Daniel Carden — a newspaper reporter from Indianapolis, Indiana
Elizabeth Johnson — a communications and marketing manager from Lansing, Michigan
Emily Milan — a nanny from Birmingham, Michigan (whose 3-day cash winnings total $45,001)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emily | $3,200 | $5,400 | $16,200 |
$1,999
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,200
22 R, 2 W |
| Elizabeth | $1,400 | $3,800 | $15,200 |
$4,700
2nd place: $2,000 |
$10,600
15 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Daniel | $2,000 | $5,800 | $12,800 |
$25,600
New champion: $25,600 |
$11,200
13 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
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$200
[26]
Sogne is Norway's longest one of these long, narrow sea inlets, extending nearly 130 miles inland
a fjord
Elizabeth
|
$200
[6]
3 Z's go into this word for energetic sparkle some people have
pizazz
Elizabeth
|
$200
[16]
When used by a child, a "three-wheeler" is also known by this name
a tricycle
Emily
|
$200
[11]
This planet's rings are arranged into 7 main groups, A-G
Saturn
Emily
|
$200
[21]
For $250,000, Luxus films will create a 10-15 minute one of these starring you--no word on if the laugh track is included
a sitcom
Emily
|
$200
[1]
Singer June Carter
Walk the Line
Emily
Daniel
|
|
$400
[27]
The Evangelical branch of this -ism was Sweden's official religion from the 1500s to 2000
Lutheranism
|
$400
[7]
It's British for potato chip & American for bracing or invigorating weather
crisp
Elizabeth
|
$400
[17]
A successful touchdown of an aircraft on its 2 main wheels & the tail wheel simultaneously
a three-point landing
|
$400
[12]
Its polar caps, which are believed to be carbon dioxide ice & water ice, grow in the winter & shrink in the summer
Mars
Daniel
|
$400
[22]
For $25,000, you can live like James Bond for 2 months in a spy experience simulating this British agency
MI6
Emily
|
$400
[2]
Harvard Law student Elle Woods
Legally Blonde
Emily
|
|
$600
[28]
Before her Oscars swan dive, this Icelandic singer put out her first album at age 11, on which she also played the flute
Bjork
Elizabeth
|
$600
[8]
Soon after "dwarf" in the dictionary comes this "DW" word meaning to shrink in size
dwindle
Emily
Elizabeth
|
$600
[18]
Because of its high-pitched cry, the three-toed variety of this mammal is also called the ai
a sloth
Emily
|
$600
[13]
Its magnetic field has been called the biggest thing in the solar system
Jupiter
Emily
|
$600
[23]
Due for this? Rossano Ferretti will give you one for $1,500 using his patented texturizing scissors
a haircut
Elizabeth
|
$600
[3]
Tracy Flick, who's running for student body president
Election
Emily
|
|
$800
[29]
A peninsula bordering Germany & 400-plus islands are a big part of this small kingdom
Denmark
Daniel
|
$800
[9]
Hebrew for "study" gives us the name of this collection of Jewish laws & commentary on the Torah
the Talmud
Emily
|
$800
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew demonstrates a game.) The goal of this gambling game, whose name is partly in Spanish, is to find the one identified card after they've all been moved around
three-card Monte
Daniel
|
$800
[14]
Partly due to its having the most elliptical orbit, it varies from -300 to 845 degrees at the surface
Mercury
Emily
Elizabeth
Daniel
|
$800
[24]
Florida's St. Regis Resort is offering the world's priciest this French cookie at $10,000--it does come with a crystal box
a macaron
Emily
|
$800
[4]
Cheryl Strayed, based on her memoir
Wild
Emily
|
|
DD
$1,200
[30]
What happened to hostages in a Swedish bank robbery gone wrong led to this alliterative psych term
Stockholm syndrome
Daniel
|
$1,000
[10]
Filled with mental weariness & boredom? The French have this 5-letter word for it, which we also use
ennui
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[20]
The "Ballad Of Mack The Knife" was written in the 1920s for this "Opera"
The Threepenny Opera
Elizabeth
|
$1,000
[15]
It was the first one identified as a planet by mathematical calculations, not by observation
Neptune
Daniel
|
$1,000
[25]
For $250,000, join the 700-odd folks with deposits to one day go to space on this brand name "Galactic"
Virgin
Daniel
|
$1,000
[5]
New York fashion designer Melanie Smooter, actually a Southern girl
Sweet Home Alabama
Emily
|
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$400
[21]
David Simon was recognized for murder; actually this synonym, the title of a Baltimore-set NBC show
Homicide
Daniel
|
$400
[14]
Thisactor loved to drum & developed a new way to tighten the skins
(Marlon) Brando
Emily
|
$400
[9]
Excitement fills the air in Utah on May 10, 1869 as this is completed, uniting 2 separate transport lines
the transcontinental railroad
Elizabeth
|
$400
[6]
An evil fairy gives Princess Aurora, AKA this title girl, a spindle that has some unwanted features
Sleeping Beauty
Emily
|
$400
[1]
Show me you know ASAP stands for this, ASAP
as soon as possible
Elizabeth
|
$1,200
[26]
In 2015 Malawi's Nyasa Times ran its own version of "man Bites Dog" with "Elephant Kills Suspected" this criminal
poacher
|
|
$800
[22]
This other "Mac" hadn't yet written "All the Pretty Horses" when the foundation honored him
Cormac McCarthy
Elizabeth
|
$800
[17]
This singer & original "American Idol" judge patented a titling microphone stand--take that, Simon!
Paula Abdul
Emily
|
$1,200
[11]
It's April 1865, and the nation turns to this new leader, spared by the failed nerve of Booth accomplice George Atzerodt
Andrew Johnson
Daniel
|
$800
[7]
In "Le Corsaire" these seagoing ruffians disguise themselves as pilgrims
pirates
Emily
|
$800
[2]
Let's hear your best rendition of this exclamation used for calling pigs
sooey
Elizabeth
|
$1,600
[27]
In the 1880s this showman bought the 7-ton Jumbo, whose diet included, but was not limited to, 200 lbs. of hay per day
(P.T.) Barnum
Emily
|
|
$1,200
[23]
This "Amazing" skeptic fellow seeks to debunk the paranormal, but also worked as a magician
James Randi
|
$1,200
[18]
This singer got a patent for a stage illusion, an anti-gravity effect used for "Smooth Criminal" on tour
Michael Jackson
Emily
|
$1,600
[12]
Dateline: this city, April 1453. Mehmed II's forces do have this city surrounded, but it remains to be seen for how long
Constantinople
Daniel
|
$1,200
[8]
This title heroine isn't being courted by Tom Brady but by the incognito duke of Silesia
Giselle
Daniel
|
$1,200
[3]
It gives the low end to the woodwinds
the bassoon
Daniel
|
$2,000
[28]
Theseevents often feature souvenir elephants; the one held in June 1948 had a live one
the Republican national convention
Emily
|
|
$1,600
[24]
This author who won in 2002 went on to write the bestselling novel "The Underground Railroad"
Colson Whitehead
|
$1,600
[19]
Bill Nye--yes, that science guy--patented a new type of this anatomical-named footwear for dancers
toe shoes
Emily
Daniel
|
$2,000
[13]
It's all over here at this battle site in 1746, with the English needing barely 40 minutes to defeat the outnumbered Scots
Culloden
|
$1,600
[15]
In one ballet based on this play, Prospero uses a magical cape while manipulating other characters
The Tempest
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[5]
Verily, I say, you will speak this old-timey 8-letter synonym for verily
forsooth
Emily
|
— |
|
$2,000
[25]
In 1995 this Chicago author won for "The House on Mango Street" and other works
Sandra Cisneros
|
$2,000
[20]
This one-name comedian patented a new type of slot machine complete with watermelon smashing
Gallagher
Elizabeth
|
DD
$5,400
[10]
Cairo is in mourning, Oct. 6, 1981, with the news of this man's assassination earlier today
Sadat
Elizabeth
|
$2,000
[16]
In "Swan Lake", evil Rothbart complicates this hero's life, making the choice between Odette & Odile a dicey one
Siegfried
|
DD
$3,000
[4]
Nickname for residents of Norman, Enid & Edmond
Sooners
Daniel
|
— |
Theportraitherehangs in the building of this Cabinet department & depicts a man who once ran it
the Department of Justice