Olev Jaakson — a research analyst from New York, New York
Saralee Etter — a writer from Pataskala, Ohio
Nick Spicher — a museum educator from Everett, Washington (whose 1-day cash winnings total $15,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nick | $3,000 | $6,400 | $14,600 |
$5,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$17,600
18 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Saralee | $1,400 | $1,600 | $11,600 |
$8,000
New champion: $8,000 |
$14,600
21 R, 5 W (including 2 DDs) |
| Olev | $-200 | $400 | $4,000 |
$2,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$4,000
7 R, 1 W |
| THE '80s: WHO SAID IT? | SYMPTOMS | ALL-AMERICAN FOOD | ANSWER THE HOMOPHONE! | SHORT STORIES | "LIGHT" MUSIC |
|
$200
[24]
"Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"
Reagan
Olev
|
$200
[6]
This pain that radiates from the lower back to the foot is named for the longest nerve in the body
sciatica
Saralee
|
$200
[1]
You'll cover several food groups dining on this city's lettuce, baked beans & cream pie
Boston
Saralee
|
$200
[11]
Having a scratchy throat, & the equine you rode in on
hoarse/horse
Olev
|
$200
[16]
In an 1863 tale Philip Nolan wishes to never hear of the U.S. again & becomes "The Man Without" this
a country
Nick
|
$200
[13]
In a song title The Doors wanted you to do this
"Light My Fire"
Nick
|
|
$400
[25]
A feminist:"Some of us are becoming the men we wanted to marry"
Gloria Steinem
Saralee
|
$400
[7]
Speech difficulty & double vision are symptoms of a transient ischemic attack, considered a "mini" one of these
a stroke
Saralee
|
$400
[2]
The Anchor Bar says it's the home of the original this deep-fried chicken dish with hot sauce & bleu-cheese dressing
buffalo wings
Nick
|
$400
[12]
Multiple beers, & the minor injury you got when you fell after multiple beers
brews/bruise
Saralee
Olev
|
$400
[20]
He wrote about a "Red Badge" & switched colors for the story "The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky"
Stephen Crane
Olev
|
$400
[14]
It was Debby Boone's only major hit & the biggest hit of the 1970s
"You Light Up My Life"
Saralee
|
|
$600
[26]
At the Oscars:"I can't deny the fact that you like me, right now, you like me!"
Sally Field
Saralee
|
$600
[8]
Numb fingers are a symptom of this syndrome caused by the ligaments of the wrist pressing against the median nerve
carpal tunnel syndrome
Saralee
|
$600
[3]
See the avocado peeking out of this sushi staple, said to have been created by chef Hidekazu Tojo
a California roll
Nick
|
$600
[17]
The act of aiding, & the personal errand runners for a movie star
assistance/assistants
|
$600
[21]
Dashiell Hammett also wrote stories bout this detective, including "Too Many Have Lived"
Sam Spade
Nick
Saralee
|
$600
[15]
Madonna went electronica in this 1998 album
Ray of Light
|
|
$800
[27]
Before a wedding:"I suppose Charles and I can't go wrong if he's there with me"
Princess Diana
Nick
|
DD
$1,000
[9]
Vague pain around the navel that intensifies can be a symptom of this; apply pressure to McBurney's point to diagnose
appendicitis
Saralee
|
$800
[4]
Kraft's no-bake cheesecake is made with 2 8-oz. packages of this Kraft brand, softened
Philadelphia cream cheese
Nick
|
$800
[18]
To construct, & what the contractor did to the customer after construction was completed
build/billed
Saralee
|
— |
$800
[22]
Manfred Mann topped the charts with this Bruce Springsteen-penned song
"Blinded By The Light"
Nick
|
| — |
$1,000
[10]
Chronic fatigue & sensitivity to cold are symptoms that this endocrine gland in the neck is underactive
the thyroid gland
Saralee
|
$1,000
[5]
This city's signature dish has ham, green peppers, onion &, of course, scrambled eggs
a Denver omelet
Nick
|
$1,000
[19]
To cause to be disconcerted, & a stage in a process of development
faze/phase
|
— |
$1,000
[23]
Turn on this Neil Diamond song inspired by the movie "E.T."
"Turn On Your Heartlight"
Nick
Saralee
|
| IT'S HISTORICALARRESTED DEVELOPMENT | CANINE COMPANIONS | OLD TESTAMENT TRANSPORTATION | DOUBLE "O" 7-LETTER WORDS | AFRICAN ISLANDS | A BARREL FULL OF COOPERS |
|
$400
[7]
In 1791 this queen thought a disguise would work in fleeing Paris (it didn't. Also her husband's face was on the coins)
Marie Antoinette
Nick
|
$400
[2]
Every dog that has portrayed this female collie created by Eric Knight has actually been male
Lassie
Saralee
|
$400
[12]
Abraham sends a servant across the desert on one of these beasts to fetch a wife for Isaac
a camel
Saralee
|
$400
[1]
According to the Chinese zodiac, 2017 is the year of this barnyard animal
a rooster
Saralee
|
$400
[13]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows a map of Africa.) The protected southwest remains mostly arid from January to March, when monsoons typically hit the east and northeast of this nation
Madagascar
Olev
|
$400
[21]
James Fenimore Cooper's most famous novel, it was the first prequel to "The Pioneers"
The Last of the Mohicans
Saralee
|
|
$800
[8]
With big hopes, Ford put $250 mil. in development into this model that debuted in 1957 (the hopes & the model were gone by '59)
the Edsel
Saralee
|
$800
[3]
All Broadway productions of this musical have featured real-life shelter dogs as Sandy
Annie
Nick
|
$800
[22]
In 1 Samuel, these "uneducated" enemies return the ark of the covenant to the Hebrews on a cart pulled by cattle
the Philistines
Saralee
|
$800
[4]
It's another name for a solarium
a sunroom
Saralee
|
$800
[15]
Smell the sweet air of the clove-producing island of Pemba in this country's Zanzibar archipelago
Tanzania
|
$800
[27]
This actor's first Oscar nomination was for his role in "Silver Linings Playbook"
Bradley Cooper
Olev
|
|
$1,200
[9]
This PM said a 1938 pact with Germany brought "peace for our time" (it didn't. Czech. soon got annexed, & he lost his job)
(Neville) Chamberlain
Nick
|
$1,200
[6]
Billy West voiced Stimpson J. Cat & later in the series, this canine companion
Ren
Nick
|
$1,200
[23]
This prophet gets no refund when he's thrown overboard while trying to flee to Tarshish by ship
Jonah
Saralee
|
$1,200
[5]
It's slang for a police informant
a stoolie
Saralee
|
$1,200
[16]
Uganda's Bugaba Island in this large lake is a home of the African grey parrot
Lake Victoria
Olev
|
$1,200
[28]
It's the name of the fabled hijacker who parachuted out of a Northwest Orient Airlines jet in November 1971
D.B. Cooper
Olev
|
|
$2,000
[11]
On July 3, 1863 someone thought a "Charge" of this general's division would be a good idea (it wasn't. It really wasn't)
(George) Pickett
Saralee
|
$1,600
[19]
This dog has feet of clay, loves to read the paper & is Wallace's canine companion
Gromit
Saralee
|
DD
$2,000
[24]
In Numbers 7 this priestly tribe is given 6 covered wagons to transport the tabernacle & its furnishings
the Levites
Saralee
|
$1,600
[14]
A portable rocket launcher, or a brand of bubble gum
bazooka
Nick
|
$1,600
[17]
Tunisia's Djerba Island has mosques, a cathedral & the El Ghriba this house of worship, said to be Africa's oldest
a synagogue
|
— |
|
DD
$3,000
[10]
In 1954 Senator McCarthy turned his anti-Red drive on this institution (but in confronting Joe Welch, he made a huge mistake)
the U.S. Army
Nick
|
$2,000
[20]
He was the Jetsons' family dog
Astro
Nick
|
$2,000
[25]
The prophet Elijah as a grand exit featuring this flaming vehicle
a chariot (of fire)
Nick
|
$2,000
[18]
An incompetent prizefighter, or boxer Joe of comic strip fame who hung up his gloves in 1984
a palooka
Saralee
|
$2,000
[26]
When Sao Tome & this neighbor 90 miles to the N.E. were discovered by the Portuguese in the 1470s, they were uninhabited
Principe
Nick
|
— |
A 2015 BBC list of the 25 greatest British novels included 12 by women, 3 of them by this woman who died in 1941
Virginia Woolf