Alyssa Abel — a bookseller from Waupaca, Wisconsin
Randy Mathews — a fragrance specialist from Houston, Texas
Kate Jovin — a social worker from Somerville, Massachusetts (whose 1-day cash winnings total $28,799)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kate | $2,800 | $6,600 | $15,900 |
$0
3rd place: $1,000 |
$16,200
19 R (including 1 DD), 1 W |
| Randy | $4,000 | $8,000 | $15,800 |
$20,000
New champion: $20,000 |
$14,000
22 R (including 2 DDs), 2 W |
| Alyssa | $200 | $0 | $5,600 |
$1
2nd place: $2,000 |
$5,600
9 R, 1 W |
| TWIN PEEKS | WORLD LEADERS | STATE CONSUMABLES | MOVIE TITLES IN FOREIGN LANDS | ALL GOOD THINGS | MUST COME TO AN "N" |
|
$200
[6]
The infamous Kray twins were among the last to be locked up in this London prison
the Tower of London
Alyssa
|
$200
[16]
In 2017 protests & a puppy were among this Russian leader's 65th birthday gifts
Putin
Alyssa
|
$200
[1]
Making this juice the state beverage didn't get bogged down in the Massachusetts legislature
cranberry juice
Kate
|
$200
[7]
In Argentina "Vaseline" was the word for this 1978 film set in the '50s
Grease
Randy
|
$200
[26]
Great with kids & famous for rescuing stranded travelers in the Alps--can't get much better than this dog breed
a St. Bernard
Kate
|
$200
[17]
At Harvey Mudd for 2017-18, it was $54,347
tuition
Alyssa
|
|
$400
[12]
In 1950two brothersset up McWhirter Twins Limited to sell facts to newspapers; soon, they created this record book
the Guinness Book of World Records
Randy
|
$400
[22]
Normally it would be a secret-type thing, but South Korea has announced it has a hit squad for this man
Kim Jong-un
Randy
|
$400
[2]
Since 1987 apple has (naturally) been this Eastern state's state muffin
New York
Kate
|
$400
[8]
This 2010 film played in Japan with a title meaning "Mysterious Thief Gru's Moon Theft"
Despicable Me
Randy
|
$400
[27]
First made by a 17th c. monk, this fine champagne can go for $1,200 for a 1964 magnum
Dom Perignon
Randy
|
$400
[18]
To gradually get a young animal off mother's milk
wean
Kate
|
|
$600
[13]
The American Castro brothers, twins Joaquin & Julian, are big in this state's politics
Texas
Randy
|
$600
[23]
In 2017 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz said danke as this country made him one of the world's youngest leaders
Austria
Kate
Alyssa
|
$600
[3]
These green represent South Carolina as state vegetable
collard greens
Randy
|
$600
[9]
To Mexican moviegoers, Macaulay Culkin was left behind as "My Poor Little Angel", aka this film
Home Alone
Kate
|
$600
[28]
The Traveller Lite from this brand includes 2 blades, screwdriver, altimeter, barometer & thermometer
Swiss Army
Randy
|
$600
[19]
Ashes to ashes in this type of vase
an urn
Randy
|
|
$800
[14]
The Quinn twinsof Canada, better known by these two first names, want you to know everything is awesome
Tegan and Sara
Kate
|
$800
[24]
In New Zealand "Jacindamania" brought Jacinda Ardern to power in 2017 for this left-wing party (spelled with a "U")
Labour
Kate
|
$800
[4]
You've still got a little right here after eating this pie, Maine's state dessert
blueberry pie
Kate
|
$800
[10]
Israel re-titled this film "Love in the Skies" but we'd say Goose's experience in said skies was not as fun as Maverick's
Top Gun
Randy
|
DD
$2,000
[29]
Founded in 1971, this voluntary medical group has been doing good works globally ever since
Doctors Without Borders
Randy
|
$800
[20]
You can perform an "act of" this, sincere penitence
contrition
Kate
|
|
$1,000
[15]
Last name of twin British playwrights Anthony & Peter, seen here
Shaffer
|
$1,000
[25]
Yoweri Museveni, in power in this East African land since 1986, says he planted bananas & has to stay to see them bear fruit
Uganda
|
$1,000
[5]
Double-talk name of Ohio's state native fruit, seen here
pawpaw
|
$1,000
[11]
In 2017 Edgar Wright tweeted that in China, this film he directed is called "Extreme Bandit Car God"
Baby Driver
Randy
|
— |
$1,000
[21]
Sheer muscle power, sometimes contrasted with intelligence
brawn
Kate
|
| LITERATURE ON THE MAP | THEY'RE IN THE BAND | ADVERTISING | DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNERS | SUPER HEROIC TERMS | A WORD IN YOUR EAR |
|
$400
[18]
In St. Petersburg it's not far from Raskolnikov's murder spree in this book to the bridge where he considers suicide
Crime and Punishment
Kate
|
$400
[1]
This Rolling Stones guitarist, summing it up: "I've never had a problem with drugs. I've had problems with the police"
Keith Richards
Alyssa
|
$400
[4]
In TV advertising, women 18 to 49 are an important target audience AKA a "key" one of these population groups
a demographic
Alyssa
|
$400
[30]
Brothers Richard Henry Lee & Francis Lightfoot Lee were 2 of the signers from this state
Virginia
Kate
Randy
|
$400
[16]
Batman actually did have shark repellent on this belt at times
his utility belt
Randy
|
$400
[11]
It's a 4-letter word for the soft part of the external ear
lobe
Randy
|
|
$800
[19]
Jack Kerouac & Henry Miller both penned books with this "Big" stretch of Pacific coast in their titles
Big Sur
Randy
|
$800
[2]
After deciding "I was growing out of it", this performer was no longer *Nsync with that group
Justin Timberlake
Alyssa
|
$800
[7]
Established in 1914, this govt. agency, the FTC, protects U.S. consumers by enforcing truth in advertising laws
the Federal Trade Commission
Randy
|
$800
[29]
Alphabetically, these cousins were the first 2 signers
John and Samuel Adams
Kate
|
$800
[17]
Now meaning a secret identity, this 2-word term from the Latin originally meant "trusted friend"
alter ego
Kate
|
$800
[12]
Let's hear you nail this other word for the malleus
a hammer
Randy
|
|
$1,600
[22]
Rooster Cogburn is a deputy marshal in Fort Smith, Arkansas in this Charles Portis novel
True Grit
Alyssa
|
$1,200
[3]
Darius Rucker named this "Hold My Hand" '90s band without thinking a lot of folks might not call him "Darius" after that
Hootie & the Blowfish
Kate
|
$1,200
[8]
Marketing guru Jonah Berger says this 3-word person-to-person interaction works 10 times better than traditional ads
word of mouth
Randy
|
DD
$900
[28]
He's better remembered for signing an infamous redistricting bill while governor of Massachusetts
Elbridge Gerry
Kate
|
$1,200
[21]
This term for a hero's partner once had "-er" on the end
a sidekick
Alyssa
|
$1,200
[13]
It precedes "membrane" to designate the eardrum
the tympanic
Alyssa
|
|
DD
$1,800
[20]
"Kite Runner" Amir lives in the Wazir Akbar Khan district & takes part in the kite competition, all in this city
Kabul
Randy
|
$1,600
[5]
"Hold On"! In 2015 this "stately" band featuring Brittany Howard topped the Billboard 200 with "Sound & Color"
Alabama Shakes
Kate
|
$1,600
[9]
Ad agency Ogilvy & Mather has put many slogans in your head, like this tech co.'s "Solutions for a small planet"
IBM
Randy
|
$1,600
[27]
2 Benjamins signed for Pennsylvania, Benjamin Franklin & this noted physician
Benjamin Rush
|
$1,600
[24]
This term for a villain's minion or underling once meant a highland chief's right-hand man
a henchman
Randy
|
$1,600
[14]
The curved fold of the external ear is called this spiral shape--just single, not double
a helix
Randy
|
|
$2,000
[23]
(Sarah of the Clue Crew shows a map of Chicago on the monitor.) In Chicago, there's a big economic difference between the mansion where Bigger Thomas worked & his family's apartment just a few blocks away in this novel
Native Son
|
$2,000
[6]
437 hopefuls, including Stephen Stills, auditioned to join this TV band
the Monkees
Randy
|
$2,000
[10]
In 2014 the man who wrote the code creating these ads that block your browser window said he's sorry
pop-ups
Kate
|
$2,000
[26]
A statue of Charles Carroll, the last surviving signer, represents this state in the U.S. capitol
Maryland
|
$2,000
[25]
A group of mug shots gives us this 2-word term for all the enemies of a particular hero
a rogues' gallery
Kate
|
$2,000
[15]
I predict you will know this 7-letter word for the visible part of the outer ear
the auricle
|
Markers for this geog. designation are on Lake Victoria's Lwaji Island & at Mbandaka in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
the Equator