Amy Cuzzolino — an attorney from Bloomfield, New Jersey
Amanda McClendon — a librarian from Houston, Texas
Jeffrey Schwarz — a private investor from New York, New York (whose 1-day cash winnings total $25,000)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeffrey | $1,800 | $2,400 | $14,000 |
$27,500
2-day champion: $52,500 |
$13,400
14 R (including 1 DD), 2 W |
| Amanda | $2,000 | $4,800 | $13,600 |
$12,200
3rd place: $1,000 |
$14,000
20 R, 3 W (including 1 DD) |
| Amy | $200 | $2,600 | $8,000 |
$15,000
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,000
13 R, 5 W (including 1 DD) |
| MUSIC INDUSTRY TERMS | REFRIGERATOR MAGNETS | SENDING AN ANAGRAM | THE HILL | DAILY BEAST | POLITICO |
|
$200
[21]
This is taking a snippet of one song & using it in another; "Funky Drummer" by James Brown is often used
a sample
Amanda
|
$200
[26]
I know I shouldn't keep going back to eat the Concord type of this fruit off the bunch, but they are so plump!
grapes
Amanda
|
$200
[11]
Former South African policy:PAID HATER
apartheid
Jeffrey
|
$200
[1]
This Athens high ground was the site of the palaces of Mycenaean-era kings
the acropolis
Amanda
Amy
|
$200
[6]
The only species of this mammal found in the U.S. is the nine-banded one
armadillo
|
$200
[12]
In 2016 this son of a Brooklyn exterminator became the leader of the Senate Democrats
Chuck Schumer
Amy
|
|
$400
[22]
In digital music sales, this method used to be about 20% of purchases & downloads were 70%; now it's flipped
streaming
Amy
|
$400
[27]
I can't stay away from the freezer knowing that cookie dough pint slices from this ice cream brand are inside
Ben & Jerry's
Jeffrey
|
$400
[13]
Selfless dedication or private prayer:DOVE INTO
devotion
Amanda
|
$600
[3]
This Paris district takes its name from the hill where St. Denis, a French patron saint, was beheaded for his faith
Montmartre
Jeffrey
Amy
|
$400
[7]
The Tibetan sandtype of this animal can live at altitudes above 13,000 feet
a fox
Amanda
|
$400
[17]
Tom DeLay wrote "No Retreat, No Surrender" & this 2012 GOP presidential nominee wrote "No Apology"
(Mitt) Romney
Amanda
Amy
|
|
$600
[23]
A hit song from one genre of music that also achieves commercial success in another genre
a crossover
Amanda
|
$600
[28]
Do you expect me to just pretend there's not a slice of chocolate tuxedo cream this from the same-named "Factory"?
cheesecake
Amanda
|
$600
[14]
Fancy term for a nose job:PAIN SHORTLY
rhinoplasty
Amy
|
$800
[4]
Lazarus is a character in a work by W.B. Yeats named for this hill of Jesus' death, AKA Golgotha
Calvary
Amanda
|
$600
[8]
The Dall is the largest species of these toothed whales often mistaken for dolphins
a porpoise
Amanda
|
$600
[18]
In high schoolthisU.S. senator played soccer & basketball & was named Most Likely to Become the Next Geraldo Rivera
Ted Cruz
Amy
|
|
$800
[24]
Non-reserved general admission seating at a performance venue; it sounds like a celebration
festival seating
Jeffrey
|
$800
[29]
Bringing home bonafide fried chicken from this chain was a mistake--it will be gone "Louisiana Fast"!
Popeyes
Amy
|
$800
[15]
An energetic person:MONDAY
dynamo
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The government work going on in the Gothic revival buildings givesthe hillin Ottawa this name
Parliament Hill
Jeffrey
|
$800
[9]
It's easy to see by the color why this critter is called an emerald tree this snake
a boa
Amy
|
$800
[19]
Today a TV talk show host, he was elected mayor of Cincinnati in 1977, hopefully with a minimum of chair tossing
Springer
Amanda
|
|
$1,000
[25]
BMI defines this type of old, familiar song as one that's played 2.5 million times
a standard
|
— |
$1,000
[16]
Totally absurd:OPPOSES TRUER
preposterous
Amy
|
$1,000
[5]
On your mark, get set, go to the hotel atop San Francisco's Nob Hill named for this railroad magnate
Mark Hopkins
|
$1,000
[10]
The name of this camel breed comes from the Greek for "running"
dromedary
Amy
|
$1,000
[20]
Coleman Young was the longest-serving mayor of this city & its first African-American mayor
Detroit
Jeffrey
|
| SWISSTORY | GENERAL KNOWLEDGE | VISITORS FROM SPACE | MY OLD "L.P."s | MALE AUTHORS | TRIBAL STATES |
|
$400
[1]
In the 16th century Swiss bishop Matthaus Schiner helped create this group that serves in a different country
the Swiss Guard
Amy
|
$400
[19]
A federal law signed Aug. 6, 1965 banned literary & other tests for people to do this
to vote
Jeffrey
|
$400
[24]
In "Arrival", she plays Dr. Louise Banks, a linguist sent to communicate with some new neighbors
Amy Adams
Amanda
|
$400
[6]
This instructional driver's license for the young can be obtained at age 14 in Iowa
a learner's permit
Amanda
|
$400
[11]
Admitted to the Mississippi bar in 1981, he was inspired to write his first novel by a trial he observed in 1984
John Grisham
Amanda
|
$400
[16]
Zuni tribe
New Mexico
Amanda
|
|
DD
$1,000
[2]
The Celtic Helvetii tried to move from Switzerland to Gaul but this man, then Roman governor, barred them in 58 B.C.
Julius Caesar
Amy
|
$800
[20]
This speedy southwestern bird of Warner Bros. fame enjoys a good dust bath
the roadrunner
Amy
|
$800
[25]
As Dr. Dick Solomon on this sitcom, John Lithgow led a team of loopy aliens sent to study Earth
3rd Rock from the Sun
Jeffrey
|
$800
[7]
Figuratively, it's a place to start a project or career; literally, it's where a Saturn V rose from
a launching pad
Jeffrey
|
DD
$400
[15]
"Catch as Catch Can" is a posthumous collection of stories by this real-life WWII bombardier
Joseph Heller
Amanda
|
$800
[17]
Nez Perce tribe
Idaho
Jeffrey
Amanda
|
|
$1,200
[3]
In the 1850s Neuchatel was at the same time part of Switzerland & property of this German state's Friedrich Wilhelm
Prussia
Jeffrey
|
$1,200
[21]
Seen here, it's the designated flower for the month of March
the daffodil
Amanda
|
$1,200
[26]
This WB TV series about high school students, some with powers not of this Earth, bore the name of a town in the Southwest
Roswell
Amanda
|
$1,200
[8]
In regard to phonograph records designed to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute, "LP" stands for this
long play
Amy
|
$800
[12]
The photo of this author seems to have been taken far from the madding crowd
Thomas Hardy
Amy
|
$1,200
[18]
St. Regis Mohawk tribe
New York
Jeffrey
|
|
$1,600
[4]
1856 saw the creation of the powerful bank now known as this Suisse
Credit (Suisse)
Amy
|
$1,600
[22]
An 1890 LDS church manifesto mandated a halt to this practice
polygamy
Amanda
|
$1,600
[27]
An alien mother ship hovers over Devils Tower at the end of this classic film
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Amanda
|
$1,600
[9]
This city was founded by conquistador Alonso de Mendoza in 1548--its full name means "Our Lady of Peace"
La Paz
Amy
|
$1,200
[13]
He wrote, "The portrait should bear the burden of his days, and... keep the unsullied splendour of eternal youth"
Oscar Wilde
Amanda
|
$1,600
[29]
Passamaquoddy tribe
Maine
|
|
$2,000
[5]
The Swiss defeated the Austrian forces of this family at 1386's Battle of Sempach
the Hapsburgs
Jeffrey
|
$2,000
[23]
The centers of California's wine industry are the Napa Valley & this valley where Glen Ellen comes from
Sonoma
Jeffrey
|
$2,000
[28]
In a John Sayles film, an alien (Joe Morton) arrives in Harlem & becomes this "from Another Planet"
Brother from Another Planet
Jeffrey
|
$2,000
[10]
"Sei personaggi in cerca d'autore" is the title in the original Italian of a 1921 play by this writer
Luigi Pirandello
|
$1,600
[14]
In "Rikki Tikki Tavi", he wrote, "Turn for turn and twist for twist... hah! The hooded death has missed!"
Kipling
Amanda
|
$2,000
[30]
Standing Rock Sioux tribe (1 of 2 states)
South Dakota (or North Dakota)
Jeffrey
|
His works are the only ones in the National Recording Registry that are preserved on piano rolls
Scott Joplin