Tyler Morrison — a graduate student from Vienna, West Virginia
Jen Simons — a Ph.D. candidate from Charlottesville, Virginia
Emily Milan — a nanny from Birmingham, Michigan (whose 2-day cash winnings total $35,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $1,200 | $3,800 | $8,400 |
$9,800
3-day champion: $45,001 |
$11,400
15 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| Jen | $4,800 | $4,400 | $6,000 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$8,200
16 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Tyler | $1,000 | $400 | $11,900 |
$6,999
2nd place: $2,000 |
$12,400
12 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| WORD PUZZLES | EUROPEAN CITIES | PRO BASEBALL TEAMS | HISTORIC FILL IN THE QUOTE | R.C. | COLA |
|
$200
[11]
Said of someone not paying attention:cumuluspatecirrus
their head is in the clouds
Tyler
|
$200
[6]
On the Douro River, Porto lives up to its name in many ways, making & exporting the fine port wines of this nation
Portugal
Jen
|
$200
[1]
When they started play in 1995, they had a devil of a name
the (Tampa Bay) Rays
Emily
|
$200
[16]
Douglas MacArthur, March 20, 1942:"I shall ____"
return
Jen
|
$200
[18]
He was Cuba's Defense minister until 2008 when he became the head of state
Raul Castro
Jen
|
$200
[26]
3 people in Atlanta were arrested in 2006 for corporate espionage for trying to sell this company's secrets
Coca-Cola
Jen
|
|
$400
[12]
From the weatherman, a low low:Ph.D.B.A.zilch
two degrees above zero
Emily
|
$400
[7]
Wenceslas Square is a popular tourist area in this city on the Vltava River
Prague
|
$400
[2]
This team's offices are on West Camden Street
the Orioles
Jen
|
$400
[17]
Sir Isaac Newton:"If I have seen further it is by standing on the ____ of giants"
shoulders
Emily
|
$400
[19]
It's not just a (game) theory--he played mathematician John Nash in "A Beautiful Mind"
Russell Crowe
Emily
|
$400
[27]
Students at BYU recently welcomed sodas containing this that were coming back to campus after a decades-long ban
caffeine
Jen
|
|
$600
[13]
To reach a logical conclusion:totoo
put two and two together
|
$600
[8]
In Krakow, Poland you'll find the former factory, now a museum, of this righteous businessman
(Oskar) Schindler
Jen
|
$600
[3]
In 2017 their 104 wins led the majors but they came up 1 win short in the World Series
the Dodgers
Emily
|
$800
[24]
Woodrow Wilson in a war message to Congress:"The world must be made safe for ____"
democracy
Emily
|
$600
[20]
In 1961 he gave us "Hit The Road Jack"
Ray Charles
Jen
|
$600
[30]
This cult cola launched in 1985 is a favorite of "Gamers, hackers...& other night owls"
Jolt Cola
Jen
Tyler
|
|
$800
[14]
A miraculous ability:ambulationH2O
walking on water
Tyler
|
$800
[9]
In 2017 65,000 had to be evacuated from their homes as a WWII bomb was defused in this Germany city am Main
Frankfurt
Jen
|
$800
[4]
The team that began life in Canada in 1969 is today known as this
the Washington Nationals
Jen
|
$1,000
[25]
At a 1962 press conference:"You won't have ____ to kick around anymore"
Nixon
|
$800
[21]
He was an adolescent when he created his comic book character Fritz the Cat
Robert Crumb
|
$800
[29]
With over 30 flavors, including Black Cherry & California Dreamin', "It hasta be" this soda brand
Shasta
Jen
|
|
$1,000
[15]
A 2-word college major:onclehermana Mutterfratello
international relations
|
$1,000
[10]
Known for an 1814 treaty signing, this city is about 30 miles northwest of Brussels
Ghent
Jen
|
$1,000
[5]
This West Coast team is the only one whose team city & name are both in Spanish
the San Diego Padres
Jen
|
DD
$2,200
[23]
Churchill: "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic," this "has descended across the continent"
an iron curtain
Jen
|
$1,000
[22]
This author's story "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" is adapted as a stage play in the film "Birdman"
Raymond Carver
|
$1,000
[28]
New in 2017, Pepsi Fire barks that this spice is its primary flavor
cinnamon
Emily
|
| PLAYING THE PALLADIUM | EXTINCT PEOPLES | IT ALL STARTS WITH "U" | ODD-TITLED TOP 40 HITS | LITERARY LOVE TRIANGLES | NEW CAREERS! |
|
$400
[26]
(Kelly of the Clue Crew shows palladium on the monitor.) Palladium is one of the noble metals, which are often precious metals that resist oxidation; it's hard to tell palladium from this noble metal that's directly below it on the periodic table
platinum
Tyler
|
$400
[8]
The ruins of Chan Chanin Peru are what's left of the Chimú, who in the 15th century were conquered by this empire
the Inca
Tyler
|
$400
[1]
Subjectof the museum that's an attraction in Sassnitz, Germany
U-boats
Emily
|
$400
[6]
Jim Stafford of "Spiders & Snakes" fame warned us in a 1975 hit that "Your Bulldog Drinks" this luxurious French wine
Champagne
|
$400
[13]
Rhett Butler, Ashley Wilkes, her
Scarlett O'Hara
Emily
|
$400
[18]
With certification from the ICF, you can become not a football or a hockey one but a life one of these
a coach
Jen
|
|
DD
$500
[29]
Known for mining, especially of copper, this western state has the USA's only palladium mine
Montana
Tyler
|
$800
[9]
The Pansfalaya of Florida are gone, but their name lives on (sort of) in the name of this panhandle city
Pensacola
Emily
|
$800
[2]
It's not the end, it's a team Frisbee sport
ultimate Frisbee
Emily
|
$800
[7]
This sibling duo, Karen & Richard, were on top of the world with "Calling Occupants Of Interplanetary Craft"
The Carpenters
|
$800
[14]
Edward Cullen, Jacob Black, her
Bella Swan
Emily
|
$800
[19]
The SEIA, the industries association for this type of power, says business is booming
solar power
Tyler
|
|
$800
[27]
Most of the demand for palladium is from this industry, which needs it to make catalytic converters
the automotive industry
Tyler
|
$1,200
[23]
2010 saw the passing of the last of the Bo people, who had lived for millennia on the Andaman Islands in this ocean
the Indian Ocean
|
$1,200
[3]
Programs like optimization or defragmentation that help your computer work better
utilities
Tyler
|
$1,200
[10]
In 2016 DNCE hit the charts wanting us to have this "By The Ocean"
cake
Jen
|
$1,200
[15]
Westley, Prince Humperdinck, this princess bride
Buttercup
Emily
|
$1,200
[20]
If gaming is your thing, perhaps check out careers in VR, virtual reality, or AR, this related type
augmented reality
Tyler
|
|
$1,200
[28]
Guys, if your doctor suggests implanting palladium-103 seeds it's probably to treat cancer of this gland
the prostate
Tyler
|
$1,600
[24]
The Morini Celts of Gaul revolted against this empire in 30 B.C., & that's the last anyone heard of the Morini
the Roman empire
|
$1,600
[4]
An area of the Emerald Isle, or the type of overcoat worn here
an ulster
|
$1,600
[11]
The bones of this rap group got the whole skeleton together for their first Top 40 hit, "Thuggish-Ruggish-Bone"
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
Emily
|
$1,600
[16]
Catherine Earnshaw, Edgar Linton, him
Heathcliff
Emily
|
$1,600
[21]
The next decade or so is expected to bring 25% more jobs in this kind of care, like for the company Home Instead
senior or elder care
|
|
$2,000
[30]
You may have palladium in your pocket; cell phones use it in the ceramic type of this "C" device that stores electricity
a capacitor
Jen
Tyler
|
$2,000
[25]
Europeans "found" the Beothuk on this Canadian island around 1500; being found was not good for the Beothuk
Newfoundland
Tyler
|
$2,000
[5]
They have a reservation in the Uintah Basin about 150 miles east of Salt Lake City
the Utes
Jen
|
$2,000
[12]
This comedy duo had Top 40 hits like "Sister Mary Elephant" & "Basketball Jones Featuring Tyrone Shoelaces"
Cheech and Chong
|
DD
$3,000
[17]
In this novel, Jake Barnes, Lady Brett Ashley, Robert Cohn
The Sun Also Rises
Emily
|
$2,000
[22]
The Wall Street Journal says this field of making sure your company follows rules & regs is red-hot
compliance
Tyler
|
During Ulysses Grant's 2-term presidency, only one state joined the Union: this one
Colorado