fundamental elementary particle, this flavor of quark is the third lightest
strange
Justin
|
$1,200
[15]
As food, it comes in ahoneycombtype; as an opinion, it's nonsense
tripe
Kate
|
|
$1,600
[23]
The word for the good book comes from this Phoenician town that was captured by Crusaders, who named it Gibelet
Byblos
|
DD
$2,000
[25]
Chapter 5 of Philip Nel's book about this author is "The Disneyfication of" him: "Faithful to Profit, One Hundred Percent?"
Dr. Seuss
Justin
|
$2,000
[5]
Like "crowd" or "troop", it's a noun that is singular in form but denotes a group
collective
Justin
|
$1,600
[9]
Dorian Gray hated the first part of this 2008 Brad Pitt movie, but it grew on him over time
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Kate
|
$1,600
[16]
It's the fluid remaining after the solid portion of blood is removed
serum
Kate
|
$1,600
[18]
Per the City of London, "Residential waste shall mean garbage and" this
rubbish
Kate
Justin
|
|
$2,000
[29]
Sailing for this empire at the Battle of Salamis, Phoenician ships fared poorly & there was many a beheading
the Persian Empire
Remy
|
$2,000
[27]
"A Rather Haunted Life" is the subtitle of a book about this "Hill House" novelist
Shirley Jackson
|
DD
$2,600
[4]
Parataxis is the joining together of phrase or clauses without the use of these grammatical uniters
a conjunction
Remy
|
$2,000
[28]
The Wicked Witch of the West experiences mortal terror when viewing this Kevin Costner movie from 1995
Waterworld
Remy
|
$2,000
[17]
The visible one is the wavelengths from about 400 to 700 nanometers
a spectrum
Remy
|
$2,000
[19]
Foolish chatter can also be called this other double "T" word
prattle
|
This country's last 3 queens abdicated in favor of their children
the Netherlands