Jason Downer — a real estate agent from Anthem, Arizona
Rebecca Heide — an economist from Washington, D.C.
Catherine Ono — a software developer from Santa Clara, California (whose 1-day cash winnings total $23,201)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catherine | $1,400 | $8,400 | $18,800 |
$23,201
2-day champion: $46,402 |
$15,600
17 R (including 1 DD), 0 W |
| Rebecca | $4,000 | $8,800 | $11,600 |
$18,801
2nd place: $2,000 |
$11,600
21 R, 1 W |
| Jason | $1,400 | $2,000 | $7,000 |
$7,000
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,000
12 R, 4 W (including 2 DDs) |
| TITLE PEOPLE: HOW NOVEL! | I NEED A DRINK | MEDICAL WORDS & PHRASES | THE KISS CAM | HQ TRIVIA | THE "IRS" |
|
$200
[2]
John Irving's "The World According to" him begins with his mom arrested "in 1942 for wounding a man in a movie theater"
Garp
Rebecca
|
$200
[1]
It's 5 o'clock somewhere & I'd like this cocktail made with tequila, Cointreau & lime juice; go easy on the salt
a margarita
Rebecca
|
$200
[19]
Little Johnny, let me feel your forehead; yes, a touch of pyrexia, better known as this
a fever
Rebecca
|
$200
[26]
He gives Fiona true love's kiss, breaking a curse & making her a full-time ogre
Shrek
Jason
|
$200
[7]
Buildings at this company's Oregon HQ are named for Bo Jackson, Steve Prefontaine & Mia Hamm
Nike
Rebecca
|
$200
[12]
Parched
thirsty
Rebecca
|
|
$400
[3]
This author's "Vampire Lestat" introduces himself & says, "I'm immortal. More or less"
Anne Rice
Jason
|
$400
[14]
I could go for a Georgia peach with peach schnapps & this liqueur, So Co for short
Southern Comfort
Catherine
|
$400
[20]
The Latin for "touch" gives us this adjective meaning your condition can be passed on to others
contagious
Rebecca
|
$400
[27]
Burt Lancaster & Deborah Kerr kissed passionately in the surf on Halona Cove on Oahu in this 1953 film
From Here to Eternity
Jason
|
$400
[8]
Also known as the 4-cylinder tower, theheadquartersfor this car company was built near Munich's Olympic Park
BMW
Rebecca
|
$400
[13]
Very hairy
hirsute
Catherine
|
|
$600
[4]
Rachel Cohn & David Levithan compiled the "Infinite Playlist" of these 2 in 2006
Nick and Norah
Catherine
|
$600
[15]
In honor of the Kentucky Derby, I'd like this drink
a mint julep
Rebecca
|
$600
[21]
Lyssa, a goddess of madness, is another word for this disease that makes animals irrationally vicious
rabies
Rebecca
|
$600
[28]
This actor gives Demi Moore one last kiss before heading off to the afterlife in "Ghost"
Patrick Swayze
Catherine
|
$600
[9]
This warehouse store's headquarters is in Issaquah, Washington, not Kirkland anymore
Costco
Rebecca
|
$600
[16]
A zeppelin, for example
an airship
Catherine
|
|
$800
[5]
A cargo ship out of India loaded with zoo animals doesn't make its final port in this Yann Martel novel
The Life of Pi
Rebecca
|
$800
[24]
I'm a little this, so I'll have the classic cocktail of the same name with a sugar cube, bitters & rye or bourbon
old-fashioned
Rebecca
|
$800
[22]
Trismus, or jaw stiffness, is an early sign of this other 7-letter "T" condition
tetanus
Catherine
|
$800
[29]
In "The Godfather Part II", this actor as Michael kisses brother Fredo for betraying him
(Al) Pacino
Catherine
|
$800
[10]
Its trademark crown adorns the Geneva headquarters of this watch brand
Rolex
Rebecca
|
$800
[17]
Gilbert, you're one out-of-control cop! I'm reporting you to IA, this group within the LAPD
internal affairs
Rebecca
|
|
$1,000
[6]
In a Henry James novel, "What" this girl "Knew" includes that her new stepmother & stepfather are having an affair
Maisie
|
$1,000
[25]
I'll take a shot of this Swiss cinnamon schnapps with real gold-leaf flakes
Goldschlager
Rebecca
|
$1,000
[23]
In this kind of immunity, enough people are immune to a disease to prevent its spread to those left vulnerable
herd immunity
Rebecca
|
DD
$4,200
[30]
After kissing Debbie Reynolds goodnight, Gene Kelly is elated & begins doing this, the film's title
Singin' in the Rain
Catherine
|
$1,000
[11]
A 7'4" life-size statue of this French-born man greets you at WWE's HQ in Stamford, Connecticut
André the Giant
Jason
|
$1,000
[18]
In legalese, they're legatees
heirs
|
| CLASSICAL FAVORITES | THE FOUR SEASONS | 1812 OVERTURES | THE BLUE DANUBE | FANFARE FOR THE COMMON MAN | NEW WORLD SYMPHONY |
|
$400
[1]
Many of the tunes of Brahms' "Hungarian Dances" are not so much Hungarian as from this itinerant people
the Roma (or Gypsies)
Jason
|
$400
[12]
If people are constantly saying "you're no" this fowl, you're old, baby
spring chicken
Catherine
|
$400
[3]
After this Francophile became president in 1801, relations with Britain began the slide that led to the War of 1812
(Thomas) Jefferson
Catherine
Jason
|
$400
[7]
The Danube didn't yet flow through this capital when "The Blue Danube" waltz made its premiere there in 1867
Vienna
Rebecca
|
$400
[14]
Queen Elizabeth's annual speech on this day in 2016 praised those born humble who do great things, like Jesus
Christmas
Rebecca
|
$400
[21]
Pandora is found to have a valuable mineral in this 2009 James Cameron film, & of course humans want to exploit the locals
Avatar
Rebecca
|
|
$800
[2]
The slow movement of a Samuel Barber string quartet became this "For Strings"
adagio
Catherine
|
$800
[15]
The French song "Les Feuilles Mortes" is known in English as these "Leaves"
"Autumn Leaves"
Jason
|
$800
[4]
Congress convened in late 1811, dominated by pro-war politicians known by this beastly nickname still used today
hawks
Catherine
|
$800
[8]
The Danube ends its journey by emptying into this sea
the Black Sea
Jason
|
$800
[20]
James Agee & Walker Evans' book dignifying tenant farmers is ironically titled "Let Us Now Praise" these
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
|
$800
[22]
Brian May, guitarist of this band, wrote the song "'39" about a new world explored
Queen
Catherine
|
|
$1,200
[17]
The fourth movement of Holst's "The Planets" is named for this "Bringer of Jollity"
Jupiter
Rebecca
|
DD
$1,000
[16]
It's the 7-word first line of "Richard III"
"Now is the winter of our discontent"
Jason
|
$1,200
[5]
British victory at this naval battle off Spain in October 1805 led to greater restrictions on U.S. maritime rights
Trafalgar
Jason
|
$1,200
[9]
Currents in the river form whirlpools called this, also the name of a German pastry
strudels
|
$1,200
[26]
Henry Wallace's term as this, 1941-1945, is perhaps best remembered for his "Century of the Common Man" speech
vice president
|
$1,200
[23]
The black hole called Gargantua speeds up time on one of the planets visited in this Christopher Nolan film
Interstellar
Jason
|
|
$1,600
[29]
His symphonic poem "Also Sprach Zarathustra" is an homage to Nietzsche
Richard Strauss
Jason
|
$1,600
[18]
Proverbially, one of these birds "doesn't make a summer"
one swallow
|
DD
$2,000
[6]
In 1807 Congress passed this act forbidding exports to Britain
the Embargo Act
Jason
|
$1,600
[10]
This royal family of Emperor Franz Joseph was nicknamed "The Danube Monarchy"
the Habsburgs
Jason
|
$1,600
[27]
Thomas Gray wrote that maybe a country churchyard holds "some mute inglorious" this British epic poet
(John) Milton
Catherine
Rebecca
|
$1,600
[24]
In one episode of this TV series, Adama & crew find their way to Kobol, the ancestral home of humanity
Battlestar Galactica
Catherine
|
|
$2,000
[30]
Paul Dukas lived 38 years after writing this "bewitching" piece but never again wrote anything as popular
The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Jason
|
$2,000
[19]
Term for a short-lived period of liberalization in Czechoslovakia in 1968
the Prague Spring
Catherine
|
$2,000
[13]
One provocation was Britain doing this to American men: not making them say "wow!" but forcing them into naval service
impressing them
Catherine
|
$2,000
[11]
The Europa Canal links the Danube & the Main; as the Main is a tributary of this, that creates a 2,200-mile waterway
the Rhine River
|
$2,000
[28]
This -ism that represents the common folk against the elites was applied to both the Trump & Sanders 2016 runs
populism
Rebecca
|
$2,000
[25]
It was estimated that it could take 585 billion years to explore all the planets in this PlayStation video game
No Man's Sky
Jason
|
In 2017 the Maine farm & barn that inspired this classic 1952 novel were put up for sale
Charlotte's Web