Geoff Brousseau — an epidemiologist from Centennial, Colorado
Jan Brown — an air traffic controller from Warwick, Rhode Island
Osman Syed — a student from Jamesville, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $33,333)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osman | $800 | $2,400 | $13,900 |
$4,900
2nd place: $2,000 |
$8,400
15 R (including 2 DDs), 4 W |
| Jan | $1,800 | $4,200 | $9,800 |
$2,800
3rd place: $1,000 |
$9,800
13 R, 1 W |
| Geoff | $3,800 | $6,400 | $13,600 |
$7,599
New champion: $7,599 |
$15,600
22 R, 1 W (including 1 DD) |
| THE ANCIENT GREEKS | I'LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT | NOVEL TITLE CHARACTERS | NAME THE MOVIE SPORT | SHUT UP | TAKE MY MONEY! |
|
$200
[1]
The first event in history recorded by the ancient Greeks were these contests that took place in 776 B.C.
the Olympics
Geoff
|
$200
[19]
About this, your formal statement of opposition that needs my immediate ruling... overruled!
an objection
Osman
|
$200
[11]
Part of the sub-title of the book about this man is he "lived eight and twenty years, all alone in an uninhabited island"
Robinson Crusoe
Jan
|
$200
[6]
"Cool Runnings"
bobsledding
Geoff
|
$200
[17]
This 4-letter button on your phone prevents your coughing from affecting the conference call
mute
Geoff
|
$200
[23]
If your order is C.O.D., you pay at the time of this "D"
delivery
Geoff
|
|
$400
[2]
To the Greeks the "navel of the world" was in this town where the oracle of Apollo spoke
Delphi
Geoff
|
$400
[20]
So, you fled over the state border, got caught & were sent back via the 1878 clause regarding this; welcome home!
the extradition clause
Osman
|
$400
[12]
Ow, she's a Wood...house! Her beau is Knightley Knightley, just lettin' it all hang out
Emma
Geoff
|
$400
[7]
Starring Will Ferrell:"Blades of Glory"
figure skating
Geoff
|
$400
[10]
We once said "button your lip"; now we use a slide fastener to hush people with this phrase
zip it
Jan
|
$400
[22]
A payment at the start of a poker hand; add "up" to mean "do your share!"
ante
Jan
|
|
$600
[3]
Impiety toward the gods & corrupting the young were on this philosopher's final rap sheet
Socrates
Geoff
|
$800
[21]
I rule that we'll have to do this to your wages, from Old French for "to prepare"
garnish
Geoff
|
$600
[13]
"Food consumed today" by her includes "2 Bloody Marys (count as food as contain Worcester sauce and tomatoes)"
Bridget Jones
Jan
|
$600
[8]
Featuring Ellen Page:"Whip It"
roller derby
Geoff
|
$600
[15]
On your neck, this makes it less cold; on your car, it makes it less noisy
muffler
Jan
|
$600
[24]
"Shut up & take my money!" was said by Fry on this sci-fi animated show when told about problems with a gadget he's buying
Futurama
Geoff
|
|
$800
[4]
In 335 B.C.hebrought many more than seven against Thebes when it foolishly rose against his leadership
Alexander the Great
Osman
|
$1,000
[27]
So you're trying to establish the defendant's M.O., short for this Latin term; please proceed
modus operandi
Geoff
|
$800
[14]
This character began traveling around in a large fruit in 1961
James
Osman
|
$800
[9]
With Will Ferrell:"Kicking & Screaming"
soccer
Osman
|
$800
[18]
To put a stop to noise, or a type of car on Amtrak trains where you lower your voice & don't talk on the phone
quiet
Osman
|
$800
[25]
Owned by PayPal, this 5-letter app allows you to send money to friends, making group dinners less stressful
Venmo
Geoff
|
|
$1,000
[5]
In his comedy "The Clouds", this playwright poked fun at intellectuals like the sophists
Aristophanes
Geoff
|
DD
$2,000
[26]
You actively impeded the investigation by giving the FBI false info! That's this 3-word crime & a very, very big deal
obstruction of justice
Geoff
|
$1,000
[16]
This orphan was written into existence just after the passing of the Poor Law of 1834
Oliver Twist
Jan
|
$1,000
[28]
"Blue Crush"
surfing
Geoff
|
$1,000
[29]
To put a stop to noise, or a state of "S"tillness that "gives consent" in an old idiom
silence
Osman
|
$1,000
[30]
Depositing this 5-figure amount of cash or more in the bank requires form 8300 & that the IRS be notified
$10,000
Jan
|
| SCIENCE FRICTION | DOUBLE "L" WORDS | WE'RE AN AMERICAN LAND | THE NAME OF THE JAMES | WORLD MUSIC GRAMMYS | POTENT MEASUREMENTS |
|
$400
[9]
Pope Urban VIII originally approved this man writing about heliocentric theory, but not defending it
Galileo
Osman
|
$400
[2]
You can't make s'mores without this confection
a marshmallow
Osman
|
$400
[4]
This Caribbean island that became a commonwealth in 1952 covers more than 3,400 square miles
Puerto Rico
Geoff
|
$400
[23]
In 1881 circus impresario James A. Bailey merged his operation with this former competitor's
P.T. Barnum
Jan
|
$400
[14]
2001 & 2012:This Indian grandmaster of the sitar
Shankar
Geoff
|
$400
[30]
This 3-letter word that rhymes with sip once meant a half-pint of ale
a nip
Geoff
|
|
$1,200
[11]
Atomists like Robert Boyle said the space where atoms aren't is this 4-letter term for emptiness; Spinoza scoffed
the void
|
$800
[3]
Often translated into English, "Schlaf, Kindlein, Schlaf" is this type of song
a lullaby
Geoff
|
$800
[1]
2,300 miles SW of Hawaii, this territory that has "American" in its name is administered by the Interior Dept.
(American) Samoa
Jan
|
$800
[24]
James Lovell dealt with an oxygen tank explosion as commander of this 1970 mission
Apollo 13
Osman
|
$800
[15]
2002:Panama's Ruben Blades, for an album appropriately titled this, "world" in his native tongue
Mundo
Osman
|
$800
[28]
In the U.S. ABV, or alcohol by volume, is half of this traditional measure of alcohol concentration
proof
Osman
|
|
$1,600
[13]
Isaac Newton feuded for decades with this German over who had invented calculus
Leibniz
Geoff
|
$1,200
[6]
Title shared by the heads of government of Austria & Germany & the chief administrator of a university
a chancellor
Jan
|
$1,200
[5]
This became a territory on Aug. 1, 1950 & the focus of a possible nuclear confrontation in 2017
Guam
Osman
|
$1,200
[12]
Chess Records' first major female star, thisR&B singer hit the charts with "At Last" & "Tell Mama"
Etta James
Jan
|
$1,200
[18]
1991: Mickey Hart, one of the drummers for this legendary San Francisco rock band, for "Planet Drum"
The Grateful Dead
Osman
|
$1,200
[26]
Armand de Brignac offers a Midas bottle size that contains 30 liters of the brut gold type of this
champagne
Osman
|
|
$2,000
[17]
This chemist was guillotined after doubting French Revolution leader Marat's theories on magical fluids
Lavoisier
Geoff
|
$1,600
[7]
It's another name for the esophagus
the gullet
Osman
|
$1,600
[16]
This term that precedes "Guinea" is also found before "Islands" that include U.S. possessions like Kingman Reef
equatorial
Jan
|
$1,600
[20]
Deposed in 1688 in the "Glorious Revolution", King James II was the last British king of this house
Stuart
Geoff
|
$1,600
[21]
1992, not '66: him, for "Brasileiro"
Sergio Mendes
|
$1,600
[27]
This "equestrian" measure is equal to one ounce of booze
a pony
Jan
|
|
DD
$2,800
[10]
In a 19th c. spat in this field, O.C. Marsh won a round when it turned out E.D. Cope had put an elasmosaurus skull on the tail
paleontology
Osman
|
$2,000
[8]
This bird is often hard to spot, but itssongis easy to recognize
a whippoorwill
Jan
|
DD
$5,500
[19]
Annexed in 1867, this island may be only 2 square miles but a 1942 battle there proved to be a key moment in the Pacific in WWII
Midway
Osman
|
$2,000
[25]
Thisformer Maine senator & Secretary of State narrowly lost the 1884 presidential election to Grover Cleveland
James G. Blaine
|
$2,000
[22]
1996:These Irish instrumental wizards were the bosses
The Chieftains
|
$2,000
[29]
In the 19th century, the U.K. designated 14 ounces as the size bearing the name of this ship
a schooner
Osman
|
Translated from Roman numerals, "55" appears in luggage & watch product names from a company founded by this man
Louis Vuitton